This section of the website offers a variety of resources in different fields of Hawaiian knowledge, many of which are available online. Descriptions and links are provided where possible, arranged in general fields. This collection is a starting point, and we welcome additions, which can be sent to us at info@awaiaulu.org.
Primary Resources
A list of sites that contain primary materials, newspapers, manuscript, or government documents.
- OHAʻs Knowledge Well, a collection of various Hawaiian collections – www.papakilodatabase.com
- Hoʻolaupaʻi: Hawaiian Language Newspaper Project – nupepa.org
- Hawaiʻi State Archives Online collections – digitalcollections.hawaii.gov
- Hawaiian Mission Houses Historical Site and Archive, online collection – hmha.missionhouses.org
- A Hawaiian Studies collection of maps and historical resources about land – www.avakonohiki.org
- Ka Leo Hawaiʻi 1972-1986 offers full audio copies of the Ka Leo Hawaiʻi radio program that was broadcast weekly on KCCN and hosted by the Hui Aloha ʻĀina Tuahine of UH Mānoa, with Larry Kauanoe Lindsey Kimura as the host. Transcripts are available for some of the programs — ulukau.org/kaniaina/
- Ka Leo Hawaiʻi 1989-2001 offers full audio copies of the Ka Leo Hawaiʻi radio program that aired weekly from 1989 to 2001, hosted by Puakea Nogelmeier, Hauʻoli Akāka, Lolena Nicholas and Tuti Kanahele. Visitors include native speakers of Hawaiian, teachers from the University or immersion schools, and students, and recordings are available for programs from 1991-2000 — Ka Leo Hawaiʻi 1991-2000
- The Clinton Kanahele Collection offers ecorded interviews with Hawaiian-speaking elders, done in 1970 by Clinton Kanahele — library.byuh.edu/library/archives/kanahele
- Bishop Museum — www.bishopmuseum.org
General Resources
General Hawaiian language resources.
- Bishop Museumʻs online collection of curriculum support materials – hawaiialive.org
- Hawaiian Historical Society’s online collection – www.hawaiianhistory.org
- Kamehameha Schools’ Hawaiian resources for distance learning — ksdl.ksbe.edu/hawaiian_resources
- Hawaiian Journal of History – A century and more of articles written about Hawaiʻi topics. Indexes show the presence of articles, which can then be sought out in digital or hard-copy collections – https://www.hawaiianhistory.org/publications/indexes-to-the-hawaiian-journal-of-history/
- Hawaiian Mission Houses Archives & Library – Digital Collections
The digital resources of these archives include published and handwritten materials in both Hawaiian and English, with translations posted where available – https://hmha.missionhouses.org
Online Publications
A list of texts that address translation or access to resources.
- Ulukau online Hawaiian library – Hawaiian and English texts – ulukau.org
- Hawaiian National Bibliographies, Vol. 1-4 – www.papakilodatabase.com
Language Resources
This is a list of resources for interpreting the Hawaiian language.
- Electronic Hawaiian Language Dictionary, offering access to 4 dictionaries and 2 place name texts – wehewehe.org
- Combination Hawaiian dictionary, presenting all entries available from the six resources found in wehewehe.org — https://hilo.hawaii.edu/wehe/
- Pronunciation and spelling of Hawaiian, hosted by Manakō Tanaka, with written and audio examples, and with many other links to language resources — omniglot.com/writing/hawaiian.htm
- Ka Leo Hawaiʻi 1972-1986 offers full audio copies of the Ka Leo Hawaiʻi radio program that was broadcast weekly on KCCN and hosted by the Hui Aloha ʻĀina Tuahine of UH Mānoa, with Larry Kauanoe Lindsey Kimura as the host. Transcripts are available for some of the programs — ulukau.org/kaniaina/
- Ka Leo Hawaiʻi 1989-2001 offers full audio copies of the Ka Leo Hawaiʻi radio program that aired weekly from 1989 to 2001, hosted by Puakea Nogelmeier, Hauʻoli Akāka, Lolena Nicholas and Tuti Kanahele. Visitors include native speakers of Hawaiian, teachers from the University or immersion schools, and students, and recordings are available for programs from 1991-2000 — Ka Leo Hawaiʻi 1991-2000
- The Clinton Kanahele Collection offers ecorded interviews with Hawaiian-speaking elders, done in 1970 by Clinton Kanahele — library.byuh.edu/library/archives/kanahele
- Google Translate – this online program provides rudimentary translation of Hawaiian to English or English to Hawaiian. Computer generated, the program can provide translations of simple text and can be useful as a general tool.
Translation Resources
A list of sites that present bilingual materials.
- Independent blog that provides summaries of newspaper articles – www.nupepa-hawaii.com
- Kipuka. Geographical information System utilizing mapping technology – www.kipukadatabase.com
- Hawaiian language newspapers and Science – manoa.hawaii.edu
- Hawaiian language newspaper articles, fishing and natural events – ihlrt.seagrant.soest.hawaii.edu