Information about the history of Necker Island in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands.
1786
Compte de La Pérouse, a French explorer, visited Mokumanamana and
named it “Necker Island” after Jacques Necker, the finance minister
under Louis XVI
1857
Captain William Paty was sent to the Northwest Hawaiian
Islands King Kamehameha IV in 1957 to claim Necker Island
and other other NW Hawaiian Islands for the Kingdom of Hawaii.
He was unable to step onto on Necker island because of its rugged
structure and difficult vessel landing conditions.
Early 1990's
The British government attempted to claim Necker Island in the early 1990's
so they could use it for a cable station proposed to link Australia
and Canada.
1894
Annexation of Necker Island by Hawaii
1923-1924
Important archaeological and biological studies were made on the island when the
Tanager Expedition visited Necker Island.
The Tanager Expedition was a series of five biological surveys of the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands conducted in partnership between the Bureau of Biological
Survey and the Bishop Museum, with the assistance of the U.S. Navy. Four
expeditions occurred from April to August 1923, and a fifth in July 1924.
Necker Island was visited on the 3rd and 5th Tanager expeditions.
The 3rd expecdition visited Necker Island for several days beginning on June 11, 1923.
The 5th expedition visited Necker Island July 14-17, 1924.
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Wikipedia "Tanager Expecition" Article
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WikiMedia Commons "USS Tanager Ship" Picture
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Revolvy "Tanager Expedition" Article
1997
Members of the native Hawaiian organization
"Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaii Nei" visited
Mokumanamana to rebury the ancestral human bones
originally found there that had been kept at Bishop Museum.
MORE INFORMATION:
Hui Malama (Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawaiʻi Nei), a Native
Hawaiian group, spent two years petitioning the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service for the release of the bones (iwi)
from seven Hawaiian skeletons originally taken from Nihoa and
Necker Island by the Tanager Expedition in 1924. Although the
bones were owned by the USFWS, the Bishop Museum acted as
custodian. The bones were finally released to the group, and in
November, 1997, Hui Malama chartered a yacht and travelled to
Nihoa and Necker to rebury the remains.[9]
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