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Table of contents for Pacific Voices Talk Story · Volume IV
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| Samoan & English in Imperial Beach |
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Jim Yandall |
Interviewed: November 17-18, 2004
Birthplace: Atu’u, Am. Samoa
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“My dad was a high chief and got nothing out of it. I never thought about being a high chief, or any of that fa‘a Samoa business.” |
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Samoan & English in Imperial Beach
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Yvonne Yandall
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Interviewed: November 17-18, 2004
Birthplace: Au’a, Am. Samoa
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“The reason why the kids can’t speak Samoan is because they go to school here where it’s English all the time. They go to their mom and it’s English, too.” |
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| Chamorro Family Values |
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Vicenta Camacho |
Interviewed: March 29, 2005
Birthplace: Guam
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“In old-fashioned Catholic times, there’s no birth control. I came from twelve, but only six of us survived. I was the only girl left.”
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| From Childhood to Chief
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Frances Espiritu |
Interviewed: October 1, 2004
Birthplace: Fagatogo, Am. Samoa
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“When I was little in Amouli, two Samoan brothers from Upolu skillfully lassoed two sharks and rode them to the beach.”
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Waiting for Makahiki |
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Carolyn Lei-lanilau
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Interviewed: March 30, 2005
Birthplace: Hawai’i
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“The normal consequence of aging is everything is withering away. We’re losing memories as we don’t talk about them further.”
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| Chamorro Family Values |
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Elizabeth Camacho |
Interviewed: March 29, 2005
Birthplace: Oakland, CA
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“We’re lumped together under ‘Asian Americans.’ In the colleges, there is a movement to separate Pacific Islanders from Asians.”
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| Accent on Confidence Required |
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Soledad C. Santos |
Interviewed: April 2, 2005
Birthplace: Piti, Guam
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“Getting Islanders to be involved, to be open, takes time. But we can’t wait. They need to jump in with both feet.”
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| Look Homeword, Marshallese! |
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Que Baywe Keju |
Interviewed: March 24, 2005
Birthplace: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
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“If we’re going to sacrifice our culture and heritage for the new-stuff-of-the-day, like tourism, how much is it going to cost us?”
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| The Way Up and Out |
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Salesi Vakalahi |
Interviewed: February 16, 2005
Birthplace: Tongatapu, Tonga
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| “For me, freedom was more financial. I felt that if you have money, you’re free to do whatever you want.”
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| Niue? Say, “New Way.” |
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Ellie McCline |
Interviewed: April 30, 2005
Birthplace: Alofi, Niue Island
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“Niue guys treated women differently. All the American servicemen were nice gentlemen. I felt like a queen!”
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| I Am Rapanui |
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Charles “Tito” Paoa |
Interviewed: March 25, 2005
Birthplace: Easter Island
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“The custom of outrigging, the Rapanui language, dancing, the arts, like tapa-making—all are coming back.”
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| Maori in New York |
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Ataahua Papa |
Interviewed: March 5, 2005
Birthplace: Mangakino, New Zealand
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“Maori have made real progress developing and strengthening our language to where our kids are now native, first-generation speakers.”
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| To Be Young, Smart, and Hapa |
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John P. Rosa |
Interviewed: April 29, 2005
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
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“Asians were around, but there seemed to be very few people who were mixed like me: half-Chinese, half-Portuguese.”
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| Daughters of Papua New Guinea |
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Karen Washington |
Interviewed: April 29, 2005
Birthplace: Papua New Guinea
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“I’ve heard that a lot of PNGeans are getting away from betel nut because of the health issues. I chew it because it keeps me connected.”
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| Daughters of Papua New Guinea |
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Maria Perreault |
Interviewed: April 29, 2005
Birthplace: Gordka, Papua New Guinea
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“Especially recently, getting to know other New Guineans here, I’m thinking more about going back home and making use of what I’ve learned.”
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ISBN: 978-0-9726191-2-7
ISSN: 1537-0992
Volume IV 390 pp, perfect bound.
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