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 si ...

Chile — also known as Easter Island — islanders have embarked on long-distance canoe voyages. The University of Guam has a ...

As an island became overpopulated, navigators were sent out to sail uncharted seas to find undiscovered islands ... Pacific, Cook understood that Polynesian navigators could guide canoes across ...

The islands scattered along the north shore of New Guinea first drew these canoe people eastwards into ... that they sailed eastward to the Cook, Society, and Marquesas Groups, and from there ...

The Cook Islands is proving that sustainable tourism isn't just possible – it's essential. Here's how this South Pacific nation is preserving their paradise for generations for come. Landing on ...