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Book N  n   i Ke Kumu

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  • Author : Mary Kawena Pukui
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 9780961673826
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book N n i Ke Kumu written by Mary Kawena Pukui and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one gives an indepth discussion of major Hawaiian culture concepts, providing insights into both their ancient and modern significances and volume two traces the ancient Hawaiian social customs practices and beliefs from birth to old age.

Book I Ulu I Ke Kumu

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  • Author : Puakea Nogelmeier
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2011-09-30
  • ISBN : 0824837177
  • Pages : 106 pages

Download or read book I Ulu I Ke Kumu written by Puakea Nogelmeier and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Ulu I Ke Kumu is the first volume of a series to be published annually by the Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge and is intended to be a venue for scholars as well as practitioners and leaders in the Hawaiian community to come together over issues, queries, and strategies. Each volume will feature articles on a thematic topic—from diverse fields such as economics, education, family resources, government, health, history, land and natural resource management, psychology, religion, sociology, and so forth—selected by an editorial team. It will also include a “current viewpoint” by a postgraduate student and a reflection piece contributed by a kupuna. The series will include articles written in Hawaiian and/or English, images, poetry and songs, and new voices and perspectives from emerging Native Hawaiian scholars. Readers who wish to comment on articles, artwork, and other pieces will be able to do so through the monograph discussion link found at the Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge website (http://manoa.hawaii.edu/hshk/).

Book No Ke Kumu Ulu

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  • Author : Kawehilani Avelino
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008-07
  • ISBN : 9780873361552
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book No Ke Kumu Ulu written by Kawehilani Avelino and published by . This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kū, a Hawaiian god, came from Kahiki and settled in Hawaiʻi. He lives as a man until famine strikes and his family starves. To save them, he descends into the ground and re-emerges as a breadfruit tree, whose fruits could be cooked and eaten.

Book Hina and the Sea of Stars

Download or read book Hina and the Sea of Stars written by and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paint and collage creates rich, colorful, three-dimentional shapes and images in this depiction of the goddess Hina's movement from sea to land to sky.

Book The Folding Cliffs

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  • Author : W. S. Merwin
  • Publisher : Knopf
  • Release : 2000-03-28
  • ISBN : 0375701516
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book The Folding Cliffs written by W. S. Merwin and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2000-03-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and “one of the greatest poets of our age … the Thoreau of our era” (Edward Hirsch) comes a thrilling story, in verse, of nineteenth-century Hawaii. Here is the story of an attempt by the government to seize and constrain possible victims of leprosy and the determination of one small family not to be taken. A tale of the perils and glories of their flight into the wilds of the island of Kauai, pursued by a gunboat full of soldiers. A brilliant capturing—inspired by the poet's respect for the people of these islands—of their life, their history, the gods and goddesses of their mythic past. A somber revelation of the wrecking of their culture through the exploitative incursions of Europeans and Americans. An epic narrative that enthralls with the grandeur of its language and of its vision.

Book Aloha Betrayed

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  • Author : Noenoe K. Silva
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2004-09-07
  • ISBN : 0822386224
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Aloha Betrayed written by Noenoe K. Silva and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1897, as a white oligarchy made plans to allow the United States to annex Hawai'i, native Hawaiians organized a massive petition drive to protest. Ninety-five percent of the native population signed the petition, causing the annexation treaty to fail in the U.S. Senate. This event was unknown to many contemporary Hawaiians until Noenoe K. Silva rediscovered the petition in the process of researching this book. With few exceptions, histories of Hawai'i have been based exclusively on English-language sources. They have not taken into account the thousands of pages of newspapers, books, and letters written in the mother tongue of native Hawaiians. By rigorously analyzing many of these documents, Silva fills a crucial gap in the historical record. In so doing, she refutes the long-held idea that native Hawaiians passively accepted the erosion of their culture and loss of their nation, showing that they actively resisted political, economic, linguistic, and cultural domination. Drawing on Hawaiian-language texts, primarily newspapers produced in the nineteenth century and early twentieth, Silva demonstrates that print media was central to social communication, political organizing, and the perpetuation of Hawaiian language and culture. A powerful critique of colonial historiography, Aloha Betrayed provides a much-needed history of native Hawaiian resistance to American imperialism.

