AʻO
Education and Research
We enhance connections to ʻāina through education
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Lead cultural field trips with local schools, an annual summer program for keiki (children) and ʻōpio (youth), college courses, workshops, and trainings for community learners of all ages.
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Center stories, place names, land-use history, policy, and ecology of particular ʻāina while building capacity to care for these places across generations.
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We assist families, community groups, landowners, and government agencies with cultural, historic, and archival lands research to aid in the care and protection of ʻāina today
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Specialize in māhele and kuleana records, translation, place names, archival maps, historic images, land-use plans, and analysis to support policy reforms.
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Train people to conduct needed archival ʻāina research on their own.
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Build a community archive of Kauaʻi lands, cultural practices, and ʻike (knowledge) to guide future restoration, caretaking, education, and governance.