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Â鶹´«Ã½Hawai?i Island campuses explore indigenous arts program

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Evergreen State College faculty show the UH Hilo and Â鶹´«Ã½ CC delegation around their Longhouse Indigenous Arts Campus. (Photo credit: ?keamakamae Kiyuna, Â鶹´«Ã½ CC)

A and delegation visited in Washington state to explore a model of an indigenous arts program at Evergreen¡¯s and curriculum.

UH Hilo and Â鶹´«Ã½ CC delegation in the Fiber Arts Studio wearing Evergreen Indian throw. (Photo credit: ?keamakamae Kiyuna, Â鶹´«Ã½ CC)

“We¡¯re here at Evergreen on a mission,” said Taupōuri Tangarō, professor of Â鶹´«Ã½ life styles at Â鶹´«Ã½ CC. “Evergreen has always inspired us and we¡¯re here to celebrate this inspiration as we prepare to deliver our Hawaiian indigenous arts program for the advancement of indigenous well-being.”

Â鶹´«Ã½ CC will host a 2019 indigenous arts summer symposium as the first step in gauging community interest and support in the proposed program.

“The proposed program will pilot a focus on indigenous arts in anticipation that it will grow into a two-year community college program with pathways to a four-year degree,” says Gail Makuakāne-Lundin, director of the UH System Â鶹´«Ã½ Papa O Ke Ao and interim executive assistant to the UH Hilo chancellor. Â鶹´«Ã½ Papa O Ke Ao is a UH work committee with representatives from each campus, that is tasked with helping to make UH a leader in indigenous education.

“The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ welcomes ways to study indigenous cultures as contributors to society instead of simple observations of their art,” added Makuakāne-Lundin.

—By Susan Enright

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