Towering, yet soft-spoken, Samoan Father Pale Schmidt is gently calling Samoans in Anchorage back to their spiritual homeland — the Catholic Church. Using the native language of the tiny Pacific ...
Healthy People 2010 emphasizes elimination of health disparity and improvements in anemia and iron deficiency (ID). The study purpose was to (1) determine the prevalence of anemia, ID and ID anemia ...
Hannah Lei (left) and Jirleen Nyel cheer for their team during a Samoan cricket game in Anchorage on July 5, 2025. Jirleen Nyel and her friends hollered encouragement from their chairs nestled in a ...
On a Saturday morning in early April, the members of Le Aumaga spent their time dressed in the traditional Samoan ie faitaga (wrap-around bottom) and ofu tino (dress shirt) and discussing rap lyrics ...
Gabrielle T. Langkilde ’21, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a joint concentrator in Sociology and Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Eliot House. Her column appears on alternate Fridays. Last ...
Sitting in a lava field in Apia, Samoa, is a breathtaking reminder of how incredible nature can be. The To Sua ocean trench is a mini sunken tropical paradise with turquoise waters surrounded by lush ...
The Pacific island nation elected its first female prime minister, but the previous leader refuses to step down. The general election was in April, but no new government has been formed. The Pacific ...