Hewa: The Wrong Way of Living Ancient Hawaii Micronesian Legends includes legends from

Micronesian Legends includes legends from the islands of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

Set in the bubbling ethnic melting pot of Hawai‘i

5"   |   B&W and color photographs

Photographer Jeff Reese works in Oregon as an education specialist for the Coast Guard and alternates his time between Hawai‘i and the Oregon coast

Hewa: The Wrong Way of Living Ancient Hawaii Micronesian Legends includes legends fromHewa: The Wrong Way of Living looks at what behaviors are considered unbecoming in a Hawaiian and why. Early Native Hawaiian scholars wrote a lot about what constituted good and bad behavior in their day as foreign influences increased. Today, the dominance of American culture in Hawaii forces Native Hawaiians to think carefully about how they can retain a cultural identity. This series, and especially Pono and Hewa, brings to light those traditions