Illustrations
Figures
1. Homer G. Barnett’s Academic Lineage 412 2. George Peter Murdock’s Academic Lineage 414 3. Alexander Spoehr’s Academic Lineage 418 4. David M. Schneider’s Academic Lineage 419
Maps
1. US Naval Island Governments, September 1947 20 2. Cima Map, 1947 24 3. US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 184 4. Political Entitites of Micronesia, 1997 437
Photographs
1993 Conference: Karen Nero, Ward Goodenough, Nancy Lewis, William Alkire 4 1993 Conference: Faustina Rehuher, Richard Salvador, Peter Black 4 1993 Conference: Vicente Diaz, Resio Moses, Faustina Rehuher, Joakim Peter 5 1993 Conference: Tisha Hickson, Kathy Czar 6 Cima research team 29 Homer G. Barnett, Cima researcher, Palau, 1947 30 Conference of Staff, District, and Assistant Anthropologists, Guam, 1956: Shigeru Kaneshiro, Francis Defngin, Gustave Weilbacher, Frank Mahony, Jack Tobin, Tion Bikajle 30
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Conference of Staff, District, and Assistant Anthropologists, Guam, 1956: Frank Mahony, Tion Bikajle, Jack Tobin, Francis Defngin, John deYoung, Shigeru Kaneshiro, Gustave Weilbacher, Richard Emerick 31 Former Assistant Anthropologist Francis Defngin at United Nations, 1963 32 Hotel and shopping complex, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 1996 44 Upscale shopping facility for tourists, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 1996 44 Japanese tourists, Tumon Bay, Guam, 1998 45 Relics of earlier colonial regimes in Micronesia 63 Devastation of Peleliu Island, Palau, after the American invasion, 1944 63 US Marine questioning Saipanese during invasion of Saipan, June 1944 64 Fais Islanders gathered to salute the American flag, January 1945 64 Islander giving information to US Marine officer during evacuation of Japanese garrison, Woleai Atoll, September 1945 65 Marshallese children examining American magazines, Majuro, Marshall Islands, 1945 65 Leonard Mason with Jibaj, Bikini elder, Kili Island, July 1963 82 Traditional housing and dress, outer islands, Yap District, 1950s 94 Surround method of fishing, Eauripik Atoll, 1970s 95 Marshallese sailing canoes, Ujelang Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1964 95 Yap Islander, field trip vessel, unloading copra in Palau, 1970s 96 Outboard motor boats, Wééné Island, Chuuk, 1995 96 Airline of the Marshall Islands service to outer islands, Kili Island, Marshall Islands, 1986 97 David Schneider and Yapese informant, Rumung Island, Yap, 1947 126 Ward Goodenough in Honolulu en route to Micronesia 1947 126 Ward Goodenough and Boutau K. Efot, chief of Chorong and research assistant, Romónum Island, Chuuk, 1964–1965 127 Saul Riesenberg, Pohnpei, 1963 163 Roland Force interviewing Charlie Gibbons, Palau, tripp project, 1954 171 Senate, Congress of Micronesia, 1966 183 Norman Meller speaking at Congress of Micronesia 186 Illustrations xi
1993 Conference: Norman Meller, Glenn Petersen 186 Lin Poyer revising chapter 7202 Ann and Jack Fischer, Pohnpei, early 1950s 202 Commencement, Outer Islands High School, Yap District, 1971 214 Xavier High School, Chuuk, late 1960s or early 1970s 214 Meeting of Trusteeship Council, United Nations, 1978 215 Mel Spiro and field assistant, Ifaluk Atoll, 1947 226 Thomas Gladwin, cima project, Chuuk, 1947 242 Satawal canoe arrives at Okinawa for Expo ’75 242 Satawal canoe crew with High Commissioner Edward E. Johnston, Saipan, 1973 243 Edwin G. Burrows participating in religious ceremony, Ifaluk Atoll, 1947 263 Leonard Mason and Marshallese mat weaver, Arno Atoll, sim project, 1950 269 Stick dance, Eauripik Atoll, 1970s 286 Bechiyal Cultural Center, Yap, 1995 286 Bai at Belau National Museum, 1995 287 Downtown Bar, Kolonia, Pohnpei, 1982 312 Young boys enjoying Budweiser, Yap, 1982 312 Urbanization on Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 1996 313 US Navy doctor administering inoculation, Majuro, Marshall Islands, June 1944 331 Judge Edward P. Furber 364 Judge Ed King swearing in Tosiwo Nakayama for his second term as president, Federated States of Micronesia, Pohnpei, 1983 364 1993 Conference: Ed King, Francis Hezel, William Alkire, William Vitarelli 365 1993 Conference: Jerome Feldman, Leonard Mason 392 Alex Spoehr in Majuro, Marshall Islands, 1943 401 Roland and Maryanne Force in Mengellang Village, Babeldaop, Palau, September 1994 409 1993 Conference: Mac Marshall, Karen Peacock 423 1993 Conference: David Hanlon, Vicente Diaz 446 1993 Conference: Suzanne Falgout, Glenn Petersen 446 1993 Conference: William Alkire, Robert Kiste 447 xii Illustrations
Tables in Text
1. Major Honors Bestowed on American Anthropologists Who Conducted Post–World War II Research in Micronesia 396 2. Significant Offices Held in Professional Societies Other than ASAO by American Anthropologists Who Conducted Post–World War II Research in Micronesia 398 3. ASAO Offices Held by American Anthropologists Who Conducted Post–World War II Research in Micronesia 413 4. Oceania PhDs Completed by “Descendants” of Barnett, Murdock, Schneider, and Spoehr, through 1997 420 5. Doctorates in Sociocultural Anthropology by Decade and Gender, 1949–1997 454
Tables in Appendix 3
1. Oceania Cases in Databases and Standard Samples 487 2. Micronesian Cases in Databases and Standard Samples 492 3. Oceania Cases Used in Holocultural Studies, 1949–1979 493 4. Micronesian Cases in Holocultural Studies (by Decade) 494 5. Oceania Societies Most Often Used in Holocultural Studies 496 6. Oceania Cases in Introductory Cultural Anthropology Textbooks, 1940–1990 499 7. Oceania Cases in Introductory Cultural Anthropology Textbooks, 1940–1990 (by Decade) 499 8. Oceania Societies in Prewar Introductory Textbooks 502 9. Micronesian Cases in Introductory Textbooks, 1940–1990 503 10. Micronesian Societies Cited in Introductory Textbooks (by Decade) 504 11. Oceania Societies Most Frequently Cited in Introductory Textbooks 505 12. Oceania Regions by Size and Diversity 509 13. Oceania Cases Used in Databases and Standard Samples (in Rank Order) 510 14. Oceania Cases Used in Holocultural Studies, 1949–1979 (in Rank Order) 511 15. Oceania Societies Cited in Introductory Textbooks, 1940–1990 (in Rank Order) 512