Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

The five chapters that I read from Ethnicity and Family Therapy (McGoldrick, Giordano & Garcia-Preto, 2005) where about Native Americans, Native Hawaiian families, British West Indian families, and Haitian families (2-4 & 8-9 chapters). I was very excited about this assignment and very much enjoyed reading about these cultures. Any and all details I can learn about Native Americans I find really enjoyable. These details will help me with my current job as well. In the Native American…

Pacific Islanders throughout history, as a whole, have gone through so much change that making comparisons to others are almost unattainable. There are a plethora of changes that range from far and wide; language, environmental, mental, and physical. A major change was literature in itself. Prior to western influence, literature was never around for most of the stories and song were done orally. For most people change in the end may be beneficial, but often times bring conflict and hardships,…

For Native Hawaiians the entire universe and all things in it, including spirits, were natural. The land of the Hawaiian people had an abundant amount of natural resources to create materials and food to survive. The bones of their ancestral spirits were buried deep into the ground that generated food and possessed the spiritual energy to sustain families. Herb Kawainui Kane, an author and artist-historian with special interest in Hawai 'i and the South Pacific, states “Aumakua (Ancestral…

context of their traditions and religions. The Hawaiian Islands were isolated from foreign influences, up until the arrival of Captain James Cook, in the year of 1778. On Captain Cook 's arrival to the islands he…

Appropriation of Non-Westerners in Mass Media Mass media, by definition, is media aimed toward the masses. Media comes in all kinds of forms such as television, radio, magazines, and film. Film is arguably the most influential form of mass media in that it spans across the globe. Films produced in the West are some of the most viewed forms of mass media around the world; therefore, when non-western people are misrepresented, those representations can be taken as fact across the entire world.…

The Hawaiian culture is a culture that is about respect and protection of others. Hawaiian culture is very interesting and has been changing for many centuries. There culture includes there clothing, language and foods. There clothing and language go very well with each other because the both show peace and protection. Hawaiian culture came from the Polynesians who came from New England, they had effect such as the clothing, the food and the language. The Asians also played a little effect in…

Hawaiian language is a language that has one form associated with it and all communities found within Hawaii have spoken this same language since the land was first discovered by Polynesians in the island of Ni‘ihau (the forbidden island). The Ni’ihau community is what I will be focusing on in this paper, since it is known to be the first island in Hawaii that was Goddess Pele’s first home (Ni`ihau Cultural Heritage Foundation). After the islands were inhabited by the early Polynesians,…

Hawaiian Legends There are many different tales to the great island chain of Hawai`i. From scary stories that keep you away from doing what’s wrong, to the creation of Hawai`i. Hawaii is the home to some of the most unique stories passed down from olelo because in the past they didn’t need to write. Hawaiians believed in polytheism, or many gods who controlled certain things. This caused the ancient stories to arise, and begin to be passed on to keep the story alive. The greatest legends…

There is a separate belief that Polynesians came from the Marquesas Islands, and then a second group of settlers came later from Tahiti. In 1778, Captain James Cook came to the Hawaiian Islands and dubbed them Sandwich…

Many people around the world have no idea what is happening to the native ecosystem in Hawaii, most people would just assume that it is perfectly intact and will last forever. Yes, the ecosystem will last a very long time, but unless we do something about it, it will be in dire straights not long from today. This paper will discuss the history of this growing problem, the effect is has on, not only people in Hawaii but people worldwide, and what can be done to help solve this terrible…