Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 5, 1 April 2008 — Book award [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Book award

Author and University of Hawai'i ethnic studies professor Davianna McGregor was awarded

the 2008 Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize for the best book in any field of history written by a Hawai'i resident for her work Nā Kua 'āina:

Living Hawaiian Culture. The book, whieh beat out 11 other entries published over the last three years, docunrents the continuity, and the changes, of Native Hawaiian culture through four rural communities that preserved and perpetuated traditional ways through a subsistence lifestyle. The award, whieh conres with a $300 cash prize, is given by the Hawai'i regional chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and was announced March 15 at the honor society's 24th annual conference at UH. Nā Kua'āina was published in 2007 by University of Hawai'i Press.

The winning entry: Nā Kua'āina. - Pholo: Courtesy of UH Press