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Kaho’olawe
The True Story of an Island and Her People
written by Kamalani Hurley
illustrated by Harinani Orme
Millbrook Press, 4 February 2025
ISBN 979–8765605011
ages 7 and older
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Pronunciation Guide
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Kaho’olawe
Kamalani
Book Dedication: No nā kahu o ka ʻāina. E ola mau Kanaloa Kahoʻolawe (For the stewards of the land. Long live Kanaloa Kahoʻolawe)
Page 2
Kanaloa: one of the four major Hawaiian gods
kinolau: physical form of a diety
Page 3
Kānaka Maoli: Native Hawaiians, plural form
piko: center, literally, ‘navel’
Page 4
naupaka kahakai: an indigenous coastal plant
mōlī: Laysan albatross
Page 5
Honokanaʻi: Bay of Dolphins
momona: rich, fertile
ʻōpeʻapeʻa: Hawaiian hoary bat
ʻuaʻu: Hawaiian petrel seabird
Page 7
niu: coconut, kalo: taro, and pili: an indigenous grass
Page 9
Kahekili: Maui chief, 1737–1794
kiawe: algaroba tree
kūpuna: elders, plural form
nāulu: rain cloud formation
Page 11
ʻOʻahu: Hawaiian island
Page 14
manu-o-Kū: white tern seabird
wahi pana: sacred space
Page 15
Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian island and group of islands
Molokaʻi: Hawaiian island
Lānaʻi: Hawaiian island
Page 17
Kūheia: ‘Where the fish run’ Bay
Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana
Pages 18 and 19
ʻāina, aloha ʻāina: land, deep love of the land
Page 21
ʻike kupuna: ancestral knowledge
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kahuʻāina, kahu o ka ʻāina: steward of the land
ʻAʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia: No task is too great when done together by all
ʻaʻaliʻi: an indigenous plant, ʻōhai: an endemic tree, and ʻakiʻaki: an indigenous grass
Page 29
Kahoʻolawe aloha ʻāina
kauhale: group of houses
makahiki, Lonoikamakahiki:
traditional religious festivities celebrating the god Lono
Page 30
huakaʻi: journey
Page 31
pae ʻāina: Hawaiian archipelago
Māhele: land division law of 1848
Glossary
kuleana:
responsibility
Kohe Mālamalama:
historical name for Kaho’olawe
ʻohana: family