Cultivating the Native Hawaiian
Culture in the Pacific Northwest
Ka ʻAha Lāhui O ʻOlekona Hawaiian Civic Club
Native Hawaiian families are relocating to the continental United States at an increasing rate, with more Native Hawaiian adults living on the continent than in Hawaiʻi. While uprooted from our homelands, just like the kalo plant, we bring the soil and our foundation with us wherever we go.
Established in 2019, Ka ʻAha Lāhui O ʻOlekona Hawaiian Civic Club of Oregon & SW Washington, or KALO HCC, is a 501(c)3 organization that works to bring awareness to the importance of kalo (taro) and Hāloa (first Hawaiian) in remembrance of our Native Hawaiian communities back home and on the continent – thus, creating an opportunity to reindigenize and reconnect our lāhui (people) to the ʻāina (land) and moʻomēheu (cultural identity and values).
Our Pillars
Kaiāulu
Community
Building a puʻuhonua in the AloHā Resource & Community Center
Moʻomēheu
Culture
Strengthening cultural identity through traditional practices
Hoʻonaʻauao
Education
Perpetuating ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi in In-person classrooms & sessions
Mālama Ola
Health
Providing access to traditional health and medicine resources in our clinic
KOKO Podcast S2E4
Hula on the Continent Part 2
with Kumu Hula Mokihana
In this episode, we talk story in Hilo, Hawaiʻi during Merrie Monarch week with Kumu Hula Leialoha Kaʻula of Ka Lei Haliʻa O Ka Lokelani and Kumu Hula Mokihana of Hālau Hula Ka Lei Mokihana I Ka Ua Noe for a PART 2 conversation centered around the art of hula and how we can support one another, hold others accountable, and share similar experiences around teaching the sprituiality and kaona of hula.
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