Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu (Kanaka ʻOiwi/Native Hawaiian) is an associate specialist within the American Studies Department of UH Mānoa. Kahanu worked for fifteen years at the Bishop Museum, where she developed scores of exhibitions and programs. She worked on the renovation of Hawaiian Hall (2009), Pacific Hall (2013), and the landmark E Kū Ana Ka Paia exhibition (2010). More recently, she has been involved in international repatriations. She has a law degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she currently serves as an assistant specialist in Public Humanities and Native Hawaiian Programs within the American Studies Department. Her current research and practice explores the liberating and generative opportunities of museums deciding to “seed” rather than “cede” authority.