ʻŌkalakala ka ʻili: Kalākaua, skin, and moʻolelo ʻāina – Final day in Naples, Italy
Billy Kinney, Graduate Student, Urban & Regional Planning On July 16th, our group of fourteen departed Hawaiʻi at a very tumultuous time. Our incitement, personal contributions, and attentiveness to each other’s needs and sensitivities would hinge upon our personal ability to cope with separation in relation to ʻāina. However, aloha ʻāina cannot be blamed for […]
In Our Pursuit of Remembrance, Curtis Iaukea: Lā 14 ma Napoli
Na Hiwa Kaʻapuni, Undergraduate Student, Hawaiian Studies & Political Science As we near the end of our journey here in Naples, Italy, we begin to reflect on the familiarity of what we have experienced thus far. Although many of us have never visited this ʻāina before, we have come to realize that all our engagements […]
Rediscovering wahi pana and moʻolelo of James Kaneholo Booth: Lā 13 ma Napoli
Na Kawaipuna Kalipi, Graduate Student, Educational Administration Hauʻoli Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea! Itʻs day 17/18 on Mauna Kea and day 15 since weʻve been gone from Hawaiʻi. Although we are all extremely grateful for the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of our kūpuna we also yearn to be with our lāhui on the mauna today […]
“No matter how far I go, I will always return,” Last day in Turin, Italy with Maile Nowlein & August Hering: Lā 11 & 12
Na: Kamaliʻi McShane Padilla, Undergraduate Student, Hawaiian Studies & Ethnic Studies Before starting our huakaʻi to Europe I left this hoʻohiki to my ʻāina and ʻohana at home, “no matter how far I go, I will always return”. No matter the distance I travel or the duration I stay away I will always find a […]
“All for the Sake of My Country,” Robert Napuʻuako Boyd: Lā 10 ma Torino
Na Maluhia Low, undergraduate student, Hawaiian Studies Cobbled stone streets, buildings manicured in history, food cherished as one would their newly born child, a language foreign but pleasant to the ear, and friendly haole[1] greet us daily in Turin, Italia. The sunlight goes well into the known hours of darkness back home, allowing our […]
“O ka wiwo ole oia ka Mekini o ke kanaka koa,” Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox: Lā 9 ma Turin
Na Kanoelani Pacheco, Graduate Student, Education Aloha nui kākou e nā hoa heluhelu, mahalo for continuing to accompany us in our journey abroad. As we follow in the footsteps of the 18 kānaka ʻōiwi who were strategically selected and encouraged by King Kalākaua to study abroad, we cannot help but feel the hopelessness of not […]
Hawaiʻi Still an Influence in the World: Lā 7 ma Lādana
Na Cameron Grimm, Graduate Student, Political Science On September 15, 1884, Prince David Kawananakoa boarded the Mariposa for San Francisco as part of the Hawaiian Youths Abroad program (HYA). He joined Thomas P. Cummins at St. Matthew’s Hall, an acclaimed military training academy in America. Six months later, Prince Kawananakoa’s two brothers, Prince Kalanianaole (Kuhio) […]
Lā 6: A Genealogical Pursuit of Ea- Mauna a Wākea, College of Arms, King’s College, St.Chad’s College, and Abraham Pi’ianai’a (London, England)
By Ihilani Lasconia, UG Student in Ethnic Studies They Could Never Sever Us from Our Piko, Our ʻIewe is the ʻĀina from which Our Ea rises *Written in reference to convictions about being abroad during all thatʻs happening on Mauna a Wākea and witnessing kānaka wake up to their kuleana and organizing in ways unseen […]
“Mahalo piha, Mōʻī ʻo ʻEnelani …Eia mākou i kou kapa kai”: Lā 5 ma Windsor
Na Kamalei Marrotte, undergraduate student, ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ʻIke Hawaiʻi “Na wai hoʻi ka ʻole o ke akamai, he alahele i maʻa i ka hele ʻia e oʻu mau mākua” Who shall discredit knowledge when it is a path well trod by my ancestors.Kalanikualiholiho Being so far away from home with very little to orient […]
“I have never claimed American citizenship,” Dr. Matthew Makalua: Lā 4 Hastings
Na Kauʻi Martin, undergraduate student, Kinesiology & Pre-Medicine On this lāpule, we start our day with a huakaʻi to Hastings to visit Matthew Makalua’s grave. It was about a 4 and a half hour ride from the University of Exeter. We traveled on a motorcoach and as we looked out the windows, there were lots […]
Haʻaheo Hawaiʻi i nā Kona, Joseph Aio Arthur Kamauoha : Lā 3 ma Torquay
Na Kaimana Kawaha, Graduate Student, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi As the third days approaches us here in London, England, we as kanaka far away from our one hānau continue to feel the ʻeha of not being on Maunakea physically standing in solidarity with our Lāhui for more than just the safety of our sacred mauna, but for […]
A Hero Unsung: Lā 2, British National Archives
Na Hilinaʻiikaponoaupunioumialiloa Sai-Dudiot, BA in Hawaiian Language and Political Science In the hopes that they might reconnect to an identity from which they were several generations removed, Hawaiians of the 1970’s and on sought to reintroduce integral aspects of their nearly-forgotten culture. Among these were the skills of traditional wayfinding embodied through Hōkūleʻa, the concept […]
“Aloha ʻino ʻoukou”: Lā 1 i Europa
Na Allyson Nuesca Franco, MA Student in Educational Foundations Aloha mai kākou mai ka puka ʻana a ka lā i Haʻehaʻe a ka welo ʻana a ka lā i Lehua. Mahalo for joining us on our journey here in London via our blog posts! As we departed Hawaiʻi to London during the mahina of Māhealani […]
Hawaiian Youths Abroad 2019
Aloha mai kākou, Mahalo nui for joining Native Hawaiian Student Services (NHSS) on our second annual Hawaiian Youths Abroad program (HYA) in London, England as well as Turin and Naples, Italy. Last year, 2018, we aimed to reinstitute the HYA program established by the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Foreign Affairs Department during the reign of King David […]