Hawaiʻi - Ahupuaa Research: Reference Books

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Other editions available: 1940 and 1970.
Part 1. The gods. Coming of the gods
Part 2. Children of the gods. The Pele myth
Part 3. The chiefs. Papa and Wakea - Genealogies
Part 4. Heroes and lovers in fiction. Kupua stories - Trickster stories - Voyage to the land of the gods.

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Based on Kamakau's articles in Hawaiian language newspapers, including information on ali'i to the 1840s. Numerous appendices on battles, dates, heiau, mele and chants, proverbs, genealogies.

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Earlier edition: 1978.

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Hawaiian land tenure and horticulture prior to Euro-American contact. Divided into five parts: 1) Prehistoric Perspective, 2) Plants and animals in the Hawaiian economy, 3) Demography of the Hawaiian Islands, 4) The Makahiki Harvest Festival, and 5) Descriptions of areas of habitation on each island.

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Accounts of Hawaiian origins, traditions, history and legends gathered from unattributed original sources. Divided in three volumes numbered 4-6: 4) covers story of islands' formation and origins, Aukelenuiaiku, Moikeha, Kila, Umi, Kihapiilani, Lonoikamakahiki, Kualii, and various legends; 5) covers Kawelo, Pakaa, Kuapakaa, and various legends; 6) covers religion, fishing, cultivation, games and sports, origins, migrations, voyaging, genealogy, chants and songs.

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Earlier edition: 1951.
A definitive resource upon which much scholarship is now based, Malo's work provides a look at the traditions as they existed in the first half of the 19th century. It includes some of the prayers and beliefs that pertained to the building of a canoe.

From: Thrumʻs Hawaiian Annual for 1938, the reference book of information and statistics relating to the Territory of Hawaii, of value to merchants, tourists and others (1938), pp. 121-142.
Includes Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu, and Kauai.

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Heavily illustrated survey of the history of Hawaii, to 1968, focusing on Honolulu and Oahu.

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