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Kanaka workers on a sugar cane plantation in Queensland, late 19th century Loyalty Islanders employed as sailors on the New Caledonian coast. Kanakas were workers (a mix of voluntary and involuntary) from various Pacific Islands employed in British colonies, such as British Columbia (Canada), Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and Queensland (Australia) in the 19th and early ...
Kamaʻāina (Hawaiian: kamaʻāina, lit. 'child or person of the land' [1]) is a word describing Hawaii residents regardless of their racial background who were born in Hawaii, as opposed to kanaka which means a person of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
Also noteworthy as leaving the Hawaiian kingdom was Palawai, Lanai born native Hawaiian Kiha Ka’awa who was adopted as a young man by Sandwich Islands Mormon Missionary President George Nebeker and emigrated with King Lunalilo permission to the mainland US, thus making Kiha Ka’awa (adopted Nebeker) the first native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli ...
Common occupations among Hawaiian migrants included fur trapping and sailing. [2] These laborers were referred to as kanakas, a term derived from the Hawaiian word "kanaka" (human). Canada's first wave of Hawaiian workers arrived in 1811, with a total of 24 laborers on board.
The word is originally derived from the Hawaiian word kanaka meaning “person, human being” (from Proto-Polynesian *taŋata). [2] Towards the end of the 19th century, the word Kanaka was used on the plantations of British colonies in the Pacific, referring to the workers who originated from various islands of Oceania.
The word Kanak (originally spelled Canaque in French) is derived from kanaka maoli, a Hawaiian phrase meaning 'ordinary person' which was at one time applied indiscriminately by European colonisers, traders and missionaries in Oceania to any non-European Pacific islander. [8]
Kapuku: "to restore life" in Hawaiian. Kapu loa: To be strictly forbidden. Kapu moe: protocol of prostration. Kapu noho: assemblage before the chief. Kapuō: the announcement that a procession is approaching. Kapo ʻōhi'a ko: the ritual performed before an ohia tree can be logged. Kapu puhi kanaka: the rules regarding the killing of people.
Kanaka (given name), an Indian name (including a list of persons with the name) Kanaka (actress), Indian film actress; Kanaka (Pacific Island worker), workers from Pacific Islands employed in British colonies and in North American fur trade and goldfields; Kānaka Maoli, the traditional name native of the Hawaiian people