A US territory's colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship
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A sign supporting citizenship for American Samoans is posted outside the Log Cabin Gifts store on the waterfront in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)Michael Pese and his wife, Tupe Smith, pose for a photo with their son Maximus and daughter Cataleya in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)Michael Pese, with daughter Cataleya on his shoulders, and his wife, Tupe Smith, with their son Maximus exit a pedestrian tunnel underneath Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)A poster with the slogan "Anchored in Kindness, Whittier, AK" is displayed in the city building in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)HOLD FOR STORY - Two people kayak around Blackstone Bay in Whittier, Alaska on May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)Michael Pese and his daughter Cataleya survey Blackstone Bay in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)A sign is displayed along the road in Whittier, Alaska, on May 13, 2025, that says "Where the tunnel ends and Alaska begins." (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)Tupe Smith poses for a photo outside the school in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. She was elected to the school board in 2023 but a week later was told she could not serve because as a native of American Samoa, she is a U.S. national but not a U.S. citizen. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)Siniva Bennett, board chair of the Samoa Pacific Development Corporation, sits in her home in Portland, Ore., Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)
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A sign supporting citizenship for American Samoans is posted outside the Log Cabin Gifts store on the waterfront in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
