Waialeʻe Lako Pono: North Shore Field School

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A continuation of the North Shore Field School (NSFS), the Waialeʻe Lako Pono Oral History project was funded in part by an award from the Provost’s Strategic Investment Initiative, a campus-wide competition designed to increase cross-unit and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The North Shore Field School was included as a part of the Waialeʻe Lako Pono Provost’s Strategic Investment Initiative, a project that builds upon robust collaborations to develop Waialeʻe as a site of resurgent education, research and resilience for the North Shore community and beyond. The project was initiated by the North Shore Community Land Trust as part of the effort to restore environmental, agricultural and social abundance to Waialeʻe. The community group leases 30 acres from the UH‘s former Waialeʻe livestock research station to restore loʻi kalo, fishponds, agroforestry and habitat for native species. Research and initial outreach for the fieldschool began in fall 2022 in ES/ANTH 493: Oral History Theory and Practice co-taught by Dr. Ty Kāwika Tengan who was acting director at the Center for Oral History (COH) and Micah Mizukami, COH associate director. In spring and summer 2023, then-COH director Dr. Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor conducted interviews focusing on memories of the University of Hawaiʻi's Waialeʻe Livestock Research Station and changes in the community and coastal environment. In fall 2023, Dr. Tengan led the North Shore Field School with support from the North Shore Community Land Trust and the Center for Oral History. More than 20 students documented the life histories of nine kūpuna and community members with ties to Waialeʻe: Nohea Santimer, Leona Lui, Rachel Paris, Mildred Cataluna, Paul and Verna Eguires, Daniel Nahoopiʻi, Margaret Primacio, and JennieLee Andrade. May these stories contribute to the continued abundance of Waialeʻe.

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