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Alapaʻi
Alapaʻi (full name: Alapaʻinuiakauaua; also known as Alapaʻi I or Alapaʻi Nui, "Alapaʻi the Great") (died 1754) was a Chief of Hawaii (island), Hawaiʻi in ancient Hawaii. He was a usurper to the throne, but was considered a good ruler, one who loved the common people, although there is a story that he was responsible for the death of Keōua, High Chief Keōua. Alapaʻi's title in Hawaiian language, Hawaiian was ''Aliʻi''. Biography Family Alapaʻi was a son of Chief Kauaua-a-Mahi and Chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi. Alapaʻi's brother was Haae-a-Mahi, and Alapaʻi's half-siblings included Kekuʻiapoiwa I and Kalanikeʻeaumoku, who were also Alapaʻi's first cousins by virtue of Kalanikauleleiaiwi's other marriages. The king of the island was Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku. Alapaʻi ruled as the chief of Kohala, Hawaii, Kohala, subordinate to the King of Hawaiʻi. Reign After the death of his uncle Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and the subsequent civil war between Kalanikeʻ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Alapai
Julia Alapaʻi Kauwaʻa (c. 1814 – August 2, 1849) was a high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Her name has been given as Julia Alapaʻi Kauwa and sometimes as Juliana instead. Life Born in circa 1814, her father was High Chief Nāhili and her mother was High Chiefess Kauwaʻa. Nāhili was the sailing master for Kamehameha I and considered one of his most brilliant generals, instrumental in the latter's victory at the Battle of Nuʻuanu. During the last days of the wars of unification, he was sent along with Keaweopu and Isaac Davis (Hawaii), Isaac Davis to Kauai, Kauaʻi where they successfully convinced King Kaumualii, Kaumualiʻi to surrender control of the island in 1819. Her mother was the youngest daughter of King Alapainui, Alapaʻinui and his wife Kamaua. Alapaʻinui was the king of the island of Hawaiʻi prior to the accession of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, who, fearful of the prophecy of the birth of a "killer of chiefs", had tried to kill the baby Kamehameha I, Kamehameha at h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalanikauleleiaiwi
Kalanikauleleiaiwi was a High Chiefess (''aliʻi nui'') of the island of Hawaiʻi. She was considered to be the co-ruler of the island of Hawaiʻi with her half-brother, Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, the 21st Aliʻi nui of Hawaii. Their shared mother was Keakealaniwahine, the previous Aliʻi Nui of Hawaii. Their son, Keʻeaumoku Nui, was considered the highest rank of ''Piʻo'' and the rightful successor in rank to his father and mother, in contrast to his half-brother Alapaʻi, who usurped the throne of Hawaiʻi. Kalanikauleleiaiwi was considered to have higher rank than her half-brother and co-ruler, owing to her paternal descent from the Oʻahu dynasty of Kākuhihewa. Her father was their mother's half-brother Kāneikaiwilani, who was the son of Iwikauikaua and Kauākahikuaʻanaʻauakāne of Oʻahu. Both her parents shared the High Chief Iwikauikaua of Oʻahu as their father. (whose symbol was a torch burned at midday, later copied by his descendant Kalākaua.) Her fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Hawaii
The history of Hawaii began with the discovery and settlement of the Hawaiian Islands by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third voyage of exploration. Aided by European military technology, Kamehameha I conquered and unified the islands for the first time, establishing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795. The kingdom became prosperous and important for its agriculture and strategic location in the Pacific. American immigration, led by Protestant missionaries, and Native Hawaiian emigration, mostly on whaling ships but also in high numbers as indentured servants and as forced labor, began almost immediately after Cook's arrival. Americans established plantations to grow crops for export. Their farming methods required substantial labor. Waves of permanent immigrants came from Japan, China, and the Philippines to labor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku
Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku (c. 1660 – c. 1725) was the king of Hawaiʻi Island in the late 17th century. He was the great-grandfather of Kamehameha I, the first King of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a progenitor of the House of Keawe. Biography Keawe was believed to have lived from 1660 to 1725. He was son of Keakealaniwahine, the ruling Queen of Hawaii and Kanaloakapulehu. He is sometimes referred to as King Keawe II, since prior to him his ancestor was Keawe-nui-a-'Umi. His full name Keawe-ʻī-kekahi-aliʻi-o-ka-moku means "Keawe, the foremost chief of the island". Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, a strong leader, ruled over much of the Big Island except district of Hilo which was still independent. He is said to have been an enterprising and stirring chief, who traveled all over the eight islands, and obtained a reputation for bravery and prudent management of his island. It appears that in some manner he composed the troubles that had disturbed the peace during his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamehameha I
Kamehameha I (; Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; to May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C., as one of two statues it is entitled to install there. Birth and childhood Paternity and family history Kamehameha (known as Paiʻea at birth), was born to Kekuʻiapoiwa II, the niece of Alapainui, the usurping ruler of Hawaii Island who had killed the two legitimate heirs of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku during civil war. By most accounts he was born in Ainakea, Kohala, Hawaii. His father was Keōua Kalanikupuapa'ikalaninui; however, Native Hawaiian historian Samuel Kamakau says that Maui monarch Kahekili II had ''hānai'' adopted (traditional, informal adoption) Kamehameha at birth, as was the custom of the time. Kamakau beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamakaʻīmoku
