Pitcairn Islanders also referred to as Pitkerners, are the inhabitants or citizens of the Pitcairn Islands. The Pitcairn Islands is a nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds.Despite its composition, the culture held in common by most Pitcairn Islanders is referred to as mainstream Pitcairn culture, a mix of British and Polynesian culture largely derived from the traditions of settlers, primarily of English, Scottish, Tahitian descent (descendants of the Bounty mutineers) and other Polynesians.