Ancestral Places explores the deep connections that ancestral Kanaka (Native Hawaiians) enjoyed with their environment. It honors the mo'olelo (historical accounts) of the ancestral places of our kupuna (ancestors), and reveals how these mo'olelo and our relationships with the 'aina (land) inform a Kanaka sense of place.

Katrina-Ann R. Kapa'anaokalaokeola Nakoa Oliveira elucidates a Kanaka geography and provides contemporary scholars with insights regarding traditional culture--including the ways in which Kanaka utilize cartographic performances to map our ancestral places and...