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Videos: Niihau and Leeward Islands

Videos of Niihau and Leeward Islands

Welcome to our collection of videos of Niihau and Leeward Islands. Niihau offers an ironic answer to the question of whether there’s still room in Hawaii for the Hawaiian. Niihau’s remnant of the Hawaiian way of life is deliberately isolated so that the private island’s only contact with the outside world is the occasional boat from Kauai for locals only. Is the traditional Hawaiian way of life so vulnerable and supremely ill suited to the modern day and age that it cannot stand the light of day? Niihau is the last purely Hawaiian community, hanging on like a diorama in a museum, imparting its message that much as we celebrate the Hawaiian way of life, we have not accepted it. The lesson of diversity in the history of the American experiment is that either we embrace our differences and benefit from them, or we allow ourselves to be overcome by those differences and impoverished.

U`a mau ke ia o ka aina i ka pono – The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

“The Process of Making a Real Kahalelani (Niihau) Shell Lei from Start to Finish on Kauai, Hawaii” (6:54)

“Making a Ni’ihau Shell Lai – Part 2” (8:26)

“Niihau” (8:49)

“Niihau 2004 Malama Ka ‘Aina” (17:06)

“The Beauty of Niihau Shells” (2:58)

“For Over 150 Years Nobody Dared to Visit This Hawaiian Island… “ (15:37)

“Lehua Island Restoration Project 2017 – Documentary” (28:33)

“Johnston Atoll: Island of the Cold War” (16:33)

“306 Punches: Kure Atoll – Northwestern Hawaiian islands” (5:04)

“America’s Secret Island Where Money Doesn’t Exist” (5:41)

“Lehua Island Restoration Project 2017” (28:33)

“The Most Remote Place in America: Midway Island” (7:36)

videos: Niihau & Leeward Islands | "Niihau: Hawaii's Forbidden Island & Rare Tour, Part 1"

“Niihau: Hawaii’s Forbidden Island & Rare Tour, Part 1” (13:53)

videos: Niihau & Leeward Islands | "Niihau: Hawaii's Forbidden Island & Rare Tour, Part 2"

“Niihau: Hawaii’s Forbidden Island & Rare Tour, Part 2” (14:15)

videos: Niihau & Leeward Islands | "Niihau Island: The Forbidden Island"

“Niihau Island: The Forbidden Island” (12:15)

"Niihau"

“Niihau” (8:48)

"Why Has This Hawaiian Island Been Closed to Visitors For Over a Hundred Years?"

“Why Has This Hawaiian Island Been Closed to Visitors For Over a Hundred Years?” (8:34)

videos: niihau & leeward Islands | "Papahanaumokuakea: Marine National Monument"

“Papahanaumokuakea: Marine National Monument” (0:54)

"Papahanaumokuakea Marine Historical Monument: Where Nature and Culture Are One"

“Papahanaumokuakea Marine Historical Monument: Where Nature and Culture Are One” (8:27)

"Mana Wahine - Niihau Language"

“Mana Wahine – Niihau Language” (3:55)

videos: niihau & leeward Islands | "How a Village in Hawaii Nearly Turned to the Axis in WW 2"

“How a Village in Hawaii Nearly Turned to the Axis in WW 2” (10:22)

"How a Village in Hawaii Nearly Turned to the Axis in WW 2"

“Niihau 2004 – Malama Ka Aina” (17:06)

"The Niihau Incident"

“The Niihau Incident” (13:04)

Niihauans at Kauai Museum

“Niihauans at Kauai Museum” (19:00)

"Makahonu - Beloved Tutu From Niihau - 1870"

“Makahonu – Beloved Tutu From Niihau – 1870” (28:11)

"Niihau Shell Lei at Na Mea Native Books"

“Niihau Shell Lei at Na Mea Native Books” (7:44)

"Exploring the Leeward Islands"

“Exploring the Leeward Islands” (23:23)

"Lu'uaeahikiikapapaju - Exploring Ancient Volcanoes in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument"

“Lu’uaeahikiikapapaku – Exploring Ancient Volcanoes in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument” (40:17)

"Niihau, Hawaii - Is It Really Off Limits?"

“Niihau, Hawaii – Is It Really Off Limits?” (7:12)

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