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Hawaiʻi-Pacific Evaluation Association Conference

The Hawaiʻi-Pacific Evaluation Association had its first In-Person conference since 2019. This year’s theme was “Hulihia: Transformative Ea Through Kuleana.” As much as themes are picked to be a common […]

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E Alu Pū

E ALU PŪ is a network linking more than 32 communities from around Hawai`i to increase their effectiveness in managing local biocultural heritage.

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Hui Mālama Loko I’a

Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa is a growing network of fishpond practitioners and organizations from across Hawaiʻi. The Hui was formed as an opportunity for practitioners to empower each other and leverage their skills, knowledge and resources related to restoration and management of loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds).

LIMU HUI

The Limu Hui is a network of elders, educators, and community members from across Hawaiʻi who gather, care for and work to restore native Hawaiian limu (seaweed) around the islands.   In 2014, at the request of elders with traditional limu practitioners, KUA partnered with the ʻEwa Limu Project in an initiative to “gather the gatherers.”

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After many, many years the Kīpahulu community-bas
After many, many years the Kīpahulu community-based subsistence fishing area (CBSFA) rule package is now heading to the BLNR for decision-making for possible adoption this Friday, January 12, 2024. 
Why is this significant to all community-based mālama ʻāina efforts mauka to makai?  Presently there is no other law like the Hawaiʻi CBSFA law. This law allows a community to co-govern and co-manage their fishery in partnership with the state based on the Native Hawaiian customary and traditional subsistence practices of a place. Building a movement for community driven mālama ʻāina mauka to makai cannot grow without pathways like this and currently it is the only one like it. Efforts for similar community to government co-governance efforts are emerging up mauka and in the loʻi and may one day need similar policies to support them. Efforts makai can lead to shifts in policy, resource flows, relationships, culture, habits, and mindsets that better support work up mauka.    It was the community-based natural resource management efforts with another of our founding community efforts at Moʻomomi, Moloka’i that inspired creation of the CBSFA law and the first convening of E Alu Pū back in 2003. E Alu Pū has grown from just over 10 community mālama ʻāina initiatives to over 40. From E Alu Pū, grew KUA. We kākoʻo the Kīpahulu CBSFA and see it as strategic for all community mālama ʻāina efforts! We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow! For those of you who want to tune in online, you can watch on Youtube @boardoflandandnaturalresou1484 #kuahawaii #kuaainauluauamo #lawaiapono #kipahuluohana #kipahulumoku #kipahulumokucbsfa #ourmokuourkuleana #maui #hawaii #kipahulu #communitybasedmanagement #communitybased #ponopractice #maukatomakai #ainamomona #subsistence #cbsfa

Check out the Limu Hui panel from the @hawaiiancou
Check out the Limu Hui panel from the @hawaiiancouncil Native Hawaiian Convention: Limu Kala: Hawai'i's State Limu and Our Kuleana to Protect It. With Limu Hui Coordinator Malia Heimuli, Wallace K. Ito Limu Hui Coordinator Emeritus, Ikaika Rogerson @irogerson of the @thewaimanalolimuhui , Jenny Yagodich of @malama_pupukea_waimea , Napua and Kehaulani Barrows of @waiheelimurestoration Mahalo to all who checked in online a d in person!!!! Yessah!!!

Our network members share so much of themselves in
Our network members share so much of themselves in many ways. In what ways -in your work, practice, and love for community- do you pass mana to the next 10 generations? Mahalo to Mark Lee (@holladayphotos) for this snippet from our Ka Hiʻa o Nā Kūpuna exchange in Kahana. Weʻre looking forward to the next small exchange coming up this weekend!  #kuahawaii #kuaainauluaauamo #lawaiapono #kahiaonakupuna

Ka Hiʻa o Nā Kūpuna, Kahana • The “net-work
Ka Hiʻa o Nā Kūpuna, Kahana • The “net-work” exchange continued with Uncle Chuck coming to Kahana, Oʻahu. Participants from at least 8 different communities came together in focused and facilitated conversations around the planning of Kahana’s net shed. 🪡 Kahiau Wallace recalled that in the past, the Kahana ‘Ohana Lawaiʻa Camps were held to teach youths how to hukilau, throw net, and make crab nets - a part of Kahana Bay's history of having a functioning net shed. If a net shed is restored in Kahana Bay, then it could serve as a place to hold conversations about what sustainable fishing looks like to their community. Members of the community could gather there as well to learn the practices and kuleana that comes with gathering fish in this way, including the mending and long term care of nets. This exchange continues this weekend 📷 @holladayphotos #kuahawaii #kuaainauluaauamo #lawaiapono #kahiaonakupuna

