[Note: IIBishop Estate ll andIIBi.shop Museum ll

, are often usedinterchangeably by the inter­viewees, although they are twodistinct entities. Most ofthe references actually referto the Museum, as it is themajor landowner in Waipio ..However, in order not totamper with the interviewees'words, both the Estate andMuseum are indexed.]

Agriculture Experiment Sta­tions, 16, 17, 18, 31, 1177,1184, 1188

Ah Chong Store, 849, 855Ah Puck, Herbert, 184, 203,

215, 1021-22, 1039-40, 1041,1043, 1044

Ah Puck, Sonny, 67, 135, 184,668, 787, 1040, 1043, 1091

Ah Puck Poi Factory, 883, 1009,1021-22, 1039-40, 1044, 1057

Ahana{aka Chang Hung), 86,87, 88, 102, 408, 415, 604­05, 609, 787

Ahana, Leslie (see Chang,Leslie)

Ahana Poi Factory (later Puueo .Poi Factory), 93-115, 243,605, 1022, 1112

Ahana Store, 85-93, 122, 210,411, 1013, 1018, 1041, 1178,

as gathering place, 91,217,640,641,708

merchandise in, 87-88,90, 91,399,849,855,1021

Ahina (see Chun, Hin)Ainsworth, Gloria (Fujioka)

(interviewee), 1-2,809,945, 948

family of, 5Ainsworth, Sydney (interviewee)

1-2, 945, 948family of, 7

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Akaka (aka Leong Kut),91,118-19,130-32,134,140,585, 860 (see also AkakaStore)

Akaka Rice ~1i11, 71, 130-34,135, 789, 1022

Akaka Store, 88,102, 118,. 122, 217

Akioka (aka Mock Chuck), 173,214,215,221,255,262,311,395,406,408, 420,445, 585,596, 603, 605, 707, 845, 882,883, 899, 902" 1014, 1027,1031

Akioka Poi Factory, 51, 93,. 99, 214,243, 283, 883, 1014,

1022Akona family, 214, 283-84, 845Almeida, Johnny, 1023Amfac, Inc., 86, 90, 634Anderson, Don (interviewee), 16

fami 1y of, 32Andrade, Fred, 318, 327, 1115Araki, Ginji, 33-42, 67, 69,

166,168,169,227,328,339,340, 441, 444-57, 488~89,

502,537,540,.555,569,571,765, 792-93, 1082, 1125-26,1167, 1224 ..

Araki, Tom (interviewee),33, 67, 244, 449, 876, 967,969-70, 972-74, 983

family of, 33-42Araki Poi Factory (see Taro

Cooperative)Armed Forces, 30, 171, 439,

536, 552, 735, 760-61, 779,822-23, 847, 918, 1095

stationed in Waipio,477 -78, 777

(see also World War II)Aumakua (see Hawaiian

practices and be1ief~)

Bamboo, 258, 937-38, 961Banks, 161, 249, 323, 459,

1163 {see also Money)Baseball, 66, 141, 198-99,

203-05, 256, 607, 613, 619,641, 762, 774, 783, 853,857,940,1022,1027,1046,1096

Basketball, 204, 206, 256,607, 641,783, 979

Batalona, Andoi, 60, 639Batalona, Joseph (interviewee)

60, 415 .family of, 60-72~ 639,

896Bata1ona, Kalai (interviewee),

74, 896family of, 60, 72, 77,

639, 896Bathing~ 424, 610, 698-99,

701, 860Birds, 426, 533-34, 650

rice, 121, 141-42~ 146­48, 211, 557-58

Birth control, 263, 265, 629­30, 1037-38 (see alsoChildbirth)

Bishop Estate, 67, 238, 295,313, 319, 324, 351, 457-58,510, 762, 815, 1160, 1162­63, 1215 (see also BishopMuseum, sometimes incorrect­ly used interchangeably)

Bishop Museum, 17, 23, 73, 118,251, 325, 341, 584, 944,1137,1229 .

land policy of, 229, 238,579, 1127-28, 1185

(see also Land)Board of Health, 107, 214,

582, 596, 904, 918, 919, 988Board of Water Supply, 377,

615-17,1097Brewer, C. and Co., Ltd., 114,

764, 1069, 1013, 1078, 1188,1194-95

Butcher, Howard, 324, 545

Calendars,Chinese, 156 (Hawaiian, 376, 656, 864,

11 03Castle and Cooke, Inc., 312,

1206Caucasians (see Haoles)Celebrations,

Chinese New Year, 153,419-20, 620, 842, 900­01,1027-28

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Christmas, 259, 416, 557,619, 621, 703-4, 783,900

Fou~th of July, 63, 207,336, 557~ 613, 620,704, 783, 876, 1026-27,1096

funeral, 223-26, 268-69,463-66, '664-67,898,1048-50

New Year, 226, 259, 416,557, 704, 842, 858~59

political rallie~, 259,645-46, 712-13

other, 153, 201-02, 259,557, 621, 703, 783,842,856,857,931-32,1040

(see also Recreation)Chang, Gilbert, 56, 114-15,

247,1118Ch~ng, Leslie (interviewee)

56, 85, 203, 208, 215,247,284, 395, 410, 419,436,437~ 439, 441-42, 489, 618,648, 680-81, 825, 8.60, 902

family of, 85, 86, 95,102, 114-15

Chang Hung (see Ahana)Childbirth, 71-72, 265-69,

782, 1034-38, 1230 (seealso Birth control)'

Children,chores of, 77,95,118,

252-53,383,385,395- .96, 400, 525-27, 557­58, 676~78, 700-01,758, 772, 853-54~ 879,987,1018,1074,1084,1089

raising of, 80, 270, 283, .297', 308, 391, 547-48,760 i 851-52, 874-75 i

1017,1037,1046,1150­51, 1232-33

recreation of, 300-01,392-95, 397-98, 528-29,558~59, 700, 705, 762,842, 857-58, 878, 1017

(see also Youth, Familysuccession of land andoccupation)

Chinese, 134, 135,·141, 210,303,313,.1030

as commercial entrepre­neurs, 37-38,119,122­23, 214

as farmers, 21, 28, 43,119-20, 174, 395, 845,848

as laborers, 119, 328,848-49, 893, 959, 1031

celebrations of, 153,419-20, 620, 842, 900­01, 1027-28

customs of, 153-56, 200~

02, 223-25,227, 307,465-66, 898 .

returning to China, 123,313, 330, 337

(see also Celebrations,Cooking, Ethnic rela­tions, Food, Funerals)

Christmas (see Celebrations)Chun, Hin (aka Ahina), 63,

116, 117-19, 123, 130,131-32,140,221,227,845,859, 882

Chun, Nelson (interviewee)67, 99, 116, 243, 284, 347,395,420,441,445,480,482, 512, 582, 618, 646,704, 714, 762, 786, 789,794,798,835,902,1027

as taro farmer, 483, 540,649, 791, 892,1111,1121, 1211, 1215-16

family of, 117-23, 130,131-32, 140, 142, 149,155, 201-02, 216, 223,227

Churches (see Religion)Civilian Conservation Corps,

519, 536Clothing, 90, 121, 132, 397,

465, 523, 877, 1018-19for celebrations, 557,

1027, 1048-49washing of, 424, 860,

873-74(see also Sewing)

Communication,radio, 643, 757-58,

1055-56

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other, 92, 107, 855,1002,1056

(see also Language J News­papers)

Community action, 203, 206,209,325,492,615-17,1167,1168 (see also Waipio TaroGrowers Assotiation,WaipioValley Community Club)

Community cooperation, 614,642, 706, 784

Cookinq, 66, 88, 95, 142, 149,153,-202, 247, 253, 255,258, 279, 292, 377, 417,466, 587, 703, 704, 898,899-900, 938, 1019-20

with firewood,71, 202,211-12, 861, 921, 1087,1230

(see also Food)Co-ops (see Taro cooperative)Crime, 249, 330-31, 410, 415­

16, 553, 622,708, 827, 868,1000-01 (see also Lawenforcement)

Crop rotation, 26, 27,433

Da t i ng, 141, 199, 200, 607 -08,678, 714, 1032-34, 1072 '(see also Marriage)

Davies, Theo H. and Co.,86, 90, 312, 454

de la Pena, Dr. Ramon,773, 806, 835, 837, 838,1124

Dental care (see Medicalpractitioners)

Depression, the (1929),96, 99, 299, 300, 306, 519,536, 609, 640, 786, 1202

Doctors (see Medical practi-tioners) . .

