Moving to Vancouver gives many Chuukese immigrants culture shock. This is a very different place from Chuuk, a cluster of volcanic islands in the Federated States of Micronesia. Older generations of ...

In Chuuk, off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, coconuts grow on palm trees and taro plants spring from the ground. Homeowners fish in their own backyard. The spread of small, Pacific Ocean ...

In Carol Jack’s home state of Chuuk in the western Pacific Ocean, community is central to islander culture. Family members across generations take care of one another and often live together in houses ...

Standing in the breezeway of the Governor’s Complex in Adelup, Bertha Diamond stood alone, asking for just a little bit of respect for the Chuukese people. Diamond, a Chuukese woman, came to Adelup ...