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
National Geographic Society
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Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, natural sc ...
.
Her work recognizes Pius "Mau" Piailug (
Mau Piailug) 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, or simply Hawaiians; , , , and ) are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands.
Hawaiʻi was settled at least 800 years ago by Polynesian ...
. It received the
CINE Golden Eagle Award.
Actor
Lindsey has also worked as an actor, with roles in ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''
The Byrds of Paradise'', ''
Magnum, P.I.'', and a number of other television shows and movies.
Awards and recognition
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CINE Golden Eagle Award (1996) (for ''Then There Were None'')
* "Woman of the Year" for The Big Island of Hawai'i (2004)
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National Geographic
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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.
References
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Living people
Filmmakers from Hawaii
Miss America 1979 delegates
Actresses from Hawaii
20th-century American actresses
1956 births
American television actresses