The legacy of a Hawaiian language protector lives on in Bishop Museum archives
The legacy of a Hawaiian language protector lives on in Bishop Museum archives By Dillon Ancheta | May 9, 2021 at 5:35 PM HST - Updated May 9 at 8:49 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Every Mother’s Day is a chance to remember how important moms are.
A mother’s love transcends all barriers, including ethnicity. That was especially prevalent for one notable Hawaii family who took in a Japanese orphan and raised her with Hawaiian values.
Stored in the Archives Department of Bishop Museum, the work of Patience Namaka Wiggin Bacon lives on. She was known to so many simply as ‘Aunty Pat’.