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
Society Islands
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The Society Islands are an archipelago in Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. Politically, the islands are part of French Polynesia, a semi-autonomous part of France. The largest and most populous i
Native Hawaiians
…maoli) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiʻi was settled at least 800 years ago by Polynesians who sailed from the Society Islands. The settlers gradually became detached from their homeland and developed a distinct Hawai'ian culture and identity in their new home. They created new…
HMS Resolution and Discovery in Huahine, commanded by James Cook, depicted by John Cleveley. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Bora Bora, Society Islands
View of Mou'a Roa (880 m), Mo'orea Island
Mount Aorai in northwestern part Tahiti