Ka Hiʻa o Nā Kūpuna, Nāpoʻopoʻo • “You c
Ka Hiʻa o Nā Kūpuna, Nāpoʻopoʻo • “You can not go to the store and buy this net, it’s specially made, to build it up [in] our ancestors’ design” -Uncle Chuck Leslie Ka Hiʻa o Nā Kūpuna is a “net-work” exchange that was first initiated by @kekulanuiowaimanalo relationship with uncle Chuck. When the Kahana community came forward with a desire to bring back the function of a net shed in their own community, KUA was able to hold a few exchanges to bring them together and begin their training. Some Kahana ‘ohana was part of the first huakaʻi to Nāpoʻopoʻo late last year, where they learned how to sew net from Uncle Chuck at his home. Here is a short clip by Scott Kanda from this exchange. More small community exchanges to come as we continue this important learning from our kūpuna. Read more on our blog (link in bio). #kuahawaii #kuaainauluaauamo #lawaiapono #kahiaonakupuna

Kāhea from @kipahuluohana: Aloha mai kākou 🌊
Kāhea from @kipahuluohana: Aloha mai kākou 🌊 Mahalo for following Kīpahulu 'Ohana's progress through our designation of the Kīpahulu Moku CBSFA. We have been working towards this designation since 2010. On November 2 from 5:30-8:30pm, there is an important opportunity to determine the outcome of our CBSFA designation at a DAR-led Public Hearing.   THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP.   This Hearing will be both virtual and in-person at Wānanalua Church Hall in Hāna. We encourage 'ohana to testify together.   💻 To provide online testimony: you will need a computer with internet access, video camera, and microphone, or a telephone. Register for online testimony here: https://tinyurl.com/kipahulu-cbsfa 🙋 For in-person testimony: you can sign up at Wānanalua Church on the day of. ✉ For written testimony: email no later than Friday, November 10 to DLNR.Aquatics@hawaii.gov or mailed to Division of Aquatic Resources, 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 330, Honolulu, HI 96813. Here are some talking points to guide testimony:   1. Introduce yourself, who you represent, where you are from, how you are connected to Kīpahulu 2. Share specific comments about the designation or the rules. For example: I agree with the bag limit for ‘opihi because I think it will help prevent overharvesting 3. Close with a clear statement of support or ideas for how to improve. Even if you’re going to say I support everything in this plan, it's important to attend!   Mahalo for your kōkua and solidarity, Kīpahulu 'Ohana #kipahuluohana #kipahulumoku #kipahulumokucbsfa #ourmokuourkuleana #maui #hawaii #kipahulu #communitybasedmanagement #communitybased #ponopractice #maukatomakai #ainamomona #subsistence #lawaiapono #lawaia #malamaikekai #CBSFA

Packed house tonight @uhkapiolani celebrating limu
Packed house tonight @uhkapiolani celebrating limu and honoring some legendary limu lovers. University of Hawaiʻi’s Center for Oral History partnered with KUA to interview some of our Limu Hui participants in 2018. Among the interviewed for this project were: Wally Ito, Vani Ainoa, Ben Villiarimo, Lily Filimino, and Napua Barrows. Mahalo to all who were involved to make this event happen! #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii @hikino17

Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo wouldn’t be what it is to
Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo wouldn’t be what it is today without them. Today we took some time to celebrate Alex @al_be_it, Brenda @lupcheongstuffuhu, and Lauren @anasarca for all of the beautiful ways these wāhine continue to ʻauamo the kuleana set forth by our kūpuna ten years ago. It was a special and intimate gathering with our KUA team, board members, and the next generation of kiaʻi. Mahalo to their ʻohana for sharing them with us all of these years - and bigups to @paepaeoheeia @hikino17 @changkwaix for creating a special space and time to celebrate. And if you love them as much as we do, share a special memory - tell them how you feel in the comments. Hereʻs to the next 10… #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii 📷 @changkwaix

