{"id":603,"date":"2016-08-24T18:46:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T04:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/?page_id=603"},"modified":"2017-04-21T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T02:19:34","slug":"papa-aloha-aina-2016-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogsites.ksbe.edu\/fnfp\/profiles\/fellows\/papa-aloha-aina-2016-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Papa Aloha \u02bb\u0100ina (2016-2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Hinerangi Barr<\/strong> holds a degree in Broadcasting Communications and has more than 25 years\u2019 experience in media and the communications industry. She has worked in radio, television, print, social media and on communication campaigns. In 2006, she established a company, Te \u0100iorangi Ltd, to provide communication services and advice from a M\u0101ori perspective.<\/p>\n

For the last two years, she has provided communications support to the Minister for M\u0101ori Development Minister and the M\u0101ori Party which is the only indigenous political party in Parliament.<\/p>\n

Hinerangi is a strong advocate of M\u0101ori language and has raised all her children in a M\u0101ori-speaking household and through M\u0101ori-medium education. She is currently studying at the Institute of Excellence in the M\u0101ori Language \u2013 Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo.<\/p>\n

She has been actively involved in a range of political and cultural issues for her sub-tribe K\u0101ti M\u0101haki and Ng\u0101i Tahu including the management of pounamu (jade). Hinerangi believes indigenous story-telling and tailored communications are vital tools of M\u0101ori development.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Aloha mai k\u0101kou! My name is Kapua Lililehua Chandler<\/strong>. I am the youngest and only daughter of Hilary Ferris and Kirkland Chandler; sister to Kuhio, Kai, and Kaleo Chandler. My maternal roots stretch back to the \u02bb\u0101ina of Oregon and California, while my paternal side is rooted in Wainiha, H\u0101\u02bbena, and Kalalau valley on the island of Kaua\u02bbi. Born on the island of Kaua\u02bbi and raised in the moku of Halele\u02bba, the cultural practices of fishing, hunting, and farming were steadily ingrained into my daily routine. With a strong foundation in cultural practices, I left at the young age of eleven years old to board and attend Kamehameha Schools Kap\u0101lama campus on the island of O\u02bbahu.<\/p>\n

As the first in a long line of descendants from my Grandmother, Elizabeth “Kapeka” Mahuiki Chandler, to attend Kamehameha Schools, I have since continued my educational journey without falter. Upon graduating from Kamehameha Schools in 2008, I received a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science with a second major in Mathematics in 2012 from the University of Portland in Oregon. I returned to Hawai\u02bbi and in 2014 received a Master’s of Education in Educational Administration with a focus in Higher Education from the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa. I am now pursuing my Doctoral degree at the University of California Los Angeles in Higher Education and Organizational Change.<\/p>\n

As my education has taken me to the lands of my ancestors, both maternal and paternal, my commitment to my Halele\u02bba, Kaua\u02bbi community remains steadfast. In the realm of education, my research agenda has focused on issues of access and retention in higher education for Native Hawaiian students. While not in the classroom, each break and summer I return home to work our family farm, hunt with my brother, fish with my father, and make lei with my mother. I have worked summers with the Waip\u0101 Foundation \u02bbohana as a Kumu, teaching our keiki about our \u02bb\u0101ina through mo\u02bbolelo, hana, and \u02bbike. When I return home, I stay active through paddling for Hanalei Canoe Club (founded by my Grandparents). It is through reconnecting with my \u02bbohana, in its various forms, I am kept grounded in my culture, thereby grounded in my values, and continuously motivated to improving our higher education system for our Native Hawaiian youth.<\/p>\n

As one of the few self-identified country Hawaiian women in higher education, I have come to understand the ways in which higher education is an unwelcoming place for many of our Native Hawaiian youth. My goal is to re-vision the way we think of higher education beyond the Western standard and re-develop spaces with the specific intent to serve Native Hawaiian peoples. Furthermore, I aim to work with and learn from other Indigenous peoples to improve our higher education system in Hawai\u02bbi. I envision a higher education where Hawaiian culture and practice are embraced and rooted in every degree granted whether in science, engineering, art, or language. As an Indigenous educator and cultural practitioner, I am excited to be a part of this year’s First Nations\u2019 Futures Program hui and look forward to learning and growing through fellowship with my peers. Mahalo piha.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Aloha mai. My name is \u02bb\u0100nela Marie Kawehikulaon\u0101lani Evans<\/strong>. I was raised, from birth, in L\u0101na\u02bbi City, in the ahupua\u02bba of Kamoku, on the island of L\u0101na\u02bbi. My parents are Martha Haia Evans and the late Andrew Evans. I am of Hawaiian, Portuguese, Greek, Welsh, and Chinese ancestry. I graduated from The Kamehameha Schools Kap\u0101lama Campus in 2003. I then attended the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa, where I earned Bachelor of Arts in 2007 and Master of Arts Degrees in 2011, both in Hawaiian Studies as well as completed comprehensive studies in \u02bb\u014clelo Hawai\u02bbi and Ethnic Studies.<\/p>\n

