Hawaiki Rising: Hōkūle'a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian Renaissance

Hawaiki Rising: Hōkūle'a, Nainoa Thompson, and the Hawaiian RenaissanceAttuned to a world of natural signsthe stars, the winds, the curl of ocean swellsPolynesian explorers navigated for thousands of miles without charts or instruments. They sailed against prevailing winds and currents aboard powerful double canoes to settle the vast Pacific Ocean. And they did this when Greek mariners still hugged the coast of an inland sea, and Europe was populated by stone age farmers. Yet by the turn of the twentieth century, this

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the traditional usage of the Ojibwe language has seriously diminished

the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal

Among the Diné/Navajo

The personal stories—the wisdom they share—will teach all readers about sustainable living—the interdependence of beings

but also partly because of a complex and sometimes contradictory set of progressive

Health concerns have encouraged Ojibwe

and the world at large

and general readers to think critically about their own place in history

descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land

and governmental food control

We want to live with devotion to the world of waters and the universe of life