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This hour-long documentary is a provocative look at a historical event of which few Americans are aware. In mid-January, 1893, armed troops from the U.S.S. Boston landed at Honolulu in support of a treasonous coup d’etat against the constitutional sovereign of the...
Fulfilling a soldier’s duty to preserve life, Edward Wendt personifies servant leadership with a tenacious resolve to fight for what is right. A Vietnam War veteran and a strong advocate for native Hawaiian rights, he used ancestral knowledge to survive in both...
This is the story of traditional Hawaiian kākau (tattoo) artist, Keone Nunes, and the journey of cultural re-discovery inherent in kākau uhi (tattooing). The process of kākau uhi is one where the artist guides their subjects down a path of self-discovery, revealing...
Mālama Moʻomomi features “Mac” Poepoe, a native Hawaiian fisherman and community leader on Molokaʻi, who has dedicated his life to sharing his knowledge of traditional resource management with the hope of ensuring that this ocean “ice box” will be well-stocked for...
Growing up in the ahupuaʻa of Hakipuʻu, Herbert Hoe learned from a young age the value of ʻohana and the ʻāina and the mutual dependence between the two. Following a career in the Honolulu Fire Department, Herbert recognized how the widespread health afflictions of...
One hundred years after the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the government oppression of the native language and two generations of very few native speakers, the Hawaiian language was near extinction by the turn of the 20th century. Despite the odds, a small group...
While the ancient art of non-instrument navigation has been rekindled throughout Polynesia, the knowledge of canoe building has been largely forgotten except for a select few artisans. Following in the wake of her sister canoe Hōkūleʻa, the Hawaiʻiloa canoe was hulled...
In August 1993, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina spent twelve days capturing on video the proceedings Ka Ho‘okolokolonui Kānaka Maoli — Peoples' International Tribunal Hawai‘i, 1993, in which the United States and the state of Hawai‘i were put on trial for crimes against the...
The Hawaiian word wai denotes something valued or treasured, true wealth. This program explores the concepts of aloha ‘āina (love for the land), kōkua(helpfulness), ‘ohana (family), and “thinking island." NĀ MAKA O KA ʻĀINA We are Joan Lander and Puhipau (1937-2016)...
The Hawaiian word wai denotes something valued or treasured, true wealth. This program explores the concepts of aloha ‘āina (love for the land), kōkua(helpfulness), ‘ohana (family), and “thinking island." NĀ MAKA O KA ʻĀINA We are Joan Lander and Puhipau (1937-2016)...
Surfers Rell Sunn, Clyde Aikau, Rabbit Kekai, Buffalo Keaulana and Alvin Kaio share their knowledge of the history of surfing, canoe surfing, big wave surfing and popular surfing spots. Lilikala Kame‘eleihiwa performs a traditional chant to call for big waves and...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina A look at different varieties of taro and their traditional uses.
Rachel Nahaleelua Mahuiki, one of Hanalei's most beloved kūpuna, leads Larry Kimura and a group of Hawaiian language teachers on a tour of Hā‘ena, Kaua‘i. The trip includes visits to the wet and dry caves, the famous peak, Makana, and a walk on the reef where Rachel...
Speeches and music by Hawaiian language scholars, teachers and students at a rally to lobby for government funding of Hawaiian language immersion schools (kula kaiapuni). Attended by young children from the Pūnana Leo (language nests) pre-schools and elementary school...
Located on the western tip of the Hawaiian island of O‘ahu, Mākua has long been a place of refuge for Kānaka Maoli, native Hawaiians. It's the pu‘uhonua for the kua‘āina, a place where we Hawaiians can still be free. Robi Kahakalau One of the last undeveloped valleys...
E Ola Ka ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi celebrates the efforts of a people determined to save the Hawaiian language from the brink of extinction. In 1896, the American-backed Republic of Hawai‘i banned Hawaiian as the language of instruction in the schools. As island children were...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina In this segment of Nā Hulu Kupuna, Tuti Kanahele interviews Alina Kanahele about everyday life on the island of Niʻihau, where Alina was born and raised.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Kupuna Hu'eu takes Tuti on a tour of the lo'i, or taro patches, naming the many different varieties of taro and demonstrating how to plant and harvest.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina This music video demonstrates a traditional Hawaiian method of catching ʻopelu (Pacific mackerel) off the Waiʻanae coast of Oʻahu.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina From an ancient burial site at Honokahua, Maui, to the streets of Honolulu, the issue of protecting ancestral remains is brought passionately to the public's attention by Hawaiians.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Tuti Kanahele visits with her father, Leimana Kanahele, born and raised on the island of Niʻihau, now making his home on Kauaʻi.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina The children plant taro and other food plants, tend to their square-foot gardens, learn bee-keeping, animal husbandry, water conservation and medicinal herbs, raise fish in tanks, and cook their food in solar ovens.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Rare and endangered plants and their habitats are presented and discussed by horticulturist Heidi Bornhorst and botanist Charles Lamoureux.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina This program takes a look at the Pacific-wide movement towards independence and de-nuclearization.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Dennis Kanaʻe Keawe makes a feather cape and Mary Lou Kekuewa demonstrates the construction of Kahili.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina March and rally to protest geothermal energy development in one of the last lowland rain forests in Hawaiʻi. One of the biggest such demonstrations held on the issue, led by the Pele defense Fund and supported by the Rainforest...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Part 1 Various historians, educators, cultural experts, artists, actors and activists shared their knowledge of history and culture and expressed views on the contemporary case for Hawaiian sovereignty and independence.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Part 2 Various historians, educators, cultural experts, artists, actors and activists shared their knowledge of history and culture and expressed views on the contemporary case for Hawaiian sovereignty and independence.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina In this program, interviewer Tuti Kanahele visits with musician and Kaua'i resident Margaret Aipoalani who demonstrates the techniques and patterns of Hawaiian quilting, tells stories of her younger days, and entertains with song...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Representatives of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and indigenous Alaskan and Lakota Sioux peoples, along with an international law expert, discuss human rights, land titles and the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Kānaka Maoli living at Mākua beach in 1983 take a stand to resist eviction by police and government agents. During the process, they learn the history of how they became dispossessed of their lands and government. The event was one of numerous evictions and land...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Larry Kimura visits Helen Haleola Lee Hong at the Keliʻihoʻomalu family residence in Kaimu on Hawaiʻi island, to learn how to prepare haupia (coconut pudding).
