Ethnic groups in the Pacific Ethnic groups in the Pacific Chamorros/Chamorus are the indigenous peoples of Guam and Northern Marianas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chamorros"
(Europeans in Oceania) For detailed histories of each place see the articles: ...more on Wikipedia about "Europeans in Oceania"
Gilbertese or Kiribati (sometimes Kiribatese, a mixture of both) is a language from the Austronesian family, part of the Oceanian branch and of the Nuclear Micronesian subbranch. It is a verb object subject language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gilbertese language"
In the Hawaiian language and in Hawaiian Pidgin, a hapa is an individual of mixed racial or ethnic heritage, especially someone of partial Native Hawaiian ancestry who is born in Hawai'i. Used without qualification, it is often taken to mean "part Hawaiian and part white." The term is used descriptively, and few Hawaiians today consider it an offensive slur. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hapa"
Native Hawaiians (in Hawaiian, kanaka oiwi or kanaka māoli) are the Polynesian peoples of the Hawaiian Islands who trace their ancestry back to Marquesan and Tahitian settlers (circa 400 AD and 1300 AD respectively), before the arrival of British explorer Captain James Cook in 1778. According to the U.S. Census Bureau report for 2000, there are 476,000 people who identified themselves as being native Hawaiian, part native Hawaiian and mixed native Hawaiian. Most native Hawaiians are residents of the United States in California, the State of Hawai i, Nevada and Washington. Two-thirds live in the State of Hawai i while the other one-third is split among mainland states. Almost half of the mainland share of the population is in California. Although some Native Hawaiians identify themselves as indigenous, there is some controversy regarding those claims - Questions regarding the indigenous nature of Hawaiians ...more on Wikipedia about "Native Hawaiians"
A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: Pacific People) is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pacific Islander"
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