For years, Pūnana Leo o Koʻolau Poko has had two classrooms at Windward Oʻahu’s Pūʻōhala School, which houses an ...

Participants rallied to bring back a second Hawaiian language preschool classroom at Pu’ohala Elementary School.

After the Hawaiʻi Department of Education downsized a Hawaiian language preschool, supporters gathered in front of its ...

Hawaiian culture takes center stage in the hotel’s bar, the Olelo Room. A far cry from the typical hotel lounge, the Olelo Room is a celebration of the native language.

Feb. 27—A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian Language Month, or Mahina Olelo Hawaii, was introduced by Hawaii's congressional delegation. A resolution celebrating February as Hawaiian ...

Decades later, Hawaiian’s revival is used as a model for other indigenous languages.Kimura, who is known as the “grandfather” of the language, is now a professor at the University of Hawaii ...

The Hawaiian language had been banned from school instruction in 1896, after the U.S. government illegally overthrew the Hawaiian government. From then on, in almost all public spaces, ...

Hawaiian was banned in the state’s schools in 1896. In 1978 it was made an official language, leading to changes in the education system.

The Hawaiian language, or olelo Hawaii course was symbolically launched Monday, which some cities observed as Indigenous Peoples Day, in tandem with Navajo, at an event at Salt Kakaako.