Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders

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Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are a diverse group of Indigenous peoples from Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, Tonga, Fiji, and other Pacific Islands, recognized as a distinct U.S. racial group with unique cultural traditions, histories, and health and social challenges.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples ⓘ
U.S. racial group ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
definedBy U.S. Office of Management and Budget race standards ⓘ
distinctFrom Asian Americans ⓘ
linked to: Asian American
hasChallenge data aggregation with Asians obscuring disparities ⓘ
impacts of colonization and militarization in some homelands ⓘ
limited access to culturally appropriate health care in many areas ⓘ
hasComponentGroup Fijians ⓘ
linked to: iTaukei Fijians

Guamanians or Chamorros ⓘ
Marshallese ⓘ
Native Hawaiians ⓘ
Other Melanesians ⓘ
Other Micronesians ⓘ
linked to: Micronesians

Other Polynesians ⓘ
Palauans ⓘ
linked to: Palauan people

Samoans ⓘ
Tongans ⓘ
hasCulturalCharacteristic communal land and resource traditions in some communities ⓘ
distinct Indigenous languages ⓘ
navigation and seafaring heritage ⓘ
rich oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
strong extended family networks ⓘ
unique traditional arts and dances ⓘ
hasHealthCharacteristic disparities in cancer outcomes ⓘ
higher prevalence of obesity compared with U.S. average ⓘ
higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes compared with U.S. average ⓘ
higher rates of cardiovascular disease compared with U.S. average ⓘ
hasLanguage Chamorro ⓘ
Fijian ⓘ
Hawaiian ⓘ
Samoan ⓘ
Tongan ⓘ
other Pacific Island languages ⓘ
hasSocialCharacteristic higher poverty rates than non-Hispanic White Americans on average ⓘ
housing overcrowding in some communities ⓘ
lower average educational attainment than non-Hispanic White Americans in some subgroups ⓘ
underrepresentation in higher education and professional occupations ⓘ
partOf Pacific Islander peoples ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Islanders
recognizedBy U.S. Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
United States Census Bureau ⓘ
regionOfOrigin American Samoa ⓘ
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Other Pacific Islands ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Islands

Samoa ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
usedIn U.S. Census racial classification ⓘ
U.S. federal statistics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Minority Health → targetPopulation → Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders ⓘ
Waimānalo → ethnicGroupMajority → Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders ⓘ
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature → ethnicGroupRepresented → Pacific Islander Americans ⓘ
linked to: Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders
Leati Joseph Anoa'i → ethnicGroup → Samoan American ⓘ
linked to: Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders