Ku-A-KANAKA

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We are a family-owned native Hawaiian social enterprise, providing quality products and services to:

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Kanaka Culinary Explosion

Join us on November 9th, 2024 at Nani Mau Gardens from 10am to 2pm for a jam-packed day of one-of-a-kind, fun, hands-on activities where we will share how to celebrate Lā Kūʻokoʻa through food, education and aloha.

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Kapapa Loʻi o Kealiʻikuaʻāina

Interested in experiencing ʻāina-based education? Then schedule a visit to kapapa Loʻi o Kealiʻikuaʻāina, our 5 acre taro patch complex and outdoor learning laboratory located in the ʻili ʻāina of Kūnaka, in historic Waipiʻo Valley. We have over 30 years of experience hosting schools, educational programs, organizations, trainings, companies, etc. Contact us today.

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EA Ecoversity

Are you Hawaiian, ages 15-30, and interested in FREE culture-based post-secondary education and career training that transitions you into an educated 21st century kanaka? OR want support this effort through paid internships, becoming a mentor etc? Then contact us to learn more about this ground-breaking program.

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LOOKING FOR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, ONLINE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE EDUCATION WITH ALOHA (EA)?

EA E-Learning courses offer fun, interactive, culture-based learning for:

individuals and ʻohana who want to increase their Hawaiian language skills and ʻike kūpuna in the comfort of their home and when it is convenient for them
Hawaiian or Hawaiian-serving businesses, organizations and institutions of learning who want to create an atmosphere of aloha among their staff and/or seek professional development to help their employees better serve native Hawaiians

EA E-Learning courses are accessible anytime and from anywhere with a computer and WIFI

CLICK FOR FUN, INTERACTIVE CULTURE-BASED ONLINE COURSES

CLICK FOR CUSTOM-MADE, CULTURE-BASED PD

SERVICES

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Testimonials

"Kanaka Kitchen was special and nourishing for me and my spirit. Mahalo nui no ka ʻike ʻono! Helping normalize our language in these kinds of settings helps us all heal - together. This workshop was special beyond words.

Hoʻoulu lāhui."

- Manulani Meyer, Ed.D. Konohiki, University of Hawaii West Oʻahu

Testimonials

"The wildly popular Dr. Kū Kahakalau taught us the importance of Hawaiian proverbs and their importance to the basic method methods and principles of Indigenous research"

- Lori Lambert, Ph.D. President American Indian Research Association

OUR

ʻOHANA

From aloha ʻāina to hosting camps and conferences, we have always worked together as an ʻohana. Therefore it was only fitting to start a family owned and operated social enterprise to serve our community and lāhui.

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