Main article: History of Hawai'i Hawaii - Hawaiian antiquity. Main article: Ancient Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian mythology, Polynesian mythology Anthropologists believe that Polynesians from the Marquesas and Society Islands first populated the Hawaiian Islands in approximately 300AD, followed by Tahitian settlers in approximately 1300AD who conquered and eliminated the original inhabitants of the islands. These Tahitian conquerors preserved memories of their migrati ...

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Hawaii - Hawaiian antiquity. Main article: Ancient Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian mythology, Polynesian mythology Anthropologists believe that Polynesians from the Marquesas and Society Islands first populated the Hawaiian Islands in approximately 300AD, followed by Tahitian settlers in approximately 1300AD who conquered and eliminated the original inhabitants of the islands. These Tahitian conquerors preserved memories of their migrations orally through genealogies and folk tales, ...

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Daniel Akaka (D) Hawaii (Hawaiian/Hawaiian English: Hawaiʻi, with the ʻokina; also, historically, the Sandwich Islands) is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Admitted on August 21, 1959, Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States and is situated 2500 miles from the mainland. It is the southernmost part of that country. As of the 2000 U.S. Census it had a population of 1,211,537 people. Honolu ...

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Location of Honolulu within the City & County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Honolulu is the capital and largest community of the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi. In the Hawaiian language, honolulu means "sheltered bay" or "place of shelter." The census-designated place (CDP) is located along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. The term also refers to the District of Honolulu (see Geography below). As of July 1, 2004, the U.S. Censu ...

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It is not known when Honolulu was first settled by the original Polynesian migrants to the archipelago. Oral histories and artifacts indicate that there was a settlement where Honolulu now stands in the 12th century. However, after Kamehameha I conquered Oʻahu in the Battle of Nuʻuanu Pali, he moved his royal court from the Island of Hawaiʻi to Waikīkī in 1804. His court later relocated, ...

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Main article: Territory of Hawaiʻi The territorial legislature convened for the first time on February 20, 1901. An attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by the Empire of Japan was a trigger for the United States' entry into World War II. ...

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Main article: Ancient Hawaiʻi The islands were first settled by Polynesians, probably from the Marquesas, sometime between 200 and 600 AD. It is possible that Spanish explorers arrived shortly after 1527: Juan Gaetano, a Spanish navigator, may have visited in 1555. However, Spain never claimed the islands and on January 18, 1778 Captain James Cook and his crew were surprised to find high islands as far north in the Pacific as these islands, and named them the Sandwich Islands, after the First ...

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Main article: Republic of Hawaiʻi Up to the 1890s, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was independent and had been recognized by the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany with exchange of ambassadors. This did not, however, mean there were not threats to the Kingdom's sovereignty made during that time. The most serious incident occurred on February 10, 1843. Lord George Paulet of the Royal Navy warship H.M.S. Carysfort entered Honolulu Harbor and captured the Hon ...

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Location of Honolulu within the City & County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Honolulu is the capital and largest community of the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi. In the Hawaiian language, honolulu means "sheltered bay" or "place of shelter." The census-designated place (CDP) is located along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. The term also refers to the District of Honolulu (see Geography below). As of July 1, 2004, the U.S. Censu ...

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Main article: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi was united under a single ruler, Kamehameha I, for the first time in 1795. Until 1816 it was under British protection, flying the Union Jack. It then adopted a flag similar to its present flag, with the Union Jack in the canton (top quarter next to the flagpole) and eight horizontal stripes (alternating white, red and blue from the top), representing the ...

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The Constitution of Hawaii refers to various legal documents throughout the history of the Hawaiian Islands that defined the fundamental principles of authority and governance within its sphere of jurisdiction. Numerous constitutions have been promulgated for the Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii and State of Hawaii. The first constitution was drafted by Kamehameha III. A few constitutions have become historically infamous like the Bayonet Constitution of 1887 which stripped native Hawaiians of their rights in ...

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Ancient Hawaiʻi refers to the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great in 1810. Ancient Hawaii - Polynesian Triangle. To understand Hawaiian native history and culture, one must understand the greater Polynesian phenomenon. Hawaiʻi is the apex of the Polynesian Triangle, a region of the Pacific Ocean anchored by three island groups: Hawaiʻi, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The many island cultures within the Polynesian Tr ...

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Lomilomi, (Hawaiian: masseur, masseuse) is the word used today to describe Hawaiian massage, traditionally called lomi (Hawaiian: To rub, press, squeeze, massage; to work in and out, as the claws of a contented cat). (In this article, consistent with modern usage, the word “lomilomi” will be used to describe massage-like treatments.) Traditionally, lomilomi was practiced in 3 contexts: (1) as part of the healing practice of native healers (kahuna la’au lapa’au – medical doctors – and kahuna ha ha – diagnosticians); (2) as a luxury of life and an aid to digestion of the ruling chiefs (ali� ...

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Because of its unique location, history, and ethnically diverse population, Hawai‘i residents observe a variety of different customs from the various ethnic groups that make up the Islands' population. Most of these customs come from its large percentage of people of Asian ancestry. Nevertheless, these customs are widely observed by the people in Hawai‘i, regardless of individual ethnicity. What is considered proper etiquette there is often different from that observed on U.S. mainland. People who move to Hawai‘i from elsewhere sometimes run into di ...

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Aliʻiolani Hale is a building located in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, currently used as the home of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. It is the former seat of government of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii. Located in the building's courtyard is the famed gold-leaf statue of Kamehameha the Great. Aliiolani Hale - Establishment and monarchy period. Ali'iolani Hale was originally designed in a Renaissance revival style as the royal palace for King Kamehameha V. ...

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Aloha Airlines (IATA: AQ, ICAO: AAH, and Callsign: Aloha) is an airline headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii USA. It operates extensive scheduled services within the Hawaiian Islands, and between Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States. Its main base is Honolulu International Airport. Aloha also markets some interisland routes served by partner Island Air, and its frequent flyer program, AlohaPass, i ...

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The Salt Lake community is built in the larger and easternmost of three overlapping, low profile, tuff cones or volcanic craters: Makalapa, Āliamanu and Āliapa‘akai. A lake, at one time 1.5 km across (20 ha) but very shallow, formed in the bowl of Āliapa‘akai fed by freshwater springs or possibly seawater seepages (Alexander, 1926 in Maciolek, 1982). Because the lake had no outlet, water loss was largely by evaporation, concentrating salts. Up until 1910, the lake was regularly so salty that salt deposits formed around the shore. In t ...

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Historical documentation of Hawaiian music does not extend prior to the late 18th century, when foreign colonizers arrived on the island. During this period, Hawaii began a period of acculturation with the introduction of numerous styles of European music, including the hymns (himeni) introduced by Protestant missionary choirs. Mexican and Spanish cowboys, or paniolos, were particularly influential immigrants in the field of music, introducing falsetto singing and the use of string instruments such as the guitar, while Portugese sailors brought the ukulele-like braguinha ^{See also:}

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Historical documentation of Hawaiian music does not extend prior to the late 18th century, when foreign colonizers arrived on the island. During this period, Hawaii began a period of acculturation with the introduction of numerous styles of European music, including the hymns (himeni) introduced by Protestant missionary choirs. Mexican and Spanish cowboys, or paniolos, were particularly influential immigrants in the field of music, introducing falsetto singing and the use of string instruments See also:

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