Where once hundreds of thousands of Marquesans populated their islands, located about 750 miles northeast of Tahiti, today there are fewer than 10,000 and reportedly none of pure blood. Still, the Marquesas islands and people are rich in their Polynesian culture and heritage.
The Marquesas Islands — Nuku Hiva, 'Ua Pou, 'Ua Huka, Hiva Oa, Tahuata, Motane, Fatuiva and several smaller motu or islands — are an archipelagic division of French Polynesia, which is an overseas territory of France.
The 2002 television show, Survivor 4, probably introduced the Marquesas, especially Nuku Hiva, to more people around the world than would otherwise have ever come to know something about these islands. That show, of course, did not focus on the rich Marquesan heritage you will enjoy in this special Polynesian Cultural Center exhibit
