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ʻUmi-a-Līloa. ʻUmi-a-Līloa was a ruling aliʻi ai moku (district high chief of Hawai'i). He became chief after his half brother's death [40] and was considered a just ruler, religious [41] and the first to unite most of the Hawaii Island. [42] The legend of ʻUmi-a-Līloa is one of Hawaii's most popular hero sagas.
The first Europeans who actually set foot in Molokai were lead by Captain George Dixon, during the year 1786. During the 1800’s, Christian missionaries visited the island and in 1832 the first permanent missionary was established at the eastern part of the island or in Kalua’aha.
Aug 30, 2019 · In Molokai, local activists used federal and state laws protecting archaeological remains to block, slow, or minimize development and to assert the rights of contemporary Hawaiians to hunt, fish...
Oct 10, 2024 · Molokai was long inhabited by self-sufficient taro growers and fishermen. In the 18th century the kingdom of Oahu gained control over Molokai; its rule lasted until 1785, when warriors from Maui and Hawaii islands invaded and separately ruled the island.
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Jul 8, 2020 · In 1866, Hawaii took note, and King Kamehameha V designated Molokai—the fifth largest island in the archipelago—a sanitarium for lepers, whose often conspicuous symptoms were feared and whose victims were stigmatized. Over 8,000 people were exiled to Molokai, the majority of them native Hawaiians.
Feb 18, 2019 · In 1873, a Belgian priest named Father Damien de Veuster arrived at the settlement and became a sort of champion of the colony. He helped build schools, roads, houses, a water system and churches. Father Damien's church, St Philomena in Kalawao © Alexander Howard / Lonely Planet.
The Aliʻi nui were high chiefs of the four main Hawaiian Islands. The rulers of Molokaʻi, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claimed descent from god Wākea. The traditional history of Molokaʻi is fragmentary. The island was not of major political importance.
