Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey is an actor, filmmaker and anthropologist. As an anthropologist, she works "to find, preserve and share the knowledge and traditions of indigenous populations before they disappear." She is also the first female National Geographic fellow and the first Polynesian explorer at the

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. Her work recognizes Pius "Mau" Piailug (

Mau Piailug Pius "Mau" Piailug (pronounced ; 1932 – July 12, 2010) was a Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal, best known as a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wayfinding methods for open-ocean voyaging. Mau's Carolinian ...

) of Micronesia, her mentor with whom she studied ethnonavigation.

Filmmaker

Lindsey directed and produced ''Then There Were None'', a 1996 documentary film that chronicles the plight of

native Hawaiians Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, First Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians) ( haw, kānaka, , , and ), are the indigenous ethnic group of Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii ...

. It received the

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Actor

Lindsey has also worked as an actor, with roles in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''

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'', ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'', and a number of other television shows and movies.

Awards and recognition

Miss Hawaii The Miss Hawaii competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the State of Hawaii in the Miss America pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. Hawaii first competed at Miss America in 1948 and has twice won the M ...

(1978) *

(1996) (for ''Then There Were None'') * "Woman of the Year" for The Big Island of Hawai'i (2004) *

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Fellow (2008) * United Nations ''Visionary Award'' (2010)

Personal life

Lindsey was married to John W. A. "Doc" Buyers, former chairman and chief executive officer of C. Brewer & Co., from 1999 until his death in 2006. Lindsey married George D. Crowley, III in 2018.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsey, Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Living people Filmmakers from Hawaii Miss America 1979 delegates People from Hawaii 20th-century American people 1956 births