Kanaka Maoli

English Etymology Borrowed from en haw Kānaka Maoli; from haw kānaka "people" haw maoli "indigenous". Pronunciation en [ˈkɑːnəkə ˈmɒlɪ] Kaycee "Nahe" Kawano "Kanaka Maoli" YouTube at 1m 38s Noun p Native Hawaiians of Polynesian descent. en 1999 Displacing Natives: The Rhetorical Production of Hawaiʻi Houston Wood 13 0847691411 Many contemporary Hawaiians reject both the English name and concept to assert instead that Kanaka Maoli should be identified as a people with a particular relationship to specific places and people. en 2011 Globalization and Contemporary Art Jonathan Harris 1444396994 Joseph Nawahi leaves an important legacy for following generations about the nature and purpose of Kanaka Maoli and indigenous art. en 2015 Narrative and Identity Construction in the Pacific Islands Farzana Gounder 132 9027268673 Kanaka Maoli quickly noticed the power of this technology and called to the chiefs to allow the maoli knowledge to come through alongside the missionaries' words of enlightenment, the guise for colonization. References