The Right to Speak - Ka pono e ʻŌlelo
Despite predictions that the Hawaiian language would be extinct by 2000, it has remained vital because it represents Hawaiian culture, identity, education, and history.
(Preaching to Native Hawaiians 1840 — Image: Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Library)
(Radio Staidiun, KCCN FM100)
The KCCN radio station, which broadcast exclusively in Hawaiian, sparked interest in the language, drawing attention and curiosity from others. The KCCN Radio station was a station that was only spoken in Hawaiian. Which grabbed other people's attention making them curious about the Hawaiian Language. People have opened up a school called "Puanana Leo" and kids would learn to speak Hawaiian and learn about Hawaiian History. Olelo ( Hawaiian) became Hawaii's Official state language in 1978.
“In Hawaii today, nearly everyone knows how to speak at least a few words and phrases of Hawaiian. But the practice of primarily speaking the Hawaiian language from birth, as my great-grandmother and many other Hawaiians of her time did, nearly died with her generation”
By Sara Kehaulani Goo / June 22, 2019
(Kids of ‘Aha Pūnana Leo, PC: courtesy).
"E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. The Hawaiian Language Shall Live"
- ‘Aha Pūnana Leo
People have opened up a school called "Puanana Leo," and kids would learn to speak Hawaiian and learn about Hawaiian History. Olelo ( Hawaiian) became Hawaii's Official state language in 1978. Hawaiian language immersion schools were created in Hawaii in the mid-1980s, with Panana Leo being the first Olelo preschool.
He kūlia mau ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo i ke ola o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Ua paʻa naue ʻole mākou i loko o ke aukahi i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ke kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no ko Hawaiʻi nei i mau aku ʻo Hawaiʻi he ʻāina Aloha, a no laila ko mākou kūpaʻa ʻana ma hope o nā ʻohana. He 13 honua ʻokoʻa ko mākou ma ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi, ʻelua papahana Hiʻipēpē a he 3 papahana kūikawā.
ʻAha Pūnana Leo has always strived to ensure that the Hawaiian Language lives. Rooted in our mission to drive and inspire change to ensure a living Hawaiian language in Hawaiʻi and beyond, our organization is dedicated to the people we serve. We span across 13 different locations throughout the Hawaiian islands and have two infant toddler childcare centers and three unique programs.
- ‘Aha Pūnana Leo
(College of Hawaiian Language, retrieved from bigislandvideonews.com).
Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani, or the College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, was founded in 1999 as the indigenous language college in the United States. Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani became the first College to be in an indigenous language.
"ʻO ka ʻōlelo ke kaʻā o ka mauli.
Language is the fiber that binds us to our cultural identity."
- Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani