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          Bruce Robinson and two expert Hawaiian trackers are training a group of other Niihau men in tracking skills during the all-night exercises.

        1. Bruce Robinson and two expert Hawaiian trackers are training a group of other Niihau men in tracking skills during the all-night exercises.
        2. The history of Ni'ihau is storied and mysterious; our limited space will not do “The Forbidden Island” justice.
        3. During , I became friends with Keith Robinson (born ), the co-owner, with his brother, Bruce Robinson, of Ni'ihau, and a descendant of Eliza Sinclair.
        4. Today, Ni'ihau is owned by the Robinson brothers, Bruce and Keith, who are elderly and reside on the west side of Kaua'i.
        5. Her descendants, the Robinsons (brothers Bruce and Keith), continue to own it.

          6. During , I became friends with Keith Robinson (born ), the co-owner, with his brother, Bruce Robinson, of Ni'ihau, and a descendant of Eliza Sinclair....

          PUUWAI, Niihau -- For the first time in 135 years, Niihau Ranch, the only employer on "The Forbidden Island," is closed.

          "Cattle ranching is dead.

          Sheep ranching is dead. Honey is dead. Even charcoal is dead," said ranch manager Bruce Robinson.

          For five generations, every man in Niihau's small native Hawaiian community could depend on full employment on the ranch and believed all of their babies (the boys at least) would grow up to be cowboys.

          Today, the unemployment rate on Niihau is 100 percent.

          "Under the new federal laws, welfare has a five-year lifetime limit," noted Keith Robinson.

          "In a very short time the people here are going to be in a world of hurt."


          The Robinson brothers are looking at two sources of new income for the island: contracts with the military and tourism.

          The Robinsons apparently succeeded last week in persuading Gov.

          Ben Cayetano to back off state objections to the use of Niihau as part of a major new Navy missile-testing program scheduled for