Lying 2200 miles to the Southwest of Hawaii, in the blue Pacific are seven islands and one of the most beautiful harbors in the world. These islands make up American Samoa. On their 76 square miles of land dwell 26,000 people, American by nationality, but representing one of the few societies of Polynesia that retain the major part of the traditional culture. (Polynesia is composed of islands scattered over a triangular area of the Pacific, with Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island forming the three corners. The original Hawaiian was Polynesian, as are natives of New Zealand, Tahiti, the Cook Islands, and others.) The fabric of the Samoan social organization with its complex interrelationships remains largely intact, and it is a dominant influence in the lives of