Niihau Essays

  • Hawaiian Traditions: The New Hawaiian Culture

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    Many Native Hawaiian people have lost touch with their culture. Many people around the world don’t know about the unique Hawaiian culture. People in America don’t know a lot about these unique Hawaiian arts either. Many of the old Hawaiian traditions were lost because foreigners took over the Hawaiian islands and banned many Hawaiian traditions that have been going on for decades. This loss of culture was devastating for the people and was hard to gain back after almost being completely eliminated

  • Hawaii Culture Research Paper

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    Understanding the culture of a nation, people, or group one must immerse themselves and experience the nation’s arts, beliefs, customs, practices, values, and social behaviors. By attending a cultural event, an individual is able to experience firsthand the diverse offerings of culture and artistic expression found in a community. At the moment I reside in upstate New York, Albany to be exact and there are no cultural events to attend; well none that are occurring the remainder of my Humanities

  • Hawaii Western Culture Essay

    898 Words  | 4 Pages

    islands (Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai, Niihau and Kahoolawe) and 137 small islands, stretching 2450 km, forming a crescent-shaped island chain. The 8 main islands had their own unique specialties . From the spectacular sin-drenched surf enjoyed on Oahu to Maui rugged coastlines, Hawaii Island active volcano, peaceful Molokai and Lanai, and Kauai awe-inspiring lush beauty, this is a land of breath-taking extremes. Niihau Island is a private island owned by Robinson family no open

  • Research Paper On Bruno Mars

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    Famous person: Bruno Mars Who: What: Bruno Mars was a famous person in Hawaii because he went to Hawaii to sing songs to his family and friends. Why: When: Bruno Mars was born on October 8, 1984 in Honolulu, Hawaii How: Bruno Mars was famous because of all the songs he wrote and sing. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. When he started to sing he wanted to go to Hawaii were his family and friends are. Johnny Valentine was Bruno Mars uncle he was a famous singer and he wanted to sing with his uncle

  • Executive Order 9006 Japanese Internment

    535 Words  | 3 Pages

    order for the internment camps originated from. It shows how the American government addressed the Japanese-Americans living in the United States. At first everyone including the President defended the Japanese living in the United States until the Niihau incident where two Hawaiian born with Japanese ethnics helped and aided a downed pilot that assisted in the attacks of Pearl Harbor. After that the fear of Espionage became a huge concern and the racially motivated crimes and discrimination against

  • Why Did Hawaiian Culture Start To Die Out

    1357 Words  | 6 Pages

    Imagine that Hawaiians and their culture had vanished for example Hawaiian culture had been dying out for many years. It started around 1778-1780 when captain cook put the Hawaiian islands on the map and everyone far and wide started to come to hawaii. This research paper will inform the audience on how the Hawaiian culture started to die out ,what caused it to start dying out ,why it is bad ,and how it can be prevented or solved. Hawaiian culture started to die out for many years, but the question

  • Japanese Internment Camp Ww2

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    Japanese Internment Camps of WWII WWII was a tragic, despair filled time for many all around the world, but people seem to forget that the battles overseas were only the beginning. While the Germans were fighting their own wars within their country with Adolf Hitler, National Socialism, and the beginnings of the Holocaust, Americans were dealing with the Japanese Internment Crisis of the same time period. The Japanese Internment Crisis was a tug of war within the states between trust and deception

  • How Did Hawaii Change

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    after the arrival of Captain Cook in 1778 during his third voyage into the Pacific. About 1,300 years earlier, the Polynesians first settled on the island of Hawaii. The rest of the Hawaiian islands- Kahoolawe, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau- were then settled into 300 years later at about 900 A.D. It was not until the Tahitians arrived that the islands were individually ruled by a high priest and the Hawaiians began to believe in gods and demigods. During this time, social class, the

  • Maui Legend

    894 Words  | 4 Pages

    The fish's body comes up and turns into the islands, Hawaii, Niihau and Kauai. When the rest of the fish's body is out of the water they turn into the islands of Oahu lanai and Molokai. The rest of the whole fish comes up to creating kahoolawe and Maui. Maui is so excited and tells his mom and sister. There proud

  • Essay On Executive Order 9056

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    the Pearl Harbor attack by Japanese agents and people living at Oahu. This proved to be false later on, but many rumors came out from that report. A popular one was of a Japanese-born (Issei) person and two Hawaii-born Japanese (Nissei) citizens of Niihau had employ violence against their neighbors to help an injured Japanese pilot. This caused massive resentment against the Japanese and fear that the West Coast might be in danger of a raid supported by

  • Mauna Kea Essay

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    The Development of Mauna Kea! Over six million years ago, Niihau, the eldest of the the Hawaiian islands was born. That was only the beginning of the formation. Today, the island of Hawaii is the youngest island of them all, and is still forms till this day. Hawaii island is also to Mauna Kea. National Geographic states that “Mauna Kea, one of six volcanoes that have formed the island of Hawaii...” this is important to the Hawaiian culture because without Mauna Kea natives would not have land to

  • Hurricane Iniki Research Paper

    1939 Words  | 8 Pages

    Here at the University of Florida, the field of wind engineering is a subject to which a lot of research and manpower is dedicated, particularly concerning hurricanes and the large wind loads associated with them. These powerful storms are generally associated with the eastern and gulf coasts of North America, but they can and do form elsewhere. Hawaii, surrounded by the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean, is not typically associated with hurricane activity, but in September of 1992 the island state