{"id":212665,"date":"2025-03-24T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T01:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=212665"},"modified":"2025-03-28T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:41:20","slug":"uh-hilo-celebrate-mary-kawena-pukui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/24\/uh-hilo-celebrate-mary-kawena-pukui\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo to celebrate Native Hawaiian icon Mary Kawena Pukui with kanikapila"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_212669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212669\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-1.jpg\" alt=\"coin and family picture\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, newly released U.S. Mint 2025 Native American &#36;1 coin with honoree Mary Kawena Pukui and Pukui (on ipu) and daughter Pele Pukui Suganuma.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo will honor legendary Native Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui with a <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/pngsharman\/n-n-i-ke-kumu-honoring-the-legacy-of-mary-kawena-pukui-4l1mc7owq2ltcubq\">panel and music celebration<\/a> on Friday, March 28. The event celebrates Women\u2019s History Month and Pukui\u2019s selection as the 2025 honoree for the U.S. Mint\u2019s Native American $1 coin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212672\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"woman and 2 kids\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-212672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pukui with her <span aria-label=\"moopuna\">mo&#699;opuna<\/span> kuakahi (great grandchildren) Pelehonuamea Harman and her older sister Kawena Suganuma Beaupre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pukui\u2019s great-granddaughter, Pelehonuamea Harman, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s new director of Native Hawaiian engagement is spearheading the special event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/14\/harman-charting-indigenous-learning\/\">Pelehonuamea Harman: Charting <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s course in Indigenous learning<\/a>, June 14, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a celebration for our people,&rdquo; said Harman. &ldquo;Hopefully, this coin is a source of inspiration for young people and our people who are spread out all over the planet. We want it to be a conversation starter, a history lesson in the form of a coin for non-Hawaiians and people who don\u2019t know our story.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2><span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> preserver<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212671\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212671\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-3.jpg\" alt=\"person sitting at a desk\" width=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-3-130x100.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pukui working at the Bishop Museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pukui (1895&#8211;1986) is best known for preserving <span aria-label=\"olelo\">&#699;&#333;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> (Hawaiian language) and culture.<\/p>\n<p>She is renowned for her groundbreaking work at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, where she contributed to foundational resources such as the <em>Hawaiian Dictionary<\/em>, <em>Native Planters in Old Hawaii<\/em> and <em><span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Noeau\">No&#699;eau<\/span>: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Her book series <em>N&#257;n&#257; I Ke Kumu<\/em>, featured on the new coin, explores Hawaiian beliefs and customs.<\/p>\n<h2>Memories of T&#363;t&#363;<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212670\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-2.jpg\" alt=\"person holding baby\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-212670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-2-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pukui and infant great-granddaughter Pele Suganuma Harman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The coin\u2019s design was chosen by Pukui\u2019s family and features her with a hibiscus in her hair, wearing a <span aria-label=\"muumuu\">mu&#699;umu&#699;u<\/span> and kukui nut lei.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When we think of our t&#363;t&#363;&#8212;I think many Native Hawaiians think of their t&#363;t&#363;&#8212;she does have a flower and wears a <span aria-label=\"muumuu\">mu&#699;umu&#699;u<\/span> (long dress) and a lei,&rdquo; said Harman.<\/p>\n<p>One design detail was especially intentional. The book title <em>N&#257;n&#257; I Ke Kumu<\/em> appears without an English translation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We wanted people to delve deeper and think, &lsquo;What language is this? Who is the woman portrayed here and what is her story?&rsquo;&rdquo; said Harman.<\/p>\n<h2>Kanikapila k&#257;kou (Let\u2019s play music)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212673\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-5-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"people playing instruments\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-212673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-5-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-5-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hilo-pukui-coin-5.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pukui, right, with daughters Patience N\u0101maka Bacon, center, and Pele Pukui Suganuma, left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo event begins with a panel at 3 p.m. at Mookini Library, featuring Hawaiian scholars and curators. Kanikapila will follow at 4:15 p.m. on the library l&#257;nai, with <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo faculty, staff and alumni of <a href=\"https:\/\/olelo.hawaii.edu\/\">Ka Haka <span aria-label=\"Ula\">&#699;Ula<\/span> O <span aria-label=\"Keelikolani\">Ke&#699;elik&#333;lani<\/span><\/a> College of Hawaiian Language such as <span aria-label=\"Kaiuokalani\">Ka&#699;iuokalani<\/span> Damas, Kainani Kahaunaele, Bruce Torres-Fischer and Kaliko Trapp leading participants in performing musical compositions by Pukui. Hula will also be shared by h&#257;lau and Hawaiian language students.<\/p>\n<p>For Harman, the timing of the coin\u2019s release holds extra significance. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the first time in our history when more Hawaiians live outside of the state than reside in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; said Harman. &ldquo;I think especially for those Hawaiians who are all over the world as part of the diaspora, for our people to be honored in this way is really important.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/stories\/2025\/03\/20\/mary-kawena-pukui-events\/\">For more go to <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>By Sophia Kim-O\u2019Sullivan, a graduate student in library science and information at <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo will honor legendary Native Hawaiian scholar Mary Kawena Pukui with a panel and music celebration on Friday, March 28, 2025. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[33,14,907,9],"class_list":["post-212665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaiian","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212665"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212905,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212665\/revisions\/212905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}