University of Hawai?i at Manoa
09/29/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/29/2024 11:55
Indigenous educators connect with ʻāina, ʻike at UH Mānoa
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Indigenous educators work in Kānewai loʻi at UH Mānoa.
Indigenous educators work in Kānewai loʻi at UH Mānoa.
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Hawaiʻinuiākea students teach WINHEC participants about kalo.
Hawaiʻinuiākea students teach WINHEC participants about kalo.
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Participants learn about traditional imu cooking from Hawaiʻinuiākea students.
Participants learn about traditional imu cooking from Hawaiʻinuiākea students.
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More than 100 participants from across the globe flew to Hawaiʻi for WINHEC 2024.
More than 100 participants from across the globe flew to Hawaiʻi for WINHEC 2024.
Link to video (details below): https://go.hawaii.edu/3wa
***VOSOT script below for consideration***
WHO: UH Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
WHAT: Hosting Indigenous educators from around the world, including tribes from Norway, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Canada, for the annual WINHEC 2024 or (World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium) conference. Participants also engage in ʻāina-based learning at UH Mānoa, home to the nation's largest school of Indigenous studies.
WHEN: September 26-30
WHERE: Waikīkī and UH Mānoa
WHY: To foster the growth and advance Indigenous studies within higher education.
MORE INFORMATION
B-ROLL: (1 minute, 34 seconds)
:00-0:32 - Indigenous protocol (Credit: ʻŌiwiTV)
0:32-0:56 - WINHEC participants working in loʻi
0:56-1:15 - Cleaning taro
1:15-1:27 - Traditional imu
1:27-1:34 - Fresh kalua pig from imu
SOUNDBITES:
Jon Osorio/Dean, UH Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
(22 seconds)
"This is why it's so important for Kānaka Maoli I think to own the fact that we are Indigenous native peoples and that we have the spiritual connection to the land, to the waters, to our ancestors that is so similar to Sami, Apache, Māori, regardless of where people come from."
(7 seconds)
"The things that our ancestors knew about how to live off of this land, we believe are becoming increasingly important."
Roxanne Delille/Dean, Fond du Lac Tribal Community College
(9 seconds)
"When we think about that old knowledge, how do we pick that back up again and reclaim it so that we become stronger in who we are. That's the beauty of it!"
***VO SCRIPT***
INTRO (pronunciation guide for Hawaiʻinuiākea: HAWAIʻI-NU-WEE-AH-KEH-YAH)
Hawaiʻinuiākea, the Hawaiian Studies department at UH Mānoa, is welcoming more than a hundred Indigenous educators from around the globe.
<SOUND FULL: Indigenous protocol>
VO (Suggested super: UH hosts Indigenous educators from around globe)
This week, the university is hosting an annual conference dedicated to promoting Indigenous studies in higher education. Tribes from as far as Norway and Canada are engaging in hands-on, 'āina-based learning, including traditional kalo farming and imu cooking.
SOT (Super: Jon Osorio/Dean, UH Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge)
<"This is why it's so important for Kānaka Maoli, I think, to own the fact that we are Indigenous native peoples and that we have the spiritual connection to the land, to the waters, to our ancestors that is so similar to Sami, Apache, Māori, regardless of where people come from.">
SOT (Super: Roxanne Delille/Dean, Fond du Lac Tribal Community College)
<"When we think about that old knowledge, how do we pick that back up again and reclaim it so that we become stronger in who we are. That's the beauty of it!">
VO
The conference has been held in places such as Alaska and Canada in previous years. Hawaiʻinuiākea is home to the nation's largest school of Indigenous studies.