Aloha from the Big Island. Unfortunately there are only a few people left who know how to navigate by the ancient methods. Since the death of Mau Pialug years ago there one less person who can teach the amazing old ways. Nainoa Thomson is still with us and I hope this knowledge is not lost. Most people think like “why spend decades learning the super complex and intricate ancient ways when I can just use GPS?” So sad.
@@jeffhiggins808 some natural compass- solo hunter in Washington know with out maps where I am and kinda judge how far walked I the vast landscape of eastern Washington especially if climbing mountains valleys and crossing streams/creeks
@ I wish that was possible. I’ve only sailed and paddled within 10 miles of Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. I’m 68 now and I never got the opportunity to apprentice under the few guardians of the sacred knowledge that takes a lifetime of dedication to learn. I have the highest respect for for those who have learned even parts of the vast intricate system of knowledge and experience that is Polynesian navigation as it was passed down since ancient times.
Amazing feats of navigation....and courage.... given that we see more and more evidence of man's seafaring ability in the far distant past it would appear that for eons the world's waters were highways rather than barriers - certainly true for the Pacific islanders.
I remember hearing that when Hokule'a and Hawaiiloa canoes came to British Columbia to receive the gift of a tree to build Hiki Ana Lia canoe, the Hawaiians and the Natives of the island they visited did "protocol" and part of protocol is that you recite your geneology until you get to a common ancestor. This they did. They don't make a big deal out of it-they just do it. That I think was in 1995. I will never forget the sight of Hokule'a sailing underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Hikianali'a sailed from O'ahu to Half Moon Bay and Sausalito and we got to board her, meet the crew & see how they lived under sail.
I read James Michener’s Hawaii many years ago. Although it is historical fiction, it was a great read! This special fills in a lot of the blanks that the book doesn’t cover. Really enjoyed it.😎
Cook was not the first - people already there - wailers visited other islands but kept to themselves. Did you know Cook is still in Hawaii?? Well parts of him !!!!
Absolutely amazing - I don’t know why other than ignorance, that it is not recognized that these people actually were the first people from the old world to find the new world by sea - way before Columbus and way before the Vikings - and at far far greater distances than any of them by far. Truly greater feats of navigation. this was proven recently by genetic studies showing that one person was taken back from the new world - so cool that genetics could prove something that archaeology would be extremely unlikely to - and even the very region of the Americas - which was not expected, if I remember right it was way far north from Easter Island - proving that these people for certain were skilled at navigation as they traveled there and back - waht is strange that once knowing this - they stayed away after that encounter - wisdom perhaps to know it would not probably end well -but will perhaps ne’er know. These people had made the longer trip a couple thousand miles - across far more challenging waters than the trans Atlantic voyages much later. Not sure I got this correct, but from memory it seems accurate. It is just mind boggling they could develop such skills so very long ago but as people in other parts of the earth thousands of years developed entire;y new foods - staple crops they actually created wiht nothing modern even comping close to such feats of ingenuity. thanks for posting this - it seems strange there are not more depiciotns of these voyages - tehy are breathtakingly fascinating.
Because white westerners have always had a very hard time admitting that people of color did anything FIRST and did it BETTER than they did. Polynesians are the best seafarers EVER.
A little disappointed there wasn't more information about the boats and navigation methods. Both were touched on, but not really examined in any detail. Considering the Polynesians were among the greatest sailors in the world, this lack of information is sad.
As a afakasi hawaiian/samoan only real Polynesians would support and uplift all our cousins across the moana as opposed to someone like you who suggest only 1 is the true Polynesian. Work on yourself my brother 🤙🏾
One of the verses from Easter island song goes "o le alii, o le atua" in Samoan language it means "lord is God" sounds like they were referring to Rapanui as god.
We know they made contact along the S America continents coast.. the cultures there whilst possibly sophisticated may not have been compatible with their goals and explorer traders spirit. Consider what we know about some of those Cultures and the conflicts between them it may have been a case for turning away and leaving them to their own conflicts and not leading them back to their home islands..
Its amazing how these people don't see that the people of the pacific are part of the same aboriginal populations in SEA and New Guinea. The absurdity of the logic that somehow it was some "other" group of people that somehow went through the pacific separate from all these other populations on islands in Near Oceania is ridiculous. Just note how they conveniently skip over Tonga as the next step that the voyages would take and go straight to Samoa, even though the culture evolved in Fiji and Tonga first before going to Samoa, because those populations were dark skinned but somehow they got to pretend they were originally light skinned.
It was mentioned that the social focus changed from exploration and then expansion and finally perpetual sustenance, we have arrived at hoarding and greed, even this will result in a leveling, we that survive will find that wealth is found in peace.
