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Samoans or Samoan people are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographic
Samoan canoe performers
Samoan chief and family, c. 1914
Samoan family in 2003
Samoan man carrying two containers over his shoulder
Samoan Islands
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The Samoan Islands are an archipelago covering 3,030 km2 in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of
Samoans
…Samoans or Samoan people (Samoan: tagata Sāmoa) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent…
German, British and American warships in Apia harbour, 1899
Young man dressed as a manaia, the son of a Samoan chief (matai), c. 1890–1910. (photo by Thomas Andrew)
Tonga Trench south of the Samoa Islands and north of New Zealand.
Mt Matavanu volcanic eruption on Savai'i island, 1905