Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 4, 1 ʻApelila 2005 — Group to offer cultural materials to prisoners [ARTICLE]

Group to offer cultural materials to prisoners

This letter is in response to prisoner Kaleihau Kamau'u's request for Hawaiian cultural materials in prisons. I am Hanalei Colleado, kahuna o ka hale pule 'o Pu'uhonua o 'īao Maui/Hawai'i. In January, we were privileged to enter the Oklahoma community correctional facility in Watonga County to touch nā pu'uwai o nā Kānaka Maoli 'o Hawai'i. As per Kamau'u's request, Pu'uhonua o 'īao would like to offer the vehicle to record and document ka mana'o of cultural practitioners to CD/cassette for use in our prison systems where nā pa'ahao reside. We will assume all expenses incurred. No marketing for profit.

You got my word! Pu'uhonua o 'īao is committed to the healing of our nation from the root to the fruit! There are three kinds of kānaka in Hawai'i: The ones who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those that say, WHAT HAPPENED? What part you? Serious inquires only, please. Contact me by phone at 808-357-4776, through email at projectio@juno.com or by mail at P.O. Box 425, Wailuku, HI 96793. Hanalei Colleado 'īao

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