:Herb Kawainui Kāne

Kāne was born in Marshfield, Minnesota. His father, also named Herbert, worked in the family poi business, became a paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy), and later traveled across the United States with a Hawaiian band. He also served in the Army and Navy and eventually worked as an optometrist. Kāne’s grandfather immigrated to Waipio Valley from China and built the first poi factory in the Hawaiian Islands, where he cultivated taro and produced poi for the market. Kāne’s mother’s family were farmers of Danish ancestry in Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=Danes in Wisconsin |website=Wisconsin Historical Society |date=2012-08-03 |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS2002#:~:text=Danes%20founded%20one%20of%20the,central%20portions%20of%20the%20state |access-date=2025-02-04}} Kāne's childhood was divided between Wisconsin and Hawaiʻi.

In his book, Voyagers, Kāne describes his early awakening to art. In 1935, as a child in Hilo, Hawaii, his mother took him to an art gallery, which was exhibiting the work of D. Howard Hitchcock. Kāne wrote that he was "stunned, confronted with miracles" upon seeing Hitchcock's work and had a brief conversation with him.{{rp|11}} Hitchcock, the first Hawaiian-born artist to achieve international recognition, focused on Hawaiian subject matter, especially the volcanic eruptions near Hilo. According to Kāne, in addition to this early exposure to art and his parents' encouragement of his interest in drawing, his most formative experiences in childhood were in Hawaiʻi, where his father and family passed down the traditional folk tales of the islands.

Kāne later served in the United States Navy, qualifying for veterans' educational benefits under the G.I. Bill. After his discharge, he used these benefits to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree and, in 1953, a Master's degree. Under an arrangement between the two schools at that time, his master’s degree was awarded by the University of Chicago.

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Herb Kāne had his own advertising studio on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, also known as "The Magnificent Mile." As a designer, illustrator, and author, he created advertisements for books, magazines, and television. However, Kāne found advertising work unsatisfying, noting that he grew tired of drawing the Jolly Green Giant, even after winning a campaign featuring the character.{{cite book |last1=Kane |first1=Herb Kawainui |title=Voyagers |publisher=Whalesong, Inc. |others=Managing Editors Robert B. Goodman and Lorie Rapkin |year=1991 |isbn=0-9627095-1-4 |editor1-last=Berry |editor1-first=Paul |edition=First |location=Bellevue, Washington |oclc=24562482 |quote=A Beyond Words Publishing Company Special Edition}}{{rp|17}}

Kāne had been sailing a racing catamaran on Lake Michigan when he began researching Hawaiian canoes at the University of Chicago library and the Field Museum of Natural History.{{cite web |last=Heckathorn |first=John |date=June 2011 |title=Herb Kane: The Last Interview |url=http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/June-2011/Herb-Kane-The-Last-Interview/ |access-date=July 8, 2011 |publisher=Honolulu Magazine |location=Honolulu, Hawaii}} In 1961, the Field Museum installed one of the most extensive collections of Pacific Ocean artifacts on public display at the time.{{cite web|url=http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/our-collections/w-f-fuller-collection|title=A. W. F. Fuller Collection|date=March 2, 2011 |publisher=Field Museum of Natural History|access-date=July 8, 2011|location=Chicago Illinois USA}}

In the 1960s, Kāne created a series of fourteen paintings depicting Polynesian canoes. In 1969, these paintings were purchased by the Hawai{{okina}}i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, which was then headed by its first director, Alfred Preis, the architect of the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawai{{okina}}i. Kāne later stated that this purchase enabled him to move to Hawai{{okina}}i, where he lived in Honolulu and continued his study of Polynesian voyaging canoes.

