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Intro -- List of Figures -- Figure 1: Part of my island, Lekinioch, where my humble beginning started. -- Figure 2: Map of Lukunor atoll. -- Figure 3: A traditional fishing technique called lalo, used to catch bonito. -- Figure 4: Another view of lalo. -- Figure 5: Maisuuk sailing canoe often used by some Mortlockese, people in the outer islands of northwest Chuuk and the atoll dwellers in Yap. -- Figure 6: A clan’s faal on Lukunor Island. -- Figure 7: An example of ’Micronesianity’. -- Figure 8: Federated States of Micronesia in relation to the world. -- Figure 9: War relics on Satowan in the Mortlock Islands. -- Figure 10: Airplane wreckage on Satowan Island from the Japanese period. -- Figure 11: Map of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) prior to its break up into separate political entities in the 1970s. -- Figure 12: The official flag of the Federated States of Micronesia. -- Figure 13: The islands of the Federated States of Micronesia. -- Figure 14: Puron sat (sea surge) on Lukunor Atoll in 2007. -- Figure 15: Puron sat (sea surge) in Kosrae 2007. -- Figure 16: Old-style seawall constructed in the 1970s on the island of Lukunor. -- Figure 17: New seawall design in Kosrae to prevent beach erosion. -- Figure 18: People of Rewow village, in 2014, on Lekinioch work to replace pandanus sheets on foeng, the ainang faal of Sopunpi, demonstrative of the principle of alilis fengen. -- List of acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Mortlockese Terms -- Introduction -- 1. Writing Micronesian History -- 2. Pre-Colonial Society and Identity -- 3. Responding to Colonisation -- 4. Negotiating Independence -- 5. The Constitution and Post‑Colonial Identity -- 6. Engaging with China and the US -- 7. Managing Climate Change -- 8. Contemporary Challenges -- Bibliography.

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