Among the outstanding achievements of the Hawaiian people was their skill in building a wide variety of efficient and well-crafted canoes. Distinguished scholar Dr. Donald D. Kilolani Mitchell cites the Hawaiian canoe as being a "cultural peak" in the history of Hawaii. Hawaiian Canoe-Building Traditions was created to highlight this particular "cultural peak." Canoe building was, and remains, a proud art in Hawaii. This combination textbook/workbook emphasizes the step...

The waa, or the canoe, played a very important role in Hawaii's history and traditional lifestyle. When the early settlers migrated from Kahiki to Hawaii, they journeyed by double-hulled canoes (waa kaulua). Upon their arrival, they continued to build and use canoes for work, travel, and play. Having found an abundance of very tall and large koa trees (scientific name: Acacia koa) in the islands, the settlers began the practice of making canoes from single, hollowed-out...

Kakoo a paipai ka Hale Kuamoo-Kikowaena Olelo Hawaii i ka hookumu ana i ka olelo Hawaii, o ia ka olelo kaiapuni o na kula, o ke aupuni, o na oihana like ole, i lohe ia mai hoi ka olelo Hawaii mai o a o o Hawaii Pae Aina. Na ka Hale Kuamoo e hoomohala nei i na haawina e pono ai ka holomua o ka olelo Hawaii ana ma na ano poaiapili like ole e like hoi me ka haawina olelo Hawaii no na kula olelo Hawaii, na papahana kakoo kumu, ka nupepa o Na Maka O Kana, a me ka puke weheweh...

This book teaches you beginner gramma in Hawaiian language through pictures, basic words, and phrases.

Na ka poe misionari i haawi mai ia'u i keia hana, o ka hooponopo i keia Buke Heluhelu i mea e pono ai na kula. A, no kuu pilikia i ka hana e ae, haawi hou aku' au ia Mr. Green ma Wailuku nana no i hooponopono. Ua unuhiia noloko mai o ka Olelo Akamai a Solomona, a me ka Mooolelo Holoholona, a me ka Hoikehonua i paiia mamua,a me ka Lama Hawaii, a me ke Kumu Hawaii, a me ka Mooolelo no Hawaii nei. Ua nui na mea i aoia ma keia buke, i mea e maikai ai ka heluhelu ana a i mea ...

Ao heluhelu; he bukeia e ao ai i na haumana e heluhelu.

Nona na kuleana a pau. A'ole e hana kope 'ia këia puke a i'ole kekahi hapa o keia puke, ma na 'ano like 'ole a pau me ka'ae'ole ma ka palapala o ka mea nona ke kuleana.

Ua pau ke kula, a ua kii koke ia o Kamalu. I kona kau ana ma luna o ke kaa, aia kona mama me kona papa ma laila. Ua ano puiwa o ia a ua komo ka hauoli i loko ona no ka mea aole keia he mea maamau. Ua maopopo ia Kamalu, ua loaa kekahi mea kuikawa o ia la.

The following collection of archival and oral historical records was researched and compiled by Kumu Pono Associates LLC, at the request of Ms. Ulalia Woodside, Land Legacy Resources Manager (Land Assets Division), of Kamehameha Schools. The research focused on two primary sources of information—historical literature, and summary of oral historical interviews with kupuna and kama?aina, known to be familiar with the history of Keauhou, and neighboring lands in the Distric...

Kakoo a paipai ka Hale Kuamoo-Kikowaena Olelo Hawaii i ka hookumu ana i ka olelo Hawaii, o ia ka olelo kaiapuni o na kula, o ke aupuni, o na oihana like ole, i lohe ia mai hoi ka olelo Hawaii mai o a o o Hawaii Pae Aina. Na ka Hale Kuamoo e hoomohala i na haawina e pono ai ka holomua o ka olelo Hawaii ma na ano poaiapili like ole e like hoi me ka haawina olelo Hawaii no na kula olelo Hawaii, na papahana kakoo kumu, ka nupepa o Na Maka O Kana, a me ka puke wehewehe o Mama...

