Lokalia Montgomery

Lōkālia Montgomery (née Rosalie Lokalia Lovelle; February 22, 1903 – February 26, 1978) was an American Hawaiian scholar, and multidisciplinary artist. She also worked as a curator, and a probation officer. Montgomery was knowledgeable in a diversity of Native Hawaiian cultural and traditional arts, including hula, featherwork, playing various instruments, and chanting. She used various names, including Rosalie Lokalia Lovelle Montgomery, Rosalie Lokalia Montgomery, Rosalie Lokalia, and Rosalie L. Montgomery.

Early life and family Rosalie Lokalia Lovelle was born on February 22, 1903, in Kapa'a, Kauai, Territory of Hawaii (now Hawai'i, United States). Her parents were Wilhelmina (née Keick) and Charles John Lovell Sr..

She married Timothy Makaleilaaupiionakaia Montgomery (or T.M. Montgomery; 1902–1967) in 1926, a musician of traditional Hawaiian instruments. They had a daughter, and remained married until his death in 1967. and taught about traditional Hawaiian musical instruments. She directed many Aloha Week pageants. In 1971, she performed at the National Folk Festival in Vienna, Virginia, near Washington, D.C.

Montgomery was awarded the Living Treasure of Hawaii award (1977), by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii; and awarded the "State of Hawai'i Order of Distinction" by the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (1973).

She was a member of the Daughters of Hawaii, the Pennet Gallery Group, and the Hawaiian National Music Foundation.

Death Montgomery died on February 26, 1978, in Wilcox Memorial Hospital (now Wilcox Medical Center) in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. She is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.