Hawaiian, one of Hawaii’s official languages, is now available as a course on Duolingo, a popular education platform available online and as an app. The Hawaiian language, or olelo Hawaii course was ...

Drawn from the opening lines of the Hawaiian creation chant, the Kumulipo, kāhuli was selected by the University of Hawaiʻi ...

“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 ...

Kaiapuni, the state's Hawaiian Immersion School where classes are taught in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, is offered at 33 schools across ...

Feb. 11—The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and several other Native Hawaiian organizations are hosting the "Ola ka 'I " (language thrives ) events Feb. 18 and 25, with student performances, ...

LIHUE — Hawaiian language immersion schools received good news from lawmakers last week, as five senators introduced a measure to preserve endangered Native American languages such as olelo Hawaii.

When the last Hawaiian queen was overthrown by a coup in 1896, a law was passed that made it illegal to use or teach the Hawaiian language in public schools. That law stayed on the books for 90 years, ...

Kulaniakea is a nonprofit that offers preschool and toddler programs focused on Indigenous ways of learning. Above, students and a teacher aboard the Hokule‘a in 2019. In 2019, Kahanuola Solatorio, ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Families and keiki fighting for the return of a Hawaiian immersion class in Windward Oahu held a rally Thursday, calling on the Department of Education to reinstate one ...

When Larry Kimura and his students first arrived at KCCN in Honolulu with a pitch for a new Hawaiian-language radio show, the station manager had one question. ADVERTISING When Larry Kimura and his ...

The Hawaiian language version of the 2016 Disney film “Moana” will be given for free to every accredited school in Hawaii as a gift just in time for the holiday season. Chris Lee, the director and ...