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Oct 72 min read

Mana-Full Moʻolelo from the 2024 CNHA Convention

While attending the 2024 Council for Native Hawaiian Convention and listening to the panel discussions, I reflected on how our ancestors...

Aug 262 min read

In Loving Remembrance of Moʻolele

On September 20th 1975, Moʻolele was born into the kai of Kaʻanapali, the foundational molds that formed her kaʻele still remain here in...

Jul 84 min read

Te Hau Kōmaru Festival 2024

The story of wa’a has grown throughout the years like a burning bright bonfire, for our people, illuminating so many aspects and traits...

May 132 min read

Generational Kuleana at the 28th Annual Hāna Kalo Festival

“You coming, ah?” volun-told Captain aka “Cap”, Clay Bertelmann, just before our crew meeting preparing for my first crossing of...

Jan 102 min read

Naʻau ʻŌiwi, Alternative Learning Program at Kohala High School

During the planning stages of what the Naʻau ʻŌiwi school year would look like this past summer of 2023, the essential question was, “How...