Native Stories

From 2015 until now I’ve been continuing to organize students, train them on how to approach creating actions on campus, how to confront the university, how to confront President Lassner.

Struggling in the hood, figuring out that I’d rather have the ʻāina back then eat spam and have EBT, hip hop solved my problems by expressing it, so I figured I might as well teach youth this craft that helped me learn discipline and bless me with a better outlook on life and help me navigate through struggle.

For too long our intimate connection with our environment has been interrupted by western ways of being and knowing that was imposed upon us... so that’s what’s so exciting about Puʻu Huluhulu, is that we are coming back and living in one with our environment and getting to know the elements and the changing of the seasons... and what is more Ea then that?

Our intention is to create a nurturing space, a space of empowerment...a brave space for people to feel comfortable truth telling. One of the things we’ve noticed on the Mauna is there’s a lot of historical/cultural trauma going on. I hope that our wahine space is one of those spaces where wahine, māhū, kāne, everyone feels comfortable to come into a nurturing space where they can truth tell, shar...

Outside of public-school sex education, learning about the sexuality, the gender, the sexual practices of my ancestors have helped me as a māhū to decolonize my body, my relationships, so Sex Eaducation is uncovering what is always conscious, we are constantly in a sexual relationship with the ʻāina.

Legal observers are present at things like direct action or protests, to observe law enforcement and primarily to act as a deterrent to law enforcement from acting unconstitutionally or unreasonably.

They love us when we go along with what they want, but the minute the Hawaiian people say no to something, we are labeled protesters, anarchists...so we decided in 1996 to begin taking part in protecting/preserving Mauna Kea. We are Alii, and alii means servants or resource managers with a dab of holiness.

Kanaka rangers is modeled after a program in Australia where the indigenous peoples of those lands… the way that they saw fit… where you are getting the native indigenous people of those lands to take on kuleana of stewardship, also legislation and enforcement to those resources to belong to those people.

We interview Ka'u Kalama-Ohelo and Ku'ike Kamakea-Ohelo on Save our Sherwoods. Their purpose is to protect and preserve the historical, cultural and natural resources of Waimānalo, neighboring communities and across the state of Hawaiʻi. They share the history of the ownership of the land that is today called Sherwoods and how preservation rights makes it illegal to build anything on that land.

From 2015 until now I’ve been continuing to organize students, train them on how to approach creating actions on campus, how to confront the university, how to confront President Lassner.

Those mele lāhui are probably one of the most important things to hold onto because they connect us. Within those mele, they keep us conscious about what being part of the lāhui is like, they express how we feel about being in the lāhui. It’s very personal but very true to you as a kanaka.

Hoe wa'a or Hawaiian outrigger canoe paddling started well before the 1960's. History tells us that King Kalakaua brought the sport back to popularity during his monarchy following a ban by missionary influences. In pre-missionary days, racing wa'a was a common part of the makahiki season as a type of sport. This podcast will begin with the history of hoe wa'a from David Malo, a historian/writer i...

I was the first wahine, the first woman that was asked to stand up, so they put their handcuff/strips on me and walked me to the vehicle. There was silence, but there were tears, there were tears of love. The policemen wept, and we wept, and all of the young people wept in silence. And we asked to do that, and give every kupuna their day.

The discussion will cover the University of Hawaii's historical management of Mauna Kea, the role that astronomy and Native Hawaiian communities have played in the past, and the current conflict over development on Mauna Kea. The panel includes Camille Kalama, Attorney, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Gregory Chun Ph. D. senior adviser to University of Hawaii on management of Mauna Kea, Chair o...

Na Pua o Haumea Indigenous Birthkeepers in partnership with La Ho'iho'i Ea Honolulu presents HANAU EA: RECLAMATION AND RESURGENCE OF INDIGENOUS MIDWIFERY AND BIRTH PRACTICES. An event held at Waiwai Collective on July 5. Indigenous Midwives from Canada, America, and Hawaii share about the important birth-related work they are doing within their Nations. @Autumn Cavender, @Melissa Rose, @Carol Couc...

Nā Wāhine Koa documents the life of four mana Hawaiian wahine for sovereignty and demilitarization. Being interviewed is Aunty Terri, one of these Wahine Koa. Nanea Lo introduces the book by reading a passage about Aunty Terri. Aunty Terri tells us about herself and the many projects that she is involved in today and in the past. To read more about Moanike‘ala Akaka, Maxine Kahaulelio, Terrilee Ke...

Ned Pablo of Guåhan is an Indigenous Chamorro and grassroots activist from the Marianas Islands and this is his story about Chamorro sovereignty and a message for all our Pacific Island brothers and sisters of the Pacific.

Romano Cortes Jorge is a journalist and owner of Strawberry Jams Music Studio. He has decades of experience as a newspaper and TV section editor as well as covered important stories in the Philippines. He’ll be talking about his experience under Martial Law under Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, and the Marcos’ ties to Hawai’i.

Natasha Hanisi nee Lemoto resides in Sydney, Australia and is a wife and mother of two sons. Born on Ngapui whenua in Te Ika a Maui (also known as North Island, New Zealand), raised in Tonga with Tongan, Samoan, Hawaiian ancestry, she has called Australia home for the past 30 years. She has expertise in complex trauma therapeutic interventions for non school and school age children. Her passion an...

Sha Merirei Ongelungel is a Palauan-American professional rabble rouser. She’s spent the better part of the last two decades working in digital media, finding different ways to combine social media and her special brand of productive pettiness to be a positive force in the community.  

Kapena's great grandmother was a kumu hula and ukulele singer. Kapena started researching his roots while at Harvard and produced his thesis on the Hawaiian Room. Baptista interviewed many of the former Hawaiian Room singers at a reunion they held at the Lexington, a nightclub in New York City. Other resources:"Hawaiian Room" the movie: https://www.pbshawaii.org/pbs-hawaii-presents-the-hawaiian-ro...

Sponsors: Kamehameha Schools Interviewer: Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp Description: http://keyproject.org/ (808) 239-5777 info@keyproject.org Aulii Dudoit is the Executive Director at KEY Project. The Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth (KEY) Project was founded in 1968 through the efforts of churches, community residents, and social agencies. The mission of KEY Project is to nurture and promote the cultural,...

Connie Florez is an indigenous film producer and director. She was born in Fairfield California and now lives in Hilo. She has made many influential movies. Connie discusses current projects including, The Glade's and Koolau the Leper, and past projects, Kumu Hina and Ke Kulana He Mahu. More information on Connie Florez can be found on IMDB. Interviewer: Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

Interviewed by: Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp Description: Māpuana Hayashi-Simpliciano is a Kanaka Maoli and Ainu rights advocate, educator, scholar, poet and hip-hop artist. Adam and Māpuana discuss King Kalākaua's role in Japanese migration to Hawaiʻi, treatment of indigenous people of Japan, and how she learned ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi on her bus ride's home from her hula performances.

Description: Adam discusses the first group of people that lived in Papakōlea, the area around Papakōlea including Queen Liliuʻokalaniʻs garden. Sponsors: Kamehameha Schools