Because of the response to some of the sources I was using as references's for my FMP on indigenous tribes I decided it would be more reliable if I altered the topic to one that I had more reliable information on. As well as this I have my own photographs and footage from Hawaii from visits there over the years.
In this months issue of National Geographic they had an article called 'pure hawaiian' where they focus on the native Hawaii. This gave me the idea to focus on this culture as it was one I was more familiar with and there is a huge amount of information on it. Below are a few pictures taken from the article which centres around the relationship the people of Hawaii have with water.
Brief History on Hawaii:
The most popular believe is that the island of Hawaii was first populated in the 3rd centry by polynesians later followed by Tahitians who took over the island. Despite this popular believe there is still no evidence backing this and still a number of other theories of how the population of Hawaii came to be. Amoungst theories are ledgends past down through generations of Native Hawaiians.
It is known that the arrival of Captain James Cook had a dramatic effect on the population of Native Hawaii. The visiters brought with them diseases that the natives couldnt fight off. The population is estimated to have dropped as much as from 800,000 in 1779 to 37,656 in 1900.
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