Word: hawaiians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Here, also, the significance of Pele in the title becomes clear. Referring to the Hawaiian volcano goddess, Amos emphasizes the cathartic quality of her music--full of energy and fire, erupting and spewing forth what had been buried for too long...
...said she chose the name HAPA because it is a Hawaiian word which means "half Japanese...
...them back. Ironically, native American science, literature, medicine, philosophy, legal institutions, governing structures and art are by and large excluded from the academic curriculum at Harvard University. The mathematical concept of zero, for instance, originated in Mayan cultures, as did sophisticated medical practices; native astronomy (including native Hawaiian astronomy) has been extremely sophisticated, as are our architectural and artistic traditions...
Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations have been granted access by request to records and data from any museum to determine the ownership and method of acquisition of all relevant objects...
...approached [Peabody Museum] by writing a letter requesting any information about Hawaiian remains," Ayau said. "The museum responded that they [had remains, so we began the] consultation process...