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Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was a smart and generous leader who impacted the lives of many children. She knew that education was the key to success and also understood that her responsibility as a Hawaiian aliʻi was to serve her people. Upon her passing in 1884, she founded the Kamehameha Schools to educate Native Hawaiian boys and girls for generations to come.
These online learning activities will help you learn about Pauahiʻs life and the impact of her legacy. Through studying the ʻohana of Pauahi, we will learn about the value of moʻokū‘auhau, or the history of one's ancestors. We also take a quick glimpse into Pauahi's life (family, education, marriage, legacy, etc.) to learn about the value of aloha and how she stood by this value to make decisions in her life.
20 Pauahi _o Kalani.m4aPauahi ʻo Kalani by Queen Liliʻuokalani
Click on the box above if your device does not play the audio right awayKa wahine hele lā o Kaiona, alualu wai liʻulā o ke kaha pua ʻōhai
Interpretation: The woman, Kaiona, who travels in the sunshine pursuing
the mirage of the place where the ʻōhai blossoms grow
Kaiona was a goddess of Kaʻala and the Waiʻanae Mountains. She was a kind person who helped anyone who lost his way in the mountains by sending a bird, an ʻiwa, to guide the lost one out of the forest. In modern times Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was compared to Kaiona in songs.
Source: ʻŌlelo Noʻeau 1643 from Mary Kawena Pukui's ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Bishop Museum Press, 1983Background Image: Princess Pauahi's will, Kamehameha Schools
Kaiona by R.Y. Racoma
Wai‘anae Coast Hale by R.Y. Racoma
ʻIwa Birds by R.Y. Racoma
We are learning about moʻokūʻauhau through the ʻohana of Pauahi
We are learning about the value of aloha through the life and legacy of Pauahi
Aloha Pauahi: Queen of our Hearts
Aloha Pauahi: Queen of our Hearts
In the following slide show presentation, we will be learning about the value of aloha through learning about the life and legacy of Princess Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop. She was a woman who lived her life through serving, loving, and caring for other people. After viewing the slide show presentation, please answer all the questions in the Google Form titled Aloha Pauahi.
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Glossary of Hawaiian Terms
Glossary of Hawaiian Terms
aliʻi : Chief, chiefess, officer, ruler, monarch, peer, headman, noble, aristocrat, king, queen, commander; royal, regal, aristocratic, kingly; to rule or act as a chief, govern, reign; to become a chief
hānai : foster child, adopted child
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