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EXPLORING CULTURAL IDENTITY: ESSAYS

Student Reflections


Pehea nā Maka?
Artwork by Tiana Kuni, 2006

Nā ‘Eha o Kaho‘olawe
Poetry by Kapono Chang

Is This Real?
Poetry by Le‘a Ka‘aha‘aina, 2006

Game Show
Poetry by Kikolani Martinez, 2006

Ho‘i Hou i ke Ehu
It is all of our kuleana, our responsibility, as Pauahi-embraced native Hawaiians, to give back to the generations that follow us.

E Ola Mau nā Kūpuna i Loko o Kākou
The field of archaeology in Hawaiʻi has been a source of turmoil since its inception in the islands.

I Maui Aku Nei Au
A journal excerpt from a 2005 trip to Maui, by Hiʻilei Manoʻi-Hyde. “Ua hiki mai ka lā hope o kā mākou huaka‘i poina ‘ole ma Maui. I kēia lā, ua a‘o mākou i nā mea pili i ka wahi o Lahaina (‘o Lele kona inoa kahiko).”