Additionally, the very voices of Pacific Islander (or Pasifika) people are ignored by the United States government which does not allow the more than 3.5 million people living in the U.S. For example, the impact of COVID-19 on NHPI communities went underreported and overlooked by government health agencies. Melanesia includes Fiji, Papau New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu (Ni-Vanuatu).īy grouping NHPI with Asian Americans, whether in government statistics or AAPI celebrations, we often end up overlooking those of NHPI descent. Micronesia includes Guam (Guamanian or Chamorro), Mariana Islands, Saipan, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall Islands, and Kiribati (I-Kiribat). Polynesia includes Hawai'i (Native Hawaiian, or Kānaka Maoli), Samoa, American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Tahiti, and Tonga, as well as the Māori of Aotearoa (New Zealand). NHPI refers to those whose origins are the indigenous peoples of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. This feature highlights writers, scholars, filmmakers, artists, and creatives who identify as Native Hawaiian and/or Pacific Islander ( NHPI).

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