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Where the "First Hawaiian" Was Born
I was asked a question about where the “first Hawaiian” was born according to the Papahānaumoku, Wākea and Hoʻohōkūlani epic. The answer is: At a place called Moʻo-kapu-o-Hāloa which is the main ridge of Kāne-hoa-lani at Kua-loa, Oʻahu. This can be looked up in Abraham Fornander, Martha Beckwith and even in “Place Names of Hawaiʻi” — 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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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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