Join us for our next Virtual Kahaukani Conversation with Maya Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery. Inspired by her research on ʻāina (land) education, her presentation will discuss how mele (songs, chants) composed in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) are repositories of Hawaiian epistemology (the study of knowledge) and can therefore become lenses through which to view and imagine how […]
Mid-Pacific Students Create a Podcast About the Valley Mānoa Heritage Center was first introduced to Mid-Pacific Institute’s Historic Preservation course back in 2017 when students scanned Kūkaʻōʻō Heiau using a 3-D Lidar Scanner. This year, challenged by COVID safety protocols, Historic Preservation teacher Billie Napoleon approached Mānoa Heritage Center about the possibility of supporting students […]
Farming and Fishing in Ancient Hawaiʻi – Three Examples: Kōloa, Kauaʻi; Kawākiu, Molokaʻi; and Kahoʻolawe For our most recent Kahaukani Conversations, we were fortunate to have Dr. Hallett Hammatt, archaeologist and founder of Cultural Surveys Hawaiʻi, speak with us. Dr. Hammatt has been working in the field of archaeology and historic preservation for 40 years, […]
Farming and Fishing in Ancient Hawaii- Three Examples: Kōloa, Kaua‘i; Kawākiu, Moloka‘i; and Kaho‘olawe Please join us for our next Virtual Kahaukani Conversations event on Thursday, October 29 at 5 pm on Zoom. Registration is FREE! Dr. Hallett H. Hammatt has been a working archeologist for 45 years. In this virtual presentation, Dr. Hammatt will […]
Ka U‘i O Mānoa: Reflecting on “Kahalaopuna” and the Landscapes of Mānoa Please join us for our next Virtual Kahaukani Conversations event on Thursday, September 17 at 5 pm on Zoom. Registration is free! Click the button to go to the registration page; the Zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the presentation. […]
Hawaiian Science: ʻIke o Ka Po‘e ʻImiloa (Knowledge of a Far-Seeking People) “Ahu kupanaha ia, Hawaiʻi ʻimi loa! E noiʻi wale mai nō ka haole-a, ʻaʻole e pau nā hana a Hawaiʻi ʻimi loa.” A heap of amazing things can be learned about Hawaiʻi! And however diligently the foreigner inquires, he cannot completely fathom all […]
By MHC Staff Pilina—connection, is the foundation of community. The stronger the connection, the more resilient our communities become. The NOAA B-WET (Bay Watershed Education Training) project has been an amazing opportunity for Mānoa Heritage Center to strengthen our pilina with like-minded education organizations throughout the Waikīkī Ahupua‘a watershed. See the list below of the […]
Hawaiian Science: ʻIke o ka Poʻe ʻImiloa (Knowledge of a Far-seeking People) Please join us for our next Virtual Kahaukani Conversations event on Thursday, August 27 at 5 pm on Zoom. Registration is free! Click the button to go to the registration page; the Zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the presentation. […]
E lauhoe mai na waʻa; i ke kā, i ka hoe; i ka hoe, i ke kā; pae aku i ka ‘āina. Everybody paddle the canoes together; bail and paddle, paddle and bail, and the shore is reached. Pitch in with a will, everybody, and the work is quickly done. ʻŌlelo Noeʻau #327 The last […]
Being a Thoughtful Listener Did you know there is another type of story in Hawaiian culture that’s different from moʻolelo? It’s called kaʻao. So what is kaʻao and how is it different from moʻolelo? Kumu Taiwi Crouch is here to help us answer this question! He also shares his retelling of the legend of Kapoʻi and the […]