Crucial for all of the Hawaii people young and old, to hear and listen to how Hawaii came about, as you will not hear about this in school history books, have to know your roots, makes you more appreciative and respectful of where you came from!
@llXchonll8 ай бұрын
Ni'ihau is such a fascinating place with such a deep history. Mahalo for sharing.
@WhatsYourGhostStory8 ай бұрын
Very excited to hear these stories. When I first got out of college I worked as an editor for a Hawaiian documentary company that got permission and filmed on Ni'ihau. Sadly, I didn't go along for the shoot, but being able to see that footage and hear from the Ni'ihau people directly is something I'll never forget. The documentary, for those interested, is called "The Hawaiians: Reflecting Spirit"
@fayejansen87108 ай бұрын
Mahalo for sharing. Amazing stories. Keeping our polynesian stories alive through you sharing. Mahalo.
@cliffs40088 ай бұрын
Wow! Your short story of Niihau is very educational. Mahalo🤙
@ocotillooutlaws41018 ай бұрын
Aloha brother! Thanks so much for this awesome accounting of the incredible history of Ni’ihau. It is the most detailed sharing of the of the struggles and triumphs of the island that I have heard. Mahalo 🤙🏻
@lovekelley24526 ай бұрын
Mahalo for sharing. There is a lot that have been left out and I just want to point out the most important one to the Ohana Ni’ihau out of everything that was mentioned in the video. And that is the Ohana Ni’ihau’s aloha For Ke’Akua or love of Ke’Akua (God.) is the number one thing that is most valuable to us. We worship no other Gods but one, Iehova. The next two are aloha Ohana (love for the Ohana) and lastly, aloha ‘āina (Love for the land.) I along with my Ohana Kelley of Ni’ihau are so fortunate and grateful for the Robinson Ohana for their continuous commitment, dedication, and support in the preservation and the perpetuation of the Ohana Ni’ihau culture, traditions, Language, and it’s way of life. Ni’ihau wouldn’t be Ni’ihau today had it not been for their tremendous outpouring effort, stewardship and aloha for the people and the island in wanting to maintain the islands heritage and its legacy. So we Mahalo Ke’Akua for the Robinson Ohana and continue to pray for them to mālama Ni’ihau for the Ohana Ni’ihau.
@LukeWilbur4 ай бұрын
AAa
@jusbamathy13558 ай бұрын
Big Mahalo uncle for the story I always felt like there was more to the stories that my father would tell me. I cant wait to show him this 🤙🏽
@carlzakabi81528 ай бұрын
Aloha Brother, thank you for all you do. God bless the journey and God bless you.
@donnabu8 ай бұрын
Wow. Can this please be a movie?
@caffeineaddict89298 ай бұрын
Watching you from Alabama.Sinclairs are a piece of work, Native Americans were sold out with liquor, beads, and some got guns.Even cheated the landowner and shortchanged them.WOW the Japanese pilot had a luau the contracted workers who were translators got some Karma.Interesting history.The more you know💫Love Uncles ghost stories and history lessons😘
@bbbbbbread8 ай бұрын
Keep up this content so interesting
@noelani2408 ай бұрын
I’m liking this vid before I even watch it cuz I know it’s gonna be good
@bluemoon32648 ай бұрын
So you have the Kawanakoa Hawaiian family recently inheriting 11 billion dollars and they didn’t buy back Niihau and Lanai for Hawaiians to live free ... They could afford to buy the islands with 1/10 of their money but didn’t do it .
@Travis664218 ай бұрын
End of day it's the decision of Larry Ellison and the Robinson family to make a sale.
@wecanwatersports41518 ай бұрын
Why buy something you own? Haole can create FRADULENT BUSINESS? THE STATE OF HA WA I'I HAS BEEN HIJACKED & PERVERTED. GOVERNMENT / REALESTATE BUSINESS IS NULL SINCE OVERTHROW. 🫵😊
@Hittdogg178 ай бұрын
It’s stolen. Who would buy back something stolen from you?
@kaimiloamano58248 ай бұрын
if they did buy it back, u think we get to live the way our ancestors used to?? evict the military and make them pay back everything they destroyed, which is a lot
@p3ngi35 ай бұрын
@@Travis66421the land could in the future be taken away from them
@victorbeebe83728 ай бұрын
Aloha and Mahalo!
