EHCC Lecture Series Online Presents: Roots and Routes Along Keaukaha's Seashore
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Friday, April 21, 2023 - 5:00pm
Roots and Routes Along Keaukaha’s Seashore
A presentation by Halena Kapuni-Reynolds
Friday April 21, 2023, at 5PM HST
In this lecture, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds illuminates the concept of “huaka’i hele” [a sightseeing tour in which a knowledgeable guide takes others along a route to reveal the stories surrounding a particular land area] through the huaka’i hele shared with amateur ethnographer and Hawaiʻi photographer Theodore Kelsey by Henry Nālimu (1835-1934) and his niece Mary Ka‘ōulionālani Ka‘ai (1868-1943) along the Keaukaha shore. Reminiscing about his childhood experiences and describing the sometimes differing accounts by Nālimu and Ka‘ōulionālani, Kapuni-Reynolds reminds us of how we can connect to the lands and water that surround us and that these places are meant to be cherished.
Free to both EHCC members and non-members.
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Halena Kapuni Reynolds is a doctoral candidate in Museum Studies and American Studies at the University of Hawai'i-Mānoa. He was born on Hawai'i Island and raised in the Hawaiian Homestead community of Keaukaha, where he was educated through a Hawaiian language and culture-based public charter school.