National Oceania Atmospheric Administration.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The final segment of the latest National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) condition report outlines that the Fa’a Samoa, the traditional Samoan way of life, provides the cultural context for all sanctuary activities and functions as the Sanctuary supports...

![Wood carver and mosaic artist Tile Talamoa Tuala-Tamaalelagi works on smoothing edges of one of the paopao that he helped to carve this past August — all the while teaching 30 high school students the process and the importance of the paopao to our ancestors and our Samoan way of life. This project was funded by a mini-grant in celebration of the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries 50-year Anniversary and the 10-year anniversary for the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS). [SN file photo] Tile Talamoa Tuala-Tamaalelagi sands a paopao he is building](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tile_4396.jpg?itok=c7terYBd)