 | Nana I Ke Kumu - Look to the Source, Volume 1 (Hawaiian Folktales) by Mary Kawena Pukui
Buy used from: $41.75 provides the foundational information and good overview of the culture; written in a conversational style
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 | Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source), Vol. 2 by Mary K. Pukui
Buy used from: $25.00 continues Vol. 1 with more on traditions and values
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| Ku Kanaka Stand Tall: A Search for Hawaiian Values (Kolowalu Books) by George Hu'Eu Sanford Kanahele
Buy new: $29.00 / Used from: $14.24 a scholarly treatise on the accomplishments of ancient Hawaiians, with cross-cultural insights
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| Hawaiian Antiquities (Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication) by David Malo
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $5.95 the landmark first book written by a Native Hawaiian, about 1840
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| Ka Po'E Kahiko: The People of Old by Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau
Buy used from: $16.21 written by a Native Hawaiian in about 1870
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| Fragments of Hawaiian history, by John Papa Ii
written by a Native Hawaiian in about 1870
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| Kepelinos Traditions of Hawaii by Kepelino
written by a Native Hawaiian in about 1870
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| Journal by William Ellis
Buy used from: $44.95 written by a missionary in 1823, but fairly reliable
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| The Polynesian Family System in Ka`u, Hawai'i by E. S. Craighill Handy
Buy used from: $7.98 seminal work on daily family life
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 | 'Olelo No'eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings
Buy new: $25.60 / Used from: $23.51 a collection of Hawaiian proverbs giving insight into values and traditions
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 | Daughters of Haumea: Women of Ancient Hawaii (Na Kaikamahine 'o Haumea) by Lucia Tarallo Jensen
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $24.00 women in ancient Hawaiian culture, goddesses, chiefs and kahuna
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| Na Pule Kahiko: Ancient Hawaiian Prayers by June Gutmanis
Buy new: $17.50 / Used from: $10.24 insight into the spiritual practices of old
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 | Kahuna La'au Lapa'au: Hawaiian Herbal Medicine by June Gutmanis
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $7.49 Hawaiian healing traditions told in a story format
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 | Na Mo'olelo Lomilomi: The Traditions of Hawaiian Massage and Healing
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $14.47 my book on massage and healing traditions, compiling oral histories from native healers since 1779
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| Native Plants Used as Medicine in Hawaii by Beatrice H. Krauss
Buy used from: $17.00 essential plants and their uses
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| Hawaiian Medicine Book He Buke Laau Lapaau: He Buke Laau Lapaau by Malcolm Naea Chun
Buy used from: $30.48 a translation of an early book of kahuna healing remedies
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 | Kava: The Pacific Elixir: The Definitive Guide to Its Ethnobotany, History, and Chemistry by Vincent Lebot
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $5.75 essential information about awa use in Hawaii and elsewhere
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 | Lua: Art of the Hawaiian Warrior by Sally-jo Keala-o-anuenue Bowman
Buy used from: $12.74 the first book on this Hawaiian martial art
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| Voices of Wisdom: Hawaiian Elders Speak by M. J. Harden
interviews and pictures of late 20th century kupuna
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 | Change We Must. . .My Spiritual Journey by Nana Veary
Buy used from: $11.09 insights into Hawaiian culture through personal memoir from one of our most respected kupuna
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 | The Seven Dawns of the Aumakua: The Ancestral Spirit Tradition of Hawaii by Moke Kupihea
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.32 insights into Hawaiian culture through personal memoir
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