Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey Explained
Elizabeth Lindsey |
Birth Name: | Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey |
Birth Date: | 17 April 1956 |
Birth Place: | Oahu, Hawaii, United States |
Occupation: | Explorer, anthropologist, actor |
Years Active: | 1994–present |
Spouse: | |
Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey is an actor, filmmaker and anthropologist.[1] [2] [3] As an anthropologist, she works "to find, preserve and share the knowledge and traditions of indigenous populations before they disappear."[4] She is also the first female National Geographic fellow and the first Polynesian explorer at the National Geographic Society.[5] [6]
Her work recognizes Pius "Mau" Piailug (Mau Piailug) of Micronesia, her mentor with whom she studied ethnonavigation.[7]
Filmmaker
Lindsey directed and produced Then There Were None, a 1996 documentary film that chronicles the plight of native Hawaiians.[8] [9] [10] It received the CINE Golden Eagle Award.[11]
Actor
Lindsey has also worked as an actor, with roles in , The Byrds of Paradise,[12] Magnum, P.I.,[13] and a number of other television shows and movies.
Awards and recognition
- CINE Golden Eagle Award (1996) (for Then There Were None)
- "Woman of the Year" for The Big Island of Hawai'i (2004)[14]
- National Geographic Fellow (2008)
- United Nations Visionary Award (2010)
Personal life
Lindsey was married to John W. A. "Doc" Buyers, former chairman and chief executive officer of C. Brewer & Co., from 1999 until his death in 2006.[15] [16]
Lindsey married George D. Crowley, III in 2018.[17]
Notes and References
- Web site: Scientific Discovery Reverses Gray Hair To Its Natural Color - Invented By The Warner Babcock Institute . April 3, 2015 . Warner Babcock Institute . en-US. October 23, 2019.
- Web site: Global Interfaith Conference on Sustainable Development Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey . Understanding . Temple of . August 28, 2011 . The Temple of Understanding . en-US. October 23, 2019.
- Web site: 2011 YPO Global Leadership Summit: Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey . YPO . en-CA. October 23, 2019.
- Web site: Elizabeth Lindsey Speaker TED. Lindsey. Elizabeth. www.ted.com. en. October 23, 2019.
- Web site: Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey . . www.nationalgeographic.org . August 13, 2021.
- Web site: World Peace Day: Spotlight on Dr. Elizabeth . ISHA Foundation . www.ishafoundation.org . June 12, 2019 . August 19, 2013.
- Web site: World Famous Anthropologist Visits Pohnpei . The Kaselehlie Press . June 12, 2019 . Bill . Jaynes . March 7, 2007 . www.fm.
- Web site: Native American Film + Video Festival 1997 . 1997 . June 12, 2019 . americanindian.si.edu . . Smithsonian Institution.
- Web site: Then There Were None . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130013805/http://filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu/title/1490/ . January 30, 2018 . dead . . . filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu.
- Web site: Then There Were None . Pacific Islanders in Communication . www.piccom.org . June 12, 2019.
- Web site: CINE Golden Eagle Film & Video Competition 1996 Winner Directory . January 5, 2007 . cine.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140725064114/http://www.cine.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1996-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf . July 25, 2014 . dead.
- Web site: The Byrds of Paradise (TV Series 1994) - IMDb.
- Web site: Elizabeth Lindsey.
- Web site: About . elizabethlindsey.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20111022135005/http://elizabethlindsey.com/wordpress/about/ . October 22, 2011 . dead.
- News: Hawaii . August 4, 1999 . . Dave . Donnelly . June 12, 2019.
- Web site: C. Brewer Chief Saw Beyond Sugar: He spearheaded the move toward diversified agriculture . May 21, 2006 . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . June 12, 2019 . June 3, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080603114405/http://starbulletin.com/2006/05/21/news/story03.html . dead .
- Web site: An Impossible Dream Come True . November 10, 2018 . . June 12, 2019 . Vincent M. . Mallozzi.