Comments on: Hawaiian medicinal plant research sparks student interest in STEM professions /news/2014/08/11/hawaiian-medicinal-plant-research-sparks-student-interest-in-stem-professions/ News from the University of Hawaii Thu, 28 Oct 2021 22:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kitty /news/2014/08/11/hawaiian-medicinal-plant-research-sparks-student-interest-in-stem-professions/#comment-155694 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:20:06 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=26640#comment-155694 In reply to TE. Uʻilanimakamae… Kūhaulua.

You must not be aware of the incredible Lāʻau lapaʻau classes being taught by Kumu Keoki at Vlogٷ Manoa. He is Hawaiian, as was his late predecessor Levon Ohai. The majority of students in our class are Hawaiian. We do not rely on textbooks, but rather, we rely on our hands, our memories, and our hearts.

]]> By: TE. Uʻilanimakamae... Kūhaulua /news/2014/08/11/hawaiian-medicinal-plant-research-sparks-student-interest-in-stem-professions/#comment-150797 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:52:24 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=26640#comment-150797 I know as well as millions of Hawaiians know that Lāʻau Lapaʻau has been in practice for thousands of years in Hawaiʻi. In Vlogٷ you folks study extensively the hundreds of varieties of kalo, however the magnificent natural Lāʻau Lapaʻau practice is foreign to you folks? does a foreigner have to learn about it and turn around and teach the kānaka about their own history and lineage and birthright? ʻAuwe! How can this happen? My tt was a kahuna Lāʻau Lapaʻau and she would be shame to know that the ʻilikea has more ʻike on nā mea Hawaiʻi than our ʻōpio. Somebody not doing their kuleana. If the ;ike isnʻt passed on to the next generation , then it gets lost and put into books as “historical facts”.
I am thankful that you folks are trying to pass on the ʻike to native Hawaiian ʻopio. I sincerely wish our ʻopio on Kauaʻi had the same opportunity. No ka mea, with the passing of our Kahuna Lāʻau lapaʻau, much of the knowledge of the kupuna will be lost. They will not pass it all to foreigners. Right now mostly foreigners are learning the practice of Lāʻau lapaʻau. That is heartbreaking. Textbooks are the reference when necessary, not the actual practioner. Tsa!

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