Indonesia is pressing ahead with construction of a new network of dams in Borneo to power a major “green” industrial estate ...

The Native American Studies program hosted Dr. Victor Montejo as a part of the department’s Anthony Aveni Lecture Series on Thursday, April 3. Montejo explored the central idea of his most recent work ...

The push to recognize the continent’s original cultures has finally cleared the Legislature after years of failed attempts.

Kangaroos boss Mal Meninga has urged stars with Indigenous and Polynesian heritage to answer the question: are you Australian ...

Last week, renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and Polynesian Voyaging Society CEO Nainoa Thompson joined global leaders in Paris for “SOS Ocean,” a high-level gathering held March 30-31 at the ...

By tending taro (kalo) gardens in Portland, a civic club produces food while deepening its connection to Indigenous Hawaiian ...

With a new series of enriching experiences that showcase Hawaiian culture and traditions and the spectacular natural beauty ...

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin, and many people believed Polynesian voyagers simply lucked into finding th ...

Known for its mysterious stone Moai statues, Easter Island has a somewhat enigmatic history, largely due to the fact that ...

If you thought the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) was mostly just a luau, you’d only be scratching the surface. Don’t get me wrong—their luau is solid—but it’s nothing compared to everything else ...

Momoa, whose full name is Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa, was born in Nānākuli, Honolulu, Hawaii, to a Native Hawaiian father and a white mom from Iowa. His parents split when he was young, and he was ...

“It is like my baby,” she smiles, “but I think there’s so much room for inviting people into it. My dream is to collect as many creative people as possible and bring them all into this one ...