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Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, 252
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, 276
Pulitzer, Joseph, 121, 122, 123
quarters, territories portrayed on, xvii, xviii–xx
Quayle, Dan, 88
Quique, 232–33, 236–37, 238, 239, 243
racism, 54–55, 70. See also “alien races”
Radio Communication Building, 173–74
Radio New Zealand, 150n
Rainmaker Mountain, American Samoa, 56
Rastafari, 14, 25–26, 37
Rastas, 41, 47
Raustiala, Kal, 275
Ray, 4–5, 47
Reader’s Digest, 86–87
reggaeton, 230
Reid v. Covert, 157
Republican National Convention, xxiii
Republicans, 19
Republic of Palau, 198, 236. See also Palau
Republic of the Marshall Islands, 198, 236. See also Marshall Islands
Revised Organic Act, 43
Rincón de Gautier, Felisa, 271
“Rita” (Majuro Atoll), 199, 203
Ritidian, Guam, 153
Rogers, Robert F., 120, 122
Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, 200
Roosevelt, Teddy, 115–16, 121, 124, 156, 222
Rose Atoll, 91
Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, 130, 169–70
Rough Riders, 124, 222
Rubio, Marco, 272
rugby, 75
Russia, 277
Ruszala, Brad, 164–66
Sa, 79, 82, 95–96, 97, 106
Sadie’s by the Sea, 56, 90
“safaris,” 22, 22n, 33
Sahumerio, 262
Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 3–5, 6, 7, 8–9, 20, 24, 29, 31–37, 38–41, 43–44, 46, 151, 163; crime in, 38; independence movement in, 37
Saint Helena, 182n
Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, 6, 24, 28, 31, 33–35, 87n
Saint Kitts, 24
Saint Lucia, 25
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, xiii, 5–6, 8, 12–15, 19–24, 26–29, 31, 33, 45, 60, 61, 145
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, 130–31, 141, 163–71, 176–77, 179, 184–86, 206; Chinese immigrants in, 191–95; CIA training grounds on, 177, 178; citizenship and, 206; garment industry in, 190–94, 191n, 194–96; immigrants on, 195–96; Japanese residents of, 170–71; patronage in, 189; political issues in, 188; potable water on, 197; tourism in, 166–67, 194–95; U.S. invasion of, 170; World War II and, 170–71
Saipan Blog, 166, 197–98
Saipanda, 166–67
Saito, Yoshitsugu, 131
salsa, 230–31
Salt River, Saint Croix, 24
Samelou, Silasila, 75
Samoa, 176, 196–97
Samoana High School, 75
Samoa News website, 77
the Samoan Way (fa’asamoa), 59, 79–80, 81–82, 96–97, 99, 105
Sánchez Valle, Luis M., 276
Sandburg, Carl, 124–25, 223
Sanders, Bernie, 272
Sanes, David, 261
San Francisco, California, 12
San José, Taipan, 172–73
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 145, 211–12, 215–17, 219–22, 224, 229, 241, 262
San Juan National Historic Site, 221–22
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 230–31, 262
Satawal, 179
Sato, Nakawa, 133
Savai’i, 64
Scurlock, James D., 165
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 99
Serranilla Bank, xx, 18
Serrano, José, 265
Seward, William, 12, 18, 19
Seward’s Folly, 19
Sharpton, Al, 261
Sheldon, 34–37, 38, 39n, 41, 46, 55–56
Sixth Amendment, 71
60 Minutes, 76
Skaggs, Jimmy, 16, 17
Slate, 276
Slater, Kelly, 206
slavery, 10, 12, 25, 26, 28, 44–46, 220–21
Smithsonian Institution, 149
SMS Cormoran, 130
Snack Shack, 184
soccer, 76
the South, 12
South America, independence movements in, 221
South China Sea, 277–78
South Pacific Memorial Park, 146–47
space program, 87
Spain, 11, 12, 24, 120–25, 122, 150, 220–23. See also Spanish Empire
Spanish-American War, 52, 73, 120–25, 150, 169, 221
Spanish Empire, 120–25, 221, 223
Spratly Islands, 277–78
Springdale, Arkansas, 202
Starkist cannery, 89
statehood, 11, 42, 54, 218–19, 235; territories and, 184, 251, 252 (see also specific territories); three-step process, 10
Status Commission, 42
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 65
St. Thomas Historical Trust, 27–29
sugar, 25
sugar plantations, 25, 30, 44–45, 169, 173, 220–21
Suicide Cliff, Saipan, 171
Super Bowl, 271, 273
Supreme Court, 77, 149–50, 156, 157, 223, 275–77
Swain’s Island, 65, 65n
