Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

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Indigenous Researcher and Writer

Tag: Kamehameha I

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

Jun 9, 2018
Alcoholism and itʻs Devastation on Native Hawaiians

Alcoholism was one of the most destructive forces among Hawaiians including the ali’i. Western alcohol was particularly destructive because Polynesians (as well as most Pacific Islander and Native American peoples) did not have the certain genetic variations which produce the alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes that breaks down alcohol. In other words, Hawaiians had no tolerance for — read more

Jun 9, 2018
Some Thoughts on Kaʻahumanu I

Kaʻahumanu remains to this day a controversial figure in Hawaiian history.Her parents were Chief Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi of Kona and Princess Nāmāhānaʻi Kaleleokalani of Maui. Nāmāhānaʻi was the sister of King Kahekili II, the man who had he lived a decade longer, would have united the entire archipelago. Kaʻahumanu birth was not widely celebrated. Her uncle — read more

Jun 9, 2018
Recognizing Hawaiian Women in Hawaiian History

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

Jun 9, 2018
Kinikona: A Black / Indo-Caribbean at Kamehamehaʻs Court

One of the interesting characters from the court of Kamehameha I was a Black / Indo-Caribbean by the name of Kinikona . He identified both as Black and as a lascar according to the historian Samuel Kamakau. We know very little about Kinikonaʻs origins. His name is the Hawaiian transliteration of the Quinine or Cichona — read more

Jun 9, 2018