Native Hawaiians
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Native Hawaiians are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands.
Native Hawaiians performing a hula (2005)
King Kamehameha II
Hawaiian man with his two children, c. 1890
A depiction of a royal heiau (Hawaiian temple) at Kealakekua Bay, c. 1816
Hawaii
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Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, it is the only state not on the North
Native Hawaiians
…the U.S. territorial period (1898 to 1959) the U.S. statehood period (1959 to present) One theory is that the first Polynesians arrived in Hawaiʻi in the 3rd century from the Marquesas by travelling in groups of waka…
Pāhoehoe (smooth lava) spills into the ocean, forming new rock
A Hawaiian monk seal seen at French Frigate Shoals, located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, protected as part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Nā Pali Coast State Park, Kauaʻi
Partly cloudy conditions and a gentle breeze at 1:43 PM HDT; north is oriented towards the lower right in this photo taken from the International Space Station on June 24, 2022