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    • He Moʻolelo no Kapaʻahu / Story of Kapaʻahu
    • Kalaupapa Is Us: The Kalaupapa Community in 2002-2005
    • Under the Volcano: the People of Kalapana, 1823-2010
    • We Had a Life: My Years at Kalaupapa
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    • Emma Kauhi Stories
    • Kale Langlas Oral History Archive
    • Powerpoint Presentation
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    • Kau Lāʻau and Maʻamaʻa: Traditional Hawaiian Ulua Fishing
    • Ma ka Hale Pule i Kalapana
    • Ma ka Pāʻina i Kalapana
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Oral History

Listen to Mrs. Kauhi
Emma Kauhi

Stories by Mrs. Emma Kauhi

Listen to stories by Emma Kapunoho‘ulaokalani Kauhi about her early life growing up in the Hawaiian village of Kapa‘ahu in Puna, Island of Hawai‘i between 1916 and 1935. The stories and the book provide a picture of rural Hawaiian life in the early Twentieth Century. Listen Now>

 

 Kaimu Beach 1926. R.J. Baker photo. Bishop Museum Archives. www.bishopmuseum.org
Kaimu Beach 1926. R.J. Baker Photo, Bishop Museum.

Kale Langlas Oral History Archive

The archive contains 203 interviews with 78 individuals (or small groups of individuals). The interviews were carried out by Charles “Kale” Langlas or his students between 1987 and 2010 for the purpose of documenting the history of various areas. Most of the people interviewed were elderly and have since passed on. The bulk of the interviews are in English; some are in Hawaiian.. Listen & Read Now>

 

Keliihoomalu
Robert Keliihoomalu

Powerpoint Presentation

Check out a powerpoint presentation by Kale Langlas containing information about the oral history project, select audio quotes from some of the kupunas, and photos of some of the interviewees. View Now>

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Kale Langlas Oral History Archive

The archive contains 203 interviews with 78 individuals (or small groups of individuals). The interviews were carried out by Charles “Kale” Langlas or his students between 1987 and 2010 for the purpose of documenting the history of various areas. Most of the people interviewed were elderly and have … Read more

Events

About Us

Pili Productions is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1997 and based in Hilo, Island of Hawai‘i. We sponsor projects which describe local and Native Hawaiian culture through writing, film or other … Read more

Books

  • He Moʻolelo no Kapaʻahu / Story of Kapaʻahu
  • Kalaupapa Is Us: The Kalaupapa Community in 2002-2005
  • Under the Volcano: the People of Kalapana, 1823-2010
  • We Had a Life: My Years at Kalaupapa

Videos

  • Kau Lāʻau and Maʻamaʻa: Traditional Hawaiian Ulua Fishing
  • Ma ka Hale Pule i Kalapana
  • Ma ka Pāʻina i Kalapana

Oral History

  • Emma Kauhi Stories
  • Powerpoint Presentation
  • Kale Langlas Oral History Archive

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