The Long Road — from Papakolea to Kalaupapa: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) (continued from yesterday) The Long Road -- from Papakolea to Kalaupapa to a University Degree Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement On October [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:05:46+00:00April 24th, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on The Long Road — from Papakolea to Kalaupapa: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

The Long Road from Papakolea to Kalaupapa: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Part-Hawaiian Male Blind 43 years old 31 years in confinement (to be continued tomorrow) The Long Road -- from Papakolea to Kalaupapa, to a University Degree I [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:05:12+00:00April 23rd, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on The Long Road from Papakolea to Kalaupapa: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa

I Am Grateful To Our Benefactors: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii (cont’d)

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male, Part-Hawaiian Blind, Disabled, Married 70 years of Age 57 years at Kalaupapa and Hale Mohalu (continued from yesterday) The State Has Provided: I Am Grateful To [...]

By |2020-04-22T22:00:03+00:00April 22nd, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on I Am Grateful To Our Benefactors: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii (cont’d)

I Am Grateful To Our Benefactors: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male, Part-Hawaiian Blind, Disabled, Married 70 years of Age 57 years at Kalaupapa and Hale Mohalu The State Has Provided: I Am Grateful To Our Benefactors (At [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:04:10+00:00April 21st, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on I Am Grateful To Our Benefactors: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Love Could Not Overcome Fear: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Female, Filipino Married, Able-bodied Age: 41 8 years at Kalaupapa Love Could Not Overcome Fear I got the disease when I was thirty-three years old. I came [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:03:40+00:00April 20th, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on Love Could Not Overcome Fear: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

That Wild Germ, Bucking Like A Wild Horse: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii”

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male, Part-Hawaiian Widowed, Blind, Disabled Age: 80 65 years at Kalaupapa That Wild Germ, Bucking Like A Wild Horse The worst problem I have had was the [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:02:57+00:00April 19th, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on That Wild Germ, Bucking Like A Wild Horse: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii”

Akerameru: Accepting One’s Fate: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Molokai History:   (From "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979)   Female, Japanese Disfigured, Blind 70 years of age 40 years at Kalaupapa   Akerameru   My family had many problems after I got the disease. [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:02:23+00:00April 19th, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on Akerameru: Accepting One’s Fate: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

No More Family Ties: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979)   Male, Japanese Blind Age: 62 34 years at Kalaupapa No More Family Ties   Orientals have the most fear of this disease. Like I said, I [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:01:46+00:00April 17th, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on No More Family Ties: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii (cont’d.)

Molokai History: (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979)   Female, Portuguese Widowed Age: 61 42 years at Kalaupapa   I was nineteen when they first diagnosed this disease. Like the rest of the patients, they [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:11:07+00:00April 16th, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii (cont’d.)

Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Molokai History:   (from "The Separating Sickness: Ma'i Ho'oka'awale: Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii" by Ted Gugelyk and Milton Bloombaum, Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation, Honolulu, HI, 1979) Male, Part-Hawaiian Blind, Disfigured, Married Age: 48 34 years at Kalaupapa   How did I get this disease? Well, I had eight other relatives in Kalaupapa. [...]

By |2020-04-26T21:10:30+00:00April 15th, 2020|Leprosy in Hawaii, Molokai History, Native Hawaiian History|Comments Off on Interviews with Exiled Leprosy Patients at Kalaupapa, Hawaii
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