Many Micronesian states celebrate Ash Wednesday, Easter, All Saints' Day, and Christmas. |
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Palauans participated in the wide-ranging Micronesian trade system, with some interaction with Malay traders. |
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But he also noted that Micronesian breadfruit has its own unique characteristics. |
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The second PC separates the Polynesian outlier from the true Polynesian populations and the Micronesian population from the Melanesian ones. |
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Palau is an extremely beautiful Micronesian nation tucked away in a corner of the West Pacific close to Philippines. |
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Best of all, I have a drinking permit for the Micronesian island of Kosrae. |
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In 1974 Johannes came from the United States to the Micronesian island archipelago of Palau. |
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Nauruan is classified as a Micronesian language but does not fit easily within subgroupings of Austronesian languages. |
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Economic self-sufficiency and the survival of the many cultures are two of the major problems facing Micronesian countries. |
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The high rates of diabetes among Pi ma Indians, Micronesian Nauruans and Australian Aborigines have confirmed his predictions. |
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In 1974 the Ellice Islanders, who are of Polynesian descent, voted to separate from the Micronesian Gilbertese. |
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The idea grew out of an effort to save highly endangered Micronesian kingfishers in Guam, where many bird species had been decimated by a brown snake invasion. |
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Slikas et al. performed a phylogenetic analysis for several Micronesian white-eyes, but did not investigate the position of white-eyes among sylvioids. |
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The remoteness of the islands and the sparsity of the population makes Yap one of the last bastions for true Micronesian culture, unsullied by outside influences. |
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After the war, the Marianas were folded into the American-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, along with other Micronesian islands, such as Palau and Yap. |
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So rarely are Polynesian, Micronesian, or Melanesian news items featured in the US media, that the image of dreamy tropic islands persists in the western imagination. |
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Marriage unions that create family alliances and concentrate land, wealth, and status, such as preferential cross-cousin marriage, are favored in many Micronesian societies. |
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He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. |
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In the Federated States of Micronesia, one must be a Micronesian citizen for at least 15 years to run for parliament. |
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Micronesian Navigator Mau Piailug was from the Carolinian island of Satawal. |
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Seventy years ago, a deadly battle took place in the Micronesian Sea. |
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Males carrying subclades of K2b1 are found primarily among Papuan peoples, Micronesian peoples, indigenous Australians, and Polynesians. |
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Most of the residents are Marshallese, who are of Micronesian origin and migrated from Asia several thousand years ago. |
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Pingelapese is a Micronesian language spoken on the Pingelap atoll and on two of the eastern Caroline Islands, called the high island of Pohnpei. |
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The prehistory of many Micronesian islands such as Yap are not known very well. |
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Other Pacific Islander ethnic groups include Samoans, Guamanians or Chamorros, Tongans, Fijians, and over 15 other Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian ethnic groups. |
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Japan seized Germany's Micronesian colonies and, after the Siege of Tsingtao, the German coaling port of Qingdao on the Chinese Shandong peninsula. |
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Ventricular phytobezoar impaction in three Micronesian kingfishers. |
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