Transforming Hawai‘i
List of Historical Personalities, Gods and Scholars
Alapa‘i |
ruler who unified most of Hawai‘i Island in the early 1700s |
I‘ī, John Papa |
19th-century Hawaiian historian |
Ka‘ahumanu |
favourite wife of Kamehameha I, and effective ruler during the reign of Kamehameha II and III |
Ka‘eokulani |
Kahekili of Maui’s half-brother who controlled Kaua‘i in the late 1700s in alliance with Kalanikūpule against Kamehameha |
Kahahana |
ruler of O‘ahu in the late 1700s who was overthrown by Maui ruler Kahekili |
Kahekili |
ruler of Maui in the late 1700s who conquered O‘ahu |
Kalanikūpule |
Maui chief who succeeded Kahekili as ruler of Maui and O‘ahu in the late 1700s until defeated by Kamehameha |
Kalani‘ōpu‘u |
ruler of Hawai‘i in the late 1700s who succeeded Alapa‘inui |
Kamakau, Kēlou |
19th-century Kānaka Maoli historian |
Kamakau, Samuel M. |
19th-century Kānaka Maoli historian |
Kame‘eleihiwa, Lilikalā |
contemporary Kānaka Maoli historian |
Kamehameha |
nephew of ruler of Hawai‘i, Kalani‘ōpu‘u, unified the Hawaiian chain in 1790s |
Kamehameha-nui |
son of Maui ruler Kekaulike and nephew of Kalani‘ōpu‘u, ruler of Hawai‘i Island, who succeeded his father as ruler of Maui in the mid-1700s |
Kanaloa |
one of the four principal gods of the Kānaka Maoli pantheon |
Kāne |
one of the four principal gods of the Kānaka Maoli pantheon, the creator god and god of waters and irrigation, to whom kalo (taro) was sacred |
Kaumuali‘i |
the last ruler of Kaua‘i before it was taken over by Kamehameha |
Keawemauhili |
half-brother of Hawai‘i ruler Kalani‘ōpu‘u and influential warrior and chief supporting Kamehameha |
Ke‘eaumoku |
powerful chief from Kona, Hawai‘i, who supported Kamehameha throughout his lifetime |
Kekūhaupi‘o |
famous warrior of Hawai‘i Island who mentored and advised Kamehameha |
Keōpūolani |
sacred daughter of Hawai‘i chief Kīwala‘ō who became royal wife of Kamehameha |
Keōua Kuahu‘ula |
younger son of Hawai‘i ruler Kalani‘ōpu‘u who controlled south-east Hawai‘i Island as a rival to Kamehemeha until killed by Kamehameha in 1791 |
Kepelino |
19th-century Kānaka Maoli historian |
Kīwala‘ō |
oldest son of Kalani‘ōpu‘u who briefly succeeded his father as ruler of Hawai‘i before being killed by Ke‘eaumoku at the battle of Moku‘ōhai in 1782. His daughter, Keōpūolani, became the sacred wife of Kamehameha |
Kūali‘i |
ruler of O‘ahu in the late 1600s and early 1700s |
Kū‘kā‘ili-moku |
war god Kū, the carver of lands |
Liholiho |
son of Kamehameha who succeeded his father as King Kamehameha II in 1819, but died in London in 1824 |
Malo, David |
19th-century Kānaka Maoli historian |
Osorio, Jonathon Kay Kamakawiwo‘ole |
contemporary Kānaka Maoli historian |
Pelei‘ōhōlani |
ruler of O‘ahu and Kaua‘i in the late 1700s |
Pi‘ilani |
ruler of Maui in the mid-1500s |
Pukui, Mary Kawena |
20th-century Kānaka Maoli scholar |
‘Umi-a-Līloa |
first unifier of Hawai‘i Island in the late 1500s |
Young, Kanalu G. Terry |
modern Kānaka Maoli historian |
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