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Makana Eyre: Returning Indigenous Remains A Top Priority For Schatz

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By Makana Eyre
| Honolulu Civil Beat Verified
Hawaiʻi U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz is pressing academic institutions to follow federal law regarding remains and cultural objects. Over the last decade, museums and universities have gotten good at speaking fluently about Indigenous respect. One way they do it is the land acknowledgement.
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Makana Eyre: Kailua Is Fancy Now. But It Came At A Cost

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By Makana Eyre
| Honolulu Civil Beat Verified
Local families are hard-pressed to find an affordable lifestyle in the Windward community. When did Kailua become a honeypot for the rich? Less than 20 years ago, when I was a teenager, it was a friendly, middle-class town. Families like mine celebrated birthdays at Pali Lanes, held baby lūʻau at Kailua Beach Park. We went early to Boots and Kimo’s for a chance at one of their six booth tables. We saw action flicks for a buck a head at the Keolu Center Cinemas. Life felt local.
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Makana Eyre: How An 1896 Ban Failed To Kill The Hawaiian Language

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By Makana Eyre
| Honolulu Civil Beat Verified
The demand for learning ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi is high, but immersion schools can’t find enough teachers. In 1906, the Hawaiian newspaper Ka Naʻi Aupuni published a striking editorial. Young Hawaiians, it warned, were becoming strangers to their own language. It described a scene that was becoming more and more common at the time. A newcomer, intent on learning ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, asks a young Hawaiian about the meaning of a certain old word from a book or newspaper. The reply?
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