There were large numbers of kanaka at Ft. Vancouver in Vancouver, Washington. In fact, at one point the largest ethnic group on the payroll. They had an "arrangement" between Hudson's Bay and the king of Hawaii who provided I guess indentured workers. Many of them stayed. They are excavating the kanaka village at Ft. Vancouver now I think. They also have a Christmas party recreating what might have been in the kanaka village. I have heard among other things they were used as divers in the river to do something with pilings. The town of Kalama, Washington is named after a Hawaiaan name, and I can't confirm it but I have heard also Aloha Oregon.

I think, again can't confirm it, that the Chinook trading language included some Hawiaan words. mg