Dissertations / Theses: 'Samoans American Samoa'

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SMELSER, DIANE T. "A COMPARISON OF OBESITY CANDIDATE GENES IN THE ANABOLIC NEUROPEPTIDE PATHWAY IN THE SAMOAN AND AMERICAN SAMOAN POPULATIONS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1163647875.

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Quintus, Seth James. "Land Use and the Human-Environment Interaction on Olosega Island, Manu'a, American Samoa." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2011. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/29596.

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The human-environment relationship has often been characterized as one of human adaptation. This particular view has now come into questions as critiques have shown that the relationship is complex and dynamic. In archaeology, one way of examining this relationship is to study the settlement, subsistence, and land use of a given area. This thesis serves that purpose by providing a case study of a small island in the Samoan archipelago in the central Pacific. The survey of Olosega Island identified over 200 different features distributed across the interior. Although no test excavation was conducted, it is interpreted that these features relate to domestic, subsistence, ceremonial, and political activities that likely occurred in the later prehistoric period. The combination of these features, supplemented by environmental data from the interior and further archaeological work along the coast, indicates that the human population was a member of a complex and dynamic system with its environment. Through time, this system likely evolved in a number of ways, not just adaptive, that often caused changes requiring responses by both the human population and the environment of the area.

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Singh, Shail. "The effects of perceived discrimination on Samoan health." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3260.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of perceived discrimination on Samoan health. This study employed purposive data collection and was conducted quantitatively using a questionnaire format, which measured everyday perceived discrimination, depression, and physical health.

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Crews, Christopher Thomas. "The lithics of Aganoa Village (AS-22-43), American Samoa: a test of chemical characterization and sourcing Tutuilan tool-stone." Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/85897.

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The purpose of this thesis is to present the morphological and chemical analyses of the lithic assemblage recovered from Aganoa Village (AS-22-43), Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Implications were found that include the fact that Aganoa Village did not act as a lithic workshop, new types of tools that can be included in the Samoan tool kit, a possible change in subsistence strategies through time at the site, and the fact that five distinct, separate quarries were utilized at different stages through the full temporal span of residential activities at the village. The assemblage was analyzed macroscopically using typologies for tools that are set and accepted by archaeologists of the area (Green and Davidson [1969] for adzes, Clark and Herdrich [1993] for flake tools). It was found that a possible new flake tool type is represented at Aganoa Village that combines the attributes of Class Ia and Class V. Analysis of the debitage refutes earlier conclusions that the site represents a lithic workshop. The presence of rejuvenation flakes with polish, a large amount of tertiary debitage as opposed to primary debitage, and the recycling/conservation of finished adzes indicates that this site was indeed not a lithic workshop area. In the earliest cultural period (c 2500-2000 years ago) there is a distinct lack of flake tool scrapers while the other two cultural periods presented 40 examples of such tools. These scrapers are used primarily for processing agricultural products. The fact that these tools are missing from the earliest settlement period suggests that these early inhabitants might have relied more on gathering marine resources from the nearby reef system rather then agricultural subsistence strategies. Finally, INAA results show that the lithic artifacts collected come from five different sources. Two of these sources were identified as the Lau'agae Quarry on the eastern side of Tutuila Island and the Tataga-Matau Quarry Complex located on the western portion of the island. Three other basalt types were distinguished but not sourced or located.

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Ropeti, Siamaua. "Student Perspectives Regarding School Failure at the American Samoa Community College." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/190.