Marquesas Islanders look a lot like South American pre-Columbians. Phenotypical similarities reflect stories from both regions of extensive 1,000+ year contact, as does DNA in the Islanders from SA and Denisvan-Melanesian in SA. Horny sailors they were....
@BigShips-fi8zm A decent video - damaged by the music which makes it hard for anyone with a hearing disability (hearing aids) to follow. Please in the future if you have dialogue don't have any added background elevator music. It's a common fault. The times there is music from people singing-playing instruments I can understand and accept. Added music no.
They found very small islands across the pacific but never found south America? BTW something, they understood stability with two hulled ships. England never figured that out… high tech… think about it. One other thing, they took women with them into these explorations.
Based on pottery?! 😂 we have more connections in the Americas. Crops, artifacts, mounds etc match. Colonizers still trying to narrate our story. These are the people that think humans came from monkeys 😂
Good video, but most of the archaeologist’s questions that they had no answers too could have easily been solved using common sense. Sometimes I think these scientists and doctorates get so caught up in the science of things and their need for scientific evidence that they tend to overthink everything to a certain degree. Often times making common sense and keeping things simple a tool that’s either forgotten or overlooked.
Hawaiians at this points are lost, and they have the tendency to accept stories of their existence by anyone! 😢 I have seen books with ancient Hawaiians, and I would believe they were native Tongans. Unfortunately, they were easily misguided by the western world, therefore unable to inherit their past history!
Why are you relying on pottery? We totally dismiss your finding. There are no linguistic connections either, between the Asians and Pacific Islanders. I’m also confused on how you’d determine linguistic connection not being aware nor speaks any of the islanders language. Again, you’re being Caucasian, and trying to tell our stories are a joke! Forget these Lapita nonsense! Did you ever think that perhaps due to Tongans being navigators brought pottery to Tonga, instead of Lapita having any existence in Tonga. Pottery were never used as cooking ware in Tonga, therefore absurd that Lapita existed.
They were so smart and brave. Such beautiful islands and cultures and climate!
Aloha from the Big Island. Unfortunately there are only a few people left who know how to navigate by the ancient methods. Since the death of Mau Pialug years ago there one less person who can teach the amazing old ways. Nainoa Thomson is still with us and I hope this knowledge is not lost. Most people think like “why spend decades learning the super complex and intricate ancient ways when I can just use GPS?” So sad.
Nainoa's main mission has been to pass down Papa Mau's knowledge ... so no worries! - from Kona
You sound pretty driven and you maby should go search out that knowledge and then begin to teach it to all
@@jeffhiggins808 some natural compass- solo hunter in Washington know with out maps where I am and kinda judge how far walked I the vast landscape of eastern Washington especially if climbing mountains valleys and crossing streams/creeks
@ It’s a whole different world out on the vast Pacific Ocean with no land in sight for months.
@ I wish that was possible. I’ve only sailed and paddled within 10 miles of Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. I’m 68 now and I never got the opportunity to apprentice under the few guardians of the sacred knowledge that takes a lifetime of dedication to learn. I have the highest respect for for those who have learned even parts of the vast intricate system of knowledge and experience that is Polynesian navigation as it was passed down since ancient times.
Amazing feats of navigation....and courage.... given that we see more and more evidence of man's seafaring ability in the far distant past it would appear that for eons the world's waters were highways rather than barriers - certainly true for the Pacific islanders.
I remember hearing that when Hokule'a and Hawaiiloa canoes came to British Columbia to receive the gift of a tree to build Hiki Ana Lia canoe, the Hawaiians and the Natives of the island they visited did "protocol" and part of protocol is that you recite your geneology until you get to a common ancestor. This they did. They don't make a big deal out of it-they just do it. That I think was in 1995. I will never forget the sight of Hokule'a sailing underneath the Golden Gate Bridge. Hikianali'a sailed from O'ahu to Half Moon Bay and Sausalito and we got to board her, meet
the crew & see how they lived under sail.
What a great experience you were able to participate in.
Thank you for this video. Aloha from Oahu
I read James Michener’s Hawaii many years ago. Although it is historical fiction, it was a great read! This special fills in a lot of the blanks that the book doesn’t cover. Really enjoyed it.😎
Cook was not the first - people already there - wailers visited other islands but kept to themselves. Did you know Cook is still in Hawaii?? Well parts of him !!!!
