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Hanauna Mau
Our Project Lead
Keala Kahuanui was raised in Waimānalo, Oʻahu, where she nurtured her love of the ocean. Puʻukapu, Waimea on Hawaiʻi island is where she lives with her wife ʻEkela Kahuanui and where she met her mama waʻa Makaliʻi.
Project Hanana Mau is a partnership between Nā Kālai Waʻa and Constellation Fellow Keala Kahuanui. Keala is a crew member, quarter master and watch captain for Makaliʻi. “My passion is fueled by my commitment to do my very best in this generation of our voyaging culture to enhance our health, relationships and interdependence to each other, kanaka (man) and ʻāina (land), by re-connecting to our ancestral ways of growing and storing our own food for home and voyage and realizing our food sovereignty."
Hanauna Mau is a food sovereignty movement rooted in voyaging. It aims to help our communites thrive on our wa’a and our moku. Hanauna Ola, Hanauna Mau's goal is to restore and perpetuate real and native foods in our diet, aiming to heal and empower Native Hawaiians to feed themselves - physically, psychologically, emotionally, spiritually and even economically. Eating, preparing and cultivating a restored native food system aims to grow healthy families and communities with reduced dis-ease, expanded cultural practices and a strong connection to place. We believe the voyaging canoe to be a symbol of our indigenous excellence, hope and possibilities of the positive outcomes reached when we pool our strengths together.
