Centering and Celebrating Cultures in Health

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 their health and their identities. Traditions from Pohnpei By Carol Ann Carl What is a cultural practice you incorporate into your daily life to help sustain your overall health and […]

Spiritual Galactagogues: Aligning Celestial Shifts and New cycles of Equity

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 often a non-linear experience with a road filled with trials, tribulations, and triumphs. Finding a moment of silence to reflect on the various forces on our lives can be difficult. […]

The Legend of the Māpuna Lab

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 Said of loving companionship Pukui (no. 2649) On the other side of yesterday, there swam five ‘o‘opu¹ in a secluded pond nestled within the academy of the University of Hawaiʻi at […]

Kākuhihewa

(c. 1540-1634)

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.