U.S National Science Foundation
Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges & Science
In 2023, Huliauapaʻa and the Kaliʻuokapaʻakai Collective embarked on a new long term partnership with the U.S National Science Foundation Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (NSF CBIKS) Over the next 5 years the NSF CBIKS will focus on complex, evolving challenges brought on by climate change, including dire impacts affecting land, water, plant, and animal life; the danger posed to irreplaceable archaeological sites, sacred places, and cultural heritage; and the challenges of changing food, systems–all of which disproportionately affect indigenous communities.
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As the backbone organization for the Kaliʻuokapaʻakai Collective, Huliauapaʻa has been selected as one of the co-leads of the Pacific Islands Hub, working alongside our partners, the Mātangireia Waka Trust of Aotearoa. Other Hub locations representing NSF CBIKS include the Northeast, Midwest, Mountains and Prairies, Pacific Northwest, Southwest, Alaska/Arctic, and Australia. The eight regional Hubs will use community-based approaches to develop and carry out place-based transdisciplinary projects, braiding indigenous and western science methodology in our partnerships with over 57 indigenous communities.
Learn more about our efforts with NSF CBIKS below!
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Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa Place-Based Study
As part of our hui’s work with NSF CBIKS, we had the opportunity to focus on the ʻāina of Kahaluʻu Kūāhewa as a Place-Based Study.