▁years ." ▁ ▁Met z gar , ▁Eric ▁( 1 9 9 1 ), ▁Trad itional ▁Education ▁in ▁Mic ron esia : ▁A ▁Case ▁Study ▁of ▁Lam ot rek ▁At oll ▁with ▁Compar ative ▁Analysis ▁of ▁the ▁Liter ature ▁on ▁the ▁Tru k ic ▁Cont inu um ." ▁Ph . D . ▁dis sert ation . ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁Ann ▁Ar bor , ▁Michigan : ▁University ▁Micro fil ms ▁International . ▁ ▁"... the ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁island , ▁P wol lap , ▁supposed ly ▁means ▁the ▁center , ▁or ▁origin , ▁of ▁navigation : ▁ ▁pp wo ▁means ▁" to ▁be ▁initi ated ▁as ▁a ▁navig ator " ▁and ▁lap ▁means ▁" big " ▁or ▁" important ." ▁This ▁belief ▁is ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁considerable ▁pride ▁for ▁the ▁island , ▁and ▁Pul ap ese ▁derive ▁self - este em ▁from ▁knowing ▁that ▁Pul uw at ▁and ▁other ▁island ers ▁acknow ledge ▁that ▁navigation ▁origin ated ▁on ▁Pul ap ." ▁F lin n , ▁Jul iana ▁( 1 9 9 2 ), ▁Diplom as ▁and ▁Th atch ▁H ouses : ▁ ▁As ser ting ▁Trad ition ▁in ▁a ▁Ch anging ▁Mic ron esia . ▁Ann ▁Ar bor : ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁Press . ▁ ▁" The ▁last ▁p wo ▁ceremony ▁had ▁been ▁performed ▁on ▁S ata wal ▁about ▁forty ▁years ▁earlier , ▁between ▁ 1 9 5 0 - 1 9 5 2 . ▁ ▁Since ▁then ▁this ▁navig ator ▁r ite ▁of ▁passage ▁had ▁come ▁closer ▁and ▁closer