{"id":144039,"date":"2021-06-22T12:13:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=144039"},"modified":"2021-06-22T12:26:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:26:31","slug":"native-hawaiian-knowledge-values-showcased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/22\/native-hawaiian-knowledge-values-showcased\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Hawaiian knowledge, values showcased at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_44434\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BhDOhkTwGuE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"The University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa, Our Kuleana: Let\u2019s Learn Together!\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>It was lights, camera, action from Varney Circle down to the fertile <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/ka-papa-loi-o-kanewai\/\">Ka Papa <span aria-label=\"loi\">Lo&#699;i<\/span> O K\u0101newai<\/a> (taro patch) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> to capture the campus&#8217; efforts to ask critical questions that can guide its kuleana (responsibility) to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and the world. Several <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa faculty, staff and a student were identified to be featured in a 30-second branding spot that sheds light on the ongoing work to create a campus that is physically and conceptually grounded in Native Hawaiian knowledge and values.<\/p>\n<p>The journey to become a Native Hawaiian place of learning traces back to 1986 when Native Hawaiian staff and faculty <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhpol\/language-option\/pathways\/ao\/\">published the first of four reports<\/a> with proposals on how the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System could better support Native Hawaiians and become more reflective of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/12\/website-native-hawaiian-resources\/\">New website connects <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa with Native Hawaiian resources<\/a>, January 12, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144036\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-nguyen-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"man being filmed\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-144036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-nguyen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-nguyen-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-nguyen.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">N. <span aria-label=\"Haalilio\">Ha&#699;alilio<\/span> Solomon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a lot of work to do but we are taking some steps in the right direction,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer <strong>Kaiwipuni Lipe<\/strong>. &ldquo;More <abbr>NH<\/abbr> (Native Hawaiian) students are important and we are definitely on an upswing. &#699;\u014clelo <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> (Hawaiian language) is also critically important and we have seen some awesome programs develop over the last couple of years. We are also working hard on everyone&#8217;s baseline understanding of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8216;s history, language and culture so that our institutional practices and policies can begin to better reflect <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/23\/turnout-overwhelms-organizers-olelo-hawaii-class\/\">Turnout overwhelms organizers of free &#699;\u014clelo <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> class<\/a>, January 23, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2020, the <a href=\"https:\/\/asuhmanoa.wixsite.com\/asuh\">Associated Students of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> to host free weekly &#699;\u014dlelo <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> classes. The non-credit courses open to all <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students, faculty, staff and community members were taught by fluent &#699;\u014dlelo <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Dialogue in the 30-second spot is spoken in both &#699;\u014dlelo <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and English. Viewers will see English subtitles when Hawaiian speaking faculty pop-up on screen which include <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> Dean <strong>Jonathan <span aria-label=\"Kamakawiwoole\">Kamakawiwo&#699;ole<\/span> Osorio<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/kawaihuelani\/\">Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language<\/a> instructor <strong>N. <span aria-label=\"Haalilio\">Ha&#699;alilio<\/span> Solomon<\/strong> and <strong>E\u014dmailani K. Kukahiko<\/strong>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/cs\/\">curriculum studies<\/a> specialist at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Education<\/a> (<abbr>COE<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our awareness and inspiration come from our language, our stories, songs, and our experiences with our &#699;\u0101ina,&rdquo; said Osorio. &ldquo;Our teaching serves more than our native people. The knowledge of our ancestors is critical knowledge for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Faculty and staff from outside the Hawaiian Studies realm who come from diverse backgrounds are also featured in the <abbr>TV<\/abbr> spot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144031\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-kukahiko-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"woman smiling\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-144031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-kukahiko-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-kukahiko-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-native-hawaiian-knowledge-showcased-kukahiko.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">E\u014dmailani K. Kukahiko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Whether we are talking about becoming a <abbr>NH<\/abbr> place of learning or just our general kuleana to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and the world, that&#8217;s a k\u0101kou (everyone) thing, as my friend <strong>Chris Yanuaria<\/strong> reminded me,&rdquo; Lipe said. &ldquo;So we wanted to highlight some of the diverse folks on campus who are already modeling their commitment to this important work. If we had more than 30 seconds we could showcase so many more!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sls\/\">Department of Second Language Studies<\/a> student <strong>Ha Nguyen<\/strong> is one of those diverse faces. Nguyen, originally from Vietnam, is keen on honoring <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s Indigenous values.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&#8217;m a malihini (visitor) to this place and I feel that it is my kuleana to learn from the wisdom of Native Hawaiians who have lived here for generations,&rdquo; Nguyen explained. &ldquo;The university itself is striving toward being a Hawaiian place of learning, isn&#8217;t it natural that each of its members should work toward that goal, too?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Viewers will also see <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <abbr>COE<\/abbr> faculty <strong>Keith Cross<\/strong> and <strong>Charmaine Mangram<\/strong> who are both from Los Angeles and Maui-born Christopher Yanuaria, program coordinator of <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/pauviolence\/index.php\">Prevention, Awareness, Understanding Violence<\/a> (PAU Violence) program at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. Campus Arboretum Curator <strong>N\u014dweo Kai<\/strong> closes the <abbr>TV<\/abbr> spot beneath the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/13\/tree-recognition-manoa-campus\/\">award-winning sprawling trees<\/a> she helps to m\u0101lama (care for) along McCarthy Mall.<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration between <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/enrollment\/\">Enrollment Management<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhpol\/\">Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office<\/a> and <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> was vital to molding the branding spot\u2019s message. Each branch shares a combined commitment to the institution&#8217;s goal of becoming a university that is a Native Hawaiian place of learning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is our responsibility to build stronger pathways and access for Native Hawaiian and Indigenous students to further their education at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa,&rdquo; said <strong>Ryan Yamaguchi<\/strong>, interim assistant vice chancellor for enrollment management and director of admissions. &ldquo;How we engage in conversation and connect with our communities locally and abroad is critical to the future of our campus, from our faculty and programs to the students we recruit, retain, and support through graduation and beyond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The commercial will air on <abbr>KGMB<\/abbr> and also be prominently featured during special coverage and livestream of the 58th annual Merrie Monarch Festival set to debut on K5, July 1&#8211;3.<\/p>\n<p>This work is an example of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=12\">Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015&#8211;25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row visibility=&#8221;hidden&#8221;][vc_column][vc_masonry_media_grid grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1624399661931-d4f19f9b-4baa-5&#8243; include=&#8221;144035,144034,144037,144032,144033,144036,144031&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty and staff are featured in a commercial on efforts to advance <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa as a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[95,33,1057,551,411,1465,9,56],"class_list":["post-144039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-education","tag-hawaiian","tag-hawaiian-language","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-kawaihuelani-center-for-hawaiian-language","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144039"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144046,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144039\/revisions\/144046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}