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

State leaders are already brimming with optimism on its potential impact for Hawaii as a film and television destination.

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

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.

It's a reclamation of cultural identity, told through the eyes of Polynesian people by Polynesian people, in their language. ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Feb. 11—The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and several other Native Hawaiian organizations are hosting the "Ola ka 'I " (language thrives ) events Feb. 18 and 25, with student ...

Jamie Stidger, an English teacher at Castle High School on Oʻahu, recently spoke out at an education conference to affirm ...

The recent court controversy over whether a professor charged with a crime can use his native language of Hawaiian in his court proceedings has made me recollect Thomas Paine’s statement ...