Samuel Kamakau

Samuel Kamakau

He poʻe Hawaiʻi ʻo Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau (29 ʻOkakopa 1815 – 5 Kepakemapa 1876). He poʻe kākau moʻolelo ʻo ia a he mea ʻimi naʻauao ʻo ia.

Hea inoa ʻia ʻo Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau no kēia kanaka.

Kona ola

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kamakau ma Mokulēʻia, Hawaiʻi. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kula o Lahainaluna Seminary ma 1833. He haumana ʻo ia o Kahu Sheldon Dibble. Ua male ʻo Kamakau iā S. Hainakolo a ua neʻe lāua i Kīpahulu; ʻo Kīpahulu ka home o kā Kamakau wahine. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o kā lāua kaikamahine, ʻo Kukelani Kaʻaʻapookalani, ma Kēkēmapa 1862, ua neʻe lākou i Oʻahu.

Mai 1866 i 1871, ua kākau ʻo Kamakau i ʻekolu mau mahele e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi a me nā moʻolelo Hawaiʻi. Ua kākau ʻo ia no nā nūpepa ʻo Ke Au ʻOkoʻa a me Ka Nūpepa Kūʻokoʻa. ʻO "Ka Moʻolelo o Kamehameha I", "Ka Moʻolelo o Nā Kamehameha", a me "Ka Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi" nā inoa o kā Kamakau mau mahele.

I ko Kamakau ola, he luna kānāwai ʻo ia ma Wailuku, Maui. He kau kānāwai ʻo ia no ke Aupuni Mōʻī o Hawaiʻi. Ua make ʻo ia ma 1876.

Nā kūmole

• Gordon, Mike (2 Iulai 2006). "Samuel Kamakau". The Honolulu Advertiser. Lawe mai ʻia ma 29 Nowemapa 2008.
• "Bishop Museum Press Authors". Ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Kamehameha. Lawe mai ʻia ma 29 Nowemapa 2008.