@miraclesubliminals8 ай бұрын
Mahalo for this video please do more! Maybe about each side of the islands and the most prominent stories.
@artsymarxist8 ай бұрын
Really fantastic info, the music was a bit distracting though due to it only being a single note. Looking forward to more videos!
@MysteriesofHawaii8 ай бұрын
Noted!
@Mickcotton8 ай бұрын
Mahalo Nui 🌸. Thank You So Much 😊. Love & Aloha
@ericipo8 ай бұрын
👀Always enjoy & learn about the history as well as the paranormal of Hawai’i from your videos,-LOPAKA!!!🤙⚡️
@hawaiioahuliving88068 ай бұрын
Mahalo nui loa, what a great story
@keaka5608 ай бұрын
Bradduh I'm trying to understand and maybe lost in the content, why was it sold and sold to a foreigner? Right now across the water on Kaua'i you have foreigners buying the land of my roots. Turning them into their private bunker. Lana'i already gone. I fear the same for Kaua'i. Who is selling out?
@mikeh-p7q8 ай бұрын
They were tricked into selling unfortunately by people who knew so.
@keaka5608 ай бұрын
@@mikeh-p7q Land of my roots was once sacred. But now it is a playground of the rich foreigners. Most do not give a kukai about the history. But they use the greetings Aloha and mahalo and wear the culture and heritage around their necks as facades. But yet have no cae when it comes to exploitation and commercialisation. Shame on the ones who sold out
@samuelaakeo81188 ай бұрын
Hawaii Kings didn't gain much through taxing Niihau and instead chose to play foreigners' game of land sale and took the money instead... the result of trying to look and live like foreigners.
@keaka5608 ай бұрын
@@samuelaakeo8118 Well not just Niihau. Very sad a culture, heritage gone with the aina
@quantumleap74417 ай бұрын
Sad
@MegaBpop4 ай бұрын
Great educational video. From Texas here. I hope it will be able to continue to exist.
@MM-hq3li8 ай бұрын
Your a Legend Sir!
@spyderpittsburgh52648 ай бұрын
Awesome Video! Thank You for Sharing!
@mindpoacher4732Ай бұрын
When I was first introduced to the Hawaiian ways and thier understanding of the unihipili. I was so captivated that I've made it my goal to learn everything i can about thier believe system. With what I've learned I've been able to apply to myself and my life. All i can say is that i can't imagine going thru life without this knowledge. Thank you for the video i always love hearing stories of old Hawaii
@LeilaniG8088 ай бұрын
The Knudsen family were my relatives through marriage. The greed and arrogance of my family is legendary.
@MisterClear-yc3on4 ай бұрын
Jeff's cool
@jeffedmundson39347 ай бұрын
Great presentation. Thank You!
@JJ_Jahronus3 ай бұрын
My new favorite channel, mahalo nui !
@Drod88995 ай бұрын
I went to college (UH Hilo) with a Ginger Pahulehua I hope she alive and well, she was so gracious to a young black kid from the East Coast
@SeanOLennon8 ай бұрын
Great - wonderful, very little known piece of history! Thank you very much for this video!
@Josephine-sm2db7 ай бұрын
Mahalo for this history lesson about Niihau
@031901418 ай бұрын
Nice history lesson! Mahalo.
@markgarin63558 ай бұрын
Mahalo...nice presentation
@PDSalling4 ай бұрын
Many thanks for sharing this history.
@brockjennings8 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting the video. I grew up on O'ahu and enjoyed the Hawaiiana classes that was taught in grade school.
@TheChadTI8 ай бұрын
I am so psyched to find this channel. How did I not see this before? KZbin fills up timeline with crap and GEMS like this channel slip by me. 🤙
@MysteriesofHawaii3 ай бұрын
@nomad74777, Damon Rydell, yes, it is common knowledge that the purchase of Ni'ihau cost the Sinclairs $10,000. Negotiations for the island was initiated in September 1863, brokered by the Minister of the Interior, G.H. Robertson while Kamehameha IV was King. The Sinclair family initially offered the Hawaiian government $6,000. Because Kamehameha IV passed away that November, and the deal was completed and the island was sold in January 1894, it was approved by Kamehameha V. The purchase price of $10,000 is common knowledge, but we left that information out because, within the context of this video, it almost sounds as if the amount of money validates the treatment that the native Hawaiians received.
