Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 4, 1 April 1996 — Ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi [ARTICLE]

Ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi

800 taped interviews of native speakers available at

Bishop Museum The Bishop Museum has more than 800 taped interviews in the Hawaiian language, most of whieh were conducted by Mary Kawena Pukui with native speakers in the 1950s and '60s. These audio records are accessible to the public free of charge. A catalogue of these interviews is available through Hawai'i FYI, whieh is accessible through the library computer system. Under Hawai'i FYI, one scrolls down to UHCARL (Screen number 9), and then to item #8 Bishop Museum. Then by choosing line #30, the viewer is connected to three data bases on Hawaiian collections: #75 Archives and Library Catalogue, where the taped interviews are catalogued; #76 contains mele and chants; and #77 includes visual materials. These materials ean be viewed and listened to on the first floor of Pakl Hall, at the Bishop Museum. Hours of operation are Tuesday thru Friday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m. - noon, but closed on weekend holidays. .ō'Bfn 6i^iliqu6qo'Oīi uno. April 16- June 25 — Hawaiian language classes, beginners to advanced, Kapiehameha Schools and Downtowh area. Cost S65. Call 'Ahahui 'Ōlelo Hawai'i at 528-5453. 'Olelo No'eau Ka Pō nui ho'olakolako, ke ao nui ho'ohemahema. The great night that provides, the great day that neglects. Guidance is given in dreams that man often misunderstands and neglects.