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  • Nancy Abouke, dressed in a weightlifting uniform, claps her chalk-filled hands in front of a deadlift bar. Clouds of chalk float above her hands.

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    Nancy Abouke

    Nancy Abouke was one of two athletes to represent the country of Nauru in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and was ranked tenth in the world in her class.

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    Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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  • Shot putter Valerie Adams, with a towel around her neck, waves to the audience as she holds a New Zealand flag over her head at an Olympic stadium.

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    Valerie Adams

    Dame Valerie Adams is a celebrated Tongan shot putter from Aotearoa New Zealand who has won multiple Olympic and World Championship medals before retiring from competition in 2022. Pictured: Dame Valerie Adams celebrating her 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal win.

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  • Black Ferns Sevens team pose as winners of the HSBC Paris Sevens tournament. Six women kneel in front of six others with gold medals and a trophy.

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    The Black Ferns Seven

    The Black Ferns Seven, of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national women’s rugby union team, celebrate winning the 2018 France Women’s Sevens in Paris.

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  • Australian footballer Jordan Mailata, dressed in an Eagles jacket and cap, sits in front of a NFL microphone for a media conference.

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    Jordan Mailata

    Former rugby player Jordan Mailata has played offensive tackle for the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles since 2018. His team won Super Bowl LIX against the Kansas City Chiefs on February 9, 2025.

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  • Movie poster for the film Patu. A stylized film strip laid diagonally with images from anti-Apartheid protests is displayed inside the title letters.

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    Patu Poster

    Patu is a documentary directed by filmmaker Merata Mita (Māori), which focuses on the anti-Apartheid protests that took place in New Zealand during a 1981 South African rugby tour.

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  • Māori filmmaker Merata Mita, wearing a strapless dress, sits before a flatbed editing machine.

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    Merata Mita

    Merata Mita (1942–2010) was the first Māori woman to write and direct a narrative feature film. In 2016, Sundance Institute created the Merata Mita Fellowship in her honor to support Indigenous women-identified artists. Pictured: Mita working on a flatbed editing machine.

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  • Māori filmmaker Taika Waititi raises his arm to direct Chris Hemsworth, who stands beside him in his Thor costume. Crew stand behind them on set.

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    Director Taika Waititi on Set

    Māori filmmaker Taika Waititi (left) directing Chris Hemsworth (right) on the set of Thor: Ragnarok (2017). In 2020, Waititi received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit.

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  • Actor Dwayne Johnson, dressed in a suit, vest and unbuttoned collared shirt, poses with Ata Johnson, dressed in a sparkly long sleeved dress.

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    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ata Johnson

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (right) is a Samoan former wrestler and was reported by business magazine, Forbes, as the highest-paid actor in the US in 2020. His mother, Ata Johnson (left), accompanies him to the 2019 Hobbs & Shaw premiere in Hollywood, California.

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  • Merchandise listing for a Maui costume for kids. A child models the costume, which is a grass skirt and a skin-colored bodysuit showing his tattoos.

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    Maui Character Costume

    While Disney’s Moana film was successful in the box office, there has been much dialogue surrounding the power and impact of storytelling, distribution, marketing, and profit, like this skin suit costume for sale.

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  • Illustrated poster for MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty. Multiple images of the cast in costume and accompanying text promotes the movie.

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    Mutiny on the Bounty Poster

    Mutiny on the Bounty has multiple film adaptations centering a story of British royal navy officers in Tahiti in the late 1700s.

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  • Large, wooden sign with white lettering reads "Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge." Sign is posted outside on flat ground covered in vegetation.

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    Module 2: US Territories in the Pacific

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

    Chapter:

    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Micronesian leaders and U.S. Secretary of State stand for group photo behind press conference table. Flags from each respective country hang behind.

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    Module 3: Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Three people, shown in profile with their faces turned away from the camera, sit beneath sign reading "Chamorro Self-Determination."

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    Module 4: The Fight for Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands Today

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • A crowd gathers outside for group photo near statue of standing man. People carry signs calling for peace in Guam, with Guam's flag flying in crowd.

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    Module 5: Everyday Decolonization in the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Students dressed in Hawaiian flags dance hula kahiko around a kumu hula, a teacher seated on a woven lauhala mat who is singing and playing ipu heke.

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    Chapter Overview: Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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  • Kānaka ʻŌiwi stand on Puʻu Moaʻulaiki, an elevated hill overlooking the ocean, and look out towards the other islands of Maui County.

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    Module 1: Kānaka ‘Ōiwi Maoli: Hawaiʻi Identity

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Painting of Ka'anapali, Maui. Kānaka ʻŌiwi bring in their catch and wa'a kaulua while a wa'a heads out. Behind them are poi fields, rainbow, and hale.

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    Module 2: Ea Hawaiʻi: Kānaka ʻŌiwi Governance

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Seated in a boat, four male protestors in life vests are escorted from Kahoʻolawe’s Kūheʻeia Bay by a member of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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    Module 3: Kahoʻolawe: Rebirth of the Sacred

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ʻŌiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • A waʻa kaulua, or Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe, with red and blue sails, sails across the ocean on a sunny cloudless day.

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    Module 4: Flourishing of Kānaka ʻŌiwi Culture

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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