Library: HWST 270: Hawaiian Mythology (Losch) : Akua Biography: Wahi Pana & Environment

Library Resources: Wahi Pana

Sites of Oahu by compiled by Elspeth P. Sterling, Catherine C. Summers
Call Number: DU624 .S74 1978
Publication Date: 1978
Sites of Maui by Elspeth P. Sterling
Call Number: DU628.M3 S72 1998
ISBN: 0930897978
Publication Date: 1997-12-01
Ancient Sites of Oahu by Van James
Call Number: DU624.65 .J36 2010
ISBN: 9781581780956
Publication Date: 2010-05-01
Ancient Oahu by Dennis Kawaharada (Editor)
Call Number: GR110.H3 A53 2001
ISBN: 0970959702
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
North Shore Place Names by John R. K. Clark; Keao NeSmith
Call Number: DU628.O3 C59 2014
ISBN: 9780824839307
Publication Date: 2015-01-01

"Place Names of Hawaiʻi" by Pukui, Elbert, and Mookini
This online edition of the "Place Names of Hawaiʻi" book is provided by Ulukau.org.
Hawaiian Place Names
This resource is provided by Ulukau.org. The information contained in the collection comes from the Māhele, Hawaiʻi Government Survey, and U.S. Government Survey.
AVA Konohiki
This website presents traditional land organization schemes, primarily for Oʻahu. Also provided are maps from the Hawaiʻi Government Survey.
Papakilo Database
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA’s) Papakilo Database, is the ongoing development of a cutting edge and comprehensive “Database of Databases” consisting of varied collections of data pertaining to historically and culturally significant places, events, and documents in Hawai'i’s history.
Kumu Pono Associates
Giving voice to the land, traditions and people of Hawaiʻi through ethnographic research, oral-history studies, and interpretive-educational programs. Here you will find detailed ethnographic research about specific areas within the pae ʻāina.
Kipuka Database
OHA’s Kipuka Database is a geographical information system (GIS) that utilizes the latest mapping technologies to provide a window into native Hawaiian land, culture and history. Kipuka links historic data sets to geographic locations reinforcing the concept of information embedded in the ‘āina (land), encoded in the wahi inoa (place name).

Native Planters of Old Hawaii by E. S. Handy; E. G. Handy; Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: GN424 .H3 1995
ISBN: 9780910240116
Publication Date: 1972-01-01
Hānau Ka Ua: Hawaiian Rain Names by Collette Leimomi Akana; With Kiele Gonzalez
Call Number: PL6449 .A43 2015
ISBN: 9780873362467
Publication Date: 2015
Hānau ka Ua is the fullest record of Hawaiian rain names and their lore to date, drawing on oral tradition and literature, including approximately three hundred ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi primary sources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries containing chants, songs, laments, and narratives. The existence of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of rain and wind names is evidence of the value our kūpuna attached to these forces.

Index of Rain Names
The list of rains was compiled from the book
"Ka ua: mai ka puke wehewehe 'olelo '0 Hawaiian Dictionary e Samuel Elbert a me Mary Kawena Pukui Honolulu 1971, University of Hawaii Press, complied by Kati Loke Rose."
Wind Names
This index is compiled from the Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert.