He Aupuni Palapala
Cover Image: Detail of front page of the January 1, 1862 issue of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Photo by David Franzen, ©2009 Bishop Museum Archives. QM 204791.
He Aupuni Palapala: Preserving and Digitizing the Hawaiian Language Newspapers is an ambitious, multi-year collaboration between Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu, supported by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority and with contributions from Kamehameha Schools. Its goals are to catalog the existing nūpepa (Hawaiian language newspapers) in public repositories in Hawaiʻi, recording the condition of each page. It will also redigitize and partner with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Papakilo Database to make word searchable the clearest pages available and to upload them online for free public access.
The Hawaiian language newspapers total more than 100,000 pages of text, encompassing practically all aspects of Hawaiian life, culture, literature, environment, and history—told in the words of Hawaiians of the day.
Aole o’u makemake e paio aku, he makemake ko’u e pololei ka moolelo o ko’u one hanau, aole na ka malihini e ao mai ia’u i ka mooolelo o ko’u lahui, na’u e ao aku i ka moolelo i ka malihini.
[I have no desire to argue, I want the history of my homeland to be accurate; it is not for the foreigner to teach me the history of my people, it is for me to teach it to the foreigner.]
—S. M. Kamakau, “Hooheihei ka Nukahalale…” Ke Au Okoa, 10/16/1865, p. 1
Aole o’u makemake e paio aku, he makemake ko’u e pololei ka moolelo o ko’u one hanau, aole na ka malihini e ao mai ia’u i ka mooolelo o ko’u lahui, na’u e ao aku i ka moolelo i ka malihini.
[I have no desire to argue, I want the history of my homeland to be accurate; it is not for the foreigner to teach me the history of my people, it is for me to teach it to the foreigner.]
—S. M. Kamakau, “Hooheihei ka Nukahalale…” Ke Au Okoa, 10/16/1865, p. 1
Detail of front page of the January 1, 1862 issue of Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Photo by David Franzen, ©2009 Bishop Museum Archives. QM 204791.
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.
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.
