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COM 201: ʻĀina Research: Home

COM 201 ʻāina-based assignment

COM 201 ʻāina-based research worksheet (in Hawaiʻi) and worksheet for outside of Hawaiʻi
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Hawaiʻi Place Names

Place Names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert; Esther T. Mookini
Call Number: DU622 .P79 1976 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online as an eBook via Ulukau,
OR Search via Hawaiian Dictionaries Tip: Under CUSTOMIZE SEARCH, select PLACE NAMES OF HAWAII
Sites of Oahu by Sterling, Elspeth P.; Catherine C. Summers (Compiled by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Refer to the Detailed Index online to see what might be included about your area.
Ancient Sites of Oʻahu: A Guide to Hawaiian Archaeological Places of Interest by Van James
Call Number: DU624.65 .J36 2010 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiʻi Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: DU622 .C546 2002 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Available online via Ebook Central.
Also available online as an eBook via Ulukau.
Native Planters in Old Hawaii: Their Life, Lore, and Environment by E.S. Craighill Handy, Elizabeth Green Handy, & Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: GN424 .H3
(Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: PN6519.H4 P84 1983 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
See p. 344 for Index to Place Names.
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From the Past by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: GV839.65.H3 C53 2011 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online via Ebook Central.

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Land Divisions: maps & names

AVAKonohiki.org
ʻAhupuaʻa and ʻIli names. historic maps

Kipuka Database
Geographical information system (GIS) that utilizes the latest mapping technologies to provide a window into native Hawaiian land, culture and history.

Kūikaunupaʻa
A Kohala Community Resource Site.

Wahi Hoʻōla Inventory: Moku o Kona, Mokupuni o Oʻahu
"The overall goal of this project was to develop an inventory of wahi hoʻōla or “healing spaces” for Kona moku, Oʻahu."

Hawaiian Legends Index

Search here to help you locate myths and legends indexed in 77 books.

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Ulukau eBooks

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Papakilo Database
Search Hawaiian-language newspapers (1834-1948), Mahele land records, and more.
The Hawaiian Journal of History
An annual scholarly journal devoted to original articles on the history of Hawai‘i, Polynesia, and the Pacific area. Available online in full-text from UH Mānoa eVols (1967-2017) and from EBSCOhost (2003-2019).
Current & past issues are also available in Print at Lama Library.
Scholarspace
A digital institutional repository for the University of Hawaii at Mānoa community.
Google Scholar
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Hawaiʻi Pacific Journal Index
An index to magazines and journals published in or about Hawaiʻi & the Pacific; citations only. See the Reference Desk for help locating the print issue. Indexes the following journals and magazines: http://hpji.lib.hawaii.edu/HPJITitles.htm

Nā Makani & Nā Ua: Winds & Rains

Winds & Rains of Hawaiʻi
compiled by Annie Thomas (PDF)
The Wind Gourd of Laʻamaomao by Moses K. Nakuina
Call Number: GR110.H38 N3413 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
See pp. 132-135 for "Winds and Rains of Hawai'i" list (compiled from the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary).
Treasury of Hawaiian Words in One Hundred and One Categories by Harold W. Kent
Call Number: PL6446 K46 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
See list of rains on p. 377 & winds on p. 437
Na Makani o ka Mokupuni by Compiled by Roy Kākulu Alameida
Winds by Island (PDF)
Winds of Oahu
Ahupuaʻa maps & wind names. Asia-Pacific Digital Library.
Ka Ua: Mai ka Puke Wehewehe ʻŌlelo ʻo Hawaiian Dictionary by e Samuel Elbert a me Mary Kawena Pukui
Rains from the Hawaiian Dictionary by Elbert & Pukui, 1971 (PDF)
Index of Winds by Genie Alvarado
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Index of Winds by Island by Genie Alvarado
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Index of Rains by Genie Alvarado
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Index of Rains by Island by Genie Alvarado
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Hānau Ka Ua: Hawaiian Rain Names by Collette Leimomi Akana with Kiele Gonzalez
Call Number: PL6449 .A43 2015 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)

Hawaiian Moʻolelo (Stories/Legends)

