#marshallese — Public Fediverse posts

"The Marshall Islands had never fielded a national soccer team. With this 11-a-side tournament, these young men would be the first to carry their nation onto an international stage."

A ⚽️ story from Jordan P. Hickey: https://longreads.com/2026/04/21/marshall-islands-soccer-team/

#Longreads #Soccer #Football #WorldCup #MarshallIslands #Sports #Marshallese #Arkansas

On the ocean, wayfinding meant reading swells and stars. On a field in Springdale, Arkansas, it meant reading space, movement, and one another.

Read Jordan P. Hickey's new Longreads story about the Marshall Islands' first-ever national soccer team.

https://longreads.com/2026/04/21/marshall-islands-soccer-team/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Sports #Soccer #Football #WorldCup #MarshallIslands #Marshallese #Belonging #Diaspora #Migration

https://archive.org/details/pacific-languages-in-education

Pacific Languages in Education by France Mugler; John Lynch; Kasi Ielemia; Konai Helu Thaman; Greg R. Abare; Vilisi Balawa; Byron Bender; Richard A. Benton; Alfred Capelle; Terry Crowley; Vāvāō Fetui; Pamela Gentry; Apolonia Tamata; Ernest W. Lee; Sam Drilë Léonard; Iris Bella Lui; Afamasaga Mālia Mālaki-Williams; Vincent B. Manukayasi; Jeff Siegel; Mary L. Spencer; Winston Pukoki

Topics
#Micronesia, #Micronesianlanguages, #linguistics, #sociolinguistics, #Kanaky, #Kanaklanguages, #Marshallese, #MarshallIslands, #Ebon, #KajinM̧ajeļ, #Fiji, #Fijian, #NavosavakaViti, #Niuean, #koevagahauNiuē, #Niue, #Tonga, #Tongan, #LeaFakaTonga, #CookIslandsMāori, #Māori, #PapuaNewGuinea, #Papuanlanguages, #Melanesia, #MelanesianPidgin, #OntongJava, #Luangiua, #SolomonIslandsPijin, #Pijin, #tereoMāori, #Aotearoa, #Samoan, #Samoa, #GaganafaaSāmoa, #Bislama, #Vanuatu, #ReoMāohi, #Tahitian, #Kahiki