Niʻihau Place Names /

Niʻihau Place Names / / John R. K. Clark.

The story of Ni‘ihau has been told many times by many people, but Ni‘ihau Place Names adds new information to the island’s history from a unique source: Hawaiian-language newspapers. From 1834 to 1948, approximately 125,000 pages of Native Hawaiian expression were printed in more than 100 different...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
VerfasserIn:
Clark, John R. K.,
MitwirkendeR:
NeSmith, Keao,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (462 p.) :; 1 b&w illustration
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Hawaiian-Language Newspapers
  • Ni‘ihau Place Names
  • Ni‘ihau History
  • Mai Hawai‘i a Ni‘ihau: From Hawai‘i to Ni‘ihau
  • Epithets in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers
  • Sale of an Island
  • Makaloa Mats (Moena Pāwehe)
  • Ni‘ihau Shell Lei (Lei Pūpū O Ni‘ihau)
  • Droughts and Famines
  • Lost at Sea
  • Christianity
  • Schools
  • Surfing
  • Winds and Weather
  • War Story
  • Miscellaneous
  • Vital Statistics
  • Kanikau
  • Ka‘ula
  • Nihoa
  • References
  • General Index
  • Index of Place Names
  • Index of Personal Names
  • About the Author / About the Translator

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