Hawaiian Mythology by Martha W. Beckwith
Call Number: GR385 .B43 1970 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection)
Available as an eBook via Ulukau.
Sites of Oahu by Sterling, Elspeth P.; Catherine C. Summers (Compiled by)
Call Number: DU628.O3 S8 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Refer to the Detailed Index online to see what might be included about your area.
Native Planters in Old Hawaii: Their Life, Lore, and Environment by E.S. Craighill Handy, Elizabeth Green Handy, & Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: GN424 .H3
(Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Hawaiian Dictionary (1971 ed.) by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert
Call Number: PL6446 .P78 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Only the 1971 Edition includes the "Glossary of Hawaiian gods, demigods, family gods, and a few heroes."
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Sites of Maui by Elspeth P. Sterling
Call Number: DU628.M3 S72 1998 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C7 1989 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Available online via Ebook Central.
Handbook of Polynesian Mythology by Robert D. Craig
Call Number: BL2620.P6 C72 2004 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Available online via Ebook Central.
Print copy also available in General Reference Collection, 1st floor.

More stories, legends, moʻolelo

Ancient Oʻahu: Stories from Fornander & Thrum by Dennis Kawaharada (Editor)
Call Number: GR110.H3 A53 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.

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Māui, the Mischief Maker by Dietrich Varez; Pua K. Kanahele
Call Number: GR110.H38 V37 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by David Kalakaua
Call Number: GR385.H3 K3 1972 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
He Moʻolelo Kaʻao o Kamapuaʻa = [A Legendary Tradition of Kamapuaʻa, the Hawaiian Pig-God] : An Annotated Translation of a Hawaiian Epic from Ka Leo o ka Lāhui, June 22, 1891-July 23, 1891 by Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa
Call Number: GR110.H38 M68 1996 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Legends of Maui: A Demi-god of Polynesia and of His Mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
Call Number: GR510 .W46 1913b (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online via Internet Sacred Text Archive.
Pele Mā: Legends of Pele From Kauaʻi by Frederick B. Wichman
Call Number: PS571.H3 B35 no.80 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Akua Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories by Armitage, Kimo; Solomon Enos (Illustrator)
Call Number: BL2620.H3 A76 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Folktales of Hawaiʻi = He Mau Kaʻao Hawaiʻi by Pukui, Mary Kawena (Compiled by)
Call Number: GR110.H38 P85 1995 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiian and English
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore by Abraham Fornander; Thomas G. Thrum
Call Number: GN670 .B5 vols. 4-6 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Text in Hawaiian and English
ONLINE VERSION Vol.4
ONLINE VERSION Vol.5
ONLINE VERSION Vol.6
Myths and Legends of Hawaiʻi by William D. Westervelt
Call Number: GR110.H38 W45 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Nā Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi O Ka Wā Kahiko = Stories of Old Hawaiʻi: A Literary Companion to the Hawaiians of Old by Roy Kākulu Alameida
Call Number: PZ8.1.A42 Mo 1997 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia by Roslyn Poignant
Call Number: BL2600 .P6 1967 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Voices on the Wind; Polynesian Myths and Chants by Katharine Luomala
Call Number: BL2620.P6 L82 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.
Hawaiian Legends by William Hyde Rice
Call Number: GR385.H3 R5 1977 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation Desk)
Also available online as a PDF.
Pele, the Fire Goddess by Dietrich Varez; Pua Kanakaʻole Kanahele
Call Number: BL2620.H3 V37 1991 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii by Nathaniel B. Emerson
Call Number: GR385.H3 E55 1978 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation Desk)
Also available online as an eBook via Internet Archive.
Pele, Volcano Goddess of Hawaiʻi: A History by H. Arlo Nimmo
Call Number: BL2620.H3 N56 2011 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
Naupaka by Winona Desha Beamer
Call Number: PZ90.H27 B4 2008 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Hawaiian Legends of Dreams by Caren Loebel-Fried (Retold by)
Call Number: PZ8.1.L934 Har 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online via Ebook Central.
The Epic Tale of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele: Woman of the Sunrise, Lightning-Skirted Beauty of Halemaʻumaʻu by Hoʻoulumāhiehie; Solomon Enos
Call Number: GR385.H3 H66 2006b (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii by Samuel M. Kamakau
Call Number: DU624.65 .K3413 1992 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection, 1st floor)
Also available online as an eBook with Ulukau.
Hawaiian Legends in English: An Annotated Bibliography by Amos P. Leib; A. Grove Day
Call Number: Z5984.H38 L48 1979 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference, Ask at Circulation Desk)
Includes brief biographies of translators of Hawaiian legends.
Temporarily available as an eBook via HathiTrust Digital Library.

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