Dr. Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey

PhD Ethnonavigation

Thirty years. Seven continents. In the company of the world's greatest wayfinders. This is what I learned about finding your way.

About

Dr. Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey is a descendant of Hawaiian navigator-chiefs, the first Polynesian Explorer and the first female Fellow in the history of the National Geographic Society.

A cultural anthropologist and doctoral scholar in ethnonavigation, she was mentored for nearly a decade by Grandmaster Navigator Pius "Mau" Piailug of Satawal, Micronesia.

For thirty years she has brought the science of wayfinding to Oxford, Harvard, Google, and three TED stages.

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"Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey expanded her early commitment to her people's culture in Hawaii to the world. We are all better for it."

Capt. Don Walsh

National Geographic, Ocean Elder

"Dr. Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey has ventured through life clothed in her Hawaiian name, i kona inoa Hawaiʻi. Kapuʻuwai, heart, lani, righteous endeavors."

Dr. Pualani Kanahele

Hawaiian Elder and Educator

"Dr. Lindsey's vision for a better world has only just begun to be fully unleashed. Her potential to do good is enormous!"

Ken Granville

Co-Founder & CEO MindAptiv

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Elizabeth Lindsey, National Geographic Explorer

National Geographic Explorer Profile

Mapping the Human Story

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