Herb Kāne

Herb Kawainui Kāne (21 Iune 1928 - 8 Malaki 2011) he kanaka kaha kiʻi ʻAmelika Hawaiʻi, he mea kākau puke, he loea moʻokūʻauhau, a he mea hoʻokumu i ka Polynesian Voyaging Society. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Marshfield, Minekoka, a ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna mau kiʻi e pili ana i ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi kahiko, ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka waʻa kaulua Hōkūleʻa, a me kona kōkua nui ʻana i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi.

 Wā Kamaliʻi a me ka Hoʻonaʻauao 
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kāne ma Marshfield, Minekoka. He loea maka ʻo kona makuakāne, a ua hana ʻo ia ma ka ʻoihana poi a me ke kula. No Kina mai kona kupuna kāne i neʻe i ka Awāwa o Waipiʻo a kūkulu i ka hale poi mua loa ma Hawaiʻi. No Kenemaka mai ka ʻohana o kona makuahine. Ua noho ʻo ia ma Wikonekina a me Hawaiʻi i kona wā kamaliʻi.

Ua komo ʻo ia i ka School of the Art Institute of Chicago ma hope o kona lawelawe ʻana i ka United States Navy. Ma laila i loaʻa ai iā ia kona kēkelē laepua a me ke kēkelē laeoʻo.

 Ka Hana Keaka 
Ma ka makahiki 1969, ua kūʻai ka Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts i kāna mau kiʻi he ʻumikūmāhā e hōʻike ana i nā waʻa Polenekia. Ma hope o kēia kūʻai ʻana, ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻi i Hawaiʻi.

 Hōkūleʻa 
I ka makahiki 1973, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Kāne i ka Polynesian Voyaging Society me Ben Finney a me Tommy Holmes. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i ka waʻa kaulua Hōkūleʻa a kapa i kona inoa. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka Hōkūleʻa ma ka lā 8 Malaki 1975, a ua lilo ia i mea koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi.

 Nā Hana Kiʻi Koʻikoʻi 
Ua kaha ʻo Kāne i nā kiʻi nui no nā hōkele a me nā hale kūʻai. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hana koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia ka kiʻi Opening of the Pacific to Man ma ka Pacific Trade Center ma Honolulu. Ua hana pū ʻo ia i nā pulima leta no ka United States Postal Service, me ka pulima no ka 50 makahiki o ko Hawaiʻi mokuʻāina ʻana.

 Nā Puke 
 Canoes of Polynesia (1974)
 Voyage, the Discovery of Hawaiʻi (1976)
 Pele, Goddess of Volcanoes (1987)
 Voyagers (1991)
 Ancient Hawaiʻi (1997)

 Nā Hanana Koʻikoʻi 
 1984 - Ua loaʻa ka makana Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi
 1987 - Ua koho ʻia he Poʻokela no ka Year of the Hawaiian Celebration
 1998 - Ua loaʻa ka Charles Reed Bishop Medal
 2008 - Ua loaʻa ke kēkelē laeoʻo hanohano mai ka School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 Nā Kūmole 

 Nā Loulou I Waho 
 Pūnaewele Kūhelu o Herb Kāne

 E nānā pū 
 Polynesian Voyaging Society
 Hōkūleʻa
 Ben Finney
 Hawaiian Renaissance