Please join us for an event in partnership with th
Please join us for an event in partnership with the UH Center for Oral History as we feature interviews from Limu Hui members being released on UH Mānoa's ScholarSpace. These interviews were recorded at the 2018 Limu Hui Gathering at Kalaemanō on Hawaiʻi Island. Interviewees are Wally Ito, Alyson Nāpua Barrows, Benjamin Villiarimo, Lily Filomino, and Vivian "Vani" Ainoa. We will be showcasing portions of the interviews and hear from Limu Hui members present at the event. Wednesday, September 20th Kapiʻolani Community College STEM Center Kokiʻo 202 5:00 - 7:00 PM Light refreshments will be served This event is sponsored by UH Mānoa Center for Oral History, Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo, & Mālama Maunalua #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii

KUA’s ED, Kevin Chang, pictured here with Secret
KUA’s ED, Kevin Chang, pictured here with Secretary Deb Haaland, returned from Washington DC with a sense of having participated in a historic event of many firsts. Members of Hui Mālama Loko Iʻa network, Makua Perry (Loko Ea) and Joey Palupe (Kualoa Ranch), showcased their knowledge and fishpond practices at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Hawaiʻi’s colonial history was examined for the first time in a major exhibition at the Smithsonian's @nationalportraitgallery groundbreaking exhibit "1898: Imperial Visions and Revisions.” KUA was there in solidarity with a national movement to support the federal administration's Justice 40 initiative (40% of all resources go to frontline local BIPOC and indigenous community conservation efforts) to protect 30% of the US’s natural resources by 2030. This was one of the first, if not rare, multi-ethnic coalition platforms on the environment. More info to come - check out our blog! #kuaainauluauamo #kuahawaii

We are still winding down from a lovely Limu Hui g
We are still winding down from a lovely Limu Hui gathering, but we want to extend a huge mahalo to Uncle Mac Poepoe, Aunty Hala, Aunty Peke, Ka Honua Momona and the many hands who took good care of us. And to everyone who joined us, we know it takes a lot to take time away from your busy lives, to try your luck getting on your Mokulele flights, all in order to join our gathering circle. We love seeing your reflections, please continue to tag us so we can read them all. Mahalo @changkwaix for these snaps and for his poetic reflection as well - go check it out. Until next time! @gingerdidthis #kuahawaii #kuaainauluauamo #limuhui #nolimunofish

Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief for Briti
Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief for British Columbia Terry Teegee speaks on issues of Indigenous people, marine conservation and reconciliation at #IMPAC5 Leadership Forum 2-9-23. All talks today took into account the need to get resources to, to support and empower greater local solutions and governance to marine conservation issues that respect the needs of the people in their places. Policy rhetoric is beginning to speak to building a more whole community.


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After many, many years the Kīpahulu community-based subsistence fishing area (CBSFA) rule package is now heading to the BLNR for decision-making for possible adoption this Friday, January 12, 2024.
Why is this significant to all community-based mālama ʻāina efforts mauka to makai? Presently there is no other law like the Hawaiʻi CBSFA law. This law allows a community to co-govern and co-manage their fishery in partnership with the state based on the Native Hawaiian customary and traditional subsistence practices of a place. Building a movement for community driven mālama ʻāina mauka to makai cannot grow without pathways like this and currently it is the only one like it. Efforts for similar community to government co-governance efforts are emerging up mauka and in the loʻi and may one day need similar policies to support them. Efforts makai can lead to shifts in policy, resource flows, relationships, culture, habits, and mindsets that better support work up mauka.  It was the community-based natural resource management efforts with another of our founding community efforts at Moʻomomi, Moloka’i that inspired creation of the CBSFA law and the first convening of E Alu Pū back in 2003. E Alu Pū has grown from just over 10 community mālama ʻāina initiatives to over 40. From E Alu Pū, grew KUA. We kākoʻo the Kīpahulu CBSFA and see it as strategic for all community mālama ʻāina efforts!We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow! For those of you who want to tune in online, you can watch on Youtube @boardoflandandnaturalresou1484#kuahawaii #kuaainauluauamo #lawaiapono #kipahuluohana #kipahulumoku #kipahulumokucbsfa #ourmokuourkuleana #maui #hawaii #kipahulu #communitybasedmanagement #communitybased #ponopractice #maukatomakai #ainamomona #subsistence #cbsfa ... See MoreSee Less

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