In learning traditional seafaring, I, like other master navigators in the Pacific, learned early on that the land at the stern of my canoe, the land from which I departed, is a critical reference point when setting off on any voyage. Before departure, navigators are trained to study and understand the position of our home island, especially identifying the specific stars rising above the land. It is only after knowing from where we came that we can adjust our course correctly. This literal knowledge of the stars and land is also important as a metaphor, teaching us that in order today to move forward, we must look back and know from where we came. We must cherish our Indigenous knowledge of the past in order to guide our journey into the future. It is in this spirit of searching our past that much of the cultural renaissance of today has flourished. This chapter highlights efforts in these islands to promote and preserve such knowledge in the face of imminent challenges including human-induced changes and escalating natural disasters. It is shaped and structured by traditional knowledge which is passed on orally and learned through practice as it has been for countless generations. All knowledge recounted in this chapter was learned this way, and here I have attempted to transfer it to text as closely as possible as a way of demonstrating Pacific ways of learning.