Hoʻi i ke Kai: Prince Kūhiō’s Canoe to Return to the Sea
Prince Kūhiō’s racing canoe will once again find its place upon the great Pacific, on Saturday, November 8, 2025. In commemoration of Henry Weeks, the canoe maker of Kainaliu, here are newspaper articles and other items from the Bishop Museum Library & Archives related to him.
Something unexpected on a nice day out fishing, 1912
This article on fishing is not only fun to read, but it also uses a good number of vocabulary related to pole fishing.
Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani Kawēkiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa
This week Thursday, the 16th of October will be the 150th birthday of Princess Kaʻiulani!
E Hawaiʻi, e kuʻu one hānau ē…
On this day in 1886, Lorenzo Lyons left on the road we all must travel. He was a composer of many famous lyrics. But there perhaps is none more widely known than “Hawaiʻi Aloha.”
Moʻolelo of Elizabeta Kaʻahumanu by S. M. Kamakau
Here is another post for Hawaiian History Month: the first part (of a three part serial) of S. M. Kamakau’s history of Kaʻahumanu.
A History of the Historian David Malo
n commemoration of Act 167 which makes September officially Hawaiian History Month in Hawaiʻi, here is a short history of the historian David Malo.
A fishing anecdote
Traditionally, discussing fishing ahead of time brought with it unfavorable results.
J. H. Kanepuu on traditional counting.
Joseph H. Kanepuu, in 1862 called out to those writing traditional stories for the newspapers asking them not to leave things out. “For those generations of Hawaiians of 1870, and 1880, and 1890, and 1990, they will want it. Some five years later, he writes about traditional counting.
Hōlua, A Sled for Coasting Down Hillsides.
In 1905, Ka Na’i Aupuni published an article about a hōlua found by Mr. Napoleon Kalolii Pukui in Hoʻokena, South Kona.
Awaiaulu – Ke Kumu Aupuni.
Today we present to you S. M. Kamakau’s account of Kaʻiana [Kaʻianaaʻahuʻula] meeting Kamehameha Paiʻea, as found in the nūpepa, and the English translation by Awaiaulu.
