Ben Finney

Ben Rudolph Finney (i hānau ʻia ma ka lā 1 ʻOkakopa 1933 ma San Diego, Kaleponi, i make ma ka lā 23 Mei 2017 ma Honolulu) he loea ʻepekema kanaka ʻAmelika, he mea kākau, a he kumu aʻo. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna hana e pili ana i ka moʻokūʻauhau o nā mokuʻāina Pākīpika, ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka holo moana kahiko Hawaiʻi, a me ka noiʻi ʻana i ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana o ke kanaka ma ka lewa lipo.

 Ka Moʻolelo 
He keiki ʻo Finney na kekahi pailaka Pūʻali Moku Kaua ʻAmelika. Ua loaʻa iā ia kona kēkelē laepua ma ka mōʻaukala, ka ʻeconomics, a me ka anthropology mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi ma Berkeley i ka makahiki 1955. Ma hope o kona lawelawe ʻana i ka Pūʻali Moku Kaua ʻAmelika, ua hele ʻo ia i Hawaiʻi, kahi āna i loaʻa ai kona kēkelē laeoʻo ma ka anthropology mai ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1959. Ua puka ʻo ia me kona kēkelē laeʻula mai ke Kulanui o Harvard i ka makahiki 1964.

 Ka Hana Noiʻi 
 Ka Heʻe Nalu 
ʻO kāna palapala noi'i laeoʻo, "Hawaiian Surfing: a Study of Cultural Change", ka paʻa mua ʻana o kāna puke Surfing: The Sport of Hawaiian Kings i kākau pū ʻia me James D. Houston i ka makahiki 1966. Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻomaopopo mua loa i ka mōʻaukala heʻe nalu Hawaiʻi mai ke kenekulia 17.

 Ka Holo Moana 
I ka makahiki 1973, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Finney i ka Polynesian Voyaging Society me Herb Kāne a me Tommy Holmes. Ua hana lākou i ka Hōkūleʻa, he waʻa kaulua kahiko Hawaiʻi, no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hiki i nā kūpuna Hawaiʻi ke holo moana lōʻihi me ka ʻike kupuna. Ma mua o ka Hōkūleʻa, ua hana ʻo ia i ka waʻa Nalehia ("Nā Mea Akamai") i ke kenekulia 1960, ka mea i kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Hoʻōla Hou ʻAna O Nā Mea Hawaiʻi.

 Ka Lewa Lipo 
Mai ka makahiki 1994 a i ka makahiki 2003, ua noho ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele o ka māhele Space and Society ma ka International Space University. Ua noiʻi ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana o ke kanaka ma ka lewa lipo a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kaiāulu ma ka lewa.

 Nā Puke 
 Surfing: The Sport of Hawaiian Kings (1966)
 Pacific Navigation and Voyaging (1976)
 Hōkūleʻa: The Way to Tahiti (1979)
 Interstellar Migration and the Human Experience (1985)
 Voyage of Rediscovery (1994)
 Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors (2003)

 Nā Hōʻailona 
 Ka Royal Institute of Navigation Bronze Medal (1994)
 Ka French University of the Pacific Medal (1995)
 Ka Tsiolkovsky Medal (1995)
 Ka University of Hawaiʻi Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research (1997)
 Ka Hawaiʻi Book Publisher's Ka Palapala Poʻokela Award (2004)
 Ke kēkelē laeʻula hanohano mai ke Kulanui o French Polynesia (2007)

 Nā Kūmole 

 Nā Loulou I Waho 
 Polynesian Voyaging Society
 Bishop Museum Archives

 E nānā pū 
 Hōkūleʻa
 Herb Kāne
 Polynesian Voyaging Society
 Hoʻōla Hou ʻAna O Ka Hawaiʻi

Māhele:Mea Kākau ʻAmelika
Māhele:Loea ʻEpekema Kanaka
Māhele:Moʻokūʻauhau Pākīpika
Māhele:Ka poʻe i hānau i ka MH 1933
Māhele:Ka poʻe i make i ka MH 2017