Foua Tofiga - Revision history

Tfking106 at 22:03, 10 March 2012

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	* Came to work for the [[WPHC]] in 1939.		* Came to work for the [[WPHC]] in 1939.
	* Was working in [[Luke\| Sir Harry's]] office in 1941, but heard nothing about the material from Niku.		* Was working in [[Luke\| Sir Harry's]] office in 1941, but heard nothing about the material from Niku.
			* In 1999 interview with Tom King, said he had seen the Niku sextant box on the credenza in Vaskess' office, but was not told about bones, artifacts. Was very complimentary of Gallagher, who he said he had helped load ''Viti''.
	* Helped to pack up the [[WPHC Archives]] for shipment to [[Tarawa]] and [[Hanslope Park]].		* Helped to pack up the [[WPHC Archives]] for shipment to [[Tarawa]] and [[Hanslope Park]].

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	''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]].''		''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]].''

	In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on ~~Vaitup~~ in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa Kioa] in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. ([[Captain Stan Brown]] often brought Gilbertese (Tuvalans) through the Taveuni Strait. The hills press close to the water there, and the Gilbertese thought that they were going to fall on them--they had never seen hills before.)		In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitupu in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa Kioa] in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. ([[Captain Stan Brown]] often brought Gilbertese (Tuvalans) through the Taveuni Strait. The hills press close to the water there, and the Gilbertese thought that they were going to fall on them--they had never seen hills before.)

	Just about the same time that Tofiga's people were buying Kioa, Banabans purchased [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabi_Island Rabi Island] and moved about two thousand people there in 1948-49. It's not far from Kioa. Earnings from the phosphate mine paid for the move.		Just about the same time that Tofiga's people were buying Kioa, Banabans purchased [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabi_Island Rabi Island] and moved about two thousand people there in 1948-49. It's not far from Kioa. Earnings from the phosphate mine paid for the move.

Moleski at 03:43, 12 June 2010

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	Tofiga did not blame the author for the coverup. He did not want to defame anybody. But he hoped that someone could help set the record straight.		Tofiga did not blame the author for the coverup. He did not want to defame anybody. But he hoped that someone could help set the record straight.
	[[Category:Biographical Data]]		[[Category:Biographical Data\|Tofiga]]
	[[Category:Interviews/Anecdotal Accounts\|Tofiga]]		[[Category:Interviews/Anecdotal Accounts\|Tofiga]]

Moleski at 03:24, 12 June 2010

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	[[Category:Interviews/Anecdotal Accounts]]		[[Category:Interviews/Anecdotal Accounts\|Tofiga]]

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	Tofiga did not blame the author for the coverup. He did not want to defame anybody. But he hoped that someone could help set the record straight.		Tofiga did not blame the author for the coverup. He did not want to defame anybody. But he hoped that someone could help set the record straight.
			[[Category:Biographical Data]]
			[[Category:Interviews/Anecdotal Accounts]]

Moleski: /* Tofiga's background */

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	''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]].''		''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]].''

	In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa Kioa] in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. ~~When~~ the ~~Kioans were sailing to their new home~~, they ~~saw hills for the first time in their lives. Some of them~~ were ~~terrified that the earth would~~ fall on them.		In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa Kioa] in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. ([[Captain Stan Brown]] often brought Gilbertese (Tuvalans) through the Taveuni Strait. The hills press close to the water there, and the Gilbertese thought that they were going to fall on them--they had never seen hills before.)

	Just about the same time that Tofiga's people were buying Kioa, Banabans purchased [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabi_Island Rabi Island] and moved about two thousand people there in 1948-49. It's not far from Kioa. Earnings from the phosphate mine paid for the move.		Just about the same time that Tofiga's people were buying Kioa, Banabans purchased [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabi_Island Rabi Island] and moved about two thousand people there in 1948-49. It's not far from Kioa. Earnings from the phosphate mine paid for the move.

Moleski at 21:59, 17 February 2009

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	* Born in 1920. Tuvalan.		* Born November 18, 1920. Tuvalan.
	* Came to work for the [[WPHC]] in 1939.		* Came to work for the [[WPHC]] in 1939.
	* Was working in [[Luke\| Sir Harry's]] office in 1941, but heard nothing about the material from Niku.		* Was working in [[Luke\| Sir Harry's]] office in 1941, but heard nothing about the material from Niku.