Duldulao, Fannie (interviewee)5-6 .

family of, 241-43, 247­49, 250-52, 253-55,256, 258-59, 260-61,263-65, 275-83, 285,291, 292, 294

Education, 209, 361, 391, 550­51,699,726,728,850-52,1073, 1232-34 (see alsoSchools, Waipio School,Kukuihaele School, HonokaaHigh School, University ofHawa i i)

Elections (see Politics)Electricity, 643, 783, 869,

920, 928, 1055, 1231Estates,

Baker, John T., 313, 341,347, 353-54, 1215

Kuikahi, 295, 1114Lalakea, 295Mills, 317, 341, 347(see also Bishop Estate,

Land, Parker Ranch)Ethnic relations, 6, 65-69,

96,153,198,210,257,329­30, 345, 590, 615, 622, 639­40, 707, 813, 818, 859, 869,969-71,979-80, 983, 1025-26,1054, 1082 (see also Ethni-city) .

Ethnicity, 65, 211,250,257,283,302,639,759,841,848, 930, 1097 (see alsoEthnic relations)

Family life, 62-63, 69, 81,95,103,105,153,200-01,249, 253-54, 256-59, 283,308-09, 360,400-01, 416-18,464-65, 522, 528, 553-55,677, 689, 702-04, 784-85,788, 873-74, 875~76, 1010­11, 1018-21, 1040-41,1043-47, 1084-85, 1092(see also Celebrations)

Family succession of landand occupation

future, 54-55,81,84,114-15, 247, 291-92,296, 298, 322, 354,515, 685-86, 690-91,722, 725, 772, 774,807,820, 838, 990,993,1066-68,1077,1131,1137,1143,1146,1196

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past, 59, 97, 172, 300,386, 435-36, 525, 583­84, 682-83, 686-87,690-91,732,763,782,790,796,1060,1072,1076, 1098-99, 1102,

. 1143, 11 52, 11 54, 11 56,1160, 1162, 1205-06,1219

Farm, George (interviewee)54, 111, 126, 251, 280, 299,449, 628,894-95, 923, 1005­06,1100,1116,1121,1172,1188

family of,' 299- 300, 323,352-54

Farm, Matilda (Mock Chew),306, 308, 356-58

Farming,lotus,192-95, 235,1150macadamia nut, 239, 785,

789prawn, 244, 690, 730,

771,821, 1079, 1197taro leaf, 53,55-57,

971-73 .water chestnut; 192.

195-96, 235, 1150other, 252, JOO-Ol, 305,

853, 1193:'94(see also Rice farming,

Taro farming)Federal Emergency Relief Act

(FERA), 609, 640, 786Fertilizer,

experiments with, 806-07,836, 1129':'.30, 1185-87,1188, 1214

in farming, 12, 46,53,115,174,175-77,196,236, 288, 425,431, 501, 576-77, 578, .652, 683-85, 714,773,

. 806-07, 818,837, 870,914, 946, 1065..;66, 1183

Filipinos, 210-11, 265,303­04, 535, 638-40, 913

as laborers, 96, 184,328, 368, 873

celebratirins of, 621,931-32

recreation of, 329-30,619,901,930

relations with otherethnic groups, 65-69,96, 330, 639~40, 707,869, 1025-26, 1082

returning to Philippines,639, 930, 1083

Fishing, 61-64, 190-91, 243,362, 363, 585-89, 777, 818,923-24, 961, 1004, 1019-20

for recre~tion, 141, 216,257-58,301,307,329,336, 397-98, 472-73,528-29, 558-62, 611-12,625-26, 659, 701, 785,788, 842, 857-58, 933­39, 1041-42, 1044-46,1091-92

implements for, 62, 64,70, 258, 586,611,842,863, 924, 928, 936-38,1044-45, 1091-92

Floods, 48, 98, 215, 396,457-58,615-16, 621,877,947, 1008, 1118, 1164-66,1189-90

damage caused by, 103-04,118, 131, 182-83, 192,231, 290, 321, 325,483-84, 605-06, 609-10,646-47, 778, 786-87,831, 897-98, 956~ 1105­06, 1110, 1118-19, 1120

government assistance for,325, 485, 615-16, 1120,1166

(see also Water)Flora, 212, 220-21, 273-74,

922, 1091 (see also Tiplant)

Fong, Hiram Sr., 1184Food, 62, 67-68, 69-70,71,

80, 87~ 122, 131-32, 142-45,149,198,247,248,249,253, 256, 286, 303-04, 389­90, 402-03, 416, 417, 418,445, 523, 528, 610, 644,700, 702, 844, 848, 855,870,875,876,920,931,998, 1003-04, 1015-16, 1019,1085-86·

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beef, 209, 403, 841,854,920, 1020

breakfast, 148, 389,700, 875, 1084~85

Chinese, 122, 148, 153,154-55,193,225,247,253~ 303, 305, 419,603, 715, 898 j 899~900,

1021, 1028fish/shellfish, 61-62,

64, 256~ 259, 291-92,304, 395, 416, 556,585, 818, 854,900,1004, 1016, 1019, 1040,1045, 1085-86

lunch, 61-62, 247-48,308, 305-06, 389-90,395, 445, 700, 845,847-48, 878, 1015-16,1085

poi, 21, 22, 53,62, 103,108,237,256, 259,279, 395, 400, 416,427, 528, 554, 556,585, 603, 660-63, 702,743~ 808, 845-46, 854,900,1015-16,1019,1045, 1068, 1078, 1086,1089, 1092, 1193, 1209,1216, 1224

. pork, 64, 67, 148, 259,403, 416, 464, 466,703, 704, 715, 842,856, 898, 899-900,931" 1023 , 1040

poul try, 142, 148-49,256, 286, 931

preservatiori of, Z58,587, 644, 1019-20, 1092

rice, 53, 61, 103, 247,256, 259, 528~ 557,585, ~03, 610, 808,900, 920, 1015; 1019,1045, 1089

taro, 64, 290,.377, 389,416-17, 585, 661~63, .845-46, 848, 876, 1046,1086

vegetables, 61,64,148,247, 595, 610,715,846,1004,1021,1046,1085,1097 (see alsoCooking, Refrigeration)

Food Stamps, 954, 967, 1003,1159

Fourth of July (see Celebra­tions)

Frogs,catching and selling,

64, 142-45, 216, 249,399, 841, 1046-47,1111

(see also Food, Recrea-tion) .

