Hawaiian sailors became the first known females to be granted Pwo, a sacred role and responsibility for master navigators and ocean voyagers in the Micronesian tradition.

Apr. 10—For master navigator Chad Kalepa Baybayan, there is a special seat among traditional navigators. He was one of 10 non-Micronesians inducted into Pwo, a 2, 000-year-old society of deep-sea ...

Larry Raigetal, a master navigator from Lamotrek, Yap, is scheduled to lead a special six-week course on traditional seafaring navigation and climate change, starting Monday, at the University of Guam ...