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StarKist Samoa workers in a “Sea of Purple” on Monday this week, for the company’s “Purple Mondays” for the Month of November in “Support of our Loved Ones suffering with Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia”. Every Monday, the company’s more than 2,000 workers wear purple.[photo: StarKist]
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA — This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving in New England. Remembered and retold as an allegory for perseverance and cooperation, the story of that first Thanksgiving has become an important part of how Americans think about the founding of their...
One of the projects during the first ABLE “Bridging Generations, Memory Workshop” at DYWA in Tafuna was learning how to record and post a TikTok video for the ABLE Alzheimer’s month challenge. Pictured are Territorial Administration on Aging director (TAOA), Evelyn Lili’o-Satele (2nd from right...
Newark, NEW JERSEY — “Meleagris Gallopavo Day” is a bit of a mouthful. Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most people will opt for the less ornithologically precise “Turkey Day.”
And just as turkey is a versatile meat – think of those leftover options! – so too is the word “turkey,” which can...
Seventeen members of the Capstone Assembly of God Church in Iliili successfully completed a “Basic Sewing” Workshop conducted by the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division’s Family Consumer Science (FCS) Program on November 11, 2021....
Samoana Sharks defensive lineman Dean Briski taking this fumble recovery towards mid-field during the first quarter of their play-off game against the Leone Lions last Saturday morning at the Veterans Memorial Stadium. Briski helped the Sharks in their 20 - 19 victory. The Sharks will face the...
O se tasi o nofoaga na fa’atasi uma i ai le vasega fa’aiuaso 1986 a Samoana High School, i latou na mafai ona fa’atasi mo le atoaga o le 35 tausaga talu ona fa’au’u mai i latou i lea Laumua, o le matamata lea i le ta’aloga sa faia i le Malae o le Raiders i Las Vegas. [ata foa’i]
Charlottesville, VA — The “Great Resignation” has left a lot of people with time on their hands. And while this time may be a welcome respite from the daily grind, most folks will need to get back to work eventually. For many, this period is a time of reflection and a chance to pursue a new career...
The newly crowned Miss American Samoa, Kauhani Fuimaono, posed for a Samoa News photo in front of a display of locally grown agricultural produce at the 2021 Annual Thanksgiving Farm Fair, which opened Thursay and runs through this Saturday at Suigaula o le Atuvasa Park. Miss American Samoa took...
Tafuna High School — ASHSAA’s Junior Varisty 2021-22 Football Champions. Pictured, Tafuna Warrior coaches, Loso I’aulualo and Malcolm Polu posing with their JV Champions – the Warriors Junior Varsity Football team yesterday evening after claiming this years title against the Marist Crusaders after...


![In the 19th century, there was a campaign to link the Thanksgiving holiday to the Pilgrims as depicted in this early 20th century painting by Jean Louis Gerome Ferris entitled, “The First Thanksgiving”. [painting source: Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts] "The First Thanksgiving” painting by Jean Louis Gerome Ferris](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ferris-the-first-thanksgiving.jpg?itok=3Vn90hyD)

![The bird has become so associated with harvest-time celebratory dinners that we’ve been calling Thanksgiving “Turkey Day” since at least 1870. Other interesting turkey ‘facts’ in story on this page. [photo: The Conversation] Flock of turkeys](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/talking_turkey_.jpg?itok=OoFzJ_GY)





