Tales and Traditions of the People of Old completes a trilogy based on a series of articles Kamakau wrote in 1868 and 1870 for the Hawaiian Language newspaper Ke Au ‘Oko‘a. In this final volume, Kamakau takes the reader on a tour of the islands, stopping along the way to tell tales associated wi [...]
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In Ka Po‘e Kahiko, Kamakau documents the fundamental principles underlying the daily activities of Hawaiian life. Focusing in particular on the spiritual and religious aspects, the organization of Hawaiian societyas a whole and that of each class is discussed. The closing chapters discuss traditio [...]
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In this book, Samuel M. Kamakau examines aspects of the material culture of his ancestors. The text is a translated and edited version of a series of articles published in the Hawaiian language newspaper Ke Au ‘Oko‘a in 1969 and 1870. Kamakau wrote of practices that were fast disappearing with i [...]
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