No Nā Mamo: Traditional and Contemporary Hawaiian Beliefs and Practices, by Malcolm Nāea Chun, is an updated and enlarged compilation of books in the acclaimed Ka Wana series, published in 2005–2010. The books, r [...]
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“John Clark, a Hawaiian surfer, lifeguard, firefighter, and historian, has studied Hawaiian, read Hawaiian sources on surfing, and built up a massive file of these texts for analysis and translation. More recently, he has tapped [...]
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In just over a century, from 1834 to 1948, Hawaiian writers filled 125,000 pages in nearly 100 different newspapers with their writings. The contents of those papers span a period when noted historians, expert genealogists, skilled storytellers, and cultural specialists were numerous, and their know [...]
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In the district of Ka‘u, spread across the Kama‘oa Plain, live the Children of the Gourd. This magical tale delves into the past to reveal how the people of this region came to be named. During the old days of Hawai‘i, a young man and woman fell in love. Though both were descended from chiefs, [...]
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FORTHCOMING DECEMBER 2009 Originally serialized in the Hawaiian language newspaper Kuokoa Home Rula from January 1909 to April 1910, this new edition of Ka Mo‘olelo Hiwahiwa o Kawelo presents Ho‘oulumahiehie's text in modernized Hawaiian with notes and an introduction by Native Hawaiian scholar [...]
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This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their a [...]
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On July 30, 1889, Robert W. Wilcox mounted a failed attempt to overthrow the Cabinet of the time, and return the throne to powers that had been diminished through the "Bayonet Constitution" of 1887, which had stripped the Hawaiian monarchy of its power. Ka Buke Mo‘olelo o Honorable Robert William [...]
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Kaua Kuloko 1895 was printed in the same year of the famous civil battle between the patriots of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Republican forces that had overthrown the constitutional monarchy. The goal of the failed rebellion was to return Queen Lili‘uokalani to the throne. This is the only known [...]
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Reverend Ephraim Weston Clark's arrival in Hawai‘i in 1828 was the beginning of 35 years of missionary service in the islands. Clark's work included the publishing of Hawaiian language texts; his translation of this Bible dictionary in 1872 was the last of many such publications. In He Buke Wehewe [...]
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A collection of nearly 300 songs that were popular and widely sung during the last decades of the 19th century. Prominent political figures and well loved ali‘i composers, such as Lili‘uokalani, Leleiohoku, and Kalakaua, are nicely represented in this group, which includes love ballads, tributes [...]
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