Book The Wind Gourd of La  amaomao

Download or read book The Wind Gourd of La amaomao written by Moses K. Nakuina and published by Dennis Kawaharada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Kumulipo

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  • Author : Martha Warren Beckwith
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2000-07-01
  • ISBN : 9780824807719
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book The Kumulipo written by Martha Warren Beckwith and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kumulipo is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs. Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its 2000 lines provide an extended genealogy proving the family's divine origin and tracing the family history from the beginning of the world.

Book Huna

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  • Author : Serge Kahili King
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2008-11-18
  • ISBN : 141656800X
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Huna written by Serge Kahili King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient wisdom of Hawai’i has been guarded for centuries—handed down through line of kinship to form the tradition of Huna. Dating back to the time before the first missionary presence arrived in the islands, the tradition of Huna is more than just a philosophy of living—it is intertwined and deeply connected with every aspect of Hawaiian life. Blending ancient Hawaiian wisdom with modern practicality, Serge Kahili King imparts the philosophy behind the beliefs, history, and foundation of Huna. More important, King shows readers how to use Huna philosophy to attain both material and spiritual goals. To those who practice Huna, there is a deep understanding about the true nature of life—and the real meaning of personal power, intention, and belief. Through exploring the seven core principles around which the practice revolves, King passes onto readers a timeless and powerful wisdom.

Book Waves of Resistance

Download or read book Waves of Resistance written by Isaiah Helekunihi Walker and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surfing has been a significant sport and cultural practice in Hawai‘i for more than 1,500 years. In the last century, facing increased marginalization on land, many Native Hawaiians have found refuge, autonomy, and identity in the waves. In Waves of Resistance Isaiah Walker argues that throughout the twentieth century Hawaiian surfers have successfully resisted colonial encroachment in the po‘ina nalu (surf zone). The struggle against foreign domination of the waves goes back to the early 1900s, shortly after the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, when proponents of this political seizure helped establish the Outrigger Canoe Club—a haoles (whites)-only surfing organization in Waikiki. A group of Hawaiian surfers, led by Duke Kahanamoku, united under Hui Nalu to compete openly against their Outrigger rivals and established their authority in the surf. Drawing from Hawaiian language newspapers and oral history interviews, Walker’s history of the struggle for the po‘ina nalu revises previous surf history accounts and unveils the relationship between surfing and colonialism in Hawai‘i. This work begins with a brief look at surfing in ancient Hawai‘i before moving on to chapters detailing Hui Nalu and other Waikiki surfers of the early twentieth century (including Prince Jonah Kuhio), the 1960s radical antidevelopment group Save Our Surf, professional Hawaiian surfers like Eddie Aikau, whose success helped inspire a newfound pride in Hawaiian cultural identity, and finally the North Shore’s Hui O He‘e Nalu, formed in 1976 in response to the burgeoning professional surfing industry that threatened to exclude local surfers from their own beaches. Walker also examines how Hawaiian surfers have been empowered by their defiance of haole ideas of how Hawaiian males should behave. For example, Hui Nalu surfers successfully combated annexationists, married white women, ran lucrative businesses, and dictated what non-Hawaiians could and could not do in their surf—even as the popular, tourist-driven media portrayed Hawaiian men as harmless and effeminate. Decades later, the media were labeling Hawaiian surfers as violent extremists who terrorized haole surfers on the North Shore. Yet Hawaiians contested, rewrote, or creatively negotiated with these stereotypes in the waves. The po‘ina nalu became a place where resistance proved historically meaningful and where colonial hierarchies and categories could be transposed. 25 illus.

