Fitas Fitas of Samoa in American Samoa Defense Forces
Native Samoan soldiers known as the Fitas Fitas serve in Pago Pago with a black kilt uniform and red border, acting as policemen and prison guards while settling village cricket fights. A protest to President Coolidge follows a chief’s banishment by the American governor. The report includes a dated treaty document shown by Chief Charlot and interpreter Sid Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Scotland
Hell
Samoa
South Pacific
Coolidge
National Geographic Society
Lorena MacIntyre Quinn
American Samoa
South Sea Island
Fitas-Fitas
United States
Pago Pago
Charlot
Peter Pishette
Sid M. Ward
Yellow Pants
Mr. Ward
Stlishes
Stevens
Montana Territory
Ward
James Buchanan
Medicine Tree Legends and Fita-Fita Band in American Samoa
The governor’s tour of Tutuila is shown with native soldiers and the Fita-Fita band. Samoan legends recount Medicine Tree rites at Darby Montana and a history of the Selish people, with Indian stories of coyote and horn injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ram
Selish
Flathead
Deadwood Sky Pilot Honored With Black Hills Monument
A monument near Deadwood SD was dedicated to Rev. Henry Weston Smith called Preacher Smith the first sky pilot in the Black Hills. Funds from Black Hills cities supported the memorial at the spot three miles from Deadwood where he was killed August 20 1876. The article recalls Smiths life and the violent era of Deadwood with Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Weston Smith
Smith
Black Hills
Deadwood
Crook City
Wild Bill” Hickok
Wild Bill
Jack McCall
Jane
Ile
Sky
Bill
New England
Whites Join With Selish Indians In Medicine Tree Ceremony
Chief Martin Charlot and the Selish or Flathead tribe mark a treaty anniversary at the Medicine Tree with a ceremony attended by white visitors. The event features tribal dances and displays as both sides recall historic accords and mutual friendship in Bitterroot valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitter Root
Northwest
Montana
Docko
Rockies
Victor Vandenburg
Forest Service
Medicine Tree
Darby
Peter Pichette
Martin Charlot
Charlot
Lewis and Clark
Bitter Root Valley
North America
Sam Pierre
Bitter Root Jim
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S. Somoa
Uncle Sam
South Sea
Cboth
Tutuila
Fita-Fita
America
Fita- Fita
West Fork
Tlo
United States Navy
Apia
The
West
Coyote
Lark
SKY Pilot
South Dakota
Petre Pichette
Monarch Lumber Co
Great Falls
Western Wallboard Co
Seattle, Wash
Ote
Montana Electric Company
East Broadway
Butte, Mont
Sunburst Refining Company
Fordsons
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