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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.
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Hoisting of the American Flag
On April 17, 1900, high chiefs from the Samoan islands of Tutuila and Aunuʻu signed a Deed of Cession, ceding the islands to the US.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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U.S. Expansion in 1898
This Philadelphia Press political cartoon symbolizes US expansion in 1898 from “tip to tip”: Puerto Rico (right, identified as “Porto Rico”) to the Philippines (left, identified as “Manila”). A map of the US in 1798 (bottom right) presents a stark contrast in territorial size.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 5
Click through to read all five pages of Public Law No. 103-150.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 4
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 3
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 2
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 1
Click through to read all five pages of Public Law No. 103-150.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Largest Pacific Islander Groups in the US
The largest Pacific Islander groups in the US are Native Hawaiians (620,000), followed by Samoans (212,000), CHamorus (156,000), Tongans (65,000), and Fijians (50,000). Data based on five years (2016-2020) of Census American Community Surveys.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Kanak Independence Badge
This badge from the 1980s calls for Kanak independence in New Caledonia, a French territory where Kanak are Indigenous peoples, in solidarity with Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand, a former British Crown colony.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Map of Oceania
Another map of Oceania with the subregions Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia identified. Compared to the map above, how might categorization be used to both divide and unite?
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
