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Student and instructor hold up map they created: blue ocean surrounds the south east tip of the island. Map is labeled "PUNA." Place names and other details on map are too small to read.

Mapping a traditional way of knowing: UH Hilo geography student maps the ahupua‘a of Puna

Budding cartographer Kaylyn Ells-Ho‘okano worked with her mentor Drew Kapp, a geographer at Hawai‘i Community College, to create a map showing details of the traditional land divisions in the district of Puna. The work honors the original names and ways of understanding the landscape.

Doug Simons and Larry Kimura. Kumu Kimura is wearing lei as he addresses the audience.

UH Hilo Hawaiian language scholar Larry Kimura and astronomer Doug Simons compare notes on Pō

At a public presentation, the Hawaiian language scholar and the research scientist compared the first 11 lines of an ancient Hawaiian creation chant to modern astronomical theories of the origins of the universe. The similarity between the two is astonishing.