When Polynesian people came to Hawaii, hundreds of years ago, they brought legends. We know this because the same stories and similar hero names are found in other Polynesian groups. Other legends grew about historical events in our islands, about real people and places. Some are very old while others have grown in recent times. As all these stories were told and retold changes crept in. While the main story was the same, details became very different. No one can s...

"Why is that crowd down the valley Brother! What are all those people doing” Pikoi's brother was preparing food for the imu and did not hear the boy's question. Pikoi and his father had come from Kauai the day before. They had come to Manoa Valley on Oahu to visit a married sister. A crowd the very first day! Pikoi must find out what was going on. At first he went slowly down the trail, watching the people eagerly. He saw someone with a bow and arrows. Rat shooting...

O ka nani o keia moolelo, e ka makamaka heluhelu, aole ia he mea ahuwale. He mea pahaohao kekahi o ka Kamapuaa mau hana i loko no o ke ku ole o ia mau hana i na loina me na kuluma o kona wa. Peia paha e ike ai kanaka e no ke ao akua mai o Kama, a ua paa ia ia ka mana hookalakupua e lanakila ai o ia ma luna o na hoa paio ikaika he nui wale. O na wahi kinaunau nae o Kamapuaa kekahi mea e hoihoi pu ai ka moolelo ia kakou kanaka. Ma kona hanau ia ana, he kino kaula kona, aol...

Eia la, ke panee ia aku nei keia moolelo no loko mai o na ulu ohia loloa ma kai mai o Panaewa a i uka la o Waiakea, he kaao no Kamapuaa, he kupua e kaulana nei a puni ka paeaina i kana mau hana kupaianaha me kona ano he akua puaa ku i ke aiwaiwa. No Kamapuaa, he kupua, he puaa, he kanaka; ike ia i loko ona na ano no hoi i paa i loko o kakou pakahi a pau, na hemahema me na ikaika o ke kanaka, he akamai, he kolohe, he apiki, he ikaika ma ke kaua, he aea, he pakela ai (he a...

I ka poe heluhelu o ka Hoku Hawaii, eia makou ke hoopuka aku nei I keia wahi Moolelo Hoonanea, no ka pomaikai o ko ka Hoku poe heluhelu. He wahi moolelo kahiko keia no kela au kahiko o ka aina. A ua hoopuka aku makou i keia no keia mau pule e nee nei, me ka manaolana, ma ka hoomaka hou ana o keia makahiki ae, e oili aku ai ka “Moolelo Nani o Bene Ha”, a he moolelo hoi i hoopuka ia e kekahi kenelala kaulana o Amelika. Ua hoouna aku makou i ka puke o ia moolelo kaulana i A...

E noho ana ma kekahi wahi ma uka o Kohala, i kela au kahiko loa o ka aina, he kane me kana wahine. O ka inoa o ke kane, o ia no o Leimakani. A o ka inoa hoi o ka wahine, o ia o Hina. He loihi na la o ko laua noho ana me ka loaa ole o ka hua o ko laua noho hoao ana. O ka hana maamau i keia kanaka, o ia no ka mahiai uala ma uka paha o Honoipu. A o kana lawaia mau e hele ai, o ia no ka luu ula i kai o ia kahakai. Ia laua e noho ana me ka maikai, ua hoomaka maila o Hina e o...

The Hale Kuamoo–Hawaiian Language Center supports and encourages expansion of Hawaiian language as the medium of education, business, government, and other contexts of social life in Hawaii. The Center provides professional and material resources necessary to address this goal including educational support in the development of curriculum materials for Hawaiian medium education, teacher training, Na Maka O Kana Hawaiian language newspaper, and the Mamaka Kaiao dictionary...

