Alaska, Hawaiʻi and the US Pacific
Samoans
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Lands
Tutuila, Aunuʻu and the Manuʻa Islands of American Samoa, a United States territory in the Samoan Islands
Countries American Samoa
Facts 3
Land
In American Samoa, land is held communally under the guidance of village chiefs, the matai, and the national park there sits on land leased from local villages.
As of 2026 Source: U.S. National Park Service, National Park of American Samoa, History & Culture (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
History
People have lived in American Samoa for more than 3,000 years, making it one of Polynesia's oldest places of human settlement.
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Culture
Fa'asamoa, the Samoan way of life, took shape over many centuries and remains the base of Samoan identity and everyday living.
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