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In Honolulu, Kāne attracted a group of sailing enthusiasts, including University of Hawai{{okina}}i anthropologist Ben Finney and Tommy Holmes, author of The Hawaiian Canoe. Together they founded the Polynesian Voyaging Society and began work on the Hōkūleʻa, a voyaging canoe based on historical Polynesian design, capable of sailing between Hawai{{okina}}i and Tahiti.{{cite web|url=http://www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/May-June-2011/Portrait-of-an-Icon |title=Portrait of an Icon |last=von Buol |first=Peter |date=May–June 2011 |publisher=Maui Magazine |access-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707122230/http://www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/May-June-2011/Portrait-of-an-Icon/ |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} Their purpose was to demonstrate that ancestral Polynesian voyagers could have purposely navigated in vessels of similar type to settle Hawai{{okina}}i.{{cite web|url=http://www2.hawaii.edu/~adamson/vol43a1.html|title=The Polynesian Voyaging Society and Voyages of the Hōkūleʻa Collection in the Kanehameha School/Bishop Estate Archives|last=Zisk|first=Janet M.|publisher=University of Hawaii|access-date=July 8, 2011|location=Honolulu, Hawaii}} Kāne said his goal was also to spur a revival of cultural identity among Hawaiians and peoples of the Pacific islands. He wrote that in 1973 he, with a number of others at the time, realized that "if a voyaging canoe were built and sailed today, it would function as a cultural catalyst and inspire the revival of almost-forgotten aspects of Hawaiian life."{{cite journal|last=Kane|first=Herb Kawainui|date=April 1976|title=A Canoe Helps Hawaii Recapture Her Past|journal=National Geographic Magazine|publisher=National Geographic Society|location=Washington, DC|volume=149|issue=4|page=476}} File:Hokulea at Kailua cropped.jpg, May 1 2005]]

"What intrigued me was to see, if by building this canoe and putting it to active use and taking it out on a cruise throughout the Hawaiian islands, introducing it to the Hawaiian people, training Hawaiians to sail it, if this would not stimulate shock waves or ripple effect throughout the culture- in music and dance and the crafts. And we know it did."{{cite web|url=http://www.coffeetimes.com/herbkane.html|title=Herb Kane Artist And Historian|last=Harden|first=M.V.|publisher=LBD Coffee LLC dba Coffee Times|access-date=July 8, 2011|location=Kapaa, Hawaii}}

Kāne designed and named the Hōkūleʻa, which was launched on March 8, 1975. Technically, the craft was a full-scale replica of a wa{{okina}}a kaulua,{{cite book |last1=Chun |first1=Naomi N.Y. |others=illustrated by Robin Y. Burningham |title=Hawaiian Canoe-Building Traditions |edition=Revised |year=1995 |orig-year=1988 |publisher=Kamehameha Schools Press |location=Honolulu, HI |language=en-US, haw |isbn=0-87336-043-5 |oclc=35262569 |pages=57–62 |chapter=Types of Canoes |chapter-url=http://www.ulukau.org/elib/collect/hcbt/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc75.pdf |access-date=2013-10-12 |via=The Hawaiian Electronic Library}} a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. The name Hōkūleʻa came to Kāne in a dream, he said.{{rp|155 note 4}} It is the Hawaiian term for the star Arcturus, which is important to celestial navigation in the Pacific, and the zenith star of the Hawaiian Islands.{{rp|32}} He served as the skipper for two years as the canoe sailed trial cruises among the Hawaiian Islands to attract crew and support for its maiden international voyage.

Kāne's role in the creation and promotion of the Hōkūleʻa helped restore pride to the peoples of the Pacific, and his paintings of traditional Hawaiian scenes and historical events have contributed to restoring lost identity. Tony Jones, the President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, stated that Kāne "rewritten the history of the Pacific."{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2008/5/20/Chicago_honors_Hawaii_artist_Herb_Kane|title=Chicago honors Hawaii artist Herb Kane|last=von Buol|first=Peter|date=May 20, 2008|work=Hawaii Magazine|access-date=July 8, 2011}} Nainoa Thompson, navigator of the Hōkūleʻa, said Kāne was "the visionary, the dreamer, and he was the architect and the engineer. He's the one that carried the burden of building, constructing, and sailing Hōkūleʻa."{{cite web|url=http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Herb-Kane-remembered-as-more-than-just-an-artist/H8oIboMJxkegt8j9gKTYbw.cspx?rss=1803 |title=Herb Kane remembered as more than just an artist |last=Cunningham |first=Jai |date=March 9, 2011 |publisher=KHON-TV |access-date=July 8, 2011 |location=Honolulu, Hawaii |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403005919/http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Herb-Kane-remembered-as-more-than-just-an-artist/H8oIboMJxkegt8j9gKTYbw.cspx?rss=1803 |archive-date=April 3, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} Thompson also stated that Kāne's legacy is "transforming Hawai{{okina}}i's society because he brought pride and culture and inspiration back, through the canoe....He is the father of the Hawaiian Renaissance."{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14227289/remembering-herb-kane-nainoa-thompson|title=Nainoa Thompson reflects on Herb Kane's legacy|date=Mar 10, 2011|publisher=WorldNow and KHNL/KGMB|access-date=July 23, 2011}}

Kāne died on March 8, 2011, the 36th anniversary of the launch of the Hōkūleʻa.

File:Herb Kawainui Kane - 'Cook Entering Kealakekua Bay, January 1779'.JPG]] Daniel Inouye, United States Senator from Hawai{{okina}}i, stated that Kāne's artwork "captured both ancient and modern-day Hawai{{okina}}i and helped preserve Hawai{{okina}}i's unique culture for future generations." Kāne became one of the most respected figurative painters in Hawai{{okina}}i, with major works on view at the Bishop Museum, the largest museum in the state and the premier natural and cultural history institution in the Pacific.{{cite web|url=http://www.bishopmuseum.org/aboutus/aboutus.html |title=About Us |publisher=The Bishop Museum |access-date=July 8, 2011 |location=Hololulu HI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629000806/http://www.bishopmuseum.org/aboutus/aboutus.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }} His work has been exhibited at Hawai{{okina}}i Volcanoes National Park, Pu{{okina}}ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, and in the Hawai{{okina}}i State Capitol.{{rp|20}} His paintings of Polynesian sailing have been widely reproduced, appearing as illustrations in books and articles. Among the first of these was a series of seven paintings commissioned by National Geographic Magazine and published in the December 1974 issue.{{cite journal|last=Kane|first=Herb Kawainui|date=December 1974|title=The Pathfinders|journal=National Geographic Magazine|publisher=National Geographic Society|location=Washington, DC|volume=146|issue=6|pages=756–769}}

Kāne's art is characterized by realistic and precise draftsmanship when depicting historical scenes, such as his series of voyaging canoe paintings and many other paintings of battles, everyday domestic life, and ceremonial occasions, which are extensively researched.{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14218899/artist-author-herb-kane-dies-at-82?redirected=true|title=Artist, author Herb Kane dies at 82|last=Mendoza|first=Jim|date=Mar 9, 2011|publisher=Hawaii News Now|access-date=July 8, 2011}} When Kāne turned his imagination to the legends of old Hawai{{okina}} I and the spiritual and mythological side of the Hawaiian culture, his work was more expressionistic, with bold brushwork and vivid colors. Kāne's expressionistic style is seen in his painting Pele, Goddess of the Volcano for the Jaggar Museum at Kīlauea, which depicts the supernatural figure with fire in her eyes and flowing lava as her hair.{{cite book|last=Kane|first=Herb Kawainui |title=Pele: Goddess of Hawaii's Volcanoes|year=1996|orig-year=1987|edition=Revised|publisher=Kawainui Press|isbn=0-943357-01-2|oclc=40653214|location=Captain Cook, HI}}

Kāne's art was often heavily researched to ensure historical accuracy, including details such as weather and cloud coverage. He consulted with contacts in Washington, DC, and around the globe to achieve accuracy in his research. Kāne also uncovered ship plans in the Maritime Museum in London, which he used for some of his paintings. He designed tapestries that reflected the beauty of his paintings.{{By whom|date=October 2013}}

