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- ↑ Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila (1906). Genealogy of the Robinson family, and ancient legends and chants of Hawaii, Honolulu Bulletin Publishing Company.
- ↑ Catherine C. Summers, "Molokai: A Site Survey," Pacific Anthropological Records, No. 14, (Honolulu, HI: Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1971).
- ↑ Parents of Kalahumoku. ″Kanipahu (Chief of Hawaii Island). He married Hualani (Hulani II) (Molokai Chiefess)."
- ↑ David Malo. Hawaiian Antiquities.
- Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.