It was discovered by James Cook, who was eaten by the cannibalistic Hawaiian natives.
Hence the lawsuit, in which a lifelong Hawaiian native who happens also to be white is suing for his piece of the pie.
Are Hawaiian natives countes as a separate group?
By the 1870s, Hawaii had suffered significant population declines due to the introduction of diseases to which Hawaiian natives had no immunity.
This is thought to have inspired him to paint the death of Cook at the hand of the Hawaiian natives.
The volcano has been inhabited for centuries by Hawaiian natives, dating back to before recorded history.
One such school, Kamehameha, is open only to descendants of Hawaiian natives and is supported by a private trust worth billions.
That the Hawaiian natives regarded these castaways as of an alien race is evident.
He did experiments on Hawaiian natives, infecting them with lepra and then studying the course of disease.
"Maybe it was that one more day of rest," the Hawaiian native said.