Program participants

  • Noa Emmett Aluli, M.D., founding member of Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana and chair of the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission (KIRC).

  • Beadie Kanahele Dawson, Native Hawaiian attorney and recent participant in Kaho‘olawe access.

  • Cami Kanoa, ‘Ohana kua and Kaho‘olawe rancher descendant.

  • Ian Lind, one of the original Kaho‘olawe Nine and political analyst.

  • Derek Mar Jr., ‘Ohana kua and Natural Resource Monitor for the KIRC Restoration Program.

  • Mike Naho‘opi‘i, ‘Ohana kua, former U.S. Navy officer-in-charge of Kaho‘olawe, and project manager for U.S. Navy cleanup.

  • Rowland B. Reeve, Kaho‘olawe archaeologist, writer, and photographer.

  • Hardy Spoehr, HHS president, executive director of Papa Ola Lokahi, and Secretariat of the Kaho‘olawe Island Conveyance Commission.

Performancers

  • ‘Ekela Kaniaupi‘o Crozier, Hawaiian language professor at Leeward Community College.

  • Jon Osorio, Ph.D., professor and director of the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai‘i.

Program coordinators

  • Davianna McGregor, Ph.D., HHS board member, professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, and access coordinator and kua for Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana.

  • Donne Dawson, HHS board member, manager of the Hawai‘i Film Office, and recent participant in Kaho‘olawe access.

  • Kim Ku‘ulei Birnie, access coordinator for ‘Ohana.

The Hawaiian Historical Society invites its members and friends to a special program, Mo‘olelo o Kaho‘olawe: Memories as History. The program will take place on Thursday, May 13th, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. at the Luke Auditorium, Wo International Center, Punahou School. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.

The Society’s annual business meeting to present the president’s report for 2003–2004 and to elect new trustees and the president for 2004–2005 will precede the evening program. Click here for a list of nominees.

Join us for this evening of song and sharing as we learn about the history of Kaho‘olawe through the eyes, ears, and hearts of those who have experienced Kanaloa for themselves. Intertwined with these memories will be a special screening of the award-winning film, Kaho‘olawe: The Breath of Our Ancestors, about to be released on DVD, and photographic highlights from a Kaho‘olawe exhibit that toured all the islands before traveling to the Smithsonian Institution.

Copies of Kaho‘olawe, Nā Leo o Kanaloa, published by ‘Ai Pōhaku Press in 1995, will be available for purchase at the program at a special discount. Cloth edition $36.00. Softcover $22.50. This book of chants and stories of Kaho‘olawe features color and black-and-white photographs by Wayne Levin, Rowland B. Reeve, Franco Salmoiraghi, and David Ulrich.

The program is free and open to the public. Enter the Punahou campus at the corner of Wilder and Punahou and keep to the left. Wo International Center is the fifth building on the left. The parking lot is across the street.

For further information about the program, contact Karen L. Sinn (hhskaren@lava.net) at the Hawaiian Historical Society, 560 Kawaiahao Street Honolulu, HI 96813. Phone and fax: (808) 537-6271.

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