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  2. Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia

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    Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, ... the city is sometimes called the "Ninth Island" in reference to the eight islands of Hawaii. [6] [7] [8]

  3. Culture of the Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia

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    The Native Hawaiian population was reduced to 20% of the total due to disease, inter-marriage and migration. [19] The diseases spread from outside Hawaii such as smallpox, cholera, influenza, and gonorrhea. Unlike Europeans, Hawaiians had no history with these diseases and their immune systems were unprepared to fight them. [20]

  4. Hawaiian religion - Wikipedia

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    Hawaiian religion refers to the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of native Hawaiians, also known as the kapu system. Hawaiian religion is based largely on the tapu religion common in Polynesia and likely originated among the Tahitians and other Pacific islanders who landed in Hawaiʻi between 500 and 1300 AD. [ 1 ]

  5. Customs and etiquette in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    It is rude to refer to the locals as "natives" or "Hawaiians". Only ethnically Native Hawaiians should be called "Hawaiians". Native Hawaiians, especially those involved in the sovereignty movement, often refer to themselves as "kanaka maoli" or "poʻe ʻōiwi." Non-Hawaiians who were born on the islands are generally referred to as "locals" to ...

  6. List of Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia

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    Isabella Abbott (1919–2010), educator, phycologist, and ethnobotanist; she was the first native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science; Lilia Wahinemaikaʻi Hale (1913 – 2003), educator, musician, and prominent champion of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

  7. Haole - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the word predate the 1778 arrival of Captain James Cook, as recorded in several chants stemming from that time. [4] [5] The term was generally given to people of European descent; however, as more distinct terms began to be applied to individual European cultures and other non-European nations, the word haole began to refer mostly to Americans, including American Blacks (who ...

  8. Native Hawaiian women and girls experience sex trafficking ...

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    Sexual exploitation remains a serious issue, with 43% of sex trafficking cases involving Native Hawaiian girls trafficked in Waikīkī, O‘ahu, a report said.

  9. Pacific Islander - Wikipedia

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    According to the Office of Management and Budget, "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. [56] Eight out of 10 Pacific Islanders in the United States are native to the United States.