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Lehua Kaʻaihue

Hanalei · 1960s

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi teacher and one of the first graduates of a Hawaiian immersion program.

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1. We were told the language was gone

   8/13/2026

   Lehua Kaʻaihue on entering an immersion classroom as a child and later teaching in the same room.

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   When I was small, people said the language was already gone. But it was not gone, it was quiet. There is a difference. Quiet things can be called back.

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