Pacific Islanders
Pacific Islanders, Pacificer, Pasifika, or Pasefika, are the peoples of the Pacific Islands—particularly those who are indigenous to them. As an ethnic/racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diaspora—of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania. It is also sometimes used as a general geographic term, describing any inhabitants of the Pacific islands. As "Pacific Islander" can be understood to denote both indigenous and non-indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands, as well as excluding Aboriginal Australians, the term is distinct from referring to the indigenous peoples of Oceania. Polynesians include Native Hawaiians, Samoans, Tokelauans, Tahitians, and Tongans. Micronesians include Guamanians, Mariana Islanders, the Saipanese, Palauans, the Yapese, the Chuukese, Pohnpeians, Kosraeans, the Marshallese, and I-Kiribati. Melanesian include Fijians, Papua New Guineans, Solomon Islanders, and the Ni-Vanuatu.
