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- ↑ Sorensen, Stan (2007-01-09). "Historical Notes - page 2" (PDF). Tapuitea Official Newsletter of American Samoa . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
- ↑ Wolman, Lewis. "Court awards Galea'i title to Moaaliitele Tuufuli". Samoa News . Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ↑ Sunia, Fofō I. F. (1998). The Story of the Legislature of American Samoa: In Commemoration of the Golden Jubilee 1948-1998. Pago Pago, AS: Legislature of American Samoa. Page 262. ISBN 9789829008015.
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