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KUʻIALUAOPUNA preserves the Hawaiian art of Lua by grounding education in ancestral tradition. By drawing from our moʻolelo and history, we bring ancient knowledge into a modern profession. Join us every month as we share stories that connect our Pacific cultures, inspire self-discovery, and honor our collective past.
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Ka'u, THE LEGENDARY SETTING
THE POLYNESIAN FAMILY SYSTEM IN KA-ʻU, HAWAIʻI by E. S. CRAIGHILL HANDY and MARY KAWENA PUKUI with a concluding Chapter on the History...
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May 24, 202217 min read
Native Use of Fish in Hawaii
INTRODUCTION FISH, including shellfish, were the main protein-giving elements of the Hawaiian diet. Pig, dog, chicken and wild birds...
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May 16, 202227 min read
Tamahamaha
CHAPTER XIV Kamehameha's Conquest of Maui and Oahu At the death of Ka-hekili in 1793 Ka-ʻeo-ku-lani became ruling chief of Maui, Molokai,...
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May 9, 202231 min read
Kane i Ka Wai
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna The Water of Kāne and Other Legends of the Hawaiian Islands compiled by Maty Kawena Pūkuʻi retold by Caroline Curtis...
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May 9, 202219 min read
Kapena Cook
CHAPTER VIII Captain Cook's Visit to Hawaii ... It was eighty-eight years ago, in January, 1778, that Captain Cook first came to Hawaii.*...
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May 6, 202222 min read
History of Ancient Waipio Valley
Historic Drawing by William Ellis of the Waipio Valley – Pub 1824 Engraved by J. Archer THE SHARK-MAN, NANAUE MRS. E. M. NAKUINA Hawaiian...
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May 27, 202114 min read
Kamiki and Maka'iole
Traditions of the Lands of the Kahalu‘u-Keauhou Vicinity Kumu Pono Associates LLC HiKaha89(b) © Apr. 7, 2007 (prepared by Kepä Maly,...
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May 21, 202110 min read
Lonoiokamakahiki
Photo: Kuʻialuaopuna Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii Samuel M. Kamakau Revised Edition pgs 47-63 Lono-i-ka-makahiki was a son of...
Kuialuaopuna
May 3, 202127 min read
Unwritten Literature of Hawaiʻi An Introduction Keone Nunes and Glen Grant First published in 1909
Unwritten Literature of Hawaiʻi An Introduction Keone Nunes and Glen Grant First published in 1909 by the Bureau of American Ethnology,...
Kuialuaopuna
May 3, 20218 min read
The Death of Kalani‘ōpu‘u and a Power Struggle
Originally published in Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in Hawaiian by Reverend Stephen L. Desha...
Kuialuaopuna
Apr 23, 202114 min read
Kalaniopu'u his make loa
THE DEATH OF KALANI‘ŌPU‘U AND A POWER STRUGGLE Death of Kalani‘ōpu‘u and a List of Progeny August 4, 1921 After Kamehameha left his...
Kuialuaopuna
Apr 4, 202140 min read
Kekuhaupi'o#4
THE NAHA STONE IS MOVED The Naha Stone June 23, 1921 The men who were kilo and kuhikuhipu‘uone, who understood the omens having to do...
Kuialuaopuna
Mar 29, 202128 min read
Hawaii-First Encounters with Europeans
Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Originally published in Ka Hoku o Hawaii Kamehameha and his warrior Kekūhaupi‘o Written in...
Kuialuaopuna
Mar 29, 202129 min read
Kiha'api'ilani
Ruling Chiefs CHAPTER II ...
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Mar 29, 202120 min read
Manahune / Menehune
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna XXIII HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY Martha Beckwith pg. 321 MU AND MENEHUNE PEOPLE LUA-NUʻU (Second Nuʻu, or cycle of...
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Mar 26, 20217 min read
The fist Ahuʻula
Photo: Feather cape, probably before 1850 C.E., olona fibre, feather, 68.5 x 45 cm, Hawaii © Trustees of the British Museum...
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Mar 26, 20219 min read
Kawelo
XXII KAWELO MANY Kawelos are named in the legends of the islands of Oahu and Kauai, but one only was the strong, the mighty warrior who...
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Mar 25, 202114 min read
Hoʻomana iā Kāne
IV THE KANE WORSHIP KANE was the leading god among the great gods named by the Hawaiians at the time of the arrival of the missionaries...
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Mar 25, 202115 min read
Imaikalani Chief of Kaʻū
Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Images Of Old Hawaii May 14, 2016 by Peter T Young https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/imaikalani/ ʻĪmaikalani Although...
Kuʻialuaopuna
Mar 15, 20214 min read
Molokaʻi-Nui-a-Hina
(Oral history account told by John Kaimikaua to me) Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna Molokaʻinui a Hina This Moʻolelo was shared to me by Kumu Hula,...
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Mar 10, 20213 min read
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