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Morning Keynote Speaker
Morning Keynote Speaker
Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Time: 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Kū Kahakalau, Ph.D.
Kū Kahakalau, Ph.D.
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Kū-A-KANAKA LLC
Kū-A-KANAKA LLC
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Dr. Kū Kahakalau is the founder and Executive Director of KŪ-A-KANAKA. An award-winning educator, researcher, songwriter and Hawaiian language and culture expert, Dr. Kahakalau has been involved in Indigenous, particularly Hawaiian, Education and Research for over 30 years and provides consultation on a wide range of small and large-scale cultural and professional development, consulting and research services to individuals and organizations.
Afternoon Keynote Speakers
Afternoon Keynote Speakers
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Mahina Paishon-Duarte, Kēhaulani Enos, Kainani Kahaunaele, Bonnie Kahape'a-Tanner & Ānuenue Pūnua
Mahina Paishon-Duarte, Kēhaulani Enos, Kainani Kahaunaele, Bonnie Kahape'a-Tanner & Ānuenue Pūnua
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Daughters of Mau
Daughters of Mau
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The "Daughters of Mau" are a group of Native Hawaiian women voyagers who sailed with Master Navigator, Pius Mau Piailug, share wa'a experiences and lessons applicable to their lives today.
Mahina Paishon-Duarte, is an ʻōiwi entrepreneur.
Kēhaulani Enos is the Kumu Hula of Hālau 'Ilima Kū Kahakai and Kealapono Program Director for Lau Makaloa.
Kainani Kahaunaele is an accomplished Haku Mele, Singer, and Kumu 'Ōlelo Hawai'i at UH Hilo.
Bonnie Kahape'a-Tanner is the Executive Director and Captain of Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy.
Ānuenue Pūnua is a Kumu Kamali'i at KS Preschool - He'eia, and the Executive Director of Ko'olau 'Āina Momona.
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The Office of Hawaiian Education (OHE) works to ground education in Hawaiian ways of knowing so that all of Hawaiʻi may thrive. Hawaiian Studies Program supports educators in the Department of Education to integrate Hawaiʻi into their work supporting teaching and learning through ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language), kuanaʻike (worldview), and honua (place).
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Lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i Windward Community College, Departments of Political Science and Hawaiian Studies, and affiliate faculty member at U.H. Manoa College of Education. Dr. Sai received his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in political science specializing in international relations and public law from the U.H. Manoa with focus on the continued existence of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
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Leonard F. Keʻala Kwan, Jr. lives with his ‘ohana on the Nānākuli Hawaiian Homestead, Oʻahu where he grew up. A professional educator for four decades, Ke‘ala blends and integrates Hawaiian Culture-Based Education strategies and educational best practice as a kumu. He serves as the Director of Cultural Development at Kamehameha Schools Hoʻokahua – Cultural Vibrancy Division. He was a high school kumu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i and served as the Kamehameha High School – Kapālama Languages Department Head for some 20 years.
Leonard F. Keʻala Kwan, Jr. lives with his ‘ohana on the Nānākuli Hawaiian Homestead, Oʻahu where he grew up. A professional educator for four decades, Ke‘ala blends and integrates Hawaiian Culture-Based Education strategies and educational best practice as a kumu. He serves as the Director of Cultural Development at Kamehameha Schools Hoʻokahua – Cultural Vibrancy Division. He was a high school kumu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i and served as the Kamehameha High School – Kapālama Languages Department Head for some 20 years.
Jonah Hauʻoli Akaka, no Waipahū, ʻEwa, Oʻahu mai au, kahi hanohano i nā awa lau o Puʻuloa. Ke noho nei au ma Kāneʻohe, Koʻolau Poko, Oʻahu, ka ʻāina momona i kaulana i ka Ua ʻĀpuakea a me ka wai kamahaʻo ʻo Hiʻilaniwai. He laekahi moʻomeheu a he kumu nō hoʻi au ma Hoʻokahua. Kumu Hau'oli began studying ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and hula about forty years ago as a student at Waipahū High School. Hawaiian language was not spoken in his home and ʻohana, but Hawaiian music was an integral part of family. Those experiences sparked a deep desire to further study with an aspiration to become an educator. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education-Hawaiian language and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Kumu Hau'oli spent most of his teaching career as a classroom kumu of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, mele and hula at Kailua High School for twenty years. For fourteen years collectively, he was once a kumu and program manager in the Kamehameha Schools’ Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi-Explorations HCBE summer program. Prior to current employment at Kamehameha Schools, Kumu Akaka worked for four years as the Director of Education and the Chief Knowledge Officer at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He and wife Kuʻulei raised ʻehā mau keiki. Their four children have been educated in the Hawaiian Language Immersion Programs at Waiau Elementary and Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue, where his wife also taught as a kumu. All keiki have been beneficiaries, blessed also as haumāna and alumni of the Kamehameha Schools at Kapālama. Today, they have two moʻopuna who are now haumāna at Kawaiahaʻo and Kamakau Schools.
Jonah Hauʻoli Akaka, no Waipahū, ʻEwa, Oʻahu mai au, kahi hanohano i nā awa lau o Puʻuloa. Ke noho nei au ma Kāneʻohe, Koʻolau Poko, Oʻahu, ka ʻāina momona i kaulana i ka Ua ʻĀpuakea a me ka wai kamahaʻo ʻo Hiʻilaniwai. He laekahi moʻomeheu a he kumu nō hoʻi au ma Hoʻokahua. Kumu Hau'oli began studying ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi and hula about forty years ago as a student at Waipahū High School. Hawaiian language was not spoken in his home and ʻohana, but Hawaiian music was an integral part of family. Those experiences sparked a deep desire to further study with an aspiration to become an educator. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education-Hawaiian language and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Kumu Hau'oli spent most of his teaching career as a classroom kumu of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, mele and hula at Kailua High School for twenty years. For fourteen years collectively, he was once a kumu and program manager in the Kamehameha Schools’ Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi-Explorations HCBE summer program. Prior to current employment at Kamehameha Schools, Kumu Akaka worked for four years as the Director of Education and the Chief Knowledge Officer at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He and wife Kuʻulei raised ʻehā mau keiki. Their four children have been educated in the Hawaiian Language Immersion Programs at Waiau Elementary and Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue, where his wife also taught as a kumu. All keiki have been beneficiaries, blessed also as haumāna and alumni of the Kamehameha Schools at Kapālama. Today, they have two moʻopuna who are now haumāna at Kawaiahaʻo and Kamakau Schools.
Ola ka hā loa. Ola nā iwi. Ua ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi!
Ola ka hā loa. Ola nā iwi. Ua ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi!
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Three kumu with Kamehameha Schools supporting HCBE and aloha ʻāina advocacy across the pae ʻāina.
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Blake McNaughton was born and raised in Waimea, Hawai‘i on the slopes of Puʻu Hokuʻula. He is a kiaʻi loko or fishpond steward of the fishponds of Waiāhole, Kapalaho, and Waiʻōpio at the Kumuola Science Education Center in Honohononui, Hilo. He is a husband to Colby and father to Heston and Finley.
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Makana Garma has been in education for more than three decades. He has taught learners from preschool through kūpuna. He's developed and implemented HCBE resources, place based programs, and facilitation of adult learners.
Maui Bartlett provides technical support and feedback to the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Duolingo Team. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, while also minoring in Hawaiian Language. He hails from Nāpili on the island of Maui, and is a proud graduate of the Kamehameha Schools Maui campus.
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Meleanna Meyer, is an esteemed contemporary Hawaiian artist, filmmaker, and arts educator. BA in Design-Photography, Stanford University; MA in Educational Foundations- University of Hawaii at Manoa. Whether designing art curricula, classes, or workshops for students, faculty, or community members, Meleanna helps people find their voice through all forms of the visual arts. Social justice issues compel and inspire her as she is a seer of stories— to bringing environmental issues to learners through the E Ola curriculum.
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Uncle Kimo Awai & Aunty Nani Nāʻope are Department of Education Complex Coordinators, Hawaiian Studies Program, Keaʻau/Hilo-Waiākea Complex Areas, DOE, Hawaiʻi Island.
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Momi Akana is the founder and Executive Director of Keiki O Kā ʻĀina Family Learning Centers. The mission of Keiki O Ka `Āina Family Learning Centers (KOKA-FLC) is to educate children, strengthen families, enrich communities and perpetuate culture. It fulfills its mission by communicating the vital importance of education, advocating for literacy, supporting parents as their keiki’s first and best teacher, and empowering families to undertake leadership roles in their communities. All of this is done within the context of Hawaiian language, traditions and values.
