Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 14, Number 10, 1 October 1997 — Center for Hawaiian Studies: [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Center for Hawaiian Studies:

inspiring more than 120 Hawaiian studies majors. Two relatively recent puhlieations, "Native Land and Foreign Desires," and " From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i," by Kame'eleihiwa and Trask respectively, are a part of the broad undergraduate curriculum. Courses offered in the major are Hawai'i: the center of the Pacific, Hawaiian Genealogies, Hawaiian Mythology, Myths of Hawaiian History, Post-Contact Chiefs, Hawaiian Institutions, Indigenous Peoples and Intemational Law, Navi-

gation, Perspectives of Hawaiian Studies, Pana O'ahu, Issues of Modern Hawai'i, Māhele Land Awards and Senior Seminar in Hawaiian Studies. Hawaiian language is among the many major requirements taught outside of the Center for Hawaiian Studies. The center is located on Dole Street in an area named Kānewai (water of Kāne), adjacent to the lo'i kalo (taro s garden) that became an obiect

of controversy when eonstmction began. In 1980, a group of UH Hawaiian language students began

the lo'i project under the careful guidance of Unele Harr>' Milehell, a kalo farmer from Ke'anae, Maui, and a leader in the Hawaiian political movement. Today, the Center for Hawaiian Studies and Ka Pana

Lo'i o Kanewai eoexist iyThe center needs support for scholarships, library acquisitions, faculty research, publications and program development. Taxdeductible 4 donations may be J made through the University of Hawai'i Foundation. For additional information, eall the Center for Hawaiian J|S Studies at mĒ 973-0989. ■ f

Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask, center director, glows on opening day, prepared to lead facuity and students into a new era in Hawaiian education.

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