Chuuk

Traditional leaders from across the Pacific met at ʻIolani Palace to sign the Tuurama Ariki Declaration, which created the Oceania Traditional Leaders Forum. The declaration comes as Indigenous communities across the Pacific Islands wrestle with governments rolling back their rights. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has the story.

As the island of Chuuk prepares for a vote on independence from the Federated States of Micronesia next year, the U.S. Ambassador to the FSM has issued a…