Taft, William Howard, 225
Tagaloa, 57
Taínos, 24, 214, 220, 220n, 223–24
Taiwan, 203, 278
Talofofo Falls Park, 131–35
Tap Huis (Tap House), 24
tapioca, 169
tasa, 127
tatau (tattooing), 106, 107–8
taxation, 54
tax havens, 42
Te-Eak Im We’Eak Snack Shack, 200–201
Tektite I and II, 87n
Teller Amendment, 275
territories, xi–xxv, 217–18, 235, 248–49; 2016 presidential primaries and, 272; bankruptcy protection and, 256; benign neglect of, 88, 259; citizenship and, 71–73; Cold War and, 274; Congressional representatives of, xxiii–xxiv; cultural evolution of, 98; democracy and, 279; designations of, xxvii; economies of, 218, 279; Electoral College and, 279; future of the, 272–73, 278–79; as geopolitical personality test, 196–97; globalization and, 98, 219; health insurance and, 40; history of, 273; ignorance about, 250, 277; importance of, 157; incorporated, xxvii–xxviii, 54, 249; incorporation of, 86, 222–23, 279; independence and, 251; as laboratories for democracy, 189–90; nationalists in, 218; offshoring of American experience and, 155–56; Organic Acts, 74; organized, xxvii–xxviii; party politics and, 264; piecemeal treatment of, 251–52; political representation of, xxiii–xxiv, 263–65, 279; political status of, 218–19, 250–51, 252–53; referenda in, 279; statehood and, 184, 251–52; strategic military importance of, 149, 274; tax code of, 42; territorial policy, 98; tourism and, 261; transformations from military bases to tourist destinations, 261–62; unincorporated, xxvii–xxviii, 54, 249; United States and, xxiii–xxiv, 88, 148, 149, 184, 218–19, 249–53, 255, 259, 263–65, 274, 279; unorganized, xxvii–xxviii, 279; U.S. Congress and, 251, 255; U.S. Constitution and, 279; as a U.S. domestic issue, 249; U.S. military and, 274; World War I and, 274; World War II and, 274. See also specific territories
Texas, 11
This American Life, 150, 150n
Thomas, Elridge, 14
Thompson, Lanny, 69
Tide Table, 202, 204, 206, 207
Tilley, B. F., 80
Time, 193, 242
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, 130, 168–70, 172; Japanese and, 173–74
Tinta, Guam, 141
Tisa, 100–101, 102, 105–8, 261, 266
Tisa’s Barefoot Bar, 100–101
Tocqueville, Alexis de, xiv–xv, 115, 277
Togoland, 176
Tokelau, 182n
to’oto’o staff, 80
Torresola, Griselio, 241
Torreulla, Juan R., 263–64
tourism, 22–23, 44–45, 47, 218, 261. See also specific territories
Transfer Day, 20
travelogues, 69
Treaty of Paris, 124
T
reaty of Rijswijk, 18
Trinidad, 25
Truman, Harry S., assassination attempt against, 241
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 176–78, 183, 198
Tuaua v. United States, 72
tufuga ta tatau, 106, 107–8
Tumon, Guam, 111–12, 117, 120, 126, 152, 158
tuna, 89
Turks & Caicos, 182n
Tutuila, American Samoa, 56–57, 60, 62, 64, 72n, 79, 87–90, 102, 104
Tuvalu, 203
Twain, Mark, xv
Tweed, George, 141, 141n
20/20, 193
Two Lovers Point, 143
Tyquiengco, Josh, 152
Udall, Mo, 151
Udall, Stewart, 151
umu, 101, 105
Underwood, Robert, 118
Union, 19
Union Pacific Railroad, 62
United Nations, 176–77, 178, 183, 198; Special Committee on Decolonization, 178, 182, 182n, 183
United States, 278; 2016 presidential primaries, 272; American Samoa and, 75–77, 88–90; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and, 181–82, 189–90, 198, 218; federal agencies of, 89–90 (see also specific agencies); Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and, 198; Guam and, 128–30, 144, 145, 146–47, 150–55, 178, 218, 278; Kwajalein Island and, 204–5; Marshall Islands and, 198–205, 202, 203, 204–5; mythologies of, 156; Pacific Islands and, 135 (see also specific islands); Palau and, 198; Polynesian influences in, 108; Puerto Rico and, 222–25, 236, 238–41, 252, 256–59, 263–65, 277; reclaiming of Guam, 146–47; relationship with territories, 148; Samoan influence in, 108; Spain and, 150; Spanish Empire and, 121–23; territories and, xxiii–xxiv, 88, 148, 149, 184, 218–19, 249–53, 255, 259, 263–65, 274, 279; World War II and, 146–47, 174–76. See also U.S. military; specific branches of government, departments, and agencies
