AA187C Week 10 Lecture 1 3/11/2008 11:06:00 AM Speaker 1 Auntie Jane (graduated from the school of nursing raised in Honolulu) Moved to California for educational and job opportunities Life in the Pacific vs. Life in the US culture, community Raising a family in California was a struggle, but a blessing; sought advice from their elders and in turn also give advice to those who need it They cherish their Hawaiian values taking care; keeping the balance with family; to help; to support to be humbe (the most important value) Speaker 2 Uncle Victor Long time firefighters in Honolulu Has lymphomic cancer Learned the Hawaiian language and traditions from his auntie Native Hawaiians in the mid 1700s migrated to the continental US Hawaiians were given contracts to be in the continental US by the fur traders because they were good swimmers (canoes) and they believed that they could return to the islands after their contracts were finished Oloha Aloha spelling; settlement in Oregon Original settlemen Fort Vancouver in the Pacfic Northwest Being an American has the power to vote and freedom to vote whoever; even though he has served in the army, it was important to seek education (up to graduate school) &quot;I am Hawaii, I am Hawaiian&quot; Speaker 3 Mr. Ala (American Samoa came to the US when he was 14) Has a chiefly title Main reason to come the US was because of education Four brothers (all boys) his just went to the hospital and took 2 girl babies from his auntie and that was how adoption was done on the islands Living in Samoa, you are part of a family that works all together (communal sharing &quot;takes a village to raise a child&quot;, everybody looks out for everyone in your village) Learned to cook when he was 8 years old because he was helping out as the <a href="/keyword/eldest-son/" >eldest son</a> Men are not the ones running around, but they are also inside the home helping out Being an American (has been to 13 different countries in Europe) he was so proud to be an American; there is freedom to pursue whatever goal or career you want; the sky is the limit, it is only how much you want to work Speaker 4 Q Lived in the &quot;testing grounds&quot; of missiles for the Reagan administration Education was the reason for coming to the US They are not &quot;American&quot;, they are here under a compact relationship with the US (medical care is not open to everyone) Life on the islands are great, it is relaxed and there is no pressure, but there are struggles (60% of their economy comes from the US) Depending on the state, the situation of medical care access is different Speaker 5 Jay (Guam Chamorro) Was not born on the islands, was born in San Francisco Within the following month, he island-hopped from Hawaii to Guam (father was in the military) His life is not stationed in one place, he is a &quot;worldly&quot; person One of the great navigators used to navigate around Micronesia culture; wherever you go, you go and adapt to that new place Community health nurse (job now) deals with the Chamorro population and other Pacific Island patients To be American, it means diversity Life on the islands can't be compared to life in the US because he hasn't been to the islands in awhile 3/11/2008 11:06:00 AM 3/11/2008 11:06:00 AM