Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies

06/09/2023

You are all invited to attend a series of online job talks tomorrow on Friday June 9th. Here are the finalists for the KCHS Assistant Professor Position.

1. Dr. J Uluwehi Hopkins 9-10:00am
"He Mo'olelo Ho'ike: Curators in Conflict with Hawaii's Bishop Museum"

2. Dr. Kalikolani Correa 12-1:00pm
"Kulana Pano'ono'o: 'Aina as a Remembering Function"

3. Dr. Kawelau Wright 3-4:00pm
"Hulihia Na Kanawai 'Aina: The Effects of Post-1893 Land Law Changes on Native Hawaiians and 'Aina"

All presentations will be on Zoom. The meeting number and pw are on the flyers. Mahalo.

08/17/2022

✅It’s not too late to register!
💻 HWST 396: Native Hawaiian Rights & Practices
Tues & Thurs || 10:30-11:45 || Synchronous Online || CRN: 79040
Kumu: Malia Akutagawa, JD, ESQ
💚Born and raised on Molokaʻi, Kumu Malia was influenced by her mākua and kūpuna, leaders in the early aloha ʻāina movement of the 1970s and '80s. She is a Native Hawaiian Rights and Environmental Law attorney with experience in Hawaiian access, gathering, burial, land use, and water rights issues.
This course highlights Hawaiian customs and traditions which serve as the basis of Hawaiʻi’s unique laws and jurisprudence. Students will survey the evolution of Native Hawaiian Law and review State constitutional provisions, statutes and administrative rules that protect and impact Kānaka Maoli rights and practices. Students will apply their learning to complex contemporary issues facing Kānaka Maoli and learn how to engage agencies and decision-makers who grapple with an obligation to protect native rights while at the same time address multiple and often conflicting stakeholder interests within a prevalent settler population.

07/11/2022

Kilo Honua: Hawaiian Earth Observers Taking Action for ʻĀina.

Interested in learning and discussing the climate crisis on Kauaʻi? Our faculty member, Malia Akutagawa will be a guest speaker on this Kauaʻi Climate Action Forum to discuss ways to address climate change through an indigenous lens. Be a part of the conversation by registering for this forum. Happening THIS Wednesday, July 13 at 6 PM via Zoom.

Link to register: https://bit.ly/earthobservers

07/01/2022

He wahi hoʻolaha kēia no ka hoʻolewa o Haunani-Kay Trask.

Dr. Haunaniokawēkiuohalekalā-Kay Trask was a profound woman, a fearless leader and will always be remembered as a force that touched upon so many lives. To celebrate her legacy, Kaiwakīloumoku will be hosting a hoʻolewa in her honor.

This hoʻolewa will be open to the general public and will feature a livestream for those who wish to attend, but are unable to do so. More details below.

E aloha mau ʻia ana ʻoe no nā kau a kau.

01/18/2022

Congratulations to Keahialaka Ioane as she has published her article entitled Wahi Pana Aloha 'Aina: Storied Places of Resistance as Political Intervention in the journal Genealogy. Her work comes out on this important day of remembrance January 17th, 129 years after the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian nation.

Wahi pana aloha ʻāina, storied places of resistance, is a historical and political research device that perpetuates contemporary Hawaiian sovereignty history, and can serve as a political intervention between Kanaka (Hawaiian people) and the State of Hawaiʻi. Wahi pana aloha ʻ& #2...

07/07/2021

Mahalo to everyone that came out today to help in the draping of the building in la'ī and black ribbon for the passing of Dr. Haunani-kay Trask. Its been customary that when someone passes from our center that we honor them in this way. We enter a period of mourning now and will continue to show our support to their ohana as a memorial service is being planned on campus to celebrate her life.

07/04/2021

It’s with a heavy heart that we share the news of Dr. Haunani Kay Trask’s passing today. Dr. Trask was a visionary leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and the founding director of Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at U.H. at Mānoa. She served her career as tenured professor in our department inspiring critical thinking and making important contributions in areas of settler colonialism and indigenous self-determination. More importantly, she was a bold, fearless, and vocal leader that our lāhui needed in a critical time when Hawaiian political consciousness needed to be nurtured. Our center mourns her passing and sends our aloha and to the Trask ʿohana. Our department remains committed to carrying on the legacy of Professor Trask in educating and empowering the lāhui.

Kekuewa Kikiloi, Director
Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies

01/12/2021

Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is now accepting applications to our Masters Degree Program. Please share this information with anyone considering getting a graduate degree in 'ike Hawai'i (Hawaiian knowledge) in one of our five areas of concentration. The link to download our application is at: www.tinyurl.com/HWSTFall20201App and if you have any questions please email [email protected].

07/14/2020

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06/16/2020

The Gladys Kamakakūokalani Brandt Chair of Comparative Polynesian Studies presents Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge Wednesday Weekly Webinars beginning Wednesday June 17, 2020, with the first series being on:

Atua: Polynesian Ancestors, Stars and Temples

We will be hosting scholars every week from many parts of Polynesia to discuss that topic, including from Hawaiʻi, Tahiti, Aotearoa, Tonga, Rarotonga, Tuamotus, Marquesas and Rapa Nui!

All webinars presented in English will be translated simultaneously into French, and all webinars presented in French will be translated simultaneously into English. Hironui Bouit, Tahitian Cultural and Video Expert, will be the translator and Brandt Webinar Co-Producer for French Polynesia. In this way, all of us who speak English in the Pacific will be united with our cousins in French Polynesia and vice versa.

Who are some of the Polynesian Ancestral Knowledge Experts who are presenting in the beginning?

From Hawaiʻi:

Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa, PhD, Professor and Brandt Chair for Comparative Polynesian Studies, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies [KCHS].

Kalei Nuʻuhiwa, Hawaiian Kilohōkū Ethno-Astronomer, Hawaiian Temple and Moon expert, PhD candidate at Waikato University, Lecturer at Kamakakūokalani.

From Tahiti:

Moʻohono Niva of Raʻiātea, Māʻohi Nui Temple Expert, MA from the Sorbonne;

Hironui Bouit of Tahitinui, Māʻohi Nui Video and Cultural Expert, PhD candidate at Waikato University, Co-Producer for GBC in French Polynesia. Co-founder of the Marama Fenua Afterschool Program and the Nanati Cultural organization for teaching Tahitian
Ancestral Knowledge in Elementary and Secondary Schools.

From Aotearoa:

Margaret Mutu, of Ngati Kahu, Professor Auckland University, Māori Ancestral Knowledge Expert.

From Tonga:

Tēvita O. Kaʻili, PhD, Professor of Cultural Anthropolgy, Dean of the Faculty of Culture, Language and Performing Arts at BYUH in Lāʻie, Tongan expert in Ancestors, Stars and Temples.

Come join us!

Zoom Link: (https.//bit.ly/brandtweb)
FaceBook Live: ()
ʻŌiwi TV: Channel 326, and online at oiwi.tv