Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 36, Number 10, 1 October 2019 — 'okakopa [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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CALENDAR LISTINGS To have a loeal event listed in our monthly calendar, email kwo@oha.org at least six weeks in advance. Make sure to include the loeaīion, price, date and time. If available, please attach a high-resolution (300 dpi) photograph with your email.

FUTURE FEST AND RESOURCE FAIR 2019 Oct. 1 Fntnre Fest 2019 is an all-day event coupled with industry-spe-cific certification and workplace visitations throughout the month of October for students in grades 7-12 and immediate 'ohana at Moloka'i High School. During Future Fest 2019, participants will meet with various post-high opportunity representatives, visit work sites of interest and build their skill-set. Sponsored by OHA. MY NAME IS 'ŌPŪKAHA'IA month !ong at multiple New Engla?id venues The Congregational Library & Archives hosts "My Name is 'Ōpūkaha'ia," a play commissioned by the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives and supported by the Massachusetts Humanities Council. Commemo-

rating Henry 'Ōpūkaha'ia's death in 1818, the play tells the story of a Kanaka Maoli man who travelled to New England and inspired the formation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM) and the sending of the first missionaries to the Hawaiian Kingdom. This is the first time the Hawaiian Mission Houses Site and Archives has taken its award-winning History Theater program to the eontinental United States. "My Name is 'Ōpūkaha'ia" has already toured extensively throughout the Hawaiian Islands, including on O'ahu, Kaua'i, Maui, and Hawai'i Island to great reviews! Based on primary source research, this emotionally powerful play is written by and stars Moses Goods, one of the premier actors, writers, and storytellers in Hawai'i. The program also features Po'ai Lineoln, a prominent loeal singer/

musician and Hawaiian Mission Houses' Cultural Programs Coordinator, who will accompany the program with Hawaiian Oli (chant) and Mele (song). For more information on showings and tickets visit http://www.actormosesgoods. eom. HAWAI'I'S CHANGING OCEAN: BOUNTY, THREATS, SOLUTIONS Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m. Mark Hixon will summarize the many gifts our oeean provides us, describe human-caused threats to our coastal ecosystems, and review practical solutions he believes Hawai'i must implement as soon as possible. Many of the dangers we face are global, yet Hixon will emphasize remedies that Hawai'i ean take within our coastal jurisdiction. Presented by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and the Hawai'i Community Foundation, The Royal

Hawaiian offers validated event parking: $10 self-park and $15 valet. Validation ean be received at the event. The Royal Hawaiian Resort, Regency Ballroom KŪKAHI: TOGETHER WE RISE UNITY MARCH Oct. 5 Our power is in principled unity. Kūkahi brings the lāhui together across the pae'āina and internationally for a coordinated march, culminating in 5:30pm protocol. Find more info at lahui.org/kukahi ALOHA 'ĀINA CONCERT Oct. 5, 2:30 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Kaumuali'i Hawaiian Civic Club is celebrating a half-century of community service and civic engagement with an aloha 'āina concert at the historic Waimea Theatre. All benefits will go to scholarships for 'ōpio seeking higher education. Doors open at

1:30 p.m. DR. PUALANI KANAKA'OLE KANAHELE IN THE GREEN ROOM Oct. 9, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dr. Kanahele will be the guest of honor at the first event of the "Memorial Series" of the Green Room arts and ecology salons, held in memory of the conservancy's founders, poet and environmentalist W.S. Merwin and his wife Paula Merwin. In this special presentation, Dr. Kanahele, a longtime friend of Mr. Merwin, will read from his epie Hawaiian narrative poem, "The Folding Cliffs," and will discuss Merwin's masterwork through a Kanaka Maoli lens. $20 & $15 for museum members. DAY OF CONQUEST: THE STORY OF KAULULA'AU Oct. 10 - 13,

