On December 7, 1941, the 'battle' of Ni'ihau commenced. For obvious reasons this incident is usually overshadowed by the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Ni'ihau incident was a deadly incident on an island ...
Tia Koerte grew up speaking Olelo Niihau, a dialect specific to the Niihau Hawaiian island, and knew she wanted to help preserve it. Niihau has fewer than 500 native speakers in the world, including ...
The field notes document the work of Everett Dale Jackson in American Samoa and Niihau during 1969. The notebook refers to no. 87-053. Entries include: detailed directions to collection sites, terrain ...