FREEHAWAII.INFO OBSERVES NAHI'ENA'ENA DAY
Princess Nahi'ena'ena, daughter of Kamehameha I, was born in the year 1815, the exact date isn't known.
Living through a period of great change in Hawai'i, her life was tragically cut short.
At her birth Nahi'ena'ena, (whose name means "stirring the fires,") wasn't given the guardianship of another chief. Defying the customs of the time, her mother, Keopuolani, kept her infant daughter by her side.
Nahi'ena'ena grew up constantly aware about her high ranking in a changing Hawai'i. This was a source of her conflicted life.
The last years of her life were one of illness and dejection. She gave birth to a son on September 1836. The baby lived for only a few hours. Nahi'ena'ena never recovered from child birth. She died on December 30, 1836.
Nahi'ena'ena's death, at age 21, was observed for the first time in modern times on Dec 30, 2001 with traditional Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) protocols at 'Iolani Palace Grounds in Honolulu.
