He Ali'i Ka 'Āina; He Kauwā ke Kanaka (The Land is Chief; Man is its Servant): Traditional Hawaiian Resource Stewardship and the Transformation of the Konohiki

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dc.contributor.authorSteele, Claire
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:29:48Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:29:48Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.descriptionM.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2015.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractIn traditional Hawaiian society, the konohiki were a specialized class of chiefs appointed by the Aliʻi Nui (high chiefs) to steward their land, water and human resources. Their self-sustaining and holistic methods of land and resource stewardship became known as the Konohiki System. The System’s principles were governed by the ancient Hawaiian Kapu religion and based on cultural values of Mālama ʻĀina – the deep familial ties and reciprocal stewardship between the ʻĀina (land and environment), the Akua (deities) and kanaka (man). To date, the konohiki’s history remains fragmented, insufficient, and lacking the Hawaiian perspective. This thesis is the first comprehensive, focused study on the konohiki utilizing a wider range of Hawaiian-language primary sources mainly from 19th century Hawaiian-language newspapers, published in 1834-1948, and the 1848 Māhele land records. These sources uncover invaluable Hawaiian cultural, historical and ancestral knowledge, and provide new information that changes the complex and often misunderstood historiography of the konohiki.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/51152
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher[Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [December 2015]
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Hawaiian Studies
dc.subjectkonohiki
dc.subjectresource management
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectHawai‘i
dc.subjectHawaiian newspapers
dc.subject1848 Māhele
dc.subjectindigenous knowledge
dc.titleHe Ali'i Ka 'Āina; He Kauwā ke Kanaka (The Land is Chief; Man is its Servant): Traditional Hawaiian Resource Stewardship and the Transformation of the Konohiki
dc.typeThesis
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