Hokulea: Arrival in American Samoa - American Samoa Culture and Ocean Conservation Film Series

Hokulea - Arrival in American Samoa
Nainoa Thompson explains how early Samoans figured out how to create sailing canoes that could sail hundreds of miles and they figured out how to navigate using the stars so that they could migrate to distant islands such as Hawaii. He explains how Hokulea's arrival to American Samoa is significant because he and his crew want to honor Samoans because if it wasn't for their accomplishments than Hawaii would not have been discovered. He seeks their blessing and their permission before they continue their voyage around the world on Hokulea.
Executive Producers - Jean-Michel Cousteau, Gene Brighouse
Producer - Jim Knowlton
Filmed and edited by Jim Knowlton
Music - Doug Shirley
Special thanks to:
National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
This film is the fourth film of the American Samoa Culture and Ocean Conservation Film Series. The stories in these short films are told by Americans Samoans and ocean luminaries, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sylvia Earle and Nainoa Thompson, who share their passion for their unique culture and for protecting their ocean resources for future generations.
About National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa
The National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa is located in the cradle of Polynesia’s oldest culture and is thought to support the greatest diversity of marine life in the National Marine Sanctuary System, including a wide variety of coral and other invertebrates, fishes, turtles, marine mammals and marine plants. The sanctuary protects extensive coral reefs, including some of the oldest and largest Porites coral heads in the world, along with deep water reefs, hydrothermal vent communities, and rare marine archaeological resources, and also encompasses important fishing grounds, the southernmost point in the United States, and waters surrounding one of the world’s smallest atolls. The sanctuary is also the only true tropical reef within the National Marine Sanctuary System, and is the most remote location within that system. NOAA co-manages the sanctuary with the American Samoa Government and works closely with communities adjacent to the sanctuary, all within the context of Samoan cultural traditions and practices.
americansamoa.noaa.gov/
About Ocean Futures Society
Our mission is to explore our global ocean, inspiring and educating people
throughout the world to act responsibly for its protection, documenting
the critical connection between humanity and nature, and celebrating the
ocean's vital importance to the survival of all life on our planet.
www.oceanfutures.org/

[@diouranke]

amazing when you consider how they had no idea if any land awaited them on the other side these voyages, it was their tenacity n fearlessness that they used to explore and populate the Pacific

[@jaypzl]

I always imagine how many ships were lost at sea in making those early attempts...

[@terrytavita872]

@@jaypzl probably not many..sea birds also play a big role in island finding..many bird species fly out hundreds of miles from shore daily..

[@virginboy83]

Samoan people they are bravest human being. Their ancestors have fought to survive by exploring the islands. Proud of them !

[@darielbaylor6790]

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[@cassiusjimmy658]

@Dariel Baylor instablaster =)

[@tomthinsoubam2741]

I've always assumed that these people are our relatives. I also love to watch their lifestyles and culture. People here in Northeast India look like these Samoans and Hawaiians. I even have Hawaiian natural fuzzy hair 😄 I learned from this video that there is a high chance some of our ancestors left for that journey thousands of years ago. I'd love to learn more about these. And I hope some people will research this more thoroughly and some people take initiatives to travel across the places freely like our ancestors did. This conectedness makes our whole world fascinating.

[@vichands3743]

Mahalo Nui Loa for sharing this video.. This is the story I remember told by my great grand father before he passed and this is how our people in French Polynesia was discovered.

[@rarebreed6713]

Proud Samoan/Hawaiian/Polynesian ... #onelove Much respect to the Hokulea Voyagers! Thank you Bruddah Nainoa!

[@sauceyyypukzzz1083]

Chhhhhheeeeeeeeeee Samoa and Hawaii👌my roots are here in the islands of Samoa and was born and raise in Hawaii👌chhhhheeeeee

[@epifanianonu3560]

Very determined people God bless you all alofa atu love from NZ

[@kenetipese4664]

Samoans are the trail blazers in Polynesian Culture. Historians, Anthropologists and Oral traditions from other cultures in Micronesia, Melinisea and Polynesian tell us that. Samoas name itself speaks of that.....Sa ( sacred) Moa (center). The cradle of Polynesian.

[@ahoosifoou4211]

Probly not

[@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478]

Meat Bag it is

[@ryankanton]

No it is not

[@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478]

karyn Henric are you even Polynesian?

