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He also reflects on the journey of other cuisines, like Italian and Chinese, which were once considered “exotic” before becoming Americanized.

Since its statehood in 1959, Hawaii has become highly Americanized but now Native Hawaiians have been steadfast in preserving their fading cultural norms and traditions, reports said.

Paradoxically, by the yardstick of the 19th century, Pratt was considered an “Indian lover,” a champion and defender of Native Americans — but in a purified, Americanized incarnation.

And three, they thought he was too Americanized.

“I am worried that they will Americanize it,” said George Norohna, a 61-year-old retired civil servant, who remembers the show as the first thing he ever saw on a color television.