Kahoʻiwai

Centering pilina and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in the representation of Hawaiian knowledge

The vision of Kahoʻiwai is the reclamation of Hawaiian knowledge sovereignty, aiming to actualize Hawaiian-centered autonomy and methods in the stewardship of Hawaiian knowledge. Building upon past work of Ka Wai Hāpai and development of the Hawaiian Knowledge Organization System (HKOS), the University of Hawaiʻi Libraries and its co-creators aim to achieve significant milestones towards advancing the discoverability and accessibility of Hawaiian library and archival materials.

KAHAWAI

HKOS
Nūpepa Index
TOC Project
Reparative Archive

PROJECT BLOG

  • New terms published!

    We’ve added our first selection of new terms in 2026. These terms were created by HKOS Working Group members, and edited by the core team. To see the authority records for each term, click the link. ‘Āina domain: Hana domain: Moʻokūʻauhau domain:

  • Welcome to Our New Project Assistant, Kyle Hart!

    We are very excited to welcome Kyle Hart to our Ka Wai Hāpai Project Team! Kyle is joining our team as a Research Assistant to help formulate our remaining activities and project documentation before we wrap up on July 31, 2023. In my role as Librarian for the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, I have…

  • Looking at our first authority record

    Context While so far on this blog we have talked a lot about the approach we have taken to our work, we’d like to take the chance here to review one of the results. To test our methodology and process, we are in the process of creating 100 bilingual authority records (prioritizing  ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi) and…

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