[@palmtrees2664]

Maybe but the navigation you're seeing in the video is 100% Micronesian navigation.

[@yeyo9404]

Has anyone from the island of Kauai heard the niihauan people speak it sounds like Samoan really if not very close . I know I respect Samoan people it’s true they are the older brother . And it’s true I know many Samoan brothers and I’m so proud of how much important Polynesian history they know talking to a older Samoan auntie or uncle is like going into a extensive library that holds all the ancient knowledge of our ancestors.god bless Samoa mua mua le atua

[@tanasekope9362]

Just don’t let the Tongans know you know that, that don’t like it 😂😂😂

[@yeyo9404]

@@tanasekope9362 Tongans too . Yes 👍

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

@@yeyo9404 that's a myth we're all Polynesians first of all everything else goes in one ear and out the other that's our families are sometimes they disagree it's part of life

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

It's a little in a way of saying it but the meaning of it is the same

[@toaolemau7]

Very interesting.....Mau Piailug, himself stated in an article after the Hokulea reached Samoa, that all Polynesians are Samoans, which caused a lot of controversies among polys. lol

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

No controversy it's the truth

[@bulamoves2987]

Captain cooks journal, cook also said that all polynesians spoke the same language

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

@@bulamoves2987 that's why the Polynesian language if you listen real Carefully most of the words are the same meaning in a slight different way of saying it

[@fletmok3548]

I’m NZ Maori and I recognise our descent from the Cook Islands, Marquesas, Tahiti to Samoa and Tonga the oldest of the Polynesian islands. Now that’s a bit controversial but makes complete logical sense linguistically and culturally to me 😬 😎

[@moekontze116]

If you search Tupaias map, there is youtube video i came across. Tupaia said it all started from Samoa. He is the father n then people ventured off to find other islands. So Mr Pilag is right. He was a Priest

[@luvperu1]

Love the culture..love the people and their music... much respect for them...Hope to visit one day... Watched your fathers programs years ago...

[@leilanikalix4686]

The Polynesian islands and it's ancestral people were known as the navigators. I remembered growing up in American Samoa at a very young age seeing the youth paddling the hand made carved canoes in our village as a sport in our ocean waters. It is truly in our blood to navigate the ocean waters. This documentary of the "Hokulea" expedition explorer as how the Polynesians contribution relates to our environment gives us a great sense of understanding of the importance of networking and sharing ideas for future generations. Thank you for this invaluable research. -Leilani

[@Emsyaz]

Leilani Kalix The Malays in the Malay archipelago love to navigate the seas as well. Polynesians and malays also share similarities in terms of language, culture and DNA.

[@palmtrees2664]

But they learned it from a Micronesian.

[@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478]

Palm Trees ?? Ummmm

[@palmtrees2664]

@@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478 the Hokulea uses traditional Micronesian navigation that was taught to the Hokulea crew my master navigator Mau Piailug from the Miconesian altol of Satawall. But let me guess you were too stupid to realise that?

[@palmtrees2664]

@Hello Hello even as a black man I know that navigation died in all of Polynesia. BTW it all came from Africa regardless

[@teamthoth]

We are family! Alofa atu Hokulea crew!

[@uchihaobito4580]

That why Samoa is the heart of Polynesia

[@uchihaobito4580]

First people in the islands

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

Samoans came from Tongans, then Fiji before them, then the rest of Melanesia and Micronesia, and then South East Asians long before them. Samoans didn't just sprout out the ground in Samoa lmao.

[@praiseseuala1783]

@@ikaikaxkeahinot the “what about my country guy” 😂

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

@@praiseseuala1783 not the uneducated-clown guy 🤣 tell me more about how your people sprouted from the ground or fell from the sky face-first LMFAOOO

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

@@praiseseuala1783 uhhh because its NOT the heart of Polynesia lmfao. how is it the heart if Tongans are older than y'all and once ruled y'all? how is Samoa the "heart" of Polynesia when the video shows US HAWAIIANS who accomplished a huge milestone for us Hawaiians and overall Polynesians/Islanders? tell me lol.

[@toapoly4904]

This is a great video. Detailing the birth of what is now called Polynesia

[@sapataamu]

Proud to be Polynesian. Mahalo Hokule’a crew 🤙🏽 Thanks for visiting my home 🇦🇸

[@MrSicc274]

Kia Ora from Aotearoa

[@abangemirzaihanabangzulkip9502]

Love seeing their culture, from your distant cousin Malaysian.

