Na Kuaaina
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Author | : Davianna Pōmaika‘i McGregor |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2007-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0824863704 |
The word kua‘âina translates literally as "back land" or "back country." Davianna Pômaika‘i McGregor grew up hearing it as a reference to an awkward or unsophisticated person from the country. However, in the context of the Native Hawaiian cultural renaissance of the late twentieth century, kua‘âina came to refer to those who actively lived Hawaiian culture and kept the spirit of the land alive. The mo‘olelo (oral traditions) recounted in this book reveal how kua‘âina have enabled Native Hawaiians to endure as a unique and dignified people after more than a century of American subjugation and control. The stories are set in rural communities or cultural kîpuka—oases from which traditional Native Hawaiian culture can be regenerated and revitalized. By focusing in turn on an island (Moloka‘i), moku (the districts of Hana, Maui, and Puna, Hawai‘i), and an ahupua‘a (Waipi‘io, Hawai‘i), McGregor examines kua‘âina life ways within distinct traditional land use regimes. The ‘òlelo no‘eau (descriptive proverbs and poetical sayings) for which each area is famous are interpreted, offering valuable insights into the place and its overall role in the cultural practices of Native Hawaiians. Discussion of the landscape and its settlement, the deities who dwelt there, and its rulers is followed by a review of the effects of westernization on kua‘âina in the nineteenth century. McGregor then provides an overview of social and economic changes through the end of the twentieth century and of the elements of continuity still evident in the lives of kua‘âina. The final chapter on Kaho‘olawe demonstrates how kua‘âina from the cultural kîpuka under study have been instrumental in restoring the natural and cultural resources of the island.
Author | : Davianna McGregor |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0824829468 |
Oral traditions are recounted in this collection of stories that reveal how those who actively lived Hawaiian culture and kept the spirit of the land alive have enabled native Hawaiians to endure as a unique and dignified people.
Author | : Abraham Fornander |
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Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Folklore |
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Literature collection of Hawaiian antiquities, legends, traditions, mele, and genealogies that were gathered by Abraham Fornander, S. M. Kamakau, J. Kepelino, S. N. Haleole and others. The original collection of manuscripts was purchased from the Fornander estate following his death in 1887 by Charles R. Bishop for preservation, and became part of the Bishop Musem collection. The papers were published from 1916-1919 as volume IV, V, and VI of the series Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. The manuscripts were translated, revised and edited by Dr. W. D. Alexander and Thomas G. Thrum.
Author | : Lorrin Andrews |
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Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1865 |
Genre | : English Language--dictionaries--hawaiian |
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Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1841 |
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Author | : Thomas George Thrum |
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Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Folklore |
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Literature collection of Hawaiian antiquities, legends, traditions, mele, and genealogies that were gathered by Abraham Fornander, S. M. Kamakau, J. Kepelino, S. N. Haleole and others. The original collection of manuscripts was purchased from the Fornander estate following his death in 1887 by Charles R. Bishop for preservation, and became part of the Bishop Musem collection. The papers were published from 1916-1919 as volume IV, V, and VI of the series Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. The manuscripts were translated, revised and edited by Dr. W. D. Alexander and Thomas G. Thrum.
Author | : Andrews Lorrin |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2022-03-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3752586036 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. To which is appended an English Hawaiian Vocabulary and a chronological table of remarkable events.
Author | : Abraham Fornander |
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Total Pages | : 674 |
Release | : 1916 |
Genre | : Folklore |
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Author | : Hawaii. Board of immigration |
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Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 1890 |
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Author | : Edith Kawelohea McKinzie |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780939154289 |