He Alii nui o Lonoikamakahiki no ka mokupuni o Hawaii ma hope iho o ko Keawenuiaumi make ana; he kanaonokumamaha hanauna maia Wakea mai. O Keawenuiaumi kona makua kane, a o Kaihalawai kona makuahine; ma Napoopoo kona wahi i hanau ai, a ma laila no o ia i hanai ia ai a nui, e kona mau kahu, e Hauna laua me Loli, a me ka laua wahine o Kohenemonemo. I ko Lonoikamakahiki wa opiopio, oiai ua hoomaka ae kona noonoo ana, i ia manawa nana aela o Lonoikamakahiki, e kau ana na me...

The Hale Kuamoo–Hawaiian Language Center supports and encourages expansion of Hawaiian language as the medium of education, business, government, and other contexts of social life in Hawaii. The Center provides professional and material resources necessary to address this goal including educational support in the development of curriculum materials for Hawaiian medium education, teacher training, Na Maka O Kana Hawaiian language newspaper, and the Mamaka Kaiao dictionary...

He wahi manao hoolauna keia no ka poe e heluhelu mai ana i keia mookaao i hooili ia mai ia kakou e na kupuna o Hawaii nei. Ua hanau ia mai ka mea nona keia moolelo, o ia hoi o Kaehuikimanoopuuloa, ma ke ano he mano, a ua kapa ia kona inoa ma muli o ka lauoho ehu o ke akua mano kaulana o Puuloa, o Kaahupahau. A ia oukou e heluehlu ana i keia mookaao no Kaehuiki a me kona mau hoaalii mano, e kupu mai ana paha he mau ninau no ua poe mano nei. No ka mea, ua kapa ia kona ino...

The Hale Kuamoo–Hawaiian Language Center supports and encourages expansion of Hawaiian language as the medium of education, business, government, and other contexts of social life in Hawaii. The Center provides professional and material resources necessary to address this goal including educational support in the development of curriculum materials for Hawaiian medium education, teacher training, Na Maka O Kana Hawaiian language newspaper, and the Mamaka Kaiao dictionary...

Ua pai ia He Moolelo Kaao no Iwa i ka nupepa Ka Hoku o Hawaii i ka makahiki 1908. A ua pai hou ia me ka hahai ana i ke kulekele no ka hoano hou, ka hooponopono a me ka loihape ana e ka Hale Kuamoo. O kekahi laana ka waiho ana i na huaolelo i hoomaaka ia ma ke ano he hoike manao o ka mea kakau. Ua hookomo ia hoi ka manao o ka hoano hou ma na kuhia o lalo. Eia hou, na ka mea hoano hou no i haku i na olelo ma na kahaapo kihikihi [ ] ma muli o ka pelu ia o ke kope kumu. Ua...

O keia moolelo o Aukelenuia iku, o ia kekahi o na moolelo kaulana loa ma Hawaii nei. O Kuaihelani ka aina. O Iku ke kane, he alii. O Kapapaiakea ka wahine. Na laua na keiki he umikumamalua. E hoomaka ana ka olelo ma Kuaihelani. Eia na inoa o na keiki: Kekamakahinuiaiku, Kuaiku, Nohoaiku, Heleaiku, Kapukapuaiku, Heaa iku, Lonoheaiku, Naaiku, Noiaiku, Ikumailani me Aukelenuiaiku. He mau kane, a me Kaomeaaiku, he wahine. O Aukelenuiaiku ka mea nona keia moolelo. Mai ka hia...

Ma anei e ike ai kakou i ka poino o Aukelenuiaiku a me kona pakele ana i ka make a kona kaikuaana huhu, aloha ole. A haule o Aukelenuiaiku i loko o ka lua, kahea iho ua kaikuaana huhu la, penei: “E Kamooinanea e, eia mai ko ai la, ai ia mai.” la ia e kahea ana, holo maila kekahi kaikuaana o Aukelenuiaiku (he kaikuaana aloha ia ia), kahea ihola ma ka waha o ka lua, “E Kamooinanea e, mai ai mai oe! O ko moopuna mai no, o Aukelenuiaiku e lele akula.” Ma keia haule ana o Auk...

