Scale, isolation, and limited natural resources are major barriers to economic development in the many tiny islands of Micronesia.The islands of this remote and strategically situated nation span a length nearly the distance from Los Angeles to New York across the remote Western PacificThese challenges aren’t stopping hard...

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Twenty minutes northeast of Orlando, the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park Florida is hosting “Island Objects,” an exhibit of archaeological materials and historical items from the Pacific Islands of Micronesia.It showcases traditional culture and illustrate the ways it has adapted to external societal forces through periods of...

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