@saphh40337 ай бұрын
we share the same word for mountain i am from New Zealand , my tribe is Kai Tahu also called Ngai Tahu my gparents Kati Mamoe our dialect differs from others in nz our cousins across the sea💕
@dixonbeejay4 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ Ngamihi ehoa Ngati Mamoe kaitahu my wife is from Te Waipounamu I myself am Tuhoe from East coast Opotiki this info is amazing aye🙏
@saphh40334 ай бұрын
@@dixonbeejayone big family😊
@ArwedGroenLiveAloha29 күн бұрын
Aloha ❤ from Germany. Mahalo nui loa for sharing this history storys. Mahalo for the shared wisdom. 🙏😍🌺🌈
@margaretgallegos29753 ай бұрын
Many thanks for sharing the history. Mahalo. Aloha, Oahu June 23 2024
@brentmcwilliams43324 ай бұрын
The sunset photo was taken either on October 27th or February 15th near my apartment in low income housing in Kekaha.🤙
@MysteriesofHawaii4 ай бұрын
The image was purchased from Shutterstock . com. The website lists the contributor as Robert Springs and gives the upload date as Jun 27, 2007. You can check it out here... www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sun-setting-over-island-niihau-hawaii-3618785
@KanyeKetchup7 ай бұрын
Im from Aotearoa and your channel is buzzy
@alohajenn3 ай бұрын
It's about time this is talked about!!! Pure EVIL!!!!
@LanceMarshall-m3u13 күн бұрын
Got to visit Niihau in 2010 via the owner's Helicopter, back then we were told the owners keep this helicopter for emergency medical evacuations for the Niihau residents. They raise support to keep the helicopter maintained by allowing silly tourists to take day trips out to the island, you could choose a hunting trip or a scenic trip with beach landing. We picked the beach landing but the pilot also showed us the wildlife from the air, super fun! Got to see plenty of great white sharks, a pig, and plenty of other various mammals kept there for hunting purposes. We did not get to talk to the residents but did see a couple of them, we landed at the beach seen in the video right behind Lehua islet. While I was walking out on the rocky and slippery shore line I slipped and fell right on my okole! The trip was required to have 5 people as I recall, but the other group did not show up so the owners decided we could go anyway, just our little family of four - amazing adventure!! ALHOA & MAHALO, HAWAII NO KA OI, UA MAU KE EA O KA AINA I KA PONA
@TheChadTI8 ай бұрын
1:48 Connected in a way I've seen very few other people in history be. Residual energy of Lemeria (?) helping to create that bond. I belive a large part of it rests below us (or the islands themselves may even be the remaing land.) It's just a theory of course.
@zissumanter6 ай бұрын
Mu civilization ...
@The_Nameless_Entity5 ай бұрын
Mahalo Hawaiian for sharing. Aloha from the 9th Island 🤙🤙
@MisterClear-yc3on4 ай бұрын
he's not hawaiian.
@paulaventura52837 ай бұрын
You cannot buy something that’s NOT FOR SALE! Who sold it to begin with?
@johnstoddard46925 ай бұрын
No , actually the Hawaiian Monarchy at the time sold Niihau for 10k dollars . You can blame Kamehameha IV for that .
@Abijah124114 ай бұрын
Wow, that was informative, 😊mahalo (thank you)
@dixonbeejay4 ай бұрын
Kia ora ehoa ngamihi🙏 E Maori ahau he ngai- tuhoe te waka o (Mataatua) My Tribe is Tuhoe and my Canoe Waka is Mataatua
@sonjaveda98324 ай бұрын
Amazing people.
@tarapayne49458 ай бұрын
Aloha From Kauai! ⭐️🐝🌻⭐️🐝🌻⭐️🐝🌻
@darrenkamalu90475 ай бұрын
Some of my children attended Ke Kula Niihau o Kauai in Kekaha in and around 2002 or so. They could speak hawaiian but did struggle with the Niihau dialect.