[@abangemirzaihanabangzulkip9502]

@@LM-qv7cy yes! I would love to visit the pacific islands someday from Fiji to Samoa, Tonga, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Hawaii and even New Zealand. I'm amazed to see how big our Austronesian family is. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@tanasekope9362]

@@abangemirzaihanabangzulkip9502 stay in your land we don’t need your poison in the pacific you are not welcome

[@kawikaotemai9823]

What an awesome documentary. I want to thank the American Samoa Culture, Ocean Conservation Film Series, as well as the ocean luminaries, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sylvia Earle and Hawaiian Navigator Nainoa Thompson for the educational migration of our Polynesian ancestors. Again, thanks to the following below for making this short film series possible. Malo lava! ,Executive Producers - Jean-Michel Cousteau, Gene Brighouse Producer - Jim Knowlton Filmed and edited by Jim Knowlton Music - Doug Shirley

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

Great Video Daphne Cotton. INCREDIBLE. THANKS YOU! ●Castano BROWN FAMILY.

[@donnybrascocoliogne819]

The GREATEST Sea Migration in History. Our Ancestors navigated the Worlds Largest Ocean....the Pacific Ocean. This is a Subject that SHOULD be taught in Schools other than the Vikings Voyages etc.

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

Even if we discovered America it would never be revealed as that ,, because they consider us all Polynesian uncivilized and it's true, us Polynesians have no fear and the Samoan word for that is LE -FEFE

[@coleparker]

I don't disagree. Currently in my field of archaeology, there are hypotheses of Polynesian contact with the Southern California Chumash tribe that may have occurred around the 14th century AD.

[@aliitasileo2294]

I see my Papa😢 I miss him sm😢

[@aaliyahfalasii6375]

I love the samoan srumming in the back its my favorite song

[@rajadat4437]

Back to the motherland. Awesome!

[@ayusuatika3688]

Greetings from Bali, om suastiatu 🙏🏻😇

[@coleparker]

I have always been interested in Polynesian sea voyages. I have read about the training the navigators from the various groups learned to read the stars and wave movements. One my professors, who has passed away, was a well known archaeologists in Micronesia. When he and his family left the islands, he was gifted a star map made with a folding stick and cowry shell arrangement. A question I have. With this recent reconstruction of a double hull sea traveling vessel, what are the dimensions of the vessel?

[@tamatoa1915]

Yeap. This is the homeland of our ancestors.

[@MaluluKeleGuiSila]

Tama Toa wrong, it’s Africa

[@HAMOEVACHEEHOOO]

@@MaluluKeleGuiSila 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💯

[@Daybr3ak1991]

Gaming Extreme taiwan is the original homeland

[@kingdeathstroke6275]

@@Daybr3ak1991 nope Taiwan is not our roots.

[@islandvibez]

@@kingdeathstroke6275 if you really want to go far back in time, the hemudu culture and liangzhu culture of present day zhejiang and jiangsu province are the original austronesians. Near the yangtze river delta.

[@MeltedPearls]

Excellent:

[@aaliyahfalasii6375]

yessaiii

[@upulanijloimata2673]

Just dont forget Hawaii is Savaii....

[@reehzy6915]

My dad always said that and it's true 💯

[@siteshmanna1517]

Love from india

[@pavarotti2511]

Samoa kava bowl ,How many legs on it ?

[@malonmanny3762]

"someone" it was an old wise man from the island of polowat(chuuk) , it was him who helped the hokulea take it's first journey. I mean I'm not sure if it was their first but who cares ' the main thing is on how he helped nd taught them how to navigate.

[@malonmanny3762]

satawal** I meant

[@brunomars9045]

Malon Manny - He's talking about the First navigators thousands of years ago who left Samoa and eventually populated the Pacific.

