Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey

Elizabeth Lindsey
Born Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey
Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Occupation Explorer, anthropologist
Years active 1994–present
Spouse(s) J.W.A. Buyers (m. 1999 - 20 May 2006) (his death)

Dr. Elizabeth Kapu’uwailani Lindsey is a Polynesian explorer and Fellow in the history of the National Geographic Society; the first woman to become a Fellow.[1]

Her work recognizes Pius "Mau" Piailug (Mau Piailug) of Micronesia, her mentor with whom she studied ethnonavigation.[2] It also includes the documentation of Moken, a tribe of Southeast Asian sea nomads, New Zealand's Māori elders, Q'ero priests of Peru, and qi kung masters in China's temple caves.

Lindsey directed and produced Then There Were None, a documentary film that chronicles the plight of native Hawaiians. It received the CINE Eagle Award.[3].

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/explorers/7FBEFE78/elizabeth-kapuuwailani-lindsey
  2. ↑ http://www.fm/news/kp/2007/mar07_2.htm
  3. ↑ http://filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu/title/1490/


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