Tokelauball

Tokelauball is a dependencyball in Oceania. He is one of New Zealandball's sons, along with Cook Islandsball and Niueball. He hates Bosniaball since they have very similar flag designs
== History ==
Archaeological evidence indicates that the atolls of Tokelau – Atafu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo – were settled about 1,000 years ago from Samoa and may have been a gateway into Eastern Polynesia. The inhabitants embrace Polynesian mythology and the local god, Tui Tokelau. Over time, they developed distinctive forms of musical and art forms. The three atolls have historically functioned separately politically, while maintaining social and linguistic cohesion. Tokelauan society has been governed by chiefly clans, and there have been occasional skirmishes and wars between the atolls, as well as inter-marriage. Fakaofo, the "chiefly island", held some dominion over Atafu and Nukunonu after the dispersal of Atafu. Life on the atolls was historically subsistence-based, with a diet that relied mainly on fish and coconut. 
On 25 January 1841, the USAball Exploring Expedition visited Atafu, and discovered a small population living on the island. The residents appeared to be there only temporarily, because there was no chief among them, and they had the kind of double canoes that were typically used for inter-island travel. The American expedition reached Nukunonu on 28 January 1841, but did not record any information about inhabitants. On 29 January 1841, the expedition sighted Fakaofo and named it "Bowditch". The Fakaofo islanders were found to be similar in appearance and behavior to the Atafu islanders.
Missionaries preached Christianity in Tokelau from 1845 to the 1870s. French Catholic missionaries on Wallis Island (also known as 'Uvea) and missionaries of the Protestant London Missionary Society in Samoaball used native teachers to convert the Tokelauans. Atafu was converted to Protestantism by the London Missionary Society, Nukunonu was converted to Catholicism and Fakaofo was converted to both denominations. The Rev. Samuel James Whitmee, of the Londonball Missionary Society, visited Tokelau in 1870. Between 1856 and 1979, USAball claimed that it held sovereignty over the island and the other Tokelauan atolls. In 1979, USAball conceded that Tokelau was under Aotearoaball's sovereignty, and a maritime boundary between Tokelau and American Samoaball was established by the Treaty of Tokehega.
== How to draw ==
Drawing Tokelauball is very simple:
# Color the basic circle shape of this blue
# Draw a yellow sail and a white southern cross
# Draw the eyes and you've finished.
==Gallery==
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Category:Tokelauball
Category:Oceania
Category:Pacific Ocean
Category:English Speaking Countryball
Category:Commonwealth
Category:Countryballs
Category:Island Countryball
Category:Separatist Countryballs
Category:Monarchy
Category:Tokelauan Speaking Countryball
Category:New Zealandball
Category:Christian
Category:Blue White Yellow
Category:Polynesia
Category:Protestant
Category:Dependencyballs of New Zealandball
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