Earl Kawaʻa is a Hawaiian Resource Specialist at Kamehameha Schools. He kuaʻāina ʻoia no Hālawa, Molokaʻi.
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Chad Keone Farias has spent his entire career on Hawaii Island and had served as principal for Kea‘au Elementary School since 2008. Farias’ leadership has helped Kea‘au Elementary become one of the pioneers in digital device use among its students. The increased use has helped elevate student achievement and reduce chronic absenteeism at the school. Prior to becoming principal at Kea‘au Elementary, Farias served as vice principal at Keonepoko Elementary and his alma mater, Hilo High, where his career began as a teacher. He has a Masters of Arts EDEA in Education Administration from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and a Bachelor of Arts in History-Education from Loyola Marymount University.
Wilma Roddy was raised and lucky to reside in beautiful Ka'u. Wife and mom to 2 beautiful keiki, Liana & Liam. Currently I am in my 18th year as an educator; 5th year as Principal of Mountain View Elementary School. I am passionate about helping our keiki build their future stories, learn about and be proud of who they are and where they come from.
Debbie Collins was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii. She received her Bachelor’s in Special Education from City University of Seattle and is currently a T.A. Vice Principal at Mountain View Elementary. Debbie is currently working on her Master's of Education and certification in administration. She raised her three children on Hawaiian Homestead Ag Lots in Panaewa and comes from a multi-generational family of farmers. Debbie has a 10-acre farm in Panaewa where her children run their tropical flower business, Plant Group Hawaii. Debbie oversees the maile operations of the farm.
Natalie Lauaʻe Poy is a papa ʻehā kumu (4th grade teacher) at Mountain View Elementary. She was born and raised in Waiākea Uka, Hawaiʻi and is a 2010 alumna of Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi. During her summers, Natalie teaches elementary keiki for the Hālau Kupukupu Innovations Academy at KSH. Throughout her six years at Mountain View, Natalie has instilled a love for Hawaiʻi, our ʻāina, and the Hawaiian language and culture in each and every one of her haumāna. As a member of the kumu leadership team, Natalie engages faculty and staff in culture-based education and supports her colleagues in implementing CBE in daily instruction. Her passion for education and creating a solid foundation for Hawaiʻi’s keiki will continue to drive her career for many more years to come.
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Rod Floro is the Middle School Kumu Mahi ʻai at the Kamehameha Schools, Hawai’i Campus. He has been working with students of all ages for over 20 years. When heʻs not hanging out with Fabio the Rooster in the MS Agroforest, you can generally find this foodie puttering around on his family farm or at the beach.
DJ High is the Culinary Arts/Applied Kitchen Science teacher at Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Kula Waena. DJ has taught upper elementary in HCBE focused charter schools on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island as well as middle school life-science at KSH. Whether trying to perfect his mom’s old recipes or working on integrating more locally grown foods to the diet of our haumāna, there are always science experiments happening in Kumu DJʻs Kitchen.
Hayden Konanui-Tucker is a current junior at Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi since Kindergarten. He is the moʻopuna of Jerry Konanui and Gladys Konanui who continually inspire him in all he does. When not busy with his academics, he enjoys spending his time leading and facilitating numerous extra curricular activities and dancing hula. He also is involved with his community by leading presentations and workshops on things related to Kuʻi Kalo and the moʻolelo about Hāloanakalaukapalili as he continues to perpetuate his papa's legacy.
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Chad Otoshi is a Data and Research Analyst in the Strategy and Transformation Division of Kamehameha Schools and was born and raised in Kaimukī, Oʻahu. He received a B.S. in Neuroscience and a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). His current research interests include Hawaiian Culture Based approaches to data collection and the connections between Hawaiian culture and learning and memory in the human brain.
Claire Stabile is a Data Analyst in the Strategy and Transformation Division of Kamehameha Schools and was born and raised in Los Angeles California. She received a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her current research interests include culturally responsive methodologies and the intersections of language, culture, and society.
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Kanoe Wilson is a Senior Project Manager with Kealaiwikuamo'o of Kamehameha Schools that supports Kanaeokana Kula Hawaiʻi Network of Native Hawaiian Schools. She received her B.A. in Hawaiian Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and her M.Ed. from Chaminade University. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Doctorate in Education in Professional Education Practice at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education. Kanoe supports the many projects of Kanaeoakana and one such important endeavor is the Waihona Online Repository project.