At the age of four, I began formal hula training under Kumu Hula Rita Moon of N\u0101 Pua Lei O Ke Kauna\u02bboa. In 2003, after graduating from high school, I began dancing with Ka P\u0101 Hula O Kauanoe O Wa\u02bbahila under the direction of Kumu Hula Maelia Lobenstein Carter. During my hula career, both h\u0101lau stressed the value that \u201cHula is Life,\u201d and that the practice of hula is all encompassing of all of the cultural traditions that accompany the dance, such as lei making, oli and cultural protocol. Hula has presented amazing opportunities to me, such as the chance to travel and participate in cultural exchanges in Japan and Aotearoa, as well as numerous opportunities to participate with my h\u0101lau in the prestigious Merrie Monarch Festival.<\/p>\n

While studying at UH M\u0101noa, I became involved in the Protect Kaho\u02bbolawe \u02bbOhana, where I\u2019ve volunteered as a facilitator, planner, and coordinator of huaka\u02bbi to Kaho\u02bbolawe, as well as coordinated educational events and fundraisers for the \u02bbOhana for over 10 years. Eventually, my volunteer experience on Kaho\u02bbolawe led to the opportunity to work for the Kaho\u02bbolawe Island Reserve Commission, where I served as the Coordinator for Volunteer Access to Kaho\u02bbolawe for two years.<\/p>\n

L\u0101na\u02bbi, however, has always been where my heart is, and in 2015, I was blessed with the opportunity to return home and pursue my career goals with P\u016blama L\u0101na\u02bbi, where I currently serve as an Assistant Manager in the Culture and Historic Preservation Division. Through my capacity at P\u016blama L\u0101na\u02bbi, I am able to work with the community and visitors to engage in stewardship of L\u0101na\u02bbi\u2019s cultural and natural resources as well as present educational opportunities to various groups. Currently, our division is hard at work restoring one of L\u0101na\u02bbi\u2019s five loko i\u02bba as well as caring for ancient lo\u02bbi in Maunalei Valley, where L\u0101na\u02bbi\u2019s only perennial stream once flowed.<\/p>\n