Kamakaʻīmoku was a wikt:chiefess, chiefess in ancient Hawaii in the early 18th century. She married three powerful men of the time, was mother of the King who would unite the Hawaii (island), island of Hawaii and meet the first known visitors from Europe, and grandmother of the founder of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kingdom that united all of the Hawaiian Islands. Biography The mother of Kamakaʻīmoku was the High Chiefess Umiula-a-kaahumanu, a daughter of Chief Mahiolole (Mahi) of the Kohala, Hawaii, Kohala district, and Chiefess Kanekukaailani, who was a daughter of ʻĪ of the Hilo District, Hawaii, Hilo district and Akahikameenoa; consequently she was a cousin to Chief Alapainui, Alapai Nui, and a chiefess of the highest rank. Her father was Chief Kū-a-Nuuanau, of Oahu, Oahu island, son of High Chief Nuuanu, third son of I of Hilo and ʻAkahikameʻenoa. She was related to King Umi-a-Liloa, Umi of Hawaii island royalty from several islands. She was raised on Oahu, while her mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamehameha Schools
Kamehameha Schools, formerly called Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE), is a private school system in Hawaii established by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, under the terms of the will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who was a formal member of the House of Kamehameha. Bishop's will established a trust called the "Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate" that is Hawaii's largest private landowner. Originally established in 1887 as an all-boys school for native Hawaiian children, it shared its grounds with the Bishop Museum. After it moved to another location, the museum took over two school halls. Kamehameha Schools opened its girls' school in 1894. It became coeducational in 1965. The Kapālama campus opened in 1931, while the Maui and Hawaii campuses opened in 1996 and 2001, respectively. It was developed at the bequest of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop to educate children of Hawaiian descent, and is designed to serve students from preschool through twelfth grade. The school teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molokai
Molokai or Molokai ( or ; Molokaʻi dialect: Morotaʻi ) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length and width with a usable land area of , making it the fifth-largest in size of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies southeast of Oʻahu across the wide Kaʻiwi Channel and north of Lānaʻi, separated from it by the Kalohi Channel. The island's agrarian economy has been driven primarily by cattle ranching, pineapple production, sugarcane production and small-scale farming. Tourism comprises a small fraction of the island's economy, and much of the infrastructure related to tourism was closed and barricaded in the early 2000s when the primary landowner, Molokai Ranch, ceased operations due to substantial revenue losses. In Kalawao County, on the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archeological Sites At Kawela
Archeological Sites at Kawela are a number of archeological sites at or near the settlement of Kawela on the southern coast of Molokai, the northernmost of the islands of Maui County, Hawaii. It was the site of two battles in Hawaiian history. Early history ''Ka Wela'' means "the heat" in the Hawaiian language. It was the name of a traditional land division ('' ahupuaa'') of ancient Hawaii, but the name is also used on several other islands. It is located about east of the town of Kaunakakai. A ''heiau'' is visible at on a ridge between the forks of Kawela Gulch. This is generally thought to be the place of refuge (''Puuhonua'') where the soldiers of Kapiioho o kalani fled during a great battle of about 1737. pp 136–138, 284, 288-289 In about February 1795, women and children escaped to Molokai when Kamehameha I had just conquered Maui. In pursuit, the vast fleet of war canoes stretched all along the coast from Kawela past Kaunakakai to the area known as Kalamaula. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the Division (taxonomy), division Selachii and are the sister group to the Batoidea, Batomorphi (Batoidea, rays and skate (fish), skates). Some sources extend the term "shark" as an informal category including Extinction, extinct members of Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) with a shark-like morphology, such as hybodonts. Shark-like chondrichthyans such as ''Cladoselache'' and ''Doliodus'' first appeared in the Devonian Period (419–359 million years), though some fossilized chondrichthyan-like scales are as old as the Ordovician, Late Ordovician (458–444 million years ago). The earliest confirmed modern sharks (Selachii) are known from the Early Jurassic around , with the oldest known member being ''Agaleus'', though records of true shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kekuʻiapoiwa II
Kekuʻiapoiwa II was a Hawaiian chiefess and the mother of the king Kamehameha I. Biography She was named after her aunt Kekuʻiapoiwa Nui (also known as Kekuʻiapoiwa I), the wife of King Kekaulike of Maui. Her father was High Chief Haae, the son of Chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi and High Chief Kauaua-a-Mahi of the Mahi family of the Kohala district of Hawaii island, and brother of Alapainui. Her mother was Princess Kekelakekeokalani-a-Keawe (also known as Kekelaokalani), daughter of the same Kalanikauleleiaiwi and Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, king of Hawaii. Her mother had been sought after by many who wished to marry into the Keawe line. She was the niece of Alapainui through both her father and mother. She married the High Chief Keōua to whom she had been betrothed since childhood. Through her double grandmother Kalanikauleleiaiwi, Keōua's own paternal grandmother, she was the double cousin of Keōua. When her uncle was staying at Kohala superintending the collectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