Mai ka nupepa Hawaii mua loa o Ka Lama Hawaii o ka makahiki 1834, o keia kaao a S. N. Haleole i kakau iho ai ka moolelo mua loa i hoopaa ia ma ke ano he puke heluhelu he 220 mau aoao kona loihi i ka makahiki 1863. O ia kekahi o na moolelo he nui a lehulehu i waiho ia na kakou i hooilina e paa ai na keehina hana o keia wa e imi ana i ke o loa o ko kakou lahui i ka hone mau o ka kakou olelo me ka inana pu o ko kakou mauli hiwa. Eia ke panee nei i mua o oukou he paina h...

Hoao ia o Kahauokapaka me Malaekahana No ka olelo paa a KahauokapakaImi o Malaekahana i ke kahuna e pakele ai Hanau a huna ia o Laieikawai me LaieloheloheImi aku o Hulumaniani i ke anuenue pio o Oahu I ke kamailio ana i keia kaao, ua olelo ia ma Laie, Koolau kona wahi i hanau ai, a he mau mahoe laua: o Kahauokapaka ka makua kane, o Malaekahana ka makuahine. O Kahauokapaka nae, o ia ke alii nona na okana elua o Koolau Loa a me Koolau Poko. Aia ia ia ka mana nui ma luna ...

He welina aloha i na kupa o ka aina e noho ana mai Hawaii Moku O Keawe, kahi e ike mua ia ai ka wehena kaiao, a i Niihau O Kahelelani, kahi e aui ai ka la i lalo o ka mole o Lehua. Ano, ke hoouna ia aku nei keia ohina moolelo o Lehua Ahihi i ka loa me ka laula o ko kakou paeaina, me ka manaolana e paipai a hoohoihoi i ka poe olelo Hawaii i ka heluhelu a pulama i na moolelo a na kupuna i waiho mai ai no kakou. Ma ko kakou noho ana he kanaka, ua nui na haawina o ka naa...

Aia ma ke komohana hema o ka mokupuni o Lanai, ma ka lihi kahakai, e ike ia aku no he wahi mokupuni puu pohaku pele ulaula e ku ohaoha ana ma luna o ka ilikai nona ke anawaena he kanaono kapuai, o kona kiekie hoi, he kanawalu kapuai. O ka mamao mai ka mokupuni aku o Lanai a hiki i ua wahi moku pohaku la, aia ma kahi o ke kanalima a kanaono anana, he kai hohonu ka mea nana i hookaawale ma waena o laua. O na aoao a pau o ua wahi mokupuni pohaku la, he mania pu e hiki ole a...

He mamo o Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole na na alii nui o na mokupuni o Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, a me Kauai. Eia ma lalo nei i hoike ia ai kekahi mau mea nui ma ka mookuauhau o Kuhio i hiki ke ike ia kona pili i na alii kaulana o Hawaii nei a puni o ka wa ma mua. Ma ka aoao o ko Kuhio mookuauhau mai Maui mai, he kupuna kane kuakolu o Kekaulike no Kuhio ma ka aoao o kona makuahine. Ma muli o ka nui o na wahine a Kekaulike, ua nui pu hoi kana poe keiki kiekie o ke kulana alii, a p...

Ma ka aoao o ko Kuhio mookuauhau mai Hawaii mai, he kupuna kane kuakolu o Keawe no Kuhio ma ka aoao o kona makuahine. Penei ka mookuauhau o Kuhio maia Keawe a Kuhio ponoi: O Keawe ka makua kane o Kalanikauleleiaiwi (w). O Kalanikauleleiaiwi laua o Kanekoa, a hanau o Poomaikalani (w). O Poomaikalani laua o Elelule, a hanau o Kuhio Kalanianaole (k). O Kuhio Kalanianaole laua o Kekaulike, a hanau o Kinoiki Kekaulike II (w). O Kinoiki Kekaulike II laua o David Kahalepou...

