{"id":164245,"date":"2022-08-30T09:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=164245"},"modified":"2024-03-14T22:26:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:26:52","slug":"kanakaole-quarter-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/30\/kanakaole-quarter-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Kanaka\u02bbole quarter design unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Edith Kanakaʻole<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The U.S. Mint released the design for a commemorative quarter honoring former University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> instructor and late legendary kumu hula Edith Kanakaʻole<\/span><\/strong>. The award-winning composer who taught at Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College<\/a> and the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a>, is one of five American women to be minted on new quarters as part of the 2023 honorees for the American Women Quarters™ Program<\/a>. She joins fellow honorees such as former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Maria Tallchief, America\u2019s first Native American prima ballerina.<\/p>\n

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The design features Kanakaʻole<\/span>\u2019s hair and lei poʻo<\/span> (head lei) morphing into elements of a landscape, symbolizing her life\u2019s work of preserving land and traditional culture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The fact that the design depicts the volcano, flowing lava, and Aunty Edith on the small face of a coin is extraordinary. Cannot have one without the other,” said Taup\u014duri Tangar\u014d<\/strong>, a Hawaiian studies professor at Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> CC<\/abbr> and director of Hawaiian culture and protocols engagement. “Edith is very much her natural environment as she is our mother, grandmother, great grandmother, hula matriarch, college instructor and Indigenous influencer.”<\/p>\n