Culture of Hawaii

If I could pick anywhere in the world to go i’d wanna go to Hawaii. Hawaii has been place I have wanted to go to ever since my grandpa told me about his trip. They have a lot of things to do in Hawaii. These are some of the reason why I wanna go to Hawaii I would like to go to a Hawaiian luau, I wanna go to the volcano’s and visit Hawaii’s great beach. To start with I would hike softly to the huge volcano. When I arrive at the huge volcano I would pick coconuts and admire the site around me.…

Known for its cascading waterfalls, visitors to Kauai can enjoy a thrilling kayaking trip down the Wailua River. Fishponds can be found on the island that have existed for 1,000 years. Meanwhile, shoppers can explore the quaint towns of Old Kolia Town and Hanapepe. Overview Kauai is the fourth-largest island in the Hawaiian Islands. Nicknamed the Garden Isle, it is filled with jagged cliff faces, steep mountains and verdant valleys. Over the centuries, tropical rain forests have taken over…

I live in Ocean View (The Big Island), Hawaii. According to an article, due to Hawaii’s location in relation to the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean and it’s volcanoes, Hawaii is at great risk of tsunamis and earthquakes. As previously stated, Hawaii has volcanoes; most notably, Kilauea. Kilauea is an active volcano that could cause serious property damage and could be harmful to life. In accordance with a Hawaiian travel guide, Hawaii records about one tsunami per year and a damaging tsunami…

they joined the fight was because they did not want to standby and keep on getting attacked. With France and Britain fighting with Germany the U.S. went to war with the Japanese. On December 7,1941, about 360 Japanese pilots attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and killed over 2,000 American troops. Germany saw that America was weak, so they had declared war with them after they had attacked Japan. ( History.com P5) Toward Allied Victory in World War Two In this last paragraph I will mention how…

It's 1941 one of the United States naval base has been bombed it has killed hundreds of innocent lives. Now imagine being accused of all those deaths. That’s what Japanese Americans were facing at the time. They were being accused of something they didn’t do, but for something their country did. For this reason Japanese Americans were put in internment camps. Internment camps were camps set up by the government to put all the people of Japanese ancestry. The U.S. took 115,000 Japanese Americans…

Ainu people. The Ainu were the original indigenous group of Japan, specifically northern Japan. However, they are now primarily inhabiting the island of Hokkaido. They have had to fight to maintain their culture as the Japanese government has been attempting to assimilate them.“So Ainu (culture) is on the verge of collapse”(Schorow). According to the textbook colonization is “the more or less organized system of occupation and exploitation of foreign territories through settlement and conquest”…

In the islands of Hawaii, Hawaiians depended on the land, scavenging for resources to gather in order to survive. Hawaiians became accustomed to the landscape and began to learn how to farm to grow local plants, how to hunt, and fish from the local wildlife. Now days most “Hawaiians” spend time at home on their ipad or in front of their TV or computer screens. Even though there's the ocean to swim in, and the mountains to hike and relax, people still avoid this. Caught up in the fast pace…

reluctance to write or speak about life on the reservation became the mentality of many Native Americans due to varies factors. However, this reluctance can be explain if one was to examine the catastrophic damage that was cause to the Plains Indians culture and traditions. The expansion to the west stole not only land for the Native Americans but as its identity as a people. Many shared the feeling that there was no story to be told on the reservation. These feelings are understandable when…

Fellow citizens and grieving relatives succumbed to sorrow and malice following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. During WWII, Germany’s ally, Japan, sought to neutralize the U.S. Pacific fleet drawing their involvement into the war, effecting foreign affairs and racial relationships in the country. Rumors of disloyalty and sabotage by Japanese Americans spread quickly, thus promoting racial prejudice and distrust in society. In result, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Executive Order of 9066…

Later that year in December of 1941, the United States suffered the most costly intelligence failure when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The failure was a result of analysis misconceptions, lack of integration of intelligence data, collection gaps, bureaucratic confusion, a historical and cultural misunderstanding of the mindset of the adversary, a great underestimation of Japanese capabilities and intentions, and Japanese denial and deception. Moreover, intelligence was being handled in a casual…