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Student Perspectives Regarding School Failure at the American Samoa Community College by Siamaua Ropeti MEd, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2006 BEd, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2000 Doctoral Study Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Walden University December 2014 Students taking remedial English courses at the American Samoa Community College are facing problems relating to school failure. The purpose of this study was to explore the stories and experiences of students who were not passing in remedial English courses. This study was guided by (a) Weiner's attribution theory, which posits that students achieve when they can identify the causes of their success or failure; (b) Bandura's social cognitive, which explains student efficacy; (c) Covington's self-worth theory, contending there is a connection between emotions and the perceptions of motivation; and (d) critical race theory, which gives voices to racial oppression. The research question addressed the stories of students taking remedial English courses at American Samoa Community College (ASCC). A qualitative paradigm of a narrative analysis formed the basis for the semi structured interviews. Results revealed confusion of many students about services offered by the institution; results also revealed the increased influence of peer pressure and the need for improvement in instructional strategies. Based on these findings, it was recommended that a systematic organizational approach to all ASCC services and facilities be implemented. Positive social changes implicated by this study are a change in students' academic experiences through a proper orientation into ASCC, thus avoiding confusion and allowing student feedback to inform decisions. Accommodating students' needs based on students' feedback will decrease school failure and increase quality learning and achievement.

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Johnson, Phillip Ray II. "Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) characterization of pre-contact basalt quarries on the American Samoan Island of Tutuila." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4932.

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This thesis presents a material-centered characterization of 120 geologic samples from four fine-grained basalt quarries on the Samoan Island of Tutuila. Previous unsuccessful attempts at definitive Tutuilan quarry differentiation have utilized x-ray fluorescence (XRF). In this study, clear differentiation of each analyzed quarry was achieved using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Biplots of canonical discriminant function scores for the INAA data illustrate clear separation based on the variation in chemical composition between each quarry. The samples analyzed not only define quarry separation, but also provide the "core group" for a preliminary baseline necessary for future artifact-centered provenance studies. Inclusion of these "core group" samples in the baseline was confirmed by stepwise discriminant analysis. These findings suggest the ability to determine quarry of origin on the island of Tutuila, which can elucidate the importance of individual Tutuilan quarries in the export and exchange of fine-grained basalts.

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Toma, Johnny Victor. "An exploratory study on how to improve the economy of American Samoa." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/13305.

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Deep in the South Pacific region about 2,300 miles southwest of the Hawaiian islands1 lies a United States territory that many Americans have never heard of nor known anything about. However, some famous Americans such as Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers, semi retired professional wrestler Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, and Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard have genealogical roots there. More importantly, many of the Territory’s sons and daughters have served and lost their lives for the United States flag and the cause of freedom around the world. This place is called American Samoa, a collection of seven islands that if glued together would have a total landmass of approximately 76 square miles, just a tad bigger than the capital city of the United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, there were 55,519 residents of American Samoa in 2010.1 The majority of them are ethnic Samoans, a Polynesian sect that traces its history back to early migrants from Southeast Asia who settled the islands around 1500 B.C.2 3 The climate is warm all year long and the forests along the mountains are ripe with vegetation. The main island is Tutuila with its beautiful and coveted landlocked harbor that was used as a coaling station by the United States naval ships during World War II. In fact, it was the Pago Pago Harbor that diminished the impact of the 2009 Tsunami that devastated the Samoan islands by channeling the waters of the Pacific Ocean towards the end of the harbor instead of flooding many other villages surrounding the Pago Pago Bay area. Lives and property were destroyed near the end of the Harbor but it could have been worse for the entire Bay area. Locally grown foods include coconut, taro, banana, guava, sugar cane, papaya, yam, pineapple, and breadfruit. It is completely surrounded by the Pacific Ocean from which the locals obtain a variety of seafood. There is a popular saying in Samoa that goes, 'In Samoa, it is impossible to starve 1 American Samoa Department of Commerce, 2012 Statistical Yearbook, http://www.doc.as/wpcontent/uploads/2011/06/2012-Statistical-Yearbook-1.pdf 2 U.S. Census Bureau News, U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2010 Census Population Counts for American Samoa, http://www.census.gov/2010census/news/releases/operations/cb11-cn177.html (Aug. 24, 2011). 3 3 J. Robert Shaffer, American Samoa: 100 Years Under the United States Flag (Honolulu, Hawaii: Island Heritage Publishing, 2000), 34. 4 because people live off of the land’s and the ocean’s abundant resources.' To the west of American Samoa lies a larger group of four islands that make up the Sovereign State of Samoa, which became independent from New Zealand in 1962. Samoa and American Samoa share the same language, culture, and religion but are divided by government and political systems. The focus of this study will be on American Samoa, which became a United States territory in 1900 when the principal chiefs of Tutuila (the largest island in American Samoa) ceded the islands to the United States.

