Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project: Interview with Faamati Winey

Titles: Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project: Interview with Faamati Winey (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Faamati Winey was born in Samoa in 1976. At the time of the interview she was the owner of four Snap Fitness franchises. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life and family; education; meeting her husband; her Snap Fitness franchises; coming to Minnesota; languages spoken at home and learning English; Samoan traditions and history; the village she grew up in; Samoan foods; life in Minnesota and life in Samoa; Samoans and rugby, and playing in Minnesota; Samoans and gambling; her passion for camping, mountaineering, and scuba diving and playing sports; her goals for the future climbing Mount Everest and starting a new business.

Dates

• 02/28/2012 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Winey, Faamati
• interviewer: Zander, David

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 143
• Accession Number: AV2012.4.5

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Pacific Islander Community Oral History Project' <OH 143>

Quantity: 1.25 hours compact disc 37 pages transcripts

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:11:31 running time

Subjects

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