Mary Kawena Pukui

Mary Kawena Pukui
Mary Kawena Pukui
Background information
Birth name	Mary Abigail Pukui
Born	20 April 1895; Kaʻū, Island of Hawaiʻi, Republic of Hawaii
Died	21 May 1986 (aged 91)
Occupation(s)	Scholar, dancer, composer, educator

Mary Abigail Kawenaʻulaokalaniahiʻiakaikapoliopele Naleilehuaapele^[1] Wiggin Pukui^[2]^[3]^[4] (20 April 1895 – 21 May 1986), known as Kawena,^[5] was a Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and educator.

^ Often written in hyphenated form as Kawena-ʻula-o-ka-lani-a-Hiʻiaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele-ka-wahine-ʻai-honua Na-lei-lehua-a-Pele, which translates as "The rosy glow in the sky made by Hiʻiaka in the bosom of Pele, the earth-consuming woman." Dye 1998, pp. 109–110
^ Dye, Bob (1998). Hawaiʻi Chronicles Two. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-8248-1984-2. OCLC 249244077.
^ Handy, Edward Smith Craighill; Pukui, Mary Kawena (1950). The Polynesian Family System in Ka-'u, Hawaii. C. E. Tuttle Company. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-8048-1031-9.
^ Hawaiian spelling: Pūkuʻi; her The Water of Kāne, 1994: t.p. (Mary Kawena Pūkuʻi) p. 4 of cover
^ Chad Blair (September–October 2007). "Kawena's Legacy". Hana Hou! Vol. 10, No. 4.

[1] Often written in hyphenated form as Kawena-ʻula-o-ka-lani-a-Hiʻiaka-i-ka-poli-o-Pele-ka-wahine-ʻai-honua Na-lei-lehua-a-Pele, which translates as "The rosy glow in the sky made by Hiʻiaka in the bosom of Pele, the earth-consuming woman." Dye 1998, pp. 109–110

[Dye1998-2] Dye, Bob (1998). Hawaiʻi Chronicles Two. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-0-8248-1984-2. OCLC 249244077.

[HandyPukui1950-3] Handy, Edward Smith Craighill; Pukui, Mary Kawena (1950). The Polynesian Family System in Ka-'u, Hawaii. C. E. Tuttle Company. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-8048-1031-9.

[4] Hawaiian spelling: Pūkuʻi; her The Water of Kāne, 1994: t.p. (Mary Kawena Pūkuʻi) p. 4 of cover

[BlairHanaHou-5] Chad Blair (September–October 2007). "Kawena's Legacy". Hana Hou! Vol. 10, No. 4.

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