Akaka, who has been playing Hawaiian steel guitar for more than 50 years, was not initially drawn to the instrument, despite hearing it at parties and luaus while growing up. As an 8-year-old ...

How to Help Hawaii Wildfire Victims, Including Ways to Donate With the help of many, Artis and his friends packed and shipped over 200 instruments straight to Maui. "I think anyone who's ever ...

Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin with lye. Many people believed Polynesian voyagers had si ...