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 ...

But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather.

A total of 91 turnkey homes were awarded to Maui’s newest homestead community, Puʻuhona in Waikapū. Two- to five-bedroom ...

Hawaiian culture had long been repressed Thompson ... from European explorers and got the idea to build a double-hulled canoe with tall, triangular sails similar to those his ancestors had ...