[@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478]

TheDay Cometh Tonga are Samoans that's why Tonga means South, Tongans joined up with Fiji and hence the word Togafiti((Tongafisi) Tui Manu'a empire was right to send yous down there Tui Tonga joined up with Tui Pulotu of (Fiji) and yous trynna overthrow us Samoans pfft just so you know tongans came from us Samoans but yous betrayed us because your people didn't want to follow orders from the Tui Manu'a Tagaloa Tui Atua, Tui A'ana empire of (Samoa) and After your Tui Tonga empire turn in to Christianity, yous tried to bring your culture in to it, but then yous remembered yous lost'd it 😂💀 yeah follow your king and he's royal family because I'm pretty sure you didn't know that they are Samoan descended, Tonga was lost, never heard of the Tongan culture being showcase to the world, plus we Samoans got warriors like MAXWELL HOLLOWAY,TAI TUIVASA, JOSEPH PARKER, TYSON PEDRO, MIGHTY MO, RAY SEFO, MARK HUNT DAVID TUA and more, What about the Tongans and the Fijians warriors, where are your warriors at tho?

[@AE-ix2iz]

TAGALOA'S ROYAL LINE'S HEART of POLYNESIA ha your name says Tagaloa but you’re are not someone who is familiar with the Satagaloa’s true history! You’re still green in our history. Malolo ia ua ova lou fiapoko

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

@@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478 Tongan and Samoan in the beginning are the same family with attitude like any other family

[@aaliyahfalasii6375]

Ayyyeee mynainties husbandnisnin this

[@trayvontaware9401]

#rip ancient Zulululu samoa🇼🇸

[@trayvontaware9401]

the ancient abarigians where a dark race of people who once have build up a pyramid in ancient Zulululu Samoa the toa o the land where the zua tribe, the kush'kui tribe and other lost tribes o Naphtali wenot only builded pyramids like our African and Asian ancestors we were the first to discover American and we malayo Aborigines are still here in America today.

[@MaluluKeleGuiSila]

I need evidence of the Naphatali connection to Polynesia.

[@31titan70]

Luke McCalister Polynesian are one of the lost tribe of Israel the real Israelite from the bible not the one they have today

[@ibuypower579]

Lol..uce stop that black propaganda WE WUZ KANGZ shit, don't get involved in the black brain washing... Stick to our own and not bother between the split that does not effect us in anyway..

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

That's why I love being polynesian

[@kenetipese4664]

Samoa means Sa ( Sacred) Moa (Heart-Center).....it truely is the cradle of Polynesian. Poly Proud.

[@manuhamoa]

+Keneti Pese, Tagaloa was assigned to Lagi, Maui to Maama/Lolofonua, Havea Hikule'o to Pulotu. Tongan anthropologists and historians interpret Lagi as Ha'amoa/Samoa, Maama/Lolofonua as Tonga, Pulotu as Eastern Isles of Fiji. Tagaloa who was God in Polynesia, resided in Manu'a, Samoa hence the reason Tonga became "directional South" and Tokelau "directional North". Our youngest Polynesian brothers of Aotearoa (NZ) also refers to North as "Tai Tokerau" and "Tai Tonga" as South. Tongan creation story also says the 3 original Tongan men Kohai (Whom), Koau (Me) and Momo (Fragment) were exiled to Eua by Tagaloa. Maui, went to Pulotu to find wives for these 3 men. Hence why some Tongans are a Fijian mix and are referred to as Tongafisi.

[@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478]

Rugby Fan plus the Tui Manu'a title is still being chanted by our Polynesian family ti'll this day!!..

[@lauiloa]

@@manuhamoa yes Tagalolagi was and is the GOD of Polynesia. many polynesian familys continue to pay tribute to tagaloa till this day...many things have changed since the missionary's brought the so called the good word (tala lelei) to our shores. we should continue to honor Sa Tagaloalagi for he is alive....

[@manuhamoa]

+fa vi, well said. Let's not also forget, Fa'asamoa are Samoan ways (aganu'u Samoa), Fa'atoga are Tongan ways (anganuku Tonga) and Fa'afiti means denial. The rejection of our ancestors of "other ways" brought by the latter Melanesian influenced arrivals. Hence the reason why we "re-activated the code" and sailed further to east to find new lands. Fa'afetai lava.

[@jaypzl]

@@manuhamoa can u elaborate on that "Fa'afiti" point? Either it's too late at night for my brain to process, or I'm not that smart! Lol! Appreciate it uso!