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Viewers will be guided through the verdant uplands by long-time residents who recall their traditions of growing taro, hunting pig and branding cattle at Kapapala Ranch.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Geothermal development interests, seeking to clear the rain forest for drilling operations, are opposed by native Hawaiians seeking to stop the desecration of the fire goddess, Pele.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Initiated by members of the community in reaction to the increasing violence in the schools, the Peace Education Program works with students of all ages to bring peace and harmony into their lives
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Ipo and Kunani Nihipali work with children to create a mural at Kainalu Elementary School that reflects and interprets the cultural and natural history of nearby Kawainui Marsh.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Mauna Kea - Temple Under Siege paints a portrait of a mountain that has become a symbol of the Hawaiian struggle for physical, cultural and political survival. The program explores conflicting forces as they play themselves out in...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina An island-by-island survey of Hawaiian native species of birds, snails, fish and insects, all identified by their Hawaiian names and described through ʻōlelo noʻeau (wise sayings) in Hawaiian and English. Narrated by Ekela...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Held in June 2007, the PIKO gathering brought together 115 master and emerging indigenous artists from Aotearoa, Australia, Torres Strait Islands, Mauritius and Papua New Guinea, as well as First Nations and Native American...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Hosted by well-known kupuna, Eddie Kaʻanana, this video focuses on traditional Hawaiian values regarding the precious resource, ka wai, fresh water. The usage and respect for water sources such as streams and springs and the us of...
Produced by Earthjustice Directed by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Focusing on local experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), the program features Hawai’i farmers, teachers, legal and medical experts and community activists who share their perspective on...
Produced by the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana Directed by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Āina focuses on the cultural, political and military significance of the little-known "target island" of Kaho'olawe in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Hawaiian term aloha...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina This video documents the battle over the water in Waiahole Ditch on the island of O'ahu, where taro farmers and long-time residents seek to reclaim the natural stream waters that were taken in the early 1900's by sugar...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina A talk-story session with beloved kumu hula (hula master) George Na'ope about the composing of Ka Nani A'o Ka'u during a visit to Ka'u. Features scenic areas described in the song such as Kaulana Bay, Wai'ahukini, Palahemo and Ka Lae.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina This video is a call for teachers to help revitalize the Hawaiian language, which was saved from the brink of extinction by the extraordinary efforts of those who established the Hawaiian language immersion preschools in the...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina. Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina. Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina. Various interviews and other video documentation of the beloved Maui kupuna (elder) of the Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana, Harry Kunihi Mitchell. Documentation covers the period from 1982 through 1989.
This video is set to a song, Na ‘Ono o ka ‘Aina (“The Delectable Taros of the Land”), inspired by renowned Hawaiian cultural educator Edith Kanaka’ole. Written by Kalani Meinecke and George Kahumoku, Jr. and performed by Kekuhi Kanahele and friends, the song praises...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Fisherman Ray Kalili supervises a neighborhood hukilau, or community fishing event, on Oʻahuʻs windward coast. Anthropologist Marion Kelly describes the historic use of fishponds in old Hawaiʻi. Navigator Nainoa Thompson explains...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina The Hawaiian term hoʻala hou means to awaken anew. Hosted by artist and philosopher Sam Kaʻai, this program looks at the re-emergence of a Pacific way of thinking, of seeking self-sufficiency, and of preserving the cultural...
Co-Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina & the Hawaiian Patriotic League This short program - a must see for any student of the Hawaiian sovereignty issue - tells the story of the defeat of a treaty of annexation by Queen Lili'uokalani and loyal subjects of the...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina Fisherman Kaiana Ahmad takes us out on an aku (tuna) boat for a day of deep-sea fishing. He shows how sea birds help fishermen to find the fish and demonstrates the use of fishhooks and lures. Keoki Fukumitsu shares his life as a...
Produced by Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina In this program, interviewer Ku Kahakalau visits with Katherine Maunakea on the Wai'anae coast. After relating a short history of her early life in Kula, Maui, in the Puna district of the Big Island and in Nanakuli on O'ahu,...
What prompted this 36-year old Hawaiian language immersion school graduate to set off on a three-country adventure that took her to the glaciers of Greenland, had her building human-towers in Barcelona, and sitting with policy makers in the National Assembly for...
HRH Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa was the great granddaughter of HRH Princess Mary Kinoiki Kekaulike, governor of Hawaiʻi, and High Chief David Kahalepoʻuli Piʻikoi, the son of Jonah Piʻikoi, the humble pipe-lighter of King Kaʻumualiʻi of Kauaʻi....
This video is set to a song, Na ‘Ono o ka ‘Aina (“The Delectable Taros of the Land”), inspired by renowned Hawaiian cultural educator Edith Kanaka’ole. Written by Kalani Meinecke and George Kahumoku, Jr. and performed by Kekuhi Kanahele and friends, the song praises...