@Kevin-rb7yy8 ай бұрын
there's a barge that goes from Pakala, Kauai to Niihau brah. Some of my classmates at Kekaha School were from Niihau and they didn't look like they were controlled by the Robinsons. What U talking bout?
@erikolson18875 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@maryserrato10247 ай бұрын
My husband is a urban search and rescue team captain for the fire department and knows Mr. Robinson personally so he has been there many times and they don't have running water or 🔌 at all they speak only Hawaiian from what my husband says my husband bought a house for his brother and his family many years ago on Kauai so 😮😮
@MisterClear-yc3on4 ай бұрын
they've been my friends for 45 years
@Sch21554 ай бұрын
Much of the Big Island doesn't have running water, that is why they have cisterns. Unless you live near Kona or Hilo you're on your own.
@sbdno105 ай бұрын
How do they get basic supplies?
@cnacma5 ай бұрын
Barges from Kauai bring supplies regularly. People who live on the island have family and commute to Kauai often. It’s not some closed off place where the residents never have contact with the outside world.
@mattb27005 ай бұрын
Only a couple dozen people live there now. The ohana will return to visit but most now live on Kauai’s west side. They go back to be counted as residents but most do not live there.
@Bmerciful8 ай бұрын
It would of been good to get hear of the dialect
@hilohahoma41074 ай бұрын
Haku haku from the land of the Chumash the owners of the land from Los Angeles in the south to Paso Robles in the North. These stories are of the utmost importance for our children especially, the haole' have ruined our indigenous world as much as they can but we are recovering. Tani he'(thank you)
@dorthymcbride33848 ай бұрын
Kawananakoa looks mostly white in this generation.
@Hittdogg178 ай бұрын
All the Ali’i look white… when British men came to Hawaii with money they wanted to marry Ali’i wahine… like my ancestors. That’s where the first Hapa Haoles on the islands came from. The first Hapa Haoles in Hawaii were descended from Ali’i
@CubanPete1990Ай бұрын
But on that particular Hawaiian 🌺 island 🏝️ called Niihau are there any signs of a Secret Cave where there might been a hidden treasures like Gold⚱️and Diamonds💎 on that Hawaiian 🌺 island 🏝️ of Niihau in Hawaii?
@cariciaangela30525 ай бұрын
Imagine being born on an island, comes a family and have the authority to buy and island. Don't the inhabitants have the right to their island?
@johnstoddard46925 ай бұрын
I agree that the haoles are indeed vampires. However , is it the holes fault that the kingdom of Hawaii was in the stone age up until the 17th century or so which made them easy prey for the Americans. If it wasnt the USA , it would have been China, or Russia .
@MisterClear-yc3on4 ай бұрын
Robinsons are my friends
@MrHtjet4 ай бұрын
Like in palestine
@Mtman6912Ай бұрын
Do you have electricity??
@Hittdogg178 ай бұрын
James “Kimo” Robinson was my 5X grandfather best friend (Robert William Holt) and my 4x grandmother step father…
@steved.8 ай бұрын
Was the first settlers language different from the modern Hawaiians who slaughtered them?
@danielmeola540813 күн бұрын
ALOHA 🤙🏼
@maryserrato10247 ай бұрын
The robinsons own them when disasters happens the fire department can go on there but have to leave immediately after because only true Hawaiians can go on the island my husband has been on there many times they don't have even electricity on the island The robinsons own the island now
@MisterClear-yc3on4 ай бұрын
I lived there.. a haole boy
@TheQueenOfDreams4 ай бұрын
Great story telling, but the background music is 😜
@Pickiekittieskoonz4 ай бұрын
This is Hawaiian history.
@TheQueenOfDreams4 ай бұрын
@@Pickiekittieskoonz yes, I realize that, but the oral tradition of sharing history is called “talking story.” It was not my intention to diminish their history by referring to it in such a way.
@Pickiekittieskoonz4 ай бұрын
Looks like some of these images are from the Bishop Museum.
@skyzfada8 ай бұрын
This is where all the drugs come before being put on small boats and sent to the other islands 😮
@Mtman6912Ай бұрын
Any healthcare available?
