How Las Vegas Became Hawaii’s 9th Island
When Eren Nalani Martin-Beat moved to Las Vegas in the mid-2000s, she had no idea the city was known as Hawaii’s ninth island.
Martin-Beat is Native Hawaiian, but she was born and raised in Kansas. She didn’t grow up making trips to Vegas for vacations, sports tournaments or high school reunions, like so many people in Hawaii do.
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