{"product_id":"9781566477635","title":"Nahi'ena'ena: Sacred Daughter of Hawai'i","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrincess Nahi'ena'ena was a child of Kamehameha I,his only sacred daughter by his wife Keopuolani, herself, a lineal descendant of the great Maui chiefs and the highest ranking woman of her time. As such, Nahi'ena'ena and her two brothers, Liholiho (Kamehameha II) and Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) actually out-ranked their father. So sacred were these offspring, the Great Warrior would lie on his back and allow these keiki to sit on his chest in a sign of subservience and acknowledgement of their superior status. And thus, Nahi'ena'ena was born into the world of the past; a past borne from a proud and sophisticated tradition that had existed for nearly a millennium, and thrust into a time of rapid and inexorable change, brought upon by the encroachment of Western culture and influence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough she lived in the early nineteenth century, Nahi'en a 'ena is in many ways , a pro to type for those peoples of today who passionately want to preserve their ethnic identity; their dignity and genius. Her life is prophetic of the anguish and the struggle of such people and although she herself went down in defeat, a victim of the collision of two cultures, her story nonetheless, provides a hope to those who have come after for a future that accommodates change as they themselves, continue to acknowledge and embrace the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarjorie Sinclair (1913-2005) is the author of Kona (1947) and The Wild Wind (1950), and the editor of The Path of the Ocean: Traditional Poetry of Polynesia. She taught English at the University of Hawai'i and served for over twenty-five years with the Hawaii Literary Arts Council . She received the Hawai'i Writer's Award in 1981.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mutual Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049309651184,"sku":"9781566477635","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781566477635_p0.jpg?v=1763789409","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781566477635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}