Native Hawaiians
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Summary
Native Hawaiians is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,645 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: ethnolinguistic group[3]
- Ancestral home: Hawaii[4], Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[5]
- Named after: Hawaii[6]
- Subclass of: Pacific Islander Americans[7], Polynesians[8], islanders[9], Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)[10]
- Commons category: Native Hawaiians[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Native Hawaiian[12], Category:Native Hawaiian people[13]
- Described by source: The New Student's Reference Work[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[16]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Hawaiian[17], English[18]
- Different from: Hawaiians[19]
- Indigenous to: Hawaii[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[21]
Body
Influence
Things named for Native Hawaiians include Hawaiian kinship[22], a kinship system[23].
Why It Matters
Native Hawaiians has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
It is credited with the discovery of Halemaumau Crater[26], a volcanic crater[27], in United States[28]; Punchbowl Crater[29], a mountain[30], in United States[31]; and Kīlauea Iki[32], a volcanic crater[33], in United States[34]. Entities named for it include Hawaiian kinship[22], a kinship system[23].
FAQs
What did Native Hawaiians discover?
Native Hawaiians is credited as discoverer of Halemaumau Crater[26], Punchbowl Crater[29], and Kīlauea Iki[32].