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Ulukau - Hawaiian Electronic Library - Resources for the use, teaching, and revitalization of the Hawaiian Language and for a broader and deeper understanding of Hawaiʻi. Note: For the English version, click English Text in upper right corner.
Ulukau includes:
-Marriage records
-Court records
Divorce from 1848-1915
Probate records
Wills 1852-1916
-Citizenship records
Naturalization records 1844-1894
Denization 1846-1898
Passports 1845-1874
-This database has been around the longest, since 2003
-eBooks are being added
-FREE, open access to all of these resources
-Also available in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
The Mission of Kanaeokana is to collaboratively develop and strengthen a Native Hawaiian education system—built on a strong ʻōlelo Hawai‘i and ʻike Hawai‘i foundation.
Kanaeokana includes the following and more....:
Kumukahi by Kamehameha Publishing - Living Hawaiian Culture and its connections to a rich ancestral past; explore more than 60 diverse topics explained by cultural practitioners and community experts from across the paeʻaina.
Huapala - Site for Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives created by Deldrien Kaʻiulani Kanoa-Martin, presented for perpetuation of Hawaiian Culture. Includes mele, chants, information on composers, lyrics, as well as place-based mele. Organized by song title, first line, or chorus. Songs available in both English and Hawaiian. Click on music note to listen to the melody.
Nā Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - Hawaiian Dictionary
Wehewehe Wikiwiki - Hawaiian Language Dictionary provided by the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Hawaii State Archives - Records, documents, and materials of historical interest to Hawaiʻi including:
-Genealogical, land, legislative & court documents
-Photographs, maps & artifacts
Digital Archives of Hawaiʻi - Explore the digital holdings of the Hawaiʻi State Archives.
Papakilo Database - OHA - Varied collections of data pertaining to the historically and culturally significant places, events, and documents in Hawaiʻi's history.
Papakilo searching includes:
Kipuka - OHA - Includes GIS (Geographical Information System), Mapping Technology, information about native Hawaiian land, culture, & history. Traditional land systems: moku, ahupuaʻa, ʻili, kuleana.
Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center - Kamehameha Schools - Explores the breadth and depth of the Hawaiian culture and the richness of our Pacific world.
ʻŌiwi TV - Ka Leo ʻŌiwi - 13 episodes - Practice ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, go on huakaʻi, and kanikapila with local musicians. Kulāiwi 30 episodes - by Kamehameha Schools, for us to learn ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.
Hōkūleʻa - Polynesian Voyaging Society - Perpetuating the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging.
ʻuluʻulu - Official State Archive for moving images. Archive for film about Hawaiʻi or filmed in Hawaiʻi. Allows you to preview video clips and "ask an archivist" to view the entire video for 2 weeks of viewing time.
Hawai'i Biological Survey (Bishop Museum)
The Hawaii Biological Survey (HBS) is an ongoing natural history inventory of the Hawaiian archipelago. It was created to locate, identify, and evaluate all native and non-native fauna and flora within the state, and to maintain the reference collections of that biota for a wide range of uses.
Lā Kūʻokoʻa - Hawaiian Independence Day
Lā Kūʻokoʻa is a kingdom holiday that was first celebrated in 1843 to commemorate Hawaiʻi’s sovereignty and independence. That was the year when the United States, Britain, and France officially recognized Hawaiian independence due to the efforts of the kingdom’s first diplomat Timoteo Haʻalilio and his associate Williiam Richards. Though Haʻalilio passed away on the return voyage to Hawaiʻi, they were successful in their mission, and the independence of Hawaiʻi was celebrated for the next five decades. To learn more, check out Kanaeokana's website on Lā Kūʻokoʻa.
Digital Resources available 24/7, no late fees, search by availability, author, genre, format, and more.
Libby - eBooks, audiobooks & magazines
Pressreader - access the Maui News digital version for more recent articles or The New York Times
Genealogy Databases - learn about your moʻokūʻauhau
HSPLS YouTube - Moʻokūʻauhau: How to get started finding your family roots
Hawaii State Public Library System
Apply for a Library Card with this form and get access to all online digital resources! Adults must present a valid photo ID and proof of mailing address. Minors must have their application co-signed by a parent or guardian who must present a current ID and proof of mailing address.
Hawaiian Resources include:
Listen to Hawaiian music CDs
Watch Hawaiian DVDs - documentaries like Hoʻohaliʻa: Stories From Our Kupuna or movies in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi like Disneyʻs Moana.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Through the Library of Congress
Search 1789-1963
Can look up family members from the continent
See what others around the U.S. were writing about Hawaiʻi
Nā Puke - The Books
Nā Puke - The Books
The Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi by His Hawaiian Majesty Kalākaua
This is a full text copy of the book written by King David Kalākaua. It is provided by the Project Gutenberg (a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library.)
David Maloʻs Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Antiquities)
A singular account of Hawaiian culture and society in pre-Christian times. This engrossing study, tells of the material world of Hawaiians, as well as their origins, myths and beliefs.
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - Hawaiian Language
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - Hawaiian Language
Hawaiian Word of the Day - Hawaii News Now
Dr. Lāiana Kanoa-Wong features a new Hawaiian word once per week on Hawaii News Now Sunrise.
Click the 3 lines in the upper right corner of this video to access more Hawaiian Words of the Day.
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