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When Captain James Cook arrived in Hawaii in 1778, the people living there were primarily Polynesians known as Hawaiians. They had established a complex society with their own culture, language, and social structures. The Hawaiian population was organized into chiefdoms, with a rich tradition of oral history and religious practices.

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