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Pukui was born on April 20, 1895, in her grandmother's home, named Hale Ola, in Haniumalu, Kaʻu, on Hawaiʻi Island, to Henry Nathaniel Wiggin (originally from Salem, Massachusetts, of a distinguished shipping family descended from Massachusetts Bay Colony governor Simon Bradstreet and his wife, the poet Anne Bradstreet) [6] and Mary Paʻahana Kanakaʻole, descendant of a long line of kahuna ...
Kaoanaeha was the most beautiful woman on the island of Owhyhee (Hawaii) and was the admiration of all the sailors who visited Karakakooa Bay. She was the only daughter of Keliimaiki, the favorite brother of the great King, Kamehameha I. John Young and Kaoanaeha were soon married.
Wong-Kalu is Cultural Ambassador for the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement. [13] Wong-Kalu is a founder of the Kulia Na Mamo transgender health project and cultural director of a Hawaiian public charter school. She is also a former Hawaiian language kumu at Leeward Community College. [14]
Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library is an online, digital library of Native Hawaiian reference material for cultural and Hawaiian language studies. The services are free and are provided and maintained by Kahaka ‘Ula O Ke’elikolani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo [1] and Ka Waihona Puke 'Ōiwi Native Hawaiian Library at Alu Like. [2]
Kahalewai was well known for her sultry voice, her three octave range, and her stately manner. [5] [2] She performed on dozens of commercial records and recorded with Decca Records and Capitol Records [4] Her biography at the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame describes her as "the most widely-recognized and revered female singing voice in Hawai‘i during her memorable professional career.
The Queen's Prayer, or in Hawaiian Ke Aloha O Ka Haku. It was published as Liliʻuokalani's Prayer, with the Hawaiian title and English translation ("The Lord's Mercy") now commonly called "The Queen's Prayer". [35] It is a famous mele, composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani, March 22, 1895, while she was under house arrest at ʻIolani Palace.
Lani in the Hawaiian language means "heaven", and in some cases, "sky". [1] The word is derived from Proto-Polynesian *raŋi. [2] Lani is a relatively common name in the Hawaiian language. Last Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani, had a name including the term lani.
In 2003, [18] the term mahuwahine was coined within Hawaii's queer community: māhū (in the middle) + wahine (woman), the structure of the word is similar to Samoan fa'a (the way of) + fafine (woman/wife). The term mahuwahine resembles a transgender identity that coincides with Hawaiian cultural renaissance. [19]