Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health are advancing efforts to enrich ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) with new eldercare terms, blending ...

The effort to restore the health of Hawaiian as a living language has been the project of several decades. Unfortunately, the recent halt of a program at a school in a fast-growing part of Oahu has ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In honor of Olelo Hawaii Month, Congressman Kai Kahele spoke in Hawaiian during a speech on the floor of the US House on Thursday. Kahele spoke in Olelo Hawaii and ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A woman who sparked anger at the Honolulu City Council with an inaccurate and offensive comment about the Hawaiian language is doubling down. Her comment that Hawaiian is a ...

Byron Cleeland was nervous the first time he appeared in a Hawaii courtroom. It was 2011, and the lawyer of a young man from the state’s most western island of Niihau was concerned his client didn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 11—The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and several other Native Hawaiian organizations are hosting the "Ola ka 'I " ...

The Hokulea, a traditional Hawaiian voyage, arrived in Hawai'i on June 17, 2017, after its worldwide voyage only using traditional navigation such as sun, stars, winds and waves. Hawaiian students ...

Of the many language-learning apps on the market, for both adults and kids, none currently offers instruction in Hawaiian, a language that, according to The Endangered Languages Project, has fewer ...

The Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association is holding free, online training sessions this fall to help travel advisors and others deepen their knowledge of the Aloha State. Available on Sept. 28, a ...

“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 ...

The State Supreme Court of Hawaii held on Tuesday that a constitutional provision regarding Hawaiian education was intended to revive the Hawaiian language (‘ōlelo Hawai‘i) using reasonably accessible ...