The Kaliʻuokapaʻakai Collective
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Re-envisioning Wahi Kūpuna Stewardship in Hawaiʻi
Our Vision
Our vision is empowered communities restoring, reinvigorating, and stewarding Hawaiʻi’s wahi kūpuna.
Our Mission
Our mission is to collectively activate and fulfill our kuleana to protect Hawaiʻi’s wahi kūpuna and ʻike kūpuna.
Our Hui: An Interdisciplinary Community of Practice
The Kali‘uokapa‘akai Collective is an interdisciplinary community of practice of advocates in wahi kūpuna stewardship. We were created from the need to organize our shared ideas, resources, and strategies to build capacity and take collective action in safeguarding Hawaiʻi’s wahi kūpuna. The Collective’s purpose is to strengthen Wahi Kūpuna Stewardship through collaboration and collective efforts.
To promote future collaborations, increase awareness on issues surrounding Cultural Resource Management and Wahi Kūpuna Stewardship, and in efforts to grow capacity and resources for wahi kūpuna stewards, Collective members prioritized our efforts around four focus areas.
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Building Community Capacity in Wahi Kūpuna Stewardship
Knowledge Cultivation and Stewardship
Mālama Iwi Kūpuna
Restoring Wahi Kūpuna
The Kaliʻuokapaʻakai Collective has been gathering since 2017 to identify and establish a common agenda for advancing wahi kūpuna stewardship.
Protect and Restore Wahi Kūpuna
Actively managing our wahi kūpuna, iwi kūpuna, and koehana (artifacts).
Developing systems to better navigate the Historic Preservation process and creating best practices for restoring wahi kūpuna.
Empower Community-Based Stewardship
Building community capacity to mālama wahi kūpuna through participation, collaboration, education, training, and resources.
Accessing our wahi kūpuna to re-activate and re-vitalize our practices in these spaces.
Generate and Steward Knowledge
Prioritizing ʻŌiwi knowledge systems by honoring place-based expertise, integrating natural and cultural resources, and grounding knowledge in a cultural context.
Creating an interdisciplinary systems approach and best practices to properly gather, manage, and disseminate wahi kūpuna data.