He Moʻolelo mai nā Kūpuna: Ancestral Lessons of Liberation in J. W. H. I. Kihe’s “Kaao Hooniua Puuwai no Ka-Miki”
Kamalani M. F. H. Johnson
Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, 12, 114–139.
Abstract
Through a close reading of J. W. H. I. Kihe’s Ka-Miki, this essay explores how Hawaiian moʻolelo theorize consent, kuleana, aloha, and Indigenous intimacy beyond colonial frameworks. It reclaims moʻolelo as living sites of Kanaka political philosophy and relational ethics.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, K. M. F. H. (2026). He moʻolelo mai nā kūpuna: Ancestral lessons of liberation in J. W. H. I. Kihe’s “Kaao hooniua puuwai no Ka-Miki.” Hūlili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, 12, 114–139.
