Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 1, 1 January 1987 — lnservice Training lncludes OHA [ARTICLE]

lnservice Training lncludes OHA

A three-day inservice trainig workshop for district and state personneI from the Department of Education's Hawaiian Studies Program was held on Oahu Nov. 19-21, including a visit to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to meet with Administrator Kamaki A. Kanahele III, Assistant Administrator Annelle Amaral and Government Affairs Officer and Community Resource Coordinator Jalna Keala. Information and pledges of continued mutual support were shared and Hawaiian Studies Specialist Robert Lokomaika'iokalani Snakenberg expressed the DOE's mahalo for OHA's support to the program through the continued services of Community Kupuna Coordinator Betty Kawohiokalani Jenkins. Participants, who were hosted to a continental breakfast, then embarked on an activity-filled day of visiting and learning about areas important in 19th century Honolulu pertaining to the fifth and seventh grade curricula on the historical development of the Hawaiian nation. These included the Mission House Childrens' Museum, 'Iolani Palaee, Falls of Clyde and the Hawaii Maritime Museum and the Chinatown restoration

projects. Debbie Pope, Keola Cabacungan, Joan Aanavi and Spencer Leineweber impressed participants with their knowledge and desire to share. The group on Nov. 19 met at Waimea Falls Park to < spend the day learning about the Waimea ahupua'a from park archeologist Rudy Mitchell and education eoordinator Bunny Vasconcellos. They then visited and learned about the two massive heiau on either side of the mouth of the valley, Pu'u o Mahuka and Kupopolo. They learned about Kahuna Nui Hewahewa's involvement in the valley before and after the overthrow of the kapu system and visited his gravesite. The group also visited the ethnobotanical gardens, hula and games sites and the waterfall. Ho'omaluhia Park in Kaneohe was the next visited location on Day 2. The Windward District Hawaiian Studies staff of Elsie Kawao Durante, Alison Ledward and Alieia Rogen planned a full day's workshop on integrating Hawaiian studies with environmental education, science, art, movement and language arts. Some members of the Native Hawaiian Library Project staff were on hand to share their important work with the participants.