Former Idaho Dirk Tater Now A Puleleiite
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, center sitting, accepts a cup of ava from a Samoan man, during a brief blessing ceremony, in which he was bestowed the Samoan chiefly title of Puleleiite on Wednesday in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Paramount Chief Mauga T. Asuega, center left, places his hand on Kempthornes head for the bestowment service.