[@EastBay897]

🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲💪💯

[@skuxxdahluxx9286]

do hawaiians drink kava

[@gabrielnapoleon3856]

Skuxx dah Luxx we all drink kava uce

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

Yes Taste better than Poi

[@user-sk1qp9cf4s]

Our Polynesians mother land SAMOA .. Lands of the braves...the Moana , the might pacific Sea ..

[@hahahajahahahajaja6655]

U forgot u teachers name

[@laionemeihetahikoulakanate9515]

Go the TOA 🇼🇸🇹🇴

[@jean-claudelol563]

How did their ancestors know where to sail to get to the Islands? You can aim a boat across the ocean and sail for thousands of miles in any direction towards nowhere. They would have needed to know exactly where these islands where at to sail towards them. There's no "code to crack" that is going to tell you which way to sail to get from Samoa to any other island further out.

[@vp3970]

How did Cook find it? He Hupo ‘oe, 😂

[@jean-claudelol563]

@@vp3970 Cook as did many European sailors, literally sailed the ocean blindly until they hit land or came within sight of land and changed their course. On quite large and sturdy sailing ships carrying many months of food, water and supplies. Ships with decks pretty high above the ocean water which allowed them to see further in search of land. Ships and months of supplies that islanders would not have had access to on the tiny sea crafts they used in order to blindly explore the oceans in search of new lands hundreds or thousands of miles away.

[@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478]

