Kamehameha Schools was founded by the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter of Kamehameha the Great.
Ke Ali‘i Pauahi’s land legacy began with 5,780 acres, mostly in He‘eia and Wai‘alaeiki on O‘ahu, with a few small parcels in downtown Honolulu which she inherited from her father Abner Pākī in 1855, and later 9,557 acres from her Aunt ‘Akahi in 1877.
Upon the death of her beloved kaikua‘ana or cousin, Princess Ruth Ke‘elikōlani, Pauahi inherited approximately 353,000 acres of land.
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