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ʻO Kaiwi Hāmākua-Mākuʻe kona inoa. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia i Maui. He kupa ʻo ia a Kailua i nā pali hāuliuli o ke Koʻolau.
Kaiwi is a currently a Kumu ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi at the middle school at Kamehameha Kapālama. He has worked with various organizations in different educational roles including Kualoa Ranch, Bishop Museum, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Papahana Kuaola, Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy, and the DOE.
He is a voyager and is a crew member with Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia, and Kānehūnāmoku, and sailed on the first leg of the Mālama Honua voyage from Hilo to Tahiti in 2014. He also graduated from UH Mānoa with a dual BBA & BA in Finance & ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.
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Hiʻohia Non-Profit Organization
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Kaʻiulani Kauihou is the founder of Hiʻohia, a Hawaiian culture and language resource organization that began in 2011. That has published 40 titles by 2020. She is the lead curriculum developer for Hiamana, Financial Education and Entrepreneurship company with a cultural base. Kaʻiu is also a Kuleana land researcher, geneaologist, surf mom, and world traveler.
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Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier is the HCBE Learning Designer and Facilitator at KS Maui. Having been raised in a home and church where ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi was still spoken by kūpuna and traditional ways of knowing were still practiced, she is a firm proponent of ʻike kupuna, ʻōlelo and moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi as fundamentals of aloha ʻāina and the identity of kanaka maoli.
Anu Getgen is the Behavioral Health Supervisor at KS Maui. A KS Kapālama alumni, she later went on to obtain degrees in Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy. Anuʻs experience has primarily been working with Native Hawaiian children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. She feels passionate about giving back and working with our Native Hawaiian youth and community. In her free time she enjoys baking, gardening, and spending time with her husband, 4 year old daughter, and English Bulldog Penelope!
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Huliauapa‘a is a 501 c-3 non-profit organization whose purpose is to educate and empower students, communities, and professionals on the stewardship of Hawai‘i's wahi kūpuna (ancestral places). Huliauapaʻa collaborates with various community groups, educational institutions, landowners and archaeological firms to provide education, training, and assistance in the preservation, stewardship, and management of cultural and historical sites throughout Hawai‘i.
Kelley Lehuakeaopuna Uyeoka traces her moʻokūʻauhau to the ʻāina of Puna and Kohala, Hawai‘i and Kīpahulu and Haneoʻo, Maui. She was born and raised in Kailua, Oʻahu and now lives in Hakalau, Hilo Palikū with her ʻohana. She is the founder and Executive Director of Huliauapaʻa, and also has created and runs Nohopapa Hawaiʻi, a Cultural Resource Management social enterprise.
Kekuewa Kikiloi was born and raised in Heʻeia, Oahu. He currently is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and serves as the Director for Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. His focus on teaching and research is in the Hawaiian Studies concentration of Mālama ʻĀina (Native Land and Resource Management). He is a board member of the non-profit Huliauapaʻa and has been an advocate and leader in the movement for cultural revitalization, community empowerment, and the protection of wahi kūpuna or ancestral places across our pae ʻāina.
Lilia Merrin was born and raised in Wailua, Puna, Kauaʻi, and currently resides in Kīlauea. She has an AA in Liberal Arts from Kapiʻolani Community College, a BA in Hawaiian Studies (with a minor in Hawaiian Language), and in 2019, she received her Masters in Hawaiian Studies with a focus on Mālama ʻĀina (Cultural Resource Management) from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Since her participation in the 2014 Mālama ʻĀina Field School, she has assisted with the Wahi Kūpuna Internship Program and has worked as a field assistant on Nihoa and Mokumanamana of the Papahānaumokuākea National Monument. She now works Nohopapa Hawaiʻi as a Cultural Research Specialist as well as a WKIP Instructor and Communications Officer for Huliauapaʻa.
Huliauapaʻa Website: https://www.huliauapaa.org/
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Chris McAdoo was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia. He currently lives in Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi. Chris has been an educator for 15 years. He received his teaching degree from James Madison University with a focus in prek-3 early childhood development. Recognizing the importance of early literacy development, he pursued a master’s degree in reading curriculum and instruction from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education. Chris then served diverse communities across multiple Title-1 elementary schools in the Alexandria City Public Schools (Virginia), as a first grade classroom teacher, a K-5 reading specialist and an elementary instructional coach. Chris currently works as a Senior Education Design Specialist for Kamehameha Schools. In his current role, Chris enjoys supporting the teachers and students of Hawaiʻi, developing culture-based instructional resources.