Funerals, 223-26, 268-69, 778Chinese, 155-56, 223-25,

465-66, 898Hawaiian, 462-65, 664­

67, 703, 1048-50Future (see Taro farming,

Waipio Valley)

Gardening, 27, 64, 212, 250­51, 391, 417-18, 537, 609­10,699,810,813,814,817,852, 868, 955, 976, 999,1003-05, 1229 (see alsoFood)

Ghosts (see Legends andsu pers t it ions)

Gravett, Lance (interviewee)963-64

family of, 967-68Guns, .220, 472, 558, 777,

1026, 1094

Hale, Helene, 583-84Haleiwa Poi Factory, 39, 446,

487, 720-21Hall, Rachel (int~rviewee),

359family of, 359, 376-77,

379, 383-85Hamakua Ditch, 919-30, 936,

959-62, 1189Haoles, 211,311,355,680,

813,969-71,979-80, 995,1052

as laborers, 345-56, 722,814, 968-69, 1005-06

as taro farmers, 4-15,83, 351, 579, 809, 815­16,1131, 1160

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migration to Waipio, 240,295, 516-17, 954, 965­66, 979-80, 996, 1000

relations among, 970,1002, 1235

relations with locals,813, 969-71, 979-80,983, 996, 998, 1002-03,1158, 1229-30

(see also Ethnic rela­tions, Ethnicity,Hippies)

Haraguchi, William(see Kanekoa, William)

Hauanio, Reverend VictorHoapili, 276, 278, 630, 778,1097-1104, 1116, 1120, 1121,1122-23, 1133

Hauanio, Victor Sr., 242-43,250-52, 254-55, 257, 276,285

Hawaii (Big Island),place names of (see also

individual names),302, 519, 845, 866,867, 919, 923, 928,929, 941, 955, 1094-96

Hawaii County Go~ernment,

assistance to Waipio,325, 485,615-16, 645,786, 1114-15, 1121,1166, 1168 J 1196'

Hawaii State Government,545-46,1217 .

aid to taro farmers,458, 492-93, 1146,1168, 1169, 1189-90

Hawaii Taro Products Company,1208-09

Hawaiian Irrigation CompanY,172, 626, 779, 785, 1114

Hawaiian pra~ticesand beliefs J

225, 463, 465, 664-67 .aumakua, 275-76, 420-21,

533-34, 588-89, 694-95,1029

. hooponopono, 275, 420-21,532-33, 590, 630-31,711-12,777 .

kahuna, 276, 422-23,530-32, 590, 631, 671,710-11

Hawaiians, 96, 103, 152, 210,329, 416-18, 554-55, 638-39(see also Ethnic relations,Ethnicity)

Hawaiians,as taro farmers, 174,

187,214,215funerals of, 462-65,

664-67, 703, 1048-50medical practices, 271­

75, 421-22, 530-32,590,627-31,708-10,863, 1029-30

taro planting methods of,374, 376, 655-56, 1103

Health (see Medical care)Heiaus,562, 625, 666-67,

1095Herbicide (see Taro cultiva­

tion)Hii1awe Stream, 104, 135, 214,

601,615,619,876,897,1013,1022

Hila, Hawaii, 86,105,160,194, 196, 197, 203, 209,307, 390, 419, 605, 606,634, 713, 731, 739, 756,815, 824-25, 829, 845, 846,851, 863, 867, 877, 881-82,916, 1017, 1067, 1071, 1135­36, 1142

movi ng to, 105-06, 247,262, 731,·735, 751

Hi10 Poi Factory, 339, 342,731-39, 740, 743-44, 794,795, 882, 1112, 112S

Hind, Robert, 679, 1109, 1110,1111

Hippies, 211, 240, 295, 344­46, 516-17, 722, 818, 1079,1158-59 (see also Haoles)

Honokaa, Hawaii, 4, 94, 116,140, 141, 180, 200, 209,272, 281, 282, 307, 415,423-24, 520, 597, 606, 610,620, 669, 726, 739, 747,783, 822, 823, 830, 831,855, 863, 923, 935, 940,956,986,1003,1037,1052,1067, 1068, 1145, 1221, 1230

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Honokaa High School, 1, 75,85,387,674,675,723,730, 776, 779, 821, 840,871,985, 1058, 1069, .1081 ~

1138Honokaa Poi Factory, 831,

1009,1057,1058Honokaa Sugar Company _(see

Sugar plantations)Honolulu, Oahu, 446-47~ 448,

450, 552, 846-47, 856-57moving to, 76-77, 647,

668, 715, 846-47, 1033­34, 1083, 1141

Honolulu Poi Company, Ltd.,39, 42, 339, 354, 365, 731,739, 766, 790, 792, 802-03,829, 1064, 1125, 1201, 1213,1223

agents of, 11, 37,38~40,

99, 167-69, 340, 348~

779, 797-99,.800, 801­02, 805, 942, 943, 1192,1224

development of, 1204-05,1206,1210-12, 1219

diversification of, 42,108, 1208-09, 1219...;21,1224

future plans of, 1216-18,1220, 1223-24

prices of, 110, 340, 793­95, 800-01, 802, 816,1191-93 .

relations with tarofarmers, 164-69, 234,294, 340, 446, 487-88,489, 493,194, 796,804,816, 943, 1155,1167, 1191-93

(see also Tottori, Ernest)Hooponopono(see Hawaiian

practices and beliefs)Horses (see Livestock, Trans­

portation, Recreation)Hotels (see Waipio Valley,

development and crowding of;Waipio Valley Hotel)

HoUsing, 679, 698, 872, 921,1010-11, 1072, 1228

of laborers, 96, 120,136, 278, 281, 303,874. 882. 913, 1031

(see also Family life,Toilet facilities)

Hui Nui (rice company), 119,122-23, 136, 145, 146, 210,213, 217

Hunting, 64, 141, 220, 307-08,329, 471-72, 473-76, 529,563-67, 818, 923, 1092-94

Immigration, 34-35,117,277,752-53, 777, 909-13, 1081,1082~83, 1202-04

Insurance, ·184, 293-94, 604,742, 1058

Irrigation (see Water)

Japan, 1012, 1212 .life in, 27, 445, 452,

870Japanese, 103, 210, 211, 935

as laborers, 251, 328,345, 959

(see also Ethnic rela­tions, Ethnicity)

Japanese School, 306, 730,759-60, 777

Jobs·arts and crafts, 208,

585, 595, 634, 637,842,859, 967, 975

clerical, 1074, 1141construction, 33, 134,

591, 674, 776, 966,1081, 1139, 1142,1143-45

county government, 519,536-37,591,779,795,1081, 1097 ,

dairy and livestock, 301,331-36, 522, 591, 592, .714, 1041, 1083, 1202

farming, 30, 192-96, 235,610, 785, 1003, 1205

federal government, 519,536, 679-80, 904,918.,19

fishing, 362,363-64,522,591, 611, 917, 935

miscellaneous, 2, 61;.140-41, 181-82, 211,318, 327, 704, 77 6,821-34, 838-39, 1069,1073, 1097-99, 1115,1161, 1164, 1166, 1188,1197

pineipple industry, 361,1202..:03

professional, 1-2, 4, 8,35, 70, 210, 260, 268,272, 280, 309, 388, .548, 1052, 1081, 1083,1103, 1132-36, 1138,1145-47

rice industry, 121, 118­20,145,146-48,151-52,557 -58

sa1es, 1, 74, 86, 87, 140,675, 753-56, 758, 821;822

service, 1,33, 35-36, 92,120-21, 136, 215-16,224, 225, 254, 305, 326,361, 387, 846, 855, 873,999,,1009, 1018-19,1057, 1058-59, 1081

state gover~ment, 16, 457,582, 904, 918-19, 1058,1084

sugar industry, 36, 785.822, 855, 904, 919-30,959-62

taro industry, 38-42, 71,93-95,99,101,103,105-14,146,213,241,245-46, 248, 252, 254­55, 323-24, 340,438-.46, 451, 597-99, 725,727, 731-39, 779,814,823-39, 879-82, 942~

