DNA Studies point towards how Polynesia was Settled
Recent studies suggest that Polynesians settled Rapa Nui from migrants traveling from the west. Starting in Samoa, they reached the Cook...
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iorana6
Aug 281 min
Pre-School Rapanui Language Program
Rapanui was annexed by Chile in 1888 and the Chilean government requires the use of Spanish as the official language in government,...
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iorana6
Aug 271 min
Rapa Nui entering the Wine World!!
Located five hours west by plane from Santiago, Easter Island has been Chilean territory since 1888. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island...
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iorana6
Aug 271 min
News from Rapa Nui!!
Scholarship Success Story Enrique Rangitaki Ojeda Pakarati 2024 Erkiletian Family Foundation Award Field of Study: Architecture...
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iorana6
Jul 121 min
Scholarship Success Story!
Enerike Ngaara Te Manu Carrasco Hotus Georgia Lee Memorial Scholarship Award Archaeology Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2022...
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pweikle1
May 81 min
EIF Scholarship Success Story!
Guillermo Nicolás Atariki Álvarez Rivera Guillermo was a Fraternal Order of Moai Foundation Ohana Award scholarship recipient from 2018...
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iorana6
Feb 191 min
Easter Island moai in the British Museum
In November 1868, the crew of a British ship took two moai (first Moai Hava and then Hoa Hakananai'a) from Easter Island. Hoa Hakananai'a...
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iorana6
Nov 13, 20231 min
Easter Island's recently discovered statue
In March of this year, Members of Comunidad Indígena Ma ́u Henua, the organization that manages Rapa Nui National Park, found a new moai...
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pweikle1
Sep 12, 20231 min
Making an impact...
Our 2023 Fraternal Order of Moai Scholarship awarded to Moana Canela Tepano Contesse shares how she's benefitted from the EIF and...
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pweikle1
Sep 5, 20231 min
EIF Board Members 2023 Rapa Nui visit
Excited to share our most recent visit to Rapa Nui to meet some current and previous scholarship awardees! Pictured below: Back row: ...
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pweikle1
Aug 29, 20231 min
Iorana! To our new website
The EIF is now online with a BRAND NEW online presence!! Check out our new capabilities and stay tuned for lots of new features,...
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