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Moʻolelo Makahiki: Kaʻohele Hulu o Kainalu
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Kainalu was famous for its champion runners.
Each evening, the young men would gather for a footrace, training to decide who would represent them at the annual Makahiki competitions at Nāʻiwa. Chief Hulu was once a champion, and all the...
I Pana i Ka Manawa
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Na Kamealoha Forrest
E nā hoa pūlama i nei pūʻolo naʻauao a kākou, he aloha.
Eia hoʻi kekahi hoa ou e hoʻopaneʻe ana i mua o ka nui lehulehu i kekahi mau moʻolelo aʻu i lohe a i aʻo ai mai koʻu...
To Be Famed in Heart and Mind
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By Kamealoha Forrest
Aloha to my fellow readers who cherish this carrier of knowledge.
I bring before the masses of fellow readers certain oral histories I have heard, or was taught, from the time I was a child up until now,...
Ke Kūlia e Kāmau ai
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Na Kamalani Johnson
Me he ahe kolonahe e holu ai ka lau o ka niu, pēlā pū hoʻi ke ea ʻana aʻe o ka mauli Hawaiʻi a kanaloa i ko Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī ʻāina iho nō. Mai kahi e helu mua ai...
The Summit of Aspiration
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By Kamalani Johnson
As the niu leaves’ swaying in the wind is assured, so too is Hawaiʻi’s resurgence of cultural vibrancy. Under the United Nations, 2019 was declared as the International Year of Indigenous Languages to bring awareness to the...
Concerning the Hawaiian Language
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By Kaikaʻoā
Aloha, Editor of the knowledge-filled Ka Wai Ola. Would you be so kind as to allow my bit of black ink a spare section of your vast white body, upon which a beautiful picture shall be painted of...
No Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
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Na Kaikaʻoā
Aloha kāua, e ka Lunahoʻoponopono o ka ʻumeke kāʻeo, Ka Wai Ola; e ʻoluʻolu mai hoʻi ʻoe no kaʻu wahi wai ʻeleʻele kekahi māhele kaʻawale ma kou kino kāhela a aʻiaʻi hoʻi, e pena ʻia ai ke kiʻi hiehie...
Papakilo Database is a Flagship for Navigating the Renaissance of Hawaiian Knowledge
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The Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s affected Hawaiians, Hawaiʻi, and the world. Every aspect of that renaissance continues to thrive and develop, integrating into our lives, hearts, and minds.
The vigor of this reflowering married up with the explosion of...
He Moku Lawe Hae ʻo Papakilo Database i ka Moana ʻIke Hawaiʻi o Kēia Alana Hou
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Inā he “Alana” ke ala hou ʻana o kekahi mea i moe mālie no kekahi wā, aia ke alana o ka hula, ka ʻōlelo, a me kekahi mau ʻoihana o ka nohona Hawaiʻi ma nā makahiki 1970. Ma laila i...
Kahoʻiwai Teacher Education Program
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By Noekeonaona Kirby, Kahoʻiwai Academic Dean
All these endearing thoughts for Hawaiʻi
Causing a return to the abundant waters
Cherished recollection of the flowing water
Rippling waters of Laukapalili
Hāloanaka the endeared
Return to the love bound waters
Lauaʻe Ke Aloha is a chant composed by...
Celebrating 40 Years of Hawaiian Studies
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By The Office of Hawaiian Education
From sacred Maunakea who gathers the rain clouds to the depths of the Kanaloa realm, aloha mai. Kūpuna once said that the fresh water of Kāne is the source of life. And in the...
Pahu Hopu Hoʻoholo Makahiki Hou- Aʻo mai i ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
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He makahiki hou kēia a ua kau kou noʻonoʻo ma ka pahu hopu hoʻoholo e aʻo mai i ka ʻōlelo o kou mau kūpuna Hawaiʻi. Eia kā, ua kūpono nō ia pahu hopu no ka mea ʻo ka mahina ʻōlelo...
New Year Resolution – Learn the Hawaiian Language
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This is a new year and you have set your thoughts upon a resolution to learn the language of your Hawaiian ancestors. Lo and behold, this is a worthy goal because February is Hawaiian Language Month. Okay, now where...
When indeed?
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Some 30 years ago, I was shopping at Oʻahu market in Honolulu, the area known as Chinatown.
While I was shopping, I passed a booth tended by an elderly woman, about in her 80s. In her stall, she had a...
ʻŌpelu was Our Way of Life
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Every morning at 3 a.m., the clatter of buckets, the gush of water, and the crunch of ice being scooped was my alarm clock for the day. These familiar sounds are what I experienced throughout my childhood.
It wasn’t unusual,...
Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation: Aʻo Keiki, Hoʻoikaika ʻOhana, Hoʻohui Kaiāulu
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He hui liʻiliʻi ʻo Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation (HMKF) e hana nei i nā hana maikaʻi e kōkua ai iā Waimānalo, ke ahupuaʻa a lākou e noho nei. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo HMKF e nā kamaʻāina o Waimanālo,...
ʻO ka ʻŌpelu ko Mākou Nohona
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I kēlā me kēia kakahiaka nui ma ka hola ʻekolu, ʻo ke kawewe o nā pākeke, ʻo ka huahuaʻi o ka wai, a ʻo ke kamumu o ka hao ʻia o ka hau koʻu uaki hōʻala no ka lā. ʻO...
Nā Waiwai ʻo Liliʻuokalani me ka Hoʻomohala ʻŌpio
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Na Moon Kauakahi
ʻE hoʻolohe i nā leo o nā ʻōpio, no ka mea, ʻo lākou nō nā alakaʻi mua aku o Hawaii nei.”
I kō kākou mau makahiki ʻōpiopio, mau nō ka haʻina o nā mākua, “Paʻa ka waha a hoʻolohe...
Liliʻuokalani Trust and Youth Development
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By Moon Kauakahi
“Listen to the voices of our youth for they are the future leaders of Hawaiʻi.”
In our adolescent years in Hawaiʻi, we were always told by our parents that we should only listen and not say a word;...