MASTER NAVIGATORS: Hokule'a navigator Nainoa Thompson, left, is inducted by his teacher Mau Piailug into a select group of Micronesian master navigators during ceremonies today on remote Satawal Island. Thompson was one of five native Hawaiians honored as "Pwo," or master navigators. It was the first time that Polynesians have been bestowed with the Micronesian title.
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