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2 The Contemporary Pacific A Journal of Island Affairs Volume 17 Number CENTER FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES & UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI I PRESS

3 The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs is abstracted or indexed in Abstracts on Rural Development in the Tropics, Anthropological Index, CAB International, Current Military and Political Literature, Hawaii Pacific Journal Index (UHCARL), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, International Current Awareness Services, Sociological Abstracts, and UnCover (CARL). Cover: Two works by Meleanna Aluli Meyer: Maka ala (collage, 1995, 9" x 11") and Uwë (paper cutout, 1996, 9" x 11"). Cover design by Stacey Leong Design Journal design by Barbara Pope Cartography by Manoa Mapworks Inc, Honolulu, Hawai i 2005 by University of Hawai i Press. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. issn x The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z

4 Contents about the artist the pacific islands vii viii articles Precarious Positions: Native Hawaiians and US Federal Recognition J Këhaulani Kauanui 1 He Lei Ho oheno no nä Kau a Kau: Language, Performance, and Form in Hawaiian Poetry Ku ualoha Ho omanawanui 29 Tauhi vä: Nurturing Tongan Sociospatial Ties in Maui and Beyond Tëvita O Ka ili 83 dialogue Governance, Corruption, and Ethics in the South Pacific Elise Huffer 118 A Conversation with Mililani Trask Noe Noe Wong-Wilson 142 political reviews Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 Kelly G Marsh, Samuel F McPhetres, Donald R Shuster 160

5 Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 Frédéric Angleviel, David Chappell, Tracie Ku uipo Cummings Losch, Jon Tikivanotau M Jonassen, Margaret Mutu 185 book and media reviews The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas, by Anne Salmond Cook: The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook, by Nicholas Thomas Reviewed by Tom Ryan 224 Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging, by Ben Finney Reviewed by Richard Feinberg 232 No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai i during World II, by Franklin Odo Reviewed by Jonathan Y Okamura 235 Kahana: How the Land Was Lost, by Robert H Stauffer Reviewed by David Keanu Sai 237 Secrecy and Cultural Reality: Utopian Ideologies of the New Guinea Men s House, by Gilbert Herdt Reviewed by Andrew Lattas 240 Raiding the Land of the Foreigners: The Limits of the Nation on an Indonesian Frontier, by Danilyn Rutherford Reviewed by Chris Ballard 243 Under the Gun: The Small Arms Challenge in the Pacific, by David Capie Reviewed by Edwina Thompson 245 Akono anga Maori: Cook Islands Culture, edited by Ron Crocombe and Marjorie Tua inekore Crocombe Reviewed by Jukka Siikala 248 Pacific Island Tourism, edited by David Harrison Reviewed by Wardlow Friesen 250

6 Marshall Islands Legends and Stories, collected and edited by Daniel A Klein II Reviewed by Laurence Marshall Carucci 252 Samoan Art & Artists: O Measina a Samoa, by Sean Mallon Reviewed by Carol E Mayer 255 Conversations: Occasional Writing from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies 2:1, June 2001, edited by Brij V Lal Reviewed by Paul Lyons 258 Kwamra: A Season of Harvest, by Russell Soaba Captain Cook in the Underworld, by Robert Sullivan Reviewed by Briar Wood 260 Gender, Song, and Sensibility: Folktales and Folksongs in the Highlands of New Guinea, by Pamela J Stewart and Andrew Strathern Reviewed by Don Brenneis 264 Panpipes across the Ocean: A Production of Popular Tunes from the South Pacific Islands (compact disc) Reviewed by Don Niles 266 Kuo Hina E Hiapo: The Mulberry is White and Ready for Harvest (video) Reviewed by Ping-Ann Addo 268 The Songmaker s Chair, by Albert Wendt (play) Reviewed by Melani Anae 270 Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific (art exhibit) Reviewed by Fred Myers 273 contributors 279

contemporary paciﬁc Dialogue: Political Reviews of Micronesia and Polynesia Book and Media Reviews

contemporary paciﬁc Dialogue: Political Reviews of Micronesia and Polynesia Book and Media Reviews the contemporary paciﬁc In the Next Issue (17:1) Precarious Positions: Native Hawaiians and US Federal Recognition He Lei Ho oheno no na- Kau a Kau: Language, Performance, and Form in Hawaiian Poetry -