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Alexander Alika Akau, Sr.

1999

Alexander Alika Akau, Sr.

Year Inducted: 1999

Parker Ranch | Hawai'i
Kahua Ranch | Hawai'i

Alika was a wrangler and ranch hand for Parker Ranch beginning in the early 1940's. Although he was blind in one eye and crippled with a clubfoot, he spent his whole life as a working cowboy and earned a reputation as a skilled left-handed roper.