(Knowledge) The History of Samoa and Tonga Dr. Okusitino Mahina /Respected Tongan Researcher Lecturer In Pacific History Auckland University Teacher Auckland University Anthropology Lecturer Auckland University Lecturer In Anthropology The University of Auckland Senior Social and Community Worker Auckland Anglican-Methodist Social Services & Community Development Agency Education PhD Ph.D. degree , Pacific history double-major B.A. degree , anthropology and sociology with Distinction The University of Auckland M.A. degree ***Interesting Read*** History of SAMOA & TONGA It is stated in Ancient Polynesians History that the 2 most Ancient Empires of Polynesia consisted of the Tui Pulotu Empire of (Fiji) and the Tui Manu'a Empire of (Samoa). These 2 Empires were long extinct prior to the arrival of Palagi's to the South Pacific Islands hence these 2 Empires are now mainly talked about through Legends etc...... It was during the rule of Tui Manu'a Fitiaumua that Samoa waged War on Tonga and parts of Fiji. War expeditions that consisted of 200 Alia (War Canoes) were sent from Saua Manu'a by orders of Tui Manu'a Fitiaumua to conquer Tonga and parts of Fiji in which he was successful. When Tui Manu'a conquered parts of Fiji his efforts of warfare earned him the name FITIAUMUA or the most superior Warrior in Fiji it was found out that the powerful Fijian Armies and her allies were in heavy losses and could not match the SAMOAN WARRIOR Fitiaumua in any battles of his conquest of there land. RESPECTED AND FAMOUS SCHOLAR OF TONGA (DR OKUSITINO MAHINA) MORE DETAILS FROM DR MAHINA OF TONGA: Over time and space, Tongan society became more settled, shaped strictly by both internal pressure and external influences. The external influences came in the form of imperial activities beginning with the Tui Pulotu empire in Fiji and followed by the Tui Manua empire in Samoa. In other words, Tonga was under considerable influence from the imperialism of both Fiji and Samoa. However, Tonga was able to free herself through bitter and bloody wars from the imperial domination of the Tui Manua -- which eventually led to the formation of the Tui Tonga empire around AD 950 in the person of Ahoeitu, the first Tui Tonga -- whose father was a deified Samoan high chief, Tangaloa Eitumâtupua, and mother a Tongan woman, Vaepopua, of great noble birth. This double origin entitled the Tui Tonga to hold both divine and secular offices. In principle, the close cultural and historical interlinkages between Fiji, Samoa and Tonga were essentially elitist, involving the intermarriage between regional aristocratic families. However, the rise and fall of these regional empires took place well before the contact with Europe. This was not the only invasion of Samoans in Tonga another one takes place during the reign of the 1st Tui Tonga Ahoeitu. DR LAMBERT FOUNDER OF TUPOU COLLEGE IN TONGA A migration from Samoa to Tonga took place in the days of Aho-eitu. According to two genealogical tables showing the descent from Aho-eitu to the time of death King George Tubou (1893) the number of generations is 34. Therefore it would have been about the year 1050 that this second element was added to the inhabitants of Tonga-tapu island. These people came from Samoa, and first landed on the east end of the island near Lafonga, where they settled. These people, after living there for many years, eventually removed to the east entrance into Mua inlet, and some of them still live there. (Notice how it states Samoans were the second element added to the island of Tongatapu, the first element were FIJIANS). ANOTHER MASS MIGRATION OF SAMOANS TO TONGA TOOK PLACE AS EARLY AS THE 1600'S. A Civil War erupted in Samoa in which a famous War chief from the village of Safata in Upolu who carried the name Ama was defeated and ended up leaving Samoa to Tonga with many of his warriors and followers. While In Tonga Samoan Chief Ama'a daughter ends up marrying a Tui Haatakalaua (Royal Chief) there off spring was Ngata the first Tui Kanokupolu: Tongan History claims during his migration to Tonga thousands of SAMOANS migrated to Tonga along with him and it was considered one of the biggest migrations of SAMOANS to TONGA. The Samoans established Ngata in HIHIFO where he became Tui HIHIFO and made Ngata a Sacred Samoan Chief on Tongan Soil (Tui A'ano Upolu or Kanokupolu) gave him protectors known as Tu'itu'i and Tafa'i which means those privileged to sit on the right and left hand of a chief, established the Fale Upolu (Fale Kanokupolu), his FONO (Fale Haakili) & his Itu (District) as a separate KINGDOM in TONGA. THE SAMOAN MATAI SYSTEM Matai - Title System Tafa'i - Royal Protectors Fale Upolu - Political Advisors Aiga - Extended Family Sa - Family, Royal Lines Ali'i Paia - Sacred Chief District Monarch Ali'i - High Chief Tulafale Ali'i - Minor Chief Tulafale - Chiefs Attendant SAMOAN MATAI SYSTEM IN HIHIFO TONGA Hingoa Fakanofo - Title System Ulutolu - Chiefs Protectors Fale Kanokupolu - Political Advisors Kainga - Extended Family Ha'a - Titled Chiefs related to an original Royal Line Eiki Lahi - Paramount Chief Eiki - High Chief Eiki Si'i - Minor Chief Matapule - Chiefs Attendants Also many of Ngata's Samoan Family traveled to Tonga to become Chiefs for the Kanokupolu Line and ruled over certain districts as well as villages etc.... It is from Hihifo Tonga that Samoan Politics as well as strong Samoan influence stretched to all corners of Tonga this same dynasty is the reason Tonga today still practices Samoan Customs, Dances, traditions etc....... Many of the Tui Kanokupolu's MATAPULE'S or HIGH CHIEFS installed to rule over various districts and villages in Tonga were all SAMOAN. This Samoan Dynasty in Tonga stretched Samoan Influence to all corners of Tonga in as little as 2 centuries. Some Info: -AKAUOLA:the toutai(navigator) of the king of Tonga. a member of the Ha'a Toutai. He is said to be of Samoan descent,the Samoan form of his title being La'auola. AKAUOLA and MOALA are related. -HAUFANO: a matapule to the Tui Kanokupolu. Resides in Niuafo'ou.(**Hau**no, I believe to be or is FAU**NO..a not so common a name, but of Manu'a connections...ties..origin) -KAMA: a matapule title derived from the AMA chiefly title of Safata district, Upolu Island, Samoa. Filise Vaitaiki was the personal name of the Kama of 1921. -LEHA: matapule to Jioeli Pangia(the man who probably would be Tui Tonga, if the office were not absorbed by the Tui Kanokupolu). Leha's functions are house building and boat building. The first LEHA came from SAMOA. Compare Lehapoto and Lehauli -MOALA: a toutai(navigator) to the Tui Kanokupolu. He is of reputed SAMOAN descent and related to AKAUOLA. Seat is in the Hihifo district, Tongatapu. *MOTU'APUAKA: One of the two great matapules of the Tui Kanokupolu. He is of SAMOAN lineage. -TAHIMATAKIMOANA: a matapule of the village of Uiha, Uiha Island, Ha'apai, serving chief Malupo. (Malupo is also stated to be of Samoan lineage) -'UHATAFE: a matapule and carpenter to the Tui Tonga of SAMOAN origin. -UHI: a matapule to ATA. for origin see VAENO. (**Uhi and Va'eno are of Samoan origin). -ULA: a navigator title. The origin of Ula is SAMOAN. His seat is at Neiafu in the Hihifo district, Tongatapu. The Tamaha's genealogies show a succession as follows; ULA to his son's son Likuohihifo, to his son Amini. The late Queen Takipo, the wife of King George Tupou II, was the daughter of an ULA. -VA'ENO: a matapule to Tungi. Of SAMOAN origin. A Samoan woman in the train of Tohuia(Limapo...the mother of the first Tui Kanokupolu) gave birth to twins who became Uhi and Va'eno . Their names became titles for two lines of matapule. Uhi is matapule to ATA.) Kamoto, an important matapule, is the head of Fale Hakili, House of Hakili, said to be a Samoan Origin. He was brought to Hihifo when Ngata was born. The Hakili derives from Tohuia's uncle 'ILI of Samoan Origin. This is just some of the SAMOANS of the TUI KANOKUPOLU DYNASTY. This Samoan Dynasty ruled Tonga and defeated the Tui Tonga line and the Tui Ha'atakalaua line and is currently ruling Tonga as of today. The literal translation of Kanokupolu means Flesh/Heart of Upolu Samoa. TONGA'S HAA TUFUNGA Ancient Haa Tufunga (Royal Undertakers) of Tonga were all Samoan. No one in Tonga were high enough rank to touch the King. HEAD OF HA'A TUFUNGA WATCHED OVER ROYAL CASKET The Royal catafalque is transferred to the charge of Lauaki, known as Maliepo, Head of the Haa Tufunga (Royal undertakers). Maliepo stands atop the catafalque watching over the Royal Casket. He is an imposing figure on the skyline. He carries a tokotoko (walking stick) and a fue (fly whisk). The fue and To'oto'o, a Samoan ceremonial icon, shows the strong connection between Samoa and Tonga within the Tui Kanokupolu dynasty. The Tongan Royal Language spoken by only the King and Royal Family is also of Samoan Origin and consists of various Samoan terms. Not even the people of Tonga speak it only Royals. Samoa is the heart of Polynesia That's why there are so many warriors from Samoa like MAXWELL HOLLOWAY, JOSEPH PARKER, TAI TUIVASA, TYSON PEDRO, DAVID TUA, RAY SEFO, MIGHTY MO, MARK HUNT and more, the Samoan culture is to strong on so many levels. There is too much to write but this is good for now Soifua. Credit - Leroy Suamataia

