*Many of these projects were also published in the Kohala Mountain News.
Mekaila Pasco
Kohala, Hawaiʻi
A Kingʻs Journey to Safety The purpose of this story map is to provide the kaiāulu (community) with a valuable resource that recreates the journey of Naeʻole, a well-respected chief of North Kohala, who saved Kamehameha I, the future mōʻī (king) of the Hawaiian islands. This story map takes the viewer [you] on a virtual huakaʻi (trip) through nine prominent inoa ʻāina (place names) described in the moʻolelo (story) of Naeʻole’s run. There were multiple sources acknowledged in the collection of this information, however we are unsure of which sources are accurate and which are not. Creating a story map that explores the intimate relationship between Kamehameha’s birth during the rule of chief Alapaʻinui and nine traditional inoa ʻāina of North Kohala is highly essential.
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Hoʻoipo Bertelmann
Waimea, Hawaiʻi
Hāʻupu Mau: Learning From Moʻolelo of Puʻu Hōkūʻula
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Richard Keahi Kahler
ʻEwa, Oʻahu
Cultivating Traditional Knowledge of Agricultural Systems in KohalaThroughout my education I was privileged to learn about my kūpuna and the ways they thrived on the land and sea. With this ʻike, this knowledge, I became distraught to find myself so reliant on foreign imports. So, I began to ask myself questions- 1) How did our kūpuna live so abundantly on the land?, 2) What does our future of Hawaiʻi look like? and 3) How did our kūpuna adapt to places such as Kohala to bring forth abundance and continually feed the people and communities? Throughout this project I carry with me the lens of ʻĀina Mauli Ola, Hāloanalaukapalili and ʻāina momona as I look at the moku of Kohala, specifically focusing on Kohala I Waho or “Leeward” Kohala and just one example of Lālāmilo of Waimea. From this examination I learned that, Kohala provides many examples of cultivation where agricultural methods are exceptionally more diverse than previously understood. Many agricultural systems do not fit into predominant models of loʻi and māla agricultural systems. Having place based knowledge and connections to specific ʻāina needs to inform our understanding of the structure, form, and function of agricultural systems. Lastly, there is much to learn about agricultural systems and methods for cultivation.
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Kaiakahinaliʻi Kaʻopua-Canonigo
Mānoa, Oʻahu
He Leo Wale Nou E: Oral Histories of Kohala Kamaʻāina and Return to ʻĀina Based Education
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Tahiti Ahsam
Maui
Kukuipahu HeiauKukuipahu Heiau is a fully intact wahi kūpuna that has a distinct connection with Hawaiian culture, understanding of ʻāina, and the history of the Kukuipahu ahupuaʻa, the Kohala moku, and Hawaiʻi Island. However, on a surface level, sources related to Kukuipahu are scarce. This website was created to capture memories shared about this heiau, compile information from different resources, and re-spark that ke ao or light of consciousness for Kukuipahu Heiau. By inventorying sources related to Kukuipahu Heiau from various ethnohistorical resources, online repositories and conducting community ethnography, we can begin to gain insight on specific people connected to this ʻāina, scarcity of documented information, as well as gain a better understanding of the previous functions of this heiau over time. In sharing this inventory and insight in the form of a website, the Kohala Community can not only utilize this resource to aid in current and future stewardship efforts of this sacred site, but also continue the process of restoring the identity and mana this heiau holds.
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Kaʻāina Ishimine
Kohala, Hawaiʻi
Pūlama KaʻauhuhuKaʻauhuhu is a name rarely heard. It's a place of history and change largely untold. With this story map, the hope is to share the short moʻolelo of Lonoheana, a farmer, and son of Kaʻauhuhu. Information on this story map is to bring a better sense of pilina to this ʻāina often overlooked. You always hear snapshots of information during garage talk story sessions, but always about the plantation days. Somewhere is the yearning to know more. By looking into Mahele documents, maps, and nūpepa in the ahupuaʻa of Kaʻauhuhu specifically for the single Mahele claimant, Lonoheana, we can learn about the (different) kīhāpai, hale, and inoa ʻāina about his ʻāpana within what is now known as the Hāwī town area today. This type of ethnohistorical research brings life to ʻike that would've been kept locked in documents many of us can't understand.
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Pua Souza
Kohala, Hawaiʻi
ʻAʻohe Uʻi Hele Wale o KohalaThe portion of ʻāina this project focuses on is located on the Kohala High School (KHS) and Kohala Elementary School (KES) campus within Honomakaʻu and Kapuʻa ahupuʻa. It is an area that has helped me establish pilina to ʻohana, to my community, and to ʻāina. As kamaʻāina of Honomakaʻu, I found it important to ask myself what I can give back to this place that nourished me. What will be the seeds I plant for the next generation? And how can I ensure they are raised knowing their identity as kupa of Kohala? The research presented throughout this website highlights the need to (re)build and reawaken pilina to place through understanding different attributes of our environment and the people who have cared for it.
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