L\u0101na\u02bbi means the world to me. I was raised in a time and place where the Hawaiian practice of extended \u02bbohana was still prominent. Everyone helped everyone and I was taught that caring for others and the community is extremely important. Both of my parents worked full-time \u2013 my mother as sixth grade teacher, and my father as the sole L\u0101na\u02bbi employee for the phone company. My parents were integral members of the L\u0101na\u02bbi community and often put the needs of others first. My mom spearheaded the fight against L\u0101na\u02bbi Company in the late 1980s. She often tells of how I spent my second birthday at a contested case hearing of the Land Use Commission, the major issues being community access to the land and ocean, water use, and preservation of cultural and natural resources. These are the values that I strive to live every day and I have made it my mission in life to give back to L\u0101na\u02bbi.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Makana Kaha`ulelio<\/strong> is from K\u0101ne`ohe, O`ahu and currently resides in Ka`a`awa. She attended Kamehameha Schools and upon graduating, went straight into the workforce where she found a passion for the field of education. To strengthen her abilities as a teacher, Makana returned to school as a non-traditional student and earned a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies; Childhood Education.
\nAs a child, Makana spent much of her time exploring the beaches, mountains and streams of Ko`olaupoko, which instilled in her a strong connection to the natural environment. As a teacher, she witnessed the benefit of outdoor experiences for students\u2019 social, emotional and academic growth. With this foundation, Makana\u2019s mission is to cultivate future leaders of Hawai`i who are committed to caring for our `\u0101ina.
\nTo best focus on her mission, Makana started her own business to support and serve schools and youth organizations through customized programs developing leadership skills, team engagement, and environmental literacy. Makana also serves as the Hawai`i State Coordinator for Project Learning Tree, a national award-winning environmental education curriculum.
\nMakana is a forever-student, open to new ideas and thirsty to learn. She is humbled and honored to be chosen as a First Nations\u2019 Futures fellow and looks forward to representing and serving her community through this experience.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Aloha mai! \u02bbO Shaelene Ku\u02bbulei Kamaka\u02bbala<\/strong> ko\u02bbu inoa. Born and raised in the ahupua\u02bba of Punalu\u02bbu, Ko\u02bbolau Loa, O\u02bbahu, I later moved to and currently reside in Kahana, the neighboring ahupua\u02bba, where my \u02bbohana trace our roots back at least three generations. Growing up as a fisherman\u2019s daughter, my earliest memories are filled with rich experiences of walking our shorelines, climbing mountains to kilo i\u02bba, and practically always being on the boat. My love for the ocean and all its life traces back through my subconscious memories to my k\u016bpuna who passed such values and memories down…simple things like sharing one\u2019s catch and only taking what you need…values that continue to live through my father and \u02bbohana today. Yet, through all of this beauty, at a time where rising oceans, climate change, and the rapid degradation of our natural and bio-cultural resources pose serious and real threats to our ability to engage in our cultural practices, I am inspired to live a life and career that will help provide systemic solutions for Hawai\u02bbi and the world.<\/p>\n

Graduating from the Kamehameha Schools in 2005 (I mua!), I completed my Associate\u2019s of Art Degree in Political Science from Marymount College, Palos Verdes, California in 2007, my Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Political Science from the University of San Diego in 2009, and most recently, my Juris Doctor Degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law in 2014.<\/p>\n

I am rooted and active in my community as the joint-co-founder of the Kahana Kilo Kai program, a grassroots and community-based ocean monitoring program (a program housed within the non-profit organization Ho\u02bb\u0101la \u02bb\u0100ina K\u016bpono, in which I am also a board member of). Kahana Kilo Kai\u2019s vision is to build the community\u2019s capacity to restore Kahana\u2019s konohiki fishery and bring abundance back to the bay. I also represent O\u02bbahu as a member of the E Alu P\u016b Council, a network of grassroots communities caring for their place. Since graduating from law school, I have had the privilege of working with and learning from communities statewide, while championing community-based stewardship of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s nearshore fisheries. I learned that it\u2019s the families who depend on the resources for subsistence and cultural practices that hold knowledge about nature\u2019s cycles and social dynamics, providing real-time solutions to better steward Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s natural and bio cultural resources.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, I worked with the Hui \u02bb\u0100ina Momona Program at the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa to develop a cross-disciplinary graduate and professional level certificate program in culturally grounded resource management. I was also afforded the opportunity to k\u014dkua the Mo\u02bbomomi and Ho\u02bbolehua Homestead community as we updated and submitted its Mo\u02bbomomi North Coast of Moloka\u02bbi Community Based Subsistence Fishing Area Proposal and Management Plan to the Dept. of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources. With watershed management planning experience working with the Mana\u02bbe, Moloka\u02bbi community, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, The Nature Conservancy, and other stakeholders, I have recently joined Townscape, Inc. staff to develop a watershed management plan for urban Honolulu.<\/p>\n

