A conversation with KATIE KAMELAMELA, former HWST and HAW student, BA Hawaiian Studies, and now a PhD candidate in Ethnobotany at the Univ. of Hawaiʻi, as well as an impromptu chat (aka podcast-bomb) with the awesome WALTER RITTE of Molokai.…
ʻAhahui o Hawaiʻi hosted a panel discussion on kanaka maoli self governance on October 22, 2015, at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi and Mānoa. Panelists were Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa, Jon Osorio, Bill Meheula, and…
The lush oasis of Ka Papa Loʻi o Kānewai Cultural Garden served as the location for indigenous education leaders from Mexico to meet with faculty and staff from Hawaiʻinuiākea on Friday, October 9. A traditional Hawaiian greeting was followed by…
Dr. Maenette Benham will be honored as a Minority Access National Role Models Award at the Sixteenth National Role Models Conference and Gala, Saturday, September 26, 2015. This prestigious award aims to identify inspirational Role Models in various categories to inspire…
Students and faculty from Hawaiʻianuiākea and other UH administrators, including the chancellor, staffed the UH Mānoa booth at the July Hoʻolauleʻa. For the first time since its beginning in 1978 UH Mānoa was a participant and received a warm Hawaiʻi…
Awaiaulu is hosting a Poetry and Short Story competition. Please see the Press Release and the Poster attached. There is already national press on this, see: ABC, CBS and NBC, and headed soon for NY Times. For more information on the…
On March 28th, Bishop Museum unveiled the original exhibition Nani I Ka Hala: Weaving Hawaiʻi. The exhibit runs through July 26th and addresses the need to collect, share, and perpetuate this tradition as part of Hawaiʻi's heritage and vibrant…
Thanks to all who supported and attended this year's I Ulu I Ke Kumu awards ceremony and dinner on March 7, a total of $20,000 was raised for the student emergency fund and for student enrichment programs. This year the…
Indigenous Education Symposium USING THE LONG LINE: APPLYING NATIVE INGENUITY IN EDUCATION May 18, 2015 at the Hawai’i Convention Center Kū-A-Kanaka LLC is proud to announce our second Indigenous Education Symposium - USING THE LONG LINE: APPLYING NATIVE INGENUITY IN…
Brandt Chair Lecture Series On Comparative Hawaiʻi-Polynesia Temples From HWST 675: Huli Heiau Hawaiʻinuiākea Students enrolled in HWST 675: Huli Heiau Hawaiʻinuiākea traveled with faculty and staff to Tahiti during summer 2014, visiting and documenting 30 temples on Huahine, Moʻorea,…