Wahi Kūpuna Stewardship
Toolkit Share Series
Kuʻu Ēwe, Kuʻu Piko, Kuʻu Koko:
Mālama i nā Iwi Kūpuna
2020 Community Empowerment Workshops
In collaboration with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Huliauapaʻa conducted two virtual community empowerment workshop series:
Centered around engaging and empowering those with kuleana to mālama i nā iwi kupuna.
These workshop series stemmed from the priority focus areas identified by the Kaliʻuokapaʻakai Collective, in which Huliauapaʻa currently serves as the backbone organization.
“The care and protection of iwi kūpuna and kulāiwi are integral components to the health and wellbeing of our Lāhui. In alignment with our new Strategic Plan, Mana i Mauli Ola 2020-2035,” said OHA Land, Culture & History Research Manager Pūlama Lima. “OHA has collaborated with Huliauapaʻa in an effort to strengthen and increase community capacity and literacy in wahi kūpuna stewardship practices.”
Kuʻu Ēwe, Kuʻu Piko, Kuʻu Iwi, Kuʻu Koko
Kuʻu Ēwe, Kuʻu Piko, Kuʻu Iwi, Kuʻu Koko was a six-part workshop series that ran from May to December 2020. These workshops were aimed to build community capacity and equip and empower participants in developing proficiencies in a variety of foundational topic areas related to caring for iwi kūpuna. Over 200 community members participated with 830 total participation hours. Practitioners and topic area experts graciously shared their ‘ike and experiences in the following areas:
Reaffirming the Importance of Caring for Iwi Kūpuna
Conducting
Moʻokūʻauhau
Kanaka Research
Conducting Map Research and Connecting Moʻokūʻauhau to ʻĀina
Navigating State
Process for Protecting
Iwi Kūpuna
Navigating Federal Process for Protecting
Iwi Kūpuna
International
Repatriation Efforts
Kai Markell
Kekuewa Kikiloi and
Kepoʻo Keliʻipaʻakaua
Pūlama Lima and
Donovan Preza
Malia Akutagawa
Stanton Enomoto and
Lisa Oshiro Suganuma
Halealoha Ayau and
Noelle Kahanu
A number of new and informative resources were developed as part of this workshop series. These resources are also housed on the Huliauapaʻa website and include: