The feat of Polynesian wayfinding—navigating by stars, wind, and waves—had long been discounted by scholars on the grounds that ancient Polynesians didn’t have the knowledge to be master navigators.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On March 8, 1975, Hawaiʻi’s first long-distance Polynesian voyaging canoe in 600 years was born. On that historic day, many hands came together to launch the canoe into the ...

SUQUAMISH — Indigenous cultures connected Thursday afternoon outside the House of Awakened Culture when Hōkūleʻa, a Polynesian canoe from Hawaii, arrived at the shoreline in Suquamish. After being ...

A four-year voyage across the world starts in Juneau this month. The Polynesian Voyaging Society will take the Hōkūle‘a — a twin-hulled, wind-powered canoe that was carved 50 years ago and has ...

In May 1976, a canoe slipped out of Maui’s Honolua Bay and into the vastness of the Pacific. It was 18.7 meters long, 4.7 meters wide, and made of fiberglass and plywood — unremarkable by modern ...

KANEOHE, Hawaii — Hawaii's American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had ...

Yaakws greeting the Hōkūle‘a and its crew at Auke Bay. June 10, 2023. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) A thousand people gathered at Auke Bay in Juneau on Saturday to welcome the Hōkūle‘a and her crew ...