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Tinitali, Peter. "Culture, language and colonial discourse a study of educational professional preparation in American Samoa /." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=765044601&SrchMode=1&sid=10&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1209146903&clientId=23440.

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Zuercher, Friesen Deborah Kae. "Indigenous American Samoan Educators’ Perceptions of their Experiences in a National Council of Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE) Accredited Program." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1182301897.

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Apatu, Emma J. I. "Human Response during the September 29, 2009, South Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami in American Samoa." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2286.

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Near-field tsunamis are a type of natural hazard that provide at-risk individuals with short warning periods that can severely hinder effective response. The Protection Action Decision Model (PADM) is an established theoretical framework that has been used to describe human response to natural hazards. Variables from the PADM have been used to understand individual and household responses during hazards such as hurricanes and floods but seldom for tsunamis. This study surveyed 300 adult American Samoan survivors of the September 29, 2009, Mw 8.1 South Pacific earthquake and tsunami. The primary objectives were to use variables from the PADM to: a) determine the relative importance of determinants of threat perception, b) examine tsunami survivors’ ratings of 4 social stakeholder groups regarding tsunami knowledge, trustworthiness of source of information, and protection responsibility, and c) establish whether household characteristics such as distance to shoreline, household income, and family size were situational impediments to response. Study findings showed that ground motion from the earthquake was found to be the strongest predictor of threat perception. Respondents rated themselves higher than officials and media for the 3 stakeholder characteristics. Occupational status had the most apparent effect on stakeholder perceptions. Those who reported being employed were more likely to have higher mean ratings across the social stakeholder groups for most characteristics. Respondents living closer to the shoreline and having an income of ≥ $15,000 proved to be slightly more likely to evacuate. Overall, findings suggest that the people of American Samoa displayed a remarkable response to the earthquake by evacuating upon feeling the ground shaking. Thousands of people were in the inundation zone but only 34 died, even though the first wave arrived onshore in as little as 15 minutes. The adaptive response during this event is frequently attributed to the success of recent educational outreach conducted in the months and week just prior to the event but other factors may also be important. This research represents a novel study that examines various aspects of tsunami evacuation behavior for a near-field tsunami using the PADM with a population outside of the contiguous 50 states.

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Etuale, Mikaele. "General attitudes and perceptions of faculty who use service learning at the American Samoa Community College." Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10148440.

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This study investigated the attitudes and perceptions of faculty who use service learning as a teaching method at the American Samoa Community College. Service learning plays an important role for community colleges, offering a unique opportunity for students and faculty to provide tangible services to public, nonprofit agencies, and organizations. The instrumentation selected for this mixed-method study was a faculty self-reported survey including a Likert scale, ranking scale, and open-ended questions.

The general agreement of respondents with the choices provided on the use of service learning shows a general positive attitude and perception of service learning. As a brief recommendation, I think there should be further research to establish a clear relationship between the reason of faculty use of service learning and their attitudes and perceptions. As an implication, this study has shown that most faculties at American Samoa Community College, who took part in the survey, have positive attitudes and perceptions towards the use of service learning. Therefore it is only wise that we conclude that future studies on this subject should consist of larger samples to get a truer reflection of the relationships examined here.

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Motu, Nolita. "Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Technology in Archaeology and the Human – Environmental Interaction: The Case of Ta‘u Island, Manu‘a American Samoa." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28753.

