George Kanahele

George Huʻeu Sanford Kanahele (1930–2000) was a native Hawaiian activist, historian and author.

Life

George Huʻeu Sanford Kanahele was born October 17, 1930 in Kahuku on the island of Oʻahu of Hawaii.^[1] Kanahele graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1948, and served as missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan until 1954. he then served in the United States Army Security Agency in Germany. He received his Bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Brigham Young University Hawaiʻi, and Ph.D. in Government and Southeast Asian Affairs from Cornell University in 1967.^[2] He published several books during his life relating to Hawaiian culture and history.^[3] As co-founder of the Hawaiʻi Entrepreneurship Training & Development Institute, he trained indigenous people around the world in how to start sustainable businesses.^[1]

Kanahele founded of the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association in 1997.^[4] Despite being a valuable part of the Hawaiian activism movement, some of his ideas are controversial, such as his argument that native Hawaiians should embrace Hawaii's tourism by helping the visitor industry revive a "Hawaiianess," also described as "a Hawaiian sense of place," in visitor destinations such as Waikīkī. In 1998 he received the Living Treasures of Hawai'i award. He died September 15, 2000 while teaching a seminar on Guam.^[5]

Works

• "The Japanese occupation of Indonesia: prelude to independence". Cornell University Microfilms. May 1967. Ph.D. Dissertation
• "The Hawaiian Renaissance". Polynesian Voyaging Society. May 1979.
• Hawaiian music and musicians: an illustrated history. University of Hawaii Press. 1979 [1986]. ISBN 978-0-8248-0578-4.
• Kanahele, George S.; Berger, John, eds. (2012) [1979]. Hawaiian Music & Musicians (2nd ed.). Honolulu, HI, USA: Mutual Publishing, LLC. ISBN 9781566479677. OCLC 808415079. External link in |publisher= (help)
• Pauahi: the Kamehameha legacy. Kamehameha Schools Press. 2002 [1986]. ISBN 0-87336-005-2.
• Hawaiian values for the hospitality industry. WAIAHA Foundation. 1992. ISBN 978-1-881332-00-8.
• Kū kanaka, stand tall: a search for Hawaiian values. University of Hawaii Press. 1993 [1986]. ISBN 978-0-8248-1500-4.
• Waikīkī, 100 B.C. to 1900 A.D.: an untold story. University of Hawaii Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-8248-1790-9.
• Emma: Hawai'i's Remarkable Queen: a Biography. University of Hawaii Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8248-2240-8.

References

1. "George Huʻeu Sanford Kanahele (September 2000)". The National Army Security Agency Association. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
2. Michael Tsai (July 2, 2006). "George Kanahele". The Honolulu Advertiser.
3. Pat Omandam (September 16, 2000). "Historian Kanahele, 69, leaves legacy in Waikiki". Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
4. "Organizational History". official web site. Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
5. Dan Nakaso (August 16, 2009). "George KanaheleRestored 'Hawaiianness' to Waikiki and founded the Native Hawaiian Tourism and Hospitality Association". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2010-03-08.