Niihau is also knows as The Forbidden Island is one of the Hawaiian islands located northwest of Kauai.
The story of Ni'ihau has been told many times by many people, but __Ni'ihau Place Names__ adds new information to the island's history from a unique source: Hawaiian-language newspapers. From 1834 to 1948, approximately 125,000 pages of Native Hawaiian expression were printed in more than...
NIIHAU, Hawaii —For more than a century, Niihau has been known as the Forbidden Island, owned by a single family of Scottish ancestry whose avowed purpose in declaring it off limits has been to preserve the pure Hawaiian bloodline and language--and to preserve the island itself as the famil...
That Island is Sold.—The Island of Niihau was sold by the Government, to Mr. St. Clair [Sinclair] and some other people, for the amount of $10,000. Those people will live there raising Sheep. (Kuokoa, 4/9/1864, p. 2) Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke III, Helu 15, Aoao 2. Aperila ...
This article is interesting because it does shed some light on why people were so paranoid. According tohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Niihauthere were only three ethnic Japanese on the island of Niihau, and all three of them tried to help the downed pilot in escaping despite the ...
The Hawaiians call him “family.” And yet he has never been invited into a private home on the island nor would he presume to ask, he says. He and his family live on Kauai. The people of Niihau believe that they are a special people watched over by God, Mishler says. They are de...
This 7-hour Napali Coast + Niihau boat tour is the only way to snorkel at Hawaii's 'Forbidden Island' of Niihau and sightsee along the Napali Coast of Kauai.
Niihau, volcanic island, Kauai county, Hawaii, U.S. Niihau lies 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Kauai island. The smallest of the populated Hawaiian Islands, Niihau has an area of 70 square miles (180 square km). King Kamehameha IV sold it for $10,000 in 1
For this, people need totake a boatfrom Kauai. While the island is no longer completely “forbidden,” the journey across the Kaulakahi Channel is still intimidating. The 33-mile voyage from a dock on the south shore of Kauai to Lehua Rock, on the north side of N...
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