The Discourse of Chiefs: Notes on a Melanesian Society

Abstract

o, nee regarded as relics of an earlier time destined for obsolescence, are more visible today than ever in the political life of Pacific Island states. As the governments of newly independent island nations debate the course of development, traditional chiefs are a frequent topic of discus sion and legislative interest.1 In the Polynesian states of Tonga and West ern Samoa, where political rights commonly are determined by chiefly sta

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