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Gene Deal Boosts Indigenous Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andy Coghlan
New Scientist, vol. 184, no. 2468, October 9, 2004, pp. 8[-?]
Description
Signed agreement between Pacific island nation of Samoa and the University of California, will split equally revenues from potential prostratin-based drugs, extracted from the mamala tree bark. Samoan healers were the first to recognize the trees medicinal potential.
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In the Shade of the Banyan Tree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Y. Najita
The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 349-361
Description
Examines the role of orality in Albert Wendt's Leaves of the Banyan Tree and The Mango’s Kiss.
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Kava in Samoa and Vanuatu

Articles » General
Author/Creator
T. Pascal Brown
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 11-15
Description
Describes the preparations for the ceremonial and casual consumption of kava.
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The Narrative and Poetical Role of a Polynesian Literary Myth: Canoes of the Origins in Contemporary Texts from French Polynesia, New Zealand, and Samoa

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chloé Angué [Chloe Angue]
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 1, 2018, pp. 97-109
Description
Article examines the way that contemporary Polynesian writers are reimagining the Polynesian migration in their works and how the rewriting of the migration narrative is a form of post-colonial resistance, and an active imagining of more equitable futures.
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Paradise Bent: Gender Diversity in Samoa

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
ReAngle Pictures
Special Broadcasting Service (Australia)
Heather Croall
Eva Wunderman
Alison Elder
Description
Explores the phenomenon of the fa'afafine, boys who are raised as girls, their traditional and contemporary roles in Samoan culture and how they relate to issues of culture, gender and the complexities of sexual identity. Duration: 52:00.
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Reconstituting Indigenous Oceanic Folktales

Alternate Title
Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Steven Edmund Winduo
Description
Discusses how scholars use tradition to view culture, society and events. Chapter four from Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema a symposium held in Honolulu, September, 2010.
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Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas edited by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke; Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English: Whetu Monana II edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, and Robert Sullivan

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chadwick Allen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 116-118
Description
Book reviews of Sing edited by Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Mauri Ola edited by Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri, and Robert Sullivan. Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll to page 116.
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