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Located in an area of historical and cultural significance to the KÄnaka Maoli, the indigenous people of Hawaiâi, the MÄnoa campus in particular offers a resource-rich and exciting environment for Pacific Islands studies. Faculty on this campus alone offer over one hundred courses emphasizing the Pacific Islands region.ocated in an area of historical and cultural significance to the KÄnaka Maoli, the indigenous people of Hawaiâi, the MÄnoa campus in particular offers a resource-rich and exciting environment for Pacific Islands studies. Faculty on this campus alone offer over one hundred courses emphasizing the Pacific Islands region.
This became the rise of the Hawaiian civilization and would be separated from the rest of the world for another 500 years until the arrival of the British. Within five years of contact with Great Britain, a single ruler would conquer a majority of the islands for the first time in its human history. The Kingdom of Hawaii would become important for its agriculture and strategic location in the pacific. Euro-American immigration began almost immediately after contact by Captain Cook. American style, plantation farming required extensive labor.