Absolutely amazing - I don’t know why other than ignorance, that it is not recognized that these people actually were the first people from the old world to find the new world by sea - way before Columbus and way before the Vikings - and at far far greater distances than any of them by far. Truly greater feats of navigation. this was proven recently by genetic studies showing that one person was taken back from the new world - so cool that genetics could prove something that archaeology would be extremely unlikely to - and even the very region of the Americas - which was not expected, if I remember right it was way far north from Easter Island - proving that these people for certain were skilled at navigation as they traveled there and back - waht is strange that once knowing this - they stayed away after that encounter - wisdom perhaps to know it would not probably end well -but will perhaps ne’er know. These people had made the longer trip a couple thousand miles - across far more challenging waters than the trans Atlantic voyages much later. Not sure I got this correct, but from memory it seems accurate. It is just mind boggling they could develop such skills so very long ago but as people in other parts of the earth thousands of years developed entire;y new foods - staple crops they actually created wiht nothing modern even comping close to such feats of ingenuity. thanks for posting this - it seems strange there are not more depiciotns of these voyages - tehy are breathtakingly fascinating.
Because white westerners have always had a very hard time admitting that people of color did anything FIRST and did it BETTER than they did. Polynesians are the best seafarers EVER.
A little disappointed there wasn't more information about the boats and navigation methods. Both were touched on, but not really examined in any detail. Considering the Polynesians were among the greatest sailors in the world, this lack of information is sad.
I wanted to see more cultural objects and their ranking system etc. I got to see none of the pottery either
We the true navigators 🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭 and only real Pacific Islanders would know this
As a afakasi hawaiian/samoan only real Polynesians would support and uplift all our cousins across the moana as opposed to someone like you who suggest only 1 is the true Polynesian. Work on yourself my brother 🤙🏾
Interesting material. The music track is too loud in spots, swamping the narration.
I'd hope one day the Polynesians would change the European names of their Islands back to the Original Native names!!
One of the verses from Easter island song goes "o le alii, o le atua" in Samoan language it means "lord is God" sounds like they were referring to Rapanui as god.
We know they made contact along the S America continents coast.. the cultures there whilst possibly sophisticated may not have been compatible with their goals and explorer traders spirit.
Consider what we know about some of those Cultures and the conflicts between them it may have been a case for turning away and leaving them to their own conflicts and not leading them back to their home islands..
Its amazing how these people don't see that the people of the pacific are part of the same aboriginal populations in SEA and New Guinea. The absurdity of the logic that somehow it was some "other" group of people that somehow went through the pacific separate from all these other populations on islands in Near Oceania is ridiculous. Just note how they conveniently skip over Tonga as the next step that the voyages would take and go straight to Samoa, even though the culture evolved in Fiji and Tonga first before going to Samoa, because those populations were dark skinned but somehow they got to pretend they were originally light skinned.
It was mentioned that the social focus changed from exploration and then expansion and finally perpetual sustenance, we have arrived at hoarding and greed, even this will result in a leveling, we that survive will find that wealth is found in peace.
Melanesian Denisovans.... Cousins! Hi!
Marquesas Islanders look a lot like South American pre-Columbians. Phenotypical similarities reflect stories from both regions of extensive 1,000+ year contact, as does DNA in the Islanders from SA and Denisvan-Melanesian in SA. Horny sailors they were....
Austronesians
Soon, GPS Will Not Work Because The Magnetic Poles Have Moved More Than 1,500 - 2,000 Miles
@BigShips-fi8zm A decent video - damaged by the music which makes it hard for anyone with a hearing disability (hearing aids) to follow.
Please in the future if you have dialogue don't have any added background elevator music. It's a common fault.
The times there is music from people singing-playing instruments I can understand and accept. Added music no.
They found very small islands across the pacific but never found south America? BTW something, they understood stability with two hulled ships. England never figured that out… high tech… think about it. One other thing, they took women with them into these explorations.
Based on pottery?! 😂 we have more connections in the Americas. Crops, artifacts, mounds etc match. Colonizers still trying to narrate our story. These are the people that think humans came from monkeys 😂
Good video, but most of the archaeologist’s questions that they had no answers too could have easily been solved using common sense. Sometimes I think these scientists and doctorates get so caught up in the science of things and their need for scientific evidence that they tend to overthink everything to a certain degree. Often times making common sense and keeping things simple a tool that’s either forgotten or overlooked.
Hawaiians at this points are lost, and they have the tendency to accept stories of their existence by anyone! 😢
I have seen books with ancient Hawaiians, and I would believe they were native Tongans. Unfortunately, they were easily misguided by the western world, therefore unable to inherit their past history!
Why are you relying on pottery?
We totally dismiss your finding. There are no linguistic connections either, between the Asians and Pacific Islanders. I’m also confused on how you’d determine linguistic connection not being aware nor speaks any of the islanders language.
Again, you’re being Caucasian, and trying to tell our stories are a joke!
Forget these Lapita nonsense! Did you ever think that perhaps due to Tongans being navigators brought pottery to Tonga, instead of Lapita having any existence in Tonga. Pottery were never used as cooking ware in Tonga, therefore absurd that Lapita existed.
Trash information 👎🏽
presidents are temporary
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