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The Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui: [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i], Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i]) are the indigenous Polynesian peoples of Easter Island.The easternmost Polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people of Easter Island make up about 60% of the current Easter Island population and have a significant portion of their population residing in mainland Chile.
The Rapa Nui people were devastated by raids of slave traders who visited the island in 1862. Within a year, the individuals who remained on the island were sick or injured, and lacking leadership. The survivors of the slave raids had new company from missionaries, who converted the remaining populace to Christianity.
In January 2011, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Indigenous People, James Anaya, expressed concern about the treatment of the indigenous Rapa Nui by the Chilean government, urging Chile to "make every effort to conduct a dialogue in good faith with representatives of the Rapa Nui people to solve, as soon as possible the real underlying problems ...
Lynn Rapu Tuki (born 1969), head-teacher, promotes the arts and traditions of the Rapa Nui People. Marta Hotus Tuki (born 1969), governor (2014–2015) Jacobo Hey Paoa, first Rapa Nui male to earn a law degree and become an attorney; Luz Zasso Paoa (born 1972), a Rapa Nui politician, mayor of Easter Island, 2008–2012.
Taken from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in 1868 by the crew of HMS Topaze and is now on display in the British Museum. (Full article: Hoa Hakananai'a) Basalt 1.56 m The British Museum, London: United Kingdom 7 November 1868 1869.10-6.1 Moai Hava: In the British Museum's Oceanic collection Tuff 1.85 m Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Paris ...
[5] Around that time, he became a catechumen in the Catholic Church, and he was later baptized, being one of the first Rapa Nui people to do so. [2] [5] He was given the baptismal name Kerekorio (Grégoire or Gregorio). [3] [5] However, in October 1867, Easter Island was devastated by tuberculosis and Manu Rangi was among the deceased. [5]
See images of the annular solar eclipse — and people enjoying the view. The moon moves across the sun during an annular solar eclipse in Tahai, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, on Wednesday ...
Ana Eva Hei, also Uka ʻa Hei ʻa ʻArero, or Reina Eva (Queen Eva) (c.1849 – c.1949 [1]), was the consort of the penultimate ruler of Rapa Nui, Atamu Tekena. She was one of the last surviving Rapa Nui people to have been tattooed using traditional practices. [2] Ana Eva Hei, portrait view by Walter Knoche, 1911