Book Na Lei Makamae

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  • Author : Marie A. McDonald
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2003-08-31
  • ISBN : 9780824826499
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Na Lei Makamae written by Marie A. McDonald and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-08-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lei are the very expression of traditional Hawaiian culture and were once an essential part of community and family life. Following in the footsteps of Samuel Kamakau, Abraham Fornander, and others, the authors have collected here a wealth of written and oral information to reveal the significance of making and wearing lei and their role in Hawaiian ritual and dance. This volume covers eighty-five flowers and plants (and another dozen color variations) used in traditional lei construction. They are arranged according to their Hawaiian names and accompanied by botanical information and descriptions gleaned from legends and chants that illustrate the cultural uses and special meanings of lei prior to Western contact. Many are introduced by poems written especially for this work by master kumu hula, linguist, and ethnologist Pualani Kanakaole Kanahele. The authors present the lei art form in not only words, but also pictures. Lavish color photographs by Jean Coté showcase each plant and lei (shown by itself or worn), as well as places throughout the Islands associated with specific flowers and plants. An appendix includes a complete list of lei plants, basic instructions for their propagation, and other sources for material.

Book Kumu Kanawai

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1841
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book Kumu Kanawai written by and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On Being Hawaiian

Download or read book On Being Hawaiian written by John Dominis Holt and published by Native Books. This book was released on 1974 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lighting the Path

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  • Author : Kumu Keala Ching
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014-04
  • ISBN : 9780984312528
  • Pages : 74 pages

Download or read book Lighting the Path written by Kumu Keala Ching and published by . This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kumu Keala Ching has a passion for sharing Native Hawaiian wisdom with all who desire to learn. His chants are composed with concepts that are both ancient and current. And like the Hawaiian language itself, they have many layers. They may be read as literature, and they may also be vocalized and performed by the students in his oli or chanting classes. They may help the readers learn Hawaiian language as they sit with the Hawaiian dictionary by their side. The translation in English is helpful, too. The reader who seeks to know the Hawaiian traditions will find these chants filled with love for the ' ina (land) and nature, as well as concepts such as aloha, ho'oponopono (forgiveness), humility, and righteousness that are foundations of all harmonious human existence."

