The Menehune: Historical Accounts of the Mythical 'Little People' of Hawaii
At the same time, the Wilkes expedition noted the native population was vanishing at a drastic rate . . . particularly the chiefs, and that the ancient manners and customs had nearly disappeared. David Malo and Samuel Kamakau, two of the first native Hawaiian historians, were students at a missionary school who gathered knowledge of the past from the oldest generations and the most informed members of their communities. The first native Hawaiian to publish a historic account was David Malo. This publication’s timing in 1861 coincided with the birth of the Hawaiian language newspapers, pr...
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