Kekaianiani Irwin is a Hawaiian Language Curriculum Specialist for Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center at University Hawaiʻi Hilo. He is the Project Director for Kūkulu Kumuhana, and serves as a lead collaborator on Pāhana ʻĀina Lupalupa.
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Kainani Kahaunaele is a mele (Hawaiian song) enthusiast, singer, songwriter, teacher, and musician. She was born and raised in Anahola, Kauaʻi and has lived in Hilo, Hawaiʻi for 27 years as an advocate for Hawaiian language revitalization and the perpetuation of Hawaiian music through education and performance.
While earning her B.A in Hawaiian Studies and Master’s degree in Hawaiian Literature at Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language and Literature of UH Hilo, this talented songstress started singing professionally and composing traditional songs as Hawaiian language curriculum for ʻAha Pūnana Leo. It also encouraged and promoted the documentation of our current history through mele and garnered five Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards along the way for her CDs Naʻu ʻOe (2003) and ʻŌhai ʻUla (2010), including Haku Mele of the Year (Composer of Hawaiian Song award), Hawaiian Language Performance, Most Promising Artist, and the highly coveted Female Vocalist of the Year establishing Kainani as one of the most notable talents of her generation.
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ʻIʻinimaikalani Kahakalau is a Native Hawaiian businesswoman, educator, webdesigner, artist and ʻāina protector, born and raised in Waipiʻo Valley on the island of Hawaiʻi with a deep passion for the land. Immersed in Hawaiian language and culture from birth and living the values of our kūpuna, ʻIʻini has been in involved in Hawaiian protocol and ceremonies all of her life. A graduate of Kanu o ka ʻĀina Charter School, ʻIʻini received a Chancellorʻs Scholarship to UH Hilo where she earned a Bachelors in Liberal Studies, a minor in Hawaiian Studies and a Certificate in Computer Science. In 2017, ʻIʻini and her mother Dr. Kū Kahakalau became equal partners in Kū-A-Kanaka, a Native Hawaiian Social Enterprise advancing Hawaiian Language and Culture, where ʻIʻini has spearheaded Cards for 808, a fun party game for locals. For the past year, ʻIʻiniʻs primary focus has been opening up Kapapa Loʻi o Kealiʻikuaʻāina, a 5-acres of taropatch complex in Waipiʻo Valley to contribute to Hawaiʻi food sovereignty.
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Leialoha Ilae-Kaleimamahu from Mokuhulu and Kaimū, Puna on the island of Hawaiʻi has been teaching Hawaiian Culturally Based Education through a program called Kūkulu Kumuhana o Puna for the past 26 years. The model of education was formed by a group of young Hawaiian Educators under the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundationʻs educational component named Kumukahi in 1990. The Kūkulu Kumuhana o Puna has continued to stay close to the needs of Hawaii children in Puna as well as other islands. The model is just as effective now as it has been for generations leading up to 1990 into the present. Come talk story with Lei and see how this model has been able to reach learners for 26 years and the relevency of the model today.
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Puakea & Kauʻi are the alakaʻi of Awaiaulu. A Hawaiʻi non-profit whose mission is to bridge Hawaiian knowledge from the past to the present for the future through translation training, production of Hawaiian tomes and most recently in launching an online educational platform called Kīpapa Educator Resources for teachers, community educators and ʻohana to learn the history of our homeland.
Awaiaulu, Inc. Website: https://awaiaulu.org/
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Maluhia States is a husband, father, teacher and Hawaiian language advocate. He is cofounder of @kaulumaika and its sub-brand @ka_alala which endeavor to re-define the world’s perspectives of Hawaiian culture through creative expression, building community, and progressive education. Initially, he taught himself Hawaiian along side his wife. Later he was mentored in Hawaiian by a few educators and native speakers on the Windward side of Oahu. Finally, he took his first class in Hawaiian at UH Manoa where he obtained a BA in Hawaiian language under Kawaihuelani. He currently teaches Hawaiian at Windward Community College.
