Centering and Celebrating Cultures in Health In this blog post, some of our lab members share on the cultural practices that help them to maintain
Spiritual Galactagogues: Aligning Celestial Shifts and New cycles of Equity The Galactic Gears Behind the Vernal Equinox The journey of wāhine1 hood is more than
Come back to the blog to read along while you listen Pili kau, pili hoʻoilo Together in the dry season, together in the wet season
The MĀPUNA LAB is a place of respite for those experiencing colonial trauma. Our work is naʻau centered and focused on health and healing. Guided by ʻōhiʻa lehua as our teacher, an endemic Hawaiian tree, we work in reciprocity and partnership in healing the chronic and existential pain of historical and intergenerational trauma with our Pacific Islander brothers and sisters.
Kākuhihewa is the 15th aliʻi ‘aimoku (ruling chief) of O‘ahu famously named in the mele “Kaulana Nā Pua.” Kākuhihewa was a kind and friendly chief who was born in Kūkaniloko and raised in the ‘Ewa moku. His primary endeavor was farming, and it is said that his abundant harvests on O‘ahu could be smelled from Kaua‘i.
Today, there is a state office building named after him in Kapolei.