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MEDIA RELEASE Caretaking of traditional Hawaiian fishponds is the topic of upcoming Eia Hawaii and Puana Ka Ike lectures in Hilo and Kona. Hiilei Kawelo will present her lecture, “Mahia: Revitalization of the Fishpond Practitioner,” from 2–3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Wentworth 1, and from 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian fisherman Aku Hauanio of Kalapana demonstrates traditional Hawaiian ulua fishing techniques in upcoming Eia Hawaii and Puana Ka Ike lectures. Hauanio will share the wisdom and practice of early cliff-top fishing know as hang-baiting in his lecture “Kau Laau: Traditional Hawaiian Ulua Fishing Technique” 2–3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the University […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kuulei Keakealani shares stories of her North Kona homelands of Puu Anahulu, Puu Waawaa, and Kaulupulehu in upcoming Eia Hawaii and Puana Ka Ike lectures in Hilo and Kona. Keakealani presents “Na moolelo o na aina aloha: Stories of beloved lands” from 2–3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the University of Hawaii at […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Dr. Keanu Sai will discuss the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom government in upcoming Hilo and Kona lectures, followed by a Kona workshop on how Hawaiian history is being taught. Sai discusses “1893 Executive Agreements & Impacts Today: Hawaiian Protest & Demand filed in United Nations” in an Eia Hawaii presentation noon-1:30 p.m. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian language professor Noenoe K. Silva will discuss how Hawaiian language newspapers and documents change the view of our kupuna’s (ancestor’s) world in an upcoming Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo and a Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona. Her lecture, “Recovering the Moolelo (stories/literature) of our KÅ«puna,” is noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian language professor Dr. Kekeha Solis brings life to olelo noeau (traditional Hawaiian proverbs) through technology and animation in the classroom. Solis will share his work and the importance of these efforts in an upcoming Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo and a Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona. His lectures, Ka Olelo No […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Environmental resource specialist Noa Kekuewa Lincoln discusses the past, present, and future of breadfruit in an upcoming Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo and a Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona. His lectures are noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 at the University of Hawaii Hilo, Campus Center (CC) 301, and 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, Sept. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Marine biologist Kaipo Perez III provides an updated ecological evaluation of coral reef resources at Kahaluu Bay in an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo and a Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona. The lectures are noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the University of Hawaii Hilo, Campus Center (CC) 301, and 5:30–7 p.m. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Could it be that our current understandings of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom government are based on an erroneous narrative of historical events? Dr. Keanu Sai addresses this question in a Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo. Sai discusses “1893 Executive Agreements and the profound […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Marie Alohalani Brown offers an overview of the basic beliefs that structure Kanaka Maoli understanding of the mo‘o or reptilian water deities as depicted in the moÊ»olelo (stories) of our kupuna (elders) in an upcoming Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo. Her free presentations are scheduled […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mhealani Pai and Keone Kalawe of the Keauhou-Kahaluu Education Group will discuss the historical significance of Kaneaka slide and Heeia Bay in Keauhou in an upcoming Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo. The free presentations are scheduled noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the University of […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio will explore the politics in spoken word and in art created and consumed by communities of color in an upcoming Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo. Osorio’s free presentation, “Hoi Hou I Ka Iwi Kuamoo: Return to the Backbone” is noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Puana Ka Ike lecture by Kona attorney Mike Matsukawa has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, and moved from the Kahaluu II Ballroom to Kalanikai at the Keauhou Beach Resort. Matsukawa’s presentation originally scheduled for March was postponed due to the tsunami. He will discuss “Judicial Imprints in Hawaiian History” […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kupuna Mac Poepoe will share some of his insights as a Molokai fisherman and conservationist in an upcoming Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo. Poepoe will speak on “Feeding Family” from 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, April 29 at the Keauhou Beach Resort Ballroom in Kona and from […]

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