Historical clue formulations

• Siva ___ (traditional dance named for its country of origin) — 2026-09-19
• Nation whose name sounds like a plea for seconds — 2026-03-19
• Country that dropped "Western" from its name in 1997 — 2025-09-23
• Island country that's 24 hours ahead of its closest neighbor — 2024-08-07
• American ___ — 2024-03-13
• Island nation whose currency is the tala — 2024-01-10
• Apia's country — 2023-10-10
• Nation that switched from right- to left-hand traffic in 2009 — 2023-09-14
• Island group that straddles the International Date Line — 2023-09-05
• Nation that moved east of the International Date Line in 1892 and west of it in 2011 — 2023-05-06
• Its largest islands are Savai'i and Upolu — 2023-04-09
• Pago Pago's land — 2023-03-06
• Where "talofa" and "tofa" mean "hello" and "goodbye" — 2023-02-11
• Nation in Polynesia — 2022-12-19
• "Survivor" locale in the South Pacific — 2022-08-02
• Coconut-covered cookie — 2022-07-31
• American ___ (U.S. Pacific territory) — 2022-05-16
• Where lavalava skirts are worn — 2022-04-08
• Girl Scout cookie with toasted coconut — 2020-10-06
• Home of Pago Pago — 2020-08-03
• Girl Scout cookie variety — 2020-05-20
• Cookie topped with toasted coconut, caramel and chocolate — 2019-11-15
• Repeated "Survivor" setting — 2019-06-11
• Girl Scout cookie with a geographical name — 2019-05-20
• Where Apia is found — 2019-04-03
• Home of Pago Pago — 2018-10-29
• Setting for several "Survivor" seasons — 2017-11-18
• American ___ — 2016-10-30
• Pago Pago's locale — 2016-10-05
• Part of Polynesia — 2016-05-22
• Home to the so-called "happy people" — 2015-07-25
• Island home of Pago Pago — 2015-06-22
• Pago Pago locale — 2015-01-18
• Girl Scout cookie with toasted coconut — 2014-06-10
• Striped Girl Scout cookie — 2014-01-12
• It's ENE of Fiji — 2013-10-20
• About 7% of it is American — 2013-10-04
• Western ___ — 2013-03-21
• About 90% of its land is owned communally — 2012-09-30
• Navigator Islands, now — 2012-08-17
• Pago Pago's place — 2012-03-06
• Pago Pago whereabouts — 2011-12-05
• Where lavalava skirts are worn — 2011-05-01
• 2009 "Survivor" setting — 2011-02-18
• Part of the U.S. south of the Equator — 2010-08-04
• Caramel-coconut Girl Scout cookie — 2010-05-27
• 2009 "Survivor" locale — 2010-05-02
• Margaret Mead's "Coming of Age in ___" — 2010-04-15
• Robert Louis Stevenson setting — 2009-09-25
• Pacific archipelago nation — 2009-04-28