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The Hawaiian People

Country
Hawaii: 6,216,500

The United States: 1,500,000-4,000,000

Note: 2,250,000 Americans claim Native Hawaiian as their Official Race'

Canada: 322,000-965,000

Note: 500,000 Canadians claim Native Hawaiian as their Official Race

'''Australia: 60,000-148,000

'''New Zealand: 20,000

'''Fiji: 15,000

'''Ireland: 8,000

French Polynesia: 4,000'' '''

Total Population:

8,147,000 of Total Hawaiian Descent

11,375,000 of at least Partial Hawaiian Descent'''

Hawaii
Ethnic Hawaiians make up 95.1% of the total population of Hawaii, with 6,216,500 Hawaiian citizens claiming to be of total Hawaiian descent. It is believed the first people reached the modern Island of Hawaii by 5000 B.C. While its is believed the ancient Hawaiian Culture began to develop around 3000 B.C. with Hawaii's first recorded settlements being established around 2800 B.C. These fairly small settlements acted quite independently for many centuries, however, there was always much communication as well as trade amongst the various ancient Hawaiian villages, thus giving way to the ancient Hawaiian language and scribe. However, after a war that lasted some 10 to 15 years between the large ancient village's of Oha'u and Maui, a united Hawaiian people began to emerge around 800 B.C. While villages still governed many of their own affairs, the ancient Hawaiian capital of Hal'aiou (Modern Day Honolulu) was established as a central meeting spot for the trade of goods, ideas, and customs. Over time, this assimilation gave way to a unified Hawaiian language and scribe, and the first mention of a united "Hawaiian" people as early as 700 B.C. With the establishment of Hal'aiou,the ancient religious practice of Mal'ai spread throughout most, if not all, Hawaiian villages, and by 200 B.C. Mal'ai was practiced by virtually all Hawaiian people. Around 530 A.D., a village chief by the name of Talai Kanakiki imagined a fully united Hawaiian Kingdom. The majority of Hawaii's independent villages believed a Unified Hawaii was in their best interests,however a small