'Owing to its large Native Hawaiian population and the significance of its physical features in Hawaiian creation traditions. Hawaii’s second largest city, Hilo, has long been a centre of Hawaiian linguistic and cultural activism. Among the proponents of the Hawaiian language associated with Hilo was Luka Ke’elikolani, governor of the isand of Hawaii in the mid-1800’s. Although she was quiet fluent in English and, as the wealthiest person in the kingdom in her day, frequently did business with the foreign community. Govenor Ke’elikolani refused to allow anyone to address her in English. She also insisted that only Hawaiian be spoken with her son. An especially memorable event in Hilo was when she used her high ali’i rank and genealogical connection to the fire goddess, Pele, to stop a lava flow just outside the city limits. '
The Green Book of Language Revitalisation in Practice (edited by Leanne Hinton and Ken Kale) p.166
Boireannach ann an Hawaii a chuir a cuid deagh chliù gu feum
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