948-52, 967-68, 971,987-98, 991, 1005,1009, 1038-40, 1057,1059, 1153, 1176

(see also Family succes­sion of land andoccupation, Poi pro­cessing, Rice fa.rming,Taro farmers, Taro .farming)

Kaaekuahiwi, Ted (interviewee),387, 608, 669, 747,880,970, 1126, 1227

family of, 387, 388-91,400-01,416-18,435-36,461-62,468-69, 470

Kaaekuahiwi, Peter, 609, 632,980, 1118-19

Kaaekuahiwi, Samuel, 61, 70,192, 203, 208, 210, 387,388, 400, 469-70, 607-08,860, 1015

Kaau, Waipio, 71, 203, 204,405, 619, 1014-15, 1049

Kahele, John Sr., 182, 183,184, 523-24, 998, 999, 1109

Kahele, Robert (interviewee),160, 388:, 449, 471, 519,654, 668, 982, 1014, 1098,11 09, 1227, 1234

family of, 519, 520-34,545, 553-56

Kahuna (see Hawaiian practicesand beliefs)

Kala, Joe (interviewee), 161,. 243, 449, 471, 541, 552,

555, 654, 1027, 1098, 1109,1229 .

family of, 582, 583-85Kala, Solomon, 184, 555, 583,

634, 668Kalaihi, Charlie, 449, 472Kalani, Albert (interviewee},

204, 243, 591, 792Kalihi Poi Factory, 37, 39,

42, 167, 365,488, 489, 493,766, 794, 1125, 1167

Kamuela, Hawaii (see Waimea)Kanekoa, Cynthia (Mock Chew)

(interviewee) 140, 674-75family of, 675, 678,

689, 691Kanekoa, Fannie, 287, 292,

704, 980Kanekoa, Harrison, 38, 42,

160, 182, 183, 184, 242,259,280,291, 292,441,447-49, 455, 457, 704,813,895, 998, 1125, 1167

family of, 46, 567-68

·8-9

Kanekoa, John Sr., 46,567-68,769-70

. Kanekoa, Ronald (interviewee)140, 674-75

family of, 674, 676-77,682-83, 689, 690

Kanekoa, William (interviewee)43, 54, 56, 68, 251,.291,334, 341, 345, 486, 489,682-83, 692, 792, 807, 814,833, 835, 848, 951, 967,974, g80, 1006, 1097, 11 07 ,1115, 1121, 1174

family of, 692, 693-97,699-700, 703, 710, 714,715

Kaneshiro, Lloyd (interviewee),fami 1y of, 723

Kaneshiro, Naozo, 441, 442-43,460, 731-35, 751, 753-57;

.758, 761-63, 879, 882, 896Kaneshiro, N. Store, 754-56,

824,877,881,1040Kaneshiro, Seiko (interviewee).,. 56, 244, 248, 282, 284, 322,

340, 436, 437, 439-40, 442, ,460,486,487, 540, 730,985, 1064, 1082, 1097, 1099,1122

as poi factory owner,986-87, 988

family of, 441, 442-43,460, 730, 731-35, 751,752-57, 758, 761, 762~63

K~nuha, Haunani (int~rviewee),

75family of, 78, 83 .

Kapulena, Hawaii, 279~ 388,, 1068

Kauai, 22, 38,360,379,1210,1223

Kawaihae, Hawaii, 294, 296,388, 829, 863, 1235

Kawashima, Sentaro, 466, 468,615, 776, 777-78, 783,1052, 1053

Kawashima, Sueichi (inter-vi ewee), 39, 211, 222, 228­29, 328, 329, 444~ 447-49,776, 896, 1125-26

family of,776, 777-78

Kealoha, James, 324-25, 1141Kerosene, 80, 87, 523, 783,

869,920, 921, 1005, 1046,1055-56

Kohala, Hawaii, 93, 152, 196,299, 300, 306, 357, 740,747, 988

Kona, Hawaii, 93, 307, 590,592, 595-96, 628, 661,863,973,988, 1021, 1041, 1097

Kukuihaele, Hawaii, 77, 86~87,

106, 132, 140, 200, 209,248, 264, 271, 280, 389,439, 447, 486, 524, 528,555, 594, 606, 647, 669,688-89, 706, 717, 722, 727,739, 796, 823, 824, 845,855, 862-63, 867, 918, 920,924, 929, 933, 935, 941,955,986, 991, 994, 1014,1017, 1057, 1059, 1060,1078, 1084, 1096, 1114-15, .1141, 1142, 1143

taro farming in, 525,556, 1110, 1102~ 1109­15

Kukuihaele School, 85, 116,241,283,387, 519, 547,582,607, 674, 675, 692,699, 723~ 730, 779, 821,840,841,847, 851, 871~878, 1009, 1013, 1018, 1081,1084

Kukuihaele Sugar Plantation, .730, 822, 1114

Land, 128, 1165, 1215acquisition, 7, 122,

230, 460, 545, 681-82,716-17, 762-63, 895­96, 990, 1090, 1147-48

acreage, 20, 37, 46, 172,209, 229, 386, 400,575, 583, 763, 771,785, 795, 815, 835,861, 882, 941, 1060~

1090, 1137, 1146, 1149,1162, 1217 ..

leasing of, 37,43, 118­19, 132, 172, 229, 295,

" 313, 319-20, 324, 341,

B-l0

347, 386, 457-60, 510­11, 580, 583, 682,687, 729, 790, 815~818, 835, 865, 883,941, 944, 977, 1100-01, .1127-28,1137, 1148,1163~ 1185, 1212, 1215,1229

ownership of, 7, 55, 102,229-30, 295, 313, 341,378, 386, 584, 687-88,690, 782, 796, 883,944, 1060, 1090, 11 62,1189

price of, 102, 230, 238,314, 386, 688, 11 01

quality of, 44, 163, 230­32, 238, 320, 458, 460,512-13, 771, 944-46

resting, 186-87, 351,496, 577, 896, 11 07,1180, 1187

(see ~lso BishOp Estate,Bishop Museum, Estates,Family succession ofland and occupation,Sharecropping)

Language,Chinese, 233-34, 302,

328, 878, "1029English, 878, 906,913,

1029Filipino, 67, 305, 640,

913Hawaiian, 360, 593, 615, .