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Nalani Kaneakua is a Limu Practitioner from the Moku of Ko'olau. She is was taught this tradition by her father, Hose Lovell a master fisherman from Anahola, Kaua'i. When she is not on the reef, she is a master of all kinds of things... cooking, weaving, fishing, and the list goes on.
Lei Wann is the Director of Limahuli Garden and Preserve. She is a Limu Practitioner from Ha'ena, Kaua'i. Her roots spread throughout Ko'olau. She is a former immersion teacher.
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Kaʻiu Kimura is the Executive Director of the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i where she played an integral role in developing the mission of the Center as well as cultivating and advocating for community engagement in the continuance of astronomical research while ensuring the integrity and integration of the host culture.
Kaʻiu Kimura is a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools class of 1996 and went on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo (UHH) in Hawaiian Language and Literature. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Indigenous Language Revitalization program of the College of Hawaiian Language at UHH. While at UHH, she participated in the first UHH student exchange program with the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand where she spent a semester studying Maori language and culture.
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Dr. Lance D. Collins is an attorney in private practice in Maui with a focus on Hawaiian rights and good government law.
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Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer is a professor at the Center for Hawaiian Studies in the Hui ‘Āina Momona Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa with a joint appointment in the Richardson School of Law and the Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. Previous to this role Dr. Beamer was the president and chief executive officer of The Kohala Center. Beamer’s research on governance, land tenure, and Hawaiian resource management, as well as his prior work as the director of ‘Āina-Based Education at Kamehameha Schools, prepared him for his continuing service as a director of Stanford University’s First Nations Futures Institute, a resource management development program for indigenous leaders developed by Stanford, Kamehameha Schools, and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu in New Zealand.
Beamer has revitalized and maintained lo‘i kalo (taro ponds), providing him and his children opportunities to mālama ‘āina, deepen connections with cultural traditions, and derive leadership lessons from the land. In 2013 he was nominated and confirmed to a four-year appointment on Hawai‘i’s Commission of Water Resource Management and was reconfirmed in 2017 for an additional four-year term. In addition to numerous academic publications, in 2014 Beamer published No Mākou ka Mana: Liberating the Nation, which received multiple awards including the Samuel M. Kamakau Book of the Year Award from the Hawai‘i Book Publishing Association.
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Māhealani Pai is the Cultural Resource Manager for the Wahi Kupuna Program. He is the founder of the cultural and environmental stewardship program called Kia‘i ‘Āina Kualoloa (Guardian of the Long Back of the Land) and is the lead instructor and Kumu for the program. He has familial ties to the Keauhou-Kahalu‘u communities and is a native cultural practitioner and has over 25 years of experience with community relationships, and led the restoration efforts of 5 ancient Hawaiian temples in the Kahalu‘u ma kai ahupua‘a. He holds his BA in Anthropology from University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, and is currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Heritage Management from UH Hilo, as well.
Malia Kipapa (makipapa@ksbe.edu) is an Education Program Administrator & ‘Āina Ulu Liaison for Kamehameha Schools in West Hawai’i. She has familial ties to Kona and was instilled with the values of working with Hawaiian families and communities since her upbringing on the East side of Hawai‘i in Keaukaha. Currently, she serves as a liaison between the State of Hawai'i Historic Preservation Division, the Hawai’i Island Burial Council, the County of Hawai‘i and her Kipapa ‘ohana in regards to the maintenance and care of her family cultural and burial sites in Pāhoehoe, Kona. Holds a BS in Environmental Studies from Chaminade University of Honolulu and a MS in Botany from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Lia Rozmiarek (lia.rozmiarek@teachforamerica.org) is a Managing Director, Regional Team Initiatives for Teach For America (TFA) Hawai‘i, developing leaders who work for education equity both directly in the fields of education and in the fields that shape it. Lia taught high school for 13 years, served as a Western Association of Schools & Colleges (WASC) accreditor, and led schoolwide and cross-curricular planning to support students and engage the community. She returned home to Hawai‘i and joined TFA staff in 2012, initially designing programming for second year participants, and then managing regional strategic initiatives. Lia holds a dual BA in History & Policy, and Professional Writing, with a minor in Spanish, from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Masters in Education from Loyola Marymount University.