United States Magazine and Democratic Review, 12
Upolu, 63, 64
U.S. Air Force, 87–88, 154
U.S. Army, 76–77, 88
U.S. Coast Guard, 136
U.S. Congress, 10, 19, 42, 43, 52, 63, 73, 74, 201; American Samoa and, 82–83, 87; attack on, 241–42; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and, 194; Guam and, 146; Guano Islands Act, 17; immigration and, 195; incorporation of Hawaii by, 222–23; Puerto Rico and, 236, 256–57, 258–59, 263–65, 277; states vs. territories, 184; tax breaks for corporations in territories, 255; territories and, 251, 255
U.S. Constitution, xxvii, 9–10, 43, 53–54, 69–74, 157, 206, 222–23, 275–76; American Samoa and, 81–83; Article IV, Section 3, 10; Equal Protection Clause, 81; Hawaii and, 84–85; Palmyra Atoll and, 86; Territorial Clause, 10; territories and, 279
U.S. Department of Defense, 155, 242, 278
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 40
U.S. Department of Labor, 89
U.S. Department of the Interior, 251–52
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 146
U.S. House of Representatives, 83, 155, 241–42, 263
U.S. Marines, 20, 30, 145, 152–53, 154, 159, 172, 260
U.S. military, 76–77, 145–46, 149, 150–55, 174, 198, 222, 274. See also specific branches
U.S. National Archives, 45
U.S. National Cancer Institute, 200
U.S. Navy, 30, 64, 80, 83, 123, 128–29, 131, 137, 151, 200, 222, 237, 260–61, 262
USS Charleston, 123–24
U.S. Senate, 83, 194
USS Maine, 123, 149
U.S. State Department, 179
U.S. Supreme Court, 53, 71, 73–74
U.S. Treasury, 42
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1–47, 178; administration of, 252; attempts to set up a territorial constitution, 42–43; casualty rate in, 145; citizenship of residents, 43; as colony, 183; constitutional conventions, 43; economy of, 218; enlistment rate in, 145; Fifth Constitutional Convention, 43; Jones Act and, 257–58; NASA and, 87n; Olympic team, 237n; political status of, 41–42, 218; referendum on political status, 42; relationship with the United States, 218; Revised Organic Act, 31, 43; tax code of, 42; U.S. citizenship for residents, 30; U.S. takeover of, 29–30; Zika virus and, 272. See also Saint Croix; Saint John; Saint Thomas
Utuado, Puerto Rico, 241
Vatia, American Samoa, 94–95
Venezuela, 11
Verrilli, Donald, 276–77
Veterans of Guam Motorcycle Club, 138–39, 144
Vieques, Puerto Rico, 217, 237, 253, 259–63, 265–67
Vietnam, 278
Vietnam War, 144
Villagomez, Angelo, 165–66, 176, 181, 185, 197–98, 204, 206, 207
Virginia, 182
Virgin Islands, xiii, xix, xxi, xxivn, 2, 20; collective memory of, 46; designation of, xxvii; history of, 45–46. See also British Virgin Islands; U.S. Virgin Islands; specific islands
Virgin Islands Daily News, 37
Virgin Islands National Park, 31
Virgin Islands Organic Act, 31
Wake Island, xx, 135, 273
Walcott, Derek, 25
Walgreens, 224
Walmart, 224
War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 140
Washington, George, 9
Washington Post, 76, 191n
Wasko, John, 78–80, 81, 88–98, 100–101, 102, 163, 185, 272
Wasko, Luaao, 78, 88
water, potable, 197
Water Island, 6
Weare, Neil, 72, 82–83, 251, 276
We Are Guåhan, 153, 154
West Africa, 64
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, 89
Western Sahara, 182n
Western Samoa, 176, 196–97
westward expansion, 10–12
We the People Project, 72, 82–83, 251, 276
Williams, John, 79
World, The, 150
World War I, 20, 65, 169, 199n; Guam and, 130; territories and, 274
World War II, 199n; Guam and, 131–35, 140–42, 143–44, 146–47; Japan and, 145, 169–70, 174–76; Mariana Islands and, 169–70; Pacific Islands and, 138; Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands and, 170–71; territories and, 274; United States and, 146–47, 174–76
Wotho Atoll, Marshall Islands, 200
Yamashita, Yasuhiro, 142
Yap, 177
Yigo, Guam, 146
Yokoi, Shoichi, 131–35, 143
Yokoi’s Cave, 131–35
Zika virus, 271–72
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