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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This innovative study challenges scholars to rethink standard
approaches to the study of Hawai'ian history by proposing a
Native-centered historiography based on concepts derived from the
Hawai'ian language and oral traditions. Historical approaches to
traditional Hawai'i have tended to focus on the Ali'i Nui (high
chiefs) as leaders of a stratified society, and on the decisions
they made in the context of the arrival of the haole (foreigners).
This study traces the history of the Kaukau Ali'i, the chiefly
servers, who were the lesser-ranked relatives of the high chiefs.
The Kaukau Ali'i performed a variety of tasks-ranging from
childcare to redistributive service to the provision of battlefield
support-within this service relationship which structured the flow
of daily life.
Kanalu Young, himself a descendent of the Kaukau Ali'i, argues that
the Native Hawai'ian past can be better understood by approaches
which are grounded in concepts derived from Native Hawai'ian
language and oral tradition. By shifting the focus of historical
study from the high chiefs to the chiefly servers, new light is
shed on the history of the traditional Hawai'ian polity.
Bibliography. Index
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