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Kaʻiana Runnels is a mahiʻai from the mokupuni of Moku o Keawe, in the moku of Hilo, and the ahupuaʻa of Kīhālani. His passion is to collect, identify, document, cultivate, preserve, and spread the mea kanu of his kūpuna. His specific focus is on kalo, ʻawa, maiʻa, and kō. His ʻike stems from a variety of kūpuna and hoa. He first and foremost recognizes all those kūpuna, especially ʻAnakala Jerry Konanui, who gave freely of their time and priceless naʻauao. Along with his kuleana to these mea kanu Hawaiʻi, he works full time as the Mahiʻai Educational Specialist for The Kohala Center. He helps to educate ʻohana about food cultivation and the importance of Hāloa in our everyday lives.
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Bobby Camara was born and raised in Honokaʻa on the Island of Hawaiʻi, and has a BS in Tropical Agriculture from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He also completed coursework for a Master’s in Biogeography at the same institution.
His life passion has been the study of natural and cultural resources of his ʻāina aloha on Hawaiʻi, with emphases on botany, ethnobotany, geography and place names, geology, archeology, and ethnography. With 45 years of broadly based experiences as a naturalist, he remains insatiably curious about his island home. He learned from many different kumu, and has spent much time hiking, backpacking, exploring, and observing places and phenomena on the Island of Hawaiʻi.
Retired from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, he is also a careful and diligent researcher, copy editor and proofreader, and is very familiar with archival sources of information. He has a wide range of friends and acquaintances with mutual interests and desires for the sharing of accurate information. Bobby spent many years as a National Park Service interpreter, a tour guide and teacher. His work allowed him to fine-tune his abilities to share complex information with others and enable them to better see, explore, and appreciate in greater detail the fascinating wonders of our surroundings.
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Pomai Bertelmann was raised in Waimea, Hawaiʻi where the voyaging canoe Makaliʻi was birthed in 1995. The canoes have been Pomaiʻs educational foundation and a tool of vision, self discipline, and personal direction for the past thirty years. “When we sail the deep ocean the canoe is the land beneath our feet. Therefore, when we return home, it is our responsibility to become stewards of the land and do all that we can to mālama ʻāina and her kanaka. If not for the ʻāina, the waʻa cannot exist.”
Chadd ʻOnohi Paishon is a veteran of the modern voyaging canoe movement in Hawai`i and throughout the Pacific islands. His passion and love for this tradition has allowed him to connect and share the values of voyaging with communities in Hawaiʻi and abroad. He is one of the builders of Hawai`i island's voyaging canoe Makali`i and currently serves as the Senior Captain of Nā Kālai Wa`a, where he oversees the operations and education programs for the organization.
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Pōmaikaʻi Kaniaupio-Crozier is the Conservation Manager of the Puʻu Kukui Watershed Preserve. Focusing on Hawaiian traditional resource management for the past 20 years, he has worked on ahupua’a restoration, hale building, loʻi restoration, riparian enhancement, native forestry stewardship and marine ecosystems. Being fluent in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and learning from kūpuna keeps Pomaika’i grounded and rooted to his Hawaiian culture.
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Our mission is: To Perpetuate the knowledge of traditional Hawaiian navigation and to provide opportunities to Native Hawaiian students to advance in contemporary ocean based careers through academic, college, and career support.
Visit Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy at their website: https://www.kanehunamoku.org/
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Kanaloa Bishop is a native of Kaʻalaea Oʻahu. He has been the Ka ʻAi Kamahaʻo Coordinator at Paepae o Heʻeia for five years now. At Heʻeia Fishpond he has the privilege of sharing the work of the poʻe kahiko with anyone interested. In the educational realm, Kanaloa aspires to be a paepae for teachers and students in our community, knowing that the fishpond itself does the majority of the up-lifting. In his understanding of Hawaiian Fishponds, they are designed to provide a healthy nurturing space for small fish to thrive in, he sees fishponds as a nursery for every small fish that swims through the mākāhā and into the loko iʻa. Using this manaʻo as a guiding principal, Mr. Bishop intends to provide that same nurtured learning environment for the young people of Hawaiʻi, with Heʻeia Fishpond being the classroom and the kumu.
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Kelson Poepoe, better known as Uncle Mac, is a Molokai native, homesteader and expert lawaiʻa (fisherman). He is a crucial part of the community managed organization, Hui Mālama o Moʻomomi which was established in 1994 to develop coordinated plans to create sustainability on the island. Uncle Mac is dedicated to caring for Moʻomomi, protecting and ensuring the preservation of its resources through place-based education, learning activites and advocacy. Rooted in his practice and drawing on his decades of observation of the environment at Moʻomomi, Uncle Mac is an invaluable resource for this place and pono fishing practices.
