Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 8, 1 August 2005 — ʻElua kekele lae o ʻo hou ma ke Kula Nui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa e hoʻoikaika ana i ka ʻikena ʻōiwi [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ʻElua kekele lae o ʻo hou ma ke Kula Nui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa e hoʻoikaika ana i ka ʻikena ʻōiwi

"No'eau ka hana a ka ua; akamai ka 'imina o ka no'ono'o" Two new mcister's degrees at UH Mānoa strengthen native perspectives Clever are the deeds of the rain; wise in seeking knowiedge (said in admiration of a clever person) - 'Ōlelo No'eau

6 A uhea 'oukou, e nā keiki o / \ ka 'āina, nā mamo a Hāloa, A. A.ka po'e no'eau a akamai ho'i i ka 'imina o ka no'ono'o! Eia nō mākou ke kāhea aku nei iā 'oukou, ke kono aku nei iā 'oukou e komo mai i ka hale nei. He hale nō kēia no kākou, kahi e mau ai ko kākou 'imi 'ana i ka no'ono'o e pono ai ka lāhui 'ōiwi o ka 'āina, nā mo'olelo a me nā loina o nā kūpuna, a pēlā pū ke ola mau o ka 'ōlelo makuahine. Ma ka mahina 'o 'Aukake, i ka ho'omaka hou 'ana o ke kau kula ma ke kula nui o Hawai'i ma Mānoa, e ho'omaka pū mai ana he 'elua polokalamu hou no 'elua kekele o ke kula nui, 'o ia ho'i he mau kekele lae o'o no ka 'Ike Hawai'i, a no ka 'Ōlelo Hawai'i nō ho'i. 'Akahi nō a 'āpono 'ia kēia mau polokalamu a 'elua ma ka hopena o ke Kau Kupulau i hala iho nei e nā kōmike like 'ole a me nā luna ho'omalu o ke kula nui. I kēia kau wela nei, eia nō nā polopeka a me nā kumu o nā polokalamu 'elua e ho'omākaukau ana no ka ho'omaka 'ana o nā polokalamu me ke komo 'ana mai o nā haumāna mua loa. I kēia manawa, aia he 'ewalu haumāna e noi ana e komo a lilo i haumāna no ke Kekele 'Ōlelo Hawai'i. He mau mana ko nā kekele 'elua a nā haumāna e koho ai a e ho'okō ai ho'i. No ka 'Ōlelo Hawai'i, 'o ka Mo'olelo, ke Kālai 'Ōlelo, a 'o ke Kumu A'o Kula Kaiapuni nā māhele, a i ke kau mua, e a'o 'ia ana he 'elua papa, 'o ka papa HAW 601 a me ka papa HAW 615. 'O ka papa HAW 601 ho'i, na No'eau Warner e a'o a he papa Kākau Mo'olelo nō ia. Ma ia papa, e noi'i 'ia ana a e a'o 'ia ana nā 'ano like 'ole o nā mo'olelo Hawai'i, i holomua ka 'ike o nā haumāna ma ka heluhelu, ka ho'omaopopo, ka 'ōlelo, a me ke kākau 'ana. He a'o a he ho'oma'ama'a nō ho'i no ke 'ano o ke kākau 'ana i nā 'ano mo'olelo a palapala nui e pono ai kēia 'ano kekele. Na Laiana Wong e a'o i ka papa HAW 615 a 'o Kuana'ike ka inoa o ua papa nei. Ma ia papa, 'o ke 'ano pono'ī o ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i ka mea e noi'i 'ia a e a'o 'ia ana nō ho'i.

