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Kanaka Maoli- Native Hawaiians
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Kanaka Maoli- Native Hawaiians
Jaime Gebhardt
University of North Florida
Households and Families
Geographical Orientation
Hawaii, a United States state in the Pacific Ocean, is composed of eight individual Islands
Most households were, and continue to be, multigenerational, with parents, children and grandparents sharing the home and duties. Grandparents in particular are important to child-rearing, and are a major influence in children’s lives. Kanaka maoli also practiced “hanai” which was an unofficial adoption of a person into a family. Close friends may refer to each other as “hanai brother” or”hanai sister”.
Religion
Cultural Revival
Kanaka Maoli people practiced a polytheistic and heavily influenced by nature, with gods and goddesses representing the sky, ocean, and volcanoes. The religion also had several important ritual acts associated with worship, including Hula dancing.
In recent years there has been a surge of cultural revitalization among the Kanaka Maoli people. Kanaka Maoli people are reconnecting with their cultural roots through:
- Speaking O'leo Hawaiian or Hawaiian Pidgin (taught in schools)
- Learning traditional artisan crafts and performance arts
- Embracing traditional religion with Christian influences
Colonization and European Imperialism
Language- O'leo Hawaiian
During the colonial period of European imperialism, the kanaka maoli people were exposed to many diseases they had no immunity to, including smallpox, measles, and influenza. Within one hundred years of the first contact with European explorers (1778) the population of Kanaka Maoli people had decreased by 90%. Despite this, the culture fought colonialism through the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795 by the joining of several independent chiefdoms. This lasted until 1894 in which the Republic of Hawaii was established as a territory under U.S. control. This is considered the first instance of American imperialism, which itself arose from The Conquest of Europeans.
This is AUSTRONESIAN language spoken by the Maoli Kanaka people While this language is currently endangered, it has scene a resurgence in use in recent years. It has been asserted that Oleo Hawaii has more words with multiple meanings dependent on context than most other languages