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When Hawaii became one of the United States of America in 1959 its aboriginal people (the Polynesian Hawaiians) all became "native Americans" in the same sense that all the native peoples of Ohio are native Americans.

The Polynesian Hawaiians are not in any way related to the natives of the Continental USA, but their status is exactly the same; this is one of the main reasons why the term "native American" is in fact meaningless, since it applies to more than one kind of indigenous population. The term AmerIndian or American Indian is much more specific, since it does not include the Polynesian Hawaiians.

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There is dna evidence that Native Americans and Polynesians came in contact before Europeans came to the Americas. This dna evidence was found in remains that pre date first contact with Europeans.

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There is one major tribe of Native Americans (per se) in Hawaii, and that is the people that have lived there since 400 A.D.; they are known as Hawaiians generally or as: kānaka ʻōiwi, kānaka maoli or Hawaiʻi maoli in their own languages.

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