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The research reported here utilizes lidar technology for a case study of archaeological site and feature identification in a unique landscape to investigate the human-environmental interaction in a defined study area, specifically as revealed through human agricultural production. The lidar data provided a preliminary overview of the human-modified landscape in the uplands of Ta‘u Island in the Manu‘a Group of American Samoa that led to a set of research questions and a research strategy involving both lidar data analysis and on-the-ground survey. The aerial lidar and pedestrian surveys of the Mt. Lata slopes, in the northeastern uplands of Ta‘u, revealed more than 200 archaeological features in an agricultural and settlement zone that is unique in the central Pacific. Consequently, the research reported contributes to our understanding of agricultural production, social organization, and environmental interactions in the prehistorical period of the Samoan Archipelago.
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Christian, Ronning Evelyn Gail. "THE WORLD WHERE YOU LIVE - ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACIES, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICAN SĀMOA." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/299179.

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Anthropology
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This dissertation examines the production of knowledge around global climate change and the character of environmental literacy among youth in Tafuna, on Tutuila, American Samoa. I analyze this production of environmental knowledge across multiple social fields (i.e. status hierarchies, governance structures, etc.) and subjectivities (school-specific, village-based, and Samoan cultural identities) during a period of social, political, economic, and environmental transformation. I interrogate the emerging forms of control that have come to structure the formal educational system in American Samoa, such as standardized or "containerized" curriculum, assessment and accountability measures, and the assignation of risk/creation of dependency on funding, deployed by American governmental agencies such as the Department of Education, and utilized by state actors such as the American Samoa Department of Education. Of particular concern is the how these structures create contradictions that affect the possibilities of teaching, learning, and the integration of youth into meaningful social roles. Informal learning about the environment includes village-based forms of service, church initiatives concerning the environment, governmental agency programming, such as that provided by the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency, and youth-serving non-profit programs concerned with engaging youth as leaders. In both these formal and informal contexts for environmental education, American Samoan youth dynamically co-create knowledge within and outside the parameters of the socialization processes in which they are embedded. This research encompassed four trips to American Samoa over the course of three years, and utilized ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation, interviews, questionnaires, archival research, and demographic data analysis, as the primary forms of data gathering. What this data reveals is the disengagement American Samoan youth feel for school-based environmental education because their science classes, as structured, do not integrate the co-relatedness of the social, the political, and the environmental fields that youth encounter. I discovered that youth are largely ambivalent about their future aspirations because they lack some of the cultural, linguistic, and educational tools necessary for local participation as well as for opportunities to study and work on Hawaii or the mainland United States. Lastly, I found that American educational ideals continue to be contradictory in the American Samoan context; whereas schools value and promote individually-oriented goals and responsibility, youth are also embedded in the values of communal identification and practice known as fa'a Samoa. I conclude that young people lack social integration and plan for a future away from American Samoa.
Temple University--Theses

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Tanselle, Brett James. "An Exploration of New Methods of Ceramic Analysis: Examining Pottery Sherds from American Samoa using Computed Tomography, Physical Examination, and Residue Analysis." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27960.

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Materials from archaeological assemblages around the world have been examined using a variety of methods in order to obtain data that can contribute to our understanding of past societies, cultures, and behaviors. In particular, ceramics have been analyzed to obtain data that can be used to determine how pottery was manufactured and how its use changed over time. While many ceramic analyses employ established methods of examination such as physical analysis, new methods have been developed. This thesis explored the use of computed tomography (CT), physical examination, and residue analysis to examine a collection of pottery sherds from four archaeological sites in American Samoa. The results obtained from this research were used to determine if CT and residue analysis could be viable for ceramic analysis in addition to determining if changes in ceramic manufacture could be documented over space and time in American Samoa.

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Motu, Nolita. "Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Technology in Archaeology and the Human ? Environmental Interaction: The Case of Ta?u Island, Manu?a American Samoa." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28753.

