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Nainoa Thompson
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Charles Nainoa Thompson is an American navigator and the president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. He is the first native Hawaiian to practice traditional Polynesian navigational methods since the
Nainoa Thompson (center) with actor Jason Scott Lee (left) and artist Layne Luna (right). Photo taken in 2003 at Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
Nainoa Thompson (center) with actor Jason Scott Lee (left) and artist Layne Luna (right). Photo taken in 2003 at Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
Hōkūleʻa sailing off Honolulu, 2009
Hōkūleʻa sailing off Honolulu, 2009
Mau Piailug
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Pius "Mau" Piailug was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging. Mau's Carolinia
"Mau Piailug is from the island of Satawal. It's a mile and a half long and a mile wide. Population 600. Navigation's not about cultural revival, it's
"Mau Piailug is from the island of Satawal. It's a mile and a half long and a mile wide. Population 600. Navigation's not about cultural revival, it's about survival. Not enough food can be produced on a small island like that. Their navigators have to go out to sea to catch fish so they can eat." (Nainoa Thompson)
Mau's name carved into the back of the navigator's seat aboard Hokule'a
Mau's name carved into the back of the navigator's seat aboard Hokule'a
Ipanitika
Ipanitika