How the Hawaiian culture will remain relevant as time marches forward is something we often discuss in the office. Would modern day kanaka maoli be drawing petroglyphs on rocks? No way. In fact, thanks to Keola Donaghy, they’ll be performing searches on Google in ‘olelo Hawai’i.
Te Taka Keegan says it best: “Google has become the primary source of the world’s information and being able to source this information through the medium of the Hawaiian language indicates that the Hawaiian language has purpose and relevance in today’s information society.”