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This past fall, Kealakehe High School (KHS) and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education partnered with Liliʻuokalani Trust (LT) to offer an ʻāina-based Alternative Learning Opportunity (ALO).

We have experienced deep grief for the loss of our land, language and cultural identity.

Night represents birth as in the birth of Hawaiʻinuiākea and all of his sibling islands unto and past the borders of Kaʻula to the atolls and shoals of what is known today as Papahānaumokuākea, whose name itself recalls the birth of islands.

By Imaikalani Winchester In Hawaiʻi, the month of July is an important time to celebrate justice and independence for Hawaiians, not Americans. This month commemorates a critical moment in our national history: ka Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, or Sovereignty Restoration Day, our first Hawaiian national holiday. Ka Lā...

Earlier this year Native Hawaiians welcomed word from Washington D.C., that President Joe Biden would restore the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

ʻO ka Pō he hōʻilona ia o ka hānau ʻana o Hawaiʻinuiākea me kona mau hanauna mokupuni ā hiki i ka palena ʻo Kaʻula ā hiki aku i nā moku pāpapa o Papanuihānaumoku, a ma kēlā inoa hanohano e hoʻomanao ʻia mau ana ka hānau ʻana o nā mokupuni a pau o Hawaiʻi.

Leading the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce (NHCC) during a pandemic has been an interesting yet deeply humbling and rewarding experience.

Haliʻa Aloha - obituaries and mele kanikau

The following is an excerpt of an interview with Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, esteemed kupuna, haku mele and loea hula, by OHA Digital Archive Specialist Kale Hannahs.

Kalo was not always present throughout the history of the Hawaiian Islands. It is a canoe plant that came with the first Polynesian voyagers.