OHA’s Papakilo Database

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Main Website Scroll down to the bottom of page to RESOURCES, click: Papakilo Database link to search by Location, Genealogy, Mahele records and Newspapers.

Kipuka Database Click ‘Enter Kipuka’ to access the Map Gallery: OHA’s Kipuka Database is a geographical information system (GIS) that utilizes the latest mapping technologies to provide a window into native Hawaiian land, culture and history.  Kipuka links historic data sets to geographic locations reinforcing the concept of information embedded in the ‘aina (land), encoded in the wahi inoa (place name).  The foundation of Kipuka is the traditional land system, mokupuni divided into moku, ahupua‘a, ili and kuleana.  A sense of “place” was a foundational aspect of traditional kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) identity. This is evidenced by the sheer number of inoa wahi (place names) which were recorded by Native Hawaiians in oral traditions, as well as in books, letters, manuscripts and newspapers.