Historical droughts on Niihau have been recorded several times, one in 1792 by Captain James Cook's former junior officer, George Vancouver, who had been told that the people of Niihau had abandoned the island because of a severe drought and had moved to Kauai to escape famine. ===Flora and fauna=== As an arid island, Niihau was barren of trees for centuries – Captain James Cook reported it treeless in 1778.
Kāeo married the Queen Kamakahelei, and a future king of Niihau and Kauai named Kaumualii was born in 1790.
Historical droughts on Niihau have been recorded several times, one in 1792 by Captain James Cook's former junior officer, George Vancouver, who had been told that the people of Niihau had abandoned the island because of a severe drought and had moved to Kauai to escape famine. ===Flora and fauna=== As an arid island, Niihau was barren of trees for centuries – Captain James Cook reported it treeless in 1778.
Kauai and Niihau are said to have carried the "highest blood lines" in the Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha managed to unify all of the islands by 1795, except for Kauai and Niihau.
Finally, in 1810, Kamehameha amassed a great fleet, and Kaumualii, the last independent ali, surrendered rather than risk further bloodshed.
Independence again became feasible after Kamehameha's death in 1819, but was put down when Kamehameha's widow Kaʻahumanu kidnapped Kaumualii and forced him to marry her.
Its 2000 census population was 160; Its 2010 census population was 170. Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niihau in 1864 for $10,000 from the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Thereafter Niihau remained part of the unified Kingdom of Hawaii. Elizabeth McHutchison Sinclair (1800–1892) purchased Niihau and parts of Kauai from Kamehameha V in 1864 for in gold.
By around 1875, Niihau's population consisted of about 350 Native Hawaiians, with 20,000 sheep.
The mats were valued by ali and foreign visitors alike, but by the end of the 19th century, Hawaiians had stopped weaving makaloa due to changes in population, culture, economics, and the environment. In 1915, Sinclair's grandson Aubrey Robinson closed the island to most visitors.
military dating from 1924.
Roosevelt, who had visited Hawaii in 1934.
Upon Aubrey's death in 1939 the island passed to his son Aylmer, and in 1968 to Aylmer's youngest brother Lester.
(See Sinclair-Robinson family tree) Niihau played a small role during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
military has used the island for training special operations units, which included hiring Hawaiians who live on Niihau as "enemy" trackers. ==Society== ===Politics=== The island of Niihau was considered as a possible location for the United Nations headquarters in 1944 by Franklin D.
Upon Aubrey's death in 1939 the island passed to his son Aylmer, and in 1968 to Aylmer's youngest brother Lester.
From 1987 onwards, a limited number of supervised activity tours and hunting safaris have opened to tourists.
Robinson has declined offers to purchase sand from Niihau's beaches, because of adverse environmental effects. ===Tourism=== Niihau's owners have offered half-day helicopter and beach tours of the island since 1987, although contact with residents is avoided and no accommodation exists.
Since 1992, hunting safaris provide income via tourists who pay to visit the island to hunt eland, aoudad, and oryx, as well as wild sheep and boars.
A single, intricate Niihau shell lei can sell for thousands of dollars. Many residents of Niihau were once employees of Niihau Ranch, farming cattle and sheep until the Robinsons shut down the operation in 1999.
Honey cultivation was also no longer viable by 1999.
Its 2000 census population was 160; Its 2010 census population was 170. Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niihau in 1864 for $10,000 from the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Under Cordell Hull, Roosevelt's Secretary of State, the State Department seriously studied the proposal. In 2004 President George W.
The shells and jewelry are so popular that Governor Linda Lingle signed a bill in 2004 to protect lei pūpū o Niihau (Niihau shell leis) from counterfeiting.
In 2006 Dan Akaka received 60% of votes in the 2006 Senate election to Cynthia Thielen's 36%.
In 2008, Niihau's precinct was one of only 3 of Hawaii's 538 precincts to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.
Its 2000 census population was 160; Its 2010 census population was 170. Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niihau in 1864 for $10,000 from the Kingdom of Hawaii.
In 2020, Donald Trump won 100% of the vote on Niihau against Joe Biden. ===Population=== The 2010 census states that there were 170 people living on the island.
In the 2016 presidential election, 34 votes were cast for president, of which 20 were for Donald Trump and 10 for Hillary Clinton.
In 2020, Donald Trump won 100% of the vote on Niihau against Joe Biden. ===Population=== The 2010 census states that there were 170 people living on the island.
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