HILO >> Saturday’s memorial service for the late kumu hula Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane was a celebration of life that ran the ...

One hundred fifty years ago, Oleanda Ku’uipo Kanaka’ole’s great-grandfather was one of the first immigrants to come to Hawaii from Japan. The 76-year-old Hana woman’s great-grandfather was Sentaro ...

Sig Zane, husband of Nalani Kanaka’ole-Zane, embraces the couple’s grandson, Naholowa‘a Zane, as immediate family members look on during the memorial service for the revered kumu hula Saturday at the ...

Infusing spiritual awakening in people's hearts through his keertanas, Kanaka Dasa composed numerous devotional songs with devotion, faith, and love. Kanakadasa was not only an excellent poet and ...

The Kanaka Bar Indian Band in B.C.’s Fraser River Canyon is known as one of the hottest places in Canada. It was also ground zero for the country’s deadliest weather event in Canada to date. There ...

To many in Western culture, hula is seen as performance art — but to Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole, it’s a way of life. Kanaka’ole practices hula to connect with Hawaiian ancestors and land. “The universality ...