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.
Hayes read the papers aloud in Hawaiian, and Kanahele wrote them down in English.
She served as president of the United Church of Christ's Women's Board of Missions of the Pacific in 1971, and was the first Hawaiian to do so.
[2][5] She published an autobiography titled Annie: Life of a Hawaiian in 1976,[1] and the proceeds went to Kaumakapili and Mokuaikaua churches.