American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the Cook .... The Navy secured a Deed of Cession of Tutuila in 1900 and a Deed of
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The only American land below the equator, the territory of American Samoa consists of seven beautiful, Chief Tulmanu signed the deed of cession after WW1 so that his people could enjoy the privileges of American citizenship, but it wasn’t until WW2 that the Samoan islands acquired strategic importance and that...
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On April 17, 1900, the Deed of Cession, drafted by Secretary of Native Affairs Edwin W. Gurr, was signed by the following chiefs of Tutuila, American Samoa: "Mauga of Pagopago; Leiato of Fagaitua; Faumuina of Aunuu;
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americansamoa.gov/governors/tilley.htm
americansamoa.gov/governors/tilley.htm
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Jul 22, 2006 American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of The navy secured a Deed of Cession of Tutuila in 1900 and a Deed of
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American Samoa became a U.S. territory by deed of cession, starting in 1900. The matai (local chiefs) of Tutuila, the largest island in American Samoa, ceded the island to the United States in 1900. Manu’a followed in 1904. Swain Island joined the territory in 1925 by an act of the Congress.
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The Deeds of Cession still stand as the basis upon which American Samoa can claim a political relationship with the United States, yet there is still some...
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www.house.gov/list/speech/as00_faleomavaega/aspssctesti...
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The territory's seven islands and atolls were ceded to the United States in the Deed of Cession of Tutuila in 1900 and Deed of Cession of Manu`a in 1904. From the time of the Deeds of Cession to the present, despite increasing Western influences on American Samoa, native American Samoans have expressed a very...
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www.wpcouncil.org/AmericanSamoa.htm
www.wpcouncil.org/AmericanSamoa.htm
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American Samoa is part of the greater Samoan archipelago in the South Pacific half-way between Hawaii and New Zealand. In April 1899, a coaling station was built in Pago Pago harbor by the U. S. Navy, and in February 1900, a deed of cession was negotiated with Tutuila chiefs by Naval Commander B.F. Tilley. In...
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www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/American-Samoa.html
www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/American-Samoa.html
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THE SAMOAN HISTORICAL CALENDAR, 1606-2007 by; Stan Sorensen, Historian; Office of the Governor; American Samoa Government; Pago Pago, American Samoa; 96799 and; Joseph Theroux; Vice Principal; Hilo High School;
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americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf
americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf
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