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I’m a parent to three kanaka maoli keiki and co-founder of Ka Hale Hoaka, an on- line school of Hawaiian learn- ing, and it’s my mission to cre- ate more educational resources that are tailored for the native initiative Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi. The Hoʻokupu project began when a high school Hawaiian studies teacher asked if I con- sidered creating a curriculum that tells Hawaiʻiʻs history through hip-hop. The crew was born from my immediate ʻohana and beloved and trust- ed friends.
of Queen Liliʻuokalani, Ha- waiʻi’s last reigning monarch. Hui O Kuapā is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 by communities on Molo- kaʻi and it’s the organization that spearheaded the project. Its mission is to assist in the grassroots efforts to restore the Molokaʻi fishponds back to productivity. The objective is to increase food production from both the loko iʻa and ad- jacent lands to feed and edu- cate the community and serve as a model of a flourishing ah-
Kuapā is led by Naehu, who is the head kiaʻi loko and di- rector. I serve as the program director.
storytelling by telling our story in a traditional fashion blend- ed with the hip-hop, education and media. The project’s long- term vision is to tour the is- lands and schools with a stage performance including the full Hoʻokupu team, dancers and projected images to allow the audience to journey through Hawaiʻi’s history in a way that has never been done before.
An Engaging Hip-hop Anthology Of Hawaiian History
By Maile Naehu, program director of Hui o Kuapā and co-founder of Ka Hale Hoaka
The group is composed of some of Hawaiʻi’s best hip-hop emcees, artists, ac- ademic professors, cultural practitioners and educators.
We lived together for 10 days in the ahupuaʻa of Kūmimi, Molokaʻi, at my husband, Ha- nohano Naehu, and my home. There, we worked to restore
a fishpond while creating, composing and recording the Hoʻokupu album together. The album was released Sept. 2, 2022, which is the birthday
Hoʻokupu is an offering to Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi. We are al- chemizing the meaning of oral
Follow us on Instagram (@hui_o_kuapa) and Face- book (@huiokuapa), or con- tact alohahaloa@gmail.com or 808-558-8575.
Some of the members of the Ho‘okupu team during their album creation on Moloka‘i. (From left to right): Kahale Naehu-Ramos, Punahele, Maile Naehu, Paniolo Prince, Rukka the Magnificent, Inalihi, Illnomadic, Mr. Kapu, and Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua (missing: Drifton Limrik, Ohtoro, Kapili‘ula Naehu, Sonja Angst, and Katana). Photo by Kawahine‘ilikea Naehu.
upuaʻa mauka a makai.
This project aligned with that mission in that it was created for all learners and all ages to strengthen their relationship to Hawaiʻi. Hui o
Streamed across multiple countries, the album is free to listen to and download. The project was optimized by cre- ating supplemental resources, including a Learner and Teach- er Resource Guide. This col- laborative project is being used in classrooms as a resource to teach Hawaiʻi’s history. Uni- versity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoaʻs School of Education was one of the first to implement the Hoʻokupu curriculum in the classroom.
To support Hui O Kuapā, visit huiokuapa.org/hookupu. You can find links and order the Hoʻokupu Learner and Teacher Resource Guide.
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