Olelo Hai Mua He puke keia i piha i na moolelo Hawaii no ka oukou heluhelu ana. Nui na mea i hiki ke ao ia ma na moolelo Hawaii kahiko a he nui na olelo ao. Ia oukou e heluhelu ana, e huli i keia mau mea waiwai ia kakou na Hawaii. He pili no i ko kakou noho ana i keia wa. E ulu ka hoi i ke ao a na kupuna!

Ua pai ia ma ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Iune 8, 1906) he moolelo au moana no Molokai i like me keia moolelo no Niihau. Eia Hou Keia Moolelo Au Moana O keia moolelo au moana ma lalo iho nei, ua loaa mai ia makou mai kekahi makuahine i hilinai ia, ana i lohe ai ma muli o ka loaa ana o keia moolelo au moana o Molokai.1 Pela hoi ia e hoike ia aku nei no keia au moana. I ka makahiki 1842, ua haalele akula kekahi ohana i ka mokupuni o Niihau ma luna o ka waa, a holo aela no Kauai. He e...

I ke au kahiko e noho ana he makua kane me kana keiki o Kinoulu ka inoa. Ua noho laua ma Kekaha i ka mokupuni o Hawai i a he lawai a ka laua hana. He holo laua i ka moana i na la a pau ma luna o ka wa a e kukaula ai. O ke kukaula kekahi ano lawai a ana me ke aho a me ka makau. I ka hiki ana o Kinoulu me kona makua kane i ke ko a i a, o ia ho i kahi e noho ai ka i a, he kukaula ka laua hana. Ki i mau ia na pohaku nunui kupono e Kinoulu a waiho ia i luna o ka wa a. Ua ho o...

E na makamaka o ka olelo makuahine mai Hawaii Nui Kuauli a i Niihau o ka Ua Naulu aloha pumehana kakou. Ke panee nei keia moolelo i mua o oukou, i mua o ka maka o na kanaka e kuupau nei i ka hooko i ka iini nui o kakou, o ia no ka hooikaika hou i ka olelo Hawaii. He mahele nui ia o ko kakou Mauli Ola Hawaii. Ma loko o keia moolelo i hoike ia ai kekahi ano kupono a kupono ole o ke kanaka ma ka wa kahiko. E maliu aku kakou i keia haawina, no ka mea, he mea no ia i pili i n...

O Keaahala ka aina. He wahi ka ia ma uka o Kaneohe. Ma laila i noho ai o Kahoe. He mahiai o Kahoe e noho ana me kana ohana ma ke alo o na pali kunihi o Koolau Poko.

E na makamaka pulama mau i ka olelo makuahine e noho mai nei mai kaulana a ka La i Kumukahi a i komohana a ka La i Lehua, welina me ke aloha. O ka La ka mea e malamalama ai ke ao; mahalo ia kona malamalama, o ia kekahi mea nui ma ko kakou ola ana. O ka malamalama, olelo ia ua like ia me ka naauao, a ua laha ia manao i loko o na mele a me na olelo noeau. Eia nae, pehea hoi ka wa loaa ole o ka malamalama He aha ka manao kuuna Hawaii no ka po Ma ke mele koihonua...

O Kona, ka aina o ke kai maokioki e waiho kunihi ana i ka pa olu mai a ka makani Eka, o ia kahi i noho ai ke alii, o Makalii kona inoa. O ke ano o ia alii, he pi a he makona. Aole e nalo ka iwi o ke alii ino, o ko ke alii maikai ke nalo. Upu ae kona manao ino e pilikia ai ka aina, ka poe, a me na holoholona. O kona manao, o ia ke kaili ana i ka ai a pau a nele loa ka aina. I mea e hooko ai i kana mea kolohe i hooholo ae ai, hoiliili aku o ia i na ai a pau o ka aina, o ke...