{"id":147576,"date":"2021-09-07T16:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=147576"},"modified":"2021-09-08T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T19:13:35","slug":"cultural-guide-to-kapiolani-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/cultural-guide-to-kapiolani-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural guide to Kapi\u02bbolani CC<\/abbr> shares mele, oli, history"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Dean Nāwaʻa<\/span> Napoleon chants at Kaʻalāwai<\/span> in Kona, Oʻahu<\/span> the district where Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> is located. Napoleon translated the handbook into Hawaiian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A collaborative commitment to revitalize Native Hawaiian culture and language at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a> has produced a fresh chapter for the 44-acre campus and its community. Members of the College\u2019s Native Hawaiian council, ʻAha Kal\u0101ualani<\/a>, recently published a bilingual handbook to help students, faculty and staff connect with the campus\u2019 cultural roots and history.<\/p>\n

In July, freshly printed copies of the 88-page book, Ka Wehena Kaiao (Breaking of Dawn)<\/em>, were gathered for distribution. The cultural guide, written in ʻ\u014dlelo Hawaiʻi<\/span> (Hawaiian language) and English, magnifies the college\u2019s heartbeat, covering the ʻ\u0101ina (land) it sprawls across, lawena waiwai (values), mele (songs) compositions and historical footprints.<\/p>\n

“Ka Wehena Kaiao<\/em> engages all the members of the campus community in thinking about Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College in a broader and deeper sense, about the history of our namesake and the land on which the campus sits,” said Louise Pagotto<\/strong>, Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> chancellor. “The publication of oli (chants) and mele will allow everyone to participate more fully when protocol events take place. No longer will they need to stand on the periphery as we chant at graduation or other important occasions.”<\/p>\n

Pagotto derived the idea of a guidebook after reading a similar book while visiting Waiariki Institute of Technology in Rotorua, Aotearoa, in 2015. The Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> publication is funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title III<\/abbr> Part A Grant, Native Hawaiian\u2013Serving Institutions Program, Kauhale Ke Kuleana.<\/p>\n

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Mōʻīwahine<\/span> Kapiʻolani<\/span> (Queen Kapiʻolani)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Honor ka inoa (the name)<\/h2>\n

Within the first few pages, readers immediately learn about the college\u2019s royal namesake, Julia NāpelakapuoKākaʻe<\/span> Kapiʻolani<\/span> born in Hilo on December 31, 1834. Kapiʻolani<\/span> would go on to become queen of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi<\/span>, reigning alongside her husband, King David Laʻamea<\/span> Kal\u0101kaua.<\/p>\n

Concerned about the high death rate from foreign diseases among K\u0101naka ʻ\u014ciwi or Native Hawaiians, the queen worked to finance what is known today as the Kapiʻolani<\/span> Medical Center for Women and Children.<\/p>\n

Hōʻoia<\/span> ʻ\u0100ina, Land Acknowledgement<\/h2>\n

The book identifies the acknowledgement by the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> regarding the land the college stands on and recognizing Hawaiʻi<\/span> as an Indigenous space, which guides what is spoken and acted upon.<\/p>\n

Readers are educated about the college\u2019s specific location using the traditional Hawaiian ahupuaʻa<\/span> (land division) system. Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> sits in the moku (district) of Kona within the ahupuaʻa<\/span> of P\u0101lolo. A collection of oli and mele written by faculty and staff are also included. Many pay homage to legendary sites in the surrounding area—among them, Hōʻea<\/span> ʻo Kal\u0101h\u016b, a mele inspired by legendary places and winds surrounding the college. The piece was composed by ʻ\u014ciwi faculty and staff members Kahelelani Cruz<\/strong> and Keauhou Mitchell-Aldan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Makahiki ceremony observed on Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The size of Ka Wehena Kaiao<\/em> is important to the engagement; it can fit in your back pocket (like a handbook) but I hope people won\u2019t keep it there,” said Kapulani Landgraf<\/strong>, Title III<\/abbr> Project Director and \u200b\u200bK\u012bp\u016b (Director) of ʻAha Kal\u0101ualani at Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>. “We need everyone at the campus to join us in participating and learning about Hawaiian culture and protocol. We cannot move as a college in being an Indigenous-serving institution if only the Council or Native Hawaiians engage. It is all our kuleana if we choose to work\/study at Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> and make Hawaiʻi<\/span> our home.“<\/p>\n

Readers can also grasp a sense of the college\u2019s history. Its current location first opened to 750 students in 1975 but its official beginnings trace back to 1946, when the school started as a hotel and restaurant program. It would move to various sites on Oʻahu<\/span> before settling where it is today.<\/p>\n

Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> faculty, staff and administrators received copies of the book in late August. Digital copies will be distributed to the college\u2019s students in mid September, before eventually becoming available to the entire ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> System.<\/p>\n

For more information email: laualani@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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