Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 6, 1 June 2006 — Ka ʻOihana Lawaiʻa: Hawaiian Fishing Traditions [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ka ʻOihana Lawaiʻa: Hawaiian Fishing Traditions

By Daniel Kahā'ulelio Translated by Mary Kawena Pūku'i Edited by M. Puakea Nogelmeier Bishop Museum Press; $16.95 Ka 'Oihana Lawai'a: Hawaiian Fishing Traditions is a compilation of columns that teacher, lawyer and legislator Daniel Kahā'ulelio wrote for nearly five months starting in 1902 for the weekly Hawaiian language newspaper Ka Nūpepa Kū'oko'a. The book presents both his original Hawaiian text and, on the opposite page, Mary Kawena Pūku'i's translation,

edited by Puakea Nogelmeier. The book is an amazing resource, with archival pictures aeeompanying Kahā'ulelio's detailed descriptions of nearly 50 styles of fishing. He explains how Hawaiians caught nearly every fish imaginable, using nets, poles, spears, even their hands. His columns are sprinkled with entertaining personal accounts, like his story of how the man who stole his father's melomelo stick, whose fragrance attracted fish, became "feeble minded."

With Bishop Museum Press Ieading the way, a new batch of Hawaiian-themed books have been released that touch on a variety of subjects. Here's a brieflook at some ofthem:

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