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  2. Ancient Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Hawaiʻi is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1795 of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, researchers estimated the first settlement of the Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadically between 400 and 1100 CE by Polynesian long-distance navigators from the Samoan , Marquesas ...

  3. History of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands beginning with their discovery and settlement by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third ...

  4. List of Hawaiian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian Kingdom 1874–1893, The Kalakaua Dynasty. Vol. 3. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-87022-433-1. OCLC 500374815. Osorio, Jon Kamakawiwoʻole (2002). Dismembering Lāhui: A History of the Hawaiian Nation to 1887. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2549-7. OCLC 48579247. Taylor, Albert Pierce (1922).

  5. Nahienaena - Wikipedia

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    the- PL ahi fire ʻena ʻena red-hot nā ahi {ʻena ʻena} the-PL fire {red-hot} "the red-hot raging fires" Nāhiʻenaʻena was born in 1815 at Keauhou Bay, South Kona, island of Hawaiʻi. Her parents were Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani, the Queen consort. She had two older brothers, hiapo (first born) Liholiho, and Kauikeaouli, who later became Kings Kamehameha II and III. Nāhiʻenaʻena was ...

  6. Category:Ancient Hawaii - Wikipedia

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  7. Category:History of women in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of women in Hawaii" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Alice Ball; C.

  8. Hawaiian Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian: Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands which existed from 1795 to 1893. It was established during the late 18th century when Kamehameha I , then Aliʻi nui of Hawaii , conquered the islands of Oʻahu , Maui , Molokaʻi , and Lānaʻi , and ...

  9. Kapu (Hawaiian culture) - Wikipedia

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    Taro (body form of the god Kāne) was kapu for women to cook and prepare. Some large fish were also kapu for women to eat. Isabella Abbott, a leading ethnobotanist of Hawaii, theorizes that because of the limited "noa" (free) diet for Hawaiian women, seaweeds were relied upon more heavily for Hawaiians than other Pacific islands. [3]