Current Initiatives
- Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao
- UH Mānoa representative on Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao: Punihei Lipe
- Lā Pūkoʻa: Annual event featuring Native Hawaiian programs at State Legislature. Hosted by Native Hawaiian caucus.
Increasing Native Hawaiian faculty at Mānoa
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Campus Committees
Kūaliʻi Council members ensure Native Hawaiian representation in governance and hiring.
- WASC Reaffirmation: Lilikalā Kameʻelehiwa
Search Advisory Committees
| Position | Kūaliʻi representative |
| Director, Institute for Astronomy* | Noe Puniwai |
| Vice Provost, Enrollment Management* | Kuʻulei Salazar |
| Dean, School of Nursing | Nalani Minton & Rosie Alegado |
| Director, Cancer Center | Martina Kamaka & Kuʻulei Salazar |
COVID Campus Working Teams
| Team | Kūaliʻi representative |
| Student Learning | Lilikalā Kameʻelehiwa |
| Student and Residence Life | Kamakana Aquino |
| 1st-year Students | Punihei Lipe |
| Research | Healani Chang |
| Business Processes | Lilikalā Kameʻelehiwa |
| Communications | Malia Nobrega-Olivera |
| Space Planning, Preparation, and Utilization | Kahea Faria |
| Health and Well-Being | Rosie Alegado |
Kualiʻi Position Statements and Recommendations
2018: Native Hawaiian Place of Learning – Aloha ʻĀina University
2018: UH Mānoa Consortium of Native Hawaiian Place of Learning entities
Archived References
Over the past 35 years, several seminal reports have been written recommending hundreds of ways the University of Hawai‘i System and UH Mānoa can be more responsive to Native Hawaiian communities and more reflective of Indigenous Hawai‘i. The Kūaliʻi Council has been a consistent presence in advocating for institutional transformation grounded in Native Hawaiian frameworks.
UH System – 1986 Kaʻū Hawaiian Task Force Report: A report submitted to the University of Hawaiʻi on matters related to Hawaiian Studies in the University of Hawaiʻi System.
UH System – 2006 Pūkoʻa report
UH System – 2012 Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao Report: This report sets forth goals & objectives to address the higher education needs of our indigenous people – Native Hawaiians – by creating a model indigenous serving institution.
UH Mānoa: 2012 Ke Au Hou Native Hawaiian Advancement Task Force Report: The charge of the Task Force was to develop a set of recommendations (goals, objectives, and activities) to fulfill the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s priority for Native Hawaiian Advancement and to ensure that UH Mānoa truly serves as a “Hawaiian place of learning” now and into the future.
UH Mānoa: 2016 Ka Hoʻokō Kuleana Native Hawaiian Advancement Task Force Report: Follow up to the 2012 Task Force reports. Action plans can be found here.