'Oko'a maoli nō ke 'ano o ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i a me ka 'ōlelo Haole, a pēia pū me ke 'ano o ka no'ono'o. 'O nā mea i kū i ke 'ano Hawai'i, he mea ia i pili i ke kuana'ike Hawai'i. No ke Kekele 'Ike Hawai'i, aia nō he 'umikūmālima haumāna e noi ana e komo a e lilo i haumāna. He mau mana nō ho'i ko ia kekele, 'o ke Kūkulu Aupuni, ka Mo'olelo 'Ōiwi, ka Mālama 'Āina, ka Hālau o Laka, a me ke Kumu Kahiki nā māhele. Ma ke kau mua, e a'o 'ia ana he 'ekolu papa. 'O ka mua, 'o ia ka HWST 601 Indigenous Methodologies, a na Jon Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio e a'o, a he papa ia no ke a'o 'ana i ka mana'o a me ka hana kūpono ma ka noi'i 'ana i ka 'ike kupuna. 'O ka lua o ka papa, 'o ia ka HWST 602 Advanced Archival Research, a na Lilikalā Kame'eleihiwa ia e a'o. A ma nei papa e a'o 'ia ai ka 'imi 'ana i nā mo'olelo 'oiai'o o nā kūpuna, ke kākau pepa 'ana ma o ka "nānā 'ana i ke kumu," a me ka pa'i 'ana o nā pepa i kākau 'ia. 'Okekoluo ka papa, 'o ia ka HWST 640 Historical Perspectives: 'Ōiwi Historiography, a na Kanalu Young e a'o. He papa ia e pili ana i nā mana'o like 'ole i ke kākau 'ana o nā mo'aukala o Hawai'i nei. Eia kekahi, 'o nā haumāna a pau e makemake e komo i loko o ke Kekele 'Ike Hawai'i a i 'ole ke Kekele 'Ōlelo Hawai'i ma ke Kau Kupulau 2006, pono nā haumāna e ho'okomo i kekahi palapala noi uila i ke Kula Nui ma mua o ka lā 30 o Kepakemapa 2005. Ke hana nui nei a ke 'imi nei nō ho'i nā polokalamu 'elua i ke alahele e kō ai ko mākou 'i'ini e lilo i hālau ho'okahi ma ke kula nui nei. E kapa 'ia ana ka inoa o kēia hālau hou 'o Hawai'inuiākea, a mali'a paha, e ho'omaka ana mākou e 'imi i ke alahele e pono ai ke Kekele Kauka no ka 'Ike Hawai'i a me ka 'Ōlelo Hawai'i. He mea nui ka hui 'ana o nā hālau 'elua i hālau ho'okahi, i mea e kō ai nā mea e pono ai ko kākou lāhui kanaka, i pono nā mamo a Hāloa. VI

In August, the new school year begins at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa with the inception of two new master's degree programs - one in Hawaiian and another in Hawaiian studies. These two programs were approved at the end of the spring 2005 semester by the administration and Board of Regents, and this summer, the faculty of both programs are busily preparing for the acceptance of their first students. Currently, there are eight students seeking acceptance into the Hawaiian language master's program, and they will choose to study in one of the areas of concentration offered: Mo'olelo (History and literature), Kālai 'Ōlelo (Linguistics), and Kumu A'o Kula Kaiapuni (Immersion Teacher Preparation). The first courses to be taught in the fall semester will be HAW 601 and HAW 615. No'eau Warner will be teaching the HAW 601 class, whieh is titled Kākau Hawai'i. This course, whieh will analyze various genres of written Hawaiian literature, is designed to advance the students' skills in reading, listening, speaking and writing in Hawaiian and will include instruction and practice for thesis writing in Hawaiian. Laiana Wong will be teaching HAW 615, whieh is titled Kuana'ike. This course will examine Hawaiian ways of speaking, as contrasted with English, focusing on those features that are uniquely Hawaiian and ean be said to constitute a Hawaiian worldview. Lor the degree in Hawaiian studies, there are 15 students applying for aeeeptance. This degree also has areas of concentration that students will choose, including Kūkulu Aupuni (Envisioning the Nation), Mo'olelo 'Ōiwi (Native History, Language and Literature), Mālama 'Āina (Living in Harmony with the Land Resource Management), Hālau o Laka (Academy for Visual and Performing Arts), and Kumu Kahiki (Comparative Polynesian and Indigenous Studies). In the first semester, the program will beoffering HWST 601 tobetaughtby Jon Kamakawiwo'ole Osorio. This course

is titled Indigenous Methodologies and will focus on native protocols for handling ancestral knowledge and indigenous methods of research. HWST 602, titled Advanced Archival Research, will be taught by Lilikalā Kame'eleihiwa and will focus on producing publishable papers from primary research on the topics of equity and genealogy in the various archives located in Honolulu. The third master's course to be offered will be HWST 640, taught by Kanalu Young. This course is titled Historical Perspectives: 'Ōiwi Historiography. These courses are not yet on the UHM schedule of courses, but they will be shortly. All students who want to apply for the master's programs in Hawaiian studies and in Hawaiian language for spring 2006 must submit an online applieahon to the UHM Graduate Division by Sept. 30, 2005. The two departments are also working closely together in an effort to join their two departments into a single School of Hawaiian Knowledge, whieh will be known by the name Hawai'inuiākea (Great, broad Hawai'i). Luture plans include the planning and launching of Ph.D. degrees as well. We recognize the importance of consolidating the knowledge represented by the two departments into one school, in whieh the needs of the Hawaiian people ean be fulfilled - i pono nā mamo a Hāloa. □ Editor's note: This story was submitted in Hawaiian anā English by staff of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The views expressed in this community discussion eolumn are those of the authors anā do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

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Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at UH-Manoa Photo: Francine Murray