She said the Niihau people have already been paid and will not be affected by the theft, but the lei may never be seen again. “If he ends up throwing them away, it’s a huge loss,” she said.

Niihau, with its deep Polynesian roots, has long been a bulwark of traditional Hawaiian culture. The majority of its citizens are Native Hawaiians, who value their ancestry and uphold traditional ...

The barren island below, called Niihau, was tiny and of no consequence ... that he terrorized its native inhabitants, threatening to kill them all; that his aircraft survives, though burned ...

She has been collecting Niihau shell lei and jewelry ... according to the Ni’ihau Cultural Heritage Foundation. “A lot of people had read about the theft, and a couple of them came to me ...

But "in the right hands" is the operative phrase here. You see, the real-life Benahakaka Kanahele was a Native Hawaiian who looked like this. And McGowan, who's playing him in the movie ...

Dark Docs The Niihau Incident Posted: March 12, 2025 | Last updated: March 12, 2025 On December 7th, 1941, Japanese pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi was flying his Mitsubishi Zero over the Pacific ...