No Hawaiian has done as much repatriation work as Edward Halealoha Ayau, who has been bringing back Native Hawaiian human remains for more than 30 years, battling foreign and domestic institutions, including Bishop Museum, along the way. But his fiercest opposition has been from other Native Hawaiians.
Before it was officially called Papahānaumokuākea, it was known as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Now a similar conversation is emerging to change the name of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.