Kāne's paintings include several large canvasses or murals for hotel lobbies and similar public and commercial spaces.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigislandnewscenter.com/beloved-icon-herb-kane-dies |title=Beloved Icon Herb Kane Dies |last=Bracken |first=Sherry |date=March 9, 2011 |publisher=Big Island News Center |access-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328044931/http://www.bigislandnewscenter.com/beloved-icon-herb-kane-dies/ |archive-date=March 28, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} His 1973 mural, made of wool, titled Opening of the Pacific to Man, was designed for a space above the entrance to the Pacific Trade Center, on Alakea and King Streets in central Honolulu. It measures {{convert|11|ft|m|adj=mid|}} high and {{convert|43|ft|m|adj=mid|}} wide, and depicts voyaging canoes and a central male figure holding a paddle. In the corner of the mural is a representation of the wayfarer's chart, traditionally made of shells and sticks, in which islands and ocean swell patterns are encoded to assist the training of a navigator.{{cite book|first1=Georgia |last1=Radford |first2=Warren |last2=Radford|others=photographs by Rick Golt|title=Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces|year=1978|publisher=University Press of Hawaii|location=Honolulu, HI|isbn= 0-8248-0526-7|oclc=4005107|page=211}} As a design consultant, Kāne worked on resorts and visitor centers in Hawai{{okina}}i and the South Pacific, as well as a cultural center in Fiji. Kāne was commissioned by the National Park Service in 1976 to paint "Keoua's Arrival", which is on permanent display in the Visitor Center at Pu{{okina}}ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site.{{cite web|url=http://pacificislandparks.com/2011/03/09/a-treasure-of-hawaii-passes-on/|title=A Treasure of Hawaii Passes Away|last=Cunningham|first=Gregory|date=March 9, 2011|publisher=National Parks of the Pacific|access-date=July 23, 2011}} Several of his large canvasses are on permanent view at the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki in Honolulu, where the management dedicated the area as a permanent tribute to Kāne.{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2011/6/27/Hawaii_Big+Island_Waikiki_Herb+Kane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701225744/http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2011/6/27/Hawaii_Big+Island_Waikiki_Herb+Kane |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2011 |title=Hotel dedicates tribute area to memory of renowned Hawaii artist-historian Herb Kane |last=O'Connell |first=Maureen |date=Jun 27, 2011 |work=Hawaii Magazine |access-date=July 8, 2011 }}

One 1973 site-specific mural, painted on a custom-designed wall as part of a history center under construction (and never completed) at Punalu{{okina}}u Beach, gained notoriety twice. The historical mural, titled Ancient Punaluu, Hawai{{okina}}i Island measured {{convert|24|ft|m|adj=mid|}} wide by {{convert|10|ft|m|adj=mid| }} high. According to a news report, "The mural shows ali{{okina}}i, warriors and commoners on the black sandbar, which separates Punalu{{okina}}u Bay from a pond where springs provide fresh water immediately behind the beach.....A ceiling of thatch gave the feeling of being inside an old Hawaiian shelter and the thatch hid lighting, which gave a natural, daylight look to the mural. Pebbles and sand at the base of the painting met real pebbles and sand on the floor of the history center."{{cite news |url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/07/20/news/story5.html |title= Isle masterpiece stolen: Thieves carve up and haul away a Herb Kane mural depicting life in early Hawaii |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |author=Rod Thompson |date= July 20, 2005 |access-date=November 14, 2010 }} Image:Ancient Punaluu, Hawai{{okina}}i Island by Herb Kane.jpg In 1975 the mural survived a tsunami that destroyed the interior of the building. According to Kāne's account on his personal blog, quoting eyewitnesses, the wave pushed all the displays out the far side of the room and left a mud line three or four feet high on the wall—except on the mural, which was dry and undamaged.{{cite web|url=http://herbkane.wordpress.com |title=Painting in Public |last=Kane |first=Herb Kauainui |access-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628080019/http://herbkane.wordpress.com/ |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} Then, in 2005, the mural was stolen from the site, which was vacant and unfinished. Thieves are believed to have cut out the wall in five sections using a circular saw powered by a portable generator, and in this way stole the painting, which has never been recovered. Kāne responded by recreating a version of the mural in oil paint on canvas, saying, "Now all the thieves have is a preliminary sketch. Vengeance is mine."

