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Gifts for People who Love Hawai'i

December 15th, 2009
Three books celebrating Hawaiian culture and traditions make wonderful gifts for friends and family. Sending gifts to the mainland? Mail a warm reminder of the be [...]
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HÄpai nÄ Leo

November 24th, 2009
Posted by Helen Au
Bill Teter, ed. From the powerful opening words of the Kumulipo to the propulsive rhymes of contemporary slam poetry, HÄpai nÄ Leo celebrates a diverse range of voices that explore, carry, and regenerate Hawaiian culture. Editor Bill Teter created HÄpai nÄ Leo as a literary companion to Malcolm [...]
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Ka Mo‘olelo Hiwahiwa o Kawelo

November 20th, 2009
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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KamÄlamalama: the Light of Knowledge

November 19th, 2009
This book comes from Patrick Ka`ano`i, a Native Hawaiian trained by his kupuna, and has much wisdom documented nowhere else. Unique to this work is an [...]
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Surfing: Historic Images from Bishop Museum Archives

October 23rd, 2009
Surfing is worldwide, but its roots are in Hawaii. From its island home, the sport has spread internationally in the last one hundred years. As surfing has grown, so has the interest in its history. Bishop Museum Archives in Honolulu holds the largest collection of historic photos in Hawaii. From th [...]
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Ka 'Oihana Lawai'a: Hawaiian Fishing Traditions

October 23rd, 2009
Written by Daniel Kaha'ulelio, a native fisherman of the Lahaina region, this is perhaps the most detailed narrative pertaining to fishing customs, sources of fish, and methods of procurement. It appeared in 1902 as a series of articles in the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Kaha'ulel [...]
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Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii

October 23rd, 2009
Kepelino, like native Hawaiian historians Malo, Kamakau, and Papa 'I'i, worked in the mid-19th century to record Hawaiian historical, cultural, and religious knowledge for future generations. He wrote during a time of great intellectual ferment among Native Hawaiians, creating the bulk of his work b [...]
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Lua: Art of the Hawaiian Warrior

October 23rd, 2009
For centuries, Hawaiian warriors practiced the martial art of lua under a veil of secrecy. They were as expert, renowned, and revered as the military special forces of today. With the changing times, the number of those extensively trained in lua declined and it became a lost art. By the late 1980s, [...]
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'Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings

October 23rd, 2009
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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Hđena: Through the Eyes of the Ancestors

October 9th, 2009
Posted by UH Press
Ha'ena by Carlos Andrade by Carlos Andrade The complex history of the rich and fertile ahupua‘a of HÄ‘ena in north Kaua‘i is revealed [...]
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