Monthly Archives: August 2022

An interesting article was recently posted on the Solomon Times that I believe worth sharing about traditional shell money… Solomon Islands shell money is the price some grooms still pay for love. But first they have to find the traditional … Continue reading →

Great news! After a two year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Island Culture Archival Support (ICAS) was enthusiastically back in the Pacific Islands in early July proudly working on a project at the National Archives of Fiji (NAF) with … Continue reading →

The Cook Islands News recently posted and article about how Pacific artists of Samoan origin Fatu Feu’u returned to an exhibition in the Cook Islands accompanied by contemporaries and fellow Samoans, Andy Leleisi’uao and Raymond Sagapolutele with a new series … Continue reading →

Journalist Enqi Yang recently wrote a piece for the Guam Daily Post about how the CHamoru people have relied on fishing as a way of life for centuries, and it’s a practice that continues today. However, there’s a growing concern … Continue reading →

Journalist Elena Pasilio recently wrote an article for Radio New Zealand about how Tokelau has launched a digital project – Te Kupega o te Vateatea o te Gagana Tokelau (Tokelau Language Website) – to help preserve the atolls’ language. The … Continue reading →

Journalist Fuimaono Lumepa Hald of the Samoa Observer recently wrote an article about how art galleries and museums in the capital Apia are looking forward to the opening of Samoa’s borders on August 1 when the first commercial flights arrive. … Continue reading →