UH students preserve Waialeʻe’s cultural legacy through oral history project
The students presented their final projects to the community at a hōʻike event on December 2.
The students presented their final projects to the community at a hōʻike event on December 2.
The program offers a series of select excursions to various sites around Oʻahu or on campus each month of the academic year.
Over the five-year grant period, the team expects to support approximately 250 scholars.
Researchers conveyed the importance of tenure reform to Indigenous scholars specifically, but to the broader Indigenous community in general.
UH Mānoa historians recall the days of Native Hawaiian kings and flourishing kalo terraces in Lahaina.
Keawe Lopes, Jr. of Hālau Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe said he is very proud of his dancers.
The bi-annual event encourages students to engage in more conversations in Hawaiian to help them retain the language.
The gift supports more than a half dozen programs at the University of Hawaiʻi.
A wide array of workshops, classes and events will be hosted by various UH faculty, staff and students.
The 16-credit program is aimed at cultivating leaders to connect and care for ʻāina using ancestral knowledge.