How did the original inhabitants get to Hawaii?
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They got there the same way they got to all the other Pacific islands.  They used boats.\n\nThe ancient Polynesians were excellent navigators.  They used things like the currents, the presence of fish and seaweed, and subtle wave patterns that reflect off of nearby islands to help them find their way around.  It is really quite amazing.
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So anthropologists tell us, and I think it is true.  The islands between Alaska and Russia are the remnants of a peninsula that used to connect Asia with North America.  In the warmest weather, asians explored across this peninsula to the North American continent, and even down the Central American peninsula into South America.  This was in early pre-history, however, since the "land bridge" has been sunk for a very long time.  They separated into different gene pools a long time ago, and have only re-established contact in modern times.
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Before the pineapple plantations, a geologists discovered the large aquifer(Maui Oahu?) and drilled for the artisan well. It is dry where the plants are, wet on the other side of the mountains where it feeds the groundwater.
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Pacific Islanders sailed to and settled islands all over the Pacific without Google, GPS, compasses, sextants, the concepts of latitude and longitude, or even paper maps.\n\nThey could do it because they knew a great deal about the stars, the ocean, the fish, the birds, and the earth in general. A traditional Pacific navigator like Mau Pialug of Satawal in Micronesia is always feeling the pattern of the ocean waves against the side of the canoe, knows where the stars are even when it's cloudy, can see the position of Tahiti in his mind's eye, even when it's thousands of miles away, and all the eye can see is open ocean. \n\nSince the 1970s, modern Pacific Islanders have proven again and again that they can sail thousands of miles on replicas of traditional voyaging canoes using only these navigational techniques. The replica Hokule'a (Star of Gladness) has sailed to Tahiti several times from Hawaii, to New Zealand, to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), to Samoa, to Alaska, and many other places. \n\nThe first link below takes you to a page with many links on the left with information about traditional navigation methods. You should explore the links on the top as well--lots of fascinating information.\n\nThe second link brings you to a bookstore with several books on the topic. I recommend Finney's Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors.\n\nThe third link has ordering information for the PBS documentary "Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey". I highly recommend that one, and not just because an old classmate of mine is featured as a navigator in training! \n\nThe fourth link is to an article that features Micronesian Stick Charts, what navigators in places like the Marshall Islands used for maps. \n\nLots to explore here. It's a big ocean!
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Many scientists and pediatricians say that Native Americans from Asia were first, crossing the Bering Land Bridge during the most recent Ice Age, but a new report shows shocking new evidence.\nA boy named Chrissy (Columbus)lived in a small civilization on an island in the Northern Atlantic, called the King civilization.  Chrissy was not what you would call a "ladies man," and therefore did not have many friends. His mother suggested plastic (or in his age bronze) surgery to approve his appearance.  However, this plan backfired and he was so hideous that the other kids would not even let him join in any reindeer games.  He realized his life was not worth living, so he followed his abnormally red nose through the water and swam to the nearest land he came to. Also, because of the gurgling noises he made during his grueling and record-setting swim, he inadvertently created an onomatopoeia that is now our word "swimming."\nWhen he arrived on shore and after he checked in through the customs as Ellis Island, he realized he was, in fact, the FIRST PERSON to arrive.  This was quite exciting for him.\nAs the first person in the USA, he had multitudinous opportunities to rob the unmanned toystores and corndog stands, but, as we so very well know, our founding FATHER (not FATHERS) was a man of impeccable integrity and a devout scientologist (that's how the country go to be so darn rich, duh). He stole no jawbreakers or Furbies, however he did purchase a fully functional DDR set at a self-checkout and partied it up with a big screen in the vacant streets.  It was a rockin time.\nHowever, as we well know, losers can never have a happy life.  One of his archrivals, Georgie (Washington), who only wanted to torture Chrissy a little more, inadvertantly followed him to this new land, and being the jerk he was, he claimed the land as his own and named it after his stupid, girly little dog "Miss America" leaving off the "Miss" and keeping the "America."\nChrissy, in dismay, dance danced himself to the brink of death and then hung himself from the nearest tree, which happened to be a cherry tree.  Georgie was appalled (not at what he saw, but at the attention Chrissy might gain at this desperate act for attention).  So he promptly chopped it down and built the first log cabin with it and cremated Chrissy's body while heating up some good old-fashioned popping corn over the blaze. When other jerks arrived and asked of Chrissy's whereabouts, Georgie said he did not know, and therefore told the truth.  However, even recenter studies now point out the obvious flaw in the story: no one really cared about Chrissy and therefore would not have asked about his whereabouts.\nSo there you have it. No bridges of land or nomadic peoples, and that nonsense.  Just a simple, harmless case of hazing and childhood fun.  \nWhat a rich heritage we all have.  It's a shame more of us don't know about it. Sad.