Kāne designed seven postage stamps for the U.S. Postal Service including stamps commemorating each of the 25th and the 50th anniversaries of Hawaiian statehood. His 1984 stamp for the 25th anniversary of Hawaiian statehood depicts a double-hulled voyaging canoe, a Pacific golden plover (a migratory bird which winters in Hawai{{okina}}i), and a volcano erupting on the flank of Mauna Loa, on the Big Island of Hawai{{okina}}i.{{cite web|url=http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2038696|title=Hawaii: the 50th State|publisher=Smithsonian Institution National Postal Museum|location=Washington, DC|access-date=October 12, 2013}} On the day of its release, sales of this stamp set a new record for the U.S. Postal Service.{{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for this sentence|date=October 2013}}

Kāne's 2009 stamp for the State's 50th anniversary depicts a person surfing and people paddling a traditional outrigger canoe, all riding the same wave.{{cite web|url=http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2009/pb22263/pdf/pb22263.pdf|title=Stamp Announcement 09-40: Hawai'i Statehood, postal bulletin 22263 (7-16-09)|date=July 16, 2009|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=August 1, 2011|location=Washington, DC}} This stamp engendered some controversy, as Kāne was critical of the typography in the final design, which he felt mistakenly substituted an apostrophe for the symbol that signals a glottal stop in the word Hawai{{okina}}i and is known by the term {{okina}}okina.{{cite news|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20090721_Typo_on_stamp_sickens_designer|title=Typo on stamp sickens designer|last=Burlingame|first=Burl|date=July 21, 2009|work=Star Bulletin|access-date=July 10, 2011|location=Honolulu HI}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uspsstamps.com/stories/critical-diacritical|title=The Critical Diacritical|publisher=United States Postal Service|access-date=2013-10-16}} He also designed postage stamps for several Pacific island nations, including French Polynesia, the Federated States of Micronesia, as well as the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Although best known for his paintings, Kāne also produced a limited-edition bronze sculpture and other three-dimensional works{{rp|14, 43}} besides the Hōkūleʻa. His monumental bronze figure, The Young Kamehameha stands in Wailea, Maui.{{rp|122}}

Kāne's last commissioned work was for the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, a wall-sized painting of Kamehameha I's landing in Oahu. He died before the work could be completed; however, he had left instructions that, should he die before the work was finished, Brook Kapūkuniahi Parker should complete the work. Eventually, the hotel displayed the work unfinished.{{cite web| url = https://hanahou.com/20.3/faces-of-the-ancestors| archive-url = https://archive.today/20211110140951/https://hanahou.com/20.3/faces-of-the-ancestors| url-status = dead| archive-date = November 10, 2021| title = Faces of the Ancestors| author = Catharine Lo Griffin| authorlink = | date = 2021| format = | publisher = ana Hou! Magazine| accessdate = 2021-04-04}}

Kāne communicated the importance of Hawaiian culture and its origins in print (as author, publisher, and illustrator) and television. Kāne is the author of several books, including:

: Canoes of Polynesia (1974) (portfolio of 12 lithographs with accompanying booklet){{cite book|last=Kane|first=Herb Kawainui|title=Canoes of Polynesia|year=1974|publisher=Island Heritage House|location=Honolulu}}

: Voyage, the Discovery of Hawai{{okina}}i (1976){{cite book|last=Kane|first=Herb Kawainui|title=Voyage, The Discovery of Hawai{{okina}}i|year=1976|editor1-first=William|editor1-last=Knowlton|location=Honolulu, HI|publisher=Island Heritage Limited|isbn=978-0-89610-031-2|oclc=779104754}}

: A Canoe Helps Hawaii Recapture Her Past in National Geographic Magazine, April, 1976

: Pele, Goddess of Volcanoes (1987)

: Voyagers (1991, 2nd edition 2006)

: Ancient Hawai{{okina}}i (1997){{cite book|last=Kane|first=Herb Kawainui|title=Ancient Hawai{{okina}}i |year=1997|location=Captain Cook, HI|publisher=Kawainui Press|isbn=978-0-943357-02-7|oclc=40050123}}

Kāne is an illustrator of:

: The Life and Times of John Young: Confidant and Advisor to Kamehameha the Great{{cite book|last=Cahill|first=Emmett |editor1-first=Virginia|editor1-last=Wageman|title=The Life and Times of John Young: Confidant and Advisor to Kamehameha the Great|year=1999|location=Honolulu, HI|publisher=Island Heritage|isbn=978-0-89610-449-5|oclc=42656570|others=Herb Kawainui Kāne, illustrator}}

