Island Archives - Olohega

Olohega.

A small, idyllic Pacific island north of Samoa and just south of Tokelau.

Bought for a bottle of gin and 15 shillings an acre. Annexed to the United States.

Its former inhabitants were evicted in 1953 from their island and long to return.

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Check out this article presenting a timeline of the United States claiming sovereignty over the Tokelau island of Olohega, most recently through a proclaimed “friendship treaty” organised by New Zealand. 

Curator Pacific Fuli Pereira has chosen this paper as a must read for Tokelau Language Week 2021