Carlos L. Andrade, University of Hawai‘i, 2275 Dorm Circle #3A, Hon, HI 96817. carloso@hawaii.edu.

Ha‘ena Ahupua‘a.

The aboriginal people of Hawai‘i devised a system of land management that was a result of more than two thousand years of inhabiting these islands that are more than 2,500 miles from the nearest continent. The lifeways of their ancestors were based on the experiences of many millenia of traveling on the ocean and inhabiting islands in the largest ocean on the earth. Captain Cook said of these people that they were the most widespread of all the nations in the world. The study of Ha‘ena ahupua‘a represents an exploration of the aboriginal perspective of the world and the sources of information that are present that would be appropriate for constructing a “Hawaiian” geography, in contrast to a geography of Hawai‘i. The study will also explore the implications that a “Hawaiian” geography might have on contemporary land use and resource management issues facing communities today in Hawai‘i and communities elsewhere in the world.

Keywords: Aboriginal Geography Resources