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TAGALOA'S ROYAL LINE'S HEART f POLYNESIA

[@toamalamascanlan7227]

Amen why all of these Polynesians need to know that they all originate from Samoa first, Mua Mua le atua 🇼🇸🇦🇸

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

The history of Polynesia is a powerful thing and most of Polynesian at that time were civilized

[@bulitale7108]

Where were this Samoan warriors during ww1&ww2?did they went to the Solomon Islands to defend our Pacific when the Japanese invaded?

[@reehzy6915]

@@toamalamascanlan7227 but whether or not we all did originate from Samoa we are all Polynesians either way 🤍

[@nevilleanitelea1372]

After a millennium - the society requires growth… must of been a massive upheaval to leave.

[@waylonwichman5428]

Not all maoris came from the pacific , they say some maoris come from the islands and some come from South America

[@theephraimite]

Waylon Wichman, wouldn’t that be the case with all Polynesians.

[@jesuabruno3659]

@Ualeai Sekupe he said some maoris not Polynesian and I don’t know if that’s true but if it is I wouldn’t be surprised cause of the connections we had with them back then

[@MaluluKeleGuiSila]

Don’t believe this. Pre-european we had no names like Melanesian Micronesia, Polynesia. We were just islands in the sea. The narrative makes it sound like the Polynesians were “superior” to the other two. It’s not accurate.

[@sasharowen9584]

yeah but they’re distinctly different... that’s why we use these terms now

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

We are all Polynesian and our language you can understand it if you listen real carefully most of the words are the same

[@teokotaiandrew3472]

According to western theory.

[@TJBlack3.5]

likes is 666

[@melaroha8003]

polynesians are not Originally Taiwanese, polies came from the south americas

[@manuhamoa]

+Mel Aroha, a lot of my family members who are LDS followers like telling me that too. Goes totally against our family oral accounts though. Got to say though, America does sound rather cool and sexy. DNA skeletal evidence points to Taipei and North Philippines. You should look into which Pacific country has the word Taipei in its' language and also into the origins of the name Tagaloa. Hint: nothing points to America (North or South).