626, 628, 639, 758,777,858,867,878

Japanese, 450, 759-60,777

"Pidgin," 551, 1054-55Puerto Rican, 758Spanish, 753, 758, 906(see also Communication,

"Japanese School)Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, 4, 36,

561, 1230, 1236Law enforcement, 63, 69, 141,

198, 281, 410, 415-16, 708,855, 866~ 1000-01, 1025-26

. (see also Crime)

Legends and superstitions,187-88~ 190-92~ 317,428,565-67,667, 670-71, 694-95,710-12,843,863,961,1036,1047, 1088, 1103

Leong Kut (see Akaka)Lia, Sam, 208, 622, 703, 859Liquor (see Oko1ehao ;

Recreation, drinking)Livestock and poultry raising,

64-65,71,102,122,212,244, 249, 252, 301, 303,404-05, 417, 523, 612-13,632-38,701,702,867,881,1020, 1041

Loo, Edward, 449, 790, 793,795, 796, 798

Loo, John (interviewee), 11,39,77,165,167-68,269,340, 449, 489, 493, 779~

895, 948-49, 950, 952, 1006,1026, 11 07

as poi factory agent,942,1192,1224

family of, 779, 780-86,788-90, 807

(see also Honolulu Po;Company , Ltd., agentsof)

Loo, Kelly, 345, 458, 486,578, 793, 805, 807, 809,959, 970, 1060

Luaus, 418, 464, 466, 613,620, 703-04, 842, 856-57,898-900, 931, 1023, 1027,1040

Luhnow, Bill (interviewee),61, 579, 809, 810, 1000

Lui Hing Store, 92, 639,1013, 1015

Lyon Arboretum~ 17, 18~ 23,28, 31

B-11

Makekau, Luther, 63, 69, 781Mancao, Andrew, 162, 1138,

1144Marijuana, 954, 1002, 1079Marriage, 3-4~ 35, 199, 262~

63, 264-65, 337, 608-09,842~ 1011-12, 1033-34,1059, 1072

Chinese customs of,200-02~ 307

intermarriage, 153, 198,262, 309-11, 639 ~ 859­60, 931

(see also Dating)Maui, 22, 1223Mauna Kea Beach Hotel,

Hawaii, 1073, 1143, 1144Mechanization (see Taro

farming, Poi processing)Medical Care, 79, 271-74, 293­

94, 669folk, 275-76, 420~21,

530-32, 590, 627-31,863,864,1030

(see also Birth control ~Childbirth~ Medicine)

Medical practitioners,dentist, 292 l 855, 864doctor; 267-68, 271-74,

422, 529, "589-90, 604,668-69, 709, 855 ~ 863­64, 1037

Medicine, 267-68, 629, 1030herbal ~ 261 ~ 265, 271­

74, 275, 420-22~ 529­30~ 590, 627-30, 709­10, 863, 864, 1029 -30,1035-36

(see also Birth control,Childbirth~ Medicalcare)

Menstruation~ 261-62, 356,589, 1031-32 "

Mock, Ah Chew, 37, 40,43,50, 63~ 99, 101, 173, 175,214, 243~ 262~ 277~ 299,301, 302, 305 ~ 308, 311,312, 313, 319, 322, 324­25, 328-29~ 332, 338~ 395~

408, 411, 445, 475~ 485, .540, 567-68, 734, 769-70~

791,845,859,871,881-82,890-903, 1121 (see alsoMock Chew Poi Factory)

Mock Chew, Samuel (inter­vi ewee ), 140, 277, 871,1094, 1100, 1107, 1111,1122

family of, 871, 872-75,881-82, 890-903, 1121

(see also Mock, Ah Chew)Mock Chew Poi FaGtory, 51,

283, 314, 329, 343, 678,883, 888-89, 1112 (see alsoMock, Ah Chew; Mock Chew,Samuel) .

Mock Chuck (see Akioka)t~oney ,

borrowi ng, 91, 131, 313­14, 320-23, 354-55,455-56, 740, 823, 1073,1074

saving, 161, 249-50, 330,436, 606, 987

Movies (see Recreation)Mu1iwai Rice Company, 119,

120, 210Music, 65, 72-71, 196-97,

207-08, 418-19, 619-20,622, 703, 784, 819, 842,858-59, 940, 980, 1023-25,1028, 1046

Nakagawa, George, 143, 157,184, 482, 588, 1012, 1094,1098 .

Nakagawa, Wil1ia~, 184, 1012,1091

Nakane1ua, James, 242, 255,781, 1052, 1053, 1110

Name giving and changing,276-77, 696, 848, 899, 1083

Napoopoo, Waipio, 68, 203,204, 210, 214, 405-06, 619,781,786,855-56,1010,1013-14

New Year's (see Celebrations)Newspapers, 156, 643, 846,

865, 867, 918, 1056, 1207Ngayan, Meliton (interviewee),.·

7, 10, 263, 904, 1143family of, 904, 905-09,

930

8-12

Oahu,place names of, 31-32,

359, 365, 715, 720,846, 1202 -03

taro farming on, 18-21,364, 377, 1206-07

(see also Honolulu)Okada, Dr., 268, 272, 529,

589-90Okolehao, 65~ 410, 777, 1026,

1050brewing and· sell ing, 61,

66, 411-16~ 522, 590,622-25, 865-66, 1097-99

01 epau, Fred, 61, 143, 152,160, 172, 180, 186, 251,281, 449-50, 482, 805

Ono Ona Poi Factory, 51, 56,241, 282, 284, 486, 730,740-41, 743, 746-51, 830,985~ 987-89, 991, 1009 .(see also Kaneshiro, Seiko)

Ooka , Dr. Jeri ,1177, 1183­84, 11 88, 11 95

Opium, 137-40, 216, 308, 328,406-09, 415, 848-49, 901­03, 1030-31

Organizations, 72, 542-43,784, 1194 (see also Tarocooperative, Waipio TaroGrowers Association, WaipioValley Community Club)

Parker Ranch, 213, 317, 341,347, 601, 791, 881, 1083,1215

Peace Corps, 679-80, 998,1013, 1096, 1120

Peterson, Cheryl (inter­Viewee), 963-64, 1227

Philippine Islands,life in, 905-09(see also Filipinos,

Immigration)Poi (see Food)Poi factories, 11, 21, 99,

247, 340, 365, 742-43agents of ,11, 38-42, 99,

167-69, 340, 348, 731­. 39, 743-44, 779, 792­

95,797-800, 801-05,942, 943, 1192, 1224

on Hawa ii, 11, 167, 235,283-84, 339, 342, 489,

. 739-40, 831, 1058,1125, 1155, 1168, 1190,1192

on Kaua i, 112'-13on ~1aui, 113on Oahu, 99, 342, 364,

365, 370, 1205relations with taro .

farmers, 38, 41, 97-98,105-13, 163-69, 234-35,370-71, 450, 487-90,493, 510, 573-74, 767~ .68, 1125-26, 1190-92

(see also Poi marketing,Poi processing; andindividual names of)

Poi marketing, 213, 245, 341,1216

delivery, 93-95, 597,599, 601-02, 605, 747,987-88

(see also Taro marketing)Poi pounding, 62, 213, 251-52,

383, 416, 524, 657, 702,786, 845-46, 861

Hawaiian chants of, 383,659, 660-61~ 1087-88

implements of, 384, 658,846, 1086-87

methods of, 384, 401-02,658-59, 660-61, 663,1086-88

(see also Poi factories,.Poi processing)

Poi processing, 62, 741-42,886, 988, 1086-89

bagging, 95, 101, 213,245-46,741,750-51,884, 885, 890, 1038

machinery used, 100-01,215, 244, ]40-41, 743,748, 749, 884, 889, 987

taro cooking and grinding,95, 103, 244, 248, 255,279,400, 597-98, 658,740, 746, 748-49, 884,887-88, 987, 1038-40,1087

(se~ also Poi factories,Poi pounding)

8-13

Police (see Law enforcement)Politics, 259-60, 324-25

campaigning, 91-92, 259,644-46, 712-13, 868-69

Ponds, 483,538,625,1109,1114

Portuguese, 103, 211,' 345(see also Ethnic relation~)

Postal service (see Communi­cation)

Poultry (see Livestock andpoultry raising)

. Public Utilities Commission,828, 830

Puerto Ricans,7~4Puueo Poi Factory, ", 85,

105, 114, 165, 168, 222,284, 319, 339, 442, 489,721, 792, 883, 1125, 1155,1190-91, 1192 (see alsoAhana Poi Factory)

Puuwaawaa Ranch, 1021, 1041

Qual ity of 1ife (see WaipioVa 11 ey)

Ragsdale, William, 203, 204,623-24 .

