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Twenty Notable Native Hawaiian Women
Twenty Notable Native Hawaiian Women 1. Queen Regent Ka’ahumanu. She remains a controversial figure due to her role with abolishing the kapu system and in allowing the Calvinist missionaries to convert Hawaiians. Not many people in history like Ka’ahumanu are singularly credited with bringing down an entire religion and changing an entire nation within a — read more
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Hawaiian Kahuna
One of the most abused Hawaiian words and concepts is the word kahuna. Nowadays, the word is used in slang to mean an expert surfer, an influential person (“the big kahuna”), a shaman, and a large hamburger. However, none of these definitions are correct. However, The Hawaiian Dictionary as edited by Mary Kawena Pukui and — read more
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Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp 