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Polynesian in Utah
On a 3-day trip to Salt Lake Valley, I looked at how the Polynesian community is dealing with life in Utah. I realized that there are big Islander traditions in all parts of society, but also noticed that the youngest generation struggles a bit with finding their own identity.
Watch the story on the BBC News website
Scroll below to see photos, quotes and clips from the road.
Photos from the reporting trail in Utah.
Why so many Polynesians live in Utah. The full story is hitting your friendly BBC News website tomorrow.
Rarely seen such spectacular landscape in an unexpected place as in Provo, Utah (Taken with instagram)
BYU’s sophomore running back Michael Alisa talks about why so many Hawaiians grow up wanting to play professional football.
It’s hard work. In high school my uncle was always pushing us to lift weights and have the mindset that no one could beat us. And it just translated to a scholarship.
At football practice with the Cougars (Taken with Instagram at BYU Indoor Practice Facility)
Salt Lake Valley from elevated ground (Taken with instagram)
Long day ends here (Taken with Instagram at Salt Lake Temple)
What we know about history is that it repeats itself and some of the things that happened out here we don’t want repeated. So we want the kids to come out and to appreciate the sacrifise these people made.
Quick break from reporting (Taken with Instagram at Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown)
For my birthday I decided to go to Utah’s Skull Valley and to a 19th ct Polynesian cemetary (Taken with instagram)
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