Stony Sentry's by Polynesian Craftsmen

Due to the Hawaiian islands isolation in the middle of the pacific ocean, the surrounding ecosystems and all of its inhabitants

Twilight at Easter is similar to the Fertile Crescent. One reason Diamond selected this island is because, “it proves to be the closest approximation that we have to an ecological disaster unfolding in complete isolation.” This, is an important aspect for researchers because it means that outside factors, which so often make the difference, were not influential in the demise. The reasons for collapse could only come from within the isolated system of Easter Island.

With the basis being discoveries unveiled through archeology,pollen analysis,and paleontology, Jared Diamond dissects and explores the enigmatic history of the Easter Island civilization in his analytical article “Easter’s End”, written five years prior to the end of the 20th century. In the magazine piece, the isolated island is revealed to have once been a prosperous territory, indicating the depletion of resources and the extinction of wildlife are caused by the negligence of its earlier inhabitants. Considering this fact, the writer concludes with strong implications of the impending calamity that will befall modern society if humans do not learn from their past and take remedial measures.

In her review of the significance of cloth in Pacific polities, Annette Weiner has evoked the persona of Penelope, “weaving by day, and unweaving the same fabric by night, in order to halt time” (1986, 108).[1] This image of a Pacific Penelope halting time was inspired by Weiner's reanalysis of the Trobriand islands. In her monograph (1976), in several subsequent papers (1980, 1982a, 1983a, 1986) and in her shorter text (1988) she conclusively demonstrated that Malinowski and a host of other male observers had failed to see women's central place in Trobriand exchange: that in fixating so totally on men's exchanges of yams in urigubu and of shell valuables in the

Trask is able to use logos to prove how tourism has affected the Hawaiian culture. Trask refers to Hawaii as a “She” who “Rubs off” on the visitor with her magical presence. The beauty of Hawaii is used as an escape from “Rawness and violence” for most Americans though, Trask mentions that the land has a “Western sexual sickness” (Trask 1993). “Of course, all this hype is necessary to hide the truth about tourism, the awful exploitative truth that the industry is the major cause of environmental degradation, low wages, land dispossession, and the highest cost of living in the United States” (Trask 1993). Trask says that the areas of Hawaii which were “sacred” to the Hawaiian’s have now been turned into top of the line hotels. The beaches that were once full of fishermen and their nets are used for recreational activities like surfing getting a tan and jet skiing. On most of the beaches owned by resorts, the beaches are reserved for hotel residences only. In the essay, Trask gives the readers logos as to how tourism is changing the land. For example, thirty years ago the ratio of Hawaiians outnumbered the tourist 2:1. Today,

The second half of Pacific Histories Ocean, Land, People, edited by David Armitage and Alison Bashford was much different than the first. This part of the collections of essay’s focused mostly on the knowledge and identities of the people within the Pacific before and after European contact. Once again not much is known about how the people behaved and lived their lives before European contact, but the authors assume a lot of what they believed the people thought. Most of the second part of the reading had to do with what happened after Europeans made contact. But I believe that a lot of information could be flawed just due to the fact, who wants to write something down that would look negative toward them. The king or queen commissioning

Inspired by my recent visit to Haida Gwaii, I found myself transfixed by the Chief Skedans Mortuary Pole. Carved by Bill Reid, this stunning pole is a replica of the Mortuary Pole initially raised in the village of Skidegate in the 1870’s. Honouring the Raven Chief of Skedans the pole depicts the hereditary crests of the chief. At the top of the original pole, a rectangle board covered a cavity that held the Chief’s remains in a burial box. Examining the pole in detail, I could see the moon, a Mountain Goat, Grizzly Bear and a Whale.

Diamond stated that when the Polynesian ancestors arrived the island was covered with heavily forested and fertile land, however by the 1400's the forest were destroyed and cause the people to revert to cannibalism once the animals died off and the people couldn't construct ocean-going canoes. Diamond concluded that the Easter Island declined because of environmental destruction and social concerns being more

Aruba is an island of amazing contrasts. Maximum individuals are acquainted with the luxurious resorts set along white sand beaches. However, within just some miles of the immaculate beaches and tranquil waters, there is a cosmic array of unique environs and tourist sites, from the limestone cliffs and booming waves found at the California Lighthouse to the strange rock formations of Ayo and Casibari. Many such places rest along a dirt road that embraces the northern shore of Aruba, a place of natural splendor and extraordinary Caribbean views. Rested on a hilltop at the island's northernmost point, the California Lighthouse offers visitors some of the superlative views in Aruba. Though the lighthouse is only a short drive from Oranjestad,

The reader gets a rare and exotic understanding of a totally foreign and ancient culture experiencing the growing pains of colonial expansion during the British domination

“The attraction of Hawai’i is stimulated by slick Hollywood movies, saccharine Andy Williams music, and the constant psychological deprivations of maniacal American life,” states Trask. “Tourists flock to my Native land for escape, but they are escaping into a state of mind while participating in the destruction of a host people in a Native place.”

My name is Oliver Kirby and I am a historian. For many years now I have been deeply invested in the study of South American and Polynesian history. The magazine ‘The Good Weekend’ approached me with an opportunity to write an article discussing the rise and expansion of Easter Island and then its decline. I will also be discussing if what happened to Easter Island is a microcosm of what might happen to the rest of the world.

Hawaii is a beautiful island and it didn’t take long for people to realize it could be a lucrative business venture. Hawaii’s tourism began, as “bourgeois desires for contact with the rejuvenating "primitive"” became something that interested

“Every island of the Caribbean is the site of a deep haunting” (Munro vii); this can proved true by glancing into the history of Guadeloupe. In the book, The Haunted Tropics: Caribbean Ghost Stories edited by Martin Munro, I will illustrate how the Introduction by Martin and the story, The Obeahman, Obeahed by Maryse Conde`, concurrently reveals the Caribbean’s past and present. This story reveals how common practices “almost invisible in history” are “still present in the form of place names, fragments of language, ancient foods and pockets of descendants” (Munro vii).

The grand expanse of the Pacific Ocean possesses a very extensive, and often debated history of human expansion into the thousands of islands that exist within the region. There exists a range of fields that are interested in the voyaging of what is called Remote Oceania, or the parts of the Pacific that would require advanced navigation techniques due to the fact that the next island is either out of sight or simply unknown. Biologists study the movement and development of the human race while linguists study the development of the Austronesian language family that can be found in this region. Archaeologists are interested in the existence of elaborate Lapita pottery and anthropologists wish to understand the cultural traditions and dynamics of the past and current populations of these Pacific islands. Due to the shared interest in this region from many fields, it is important for an understanding of the movement of the populations over time throughout Remote Oceania to be understood. In this paper I will discuss some of the dynamics of the oral traditions of the region regarding ocean travel, investigate the scale of the task that these navigators were up against, explain the variety of canoe types along with the navigational techniques that were used to maneuver them, and discuss the current standings among scholars on the path of expansion in this region.