Part Alaskan, also known as Hawaiian person (6)

I believe the answer is:

kanaka

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'hawaiian person' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'part alaskan also known as' is the wordplay.
'part alaskan' becomes 'kan' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'also known as' becomes 'a.k.a.' (synonyms).
'kan'+'aka'='KANAKA'

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