Talk:House of Kamehameha

Ethnicity?
I wonder to read about the "ethnicity" of the House. I don't seem you wrote the same for European families. Where is the difference?

Traveller —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.49.129.227 (talk) 12:48, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Under construction to do list
✅ ✅ The following names have a Hawaiian orthography from a Kamehameha Schools Publication that differ from their Wikipedia article orthography:
 * Expand "history" section to explain where Kamehameha comes from in the history of Hawaii, perhaps some background on relationship to past rulers and lead up to Captain Cook and Kalaniʻōpuʻu and the mentions from Cook's men.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:05, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Add more references to the Cook section above.
 * Expand Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma content.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:38, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Add content to succession section explaining the succession by legislature vote and the court house riot etc..--Mark Miller (talk) 07:41, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Expand the lede.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:41, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Check the Hawaiian orthography.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:41, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Create a list of articles needing to be moved that do not have the correct orthography.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:41, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Kamakaʻīmoku
 * Kalaninuiʻīamamao
 * Alapaʻinui
 * Kekuʻiʻapoiwa--Mark Miller (talk) 22:41, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Expand Kaʻahumanu information.
 * Introduce the full content about the entourage to Kam III that put Kinau in the co-ruling position.
 * Expand on the Great Mahele.
 * Expand the other Kamehameha.
 * Add a collateral house section and introduce the serving houses and marriage and adoptions etc..
 * Expand on the Legacy section. Introduce the line of heirs down to Pauahi Bishop.
 * Introduce content about House and line and if it is extinct or not.
 * Find appropriate and high quality images.
 * Nominate a DYK.
 * Nominate for GA listing.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:07, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

Caption of the picture The Kamehameha Royal Family
This picture was taken by Hugo Stangenwald. The original is in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu. At some point in the Internet the picture was flipped but the caption was kept the same. I keep correcting the caption but someone changes it back. The way the pictures is shown, Queen Kalama is on the left of Kamehameha III and his sister, Victoria Kamāmalu, is on the right. Lot Kapuaiwa, later King Kamehameha V is on the back right and Alexander Liholiho, later King Kamehameha IV is on the back left. Here is a link to the unflipped picture. http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/image/77154296841047754336/ Ulalena (talk) 06:01, 7 July 2015 (UTC)Ulalena July 6, 2015
 * Hello. User:Ulalena, the one used for this article is from the Hawaii State Archives, which is a different print than the one possessed by the Bishop Museum, which we have at File:House of Kamehameha2.jpg. It's not a problem of artificial flipping. Just that there are two different prints.  When you change the caption it didn't change the arrangement of the figures or the link to the HSA image which was why it was reverted. Now if you think the image should be replaced by the Bishop Museum version then you should switched the file line and the caption as well. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 15:33, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

The picture at File:House of Kamehameha2.jpg is identified as the one from the Bernice P. Bishop Museum when you click on it. Regardless, though, I can tell from the faces who is who and the picture was mislabeled. I am actually surprised that you, KAVEBEAR did not realize this by just looking at the picture as you seem to be so knowledgable in Hawaiian history. Ulalena (talk) 03:53, 8 July 2015 (UTC)Ulalena
 * Ulalena, I've uploaded different versions of the image that I didn't notice I just copied and pasted the caption over. I can tell who is who in Hawaiian history. Thanks for catching it though. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 11:17, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I support whatever the Bishop Museum displays. After all, that was the entire basis of the change in another tile of a portrait that KAVEBEAR insisted be changed on that basis alone, and was. The one at the museum is the one displayed, therefore it should reflect that. But...beside that remember the difference between being on the "subject's" left to being in the "image left".--Mark Miller (talk) 04:40, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I think that we should leave the image caption as changed it for a simple reason. When captioning an image, it is usual to go "from left to right" of the image not the subject, making Kalama to the left in the image, not the right.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:50, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

House of Kamehameha pic, reversed?
Hmmm. The above discussion has made me take a closer look at the difference between the state archive image and the Bishop Museum image and I have to wonder if the one we are using is a reverse image. It occurred to me originally that simple things like hair and placement of the royal order cannot determine the proper direction as thee is no way to know of the personal choice of such thing and whether it changed. One thing however is certain, men's coats button with the left panel overlapping the right panel. The button is on the right panel and the button whole is on the left panel. This is true through the Victorian era as well. I can at least say, that as a period costumer, if I were reproducing the fashions depicted here, that would be the first thing I look at. What is the proper left and right of the image? I believe it is clear that Kamehameha III's coat is buttoned properly in the Bishop Museum depiction with the left coat panel, properly overlapping the right coat panel. It also appears to be true of both Kam IV and Kam V.--Mark Miller (talk) 20:05, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I just want to make a comment that the black and white one is not from the Hawaii State Archives. It's hawaiialive.org which source it images to the Bishop Museum collection. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 22:31, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * This might well be as simple as that the photographic process simply reverses the image. I believe that may be true.Mark Miller (talk) 04:02, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

House of Moana?
This fantasy of Europeanizing our ancestors. Are we that naive to understand history from its historical context rather than applying modern day stylings? Maybe a bit covering the various Hawaiian Constitutions and specific articles that allowed certain people various titles. 99.23.241.79 (talk) 03:49, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Look, if you can demonstrate that this is purely a Westernized ideal with proper sources, I am more than willing to listen however, if one looks at sources of ancient Hawaiian oral tradition; "Hale o Kamehameha" is the basis for the term which, if I am not mistaken takes its form from "Hale o Keawe" which can be cited to reliable sources. Being able to balance what we might understand to be traditional kānaka maol culture and what this era became is to understand that all of history moves forward and changes. I challenge u|99.23.241.79 to register an account and collaborate on expanding this article. Everyone has something to contribute but we must not be too quick to judge terms used. The House of Moana is not the Disney Princess and is the Royal House that was established by the son of Keakealanikane. I believe that Wikipedia's voice should use proper Hawaiian terms whenever it can. Ali'i should always be used instead of chief and Ke Ali'i should be used as a proper title to those that have no other title but are of known ali'i bloodline, however, this is not agreed upon by all editors that contribute to these articles. Use your knowledge to help form a consensus on these very types on concerns. You also do not need to register an account to contribute but becoming a member is a form of good faith.--Mark Miller (talk) 04:15, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Albert Kūnuiākea and Keanolani
This article should mention Albert Kūnuiākea and Keanolani, the only known illegitimate children of the later Kamehamehas. KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:39, 16 July 2018 (UTC)