[@sasharowen9584]

@@manuhamoa what are the origins of the name tagaloa

[@manuhamoa]

@@sasharowen9584 the Tagalog people are Austronesian from Philippines. Tagalog was referred to as Tagalor by an American diplomat when documenting his trips in the Philippines. The word Tagalog has evolved to Tagaloa in Polynesia. Tagaloa has become the God of Sea, the seafaring people of Polynesia. Some historians have interpreted the Polynesian literal meaning of Tagaloa as all encompassing. They have taken the Samoan meaning of Taga, which means wrap around or a sack, loa as long, emphasising how Tagaloa was an important deity to the Samoan and Polynesian people. In Samoan, Taipei means similar, but Tagaloa is/was their deity, God of the Sea, the seafaring people. From Tagaloa (Samoa), Tangaloa (Tonga), Taároa (Tahiti), Kanaloa (Hawaii), Tangaroa (Ávaiki & Aotearoa), this special name lives on.

[@sasharowen9584]

@@manuhamoa oh and what are your family accounts of where you guys come from?? sorry i’m very interested!! :)

[@manuhamoa]

@@sasharowen9584 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKTahJyobtWChcU I don't know your nationality, but as a Tagata Maoí, the above link is of a Samoan song that gives a synopsis of our history. We are either from Lu or Moa, that's for us to contemplate on.

[@commonlogic7805]

Unfortunately Tonga has been hailed by the scientific community as the cradle of polonesia! From Tongan they navigated to Samoa.. So in accordance with DNA studies Samoans are actually Tongans..

[@faitaavili6950]

Funny because the royal family and even Tongan scholars say they are samoan, They must be liars, stop being a jealous guy, we're all the fucking same.

[@manuhamoa]

+Dante Spraggs, so why does Tongan academics claim as part of their Tongan creation story the 3 original Tongan men Kohai, Koau & Momo were put on Eua & Ata by Tagaloa from Langi? Then Maui went to Pulotu to get wives for these 3 gents, their offspring's then literally became Tongafisi. Those who originally migrated into Polynesia were of the same DNA, same origin www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2016-10-04/dna-reveals-lapita-ancestors-of-pacific-islanders-came-from-asia/1624268 That means they were the same people. However, some chose not to stay and went onto what is referred as Langi. I suggest there's an important reason why in Tongan, Tokelau is North and Tonga is South. Note, it's also same in Aotearoa Maori.

[@toapoly4904]

fmoa Samoa was already settled before fijian arrived. We welcome them until they took advantage of the Samoan hospitality.

[@ibuypower579]

fmoa lol.. Fijians are outsiders, Tongans are exiles for mixing with outsiders.. Keeping it's stock separate as is the will of Tagaloa... Fijians are black with Afros as the rest of Polynesia have none of that..long wavie hair with brown to light brown skin..

[@nofoaigaleu3420]

Tongans are Samoan or Samoans are Tongans don't matter. We all are one family

[@yusadani755]

There is no “someone from Sāmoa who broke the code,” there is only navigators who originated from the North of the Philippines or Taiwan that ventured out into Guam, Micronesia, Melanesia and into Polynesia. How else would these “navigators” would have gotten to Fiji which these people claim are the first “Polynesian” settlers who then ventured out to Samoa and the rest of Polynesia?

[@tagaloasroyallinesheartofp3478]

Hyumanggis Fatsou HAHAHAHAH MATE LOL 😂😂

[@lopatitaiafi6841]

What code are you talking about There's no code in navigating YUFA and no it wasn't originated from the Philippines or Taiwan YUFA

[@vp3970]

You’re evidence?

[@vp3970]

Evidence?

[@jesseanthonyborjataitano8763]

Guy you are triping saying my ancestors came from your place or side of the ocean..im of chamorro descent🇲🇵 not melanysia or asia 👎🤙🏾

[@MT-tu8qd]

So what

[@truhawaii5957]

Your captain is a sell out

[@AE-ix2iz]

Why?

[@gxoxoxo]

Don't be racist amongst your own people except the fact that you're a Samoan by blood

[@truhawaii5957]

@@gxoxoxo You missed the point you weasel