“In one generation, olelo Hawaii was nearly erased,” Kainoa Daines, co-author of “Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices for a Meaningful Life” and senior director of the Hawaii Visitors and ...

Hawaiian, one of Hawaii’s official languages, is now available as a course on Duolingo, a popular education platform available online and as an app. The Hawaiian language, or olelo Hawaii course was ...

Feb. 11—The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and several other Native Hawaiian organizations are hosting the "Ola ka 'I " (language thrives ) events Feb. 18 and 25, with student performances, ...

When the last Hawaiian queen was overthrown by a coup in 1896, a law was passed that made it illegal to use or teach the Hawaiian language in public schools. That law stayed on the books for 90 years, ...

Kulaniakea is a nonprofit that offers preschool and toddler programs focused on Indigenous ways of learning. Above, students and a teacher aboard the Hokule‘a in 2019. In 2019, Kahanuola Solatorio, ...

To commemorate this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, NBC Asian America will be interviewing a series of community pioneers, from a Korean-American musician who found mainstream success in ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In July, a new law went into effect that requires official state documents using Hawaiian language words and names to be spelled “consistently.” The measure is part of a ...

The voice was soft and scratchy, as if a bit timid in front of the microphone. "Ae," she said, meaning "yes" in Hawaiian, when asked a question by a male voice. "Ae hanau ia wau i Honoma'ele." ("Yes, ...

Jan 27, 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Updated Feb 1, 2023 0 Like most indigenous languages throughout the world, Hawaiian language faced a significant decline due to colonization. Over the past 40 years Hawaiian ...

When Larry Kimura and his students first arrived at KCCN in Honolulu with a pitch for a new Hawaiian-language radio show, the station manager had one question. ADVERTISING When Larry Kimura and his ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Families and keiki fighting for the return of a Hawaiian immersion class in Windward Oahu held a rally Thursday, calling on the Department of Education to reinstate one ...

As Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker wondered what play to produce for her first show running the Hawaiian theater program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, a book literally fell off the shelf and hit her ...