Society and Culture

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Ask-2000 - Searchable database of social service agencies in Hawaii compiled by the Aloha United Way.

Bring Our Ancestors Home Foundation - Non-profit organization dedicated to identifying and repatriating ancient Chamori remains and sacred artifacts from museums worldwide.

Hawaii Links - Traditional cultural and modern links with searching.

The Hawaiian Home Page - A reference for Hawaiian culture.

Historic Hawaii Foundation - Helping to preserve Hawaii's important historic sites, scenic vistas, and cultural traditions. Tours, monthly calendar of events, and information on the state and federal historic registers.

Pacific Islanders' Resource Directory - Pacific Islanders' Cultural Association's listing of businesses, events, hula halau, canoe clubs, newsletters, radio stations and musicians in northern California which are related to the Pacific islands.

Polynesian Voyaging Society - Learn how Polynesians explored and settled the Pacific long before Europeans even discovered it. See two ancient canoe replicas, the Hokule'a and Hawai'iloa sailing to retrace migration routes and to preserve ancestral skills.

Uncle Charlie, Hawaiian Storyteller - Stories, essays and lectures by Kahu (Rev.) Charles Kauluwehi "Uncle Charlie" Maxwell Sr., a retired Maui Police Officer, and now a Cultural and Spiritual Consultant and Storyteller at the Maui Ocean Center.

Vegetarian Society of Hawaii - Links to membership, recipes, online newsletter, dining and shopping guides.

NPR : Hidden Treasures: Hawaii Custody Battle - A museum and indigenous Hawaiians are in a custody battle about rare carved artifacts, some of which have already been repatriated to sacred burial caves. Part of the Hidden Treasures Radio Project series. [8:14 Realaudio broadcast] (April 15, 2004)