Hanakahi Council
About the Hanakahi Council
The Hanakahi Council is a campus-based caucus group of faculty and staff who are Native Hawaiian or associated with campus programs, colleges, or departments in Hawaiian Studies, Hawaiian language, or Hawaiian education or targeted to serve Native Hawaiian students.
The general membership meets monthly and the executive representatives meet monthly with the UH Hilo Chancellor to discuss issues and/or topics that may impact access or success Native Hawaiians at UH Hilo. The Hanakahi Council also represents UH Hilo at the system-wide level as an active member of the Pūkoʻa Council .
For more information about us, please visit our charter and our by-laws.
Hōʻoia ʻĀina (Land Acknowledgement Statement)
He ʻelele au na ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo, e hāpai aʻe nei i kēia ʻōlelo Hōʻoia ʻĀina, he honua ʻōiwi ʻo Hawaiʻi nona ka poʻe ʻōiwi o ka ʻāina, ʻo ia nā kānaka Hawaiʻi.
Me ke aloha nui au e hāpai nei i kēia Hōʻoia ʻĀina ma ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka poʻe a pau e kipa mai ana i kēia lā, ma kēia ahupuaʻa ʻo Waiākea, ma ka moku o Hilo.
ʻO Hawaiʻi nei nō kēia ʻāina. Welina pumehana kākou.
Translation:
On behalf of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, it is with profound reflection that I offer up this Hōʻoia ʻĀina, Land Acknowledgement, acknowledging Hawaiʻi as an Indigenous space whose original people are today identified as Native Hawaiians.
With much aloha, I offer up this Land Acknowledgement in welcome to all gathered this day, in the land division we call Waiākea, in the district of Hilo.
This land is Hawaiʻi itself. A warm greeting to all of us.
Upcoming Events
Current UH System and UH Hilo Initiatives
- Hanakahi Council Strategic Plan 2021-2023
- Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao
- UH Hilo representative on Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao:
Kekoa L. Harman - Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao at UH Hilo
- Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao Campus Plan for UH Hilo
- UH Hilo representative on Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao:
- Hawaiʻi Graduation Initiative
- UH Strategic Plan 2023-2029
- UH Hilo Strategic Plan 2011-2015
UH Hilo Native Hawaiian Student Data Sets
Native Hawaiian Student Services
Hanakahi Recommendations and Position Statements
- Recommendation for UH Hilo’s CARES III Funding (2020)
- Position Statement- E Naʻauao Pū, E Noiʻi Pū, E Noelo Pū: Research Support for Hawaiian Studies (2020)
- Naming Recommendation for UH Hilo’s University Village (2013)
- Position Statement - UH System’s Proposed 2012-13 to 2016-17 Tuition Schedule (2011)
- Position Statement - UH System's Non-Resident Cap (2009, 2010)