Polynesia
List of Polynesians
This is a list of notable Polynesians. Finau ‘Ulukalala of Tonga Hone Heke King Kamehameha I of Hawaii Kaahumanu Liliuokalani Lo’au of Tonga Queen Pomare of Tahiti Salamasina of Samoa Queen Sālote, Tupou IV of Tonga King Tāufa’āhau, Tupou I of Tonga Te Kooti Te Puea Herangi Te Rauparaha Te Whiti o Rongomai Tupaia, 18th [...]
Economy of Polynesia
With the exception of New Zealand, the majority of independent Polynesian islands derive much of their income from foreign aid and remittances from those who live in other countries. Some encourage their young people to go where they can earn good money to remit to their stay-at-home relatives. Many Polynesian locations, such as Easter Island, [...]
Cultures of Polynesia
Polynesia divides into two distinct cultural groups, East Polynesia and West Polynesia. The culture of West Polynesia is conditioned to high populations. It has strong institutions of marriage and well-developed judicial, monetary and trading traditions. It comprises the groups of Tonga, Niue, Samoa and the northwestern Polynesian outliers. Eastern Polynesian cultures are highly adapted to [...]
Polynesian links to the Americas
The sweet potato kumara, which is native to the Americas, was widespread in Polynesia when Europeans first reached the Pacific. Kumara has been radiocarbon-dated in the Cook Islands to 1000 CE, and current thinking is that it was brought to central Polynesia circa 700 CE and spread across Polynesia from there, possibly by Polynesians who [...]
History of the Polynesian people
The Polynesian people are considered to be by ancestry a subset of the sea-migrating Austronesian people and the tracing of Polynesian languages places their prehistoric origins in the Malay archipelago. Incoming search terms:Published News Upcoming News Submit a New Story Groups box setPublished News Upcoming News Submit a New Story Groups science technology and societyPublished [...]
