Nā Momi Hoʻoheno was created to capture the treasured life stories of our Hawaiian people so that future generations might be enriched by these priceless moʻolelo of our cherished and unique way of life. Adelaide Kaiwi Kuamū Sylva was born in 1914 and raised in Olowalu Valley, Maui. In the late 1920s, she moved to nearby Lahaina where she and her family have been ever since. Aunty Adelaide recalls the days of her youth and visits her childhood home for the first time in some 80 years.

When one thinks about the great expanse of the Pacific Ocean and where it touches, the ice-cold shores of Alaska may not be the first place that comes to mind! However, in 1990, efforts to construct a canoe out of traditional materials brought Alaska and Hawai‘i together as Hawai‘i’s forests did not have koa logs big enough to be carved into a double-hull sailing canoe. Learn more about the unique relationship between Alaska and Hawai‘i and the work we are doing together for Moananuiākea.

Kūlana Kanaka is a video talk-story that invites guests to speak about our roles and responsibilities as kanaka ʻōiwi to ourselves, our ʻohana, our kaiāulu, and our lāhui. In this episode, kumu hula Snowbird Bento talks story with Kumu Hina about the importance of ceremony and protocol in our lives as kanaka ‘ōiwi, and the spread of knowledge and practices relating to ceremony alongside aloha ʻāina movements in recent years.