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Culture summaryessay 2009 • Alkire, William H.
Woleai Region • Oceania > Micronesia
This is a culture summary of the Woleai Region. Information is presented on major aspects of the culture of the Woleai Region....Lamotrek Atoll and inter-island socioeconomic tiesBook 1965 • Alkire, William H.
Woleai Region • Oceania > Micronesia
This book discusses the social structure of the people of Lamotrek Atoll in the in the Woleai Region of the Federated Republics of Micronesia. It argues that the ways residents of Lamotrek organized themselves into clans, subclans, lineages and house...The traditional classification and treatment of illness on Woleai and Lamotrek in the Caroline Islands, Micronesiaarticle 1982 • Alkire, William H.
Woleai Region • Oceania > Micronesia
This article argues that the classification of illness and treatment in Woleai and Lamotrek Atolls is related to knowledge and associated beliefs involving three classes of spirits. These are 'malevolent' spirits that cause sickness, divination spiri...