New Team Members
Cover Image: Hawaiian Hall, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
Aloha Nūhou Monday!
Dear Reader,
We are excited to announce that we have brought on three new members to our team! Kahikinaokalā Domingo, Kailana Keen, and Hoakalei Watanabe will soon be learning how the Library & Archives are organized, the conventions we use to record the condition of the newspapers, and how to carefully handle our delicate nūpepa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. We are looking forward to great things from them.
Image: From left to right: Kahikinaokalā Domingo, Hoakalei Watanabe, and Kailana Keen standing outside of Hawaiian Hall on their first day at Bishop Museum.
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Kailana Keen
Welina mai e nā hoa heluhelu! ʻO Kailana Keen koʻu inoa a he kupa au no ka ʻāina kamahaʻo ʻo Waipiʻo, Oʻahu. I kēlā makahiki aku nei aʻu i puka ai ma ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa ma lalo o Kawaihuelani. Iaʻu e mālama ana i ke kēkelē laepua, ua lilo au he mea kōkua ma ka ʻAhahui Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi. Ma laila nō i hoʻomaka ai koʻu naue ʻana i kēia ala, ʻo ia nō ka mālama ʻana i nā mea waiwai a me nā puke o nā hale waihona puke o Hawaiʻi. I kēia manawa nei, he haumana laeoʻo au ma lalo o LIS me ka manaʻo e hoʻomau ai i kēia ʻano hana. He naʻau piha i ka hoʻomaikaʻi koʻu i ke alu like ʻana me ka hui ma kēia papahana kupaianaha i hiki i ka manaʻo o ko kākou mau kūpuna ke ola mau.
Greeting readers! My name is Kailana Keen and I am a native of the majestic land of Waipiʻo, Oʻahu. This past year, I graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa under Kawaihuelani. During my time in undergrad, I had the opportunity to intern at the Hawaiian Historical Society. It is there that I began marching down this path of caring for the objects and books in repositories in Hawaiʻi. Now, I am a graduate student under Library and Information Sciences (LIS) with hopes of continuing this kind of work. I have a heart full of gratitude to work alongside the team on this very special project in order for the works of our ancestors to live on.
Hoakalei Watanabe
Aloha nui,
My name is Hoakalei Watanabe. I am from Waipiʻo, Oʻahu. I am an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi of Mānoa.
He ʻiewe ko Waikakalaua, he hale ko Waipiʻo, he kama hiapo ko Oʻahunui. He ʻōlelo makuahine ko ka waha, he hula ko ke kikala, he lani ko luna, he honua ko lalo. He kahua ʻike ko Waiau, he kukulu ko Kapālama, huakaʻi ʻimi naʻauao ko Mānoa. He hehina ko ke kualono, he pule ko ka nahele, he lei ko ka lima. he wai punalau ke aloha.
Hoakalei Watanabe.
Kahikinaokalā Domingo
Aloha mai e ka mea hanohano kikokiko kinona hua i ka malu o ke kiawe, e ʻae mai i wahi ʻawe uwila o ka nae pūnawelewele kaʻapuni honua no kēia wahi hoʻolauna ʻana oʻu:
E nā makamaka heluhelu o kēia paena nei, eia mai au ʻo Kahikinaokalā Domingo he kupa ʻai au o ka makani he Holopali a me ka paka Kanikoʻo–i nā pali hulilua o Koʻolauloa, kahi o ka wai ʻaleʻale o Kaʻahuʻula Pūnāwai. Ua hānai ʻia wau i lalo o ka laʻi palikū o Kānehoalani i ka ʻāina o Kanoeuaʻawa (ʻO Kaʻaʻawa he inoa hoʻopōkole), ma kapakai hoʻi o Kaiaka. He pua nō hoʻi wau a ke kula i hoʻomalu ʻia e ke kaupaku kehakeha ʻo Konahuanui, ke kula ʻo Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau, a ua hoʻomau ka noho hāumana ʻana i lalo o ka malu o ka home hoʻonaʻauao a ka mea kau i ka wēkiu, ʻo ke aliʻi Pauahi, i uka o Kapālama ʻāina o ka ʻŌlauniu. A eia wau ke keʻekeʻehi nei i ke ala ʻimi naʻauao i ke Kula Nui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa, puʻuhonua hoʻoheno uhai kūpuna, ke hoʻāʻo nei no ke kekelē laeoʻo pālua ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka LIS (Library Information Science) a ke kālele nei ma ke kumuhana o ka waihona palapala kahiko (Archival Pathway).
Ua noho ā kupa nō hoʻi kēia i ke alo o ka nūpepa i loko o ka noho ʻana he haumāna ʻimi noiʻi ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka hana haku haʻiʻōlelo no ka ʻoihana ʻaha ʻawa Hawaiʻi. Eia wau e hoʻokena i ke ake inu wai ʻeleʻele a ka papapaʻi, kahi wai i waiho maiau ʻia na mākou e nā keiki ʻōniu hua, nā kāʻeʻaʻeʻa kākau, nā ʻōlohe hoʻopaʻa mele, a me nā loea kūʻauhau mai nā makahiki i kaʻahope akula. Ke ulu nui aʻela ka hoi e komo like i kēia kuleana, e hoʻokāmau, hoʻonoke, a e hoʻomau akula ka hana akahai e mālama i ke kino lahilahi o ka nūpepa no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, i ʻole hoʻi e lilo i nā ʻēheu lawe mua o ka manawa.
Na-u,
Nowelo i ka iwi hilo,
NA KAHIKINAOKALA D.
Aloha kākou,
My name is Kahikinaokalā Domingo, I was born and raised in Kaʻaʻawa Oʻahu. I am a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Hawaiian Language from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. I am currently continuing my education here at Mānoa as a dual-master’s degree candidate in Hawaiian Language and Library Information Science with a focus on Archives. It is an absolute privilege and honor to be provided an opportunity to work with our beloved Hawaiian language newspapers and have a hand in its preservation for posterity and provide a small contribution to its role as a repository of revitalization for our people and our language. I hope to provide all that I can with my experience in both Hawaiian language and archival collections and at the same time learning from the experts and my colleagues.
KAHIKINAOKALA D.
This post is part of He Aupuni Palapala: Preserving and Digitizing the Hawaiian Language Newspapers, a partnership between Bishop Museum and Awaiaulu with assistance from Kamehameha Schools. Mahalo nui loa to Hawaii Tourism Authority for their support. Learn more about this project here.