As our L\u0101hui continues to engage in discussions about sovereignty, a wise k\u016bpuna once shared that sovereignty is the ability of our people to feed and sustain themselves. I am excited and honored to serve as a 2016-2017 FNFP Fellow and am looking forward to building skillsets and experiences to provide innovative and systemic solutions that will support our community\u2019s return to m\u0101lama \u02bb\u0101ina.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ano\u02bbai me ke aloha e n\u0101 hoa makamaka o Ko Hawai\u02bbi Pae \u02bb\u0100ina. \u02bbO L\u0101iana Kanoa-Wong<\/strong> ko\u02bbu inoa. He kama au na Laiana Wong l\u0101ua \u02bbo Lilinoe Kealoha Wong. I was raised in the adjoining ahupua\u02bba of Kap\u0101lama and Kalihi, Kona, O\u02bbahu but currently reside in Kahalu\u02bbu, Ko\u02bbolaupoko, O\u02bbahu. I am a proud graduate of the kula kaiapuni Hawaiian immersion system, beginning at P\u016bnana Leo o Honolulu, continuing at Ke Kula Kaiapuni \u02bbo Waiau and eventually Ke Kula Kaiapuni \u02bbo \u0100nuenue where I graduated as valedictorian in 2002. I graduated with my B.A. in \u02bb\u014clelo Hawai\u02bbi and my Masters of Education, both from the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa. Like my parents before me, my background is in Hawaiian education. I began my career teaching at my former schools; P\u016bnana Leo, Ke Kula Kaiapuni \u02bbo \u0100nuenue, as well as H\u0101lau K\u016b M\u0101na New Century Public Charter School. I\u2019ve also taught many intersession programs through N\u0101 Pua No\u02bbeau as well as Kamehameha Schools Extension Education Programs, and always through a lens of aloha \u2018\u0101ina and ho\u02bb\u014dla l\u0101hui. In 2013, I was welcomed into the Ho\u02bbokahua \u02bbohana at Kamehameha Schools where my duties include helping to revitalize our language and culture organization-wide for haum\u0101na and Kamehameha Schools staff on every island.<\/p>\n

As a proud parent of three keiki kaiapuni, I enjoy staying active with the parent organizations for Ke Kula Kaiapuni \u2018o Samuel M. Kamakau and P\u016bnana Leo o M\u0101noa as well as being a parent representative of the \u02bbAha Kauleo, the kaiapuni advisory board to the DOE superintendent. My community involvement has included being an Access Guide and longtime Kua-In-Training for the Protect Kaho\u02bbolawe \u02bbOhana as well as helping out at many lo\u02bbi kalo and loko i\u02bba around our pae \u2018\u0101ina. I am very humbled and grateful for this amazing opportunity to learn and grow in the First Nations\u2019 Futures Program. I believe that through \u02bb\u014dlelo Hawai\u02bbi and aloha \u2018\u0101ina, we can help educate the next generations of k\u0101naka maoli to be exemplary stewards of our culture, \u2018\u0101ina and l\u0101hui.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Aloha mai, o au \u2018o Sanoe Marfil<\/strong>. Ua h\u0101nai a h\u0101nau au ma ka mokupuni o O\u2018ahu a k\u0113ia manawa noho au ma ka \u2018\u0101ina pulapula ma N\u0101n\u0101kuli me ku\u2018u \u2018ohana.<\/p>\n

As a proud graduate of N\u0101n\u0101kuli High School, I continued my education at the University of Hawaii at M\u0101noa and earned a B.A. in Humanities with a focus in Hawaiian Pacific Studies. Currently, I am a student at Kamakak\u016bokalani pursing a Masters degree in Hawaiian Culture with a focus in \u2018\u0101ina and mo\u2018olelo.<\/p>\n

For the past 10 years I have worked at the Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (INPEACE). I spend my time focused on my personal passion for Hawaiian culture by designing and creating curriculum and activities to instill knowledge, appreciation and skills in the Hawaiian culture for professionals, families and individuals of all ages.<\/p>\n

I am humbled and honored for this opportunity and I believe that it will help drive my commitment and passion to my community of N\u0101n\u0101kuli.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Tena Koutau katoa. I te taha o toku mama ko Maungatere te maunga, ko Rakahuriri te awa, ko Ngai Tuahuriri te hapu. I te taha o toku papa ko Waimango te marae, ko Te Whanau o Haunui toku hapu. Ko Ngai Tahu raua ko Ngati Raukawa oku iwi. Ko Hana Huria Royal<\/strong> ahau.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tena koutou katoa my name is Hana Royal and I am 25 years old. I grew up on my pa at Tuahiwi in North Canterbury.<\/p>\n

Following graduation of high school, I attended University of Auckland Medical School. In 2014, I graduated with a bachelor of Medicine and Surgery.<\/p>\n

My ultimate career goal is to become a General Surgeon specialising in breast surgery. My aspiration is to eliminate non genetic breast cancer within Maori, one woman at a time.<\/p>\n

I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in FNFP and to advance our shared first nations aspirations.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Corban Te Aika<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kai aku nui, kai aku rahi, n\u0101ia te mihi. <\/em><\/p>\n

I have iwi affiliations to Ng\u0101i Tahu, Ng\u0101ti Awa and Te Wh\u0101nau-a-Apanui.<\/p>\n

