Hypothetical political union of Samoa and American Samoa
The political union of Samoa (an independent state previously known as Western Samoa) and American Samoa (a US territory also known as Eastern Samoa), both of which are part of the Samoan Islands, has been proposed ever since their current status was established in the first half of the 20th century under the Tripartite Convention, and even earlier: In 1919, Western Samoa expressed a desire to unite with American Samoa. The Samoan people in both Western Samoa and American Samoa share ethnicity and culture, but their islands have remained politically separated.[1] The western islands were incorporated as the Western Samoa Trust Territory under British administration from 1920–1946, and under New Zealand administration from 1946 to 1962. The Inter-Samoan Consultative Committee was established in 1955 to promote cooperation between the two.[2] Richard Barrett Lowe, the governor of American Samoa from 1953 to 1956, said during his tenure that it had been decided that reunification with Western Samoa was not to be discussed by the Committee.[3] In 1969, a political commission in American Samoa rejected a proposal for unification with Western Samoa.[4]
Sentiments for and against unification exist in varying degrees.[5] Nevertheless, some Western Samoan political leaders have argued in favor either of unification or of making Western Samoa an American Trust Territory.[6] Although inhabitants of American Samoa have a strong Samoan national identity, there is no large movement among them in favor of independence or unification with Western Samoa.[7] American Samoa protested Western Samoa's official name change to "Samoa" in 1997, concerned that it would imply that Samoa has authority over all the Samoan islands, including American Samoa.[8]
^Hermann Hiery (January 1995). The Neglected War: The German South Pacific and the Influence of World War I. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-0-8248-1668-1.
^Lowe 1967, p. 243.
^Lowe 1967, p. 55.
^James Stuart Olson; Robert Shadle (1991). Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9.
^Katarina Ferro; Margot Wallner; Richard Bedford (31 December 2006). Migration happens: reasons, effects and opportunities of migration in the South Pacific. Lit. ISBN 978-3-8258-6998-4. There exist varying degrees of sentiment for and against unification. The independent state of Western Samoa fears uncontrolled "americanization," while American Samoa fears the burden of uniting with an economically poorer country whose inhabitants greatly outnumber those of American Samoa and might have the decisive say in any issues decided by majority rule.
^Malama Meleisea (1987). Lagaga: A Short History of Western Samoa. editorips@usp.ac.fj. pp. 148–. ISBN 978-982-02-0029-6.
^Joanne Barker (1 December 2005). Sovereignty Matters: Locations of Contestation and Possibility in Indigenous Struggles for Self-determination. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 109–. ISBN 0-8032-5198-X.
^James Minahan (30 May 2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World A-Z [4 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 565–. ISBN 978-0-313-07696-1.
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