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Robinson has been credited for keeping numerous Hawaiian plants from becoming extinct, including Cyanea pinnatifida, which is considered extinct in the wild. I've spent eighteen years and more than $250,000 doing this work, and I estimate it would cost the government or environmental groups $10–20 million to create a comparable reserve.
- American
- Co-owner of Niʻihau
- University of California, Davis
- Aubrey Robinson (grandfather)
Sep 3, 2021 · Today, access to the island requires special permission from the family of her great-great grandsons, Keith, 80, and Bruce Robinson, 78, who still own and control the island.
Sep 13, 2022 · In an interview with the New York Times, Keith Robinson revealed the words that Kamehameha spoke as he signed the contract in 1864: ''Niihau is yours. But the day may come when Hawaiians are not as strong in Hawaii as they are now. When that day comes, please do what you can to help them.''
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Nov 18, 2023 · Today, Keith and Bruce Robinson, descendants of the Sinclairs, are the sole owners of the island and are committed to its preservation and its proud Hawaiian heritage. In a plea to state lawmakers to help protect the island, Bruce Robinson stated that “over a hundred years ago, a king asked our family to take care of the people.
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Sep 3, 2023 · Yet great-grandson Keith Robinson reported that visits were actually officially curtailed in the 1930s to protect indigenous Niihauans from contracting foreign diseases, such as measles or polio. Though this effort was retroactive as 11 Niihauan children had already died from such diseases.
Dec 19, 2023 · The current owners of the island are Sinclair’s great-great grandsons, Bruce and Keith Robinson. It is the only island in the state where all the residents are fluent in Olelo Hawaii,...
Nov 1, 1996 · November 1, 1996. Kauai Wildlife Refuge Wikimedia Commons. "I'm just undoing what my illustrious family did when they secured the land here 130 years ago," explains Keith Robinson, a lifelong...
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