I am a graduate of the University of Canterbury where I completed a Bachelor of Arts Hons in Te Reo M\u0101ori (language) and M\u0101ori and Indigenous Studies. In my final year, I took on a tutoring role before being appointed as an Assistant Lecturer at Aotahi: School of M\u0101ori and Indigenous Studies.<\/p>\n

As a second language learner, I have been heavily involved in Ng\u0101i Tahu\u2019s language revitalisation programme, Kotahi Mano K\u0101ika (KMK), as a learner, teacher and employee. KMK seeks to have 1000 Ng\u0101i Tahu homes speaking Te Reo M\u0101ori by 2025.<\/p>\n

I currently work as a Mana Whenua Education Facilitator, working with schools to incorporate and embed the cultural narratives of local r\u016bnanga (tribal councils) into curriculum and everyday teaching practice.<\/p>\n

Outside of work, I am an avid kapa haka (M\u0101ori performing arts) performer, tutor and composer. In 2013, I co-founded a kapa haka group, Te Pao a Tahu, a group dedicated to preserving Ng\u0101i Tahu stories and traditions. I am also actively involved in r\u016bnanga affairs at Tuahiwi Marae, home of my primary hap\u016b (sub-tribe) Ng\u0101i T\u016b\u0101huriri.<\/p>\n

<\/a>T\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. Ko Henare Te Aika-Puanaki<\/strong> t\u014dku ingoa. He uri t\u0113nei o Ng\u0101i Tahu, Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, Ng\u0101i T\u0101manuhiri, Ng\u0101ti Awa me Te Wh\u0101nau-a-Apanui. <\/em>My name is Henare and I am currently working in total immersion education at Te Kura Kaupapa M\u0101ori o Te Wh\u0101nau Tahi in Christchurch, New Zealand, teaching at secondary level. I live with my partner Rhea and we have a young boy, Te Maiaorere. I affiliate to many tribes but have grown and developed in my Ng\u0101i Tahu tribe on the South Island.<\/p>\n

I completed a Bachelor of Language (Specialising in M\u0101ori) at Ara \u2013 Canterbury Institute of Technology (previously known as CPIT) in 2011 and then went on to attain a Grad. Dip. in Secondary Teaching and Learning in 2012. I also graduated from Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo \u2013 The Institute of Excellence of The M\u0101ori Language in 2012.<\/p>\n

My passions include kapa haka (M\u0101ori performing arts), M\u0101ori language development and keeping up with tribal activities. I am committed to growing my village of Tuahiwi, north of Christchurch, in te reo M\u0101ori and our particular knowledge systems regarding protocol, land, genealogy and traditional narratives.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ko Ng\u0101i Tahu taku iwi,<\/em><\/p>\n

Ko Ng\u0101ti Irakehu me Ng\u0101ti Wheke ng\u0101 hap\u016b,<\/em><\/p>\n

Ko R\u0101paki me \u014cnuku, ng\u0101 marae, ko David Tikao<\/strong> taku ingoa. <\/em><\/p>\n

My tribe is Ng\u0101i Tahu, my sub-tribes are Ng\u0101ti Irakehu and Ng\u0101ti Wheke and my marae are R\u0101paki and \u014cnuku. My name is David Tikao.<\/p>\n

I run a savings and pension fund, called \u2018Whai Rawa\u2019 on behalf of tribal members. It has funds under management of $52M and 21,000 members. The fund is a key distribution mechanism for our tribe. I am also a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Canterbury.<\/p>\n

<\/a>T\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Ko K\u0101i Tahu me Te Rarawa \u014dku iwi. Ko T\u0101wini White<\/strong> t\u014dku ingoa.<\/em> I grew up in Wh\u0101ng\u0101rei, Christchurch and a small rural town called R\u0101wene, NZ. I attended k\u014dhanga reo in Wh\u0101ng\u0101rei, primary school in Christchurch and high school in Kaikohe. I currently live in Dunedin, NZ after completing my Master of Arts in M\u0101ori Studies at the University of Otago in May. My research focused on M\u0101ori tribal and regional languages. I am now a tutor for the M\u0101ori language, culture and society at the University of Otago. I have a passion for the revitalisation of the M\u0101ori language and culture, more specifically tribal dialects. I am excited for this opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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