Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had si ...

A canoe launched half a century ago helped turn ... waves and weather. Named the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian word for the star Arcturus, the vessel would even influence the Disney blockbuster ...

That vessel – a double-hulled sailing canoe called Hokulea, named after the Hawaiian word for the star Arcturus – would later inspire Disney’s Moana and spark a revival of Polynesian ...

After celebrating her 50th birthday in Windward Oahu, Hōkūleʻa crew members gave the public a chance to experience the voyaging canoe up close. Thousands gathered at the site in Windward Oahu ...

That vessel — a double-hulled sailing canoe called the Hokulea, after the Hawaiian name for the star Arcturus — would even influence the Disney blockbuster “Moana” decades later.