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    The title Tui Manuʻa was the title of the ruler or paramount chief of the Manuʻa Islands in present-day American Samoa. The Tuʻi Manuʻa Confederacy, or...
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    Tui Manu'a Matelita, born Margaret Young, and also known as Makelita, Matelika or Lika (31 December 1872 – 29 October 1895) was the Tui Manu'a (paramount...
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    Tui Manuʻa Elisara (died 2 July 1909) was the last Tui Manu'a titleholder in Manu'a, which is now part of the U.S. Territory of American Samoa. Elisala...
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    three administrative divisions of American Samoa. Manu'a was the political centre of the Tui Manu’a Empire for many centuries, until the rise of the Tu'i...
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  • The Treaty of Cession of Manuʻa, also known as the Deed of Cession of Manuʻa, was a treaty between Tui Manuʻa Elisala and the United States signed on 16...
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    and recorded his accounts of the Tuʻi Tonga kings during his visits to the Friendly Isles of Tonga. As Samoa's Tui Manuʻa maritime empire began to decline...
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    the 9th century, the Tui Manuʻa controlled a vast maritime empire comprising most of the settled islands of Polynesia. The Tui Manuʻa is one of the oldest...
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    suggest that the Tui Manuʻa had long been one of the most prestigious and powerful paramounts of Samoa. Oral history suggests that the Tui Manuʻa kings governed...
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    Tuitele, Fuimaono, Satele, Letuli, and Tui Manu'a. Tama'aiga of Upolu have the same rank as Fa'asuaga of Tutuila and Manu'a in traditional protocols. The bicameral...
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    titles were the Tu'i Manu'a from the Manu'a islands in the far east of the Samoa Islands chain, the Tui Atua from Atua and the Tui A'ana from A'ana (both...
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  • The Tui Manu'a Graves Monument is a funerary marker and grave site on the island Ta'u, the largest island of the Manu'a group in American Samoa. It is...
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    ruled by the successive Tui Manu'a dynasties. Manuan genealogies and religious oral literature also suggest that the Tui Manu'a had long been one of the...
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    as 20th Tui Manu'a) Siliave (reigned as 23rd Tui Manu'a) Seuea (reigned as 27th Tui Manu'a) Matelita (reigned 1891–1895, as 39th Tui Manu'a) Bora Bora...
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  • various polities. Traditionally, a Tui is an equivalent of God title. Origin of Tui is believed to be Tui Manu'a (the title given to the son of the Polynesian...
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    Samoan islands of Manu'a, under the rule of the Tui Manu'a. In the Cook Islands to the east, the tradition is that Karika, or Tui Manu'a 'Ali's, came to...
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    Fijians, and Tongans. Notable figures in Samoan history included the Tui Manu'a line, Queen Salamasina, King Fonoti and the four tama a ʻāiga: Malietoa...
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    Village Site November 23, 2003 (#99001228) Address restricted Fitiuta 2 Tui Manu'a Graves Monument Upload image November 19, 2015 (#15000812) Northwest of...
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    waned and eventually supplanted by the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. While Manu'a under the Tui Manu'a remained independent, the rest of Samoa paid tribute to the Tu'i...
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  • of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. Following Samoa's emancipation from the Tuʻi Tonga in the 13th century, the main power there remained the Tui Manuʻa, a dynasty...
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    Niuas were settled by the Lapita culture. It was later part of the Tui Manu'a and Tuʻi Tonga Empires. The Niua group was first encountered by Europeans...
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    Tui Atua extends far back into the early history of Samoa, beyond that of Queen Salamasina's reign, to the sons of Pili, descendant of the Tui Manu'a...
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    Taʻū (category Manu'a)
    three islands of the Manuʻa Group existed as a unified polity. Taʻū served as the primary center of authority, hosting the Tui Manu'a paramount chieftaincy...
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  • Chris Taliutafa Young (category Tui Manua)
    1967), was the last claimant to the traditional title Tui Manu'a (paramount chief or king) of Manu'a, a group of islands in the eastern part of the Samoan...
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  • Chris Taliutafa Young (1892–1967), Samoan chief and claimant to the title Tui Manu'a Young (surname) Chris Yonge (born 1991), a Canadian rapper and sound producer...
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  • led by the Zipazgo and the Northern Muisca of Hunza led by the Zacazgo. Tui Manuʻa Confederacy Kimek–Kipchak confederation 9th century–13th century A Turkic...
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    Cession of Manuʻa in 1904 on behalf of the U.S. government. The last sovereign of Manuʻa, the Tui Manuʻa Elisala, signed a Deed of Cession of Manuʻa following...
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  • the Leʻiato, Faumuina, Mauga, Tuitele, Fuimaono, Sātele, Letuli, and Tui Manuʻa. The term first emerged during the ascension of Fuiavailili in the aftermath...
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  • Tui Manu’a Eliasara in 1909, Governor Parker announced that since the American flag was raised in the Manuʻa Islands in 1904, the title of Tui Manu'a...
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    Fa'amatai, chiefly system of Samoa. Mata'afa Tuimaleali'ifano Tupua Tamasese Tui Manu'a Journal of the Polynesian Society Tuvale, Te'o. An Account of Samoan History...
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    into prominence between 900 - 1200 AD. It was the favorite weapon of the Tui Manu'a Empire in the time of King Maui Tagote of the Eastern Samoan Island groups...
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