Niihau incident (redirect from Niʻihau Incident)
the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau after participating in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Imperial Japanese Navy had designated Niʻihau as an uninhabited island...
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Niihau dialect (redirect from ʻŌlelo Niʻihau)
Niʻihau dialect (Standard Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Niʻihau, Niʻihau: Olelo Matuahine, lit. 'mother tongue') is a dialect of the Hawaiian language spoken on the...
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Keith Robinson is an American environmentalist who is the co-owner of Niʻihau, the second-smallest of the eight principal Hawaiian Islands. Keith Robinson...
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the matriarch of the Sinclair family that bought the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau in 1864. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she married Francis Sinclair, a ship's...
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Hawaiian language (section Niʻihau)
English, but on Niʻihau, native speakers of Hawaiian have remained fairly isolated and have continued to use Hawaiian almost exclusively. Niʻihau is the only...
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List of beaches in Hawaii (section Niʻihau)
by location. Some of the beaches found in Kauai are: For the beaches on Niʻihau, Clark lists 12 major beaches while Tava and Keale list 46—some of which...
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is limited to Niʻihau residents; only official visitors and invited guests are permitted. Puʻuwai has a one-room schoolhouse. Niʻihau is located about...
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Niʻihau being the westernmost island with a population of around 130 natives, no one else is allowed on the island. All the islands west of Niʻihau—those...
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crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauaʻi and is an uninhabited, 285-acre (1.15 km2)...
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of Niʻihau. It has an elevation of 1,289 feet (393 meters), thus making it Niʻihau's highest point. In addition to forming the island of Niʻihau, one...
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(1888–1967) was an owner of a large ranch that encompassed the island of Niʻihau in the Hawaiian Islands. Aylmer Francis Robinson was born May 6, 1888,...
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descendants have kept the tradition of treating Niʻihau as private, earning it the name "Forbidden Island". Niʻihau was owned by Lester's wife Helen Matthew...
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County, which also includes the small nearby islands of Kaʻula, Lehua, and Niʻihau. Hawaiian narrative derives the name's origin from the legend of Hawaiʻiloa...
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Mākaha Sons (redirect from Makaha Sons of Niʻihau)
The Mākaha Sons (formerly The Mākaha Sons of Niʻihau) is a musical group in Hawaii, first formed in 1976 on the island of Oahu. The original members of...
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List of high schools in Hawaii (section Niʻihau)
Baptist High School, ʻEwa Beach Le Jardin Academy, Kailua Niʻihau High & Elementary School, Niʻihau Kapaʻa High School, Kapaʻa Kauaʻi High School, Līhuʻe...
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Century Public Charter School Ke Kula Niʻihau O Kekaha Learning Center Kula Aupuni Niʻihau A Kahelelani Aloha Ni'ihau High & Elementary There are four private...
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Sons of Niʻihau recorded No Kristo in 1976 and released several more albums, including Hoʻoluana, Kahea O Keale, Keala, Makaha Sons of Niʻihau and Mahalo...
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21°54′06″N 160°12′03″W / 21.90170°N 160.20095°W / 21.90170; -160.20095 Ni'ihau High & Elementary School or Niihau Island School is a public K-12 school...
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Chiefess Kekaulike Kinoiki was the daughter of the last king of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau Kaumualiʻi. She was the granddaughter of Kaneoneo, who attempted to take...
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last independent aliʻi nui (supreme ruler of the island) of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau before becoming a vassal of Kamehameha I within the unified Kingdom of...
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Mokuʻumeʻume Molokini Nā Mokulua Partial islands, atolls, reefs—those west of Niʻihau are uninhabited except Midway Atoll—form the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...
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It is located 23 mi (20 nmi; 37 km) west-southwest of Kawaihoa Point on Niʻihau, and about 150 nmi (173 mi; 278 km) west of Honolulu. The island is the...
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to the northeast of the state. The hurricane devastated the islands of Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, and Oʻahu with wind gusts exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h) and rough...
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moluccanus) Kauaʻi: purple, mokihana (Melicope anisata) Niʻihau: white, pūpū o Niʻihau (Niʻihau shells) The old custom for welcoming guests in the Philippines...
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miles (1,210 km). The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi, after...
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peaceful surrender, Kauaʻi and Niʻihau joined the kingdom. Kamehameha II assumed de facto control of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau when he kidnapped Kaumualiʻi, ending...
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City Schools Honolulu CDP 8 Greater Oʻahu 15 Niʻihau 1 Kauaʻi 3 Molokaʻi 1 Lānaʻi 1 Maui 5 Big Island 11...
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Haleakalā Molokini West Maui Mountains Iao Valley Molokaʻi Kalaupapa Peninsula Niʻihau Lehua Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Nihoa (Moku Manu) Necker Island (Mokumanamana)...
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Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi to form the kingdom. In 1810, Kauaʻi and Niʻihau joined the Kingdom, the last inhabited islands to do so. The Kingdom received...
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