Elizabeth Kapu’uwailani Lindsey is the first Polynesian explorer and the first female Fellow of the National Geographic Society.Her work recognizes Pius "Mau" Piailug (Mau Piailug) of Micronesia, her mentor with whom she studied ethnonavigation.
It also includes the documentation of Moken, a tribe of Southeast Asian sea nomads, New Zealand's Maori elders, Q'ero priests of Peru, and qi kung masters in China's temple caves.Lindsey directed and produced Then There Were None, a 1996 documentary film that chronicles the plight of native Hawaiians.
It received the CINE Golden Eagle Award.
Lindsey is an award-winning filmmaker and anthropologist.
She works to 'preserve and spread' the knowledge and traditions of indigenous community.