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.

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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 Hawaiians self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Hawaii
surface form: State of Hawaii

United States mainland
practices hooponopono
hula
lomilomi massage
lua (Hawaiian martial art)
recognizedAs Native Hawaiians self-linksurface differs
surface form: Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (U.S. Census category)
relatedEthnicGroup Māori
surface form: Maori

Polynesians
surface form: Marquesans

Samoans
Polynesians
surface form: 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 Polynesian indigenous religions
surface form: Native Hawaiian religion
traditionalSport heʻe nalu (surfing)
outrigger canoe paddling
traditionalVoyagingOrganization Polynesian Voyaging Society
usesLanguage English language
Hawaiian
surface form: Hawaiian language
writingSystem Hawaiian alphabet
surface form: Hawaiian alphabet (Latin script)

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Mangarevans relatedEthnicGroup Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Hawaiians
Papahānaumoku culture Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian
Papahānaumoku parentOf Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Hawaiian people
Papahānaumoku veneratedBy Native Hawaiians
Kingdom of Hawaii ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
Necker Island hasCulturalSignificanceFor Native Hawaiians
Necker Island isSacredTo Native Hawaiians
Kīpahulu hasCulturalSignificanceFor Native Hawaiians
Ke‘anae hasEthnicHeritage Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian
Havaiki associatedWithCulture Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Hawaiian people
Tahitians relatedEthnicGroup Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Hawaiians
Kamehameha I ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian
Waiʻanae hasEthnicGroup Native Hawaiians
Puowaina hasCulturalSignificanceFor Native Hawaiians
Janet Mock ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
Māori people relatedEthnicGroup Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Hawaiians
ʻĪao Stream hasCulturalSignificanceFor Native Hawaiians
Nani Pelekai ethnicity Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian
Kaui Hart Hemmings ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
House of Kamehameha ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
Abner Pākī ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian
Bayonet Constitution restrictedSuffrageOf Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian citizens
Mauna ʻAla hasCulturalSignificanceFor Native Hawaiians
Lunalilo ethnicGroup Native Hawaiians
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian