I guess the next stat that’s needed is how many hoales died compared to the Kānaka Maoli death toll. You can bet your bottom dollar somebody’s working those numbers up. They dissemination will be underground of course.
I’ve worked all over the place in Southeast Asia and Western Pacific, visited many islands on the ships I was working on and one thing I know there are the “come here’s” and there are the “from here’s” - heck that’s true in ‘hoods, small towns, and regions across America. I reakon it’s part of our human nature.
One thing to stir in the mix is what was on the initial TV coverage. A huge majority of the victims interviewed on air were not native islanders. They were mainlanders who had decided to settle in Maui.