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The research reported here utilizes lidar technology for a case study of archaeological site and feature identification in a unique landscape to investigate the human-environmental interaction in a defined study area, specifically as revealed through human agricultural production. The lidar data provided a preliminary overview of the human-modified landscape in the uplands of Ta?u Island in the Manu?a Group of American Samoa that led to a set of research questions and a research strategy involving both lidar data analysis and on-the-ground survey. The aerial lidar and pedestrian surveys of the Mt. Lata slopes, in the northeastern uplands of Ta?u, revealed more than 200 archaeological features in an agricultural and settlement zone that is unique in the central Pacific. Consequently, the research reported contributes to our understanding of agricultural production, social organization, and environmental interactions in the prehistorical period of the Samoan Archipelago.
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Laulu, Alva S. "The implementation of Total Quality Management and Six Sigma for LBJ Tropical Medical Center in American Samoa to help improve Medicare and Medicaid survey outcomes." Thesis, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10020134.

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This project presents a theory and an application for using the integrated systems of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma (SS) for the American Samoa Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) Tropical Medical Center to improve results for the random survey and recertification process for Medicare and Medicaid. Identified aspects of the project include roles, responsibilities, and measurement requirements of the TQM framework, using the Juran Quality Trilogy, cost of quality, and investment training in SS. The basis of the research that forms the foundation of the project comes from a review of related literature. Methods are presented in order to clarify where improvement processes are required. This project provides the LBJ center with a proven approach that has found success for implementing TQM and an SS foundation to ensure efficient compliance with The Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other regulatory government agencies.

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Riou, Brieuc. "Shallow marine sediment record of tsunamis : analysis of the sediment-fill of the bays of Tutuila (American Samoa) and backwash deposits of the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami." Thesis, La Rochelle, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LAROS012.

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Suite aux nombreux tsunamis dévastateurs récents, et plus particulièrement le Tsunami de l'Océan Indien en 2004 et le Tsunami de Tohoku-Oki en 2011, ainsi qu’à leur portée à l’échelle mondiale, l’intérêt pour la recherche sur les tsunamis au sein de la communauté scientifique n’a cessé de croître. Cependant, la plupart des études axées sur les signatures géologiques des tsunamis passés se concentrent sur les dépôt terrestres, laissant de côté les dépôts sous-marins malgré leur potentiel pour l’enregistrement de la phase dite de backwash. De plus, le peu d’études sur les dépôts sous-marins de tsunamis ont été réalisées dans des environnements sous-marins peu profonds ouverts et donc dynamiques, qui ne sont pas propices à la préservation à long terme des dépôts. Au cours de cette étude, nous nous sommes focalisés sur les baies abritées de l’île de Tutuila (Samoa Américaines) fréquemment touchées par les tsunamis, censées offrir un potentiel de préservation des dépôts sous-marins idéal, afin d’améliorer les connaissances sur les dépôts de backwash de tsunami. Le comblement sédimentaire de la baie de Pago Pago a d’abord été étudié. L’architecture interne et les facies sédimentaires montrent que le comblement s’est effectué au cours des 12000 dernières années, pendant la dernière remontée du niveau marin et période de haut niveau marin. La partie supérieure du comblement est composée d’une alternance entre des unités sédimentaires de basse énergie et des unités de haute énergie interprétées comme un empilement de dépôts de backwash de tsunami mis en place au cours des derniers millénaires. Au sein de l’unité sommitale silteuse, les dépôts de backwash associés au Tsunami du Pacifique Sud en 2009 et au Tsunami du Chili en 1960 ont été identifiés grâce à des critères géochimiques, minéralogiques et microstructuraux. Les microdéformations basales observées prouvent que les courants de backwash de tsunamis se comportent comme des courants hyperpycnaux. Finalement, les dépôts de backwash de quatre tsunamis récents ont été identifiés dans les baies du nord de Tutuila, le Tsunami du Pacifique Sud en 2009, le Tsunami du Chili en 1960 ou le Tsunami des Îles Aléoutiennes en 1957, le Tsunami de la Fosse des Tonga en 1917 et très propablement le Tsunami d'Amérique du Sud en 1868. Si ces derniers s’avèrent bien être les dépôts de backwash du Tsunami d'Amérique du Sud en 1868, il s’agirait des premières preuves géologiques sous-marines de ce tsunami. Dans leur ensemble, ces travaux montrent le fort potentiel des environnements marins protégés pour l’archivage sédimentaire de tsunamis, avec au moins quatre dépôts de backwash de tsunami identifiés au cours des 150 dernières années dans les baies de Tutuila. De plus cette études apporte de nouveaux critères d’identification concernant les dépôts de backwash de tsunami, et plus particulièrement en comparaison avec les dépôts de crues flashs
Following recent destructive tsunamis, especially the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Tsunami, and their worldwide coverage, there has been a growing interest in tsunami research amongst the scientific community. However, most of the studies dealing with geological evidence of past tsunamis focus on onshore deposits, leaving aside marine deposits despite their potential for recording of the backwash phase. Moreover, the few studies on tsunami marine deposits were carried out in open and dynamic shallow marine environments, which are not favorable for long-time preservation. In this study, we focus on sheltered bays of Tutuila (American Samoa) frequently impacted by tsunamis, supposed to offer ideal preservation potential, to gain knowledge on tsunami backwash deposits. The sediment-fill of Pago Pago Bay was first examined. The internal architecture and sediment facies show that the bay infilling was emplaced during the last 12 000 years through the last sea-level rise and highstand. The upper bay-fill consists of alternations between low-energy and high-energy sediment units, interpreted as stacked tsunami backwash deposits, emplaced during the last millenaries. Within the uppermost meter-thick silty unit, backwash deposits emplaced following the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami and the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake Tsunami were identified based on geochemical, mineralogical and microstructural signatures. Basal microstructural features give evidence that those tsunami backflows behave as hyperpycnal currents. Finally, backwash deposits of four recent tsunamis were identified in bays located along the north shore of Tutuila, including the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami, the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake Tsunami or the 1957 Aleutian Islands Tsunami, the 1917 Tonga Trench Tsunami and an older tsunami never reported in American Samoa, most likely the 1868 South American Tsunami. Backwash deposits emplaced by the 1868 South American Tsunami would represent the first marine geological evidence of this tsunami. As a whole, this study shows the great potential of sheltered shallow marine environments for tsunami backwash archiving, with at least four tsunami backwash deposits identified for the last 150 years in the bays of Tutuila. In addition, this work provides new identification criteria for tsunami backwash deposits, particularly in comparison with flash-flood deposits

