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When Alexis G. Tonasket Hoyt started learning their tribe's language, they felt they finally found what they'd been "pulled towards" their entire life. Tonasket Hoyt...

I’m Finally Embracing My Samoan Culture. Why Can’t the Media Do the Same? 34 Shares The author (right) performing a Samoan siva (dance) with her cousin. Growing up, I was often asked what my ethnicity was. In the majority of these instances, someone would ask because they thought that I looked "exotic" — which isnt the compliment that most people think it is. Whenever I replied that I am Samoan, I was met with a look of curiosity and the question, "What is that?" — which is a little har...