These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.

These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.

Chuukese come from the Federation of Micronesia which is 1800 miles long with over 600 islands and a total population of just over 100,000.

The Hawaiian archipelago is about 1500 miles long with about 162 islands of which over 1 million live on 7 of them.