The Samoan archipelago consists of 15 inhabited islands in the South Pacific that are located approximately 14 degrees south latitude and between 171 and 173 degrees west longitude. The archipelago is a politically divided one. The eastern group of...

American Samoa (Samoan: Amerika Sāmoa or Sāmoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa. The main (largest and most populous) island is Tutuila, with the...

The land tenure system of the indigenous people of American Samoa has been protected by law, but is gradually being supplanted by private ownership. This change was produced by an interaction between courts attempting to mediate conflict and Samoans increasingly using land in their...

In the southwestern Pacific Ocean lies American Samoa, a small archipelago of five islands and two coral atolls that represent the only U.S. territory south of the equator. American Samoa is home to Fagatele (Fohng-ah-teh-leh) Bay National Marine Sanctuary (FBNMS), the smallest, most...

The lieutenant governor and a territorial senator of American Samoa were charged with fraud, bribery and obstruction in a federal indictment unsealed Monday in Washington.The arrests of Lt. Gov. Ipulasi Sunia, 64, and Sen. Tini Lam Yuen, 56, were announced in a Justice Department release...

James E. SlossonLOS ANGELES (AP) _ James E. Slosson, who helped create the California commission that advises lawmakers on reducing earthquake dangers, died April 28. He was 84.Slosson, who lived in Sherman Oaks, died of congestive heart failure at a hospital, said his daughter-in-law, Lynn...