Identity as a Distinct People
Who warned that English-medium schools made kids “no longer Hawaiian”?
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa
What language was once used in Hawaiian homes, churches, and government before English took over?
Hawaiian
What did foreigners do instead of shutting Hawaiian schools down all at once?
Slowly cut funding and support
What type of schools banned Hawaiian completely and sped up language loss?
Boarding schools
According to a Hilo High survey, what percent of students had Hawaiian blood but did not identify as Hawaiian?
51% had Hawaiian blood, only 26% identified as Hawaiian
What 1917 Hawaiian newspaper warned that children were no longer speaking Hawaiian?
Ka Puʻuhonua
What percent of Hawaiian immersion students identified as Hawaiian?
Name one cultural thing that was lost or weakened when Hawaiian was no longer spoken.
Speeches, Poetry, Mele/songs, World view/Hawaiian Perspective
What quote warned that losing a people’s language means losing the people?
“If a people loses its mother tongue, that people will disappear.”
Name one Polynesian language Hawaiian speakers could partly understand.
Tahitian, Māori, Samoan, or Tongan