PETITION TO STOP LAND BUYING

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On June 15, 2006, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument was designated, creating the largest marine conservation area on Earth at the time. A year later, it was given its Hawaiian name, Papahānaumokuākea. Papahānaumoku is a mother figure personified by the earth and Wākea is a father figure personified in the expansive sky; the two are honored and highly recognized ancestors of Native Hawaiian people. This year we celebrate 15 years of accomplishments in cooperative conservation and co-management. Read the full story here: https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/15year-anniversary/ (Photo: Koa Matsuoka. Image description: A bird calling while standing on a turtle's back next to another bird on the beach.)

Happy 1 week my baby seaponies! My #savetheseahorses project is still going one day at a time but these babies of wild seahorses are now 7 days old. In fish rearing this is huge, these little ones can fit on a dime and are eating mostly wild plankton. #seahorse #marineconservation #conservationbiology #hawaiiwildlife #nativehawaiian #fishrearing #fishaquaculture #seahorseart #babyseahorse https://www.instagram.com/p/B4npvi8nAsV/?igshid=zlumzktvff7p

The Ko`ie`ie is a three-acre ancient fishpond – one of the last remaining along the south Maui coast. Fishponds are a unique form of marine aquaculture and they continue to play an important role in the Hawaiian culture. Typically built between 1200 and 1600, fishponds were used by native Hawaiians to ensure that their local communities had enough fish to eat and were also considered an important place of trade and wealth. The community would come together to build the rock wall, purposely built higher than the year’s highest tides, extending out into the ocean. The addition of sluice gates in the wall allowed the movement of smaller fish in and out of the pond, trapping the larger fish inside. They would even line the shoreline with rocks from nearby stream beds and valleys to inhibit sand and sediment from entering the pond and to help control water levels. To learn more about these Hawaiian fishponds and their cultural significance to the Hawaiian people visit: https://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/heritage/native-fishpond.html (Photo: NOAA. Image description: The Ko`ie`ie with the Visitor Center in the background.)

Do you see bias in news outlets today? What methods do you use to understand prejudices that may be presented while reading a news article? 🗞️

Aloha kākou! ✨ I kēia mahina, e heluhelu kākou i The History Of The Steel-Tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian Intellectual History na Noenoe K. Silva. Hey everyone! ✨ This month, we will be reading The History Of The Steel-Tipped Pen: Reconstructing Native Hawaiian History by Noenoe K. Silva. Search and you will find the history of our people through stories, poems, songs, and so much more 💫 Are you familiar with Native Hawaiian Intellectual History? What are you excited to learn about? 😎

What new species of knowledge are you generating from your experiences? How are you creating a new way of being in the world? ✈️