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SAMOAN SAINTS SETTLERS and Sojourners SAMOAN SAINTS SETTLERS AND sojourners by max maimak stanton hawaii such a move was made especially easy because the property in laie was churchownedchurch owned and the overwhelming majority of the inha- from stanton samoan saints the samoans in the mormon village of university of oregon laie hawaii unpublished doctoral dissertation bitants of the community were fellow latterlatterdayday saints many of the 1973 appp 345634 56 data updated to march 9 19821982. samoans had already broken traditional village and familial ties to join the church and had moved into one of the recently founded one of the earliest areas to be settled by samoans outside of mormon settlements in their home islands thus the move to hawaii a their home islands was laie it was founded on the site of was not as severe a measure as might be assumed 2 7 traditional hawaiian city of refugerefuges in 1865 cunningscummings 19654 there have been no official records kept on the ethnic compos- of as a gathering place for members of the church of jesus christ ition of laie but pierce 195620 reports that in 1925 thirtyonethirty one replace the former latterlatterdayday saints in the sandwich islands to samoans were living in the village and that by 1929 the number had which settlement in the lalawaipalawai basin on the island of lanai the increased to 125 ibid which was roughly onefourthone fourth of the total church had lost a year earlier due to the mismanagement and deceit population of the community thereafter the rate of immigration of walter murray gibson see beck 1972 for further details for declined most probably due to the closing of a local sugar plantation mormon the next fifty years laie served as a center of the church the economic depression of the 1930s and the total cessation of in hawaii and attracted many hawaiian converts immigration due to the second world war after peace had been restored to the pacific samoans again samoan immigration to laie began to immigrate to hawaii in 1950 463 natives of american and in 1919 the hawaii mormon temple was dedicated in laie samoa were living in hawaii united nations 1956220 from pop- shortly thereafter samoan mormons began to settle in the village ulation estimates provided by pierce 195620 it is safe to assume mainly to enjoy the special benefits of the edifice in light of the that about half of this number lived in laie in 1951 there was a gathering concept popular at the time among members of the church sharp increase in the number of immigrants as a result of the transfer theology and the importance of the temple in latterlatterdayday saint it of the administration of american samoa from the department of the wanted emigrate to is understandable why samoans should have to navy to the department of the interior in that year 117 samoan 21 navy personnel and 257 dependents were transferred to pearl harbor recent group came to hawaii after 1950 for a variety of reasons born 1968456 in july of the next year 1952 another 958 with employment and education being the two most prominent reasons samoans left american samoa and arrived in hawaii on the USS see also born 1968457 it is significant that in eydes study president jackson ibid another 1074 persons were left behind 19546 the prime motivation for migration given by those who in samoa who had also expressed their desire to immigrate pierce settled in laie from the USS president jackson group was church 195622 it must be assumed that most of these latter individuals work however pierce 195628 31 was able to determine that also were eventually able to emigrate economic factors played the most important role in the final decision until 1950 nearly all of the samoans arriving in hawaii were for these people to migrate pierce completed his studies before members ofot theche mormon church born 1968456 the dramatic influx the church college of hawaii had made much of an impact on laielalelafe but of over 1300 samoans in the early 1950s included mostly non he did predict ibid22Ibid 22 that the college would greatly effect the mormons eyde 195414 after the arrival of the USS president social nature of the community which has since been the case jackson over 300 newly arrived immigrants settled with friends and in 1954 the church college of hawaii now known as brigham relatives in laie pierce 195621 of this number over onethirdone third young university hawaii campus was established first as a were not Morcormonsmormonsmons and many of those who were latterlatterdayday saints did junior college and then im 1961 raised to a full four year not adhere strictly to church standards within a year only 88 status A primary objective of the college was to provide advanced of the USS president jackson group remained in laie ibid and education with a religious environment at minimal cost for the by 1955 only 59 president jackson immigrants were still in the members of the mormon church in hawaii and the rest of polynesia community ibid71 72 australia and asia A number of young men from samoa were called samoan immigration to laie can be divided into two major groups as labor missionaries to help construct the physical plant of the the older group those who came to hawaii before 1950 and their college many of these young men remained at the church college as children born either in samoa or hawaii immigrated primarily forfor students the church also provided scholarships and financial aid mormon temple religious reasons they wanted to be close to the to young men and women from samoa to attend the college most of day more and to live in a community with fellow latterlatterday saints the these students came from the mormon secondary schools of pesegapenega near apia and mapusaga in american samoa by 1965 forty students from samoa were enrolled at the church college of hawaii this total does not include samoan residents of hawaii new zealand and the united many others working as secretaries switchboard operators security states mainland in 1981 over 130 students from western and american guards public relations specialists maintenance men and other vital samoa were registered at the college registrar BYUHCBYU HC nd personnel necessary to keep such a large operation functioning the another factor that contributes to the in flow of samoans to PCC is a major source of employment in the area and it is not sur samoans many laie is the polynesian cultural center PCC which was established prising that a number of work there students of the in 1963 the PCC was created to preserve elements of the traditional church college of hawaii continue their association with the PCC culture of the polynesian people and to provide a source of income after graduation which provides them with the means to remain in samoa and support for the students attending the church college of hawaii laie rather than returning to the samoans maintain one of the six villages in the center the in 1955 there were 307 samoans out of the total population of villages are actually exhibit areas containing some typical examples 1041 in laie pierce 195622 of which 150 were from the old of traditional architecture and provide a pleasing backdrop for the pre 1950 group the majority of the samoans living in laie up demonstration of various native arts handicrafts songs and dances until pierces study was made were from Anernneranercianamercianemerciancianclan samoa but in no one actually resides in these villages at the PCC those who recent years there has been a sharp increase in the number of work or perform there live in laie or other communities in the area western samoans immigrating to laie A survey conducted in although many of the mployeesemployees are students the PCC also employs january 1972 by the author of this dissertation included data older artisans and specialist who are wellversedwell versed in traditional from eighty five per cent of the households in the community culture many of those in the latter category came to hawaii with ninety one households were contacted in which either the head of their families directly from samoa the household the spouse if married and living with the marriage the polynesian cultural center is now one of the most popular partner or both were Sasamoanssammansmoans of these ninetyoneninety one households tourist attractions in hawaii it employs a staff of over 1100 fiftyfiftytwotwo were samoan samoan marriages thirteen were either people to keep it in operation in addition to those individuals who single or not living with their spouse nine were samoan caucasian are busy with the outward tourist attraction type activities there are nine were samoan hawaiian three were samoan tongan two were samoan maori and one each were married to a tahitian fijian and a japanese 23 TABLE I1 A comparison BETWEEN PLACE OF biablaBIMBIRTH AND YEARS OF RESIDENCE IN ulelaleUIELAIE TABLE ilII11 A comparison OF REASONS FOR MIGRATING PLACE OF BIRTH AND YEARS OF RESIDENCE IN LAIE years of residence in laielalelaie place of birth 050 5 6106 10 111511 15 162016 20 212521 25 26 total reasons for place of years of residence in laie migrating birth in samoa 050 5 6106 10 111511 15 162016 20 212521 25 26 american samoa 5 17 10 8 4 11 55 total western samoa 23 16 15 4 3 6 67 attend american 3 2 1 0 11 6 CCECCH western 8 2 1 0 11 total 28 33 25 12 7 17 122 work at american 0 1 2 I11 PCC western 2 0 2 note an additional fourteen individuals in this survey were church american 0 2 4 6 2 2 16 born in hawaii seven other did not indicate their place of birth affiliation western 3 7 I1 0 1 3 15 live with american
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