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Kalapana was a High
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who lived in
ancient Hawaii Ancient Hawaii is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawaii by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, researchers estimated the first settlement of the Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadicall ...
. Kalapana is also known as Kalapanakuʻioʻiomoa and Kalapaua. Kalapanakuʻioʻiomoa is his longest name that includes the nickname. He is commonly known as either ''Kalapa'' or ''Kalapana''.


Family

Kalapana was possibly a son of Prince
Kanaloa In the traditions of ancient Hawaii, Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne. It is also an alternative name for the island of Kahoolawe. In legends and chants, Kāne and Kanaloa are por ...
and his sister Makoʻani, who are the children of
Hualani Hualani (''hua lani'' = "heavenly fruit") was a High Chiefess of Molokai in ancient Hawaii Ancient Hawaii is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawaii by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, res ...
of
Molokai Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length an ...
and Chief
Kanipahu Kanipahu was an ancient Hawaiian chief. He was of the Pili line. Kanipahu was a son of Chief Kaniuhu and Hiliamakani. After Kanipahu lived on Molokaʻi and it was discovered that he was a chief, he was taken (as husband) by Hualani, the rul ...
. Kalapana married Malamaʻihanaʻae and their son was Chief Kahaimoelea.


Reign

According to the legends, Kalapana was a successor of the cruel Chief
Kamaiole Kamaiole is a chief mentioned in Hawaiian chants and legends. He was ''Aliʻi Nui'' ("king") by usurpation. David Malo mentions that Kamaiole seized the kingdom of Kanipahu of Hawaii (the Big Island), who fled to the island of Molokai. Kamaiole ...
.
Abraham Fornander Abraham Fornander (November 4, 1812 – November 1, 1887) was a Swedish-born emigrant who became an important journalist, judge, and ethnologist in Hawaii. Early life and education Fornander was born in Öland, Sweden on November 4, 1812, to An ...
. ''An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations''.


References

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