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Pages: 184
Authors: Anne Kapulani Landgraf
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-01-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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For the first time, a native Hawaiian photographer has combined her photographs with traditional Hawaiian references taken from native historians, lending the v
Legendary Hawai'i and the Politics of Place
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Cristina Bacchilega
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-03 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Hawaiian legends figure greatly in the image of tropical paradise that has come to represent Hawai'i in popular imagination. But what are we buying into when we
Voyaging Chiefs of Havai'i
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Teuira Henry
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-01-01 - Publisher: Kalamaku Press

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"The oral traditions collected herein are a tribute to the 'living spirit and divine courage' of [Pacific island] voyagers." -from the Introduction by Dennis Ka
Place Names of Hawaii
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Mary Kawena Pukui
Categories: Foreign Language Study
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How many place names are there in the Hawaiian Islands? Even a rough estimate is impossible. Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks, trees, canoe landings, resting
Displacing Natives
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Houston Wood
Categories: History
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Book written from a decolonization perspective of Hawaiian history. The woerk is derived from oral and written Hawaiian language texts by invoking Native repres