Lau Kānaka No Hawaiʻi

Watch a video by Kanaeokana on how the Hawaiian Kingdom came to be, how it evolved to stand firmly on the international world stage of sovereign nations, and how the United States came to occupy Hawai‘i.

The purpose of Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, is to make these resources available for the use, teaching, and revitalization of the Hawaiian language and for a broader and deeper understanding of Hawaiʻi.  It is the hope of the authors of Ulukau that knowledge and understanding can come to the person who makes the effort to read the language and the words of this electronic library.

Kanaeokana is a network of over 80 ʻōlelo Hawai'i, Hawaiian culture, and ʻāina-based schools (preschool through university level) and organizations collaborating to strengthen Hawaiian education and nurture the next generations of aloha 'āina leaders.

Fun Hawaiian culture-based activities to do with your keiki. Learning a little bit every day is easy. Use these free resources to continue to learn, during the summer months or throughout the year. You don’t have to be a KS student, there is no login and the resources are available online anytime.

Dr. Perkins is a teacher and independent scholar focused on Hawaiian and Indigenous theory. His PhD is in Political Science, and his dissertation covered Hawaiian land tenure, specifically native tenant rights and Kuleana Act of 1850. He's the author of the forthcoming Moʻolelo: A Hawaiian History. Perkins is now also working on his academic book manuscript, tentatively entitled Reserving Native Rights: A Genealogy of Kuleana Lands in Hawai'i.

Learn about an effort by a hui of Kānaka to exist as a sovereign Hawaiian Kingdom Government presently operating within the occupied State of the Hawaiian Islands.

Puʻuhonua O Puʻuhuluhulu was established by Kiaʻi with the support of the Royal Order of Kamehameha ʻEkahi for the purpose of protecting sacred Mauna Kea. Many recorded lectures and resources from the 2019 stand to protect the Mauna are available on YouTube and on the website linked here.

Exclusive ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i Lessons by Lau Kānaka No Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Civic Club of Arizona Member Kumu Kēhau Chrisman, originally published in our monthly newsletter.

Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi is an online Hawaiian language dictionary. For a guide on how to use this tool, review this guide provided by Kamehameha Schools.

Ku-A-Kanaka, which means: stand as a Hawaiian, live as a Hawaiian, be Hawaiian, is a native Hawaiian, family-owned and operated social enterprise promoting and advancing Hawaiian language, culture, and traditions. Our goal is to assist building a thriving lāhui, where educated kanaka grounded in Hawaiian values work together to contribute to their communities, locally and globally.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA’s) Papakilo Database, is the ongoing development of a cutting edge and comprehensive “Database of Databases” consisting of varied collections of data pertaining to historically and culturally significant places, events, and documents in Hawai'i’s history.

The indexes were prepared by Hawaiʻi State Archives staff, and the information contained therein was extracted from a variety of records with genealogical information preserved by the Archives. Includes marriage, court, and divorce records, court records, probate and wills, citizenship and denization, as well as passports.

The following documents were created by Jessica Kalika EnYuck Wong as part of her Plan B thesis titled: Navigating Through Repositories: Making Mo'okū'auhau Research User-Friendly. IncludesPDFs of kūpuna charts and a beginners guide to researching.

The Urban Farm is "Your Go-To Resource for Online Food-Growing Education." Through their courses, classes, and podcasts, we can help you gain the understanding, the confidence, and the inspiration to grow your own food.Learn the steps, get supplies, and implement your perfect drip tape or water harvesting system to optimize water usage during our long drought here in AZ.

Kia'i on Hawai'i Island are currently fighting to protect Mauna Kea, a deeply sacred site and the tallest mountain in the world, from the construction of the destructive, billion-dollar, Thirty Meter Telescope Project (TMT). Forty years ago, the people of Hawaiʻi agreed to share our highest and most sacred summit with a small community of UH astronomers--on the promise of protection and stewardship for fragile alpine habitats, endemic native species, and sacred cultural landscapes. Sadly, the promise to mālama (care for) our sacred summit remains unfulfilled.

In November, 14,000 gallons of fuel and water were released from the Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Despite the Navy’s claims that the leak had been contained, fumes in nearby neighborhoods spark 911 calls. A week later, reports were made of oily sheens and fuel like odors in the water along with hundreds of complaints of symptoms consistent with petroleum exposure—headaches, vomiting, rashes, and sores. Now, those reports are in the thousands and many of the families have been displaced from their homes with little information on what will happen next.

Chi'chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat) is a sacred site in the Tonto National Forest for the San Carlos Apache and other Native American Tribes in the region—a place to pray, collect water and medicinal plants, gather acorns, honor the people who are buried there, and perform sacred religious ceremonies. Oak Flat is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural Property and protected from mining by since 1955 by President Eisenhower. Resolution’s underground mine would cause Oak Flat to collapse into a mile-wide, 1,000-foot-deep crater. Learn how you can take action.

#MMIWG2S – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womxn, Girls, and Two Spirit. 4 out of 5 of our Native women are affected by violence today. The U.S Department of Justice found that American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average. Homicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among 10-24 years of age and the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years of age. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Homicide

Boarding schools (also referred to as Residential schools, and more recently, assimilation camps) were institutions run by the federal government and churches within Canada and the United States with the intention of absorbing Indigenous peoples into dominant Western culture, by displacing them from their culture. Recently, efforts to survey school grounds for gravesites has resulted in the uncovering of thousands of children's remains, bringing to light the truth of this colonial violence.

Did you know recreating at Flagstaff's Snowbowl, from skiing in the winter tothe chairlift rides in the summer, is against the wishes of our Native relatives and locals? Though aCoconino Forest Service DEIS Page 3-121 stated “It is unrealistic to think that the Snowbowl would be a significant driver of tourism activity or the economy,” reclaimed sewage continues to be sprayed unnecessarily on the sacred San Francisco Peaks to make fake snow. To learn more, watch the eye-opening documentary The Snowbowl Effect (2004), directed by Klee Benally for FREE on YouTube.

After the invention of atomic weapons in 1945 and the subsequent development of nuclear power plants, over 90% of all domestic mining occurred on or just outside of the boundaries of Navajo reservations. The health implications of radiation exposure can range from cancers and skin diseases to respiratory issues and bone deterioration and can even be passed down from generation to generation, creating a web of health complications. Today, survivors still struggle with generational health issues and access to safe water and land. Learn more here.

As Native Hawaiians, we understand the importance of protecting our non-colonial cemeteries from the constant threat of development and desecration. Click here to learn more about the recent return of 58 iwi kūpuna that were unlawfully brought to Europe. Here in the Valley, we are guests on occupied O'odham and PiiPaash territory, which has been under this same threat for hundreds of years. Read more about the effort of one Akimel O'odham makuahine demanding humane treatment of her ancestors resting in downtown Phoenix here. Learn more about the rich and ancient history of this beautiful place some of us now call our home by visiting sites like the Casa Grande Ruins, the Huhugam Heritage Center, or the Pueblo Grande Museum.

For Native Americans, the United States-Mexico border is an imaginaryboundary created by colonial powers claiming sovereign Indigenous territories as their own. Construction of a "complete" border wall would only further separate Native peoples from friends, relatives, and tribal resources spanning the border. For more on this history, click here. Immigration across this border and the concentration camp type ICE detention centersare also a Native issue, as many of the refugees crossing are fleeing their ancestral homes, pushed out by inhumane colonial power systems.