: The Power of the Stone: A Hawaiian Ghost Story{{cite book|last=Nunes |first= Shiho S. |title=The Power of the Stone: A Hawaiian Ghost Story|edition=Paperback|series=Adventures in Hawaii|year=2001|location=Honolulu, HI|publisher=Island Heritage|isbn=978-0-89610-283-5|others=Herb Kawainui Kāne, illustrator|oclc=50471390}}

: Christmas Time with Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawai{{okina}}i (1977 album cover: Hawaii Sons HS-4004){{cite web|url=http://www.dancingcat.com/notes/08022-38037-2.php|title=Liner Notes, Various Artists|last=Kamakahi|first=Rev. Dennis|work=KI HO'ALU CHRISTMAS Set one, song 7|publisher=Dancing Cat|access-date=July 19, 2011}}

: Voyagers, The First Hawaiians (film directed and scored by Paul Csige, based on the 1976 book Voyage, The Discovery of Hawaii by Herb Kāne){{cite AV media|url=http://www.voyagersthemovie.com/|title=Voyagers, the first Hawaiians|people=Csige, Paul, Director; Mecca, Lorraine, Producer; in association with Herb Kawainui Kane|publisher=Guiding Star Pictures|year=2009|location=Kamuela, HI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908021714/http://www.voyagersthemovie.com/|archive-date=September 8, 2011|url-status=dead|format=DVD|asin=B002O8X08U|isbn=9781603650052|oclc=459797447|df=mdy-all}} Available as {{closed access}} {{cite AV media|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JR4CFA|title=instant video at Amazon}}{{cite web|url=http://paulcsige.com/films/voyagers.html |title=Voyagers: The First Hawaiians a feature film by Paul Csige |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328110758/http://paulcsige.com/films/voyagers.html |archive-date=March 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.voyagersthemovie.com/about.php |title=Voyagers The Movie, World Premier May 30, 2009 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328110810/http://www.voyagersthemovie.com/about.php |archive-date=March 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

Online interviews include:

: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation (The Offering){{cite web|url=http://www.exploratorium.edu/neverlost/#/voyage/stories|title=Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation:Talking Story: The Offering|publisher=Exploratorium the museum of science, art and human perception|access-date=July 11, 2011|location=San Francisco, California USA}}

: Ask the Experts: Herb Kawainui Kāne (The Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey) Kāne served as a member of the advisory panel for the 1998 independent film, The Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey, which was broadcast widely on television stations including those of the U.S. Public Broadcasting System.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/ask.html |title=The Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey: Ask the Experts: Herb Kawainui Kane |others=David Neiman, Producer; Gail Evenari, Producer; Jennifer Belcher |publisher=PBS |location=Arlington, VA |access-date=October 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628230701/http://www.pbs.org/wayfinders/ask.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

:* 1984—Named a Living Treasure of Hawai{{okina}}i by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Honolulu{{cite book |last1=Hirschfelder |first1=Arlene B |last2=Molin |first2=Paulette Fairbanks |title=The extraordinary book of Native American lists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKvZNzrK1ksC&pg=PA493 |access-date=2013-10-16 |year=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, MD |isbn=9780810877108 |oclc=794706782 |page=493}}

:* 1987 —One of 16 chosen as Po{{okina}}okela (Champion) for the Year of the Hawaiian Celebration{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaii247.com/2011/03/09/artist-historian-and-author-herb-kane-1928-2011 |title=Artist, historian and author Herb Kane dies (1928–2011) |last=Stanton |first=Karin |date=March 9, 2011 |publisher=Hawaii 24/7 |access-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811062908/http://www.hawaii247.com/2011/03/09/artist-historian-and-author-herb-kane-1928-2011/ |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

:* 1988–1992 – A founding trustee of the Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program, Bishop Museum

:* 1998 – Awarded Bishop Museum's Charles Reed Bishop Medal

:* 2002 – Received an award for excellence from The Hawai{{okina}}i Book Publishers Association

:* 2008 – Awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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• [http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/14227289/remembering-herb-kane-nainoa-thompson Television interview with Nainoa Thompson]
• {{cite web |url=http://www.herbkanestudio.com |title=Herb Kāne Studio website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722184952/http://www.herbkanestudio.com/ |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead}}
• [http://www.herbkanehawaii.com/ Herbert K. Kane Family Trust]

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