Samoans

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The Samoans are Polynesian people who live on a group of small islands in the Central Pacific which constitute the territories of American Samoa and (since 1962) the independent state of Western Samoa. They are mainly root-and-tree crop horticulturalists, raising taro, yams, bananas, breadfruit, and coconuts. Their diet is supplemented by fishing, animal husbandry, and some hunting. Many families earn some money by selling coconuts or copra, the ripe coconut meat. Many Samoan families also earn income from children who live and work abroad, mainly in New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii and California.

Identifier

Region

• Oceania

Subregion

• Polynesia

Subsistence Type

• horticulturalists

Samples

• EA
• SCCS

Countries

• American Samoa
• Samoa

External Links

• Upolu Samoans (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE
• Upolu Samoans (Standard Cross-Cultural Sample) D-PLACE