Recreatiori, 140-41, 329~ 330,336, 337, 472-73, 551, 549,

.614, 641, 642, 688, 708,757-58,856-57,901,914-15,922, 928, 937 -38, 940, 961,976-77, 999, 1002, 1027,1045, 1092, 1094, 1096, 1235

catching birds and frogs,141-45,216, 399, 841,1046-47, 1110-11.

dancing, 72, 141, 196­97, 208, 307, 419,678, 714, 762, 784,940,1028, 1033

drinking, 65-66, 69,140,328, 337, 614, 6l5,842, 930, 1002, 1026

games, 135-36, 217, 328~

29, 613 .horseback riding, 207-08,

256,607, 613, 635,783, 1026-27, 1091

movies, 200, 307, 526-27,606-07, 608, 659~ 940

parties, 201-02, 259,328, 613, 619, 819-20,980-81, 1027-28, 1235

sports, 141, 204, 208,217 -19, 329, 410-11,607,613-14,641,774­75,857, 901, 930, 940,999

(see also Baseball,Basketball, Dating,Fishing~ Hunting~ Luaus,Music, Okolehao, Opium)

Refrigeration, 643-44, 861,1055-56, 1231

Religion; 226-27, 270, 276,348, 349-50, 469-70; 641,997, 1130-31, 1133-35

Buddhism, 821 .Catho1 icism, 275, 278,

467, 470, 640, 782,85~, 1013-14, 1161

church going, 471, 640-41,783,856-57,940,957, 1051, 1052, 1133

churches, 280, 406, 468,640, 782, 856, 1013-14,1051-53, 1084, 1136

Latter Day Saints, 68,72, 275, 466-68, 470,471, 640, 641, 707-08,777,779,780-81,782,856, 857, 904, 940,957-58,1009,1013,1050-53

Sunday School, 270, 1053,1133

Revilla, Juan, 449, 985, 987,989

Revilla, Robert (interviewee),747, 985

family of, 985, 987, 989Rice birds (see Birds)Rice farming, 116, 131, 133­

34; 174, 379-80, 849cu1ti vat ion, 11 8, 123 -3°harvesting, 120, 127-28,

132, 150-52, 288, 380,382

in Philippines, 907-09laborers, 119-21, 136­

37, 145

B-14

(see also Akaka RiceMill, Hui Nui, Mu1 iwaiRice Company)

Roads,in Waipio, 43~ 1014,

1069repair and maintenance

of, 203, 206, 209, 325,836, 1120-21, 1168-69,1196 '

Rope, 101, 245-46, 275, 432,599 ..

Saddles, 634, 636-38, 1020(se~ also Livestock andpoultry raising)

Samoa (see South PacificIslands)

Samoans, 26, 53, 293~ 373-74,721,799,1174

Schools, 1, 2, 16, 74, 201,209, 241, 299, 300, 307,359, 361, 388, 549, 677,723,726,727,728,776,840, 845, 846, 847, 864,865, 1070, 1071-72, 1074,1139, 1161 (see also Edu­cation,. Honokaa High Schbol,Kukuihae1e School, Univer­sity of Hawaii; WaipioSchool) ..

Schreiber, Tom (interviewee),581, 812, 895, 966, 978,995

Sewi ng, 121, 254, 396-97,97"6, 1018, 1039, 1084(see also Clothing)

Sharecropping, 119, 209, 229,235, 237 -38, 328, 348, 351,352, 511-12, 540-05, 579-81,681, 771, 893, 944, 990,1006,1060,1064,1148, ,

.1215 (see also Land)Sisal (see Rope)Social security, 235,293-94,

952-53, 1058, 1067Soil Conservation Service,

1164-65, 1170, 1186South Pacific Islands, 22-23,

25, 26, 28, 30, 354, 1174Spanish, 753

Sports (see Recreation,Baseball, Basketball)

Stores, 93, 253, 732, 753,754, 755, 849, 861, 869,.70

as gathering places,91, 217, 640, 641,708, 930

in Hil0, 322, 442, 740,751, 824

in Honokaa, 824, 828 .in Kukuihaele, 249, 389,

390, 706, 730, 732,753-56, 758,862, 877,1040

(see also individualstore names)

Storms (see Floods)Streams and rivers,

in Kukuihaele~ 1051,1109,1114

in Waipio, 484-85, 672,786,791,924-27,930,947, 956, 959, 960-62,1093, 11 06

(see also Hiilawe Stream,Wa ter, Pond s )

Strikes (see Unions andstrikes)

Succession (see Familysuccession of land andoccupation)

Sugar plantations (BigIsland), 35, 116, 117, 299,312, 777, 904, 913-16,1161 ~ 1162, 1163, 1196

Honokaa Sugar Company,229, 582, 674, 680,693, 723, 724, 829,871, 904, 919-30, 959~

62, 1012~ 1068, n89,1195

Superstitions (see Legendsand superstitions)

Takahashi, Lanny(interviewee), 231, 237,1138-39

Takamine, RepresentativeYoshito, 1189

Taro, 441, 764-65, 1208-09,1112., 1122, 1174

B-15

qua1ity of, 98, 107,113-14,164, 221-22,338, 426, 436, 486,487, 567, 568,733-34,745-46, 767, 804, 943,1121

research and experimenta­tion on, 684, 728,806-07, 835-37, 1184­86,1207,1213-14

Taro cooperative, 33, 41,227,339,571,.765,1167

advantages of, 447, 451,489-90, 790-91

organization Qf, 446-50,489, 569, 790, 1224 .

poi factory of, 452-56,570,1125-26,1224

problems of, 447, 449,451, 455, 488, 570-71,792-93

relations with poi facto­.. ries and middlemen,450~52, 488-90, 572-73,765-66, 1125-26

(see also Taro farmers,Taro marketing)

Taro cul tivation, 231, 1113cutting and. planti~g

huli (seed), 5-6,45,47, 52, 178, 181, 285­86, 315, 319; 345-46, .366, 372, 425-26, 432­34, 496-98, 541, 575­76, 580, 599-600, 649,653-55, 718, 720, 815­16, 835, 894, 941, 974­75, 1060-61, 1089,1090,1101,1103, 1107­08, 1174, 1229

herbici.de use in, 12,44-45, 46, 52, 357~

371-72, 429, 430, ~03­06, 576,650-51, 656­57,789,947,1179, .1237

planting methods, 6,47,178, 186,315, 372-74,376, 426, 427-28, 430,432~33, 653-56, 682,718, 719, 893-95, 900,11 04, 1180-83

soil preparation, 46-47,49-50,64-65, 174,178-79, 187, 285, 316,318, 374-75, 425, 428,815,895,1099,1101,1115, 11~3-64, 1174

weeding, 12,44,50,371­72, 429, 430, 502-03,650-51, 896, 947-48,1101, 1178

(see also Fertilizer,Land, Water)

Taro farmi ng,as full time occupation,

13-14, 457, 514, 838,992, 1119~ 1147, 1187

as part-time occupation,54,457, 647, 681,685, 728, 763, 795,809, 834, 838, 939,991, 992, 1006, 1103­04, 1118-19, 1145-47

attitudes toward, 7-10,13, 54, 174, 236-37,291, 515, 540, 992,1066-68, 1074-77, 1119,1132, 1143, 1152, 1154,1155, 1195

changes in, 178-79, 183­84, 186, 429-33, 438,683, 834, 893-97,1075-76 .

