Nainoa thompson biography of christopher
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Pushing to End Myth of Columbus, Honor History of Indigenous Peoples
Celebrated by Italian immigrants in the United States since 1792, Columbus Day became a federal holiday in 1937 to commemorate the "arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas." The explorer’s reputation has darkened in recent years as scholars have focused more attention on the killings and other atrocities he committed against Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. This year, amid a national reckoning on racial injustice, protesters have toppled and beheaded statues of Columbus in various cities, while pressure grows to abolish the national holiday and replace it with one that celebrates the people who populated the Americas long before the explorer “sailed the ocean blue.”
The articles below showcase that, as communities decide the future of Columbus Day, efforts within the Native community and beyond are underway to highlight indigenous historical materials, hear the unique perspective on climate chan
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Fishing is part of our culture here in Hawaiʻi. Some fish for idrott. Others fish for food or income. We’re not telling people not to fish. (We fish ourselves.) We’re not here to regulate fishing either. We’re a growing ʻohana of ocean-lovers, scientists, watermen and women, and yes, fisher people, who care about our Hawaiian Islands, the culture, and the reefs that surround them.
And we all fish pono.
A Hawaiʻi with thriving, self-sustaining coral reefs and fisheries.
To replenish herbivore populations so they can foster healthy coral reefs.
Kimi Werner was raised fishing and freediving on Maui. Her passion for the sea and seafood led to becoming a United States National Spearfishing Champion, a certified culinary chef, an award-winning artist, and a sought after speaker. Her daily life is a pure fusion of her talents, rooted in sustainability and geared toward a healthy future for our ocean.
Nainoa Thompson was raised in Niu Valley on Oʻahu,
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Nainoa Thompson and Modern Day Wayfinding
Nainoa Thompson and Modern Day Wayfinding
This article relates to Sea People
Although Sea People is largely written as a history focusing on Polynesia and its earliest inhabitants, it also introduces readers to the islands as a whole: the culture of the Polynesian people, the botany and wildlife of the many islands and the adventurous spirit of a people who loved exploration. This adventurous spirit, however, was lost during the Long Pause, a period of almost two millennia during which voyaging out and settling new Polynesian islands was halted for reasons still unknown. It wasn't until the 1960s that a group of Hawaiians began to dream of returning to their ancestral legacy of voyaging, and the Polynesian history of exploration was revived. One of the men who was integral to rebuilding this legacy was Nainoa Thompson.
Nainoa Thompson was born in 1953 on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. From a young age, Nainoa spent time on the ocean,