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Lefao, Maya Taliilagi. "Fa'aSamoa: An Afro-Oceanic Understanding of Epistemology through Folktales and Oral History." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/462913.

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African American Studies
M.A.
Often disconnected from the African diaspora, the Black South Pacific is constantly laid to the wayside. My research works to shed light on the voices of Afro-Oceanic scholars who are fully capable of articulating their own narratives based on their traditional foundational knowledge that may not align with standard western notions of knowledge but in fact create a system or methods of knowledge unique to the Afro-Oceanic community and traditions. The indigenous Afro-Oceanic agenda of self-determination, indigenous rights and sovereignty, integrity, spiritual healing, reconciliation and humble morality, builds capacity towards a systematic change and re-acknowledgement of indigenous Afro-Oceanic epistemologies. By identifying and analyzing indigenous Oceanic epistemologies, ontologies, and cosmologies, my research seeks to place Afro-Oceanic peoples within the broader African Diaspora. Scholars throughout Afro-Oceania such as Dr. A.M Tupuola, Dr. Vaioleti T.M, and Dr. Helu-Thaman inter
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Ward, Sina Peau. "Exploring the place of "tautau" in the 21st century a descriptive study of Samoans at work in their culture and in the marketplace /." 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/9913970.

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Suataute, Galeaʻi Jacinta. "Semoana a novel in prose and poetry /." Thesis, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=913513781&SrchMode=2&sid=9&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1234299697&clientId=23440.

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Fonoti, Rochelle Tuitagavaʼa. "Tau ave i le mitaʼi, tau ave i le mamao : mapping the tatau-ed body in the Samoan diaspora." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12045.

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Tuiasosopo, Kuki M. "Pese ma vīʻiga i le Atua : the sacred music of the Congregational Church of Jesus in Sāmoa : ʻO le ʻEkālēsia Faʻapotopotoga a Iēsū i Sāmoa." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11756.

