<Li> the US territorial period (1898 to 1959) </Li> <Li> the US statehood period (1959 to present) </Li> <P> One hypothesis is that the first Polynesians arrived in Hawai ʻi in the 4th century from the Marquesas, and were followed by Tahitians in AD 1300, who then conquered the original inhabitants . Another is that a single, extended period of settlement populated the islands . Evidence for a Tahitian conquest of the islands include the legends of Hawai ʻiloa and the navigator - priest Pa ʻao, who is said to have made a voyage between Hawai ʻi and the island of "Kahiki" (Tahiti) and introduced many customs . Early historians, such as Fornander and Beckwith, subscribed to this Tahitian invasion theory, but later historians, such as Kirch, do not mention it . King Kalakaua claimed that Pa ʻao was from Samoa . </P> <P> Some writers claim that other settlers in Hawai ʻi were forced into remote valleys by newer arrivals . They claim that stories about the Menehune, little people who built heiau and fishponds, prove the existence of ancient peoples who settled the islands before the Hawaiians . </P>

Where did the natives of hawaii come from
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