History: project summary
Ke A`a Makalei Hawaiian Language Regenesis Projects
Founding members, teachers, and community
members participating in the Kula Kaiapuni K-12 Hawaiian immersion schools had become
concerned by 1994 that parents of immersion school children had little or no
Hawaiian oral language fluency. Hawaiian leaders at the university felt
that intergenerational and community based language use are essential to
Hawaiian language revitalization. To address these concerns, the CSLR
worked with university faculty in the Department of Hawaiian and Asian-Pacific
Languages at UHM to develop two research and implementation projects. A
Federal Administration for Native Americans grant awarded in 1995 supported
research investigating Hawaiian language needs and possible plans for meeting
those needs. The resulting Ke A`a Makalei project, which received
additional federal funding in 1996 for two years, provided ongoing
instruction and supported use of the Hawaiian language in activities that
adults and families were already engaged in, for instance, outrigger canoeing,
baseball, basketball, family or community gatherings. In addition to
furthering Hawaiian language development and domain expansion in
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