How a Canoe Helped Turn Hawaiian Culture Into a Source of Pride and Even Influenced Hollywood HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools.

But a canoe launched half a century ago helped turn Hawaiian culture from a source of shame to one of pride, reviving the skill of traveling the seas by decoding the stars, waves and weather.

HONOLULU (AP) — 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 ...