806 - Book Collection from Native Books

Take home a beautiful collection of books published by Kaiao Press and ʻAi Pōhaku Press. The collection includes a branded tote bag.

Hawaiian Healing Herbs: A Book of Recipes by Kalua Kaiahua

This handy publication is mainly about 18 medicinal plants and a special clay, ʻalae, for treatment of common ailments. Such knowledge and associated skills developed and were transmitted in earlier times within island ʻohana, families, whose survival depended upon the resources of their natural world.

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Lāhui Edition

This story is a first-person narrative from Queen Liliʻuokalani, a Hawaiian leader at the epicenter of change in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The Queen’s autobiography will help readers understand the complex history of Hawaiʻi, the nature of Hawaiian people, and their deep commitment to aloha ‘āina — love of country and the continuation of a sovereign future. 

Nā Ala Kūpuna o Kaʻū: Place Names and Legends

In 1968, Kaʻū natives, Herbert Kūʻumi Kin In and Mary Kawena Pukui, shared moʻolelo (stories) to Richard Kekumuikawaiokeola Paglinawan and Lynette K. Kaopuiki Paglinawan as they traveled through Kaʻū, the southernmost part of Hawaiʻi Island. This book is a special collection of memories about storied places, songs, and riddles that honors the traditions and people of this wahi pana (legendary place).

Nā Wahine Kapu: Divine Hawaiian Women by Lilikala Kameeleihiwa

Na Wahine Kapu explores how the female Akua, ancestors to modern Hawaiian women, have inspired Hawaiian women, including all of the Mōʻīwahine (female supreme rulers) of various islands, Aliʻiwahine (chiefesses) of Kamehameha's kingdom, and strong female leaders of today.

Hoʻoulu: Our Time of Becoming

Hoʻoulu gathers Dr. Manu Meyer's writings and ruminations on transforming information to knowledge, facts to metaphor, and sensation to contemplation. Her collected writings culminate in an unedited version of her doctoral thesis Native Hawaiian Epistemology: Contemporary Narratives.

From Then to Now A Manual For Doing Things Hawaiian Style

This book is a great resource to learn how to put Hawaiian plants such as the kalo, kī, niu, pū hala, ʻuala, and ʻulu, back in the ground, and what to do with what grows! Celebrating its 40th year, Kaʻala Farm has been teaching our children and communities about living Hawaiian style.

Native Books is a place with pride and respect for Hawaiians and Hawaiian culture. Because of this pride and respect, they want to share information about culture, language, and traditions with those who are interested in learning. “Know Hawaiians, Know Hawai’i.” a thinly veiled kaona by educator Pūlama Collier from Maui, reminds all of us to commit to recentering our core relationships with the natives of this place, and with this ‘āina. Native Books is a tool to assist all who want to acquire those relationships and deepen existing relationships to place, and to the essence of indigenous thinking as articulated by kanaka ‘ōiwi.