Native Hawaiians

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Native Hawaiians are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands, with a distinct language, culture, and history rooted in the Pacific.


Statements (80)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Polynesian people
ethnic group
citizenshipStatus U.S. citizens
colonialLanguageImposed English language in schools
culturalPractice ʻohana (extended family system)
culturalValue aloha
kuleana
malama ʻāina
pono
demographicCategory Native Hawaiian alone
Native Hawaiian in combination with other races
ethnicGroupOf Hawaii
experiencedEvent Annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893
U.S. statehood of Hawaii in 1959
facedIssue cultural suppression
land dispossession
language decline
hasAncestry Austronesian peoples
hasLegalAct Apology Resolution (U.S. Public Law 103-150)
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (proposed Akaka Bill)
hasMovement Hawaiian sovereignty movement
hasOrganization Kamehameha Schools
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust
hasReligion Buddhism
Christianity
Native Hawaiian religion
Other religions
historicalState subjects of the Kingdom of Hawaii
indigenousTo Hawaiian Islands
majorDeity Kanaloa
Ku
Kāne
Lono
Pele
mythology Hawaiian mythology
notableVoyagingCanoe Hōkūleʻa
partOf Pacific Islanders
Polynesia
populationRegion Pacific Islands
State of Hawaii
United States mainland
practices hooponopono
hula
lomilomi massage
lua (Hawaiian martial art)
recognizedAs Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (U.S. Census category)
relatedEthnicGroup Maori
Marquesans
Samoans
Tahitians
Tongans
revitalizationEffort Hawaiian Renaissance (1960s–1970s cultural revival)
Hawaiian language immersion schools
traditionalAgriculture dryland farming systems
loko iʻa (fishponds)
loʻi kalo (irrigated taro terraces)
traditionalFood kalo (taro)
kalo-based dishes
lūʻau dishes
poi
ʻulu (breadfruit)
traditionalGarment kapa cloth garments
malo
paʻu skirt
traditionalHousing hale (traditional Hawaiian house)
traditionalLaw kapu system
traditionalNavigation wayfinding using stars and ocean swells
traditionalPoliticalSystem aliʻi (chiefly) system
mōʻī (monarchy) leadership
traditionalReligion Native Hawaiian religion
traditionalSport heʻe nalu (surfing)
outrigger canoe paddling
traditionalVoyagingOrganization Polynesian Voyaging Society
usesLanguage English language
Hawaiian language
writingSystem Hawaiian alphabet (Latin script)

Referenced by (32)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hawaii
Hawaiʻi (island)
Maui
Niʻihau
hasEthnicGroup
Hawaiian
Hawaiian Islands
Queen Liliuokalani ("Native Hawaiian")
ethnicGroup
Mauna Kea
ʻĪao Valley State Monument
hasCulturalSignificanceFor
Asian American ("Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander")
Polynesians
hasSubgroup
Mauna Kahalawai
Mauna Loa
isCulturallySignificantTo
Kīlauea
ʻĪao Valley State Monument
isSacredTo
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978
appliesTo
Marquesic languages ("Hawaiians")
areSpokenBy
Mauna Kea
consideredSacredBy
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 ("Native Hawaiian as person with at least 50 percent Hawaiian blood quantum")
defines
Native Hawaiians ("Native Hawaiian alone")
demographicCategory
Molokaʻi ("Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders")
ethnicGroupMajority
lua (Hawaiian martial art)
ethnicGroupOfOrigin
World Football League ("Hawaiians")
hadFranchise
Ho‘oponopono ("Native Hawaiian culture")
hasCulturalContext
Hāna, Maui, Hawaii, United States ("Native Hawaiian")
hasCulturalHeritage
Hawaiian sovereignty movement
hasEthnicFocus
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 ("Native Hawaiian royalists")
opposedBy
Native Hawaiians ("Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (U.S. Census category)")
recognizedAs
Tongans ("Hawaiians")
relatedEthnicGroup
Samoans ("Hawaiians")
relatedGroup
NACA Program
targetPopulation
Pele
worshippedBy

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