A PhD student from the Federated States of Micronesia is weaving together a history of Chuuk and aims to deliver an accurate portrayal of indigenous women.
It's the subject of Myjolynne mai-joe-leen Kim's doctoral thesis which she's completing at the Australian National University in Canberra.
She says the accepted version of Chuuk history has been written through the lens of post-colonial male Christian privilege.
Ms Kim says it depicts Chuukese women as silent, submissive and hapless.
However, she says Chuuk was a matriarchal society where matrilineal ties connected people to their land and to their history.
Myjolynne Kim spoke with Dominic Godfrey about how she is painting a picture of pre-colonial times through oral histories from families and individuals.
Chuuk women fishing with hand nets, 1899 -1900. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
