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东精影业<\/abbr> Group exchange with Land Peace Foundation, at Wicuhtemtultine, Penobscot Nation, Maine; Snake dance; from left Grant Itomitsu (Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>), Carrie Mospens (Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>), Taup\u014duri Tangar\u014d (Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>),
Noʻeau<\/span> Woo-O\u02bbBrien (Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Drumming and song, smudging and fire, learning about Indigenous foods, native plants and justice systems, braiding sweetgrass, basket weaving and dancing in a drum circle were just some of the activities for a 22-person delegation from four University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> campuses through an in-depth cultural exchange program with four Indigenous nations in Maine in May.<\/p>\n

The group from Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College, 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo, 东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College and Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> included two chancellors and interacted over a week with the four tribes from the Wabanaki Alliance—the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet\/Wolastoqey and Mik\u02bbmaq tribes.<\/p>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao<\/h2>\n
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Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> contingent with braided sweetgrass, Maliseet\/Wolasteqewiyik Nation, Littleton, Maine, from left: Lisa Kanae, Grant Itomitsu, Jennifer Bradley, Misaki Takabayashi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao initiative was conceived by Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> Professor Taup\u014duri Tangar\u014d during his first visit to Aotearoa (New Zealand) in 2004. There have been more than two dozen cultural exchanges since 2005.\n<\/p>\n

“Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao is not a topical cultural-tourism experience; rather, it is a rigorous commitment to the learning of one\u2019s Indigenous self and the current conditions of Indigenous peoples; it requires we engage in comparative research of the histories and cultures of the communities we are to experience,” said Tangar\u014d, who is the director for Hawaiian culture and protocols engagement for Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> and 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo. “Here, everyone on the journey participates in learning to deliver traditional oratory, dances and chants and to conduct cultural workshops appropriate to the communities and ages we visit\u2014no passive participation.”<\/p>\n

To the highest mountain<\/h2>\n
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Hearing Penobscot stories and about collaborations between the U.S. National Park Service and Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Nations; Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine, from left: Misaki Takabayashi (Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>), Rebecca Cole-Will (NPS<\/abbr>, Resource Management Program Manager), Kevin Langley (NPS<\/abbr> Park Superintendent), John Bear Mitchell (Penobscot, University of Maine at Orono Native Studies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Hawaiʻi<\/span> delegation was taken to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the highest mountain on the Atlantic coast. The Penobscot hosts shared about the cultural significance of the area and Wabanaki origin stories.<\/p>\n

“[The Wabanaki] cultural forms and ways of life are woven tightly with northern woodlands of pine, spruce, maple, ash, oak; where moose, deer, bear, beavers, woodchucks, hawks, eagles dwell; and where great rivers flow and empty into the ocean at a rugged coastline,” wrote Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> Professor Drew Kapp, who helped to organize the trip with Assistant Professor Noʻel<\/span> K. Tagab-Cruz and Hauʻoli<\/span> Viritua, education specialist and program coordinator for the Nauane grant (to increase the enrollment rates of Native Hawaiian students).<\/p>\n

The Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao cohort also interacted with art from Hawaiʻi<\/span> in closed collections at the Harvard University Peabody Museum, including mahiʻole<\/span> and ahuʻula<\/span> (feathered helmets and capes), kiʻi<\/span> (statuary), hula implements, kapa and more, and honored them through Hawaiian protocol.<\/p>\n

Transforming education<\/h2>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao does not stop upon returning home.<\/p>\n

“The experience will now inform how we see ourselves and our services in academia and the community at large,” Tangar\u014d said. “It provides ongoing self and professional re-actualization as it relates to student success and community wellbeing.”<\/p>\n

In 2012, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> and its 10-campus system committed to becoming a leader in Indigenous-serving institutions of higher learning. Fulfilling kuleana (responsibility) to Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi<\/span> is also an imperative of 东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s 2023–29 Strategic Plan<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Through Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao, we are transforming higher education and, therefore, our communities,” Tangar\u014d said. “Moreover, through Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao, we are transforming ourselves.”<\/p>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> P\u0101maomao 2024 participants<\/h2>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr><\/strong>
Kimberley Collins, vice chancellor for academic affairs
Yuna Inoue, peer mentor, I Ola H\u0101loa Center for Hawaiʻi<\/span> Life Styles, and 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo student
Drew Kapp, assistant professor, geography
Susan Kazama, interim chancellor
\u0100keamakamae Kiyuna, assistant professor, Hawaiian studies
Carrie Mospens, dean liberal arts
Tsai-Fen Sarahan, student and peer mentor, I Ola H\u0101loa Center for Hawaiʻi<\/span> Life Styles
Chiemi Sasaki, student and peer mentor, I Ola H\u0101loa Center for Hawaiʻi<\/span> Life Styles
Noʻel<\/span> K. Tagab-Cruz, assistant professor, Hawaiian studies, coordinator, I Ola H\u0101loa Center for Hawaiʻi<\/span> Life Styles
Taup\u014duri Tangar\u014d, professor, Hawaiian studies, director, Hawaiian culture and protocols engagement, Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> and UH Hilo
Hauʻoli<\/span> Viritua, Nauane program coordinator, I Ola H\u0101loa Center for Hawaiʻi<\/span> Life Styles
Noʻeau<\/span> Woo-Obrien, lecturer, Hawaiian studies<\/p>\n

东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo<\/strong>
Maria Andaya, specialist, K\u012bpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center
Kurt Dela Cruz, senior advisor, Advising Center
Christopher Knudson, associate professor, geography<\/p>\n

东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College<\/strong>
Shawna Pabingwit, coordinator, Title IX<\/abbr>\/EEO-AA<\/abbr>
Lorelle Peros, professor, business and hospitality
Joyce Yamada, professor and coordinator, professional development<\/p>\n

Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr><\/strong>
Jennifer Bradley, manager, financial aid
Grant Itomitsu, department chair, culinary arts
Lisa Kanae, department chair, language, linguistics and literature
Misaki Takabayashi, chancellor<\/p>\n

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