dry land, 744-45, 817,1112, 1156, 1206-07

financing, 7-8, 490,1061, 1151-52, 1163

for sUbsistence, 13, 21­22, 379, 400, 556,693,785,1086,1112,1131

future of, 53-54, 82,114-15, 236-37, 291-92,295, 354, 515, 578,685-86, 689-90, 727-29,772, 807-09, 837, 953­54, 979, 991-93, 1065,1067-68, 1078-79, 1127­28,1131,1137,1151­52, 1185, 1188, 1195-.96,1207,1215-19,1221-22 (see also

B-16

Waipio Valley, futureof)

income from, 8, 11, 37,79, 235, 293~94, 296,323, 457, 513-14, 686­87, 809, 993, 1067,1119, 1146-47, 1193

1ea rn i ng , 5, 12, 43, 83,172-73, 185, 312, 314­17, 372-73, 728,834­35, 974-75, 989, 1100,1102, 1148-49, 1217

mechanization, 44, 46,65, 180, 318, 319,326-27,437, 647, 763­64, 838, 1075-76,1177-78, 1212-13, 1221

qu itting, 21, 236, 291,378, 385, 514, 1066,1195

superstitions about,187-88,191,428,1103

time spent, 9, 68, 235,280, 514, 685, 772,809, 993, 1077, 1177,1179

working conditions of,8-9, 54, 68, 280, 514,685-86, 727, 837~38,

971-72) 1074-75, 1076­77,1131,1147-48,1156-57

(see also Taro cultiva­tion, Taro harvesting)

Taro diseases, 113, 235, 315, .346, 953, 1078, 1119, 1149,1151-52, 1176, 1185-88,1210

causes, 113, 350, 374,375, 504, 577-78, 656­57, 767, 773, 779,992 ~ 1064, 1128-29, .1188, 1213

solutions, 187-90, 236,238, 288, 290, 375,498, 683-85; 773, 817~835-36,837, 947,1065,1129-30, 1183, 1212,1214

types of, 10-11, 14, 22,24, 26-27, 47~48, 51-

54, 101, 181, 188-90,222, -287-90, 348, 375,431,483,498, 577,656, 683-85, 768,774, 81 6, 831, 835,837-38, 943, 947, 949,1064-65, 1103, 1107-08,1128-29, 1182-88, 1195,1213

(see also Taro, researchand experimentation on)

Taro farmers, 28, 43, 67, .451-52

relations among, 5, 11,43, 48-49, 57, 228,317, 325-27, 488, 496,570-71, 642, 652, 898,1165

relations with agents,167-69, 731-39, 799,800, 944

relations with poi facto­ries, 38, 41,97-98,105-13, 163-69, 234-35,370-71, 450, 487-90,493, 510, 573-74, 767­68, 1125-26, 1175-76,1190-92

(see also Taro coopera­tive, Taro laborers,Waipio Taro GrowersAssociation)

Taro harvesting,bagging and bundling,

39, 50, 252, 432, 510,599, 803

methods, 48,432, 509,892, 893-94, 1175

pull ing, 71, 95, 438,440, 444-45, 725, 814,942, 949-52, 968-69,971

yield, 10, 55, 79, 185­86, 232,281, 320, 513,567-68, 733, 806, 942,950, 1078, 11 02

(see also Land, Tarocultivation)

Taro laborers,ethnicity of, 49, 67,

96, 184, 328, 368,

B-17

722, 848-49, 873~ 901­03, 1177

hiri ng, 183-84, 251,323, 772, 951, 1152-53

housing, ~6, 120, 136,278, 281, 303, 874,882; 1031 .

mea ls, 184, 303, 305-06,603, 848·

wages, 49-51, 184, 303,346,369, 438, 603, 722,73 5, 81 4, 849, 882,893, 948, 952, 953,1006, 11 53, 1177

(see also Taro farmers)Taro marketing,

competition in, 109-11,165-69, 234-35, 284,365, 442, 542, 573-74

prices, 11, 37-38,41,51, 99, 107, 109-10,169, 284, 294, 314,339, 344, 369-70, 436,441, 446, 488, 541-42,569, 573-74, 648, 721,734, 793-95,800, 816,942, 1099, 1125-26,1167, 1176,'1191-92,1193, 1213

profits, 39.;.41, 51, 56,97, 106, 292, 435

supply and demand, 39,41, 53, 99, 106-13, .162-63, 169, 292, 340­41, 369, 567, 570, 573;575, 687,728, 736-38,745, 790-92, 794, 801,830-31,832,844-45,1078, 1118, 1152, 1176,1191-92, 1211-12, 1223

trarisportation, 37-38~

40, 93-95, 106, 113,214, 245, 254, 294,311, 341 i 439-43, 597,599, 601-02, 604-05,734, 747, 801-02, 804~

05, 808, 823-34, 836,838-39, 879-82, 883,942, 1110, 1153, 1192­93

wholesaling, 55-56, lD5,107, 109-13, 314, 437­38, 441-42, 446, 451,721,732-34,736,743,767, 769, 797-98, 804­05, 882, 1175, 1190-91,1223-24

(see also Poi factories,Poi marketing, Poi pro­cessing, Taro coopera­tive, Taro farmers,

. Taro harvesting)Taro processing (see Poi

factories, Poi pounding,Poi processing)

Taro products,flour, 20, 662, 1207-08,

1209other, 108, 979, 1207-09(see also Food)

Taro rot (see Taro disease)Taro varieties, 17-18, 23, 28

apii, 46, 97-98, 174-76,181, 221-22, 286, 338,341-43, 402, 486, 494­96, 506, 556, 568,648-49, 655, 720, 745,763, 764, 789~ 798-99,943, 1061, 1063, 11 02,1111-12, 1121-22, 1174,1183,1191,1206

lehua, 46, 107,114, 181;221,341-44,365,402,494-95, 649, 720, 745,763, 764-65, 773, )89,798-99,800, 1061,1063, 1102, 1111-12,1121-23, 1129, 1174,1182-83, 1206

other, 17-19, 22-29, 97­98, 107, 114, 174-76,181,221-22,286,354,366, 402, 483, 494-96,556, 567-68, 648-50,763-64, 789, 798-99,800,1089, 1101, 1111­13, 1185, 1195, 1206­07

Taxes, 322-23, 358, 456, 459,515-16

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Telephone (see Communication)Temples (see Religion)Thomas, Charlie, 302~ 410,

588, 805, 1009, 1058-59,1060 .

Thomas, John, 203, 206, 210,388, 548-49, ~85, 618, 904,917-18, 1023, 1024, 1026

Thomas, Rachel· (Ah Puck)(interviewee), 68, 260, 1009

family of, 1009, 1010-13,1018-21, 1028.;.29, 1030,1033, 1040-41,1043-48,1051, 1057-58, 1061

Ti House, The, 82, 239, 324,465, 690, 1049, , 092 ,1103

Ti plant, 66, 245-46, 249,271-72; 417, 418, 420,489,598, 629, 1038 (see a1soOkolehao)

Tidal wave (1946),71,116,157-62, 178, 208, 257, 478­85, 537-40, 562-63, 621,666, 668

Toil et fac il it i es, 424, 698,819,870,875,1231

Toko, Cynthia (Nichols)(i~terviewee), 1069-70

family of, 1079Toko, Ellaham (ihterviewee),·1069-70, 1102, 1137

family of, 1069, 1074-77Toko, Gladys, 1098-99, 1123,

1132, 1137Toko, Roy (interviewee),

140, 251, 320, 449, 712,11 72, 1081, 1188

family of, 1081, 1082­84,1092,.1102,1132­33, 1137

Taka, Shirl~y (interviewee),183, 237, , 138-39. family of, 1138, 1140,

1143,1149-50,1154,1157

Toledo, Merrill (interviewee),54, 109~11, 228, 325-26,351, 486, 491-94, 496, 578,770,796,807,897,949,950-52, 1124, 1126, 1161,1166

family of, 1162, 1181,1196

Tottori, Ernest (interviewee),164-65, 169, 487. 489, 493,794,796-97,806,808, 1191,1201

family of, 1201, 1202­06. 1219

(see also Honolulu PoiCompany, Ltd.)