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	In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa Kioa] in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. When the Kioans were sailing to their new home, they saw hills for the first time in their lives. Some of them were terrified that the earth would fall on them.		In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa Kioa] in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. When the Kioans were sailing to their new home, they saw hills for the first time in their lives. Some of them were terrified that the earth would fall on them.

	Tofiga was upset with ~~an author's "coverup" of~~ the true history of Niulakita, the ninth island in Tuvalu (which, if I understood him correctly, means "a stand or cluster of 8"). Tofiga's community had already begun to colonize the island. The British government gave the people of Vaitupu permission to settle Niulakita so long as they cut copra and earned some money to pay for the island. A later administration decided to have Niulakita settled by the community from Niutao. The Vaitupu settlers were "cleared off the island like prisoners. They were treated as if they were trying to steal someone's island." But the fact is that they were there first, even before the British took control of the region, and they had a legitimate contract with the British allowing them to remain there.		Just about the same time that Tofiga's people were buying Kioa, Banabans purchased [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabi_Island Rabi Island] and moved about two thousand people there in 1948-49. It's not far from Kioa. Earnings from the phosphate mine paid for the move.

			Tofiga was upset with some article or book that, in his view, distorted the true history of Niulakita, the ninth island in Tuvalu (which, if I understood him correctly, means "a stand or cluster of 8"). Tofiga's community had already begun to colonize the island. The British government gave the people of Vaitupu permission to settle Niulakita so long as they cut copra and earned some money to pay for the island. A later administration decided to have Niulakita settled by the community from Niutao. The Vaitupu settlers were "cleared off the island like prisoners. They were treated as if they were trying to steal someone's island." But the fact is that they were there first, even before the British took control of the region, and they had a legitimate contract with the British allowing them to remain there.

	The guano from the island has already been fully harvested. But it is attractive because it is the highest island in the group, can be used as a base for claiming fishing rights and may be developed for "crazy Americans who want to live far away from everybody else."		The guano from the island has already been fully harvested. But it is attractive because it is the highest island in the group, can be used as a base for claiming fishing rights and may be developed for "crazy Americans who want to live far away from everybody else."

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	''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]].''		''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]].''

	In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of Kioa in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. When the Kioans were sailing to their new home, they saw hills for the first time in their lives. Some of them were terrified that the earth would fall on them.		In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa Kioa] in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. When the Kioans were sailing to their new home, they saw hills for the first time in their lives. Some of them were terrified that the earth would fall on them.

	Tofiga was upset with an author's "coverup" of the true history of Niulakita, the ninth island in Tuvalu (which, if I understood him correctly, means "a stand or cluster of 8"). Tofiga's community had already begun to colonize the island. The British government gave the people of Vaitupu permission to settle Niulakita so long as they cut copra and earned some money to pay for the island. A later administration decided to have Niulakita settled by the community from Niutao. The Vaitupu settlers were "cleared off the island like prisoners. They were treated as if they were trying to steal someone's island." But the fact is that they were there first, even before the British took control of the region, and they had a legitimate contract with the British allowing them to remain there.		Tofiga was upset with an author's "coverup" of the true history of Niulakita, the ninth island in Tuvalu (which, if I understood him correctly, means "a stand or cluster of 8"). Tofiga's community had already begun to colonize the island. The British government gave the people of Vaitupu permission to settle Niulakita so long as they cut copra and earned some money to pay for the island. A later administration decided to have Niulakita settled by the community from Niutao. The Vaitupu settlers were "cleared off the island like prisoners. They were treated as if they were trying to steal someone's island." But the fact is that they were there first, even before the British took control of the region, and they had a legitimate contract with the British allowing them to remain there.

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	== Tofiga's background ==		== Tofiga's background ==

	''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix ~~Island~~ Settlement Scheme]].''		''The following material has practically nothing to do with finding out what happened to Earhart and Noonan. It does show some of the dynamics of island life and provides some context for understanding the [[Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme]].''

	In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of Kioa in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. When the Kioans were sailing to their new home, they saw hills for the first time in their lives. Some of them were terrified that the earth would fall on them.		In 1946, Vaskess helped Tofiga's home community on Vaitup in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu Tuvalu] (formerly the Ellice Islands) purchase the island of Kioa in Fiji. Fiji has set a limit of 500 for the size of the community on Kioa. When the Kioans were sailing to their new home, they saw hills for the first time in their lives. Some of them were terrified that the earth would fall on them.