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Asian American Pacific Islander Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Asian American Pacific Islander Oral History Project & FAAMATI WINEY Narrator Project DAVID ZANDER Interviewer History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Cover design: Kim Jackson Copyright © 2012 by Minnesota Historical Society All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Oral History Office, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102. THE MINNESOTA ASIAN COMMUNITIES ORAL HISTORY PROJECT The Asian population of Minnesota has grown dramatically since 1980, and in particular during the period from 1990 to the present. The Asian community is one of the largest and most diverse in the state, and is particularly noteworthy because its growth has been spread across such a wide spectrum of ethnic groups. The Minnesota Historical Society and the Council on Asian Pacific MinnesotansProject formed a partnership to create a series of projects of oral history interviews with Asian community leaders. The projects are intended to help chronicle the history, successes, challenges, and contributions of this diverse and highly important group of Minnesotans. History During the past twenty years the Minnesota Historical Society has successfully worked with many immigrant communities in theOral state toSociety ensure that the stories of their arrival, settlement, and adjustment to life in Minnesota becomes part of the historical record. While the Society has worked with the Asian Indian, Tibetan, Cambodian and Hmong communities in the recent past, the current project includes interviews with members of the Vietnamese, Filipino, Lao and Korean communities, with more planned for the future. These new projects have created an expanded record that that better represents the AsianHistorical community and its importance to the state. Community The project could not have succeeded without the efforts of a remarkable group of advisors who helped frame the topics for discussion, and the narrators who shared their inspiring stories in each interview. We are deeply grateful for their interest and their commitmentIslander to the cause of history. Minnesota James E. Fogerty Kao Ly Ilean Her MinnesotaPacific Historical Society Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Faamati Winey showing off her Samoa flag. 6 Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community Faamati and her sisters.Islander FromMinnesota left to right: Uno Aumua Ah Keni, Faimafili Aumua Teve, Arbor Day Aumua Mataafa and Faamati Aumua Winey. Pacific 8 Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community Faamati’s parents,Islander fatherMinnesota Tautua Filemoni Aumua, mother Lilia Falanaipupu Amisone Aumua, and their nephew Marti Aumua. Pacific 10 Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Faamati Winey at the top of Mount Elbert in Colorado. 12 Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Faamati and her husband Mark Winey in Samoa for vacation. 14 Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Faamati with Snap Fitness Founder and CEO Peter Taunton at a Snap fitness convention. 16 Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society THE INTERVIEW Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Project History Oral Society Historical Community IslanderMinnesota Pacific Faamati Winey Narrator David Zander Interviewer February 28, 2012 Vannelli’s by the Lake Restaurant Forest Lake, Minnesota Faamati Winey -FW David Zander -DZ Project DZ: Here we are. Last day of February. February 28th at Vannelli’s in Forest Lake. My name is David, I am the interviewer. And so Faamati please tell me your full name. History FW: My name is Faamati Winey. DZ: Thank you. And where and when were you born? Oral Society FW: I was born in Ulotogia. Aleipata is the district, in Samoa. March 19, 1976. DZ: First, I would like you to think about your first memories. What comes to mind, first memories when you were very small? Historical FW: Well, one of the greatest, fondCommunity memories that I still treasure these days is I helped deliver my youngest sister when I was nine years old. It was just my mom and I at the house. My dad, who was a school principal at that time, he was in a teacher’s meeting in the city, so he could not come home because we lived in the village. And I think I’ll always remember that. FW: That very earlyIslander morning,Minnesota a full moon. When my mom and I were. tried to get to a midwife’s house for her to come and help my mom. And by the time we walked back, we walked over a mile or so. By the time we went back home, my mom was ready to give birth. So I helped just in time when the midwife arrived. DZ: So Pacificthe midwife came and then the baby was born, or did it so happen just before she came? FW: Yes. She came in later at the right time. When, she was not come out completely, which I think I would be more scared, too, if the midwife was not there because I wouldn’t know what to do. DZ: How many brothers and sisters do you have? Are you the oldest? 20 FW: I am the oldest, and I have three sisters and one brother. My brother lives in Australia. currently lives in Australia right now. He was raised by my step-grandmother. DZ: Your three sisters. Where do they live? FW: My brother is the second to oldest. My third sister, she lives in American Samoa with her husband. And they have four kids. Three boys, one girl. And they currently have a small business there, too. She works at the energy plant; it’s like the energy plant in American Samoa. And her husband is a mechanic and has a shop, a little shop. And my other sister, she is a pastor’s wife. There in a seminary school with her husband. And they have one daughter. And my youngest sister is living in Samoa, too. With her husband and she has three children. DZ: And your parents are still alive? Project FW: My parents are still alive. My mom just celebrated her sixtieth birthday last Sunday. Well, no, two Sundays ago. And they’re both retired right now. My dad was the principal for many, many years. Even before I was born. And then my mom was also a teacher. History DZ: So do they still live in the village where you grew up? FW: Yes. For a while, then we went to live in town. ForOral us, the Societykids, to go to a better school. But now they moved back to the village. My dad is the current mayor of the village. And also he’s involved in a lot of school projects like the PTA, the chair, the president of the PTA group. So he’s taking over a lot of the projects ever since he retired. DZ: What was the school system like for you in the islands? And where did you go to school? Historical FW: Let’s see, we have primary school,Community which is where my dad and then my mom currently live now. It’s where my dad was the principal and my mom was a teacher at the same school. Didn’t have any choice. [Chuckles] FW: So I went there for a few years. Then we went to a school in town, which was one of the best schools. A publicIslander schoolMinnesota in town. FW: So I was first at Apia Primary and then went to Leififi Intermediate. And then from there on I went to Samoa College, which is considered probably the best public college. They have a great school system there. Pacific DZ: The first school you were at is where your parents taught. FW: My parents were both teachers. [Chuckles] DZ: How many kids were in their school? FW: I would say probably two hundred. It was smaller. 21 DZ: Small, but a fair-sized elementary. FW: Yes. Well, it seems two hundred. [Chuckles] Maybe even smaller, too. At least a hundred for sure. DZ: I understand how important it is to go to a good school. Did you have to take exams to get to these top schools, like when you were eleven or twelve? FW: From our reports from the previous school that we went to. They would place you in a class accordingly to your grades. from your previous school reports. FW: So I was very fortunate to always end up being among the best students, one of the best classes. Project DZ: Would you say the school system was similar to British or Australian or American schools? What kind of influences were on the school? History FW: Well, now that I am back as a student again (here in Minnesota) I would say the school system in Samoa is pretty. apathetic. It’s up to the student to see if you want to excel or not. Oral Society FW: The way they do their classes depends on how you do the school. I’m not sure how the London school system works, but for Australia, New Zealand, since those were the scholarship opportunities after high school. Most of our. the students have opportunities to go study further in Australia or New Zealand.
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