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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Many Hawaiians I know on the mainland (moved here or born here) have little history or working knowledge of their ancestor's uses and benefits of their Huna spiritual systems.
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Luigi Pascioni,
Auto Mechanic
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Hawaiians had no written language until the haole (white-skinned people) arrived, so their genealogy and history were remembered in songs and chants.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Just as early Hawaiians took foreign sounds and instruments and made them their own, Hawai'i's most famous musicians have also enjoyed the freedom to explore dissimilar musical influences and make a mark for themselves in musical history.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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History of the School Founded in Kona in 1984, The Hawaiian Islands School of Body Therapy and Wellness Center began as a 100 hour pre-apprenticeship training program.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The Hawaiian Islands are rich in history, from the earliest Polynesian voyagers to the explorers, missionaries, whalers, and traders who spread the word of this idyllic paradise to the four corners of the world.
Draw upon legends and myths of the Native Americans or Hawaiians who lived in students’ state or region in order to describe personal accounts of their history.
Become part of the spectrum of living history, where more than 200 ancient Hawaiians farmed the narrow Keei strip to trade with their counterparts--the hunters in the mountains and the fishermen on the beach.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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The story of the first Hawaiians is revealed to us through the eyes of artist-historian Herb Kawainui Kane who is well known for his paintings depicting Hawaiian history.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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By studying the history of Hawaii one can discover how Hawaii became the heterogeneous society it is today, and what that heterogeneity means for Hawaiians.
Finally, it is interesting to note the changes in the interpretation of the geologic history of the Hawaiian Islands over the last few decades.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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The fact that the majority of the Hawaiian leaders and other influential men of that era were educated by missionaries had a major impact on the history of the Islands.
Aikau was still missing and that inspired a massive search and rescue effort, the biggest in the history of the Hawaiian Islands.
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