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Peleke Flores was born in Hilo, Hawai‘i and raised in Waimea, Kaua‘i. He is a 2001 graduate of Waimea High School and attended Kapiolani Community College in the Pre- Travel Industry Management Program then transferred to UH Manoa taking up Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies with a special focus on Malama ‘Āina. He dedicated over 15 years of his career working for Aina Based Non-Profit Organizations. He served as the Kū Hou Kuapā Coordinator at Paepae o Heʻeia fishpond on the Ko'olaupoko district of Oʻahu, where his knowledge of mālama ‘āina practices and dry stack wall-building were of great value in the restoration of this sacred space and to the whole team. Peleke currently works for Mālama Hulēʻia on Hule'ia Kaua'i as a Field Operations Manager and Community Outreach Coordinator where his ʻike and expertise are integral in restoring this wahi pana and currently Alakoko Fishpond. He has gained experiences in Traditional Hale Building, Uhau Humu Pohaku (hawaiian dry set) and restoring traditional hawaiian food systems such as lo’i kalo, lo’i pa’akai, ko’a/limu, and loko i’a. In his spare time he loves spending QT with his Hunneh and their 5 keiki that she humbly blessed upon this earth. While also having fun with their ohana and friends spreading the movement of aloha aina, malama aina, and kupono aina in their everyday lives mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Tiele-Lauren Doudt was born and raised in Kīlauea on the island of Kauaʻi, and graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama as a boarder student, class of 2013. In spring of 2017, she graduated from UH-Mānoa's Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge with two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language. Shortly after, she spent a great amount of time learning and growing with the social enterprise MAʻO Organic Farms located in Waiʻanae, Oʻahu. This experience greatly contributed to her becoming more engaged in ʻŌiwi food and natural resource advocacy. In the winter of 2020, she completed her Master of Arts degree in Hawaiian Studies from Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies with the publication of her thesis, Ua ʻĀina: Testaments of Aloha in Food, People, and Place. She is currently an intern at Mālama Hulēʻia beneath the Nā Kama a Hāʻupu division through a partnership supported by Huliauapaʻa and AmeriCorps Hawaiʻi.
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Hui!!! Calling all Foodies! Join our guest chef for a special lunch cooking demonstration...
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Kealoha Domingo’s family owned and operated catering business is called Nui Kealoha. With a culturally grounded and value-aligned foundation, his current priority is simply to feed people.
Born & raised on the mokupuni of O‘ahu, in the district of Ko‘olauloa and the ‘ahupua‘a of Ka’a’awa, Kealoha Domingo is a multi-generational Hawaiian practitioner with a genuine love for food. As chef/owner of his catering company and an active member of the Hawaiian community, he revels in feeding the multitudes with a foundation of traditional Hawaiian value, honoring the spiritual connection to the ‘āina (land), kānaka (humankind), and mea ‘ai (food) combined with touch of contemporary style.
Kealoha’s genuine ALOHA for the ‘āina, & the community that he feeds culminated with his native Hawaiian perspectives have earned him praise and respect throughout the pae ‘āina Hawai‘i.
His passion for cooking stems from being raised in a food centric ‘ohana growing up preparing food for countless functions and gatherings, preparing traditional ‘imu and other elements of traditional hawaiian food. Lead by examples of both food industry professional family members, as well as generations of ancestors who carried the cultural responsibility of cooking, healing he has been inherently passed this innate need to fulfill these duties. Additionally, the exposure of various cultures and cuisines that makes Hawai‘i so unique, helps to shape his passion and love for foods of all types.
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“Hānai A Lako", is a phrase introduced to me by our eldest son, Kahikinaokalā, an alumni of Ke Kula O SM Kamakau and Kamehameha Schools Kapālama class of 2017, and current University of Hawai‘i Hawaiian Studies major who was raised in a community mindset with a foundation in Hawaiian language and culture. This phrase means to feed, not till overindulged, yet rather till contentment. To provide nourishment not only in a physical sense, but in a holistic sense of mind, body and spirit.
Kealoha can be reached via email: nuikealohahawaii@gmail.com, or on Facebook: Nui Kealoha Hawaii, and on Instagram: @hawaiianstyle.
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