The Rev. Hiram Bingham led the first company of missionaries to Hawai‘i in 1819 – 1820....
Kapunahou has long been celebrated for its legendary freshwater spring....
Hawaiians quickly took to reading and writing but were slower to accept Christianity....
During the 1840s, the Hawaiian government continued to reorganize, establishing departments and administrative structures....
In 1839, Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) established the Chiefs’ Children’s School in Honolulu, to educate Hawai‘i’s future leaders....
Though sometimes criticized for being a product of Western ideas, the Declaration of Rights and Constitution transformed Hawai‘i....
From the first arrival of foreigners in Hawai‘i in 1778, Hawaiians perished from introduced diseases at an alarming rate....
For Hawaiians, land was not something to be bought and sold but a living ancestor....
David Malo was a Hawaiian scholar and royal adviser, who is perhaps best remembered today for his book, Hawaiian Antiquities,...
View the interactive map of the islands of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i to see key Ali‘i and mission members...