Tourists, 340-41. 954Tractors (see Taro farming,

mechanization)Transportation, 836, 1000

auto, 197, 301,863,866,868-69. 953

boat. 36. 522-23. 866.1012, 1048 .

foot. 522-23, 866, 877.923, 927.1014

horse and mule. 86-87.92-93. 101. 106. 214,301,522-23,602,788,826, 862. 866, 868.878, 922-23. 1023.1041. 1045. 1096

truck. 7, 86. 93, 95,106, 353, 490-91. 605.755, 1061. 1097

other. 35, 43. 867. 877,916,981,999.1000.1061

(see also Taro market­ing, transportation)

. Travel. 446-47, 448. 450,469-70. 979, 999

Trucking, 823-34. 838-39(see also Maehira. Yubon;Taro marketing. transporta­tion; Transportation)

Unions and Strikes, 534-35,543-44, 928, 929

United States government,1120, 1164-66, 1170, 1184,1186

University of Hawaiiat Hila, 723, 726, 728.

1069, 1071-72at Manoa, 16~ 31, 727,

840, 846, 847Hil0 Community College,

1069,1072,1073-74

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University of Hawaii, Collegeof Tropical Agriculture,12,176,232,236,287,493, 577, 6?3, 773, 774,836,953,1177,1183,1185­88, 1195, 1213

U.S. Army Corps bf Engineers,1166

Utilities and appliances,988-89, 1231 (see alsoElectricity, Kerosene,Refrigeration)

Voting (see Politics)

Waimanu Valley, Hawaii,152, 471, 475, 520-24, 585,672-73, 820, 865, 866, 1011­12,1047-48,1094,1095,1236

Waimea, Hawaii, 78, 93, 196,197, 245,307, 331, 565,597, 601, 721, 726, 739,747, 792, 796,817,825,841, 844, 845, 918, 928,962, 1014, 1189-90, 1219,1220 (see also ParkerRanch)

Waipio Taro Growers Associa­. tion, 491-92, 571, 1009,

1081 ,11 61. 11 94by-laws, 1198-1200·goals and accomplish­

ments, 492-93, 1124­25, 1167-69, 1183-85

problems of, 57-58, 227-28, 493-94, 770, 1126­27,1169-70,1185

Waipio Valley, 44, 163, 230­32, 238, 320, 458, 460,512-13, 581, 771, 944-46,978

changes in, 63~ 71, 209,642, 670,706, 789,808, 1046, 11 57

departure from, 62, 69, .71. 105, 209, 247. 306~

322, 621, 639, 646-47,668-69, 706, 735, 787,1057, 1197·

description, 405~06, 619.844.1013-15

development and crowdingof, 82, 239-40, 354,516, 579-80, 689-90,774, 820, 869, 954,1007, 1131, 1196

feelings toward, 71, 78,239-40, 247, 297-98, .302, 517, 551-53, 580,669~ 688-89, 955, 982­83, 991, 1007, 1068,1131~32, 1]96

future of, 14-15, 54,82, 84, 238-40, 322,354, 579-81, 669, 689­90, 774, 819, 954, 979,991-92, 1007, 1067,1078-79, 1131, 1160,1167, 1185, 1188, 1196,1214-16

migration to, 3, 36, 78,117, 239, 277, 301, 352,388, 524, 593, 811-12,-841,916-17, 954, 965­66, 996-98, 1000, 1012,'1226

place names of, 73, 405,960, 1014 (see alsoKaau, Waipio; Napoopoo,Waipio)

quality of life in, 4-5,71, 297-98, 302, 517,551-53, 595-96; 669,689, 701, 812, 819,957,861-62, 975-76,978, 982, 984, 1068,1132,1231,1236

returning to, 78, 296,311-12, 537, 715, 1034,1073

Waipio Valley Community Club,203-06, 615, 618, 620, 638,640, 1054

community action, 203,206, 209, 615-17, 646

recreational activitiesof, 204, 207-08, 607,613, 618-19, 620-21,704, 706

(see also Communityaction)

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Waipio Valley Hotel,33, 57-58, 967

Waipio Valley Road (see Roads)Waipio Valley School, 61, 70,

72, 85, 96, 116, 241, 272,387, 389-90, 419, 469, 547­49, 582, 692, 699, 776, 779,840, 847, 850-53, 871, 875,1009, 1015-18, 1023, 1033,1096 (see also Education)

Water,as source of energy; 133,

215, 244, 456, 849,1189-90

ditches (auwai), 14-15,19-20, 48, 52, 289,320-21, 375, 378, 429,483~84, 500, 890-91,897, 941, 956, 960~61,

1062-63, 1116-18, 1170erosion from, 1105-06,

1164-65, 1171-72for drinking, 336, 424,

596, 699, 854intakes, 786, 788-89,

919-30, 959-62, 1114­15, 1189

quality of, 44-45, 231­32, 579, 596, 636

rights and ~esponsibi1i­ties, 320, 326,377,617 -18, 898,_ 957, 11 07 ,1110,1114,1115-16,1165, 1170-73, 1189

sources, 52, 179, 320,601, 875,945, 955,1061, 11 02.

supply, 14-15, 19-20, 27,48, 52 7 378,672-73,919-30, 959-62, 1063,1106., 1114, 1173

usage in farming, 14~15,

47-48, 98, 127-29, 179­83, 194-95, 231-32,287, 318, 338, 375,426,427, 429, 498-501,506-08, 579, 650-52,718-19, 890-92, 897,929-30, 945-46, 962,1089, 1100, 1102, 1128­29, 1170-74, 1183,1187-88

water heads, 48-49, 179­83, 320, 375-76, 486,616-17,652,771,856,897, 938~ 946, 947,956, 1061-63, 1106-07,111 5, 1120, 1166

Waterfalls, 64, 66, 71, 73,122, 466, 476, 619, 845,849, 853, 856, 857, 858,875,877,945,1120

Weather, 559-60, 565~ 663-64(see also Floods)

Welfare assistance, 161-62,1058, 1159, 1229

Women, 598, 915, 1041-42(see also Birth control,Childbirth, Menstruation)

Workmen's Compensation(see Insurance)

Work Progress Administration(WPA), 609, 640, 786

World War I (1914-1918),844, 845

World War II (1939-1945),18, 31, 477, 550, 696, 732,735, 760, 761, 774, 777-78,823" 848, 1203, 1208(see also Armed Forces)

Waiahole Poi Factory, 21, 37,42, 164, 365, 446, 487, 488­89, 766, 791, 792, 1125,1126, 1205

Young, Henry, 437-38, 460,485, 486-87, 490-91, 770,859

Youth, 954in taro industry, 12-13,

82-83, 114, 322, 377,579, 685-86, 690, 727­29, 774, 807-09, 837,992-93, 1066-68, 1075­76,1077,1078-79,1127-28, 1131,1137,1151-52, 1156-57, 1160,1185, 1196, 1217-19

(see also Children,Family succession ofland and occupation)

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Zygutis, Patricia(interviewee), 970, 1225

-WAIPI'O: MANO WAI

AN ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION

Volume II

ETHNIC STUDIES ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAMUNIVERSITY OF HAWAlI,MANOA

December 1978