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...The first edition of The Ahupuaa, published in 1979, was planned and developed by the Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian Studies Institute. It was the first publication undertaken by the institute, which was created in 1978 to conso...

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...In the time of umi, son of the great chief Liloa, the Hawaiian islands were divided into political regions. The four mokupuni (larger islands) of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii were divided into moku (districts). The smaller isla...

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...In a traditional Hawaiian context, nature and culture are one and the same, there is no division between the two. The wealth and limitations of the land and ocean resources gave birth to, and shaped the Hawaiian world view. The aina (land), wai (water), kai(ocean), a...

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...At the request of Scott R. Atkinson, Director of Marine and Coastal Conservation, of The Nature Conservancy, and in partnership with the Department of Land and Natural Resources-Division of Aquatic Resources, the University of H...

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...This volume, compiled at the request of Scott Atkinson on behalf of The Nature Conservancy, includes excerpts from more than 130 oral history interviews that have been conducted by Kepa Maly over the last twenty-eight years. The interviewees were bo...

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...All of the formal recorded interviews were transcribed1 and the draft transcripts returned (with the recordings) to the interviewees. Follow up discussions were also conducted in review of the drafttranscripts, and the review pr...

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...Introduction. 1 -- Interview Methodology. 1 -- Release Of Oral History Interview Documentation. 2-Contributors To The Oral History Documentation. 2 -- Ka Hana Lawaia:-Kamaaina Observations (1900 To 2003). 8 -- Oral History Interviews. 10 -- (Cited By Date Of Recording And Island ...

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...This third volume of the definitive history of the Hawaiian Kingdom completes the project launched over forty years ago by the Historical Commission of the Territory of Hawaii and taken over in 1932 by the Department of History of the Universi...

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...In his history of the last years of the Hawaiian monarchy (1874–1893), Professor Kuykendall shows clearly the effects of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 with the United States, tying Hawaii so closely to its nearest neighbor, economi...

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...Chapter 1. Kalakaua Becomes King. 3 -- Chapter 2. Reciprocity: The Dream Comes True. 17 -- Try, Try Again. 17 -- Negotiation Of The Treaty. 22 -- Amendment, Ratification, And Legislation. 26 -- British Reaction To The Reciprocity Treaty. 40 -- Chapter 3. Reciprocity And The Hawaiian Econ...

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A Collection Of Traditions, Historical Accounts And Kama'aina Recollections Of Kaluanui And Vicinity, Ko'olauloa, Island Of O'ahu.

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...At the request of Jeffery Merz, Senior Planner with Oceanit, on behalf of the Department of Land and Natural Resources-Division of State Parks, Kumu Pono Associates, conducted detailed archival-historical research and a limited ...

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...-- Introduction -- 1 -- Background 1 -- Approach To Conducting The Study -- 1 -- Historical Documentary Resources -- 3 -- Oral History Interviews -- 3 -- A Historical Overview Of Kaluanui And Neighboring Lands Of Koolauloa -- 4 -- Kaluanui Ma Koolauloa 4 -- Residency And Land Use In K...

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...This book is the second of three volumes designed to provide a general history of the modern Hawaiian Kingdom. The first volume was published some years ago under the title, The Hawaiian Kingdom, 1778-1854: Foundation and Transformation. ...

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...The first attempts to establish steam navigation among the Hawaiian islands were made by men engaged in similar enterprises in California; they were part of a much larger movement. The expansion of the United States to the Pa...

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...Service. 3 -- Interisland Steam Navigation. 11 -- Transoceanic Transporation. 15 -- Harbor Improvements. 19 -- Land Travel. 23 -- Mail Service. 26 -- The New King. 33 -- Administrative Organization. 36 -- General Policy. 37 -- Mission of W. L. Lee. 39 -- Failure of the Reciprocity Treaty. 45 -- Great Britain and the Reciprocity Treaty. 47 -- New Treaty with France. 47 -- Q...

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...The love of personal decoration appears very early in the history of the human race. When the fierce struggle for existence and the pursuit of food and shelter allowed time for the consideration of family, the keen hunters m...

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...The lion's mane, the tiger's skin, the eagle's feather were man's earliest adornment, and it is not improbable that woman in humble emulation of her lord made for herself clusters and bands of flowers or fruits, while the dwe...

