The indigenous populations of Vanuatu are referred to as 'ni-Vanuatu', who are Melanesians, though some outer islands of Vanuatu have a Polynesian population. The country follows Christianity with ...

A little more than 3,500 miles west of Hawaii, Chuuk was originally settled in the first century by Melanesians who explored the Pacific aboard huge sea-going canoes.

The Chuuk islands were first settled by Melanesians, then claimed by the Spanish before being sold to the German empire in 1899. After Germany's defeat in World War I, the islands passed to the ...

The Chuuk islands were first settled by Melanesians, then claimed by the Spanish before being sold to the German empire in 1899. After Germany's defeat in World War I, the islands passed to the ...