In Hawaiʻi public schools, teaching using the Hawaiian language was made illegal in 1896 and did not resume until the 1980s, ...

His dissertation “Pewa: I Ola ke Mele Hawaiʻi i kona Mele ʻia” (“Pewa: The Life of Hawaiian Music in Its Song”) braids ...

The new classroom brings the total number of the Executive Office on Early Learning (EOEL) Hawaiian language public preschool ...

“In one generation, olelo Hawaii was nearly erased,” Kainoa Daines, co-author of “Island Wisdom: Hawaiian Traditions and Practices for a Meaningful Life” and senior director of the Hawaii Visitors and ...

Scientists have revealed that Hawaiian monk seals produce far more underwater vocalizations than previously believed. Their ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Families and keiki fighting for the return of a Hawaiian immersion class in Windward Oahu held a rally Thursday, calling on the Department of Education to reinstate one ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In July, a new law went into effect that requires official state documents using Hawaiian language words and names to be spelled “consistently.” The measure is part of a ...

As Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker wondered what play to produce for her first show running the Hawaiian theater program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, a book literally fell off the shelf and hit her ...

HONOLULU, O'ahu (KITV4) -- February is Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Language Month. Like most indigenous languages throughout the world, Hawaiian language faced a significant decline due to ...

KE'EAU, Hawai'i — Portraits in the school's library are not of U.S. presidents but Hawaiian royalty, from King Kamehameha to Princess Ka'iulani. Near the classroom door rubber slippers are tidily ...

As Maui County voters prepare to decide in November whether the county should operate as a bilingual government, the council is making moves toward offering more Hawaiian language resources. On Aug. 5 ...