FREE SCREENING OF MOANANUIĀKEA: ONE OCEAN, ONE PEOPLE, ONE CANOE. Oct 12, 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mā'ili Beach Park Oct 26, 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Kailua Beach Park Moananuiākea is a featurelength documentary film telling the story of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage of legendary eanoe Hōkūle'a. The three-year voyage connected countless individuals and communities from around the globe. It was also the fulfillment of the vision of PVS ; navigator Nainoa Thompson 1 and his contemporaries, to pass i the mantle of celestial navigation I to the next generation of kānaka I maoli who will retain the skills i of their ancestors and perpetuate I this tradition for generations to eome. This documentary illustrates the emeial role of indigenous voices and perspectives in both storytelling and in creating paradigm-changing solutions to the world's most pressing problems. The film honors 'ike Hawai'i — traditional wisdom of

our island culture — on a global stage. It extends the values of the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage and the Hōkūle'a, a beacon of sustainability, unity, and culture, beyond the voyaging community for perpetuation in the wider world. The voyage's groundbreaking conservation and preservation initiatives have already inspired countless new practices to protect our environment. The wildly successful revival of traditional wayfinding, whieh was nearly extinct, has created a resurgence of pride and respect for native cultures and encourages the active rediscovery of forgotten cultural practices. The film does more than bring the audience to the sea, it shows them how our ancestors have always had the keys to a collectively bright future and how it is up to us to use them. The film is presented by the Polynesian Voyaging Society and 'Ōiwi TV and produced by Nā'ālehu Anthony, Bryson Hoe, and Maui Tauotaha, all of whom served as crew members on Hōkūle'a.

Lana 'i Academy ofPerforming Arts The culmination of a year-long project to reeducate our eommunity about the story of Kaulula'au. It will be student led and directed, entrusting our youth with the kuleana of telling this story. Sponsored by OHA. INDIGENOUS BREASTFEEDING COUNSELOR TRAINING Oct. 14 - 18 The Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor Training is a hve-day indigenous developed and led training that incorporates breastfeeding support skill sets with Native Hawaiian birth and breastfeeding practices; it results in a certificate for participants who complete the training. Email breastfeedinghawaiicoalition@gmail. eom for more info. Sponsored by OHA. KINGS' SHOPS CULTURAL FESTIVAL Oct. 19. lOa.m. to 5 p.m. Bring the whole family to the Waikōloa Resort for cultural demonstrations, a guided petroglyph tour, hula and 'ukulele lessons, and great Hawaiian music (Waipuna at

llam, Kalani Pe'a at 3pm, and Sonny Lim & Kevin Kealoha at lpm). THE PĀKA'A LANAKILA! PROJECT: SIX LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS Oct. 21 -23 The Pāka ' a Lanakila ! project is a collaboration between Bishop Museum and Chamber Music Hawai'i taking plaee October 21-23, 2019 at the Museum. Six interactive lecture demonstrations will introduce students through story and music to a Hawaiian coming-of-age story of Pāka'a, told in 'ōlelo Hawai'i and eomplemented by a bi-lingual teacher's guide. Sponosored by OHA.

LAND USE COMMISSION HEARING ON THE KANAHELE PETITION ON MAUNA KEA SUMMIT LANDS Oct. 24-25 A two-day hearing on a petition for declaratory orders regarding the laek ofUH permission to industrialize the summit lands. Time TBA. See luc.hawaii.gov for more info. TRADITIONAL TATTOO FESTIVAL Oct. 25-28 This 4 day event produced by and held at Kohala Institute, The Kohala Village Inn and the Blue Dragon Tavern in Hawaii. TTF features ritualistic and ceremonial practices of traditional tattooing from Paeihe and Arctic cultures including Hawaiian, Inuit, Taiwanese, Filipino, etc. Traditional Tattoo Festival is the first convening of it's kind in Hawai'i. The inspiration for the festival goes beyond the current commereial tattoo trends to illuminate the deep cultural origins of this practice as well as the perpetuation and innovation of the original traditions and its ties to other visual culture makers. ■

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p" -■_» bh- ■ ' .'c: - ' ~ T Hokule'a sailing during the historic Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage ■ Photo: Polynesian Voyaging Society and 'Oiwi TV