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Native Americans were here first. They are the original americans. Indians are not from India. They were only called "Indians" because the first settlers didn't have GPS systems or anything and thought they were in India instead of what we now call the U.S.\n\nThe native americans are Asians and originally came here by crossing the Berring Straight from Russia.
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Well, I would think they feel Hawaiian.  Since Hawaii is part of America, and America is comprised of many different societies, then the answer is 'yes'.  They do feel American
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There's still disagreement about just where Columbus first saw the new world and set foot upon its shores.  No one knows for sure.\n\nHere are some sites that may be helpful to you.  Best of luck.
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That is silly. Scientists agree that the huuman race was started by a couple of human beings. \nThat is how life begins.
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Wrong beach. America's involvement started in Hawaii.
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Polynesians, from Tahiti and the Marquesas, were the original peoples to populate Maui. The Tahitians introduced the kapu system, a strict social order that affected all aspects of life and became the core of Hawaiian culture. Modern Hawaiian history began in the mid-1700s. King Kamehameha I took up residence (and later made his capital) in Lāhainā after conquering Maui in the bloody Battle of Kepaniwai in 1790 in the Īʻao Valley.\n\nOn November 26, 1778, Captain James Cook became the first European explorer to discover Maui. Cook never set foot on the island because he was unable to find a suitable landing. The first European to visit Maui was the French admiral Jean François de Galaup de La Perouse, who landed on the shores of what is now known as La Perouse Bay on May 29, 1786. More Europeans followed: traders, whalers, loggers (e.g., of sandalwood) and missionaries. The missionaries began to arrive from New England in 1823, choosing Lāhainā because it was the capital. They clothed the natives, banned them from dancing hula, and greatly altered the culture. They tried to keep whalers and sailors out of the bawdy houses. The missionaries taught reading and writing, created the 12-letter Hawaiian alphabet, started a printing press in Lāhainā, and began writing the islands' history, until then existing only as oral accounts. Ironically, the work of the missionaries both altered and preserved the native culture. The religious work altered the culture while the literacy efforts preserved native history and language for posterity. They started the first school in Lāhainā, which still exists today: Lāhaināluna Mission School. The Mission school opened in 1831 and was the first secondary school to open West of the Rockies.\n\nAt the height of the whaling era (1840-1865), Lāhainā was a major whaling centre with anchorage in Lāhainā Roads; in one season over 400 ships visited Lāhainā and the greatest number of ships berthed at one time was about 100. A given ship tended to stay months rather than days which explains the drinking and prostitution in the town at that time. Whaling declined steeply at the end of the 19th century as crude oil (petroleum) replaced whale oil.\n\nKamehameha's descendants reigned in the islands until 1872. They were followed by rulers from another ancient family of chiefs, including Queen Liliʻuokalani who ruled in 1893 when the monarchy was overthrown. One year later, the Republic of Hawaiʻi was founded. The island was annexed by the United States in 1898 and made a territory in 1900. Hawaiʻi became the 50th state in U.S. in 1959.\n\nMaui was centrally involved in the Pacific Theatre of World War II as a staging centre, training base, and for rest and relaxation. At the peak in 1943-44, the number of troops stationed on Maui exceeded 100,000. The main base of the 4th Marines was in Haiku. Beaches (e.g., in Kīhei) were used for practice landings and training in marine demolition and sabotage.\n\n\n\nMaui is a volcanic doublet: an island formed from two volcanic mountains that abut one another to form the isthmus between them. The older volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, is much older and has been eroded considerably; it is now called the West Maui Mountain. The larger volcano in the East, East Maui Volcano (more commonly called Haleakalā after its famous summit depression) — rises above 10,023 feet (3,050 m). The last eruption occurred around 1790, and the lava flow can be viewed between ʻĀhihi Bay and La Perouse Bay on the southwest shore of East Maui. Both volcanoes are shield volcanoes and the low viscosity of the Hawaiian lava makes the likelihood of large explosive eruptions negligible.