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McTee, Sarah A. "Anthropogenic stress, bioerosion, and farming damselfish : potential interactions and effects on coral reefs in American Samoa." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20936.

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Smelser, Diane T. "A comparison of obesity candidate genes in anabolic neuropeptide pathway in the Samoan and American Samoan populations." 2006. http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1163647875.

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Tuitele-Lewis, Jeannette D. "Agroforestry farming in American Samoa : a classification and assessment /." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/11055.

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Lundblad, Emily Ruth. "The development and application of benthic classifications for coral reef ecosystems below 30 m depth using multibeam bathymetry : Tutuila, American Samoa." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/4059.

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Coral reef ecosystems are the most diverse on earth, and their subsistence is being threatened by natural and adverse anthropogenic patterns and processes. In an effort to understand and protect these marine environments, several programs have outlined strategies and initiatives. For example, the United States Coral Reef Task Force��s Mapping and Information Working Group has outlined a specific goal to map all coral reefs below 30 m depth by 2009. This study contributes to achieving that goal for three sites around the island of Tutuila, American Samoa, lying in the heart of the South Pacific. American Samoa, a U.S. territory, is home to the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the smallest and most remote in the United States, and to the National Park of American Samoa. Extensive modern scientific surveys were implemented around the territory in 2001 and have since continued and increased. The presence of protected areas and the existence of scientific data collected with state of the art technology have made the site a priority for the Coral Reef Task Force. In this study, methods for classifying surficial seafloor characteristics as bathymetric position index (BPI) zones and structures were developed and applied to the study sites. BPI zones and structures were classified by using algorithms that combine high-resolution (1 m) multibeam bathymetry and its derivatives: bathymetric position index at multiple scales and slope. The development of algorithms and the classification scheme involved the use of historical and current classification studies and three-dimensional visualization. In addition, the BPI zones and structures were compared to limited biological, geological, and physical attributes recorded during accuracy assessment surveys (photos) and towed diver surveys (video). A rugosity (surface ratio) analysis was added to the study to give a picture of the seafloor roughness. The BPI zone and structure classifications overlap and extend existing classifications from Ikonos satellite imagery for water depths shallower than 30 m. Methods, data and classifications developed and applied in this study will be available to the public as a benthic habitat mapping tool (ArcGIS extension), in an online GIS data archive, and on a compact disc attached to this thesis. They contribute to a broader understanding of the marine and coastal environment and will serve as a baseline of information for benthic habitat mapping and future biological, ecological, and geological surveys. The baseline gives a good indication of characteristics that may indicate areas of high biodiversity. The final maps presented here are especially useful to managers, researchers and scientists that seek to establish and monitor a wider and more effective network of marine and coastal protection.
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Reid, Salu H. (Salu Hunkin). "Educators' perceptions of the teacher education program goals and the educational needs of the Territory of American Samoa." Thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/9556.

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Aitaoto, Nia. "Cultural considerations in development church-based programs to reduce cancer health disparities among Samoans." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20879.

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Tománek, Michal. "Komparace legislativy a exekutivy nezačleněných území USA." Master's thesis, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-415095.

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This Comparison of legislative and executive branches in the U.S. unincorporated territories thesis deals with political systems in unincorporated American territories - Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. Today these territories stand as an integral part of the USA, but they do not hold federal state status. This study focuses on political systems of the individual territories, specifically on their legislative and executive bodies. It also explores relationships these territories have with the continental U.S., their status within American political system and it outlines genesis of autonomous government institutions of these territories. Concurrently, this thesis also elaborates on problem areas stemming from for example dual citizenship and citizens of these territories not being able to participate in presidential elections. This work comprises of five case studies that focus on political institutions of the individual territories. The main contribution of this study lies in the comparison work. In comparative analysis of the executive bodies and analysis of the extent of governors' authority within individual territories, and in the comparison with federal states. It also provides comparative analysis of legislative bodies of...

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