Book Ke Kumu Aupuni

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  • Author : Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau
  • Publisher : Awaiaulu, Incorporated
  • Release : 2022-06
  • ISBN : 9780988262980
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Ke Kumu Aupuni written by Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau and published by Awaiaulu, Incorporated. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood embodies a monumental history of Hawaiʻi, from the beginnings and political rise of Kamehameha I, the negotiations and battles that would come to unify Hawai''i''s islands and kingdoms, and the development of a single government that would endure, to be ruled by his son and heir, Liholiho, Kamehameha II. This narrative is an invaluable catalog of data about Hawai''i, Hawaiians, and the nature of national and cultural identity in the Pacific. Offered here in both Hawaiian and English, this history gives rich detail regarding Hawai''i''s lands, genealogies, gods, chiefs, sociopolitical climate, material culture, laws, agriculture, and social decorums, much of which still lingered in the memories of the living informants who were accessible to the original author, Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau. From this Hawaiian scholar, trained at the Lahainaluna Seminary in the 1830s, readers are given an extraordinary fabric of cultural and historical knowledge in print, recounting life in Hawai''i before and during the early interactions with foreigners, the influence of new religion, the negotiation of borders for trade and diplomacy within and beyond the islands, and the introduction of writing and printing in both Hawaiian and English. This book presents the entire first third of Kamakau''s massive serial column, a section comprised of 60 articles published weekly from 1866 to 1868 in Ka Nupepa Kuokoa under the title "Ka Moolelo o Kamehameha I." This immense assemblageprovides the author''s original text, a biography for Kamakau, and introductory texts that document the means by which this translation has come to exist, itself a history of language recovery and preservation. Illuminating the imbricate nature and plurality of Hawaiian historical methodologies and cultural logics, this text allows readers the opportunity to enjoy the dense storytelling of a Hawaiian master and the chance to interpret language alongside the translator, Puakea Nogelmeier. While the book contains an extensive bilingual index, this publication is also available as an ebook for full searchability. Hoʻokino ihola ʻo Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood i ka moʻolelo kuamoʻo o Hawaiʻi, mai kinohi mai o ke ola o Kamehameha I, i kona piʻi ʻana ma ka pae noho aliʻi, i nā ʻaelike me nā kaua i hoʻopili ʻia ai a lōkahi nā moku me nā noho aliʻi, a i kona hoʻokahua ʻana i aupuni hoʻokahi e kūmau ana, na kāna keiki a hoʻoilina auaneʻi, na Liholiho, Kamehameha II, e noho mōʻī. He ʻohina nui a waiwai hoʻi kēia moʻolelo o ka ʻike no Hawaiʻi, no ka poʻe Hawaiʻi, a no ke ʻano iho o ke aupuni a me ka nohona kanaka ma ka Pākīpika. Ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi me ka Pelekane, ka''ana maila kēia moʻolelo i ka wehewehe makaliʻi ʻana i ko Hawaiʻi mau ʻāina, moʻo kūʻauhau, akua, aliʻi, kūlana kālaiʻāina, lako nohona, kānāwai, ʻoihana mahi, a loina nohona, ia mau mea i koe nui paha ma nā waihona hoʻomanaʻo o nā kānaka e ola ana i ka wā o ka mea kākau kumu, ʻo Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau. Mai kēia loea Hawaiʻi mai, i aʻo ʻia a lehia ma ke Kulanui ʻo Lahainaluna ma nā 1830, loaʻa ihola i ka poʻe heluhelu kekahi kilohana kūkahi o ka ʻike moʻolelo a nohona kanaka i paʻi ʻia ihola a e hōʻike akāka mai ana i ke ʻano o ke ola ma Hawaiʻi ma mua a ma loko hoʻi o ka launa mua ʻana me ko nā ʻāina ʻē, ke komo ʻana o ka hoʻomana hou, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā palena ʻāina no ka hana kālepa me ka hana pili kālaiʻāina ma waena a ma waho aʻe o nā moku, pū nō me ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka ʻike palapala ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi me ka Pelekane. ʻO ka hapakolu mua kēia o ka huina o kā Kamakau kaʻina kolamu nui loa, a ma ʻaneʻi nā ʻatikala he 60 i paʻi ʻia i nā pule pākahi mai ka 1866 a i ka 1868 ma Ka Nupepa Kuokoa me ke poʻomanaʻo ʻo "Ka Moolelo o Kamehameha I." Ma loko o nēia pūʻulu nunui ka moʻolelo kumu a ka mea kākau, ka moʻolelo pilikino no Kamakau, a me ka ʻōlelo hoʻolauna e hoʻopaʻa ana i ke kaʻina i hoʻokino ʻia mai ai kēia unuhi na, ʻo ia ihola kahi moʻolelo no ka hoʻōla a hoʻomau ʻana i ka ʻōlelo ʻōiwi. Ma o ka hoʻomāʻamaʻama ʻana i ke ʻano nuʻanuʻa a manamana i kahu ʻia ai ka moʻolelo a i kūkulu ʻia ai nā manaʻo kanaka, hiki i ka mea heluhelu ke hoʻonanea i ka haʻi moʻolelo ʻana mai o kekahi o nā loea Hawaiʻi, a hiki hoʻi ke kālai pū maila a unuhi ihola i ka ʻōlelo me Puakea Nogelmeier. ʻOiai lako kēīa puke i ka papakuhikuhi nui ma nā ʻōlelo ʻelua, aia hoʻi kēia puke ma ke ʻano ʻīpuke me kona ʻano i hiki ke ʻimi piha ʻia ihola.

Book Spoken Hawaiian

Download or read book Spoken Hawaiian written by Samuel H. Elbert and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Hawaiian language text, intended for self-learning as well as classroom use, presents the principal conversational and grammatical patterns of the language in 67 lessons, each containing English-Hawaiian dialogues. Emphasis is given to idiomatic speech, and a vocabulary of approximately 800 words, selected on the basis of frequency of usage and cultural importance, is introduced. The frequent humor of the lessons makes Elbert's Spoken Hawaiian an enjoyable learning experience. Also noteworthy is the author's inclusion of old Hawaiian in the text - legends, songs, stories - to enable the student to read the rich Hawaiian traditional literature in the vernacular language. The illustrations by noted artist Jean Charlot are a charming and amusing complement to the text. Spoken Hawaiian will help the student not only to read and speak the language, but at the same time to appreciate the rich heritage of the Hawaiian past and its literature. of the sixty-seven lessons is a sample dialog in Hawaiian with English translation.

Book Before the Horror

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  • Author : David E. Stannard
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 174 pages

Download or read book Before the Horror written by David E. Stannard and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: