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Revisting Women in Hawaiian History Via Herb Kane
In reflecting on the way that many local women are dismissed in Hawaiian history and culture discussions by outsiders and even at times by our own men in the Hawaiian community, maybe this is be a wake up call in understanding and revisiting the way women are thought of in history in general but in — read more
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Tua and Atua
Akua, atua, makua, matua, and tuan all share the same root word–tua. Tua in Proto-Austronesian meant something akin to some one of an older generation or within a community leadership role. In SE Asia tua became tuan which means lord or noble. In Melanesia (including Western Indonesia) tua became matua which became headman, clan leader, — read more
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"We the Ancestors" Podcast
A podcast I was invited on. Mahalo Meredith Enos! https://wetheancestors.podbean.com/e/episode-006-adam-keawe-manalo-camp/ — read more
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Kepohoniʻs Engraving of Kamehameha I
Kamehameha, ca. 1838. Drawn and engraved by Kepohoni from a Louis Choris work. Kepohoni was one of the first Native Hawaiian printers and this is one of the earliest portraits by a Native Hawaiian of a Native Hawaiian. — read more
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ʻIliʻiliʻōpae
Often times we tend to think that by the 1840s, all Hawaiians were Christians. But up to the 1880s, there were writers who still were reporting resistance to Christianity. Reverend Forbes–pastor to female High Chief Kapiʻolani–writing in the 1840s reported that kāhuna were still meeting at ʻIliʻiliʻōpae Heiau and offering prayers to ʻUli, Lono, and — read more
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Ka-wai-a-Haʻo Spring
Ka-wai-a-Haʻo, the famed waters of the chief Haʻo. Haʻo was middle child of King Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and one of the grandsons of Queen Keakealaniwahine of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi and Iwikauikaua of Oʻahu. Queen Keakealaniwahine of Hawaiʻi Islandʻs second reigning queen and ancestor to nearly every great royal and noble houses of Keawe, ʻĪ, Mahi — read more
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The Old Archives Building
By the Diamond Head side of ʻIolani Palace, thereʻs a small little Neo-classical building known either as the “Old Archives Building” or as the “Kanaʻina Building”. The building sits on land that used to belong to Prince Charles Kanaʻina, father of King Lunalilo. Charles Kanaʻina is named after his uncle of the same name. Kanaʻina — read more
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Some of Waiʻanaeʻs History
Waiʻanae is mentioned in the epic of Pele and Hiʻiaka as well as the name chants dedicated to Kūaliʻi and Moʻikeha. Prior to the 13th century, Oʻahu had been divided into three kingdoms: ʻEwa (which included Waiʻanae, Kūkaniloko and the ʻEwa plains), Kona and Koʻolaupoko. Around that time, a chief from Waiʻanae, Kumuhonua, became the — read more
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Early 20th Century Job Ad in the Philippines for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
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Princess Kaʻiulani and Voting Rights
Princess Kaʻiulani hosting a dinner in 1899 for the Newlands Resolution Hawaiian Commission which included Sanford B. Dole (former president of the Republic of Hawaiʻi and appointed Governor of the Territory of Hawaiʻʻi, R), Senators Shelby M. Cullom (R-Illinois) and John T. Morgan (D-Alabama), Representative Robert R. Hitt (R-Illinois) and former Hawaii Chief Justice and — read more
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