@cathysueneeleygillam1362 ай бұрын
Is your name ZOOLIE or ZOOLOU? Did you drive taxi on Kauai back in Mid 80"s? And did you Know old man NORM who lived on corner of Ocheon and wamai river?
@cajuntimes8 ай бұрын
good. I ha heard for years about the hawaiian man that was shot but killed the shooter. I think it is also interesting that K1;came fom the almost most young island. TY
@MisterClear-yc3on4 ай бұрын
Jeff r and I hung out there..alot..aloha
@jondough96518 ай бұрын
maika’i loa mea
@thegreencat99477 ай бұрын
We're the people who were sacrificed happy to do so? Was it an honor to be chosen? We're they enemies?
@MysteriesofHawaii7 ай бұрын
Many sacrifices were taken from the "kauwā," they were considered the lowest class of people consisting of servants, slaves, and outcasts. They could never move above their class and they could never marry anyone from a higher class either. As far as being happy or honored to be chosen, stories tell of kauwā running from the mū, the body catchers, whose job it was to find the sacrifices. So they probably didn't feel to pleased about it. Other sacrifices were kapu breakers, prisoners of war, and enemies of the ali'i.
@thegreencat99477 ай бұрын
@@MysteriesofHawaii Thank you for responding. "Outcast" could mean someone not perfect..mentally deficient or physically impaired? Either way, I would still run from the mu. The idea of human sacrifice feels like some residual influence from a Mayan culture.
@MisterClear-yc3on4 ай бұрын
lol
@adamparker56962 ай бұрын
How can non-natives own this island? What idiots sold the island? It should be owned by the Hawaiian people.
@seanobi6962Ай бұрын
King of Hawaii
@fg842Ай бұрын
VV here: Hawaiians are loving people. Do not call them idiots because someone else is a sociopath.
@Taahine4221 күн бұрын
I’m Tongan and can’t stand what had happened to these poor Hawaiians 😒these are our brothers and sisters! I’d be damned if that happened to my country.
@ReadyToFly248 ай бұрын
Dont forget the part about tahiti and samoa finding hawaii. There was no indigenous people when they found Hawaii.
@kikaidaboy8 ай бұрын
Ah yes, the ol" "we're all immigrants" narrative used to rationalize ethnic cleansing and genocide. Keep up the good work!
@Josephine-sm2db7 ай бұрын
Which would then allow them to become indigenous, right?
@noelxlk6 ай бұрын
there were also no indigenous samoans before the austronesians arrived
@Eelybrecstendt23 күн бұрын
Everyone in the island would be related. Having children with family members
@leinakapuahi75365 ай бұрын
OHA, CNHA, Alulike all not interested in condemnation via SOH. Leave it be
@maryserrato10247 ай бұрын
The robinsons own them when disasters happens the fire department can go on there but have to leave immediately after because only true Hawaiians can go on the island my husband has been on there many times they don't have even electricity on the island The robinsons own the island now they have owned it for years
@LaniJeb969608 ай бұрын
That’s what I call a real Hawaiian.
@AHLUser4 ай бұрын
The original 'Native' Hawai'ians did not own the Land, the Land Owned the People, same as on the Mainland and most indigenous cultures. The concept of 'Land Ownership' was introduced by the 'Western Civilizations' but was very quickly embraced by the Hawai'ians where the privileged upper caste were granted titles to large amounts of 'Free Land'. They understood the value of a quick profit for easy-money and 'sold' their land to more intelligent and industrious people that turned the land into vast fortunes for many generations. Meanwhile, the greedy and short-sighted Hawai'ians quickly ran out of land and spent their money unwisely. And now they claim their land was stolen and want it back... The USA did NOT steal their land, they sold away their country. By allowing Missionaries to bring diseases and religion to their paradise, they lost everything. By choosing to not fight for their Kingdom, it was taken like a ripe fruit by a monkey.
@charlo86643 ай бұрын
Interesting. I have had conversations on this very issue with locals. They are not happy with the dialogue. But from what I researched this seems to be true. So someone correct me if I am wrong.
@JahJahJah4443 ай бұрын
NOT TRUE- STOP
@mr808steelersАй бұрын
So it wasn't stolen, it was taken like a ripe fruit by a monkey.... Bahrah! You made no sense! Auwe.
