Native Hawaiian Health Summer Bridge: Lāʻau Hawaiʻi
Web Resources
Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database
A database of endemic Hawaiian and introduced plants and their uses. Includes info about famous locations, mele, ʻōlelo noʻeau, and kino lau.
An online knowledgebase of endemic and indigenous plants of Hawaiʻi. Includes info about plant characteristics, pests and diseases, growth requirements, and uses.
Images of 2,500 species from the personal collection of biologists Forest & Kim Starr. All images are free to use, with attribution.
A compilation of plants which are known to have been used by the Hawaiians for medicinal purposes (includes introduced and endemic plants).
Videos
There are a few Hawaiian health-related videos available in the library. Use Voyager to search to find videos.
Featured videos:
- The Hawaiian art of healing byCall Number: DVD 942Click to watch online
From the age of five, Henry Auwae learned the art of lā'au lapa'au from his grandmother, a woman whose knowledge extended back to nineteenth century Hawai'i. In this two-disk documentary series, 'Papa' Auwae shares this traditional knowledge. - Kakalina Maunakea byCall Number: DVD 1630Interviewer Kū Kahakalau visits with Katherine Maunakea. After relating a short history of her early life, Katherine shares her knowledge of lāʻau lapaʻau, including the noni, tī, kukui, laukahi and pōpolo.
Find Books
Plants in Hawaiian Culture by Call Number: DU624.65 .K72 1993
Lāʻau Hawaiʻi : traditional Hawaiian uses of plants by Call Number: QK473 .H4 A33 1992
Native Planters of Old Hawaii by Call Number: DU624.5 .H34
Kahuna laʻau lapaʻau : the practice of Hawaiian herbal medicine by Call Number: QK99.H3 G88 1977
Plants in Hawaiian Medicine by Call Number: DU624.65 .K73 2001
Kahuna by Call Number: GN477.4 .C48 2016
Hawaiian ʻawa : views of an ethnobotanical treasureCall Number: RS165.K3 H393 2006
Noni : the complete guide for consumers and growers by Call Number: QK495.R85 N45 2006
Hawaiian Language Dictionaries
Search Hawaiian Dictionaries online to look up Hawaiian words.
Or, you can check out the following dictionaries from the Library:
Hawaiian Dictionary by Call Number: PL6446 .P795 1986
