Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 8, 1 August 2015 — MOʻOLELO NUI COVER STORY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MOʻOLELO NUI COVER STORY

Connecting to the mana of PapahānaumokuākeaMi4 BY KEOLA LINDSEY, BRAD KA'ALELEO W0NG AND ALIOE MALEPEAI SILBANUZ Four recent expeditions to the marine national monument help strengthen Native Hawaiians' ties to the ancestral knowledge held there.

EA I GOVERNANCE OHA legislative review page 4 BY OHA PUBLIC P0LIGY A new law requiring state board members to take a Native Hawaiian Law training course is among the notable measures of the 2015 legislative session. t=mmt

'ilNA I LAND £ WATER Fishponds increase

knowledge-sharing page 6 BYLISAASAT0 A grant from OHA helps a nonprofit provide leadership and networking to a hui of fishponds across the lslands.

'ALENANAKA I CALENŪAR PAGE 18 C0MPILED BY LEI KATSUDA You'll enjoy a mix of old and new events in August, from the tried-and-true Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival at Kapi'olani Bandstand, now in its 33rd year, to the firstever Ho'olau Kānaka celebration of award-winning hula and music. J

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'Aukake | August 2015 | Vol. 32, No. 8

Hula practitioner Noe Noe Kekaualua at Volcano Art Center. - Courtesy photo