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  2. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - Wikipedia

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    Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (as of 2021, officially changed from Asian American Pacific Islander Month) [1] is observed in the United States during the month of May, and recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.

  3. Asian Pacific Americans - Wikipedia

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    Representative Patsy Mink declares the formation of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus in 1994. Asian/Pacific American (APA) or Asian/Pacific Islander (API) or Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) or Asian American and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) is a term sometimes used in the United States when including both Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

  4. Hawaiian Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Working in Hawaii: a labor history. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0890-7. Bradley, Harold Whitman (1942). The American Frontier in Hawaii: The Pioneers, 1789-1843. Stanford University Press. OCLC 4714376. Daws, Gavan (1968). Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands. Macmillan Inc. LCCN 68023630. OCLC 443050.

  5. Hoʻoponopono - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Similar forgiveness practices are performed on islands throughout the South Pacific, including Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti and New Zealand. [citation needed] Traditional Hoʻoponopono is practiced by Indigenous Hawaiian healers, often within the extended family by a family member. [citation needed] Map of Hawaii

  6. Poi (food) - Wikipedia

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    Poi is a traditional staple food in the Polynesian diet, made from taro.Traditional poi is produced by mashing cooked taro on a wooden pounding board (papa kuʻi ʻai), with a carved pestle (pōhaku kuʻi ʻai) made from basalt, calcite, coral, or wood.

  7. Franklin Odo - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Odo was born in and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii and was the first from Kaimuki High School to attend Princeton University, where he received his B.A. in History in 1961. He then received his M.A. in East Asia regional studies at Harvard University in 1963. He returned to Princeton University, where he completed a doctorate dissertation ...

  8. Kapaʻa, Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Hawaii Route 56 passes through the eastern part of the community, leading north 6 miles (10 km) to Anahola and south 8 miles (13 km) to Lihue. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Kapaʻa CDP has an area of 10.3 square miles (26.8 km 2), of which 10.0 square miles (25.9 km 2) is land and 0.35 square miles (0.9 km 2) (3.27%) is ...

  9. Lāʻau lapaʻau - Wikipedia

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    Captain James Cook's arrival to Hawaii in 1778 and the beginning of Western influence in the Hawaiian islands. With the introduction of Europeans in Hawaii in 1778, the influence of Christianity changed the ancient ways of living. [9] When missionaries arrived in Hawai‘i in 1820, they believed that lā‘au lapa‘au was black magic ...