Annie Kanahele

Annie L. A. Kanahele (1896/97–1989) was an American teacher, writer, and Hawaiiana expert. She worked in Hawaii's public school system for 42 years as a teacher and principal, translated papers from Hawaiian to English for Bishop Museum, and was made a Living Treasure of Hawai'i by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.

Life Kanahele was born in Keauhou, Hawaii. She worked as a teacher and principal in Hawaii public schools for 42 years. She was married to Francis H. Kanahele, a civil engineer.

Kanahele and Flora Kaai Hayes volunteered together beginning around 1963 as translators for Bishop Museum, where they translated government papers and letters between aliʻi from Hawaiian to English. Hayes read the papers aloud in Hawaiian, and Kanahele wrote them down in English. She published an autobiography titled Annie: Life of a Hawaiian in 1976, received the David Malo Award in 1981, and was named a Living Treasure of Hawaii by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii in 1982.