$3.9M for Native Hawaiian education at UH
In support of its goal to become a model indigenous serving institution, UH has been awarded almost $3.9 million in grants by the U.S. DOE’s Native Hawaiian Education Program.
UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language contributes to Hilo mural project
The Hilo mural is part of a 10-mural statewide project celebrating the 23 Hawaiian language immersion and charter schools.
Spoken Hawaiian language digital repository awarded grants
The project, entitled “Building a Hawaiian Spoken Language Repository,” will create a digital corpus of recordings and transcripts of Native Hawaiian language.
UH Press publishes open-access Hawaiian language journal
Palapala is an academic journal dedicated to the study of the Hawaiian language and the literature produced in it.
Expansion of indigenous language immersion programs focus of UH Hilo field study
UH Hilo hosted a two-day conference with educators from around the world working toward revitalizing indigenous languages.
Hawaiian forms of debate highlight of second UH Hilo teach-in
UH Hilo’s College of Hawaiian Language held a second all-class teach-in aimed at raising awareness around the issues surrounding Maunakea.
UH Hilo digitizing 40-year-old ʻōlelo radio show
UH Hilo’s Larry Kimura is digitizing recordings from his radio show, Ka Leo Hawaiʻi, which started in 1972 and continued for 16 years of broadcasts.
UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language honors scholarship founders and donors
UH Hilo’s College of Hawaiian Language celebrates scholarship gifts received from three families and a dynamic entrepreneur
Seeding the future of the ʻōhiʻa tree
The Lyon Arboretum launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to save seeds from the threatened ʻōhiʻa trees.
Indigenous language leaders gather for inaugural symposium at UH Hilo
Inaugural symposium, hosted by Mokuola Honua Global Center for Indigenous Language Excellence, focused on language revitalization and normalization.
