ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi │ One learns from many sources │ A web publication from the Office of the Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
A delegation from UH Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community College visited The Evergreen State College in Washington state to talk about modeling an Indigenous arts program after Evergreen’s Indigenous Arts Campus and Native Programs curriculum.
(Left to right) Laura VerMeulen, Assistant Director, The Longhouse Indigenous Arts Campus, The Evergreen State University (TESU); Zoltan Grossman, Geography & Native Studies Faculty (TESU); Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, VP, Indigenous Arts and Education (TESU); Gail Makuakāne-Lundin, Director of Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao (UH System); Melanie Wilson, Dean of Liberal Arts (Hawaiʻi CC); Hanalei Marzan, Uluākea Scholar-in-Residence (UH Hilo); Puanani Nihoa, Assistant Director, Masters in Public Administration, Tribal Governance Concentration (TESU); Ian Shortridge, Academic Advisor, (Hawaiʻi CC-Pālamanui Campus); Kekai Lindsey, Hawaiian Culture-Language Pathways Facilitator (Hawaiʻi CC); Linley Logan, Director of the Northwest Heritage Program, The Longhouse Indigenous Arts Campus (TESU); Taupōuri Tangarō, professor of Hawai’i Life Styles (Hawaiʻi CC). Down lower at front right is Kauila Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani, Community Engagement Specialist (Hawaiʻi CC). Group is gathered at the Fiber Art Studio, a structure that combines Northwest Indian and Maori architecture, The Longhouse Indigenous Arts Campus, TESU, Olympia, Washington, March 1, 2019. Photo by Ākeamakamae Kiyuna, Hawaiian Culture-Language Pathways Coordinator (Hawaiʻi CC).
Taupōuri Tangarō (left) and Gail Makuakāne-Lundin (right) presented with an Evergreen Indian Tapestry Throw by Tina Kuckkahn-Miller. The design on the throw replicates tapestry hung in the Fiber Art Studio that represent symbols of some of the Northwest Indian Tribes. Photo by Ākeamakamae Kiyuna.
UH Hilo-Hawai‘i CC delegation in the Fiber Arts Studio wearing Evergreen Indian Throw. L-R: Kekai Lindsey, Melanie Wilson, Kauil Keali‘ikanaka‘oleohaililani, Taupōuri Tangarō, Ākeamakamae Kiyuna, Ian Shortridge, Gail Makuakāne-Lundin, Hanalei Marzan. Photo by Ākeamakamae Kiyuna.
A delegation from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community College visited The Evergreen State College (TESU) in Washington state from Feb. 28 to March 3 to continue conversations about modeling an Indigenous arts program after Evergreen’s Indigenous Arts Campus and Native Programs curriculum.
“The proposed program will pilot a focus on Indigenous arts in anticipation that it will grow into a two-year community college program with pathways to a four-year degree,” says Gail Makuakāne-Lundin, director of the UH System Office of Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao and interim executive assistant to the UH Hilo chancellor.
“The University of Hawai’i welcomes ways to study Indigenous cultures as contributors to society instead of simple observations of their art,” she says.
(Left to right) Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, Taupōuri Tangarō, and Gail Makuakāne-Lundin at Tumwater Falls, an area used by the Northwest Indian for ceremonies, trading and gathering of salmon and shellfish. Photo by Ākeamakamae Kiyuna.
(Left to right) Hanalei Marzan, Kauila Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani, Kekai Lindsey, Ian Shortridge (partially hidden), Taupōuri Tangarō. Tumwater Falls. Photo by Ākeamakamae Kiyuna
Taupōuri Tangarō, professor of Hawai’i Life Styles at Hawaiʻi CC says, “We’re here at Evergreen on a mission. Evergreen has always inspired us and we’re here to celebrate this inspiration as we prepare to deliver our Hawaiian Indigenous arts program for the advancement of Indigenous well-being.”
“We’re honored to host our relatives from Hawaiʻi Island,” says Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, Evergreen’s vice president of Indigenous arts and education. “We consider them a sister institute and want to build upon a relationship that’s been growing for decades among the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest and South Pacific.”
Group meets at Skokomish Indian Tribe Skabob (Doctor-Medicine) House, which is under construction in Shelton, Washington. (Left to right): Sy Miller (Chief’s son); Chief Dexter Miller; Tina Kuckkahn-Miller (Chief’s wife); Vice President, Indigenous Arts and Education, The Evergreen State University; Taupōuri Tangarō, Director, Hawaiian Protocol and Community Engagement, Hawaiʻi CC and UH Hilo performing a Hawaiian chant. Photo by Ākeamakamae Kiyuna.
Hawaiʻi CC will host a 2019 Indigenous arts summer symposium as the first step in gauging community interest and support in the proposed program.
-Adapted from Evergreen media release. Photos and captions for this post provided by the UH delegation.