@swirledworld340Ай бұрын
Just like the natives of the continents, Hawaiians killed each other over the ownership of the land (just like everyone). They most certainly knew what land ownership was.
@JahJahJah444Ай бұрын
@@AHLUser White colonizer descendant trying to justify his ancestors wrongs by victim blaming a total and ongoing genocide of both Turtle Island natives and Kanaka oiwi. So disgusting! 🤣
@cajuntimes8 ай бұрын
Humuhumu nukuunuku apua’a I really hate this world. Otherwus i would be inthe land of my ancestors.
@cajuntimes8 ай бұрын
With fiat money it is easy for clandestine entities to gain control. God Forbid, Jesus come and establish Your Kingdom. Amen
@DoubleMrE6 ай бұрын
Humuhumunukunukuapua’a is the name of a fish. What does that have to do with what you’re talking about?
@cajuntimes6 ай бұрын
@@DoubleMrE what yo no talk fish?Then no use sayin
@DoubleMrE6 ай бұрын
@@cajuntimes Yeah brah, I only talk bird (pidgin). 😊🤙🏽✌️
@JudasTamad5 ай бұрын
They are vampires
@tamlamoore79627 ай бұрын
ASE HEKA AMEN RA AHO MOORE NATION GRAND RISING KARMA ❤❤❤❤❤
@raidergirl3741Ай бұрын
That's so sad that the church has ruined culture as well!!!!
@damadafknrio8 ай бұрын
AMERICANIZM IZ SATANIZM
@kanakamokunui10397 ай бұрын
Be careful what You say..Most living things on this planet don’t want Hawaiians to succeed.
@JJ-gm4ck7 ай бұрын
maybe if the queen and the hawaiins had showed some guts and fought they would have be worthy of succeeding.
@kanakamokunui10397 ай бұрын
@@JJ-gm4ck so if upper Europe countries like the Scottish,Russians,Germans etc. had GUTS! Then they would of stand up to their tyrants instead of fleeing to Great Britain,being an eye sore to the Queen and then being put on the mayflower and send overseas. That’s da kinda guts Your talking about?? Just ask the Indians on their land to the blacks in Africa if they had guts too?
@kanakamokunui10397 ай бұрын
Social media made every gutless lying backstabbing wanna be’s a key board hero!
@kanakamokunui10397 ай бұрын
Easy to talk about guts when one wasn’t there!
@johnstoddard46925 ай бұрын
I wouldn't say that most living things don't want Hawaiians to succeed, but yes it's true, many haoles came from many places and told plenty lies to the Hawaiian people. They took the land from the Hawaiians , they bastardized the culture for the benefit of the tourist industry, they rerouted the streams on Kauai so they could irrigate the surface industry. The west side of Kauai is like a desert today because of this . Waimea town, Hanapepe, Eleele, were all lush and tropical 200 years ago, but George Norton Wilcox came to Kauai and literally changed the climate so that his crops would flourish, and they did!
@rayjay8483 ай бұрын
AI sucks
@Jazzfestn5 ай бұрын
The ROBINSONS had their thing together. What happenned to the rest of you?!
@The_Nameless_Entity5 ай бұрын
the colonizers were fakahz das why
@dg80625 ай бұрын
WTF??
@rudeboy122529 күн бұрын
The landing people have not been under someone’s control and LMFAO. They are guests and they can leave anytime they want. It’s privately owned no matter how much Democrats want to claim ownership of somebody else’s privately owned properly. It would never happen.
@wecanwatersports41518 ай бұрын
Kaahumanu pilgrimage in 1800's? Isn't this how the island's became Ha Wa i'i? Ka i'i? Al i'i? Ha wa i'i pono i ke Al i'i? 🫵😊 Malama malama
@maryserrato10247 ай бұрын
The robinsons own them when disasters happens the fire department can go on there but have to leave immediately after because only true Hawaiians can go on the island my husband has been on there many times they don't have even electricity on the island The robinsons own the island now they have owned it for years
@maryserrato10247 ай бұрын
The robinsons own them when disasters happens the fire department can go on there but have to leave immediately after because only true Hawaiians can go on the island my husband has been on there many times they don't have even electricity on the island The robinsons own the island now they have owned it for years