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 ...

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 ...

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. To mark the ...

Song Contest 2025 celebrates mele composed and inspired by the spirit and essence of Hawaiian hospitality. The warmth, kindness, generosity and aloha one feels when visiting and welcomed by a dear ...

Artist Herb Kane began painting ancient canoes based on drawings from European explorers and got the idea to build a double-hulled canoe with tall, triangular sails similar to those his ancestors ...

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. To mark the ...

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 ...