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Indigenous Insight - Politics from Oiwi TV on Vimeo.
In this episode we look at the political voice that indigenous people have over there land and there own destiny, and the effects it has on there culture.
Dr. Haʻalilio Solomon is from Honolulu, Oʻahu, where he teaches as an assistant professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Hālau ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language. In May 2024, he completed his doctoral degree in linguistics with...
Dr. Haʻalilio Solomon is from Honolulu, Oʻahu, where he teaches as an assistant professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Hālau ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language. In May 2024, he completed his doctoral degree in linguistics with...
Dr. Kalei Nuʻuhiwa, a native Hawaiian is a progressive pioneer with 30 years of experience in conducting research in various Hawaiian practices of time keeping, lunar calendars, heiau ritual, ceremonies and epistemologies connected to phenology, strategic resource...
In 1976, Hawaiians sailed the traditional voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a from Hawai‘i to Tahiti and proved to the world that their ancestors had explored the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean by navigating with the stars. Papa Mau: The Wayfinder is the story of critical role...
Ka Ho‘ina: Going Home takes a journey 7,000 miles from Hawaiʻi with members of Hui Mālama I Nā Kūpuna O Hawaiʻi Nei who have worked tirelessly for the past 30 years to bring home over 6,000 sets of iwi kupuna or ancestral remains that were scattered throughout more...
The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food. Our...
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’état against the constitutional sovereign of the...
Flanked by the steep Koʻolau mountains and the blue serenity of the Pacific waters, the humble town of Waimānalo has long been a gathering place for the best of Hawaiian music. It was here that Gabby “Pops” Pahinui held his famous backyard jam sessions. Despite no...
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...
Our vision is to reestablish the Native Hawaiian worldview to a place of authority in Hawaiians, Hawaiʻi and the rest of the world.
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