Publisher's Synopsis
Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood embodies a monumental history of Hawai?i, from the beginnings and political rise of Kamehameha I, the negotiations and battles that would come to unify Hawai'i's islands and kingdoms, and the development of a single government that would endure, to be ruled by his son and heir, Liholiho, Kamehameha II. This narrative is an invaluable catalog of data about Hawai'i, Hawaiians, and the nature of national and cultural identity in the Pacific.
Offered here in both Hawaiian and English, this history gives rich detail regarding Hawai'i's lands, genealogies, gods, chiefs, sociopolitical climate, material culture, laws, agriculture, and social decorums, much of which still lingered in the memories of the living informants who were accessible to the original author, Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau. From this Hawaiian scholar, trained at the Lahainaluna Seminary in the 1830s, readers are given an extraordinary fabric of cultural and historical knowledge in print, recounting life in Hawai'i before and during the early interactions with foreigners, the influence of new religion, the negotiation of borders for trade and diplomacy within and beyond the islands, and the introduction of writing and printing in both Hawaiian and English.
This book presents the entire first third of Kamakau's massive serial column, a section comprised of 60 articles published weekly from 1866 to 1868 in Ka Nupepa Kuokoa under the title "Ka Moolelo o Kamehameha I." This immense assemblageprovides the author's original text, a biography for Kamakau, and introductory texts that document the means by which this translation has come to exist, itself a history of language recovery and preservation. Illuminating the imbricate nature and plurality of Hawaiian historical methodologies and cultural logics, this text allows readers the opportunity to enjoy the dense storytelling of a Hawaiian master and the chance to interpret language alongside the translator, Puakea Nogelmeier.
While the book contains an extensive bilingual index, this publication is also available as an ebook for full searchability.
Ho?okino ihola ?o Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood i ka mo?olelo kuamo?o o Hawai?i, mai kinohi mai o ke ola o Kamehameha I, i kona pi?i ?ana ma ka pae noho ali?i, i na ?aelike me na kaua i ho?opili ?ia ai a lokahi na moku me na noho ali?i, a i kona ho?okahua ?ana i aupuni ho?okahi e kumau ana, na kana keiki a ho?oilina auane?i, na Liholiho, Kamehameha II, e noho mo?i. He ?ohina nui a waiwai ho?i keia mo?olelo o ka ?ike no Hawai?i, no ka po?e Hawai?i, a no ke ?ano iho o ke aupuni a me ka nohona kanaka ma ka Pakipika.
Ma ka ?olelo Hawai?i me ka Pelekane, ka'ana maila keia mo?olelo i ka wehewehe makali?i ?ana i ko Hawai?i mau ?aina, mo?o ku?auhau, akua, ali?i, kulana kalai?aina, lako nohona, kanawai, ?oihana mahi, a loina nohona, ia mau mea i koe nui paha ma na waihona ho?omana?o o na kanaka e ola ana i ka wa o ka mea kakau kumu, ?o Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau. Mai keia loea Hawai?i mai, i a?o ?ia a lehia ma ke Kulanui ?o Lahainaluna ma na 1830, loa?a ihola i ka po?e heluhelu kekahi kilohana kukahi o ka ?ike mo?olelo a nohona kanaka i pa?i ?ia ihola a e ho?ike akaka mai ana i ke ?ano o ke ola ma Hawai?i ma mua a ma loko ho?i o ka launa mua ?ana me ko na ?aina ?e, ke komo ?ana o ka ho?omana hou, ka ho?opa?a ?ana i na palena ?aina no ka hana kalepa me ka hana pili kalai?aina ma waena a ma waho a?e o na moku, pu no me ka ho?okumu ?ia ?ana o ka ?ike palapala ma ka ?olelo Hawai?i me ka Pelekane.
?O ka hapakolu mua keia o ka huina o ka Kamakau ka?ina kolamu nui loa, a ma ?ane?i na ?atikala he 60 i pa?i ?ia i na pule pakahi mai ka 1865 a i ka 1868 ma Ka Nupepa Kuokoa me ke po?omana?o ?o "Ka Moolelo o Kamehameha I." Ma loko o neia pu?ulu nunui ka mo?olelo kumu a ka mea kakau, ka mo?olelo pilikino no Kamakau, a me ka ?olelo ho?olauna e ho?opa?a ana i ke ka?ina i ho?okino ?ia mai ai keia unuhi na, ?o ia ihola kahi mo?olelo no ka ho?ola a ho?omau ?ana i ka ?olelo ?oiwi. Ma o ka ho?oma?ama?ama ?ana i ke ?ano nu?anu?a a manamana i kahu ?ia ai ka mo?olelo a i kukulu ?ia ai na mana?o kanaka, hiki i ka mea heluhelu ke ho?onanea i ka ha?i mo?olelo ?ana mai o kekahi o na loea Hawai?i, a hiki ho?i ke kalai pu maila a unuhi ihola i ka ?olelo me Puakea Nogelmeier.
?Oiai lako keia puke i ka papakuhikuhi nui ma na ?olelo ?elua, aia ho?i keia puke ma ke ?ano ?ipuke me kona ?ano i hiki ke ?imi piha ?ia ihola.
