found: The world factbook, via WWW, Feb. 22, 2024(Tonga. Location: Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. Nationality: noun: Tongan(s), adjective: Tongan)
found: Dickson, Paul. Labels for locals, 2006(Tonga (Kingdom of Tonga): Tongan)
found: Britannica online, Feb. 22, 2024(Tonga, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of some 170 islands divided into three main island groups; Nearly the entire population is of Polynesian ancestry. Tongans are closely related to Samoans and other Polynesians in culture and language as well as in genetic heritage. There is also a small amount of Melanesian influence through contact with Fiji. Intermarriage with Europeans has become more common, especially as a result of the increasing out-migration of Tongans since the 1970s; Many Tongans migrate overseas, in particular to the United States and New Zealand)
found: Roth, H. Ling. Tonga Islanders' skin-marking, 1906?.(OCoLC)642689506
found: Small, Cathy A. Tonga: migration and the homeland, via Migration Information Source website, posted Feb. 1, 2004, viewed Feb. 22, 2024(The Kingdom of Tonga, an archipelago of islands in the South Pacific, is the last surviving Polynesian kingdom; independent nation and member of the British Commonwealth since 1970; Tongans; Tongan islanders)
found: Perry, Nick. Future is uncertain for Tongan islanders who survived volcanic eruption and tsunami, via Anchorage daily news website, published Feb. 24, 2022, viewed Feb. 22, 2024.
