The Haka Makes CBS News

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My old school makes the CBS Evening News broadcast. That's almost as cool as having our own Gatorade commercial.

On the field the Haka dance is a source of inspiration for one of the best high school football teams in Texas. Off the field it's a source of pride for a tight-knit community.

From their tiny Polynesian homeland, thousands of Tongans have moved to Texas to take advantage of airline jobs at Dallas-Fort Worth airport - and the flight privileges home that come with them.

So many Tongans that they have their own television program. The Haka is a point of pride, a reassuring symbol that they aren't on the sidelines anymore.

"A reassurance from the outside world that we are part of this community - reassurance that they accept us as we are," said Ilaiasi Ofa of the Voice of Tonga show.

I'm going to be severely disappointed if they don't have video online soon.

And what's a haka, you ask? THIS, my friends, is a haka ...