Since then all members of the territory’s Fono have been elected by the citizens. In 1981 American Samoans for the first time elected a nonvoting delegate to serve a two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega was elected to that office in ...
Samoans, including mestizos, constitute the bulk of the population. There are also small groups of Americans and peoples from other islands of Oceania. Most of the population is Christian, primarily Protestant. The official language is English. Between 1963 and 1972 the population grew at an aver...
MODERN HISTORY - WWII TO 1990:American Samoa remains an unincorporated territory of the US and its people are US nationals, but not citizens. The 1960 constitution, which combines traditional practices with the needs of a modern state, gives the American Samoans self government with certain powers...
Like the other overseas territories of the United States like Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands: American Samoa and its citizens are granted certain privileges like serving in the military but not others like voting in the Presidential election. The ca...
American Samoa adopted the U.S. flag. On Flag Day in 1960, the American Samoan flag, featuring both US and Samoan influences, became official. The red, white, and blue colors reflect US symbols. Today, American Samoans are U.S. nationals but not citizens, with some fearing that citizenshi...
“The Lemanu & Talauega Administration have made their goals clear — digital equity should be a reality for all American Samoans, without exception. “Every resident of American Samoa must have affordable and high-speed access to online information, from education to healthcare, and the tools ...
In addition to a meal ticket, the sport also provides an education. A lot of Samoans would never go to college if it wasn't for a scholarship with football. "That's the beautiful thing about football," Polamalu continued. "It's allowed us to get an education. Football is something tha...
According to the US Immigration and Nationality Act, American Samoans are “nationals but not citizens of the United States at birth”. What’s the difference between the two? The only significant differences between a US citizen and a non-citizen US national are that a non-citizen US ...
There are an estimated half million Samoans in the world, and more than 200 play Division I college football. Very few of those 200 played organized football before high school. But all of that is about to change in a big way.
The first Chinese arrived in Hawaii in 1778. The first Koreans landed in the States in 1884. The first Samoans in the United States were documented in 1920 in Hawaii and the first Vietnamese in 1912. In the 1970s, a former congressional staffer, Jeanie Jew, proposed the idea of celebrat...