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	"''Fa'asamoa''," an oft-repeated phrase in the islands, means the Samoan way - the way of our ancestors.		"'''Fa'asamoa'''," an oft-repeated phrase in the islands, means the Samoan way - the way of our ancestors.

	''Fa'asamoa'' has kept Samoans strongly nationalistic, and suspicious to changes that might threaten the traditional structure of their way of life. In recent times, however, ''fa'asamoa'' has been able to bend allowing its people to withstand and absorb the ways of foreign traders, missionaries, and military forces. Today, ''fa'asamoa'' is facing its greatest challenge, as a new generation is brought up on foreign taught theories of individualism and personal freedom, which threaten the old traditions.		''Fa'asamoa'' has kept Samoans strongly nationalistic, and suspicious to changes that might threaten the traditional structure of their way of life. In recent times, however, ''fa'asamoa'' has been able to bend allowing its people to withstand and absorb the ways of foreign traders, missionaries, and military forces. Today, ''fa'asamoa'' is facing its greatest challenge, as a new generation is brought up on foreign taught theories of individualism and personal freedom, which threaten the old traditions.