Atafuan

English Etymology From en Atafu an. Adjective Of or relating to Atafu, a group of coral islets of Tokelau. en https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0305750X80900893 Epidemics, health and disease in a small, isolated environment w:World Development Ian Prior (doctor) Ian Prior; John Stanhope w:Elsevier 0305-750X 1980 8 12 1007 Outbreaks were noted on Nukunonu in 1958, 1966 and 1971, on Fakaofo in 1965 and 1977, and on Atafu in 1959, 1965–1966 and 1977. Age-specific attack rates have been estimated from reported cases and quinquennial censuses for the Atafuan outbreaks (Table 7). en https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02757206.1994.9960851 Ghosts of hierarchy II: Transformations of the wider Tokelau polity w:History and Anthropology Judith Huntsman Taylor & Francis Harwood Academic Publishers 0275-7206 1994 7 1–4 325 It is likewise apparent from early missionary reports of Atafu (Ella MS. 1861; Gee MS. 1862) that Fakaofo appropriated Atafu timber and Atafuan labour to make their canoes. Noun A native or inhabitant of Atafu. en https://books.google.com/books?id=n3gUAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Atafuans%22&pg=RA2-PA292 Missionary Magazine & Chronicle 8040142 1863 October 329 (N.S., 46) 27 (N.S.) w:London Missionary Society 292 w:William Wyatt Gill; P. Goold Bird Third Voyage to the Tokelau (or Union) Group of Islands The natives of Atafu having embraced Christianity, the Native Teachers there, Maka and Mafalā, arranged for a missionary voyage, to induce the inhabitants of Nukunono and Fakaofo to receive the Gospel. Two double canoes, containing 22 Atafuans, with Mafalā the Teacher, set out on this noble errand. en https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/5815 31395117 1983 Atoll Research Bulletin 279 w:Smithsonian Institution 6 Sea Turtles and Their Traditional Usage in Tokelau George H. Balazs The traditional histories of Tokelau suggest separate founding populations at each atoll, and record the subsequent hegemony of Fakaofo by driving off the "true" Atafuans and conquering the people of Nukunonu. Atafu was not resettled until about 1800. en https://books.google.com/books?id=Bs5kZbnC9ZIC&pg=PA99&dq=%22Atafuans%22 Islands Islands Pub. Co. Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara 0745-7847 1997 17 5 September/October 99 Dancing the Story Melinda Lewis-Matravers The Atafuans came to the festival with 40 songs, a repertoire that exceeded that of any other contingent, and they didn't have a chance to perform them all. Most of their subjects, were traditional: celestial navigation, ocean canoeing, fish and seabirds, ancient myths and biblical tales.