For a language to be considered safe from extinction, 100,000 people need to speak it. A small fraction of people speak ‘ōlelo today, but young Hawaiians using TikTok and Instagram may help change ...

“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 ...

For nearly a century, the U.S. government banned indigenous Hawaiians from speaking olelo Hawai'i, their native language, in public schools. You Can Now Learn Hawaii's Native Language Using An App For ...

BYUH has always been a place of growth, learning and transformation since being a student and now an educator, says two ...

HONOLULU - "E heluhelu kakou," Nako'olani Warrington tells her third- graders - let's read together. But there's no need to translate at Ke Kula Kaipuni o Anuenue, a public immersion school where all ...

Hawaiian immersion students at Kalama Intermediate chant in Hawaiian during the dedication of a new mural on the school’s campus. The Maui News / Matthew Thayer archive photo Once banned in public ...

It's Columbus Day, or as it's also becoming known around the country, Indigenous Peoples' Day. And to mark the occasion, our next story is about the fight to save an indigenous language - Hawaiian.

Hawaiian is officially Hawaii’s second language. Whenever I go the airport I hear announcements in both English and Hawaiian. Since Hawaiian is an official language for Hawaii, shouldn’t it be taught ...