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NIIHAU: The Traditions of an Hawaiian Island
NIIHAU The Traditions of an Hawaiian Island Author:Rerioterai Tava, Moses. K. Keale Sr. Niihau is the 7th largest of the Hawaiian islands. Little has been written about it. This book, compiled by Moses Kapalekilahao Keale Sr, a native of Niihau, and Rerioteria Tava, a native of Tahiti who came to Hawaii in search of her Polynesian roots, is a collection of stories, songs, rituals,myths, oral histories, place names, art forms, and d... more »etails of daily life, compiled from elders who remember the "old ways". There is also census information and other information gathered from government records. A lengthy bibliography is included, as well as a map of the island showing the places mentioned, and a dictionary and translation of many terms.« less