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...Beginning with the traditional history of the great chief ‘Umi and ending with the death of Kamehameha III in 1854, this volume covers the rediscovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook, the consolidation of the Hawaiian Kingdom ...

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...The first article, dated December 16, 1920, was entitled “A Tale of Kekuhaupi‘o, the Famous Warrior of the Era of Kamehameha the Great (Written for the readers of Ka Hoku o Hawaii).” The serial initially focuses on the story ...

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...The Young Kekuhaupi‘o. 1 -- A New Teacher.. 3 -- The Ailolo Ceremony.. 6 -- Luring the Niuhi Shark.. 9 -- The Niuhi Shark: Methods of Capture.. 11 -- Battling the Niuhi Shark. 13 -- Ailolo Offering and a Lua Contest.. 15 -- I...

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...The Kumulipo (“Beginning-in-deep-darkness”) is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs. Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its two thousand lines provide an extended gene...

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... Twenty years have passed since the publication of Martha Warren Beckwith?s translation and extended annotation of the Kumulipo, a Hawaiian cosmogonic and genealogical chant. When it appeared in 1951 she was celebrating her eightieth birthday. Except for on...

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...I.The Prose Note. 7 --Ii. Rank In Hawaii. 11 -- Iii. The First-Born Son And The Taboo. 15 -- Iv. Lono Of The Makahiki. 18 --V. Captain Cook As Lono. 22 --Vi. Two Dynasties. 25vii. The Master Of Song. 35 -- Viii. Prologue To The...

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...R. S. Kuykendall spent four decades of his life writing the history of Hawaii. He came to the Islands in 1922 as executive secretary of the newly formed Historical Commission of the Territory of Hawaii. The Commission planned, among other projects, to publish...

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...This volume is one of the fruits of a project undertaken more than a dozen years ago by the Historical Commission of the Territory of Hawaii and carried on since 1932 by the University of Hawaii. The project called for the preparation of a com...

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...Preface. xi -- List of Abbreviations. xiii -- Introduction: A Glimpse of Ancient Hawaii. 1 -- Coming of the Foreigners. 12 -- Kamehameha and the Founding of the Kingdom. 29 -- 1819. 61 -- Kamehameha II. 71 -- Early Commercial Development. 82 -- ...

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...This collection of oral history interviews was compiled by Kumu Pono Associates LLC, at the request of Sam Garcia, Jr., and Jon Garcia, and accompanies a collection of historical accounts dating from the 1790s to the 1950s. The larger study ...

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...Developed as a souvenir for Sixth US Army's decommissioning in 1995, "Born of War ... Dedicated to Peace" details the unit's history from World War II until its flag was furled. Author Sharon E. Cathcart (writing under her previous by-line of Sharon E. Everett-Roles) and military historian Lt. Col. ...

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...a criminológica que enfatiza en la necesidad coadyuvar con centros de internamiento psiquiátricos. In ancient times mental illnesses did not have the same explanation that we give them today. Following the positivist school, all demonological explanation of psychopathologies was left behind. The advances in psychology and psychiatry allowed to have a greater understand...

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Letter of Francisco de Montejo Xiu to the King, April 12, 1567 from Yucatan.

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...Testimony of Ismael Guadalupe Ortiz on Vieques, Puerto Rico (October 2. 1979). Text first printed in Spanish in Arturo Metendez Lopez, La Batalla de Vieques (Bavamdn, Puerto Rico: COPEC. 1982). Translation courtesy of Ismael Guadalupe ...

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...Published in The Crisis, December 1975. As the United States prepared to celebrate the Bicentennial of the American revolution of 1776, anti-imperialists sought to call the nation back to its anti-colonial routes. A focus of many activist...

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...This is a transcription of a lecture given by Walter Rodney on 12 October 1968 at the Congress of Black Writers in Montreal, Canada. The original audiotape of the lecture and the others from the 1968 Congress of Black Writers are in the possession o...

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...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 "c...

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...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 arriv...

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...Preface. v -- Introduction. 1 -- Selection. 3 -- Felling. 9 -- Hewing. 15 -- Hauling. 19 -- Finishing. 25 -- Consecration and Launching. 33 -- Tools. 39 -- Parts of a Canoe. 47 -- Types of Canoes. 57 -- Contemporary Hawaiian Sailing Canoes. 63 -- Summary. 83 -- Suggested Reading List. 85 -- Suggested Audio-Visual Resources. 86 -- Additional Reso...