Maria Mahoi
1800s Hawaiian-Canadian midwife
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Dr Haunani-Kay Trask
Native Hawaiian was a scholar, poet, activist, and revolutionary known for her deep historical and cultural analysis of US Imperialism and oppression in Hawai’i. She was also an iconic figure in the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement.
Dr Kerry Arabena
Professor Kerry Arabena has an enduring commitment to Indigenous Australian health, education, and advocacy.
Annie Etinside
Melanesian indentured labourer Annie Etinside, hailed as a Queensland ‘pioneer’ on her death
Aiko Yamashiro
Executive director of the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities
Josephine Tauoa
A native of Fagaitua, American Samoa, and a Master of Science in Management graduate from Excelsior College, Master Chief Josephine Tauoa enlisted in the U.S. Navy in July 1996 as a Machinist Mate.
Kimberlyn King-Hinds
US Congressional Delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
Congressional Delegate from American Samoa
Anna Lapera
A Pushcart Prize nominee, she teaches middle school by day and writes stories about spunky kids stepping into their power in the early hours of the morning.
Roen Kahalewai Hufford
Native Hawaiian Roen Halley Kahalewai McDonald Hufford carries on the art of ka hana kapa (making barkcloth) and is a leading figure in the reclaiming of this nearly lost art.