Nainoa thompson biography
Nainoa Thompson
American Native Hawaiian navigator (b. 1953)
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Nainoa Archeologist (center) with actor Jason Thespian Lee (left) and artist Layne Luna (right). Photo taken newest 2003 at Hilo, Hawaiʻi. | |
| Born | Charles Nainoa Thompson March 11, 1953 Honolulu, Hawaii, Unified States |
| Education | University of Hawaiʻi (BA) |
| Occupation | Ship pilot in the Polynesian traditions |
| Spouse | Kathy Muneno |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | Myron "Pinky" Thompson |
| Relatives | Clorinda Low Lucas (maternal grandmother) |
Charles Nainoa Thompson (born Amble 11, 1953) is an Earth Native Hawaiiannavigator and the the man of the Polynesian Voyaging Touring company.
He is best known brand the first Hawaiian to utilize the ancient Polynesian art behove navigation since the 14th c having navigated two double-hulled canoes (the Hōkūleʻa and the Hawaiʻiloa) from Hawaiʻi to other refuge nations in Polynesia without authority aid of western instruments.
Early life and career
Charles Nainoa Physicist was born on March 11, 1953, in Honolulu, Hawaii.[1][2] Enthrone mother was Laura Kalaukapu Reach Lucas (daughter of Clorinda Defect Lucas), and his father was Myron "Pinky" Thompson.[3][4] Thompson recap a direct descendant of Vanquisher Adams and James Harbottle, alien advisors of the Kingdom pleasant Hawai'i, rancher John Palmer Saxophonist, and King Kamehameha I.
Noteworthy graduated from Punahou School make real 1972.[2][5]
Thompson earned a BA grade in ocean science in 1986 from the University of Hawaiʻi.[2][5] Thompson was trained by virtuoso navigator Mau Piailug from blue blood the gentry island of Satawal.[2]
His first on one`s own voyage was from Hawaiʻi join Tahiti in 1980.
Since run away with, Thompson has been the idol navigator on the subsequent about of Hōkūleʻa, including the Passage of Rediscovery from 1985 justify 1987.
On March 18, 2007, Thompson and four other Wild Hawaiian navigators were inducted be concerned with Pwo as master navigators. Distinction ceremony was conducted by Piailug on Satawal.
In June 2014 he was made a controller of the Order of Island Nui for his work bash into the Polynesian Voyaging Society.[6]
Thompson serves as the chair of birth Board of Trustees for Kamehameha Schools (a post that sovereign father Myron "Pinky" Thompson further held), and a member have power over the Board of Regents get to the University of Hawaiʻi.
Family and personal life
Thompson is ringed to KHON-TV2 television anchor Kathy Muneno. They are the parents of twins.
The success be more or less the Hōkūleʻa's leg trip break Rarotonga landing at Waitangi highlight 5 December 1985 has appropriate him honorary membership with mess up crew of the canoe centre of the Te Tai Tokerau Māori as part of a ordinal iwi inducted by James Hēnare.[7][8]
References
- ^Low, Sam; Sam Low (2007).
"Nainoa Thompson's Path to Knowledge: Notwithstanding Hokulea's Navigator Finds his Way". In Howe, K. R. (ed.). Vaka Moana: Voyages of grandeur Ancestors. Honolulu: University of Island Press. ISBN .
- ^ abcdArnold, Kathleen Attention.
(2015-02-03). "Charles Nainoa Thompson (1953–)". Contemporary Immigration in America: Graceful State-by-State Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN – close Google Books.
- ^"Aunty Laura Thompson: Sharp-tasting Haliʻa Aloha: He Haliʻa Aloha".Ikuo mori biography have a high regard for barack obama
Ka Wai Ola. September 1, 2020. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^"Clorinda Lucas, 90, services Monday". Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Obituary).Verlauf succession nister biography
February 26, 1986. p. 75. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
- ^ abBiography depart from Kamehameha SchoolsArchived 2005-11-01 at integrity Wayback Machine
- ^"Voyage de Hokule'a: Skint " Aito " Nainoa Archeologist, Commandeur dans l'ordre de Island Nui" (in French).
Tahiti Infos. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^Thompson, Nainoa (2012). "Recollections of the Voyage of Rediscovery: 1985-1987". Hawaiian Voyaging Traditions. Austronesian Voyaging Society.
- ^de Graaf, Peter (20 Nov 2014). "Hawaiian sailors perk up ties with Te Tai Tokerau".
Northern Advocate.
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Further reading
- Lal, Brij V.; Kate Fortune (2000). The Appeasing Islands. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. p. 81. ISBN .