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A difficult question to ask.  Generally, the American Indian, or Native American, would be the most likely candidate.  However, their ancestors arrived here via the land bridge between Siberia and Alaska not once, but three times.\nNow scientists speculate, and with some evidence, that early Europeans arrived here across the icefields of the Atlantic Ocean during the last major ice age, about 10,000 years ago.\nSo who is truly American?  Whoever is born here, I guess.
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You should read "The Mystery of Atlantis" by Charles Berlitz, it uses real evidence to discuss whether or not Atlantis existed and if so where was it and who were its people? It places the position of Atlantis similar to your line of thinking using maps and recounts of ancient greeks and mayans who recorded trade with people who were in all liklihood from Atlantis.
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1893 - The monarchy is overthrown, and Hawaii asks America to help establish a new government.\n\n1898 - Hawaii becomes an American territory.\n\n1959 - Hawaii becomes a state.
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~I've done some research on this for you.  You have several options.  Here's a few for your perusal:\n\n1.  The Dutch bought Manhattan with glass beads\n\n2.  The Tahitians found Hawaii uninhabited and settled the archipelago\n\n3.  Uncle Sam stole Hawaii by force\n\n4.  My favorite,  the Spanish stood on the beach in Panama and claimed the entire Pacific, then got the Pope to back them up on it, much to the chagrin of the Japanese, Polynesians, Indonesians and everyone in between.\n\n5.  The British told the Maoris that they couldn't eat people anymore and starved them out of New Zealand.\n\n6.  Everybody walked into Sicily and whoever was in occupation at the time said "take it, it's yours", but nobody every wanted to keep it long (choose your island wisely, you can get a lemon)\n\n7.  The Russians simply said the Kurils are ours - not real effective because the Japanese thought it was such a neat idea, they said it too.  Stay tuned, this one's still up for grabs.\n\n8.  A more contemporary approach, the US nuked the snot out of Bikini.   (But Unc Sammy can't quite put up condos yet.  It'll be a few more months before even the cockroaches and rats can return without glowing in the dark and having 6 headed offspring.)\n\n9.    A more practical solution, in keeping with what I presume  to be your budget :  Get a shovel;  go to your back yard; scrape away all the grass and dig a hole about 6 inches deep, level across the bottom (otherwise, shape and dimensions at your discretion);  build numerous piles of dirt, stone and sod throughout the hole at varying heights between 7 and 12 inches; get your garden hose;  turn on the water and fill the hole with water to the top;  give the hole some exotic and spiffy name, call it a country and appoint yourself monarch/despot/president/god (it's your country, be whatever you want to be or can be - like joining the army); send a letter to the State Department and announce that you have declared your independence and have  seceded from the union.  Voila, you now are the proud owner of a group of islands in your own country (until the tanks roll).
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It is estimated to be between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago. No accurate analysis has been conducted. It is beleived they arrived accross from PNG. It is interesting to note that also the dingo did arrive the same way, having ancestors that originate in S.E. ASIA.
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The Sandwich Islands is the name of the chain Also refered to as The Hawaiian Archipelago Or simply the Hawaiian Islands\n\nHawaii, Kahoolawe, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, other than Midway, are administratively part of Hawaii.\n\nThe oldest Island is Kure where you find the oldest volcano, Suiko (central) 64.7 Million years old.\n\nThe youngest Island is "The Big Island" of Hawaii, Kilauea volcano is 0.4 Million years old  Mauna Kea is 0.375 Years old