La Ho'iho'i Ea
This year, Kamehameha III established Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea as one of the Hawaiian Kingdom's first national holidays.
What is 1843?
A mythological group of people that are infamous for building complex structures overnight.
What are menehune?
In this year, King Kamehameha I unified the Hawaiian islands.
What is 1810?
In 1802, King Kamehameha made this place the capitol of Hawai'i.
What is Lahaina?
A family dwelling consisting of multiple houses with individual purposes.
What is a Kauhale?
This British naval captain unilaterally seized the islands in February 1843, triggering the crisis the holiday commemorates.
Who is George Paulet?
This Goddess ventured to the island of Kauaʻi to retrieve a man named Lohiʻau on behalf of her sister.
Who is Hiʻiaka?
This piece of legislation, signed under duress by King Kalākaua, limited the authority of the monarch and gave more power to wealthy landowners.
What is the bayonet constitution?
This traditional code of conduct, laws, and regulations was overturned by Liholiho in 1819, thus sparking a cultural revolution.
What is the kapu system?
Hometown of a charismatic young musician and a key leader of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana movement fighting to stop the U.S. military from using the island of Kahoʻolawe for bombing practice
Where is Kalama Moloka'i?
This Honolulu park is the traditional site of the annual Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea gathering.
What is Thomas Square?
The spirits of tribal warriors for chiefs or kings, these beings are most commonly found after sunset and are deadly on-sight.
What are nightmarchers?
Proposed by King Kamehameha III, while this legislation was intended to secure land titles for Native Hawaiians, it ended up separating many from their land.
What is the Great Māhele?
This person was elected monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom and had a reign that lasted only a little over a year.
Who is William Charles Lunalilo?
Along with Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, this November holiday celebrating Hawaiian independence was also established in 1843
What is Lā Kūʻokoʻa?
This many months passed under British occupation before sovereignty was restored on July 31.
What is five (months)?
This God is known for his transformation into a pig and his many love affairs.
Who is Kamapuaʻa?
The attempted kidnapping of this high chief lead to the death of Captain James Cook in 1779.
Who is Kalaniʻōpuʻu?
This man was not only a hānai brother to Bernice Pauahi Bishop, but also engaged to her before she married Charles Reed Bishop.
Who is Kamehameha V or Lot Kapuāiwa?
Building of Iosepa began in March of 2001, under the direction of these two master carvers.
Who is Tuione Pulotu and Kawika Eskaran?
This British admiral is credited with correcting Paulet's actions and restoring the kingdom's flag.
Who is Richard Thomas?
This shapeshifting creature is known to guard places and areas where freshwater flows, and will engage in fights to protect themselves and their habitats.
What is a mo’o?
After the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, this US congressman investigated and issued a report with findings that the US government played a part in the overthrow.
Who is James Henderson Blount?
This high-ranking chiefess was a wife to Kamehameha I and mother to Kamehameha II & III.
Who is Keōpūolani?
The first leader(s) of the Hawaiian Village at the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) when it opened in October 1963.
Who is “Mom” Eugenia Logan and “Pop” Jubilee Logan?