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...una (elders), our iwi (bones), our wahi pana (sacred places), and about building the strength of our communities through the power of culture-based education. Through the pedagogy of aloha and combined ancient and modern knowledge systems, we unleash the critical contributions that our opio (youth) will in turn offer their communities and our world. The writings shar...

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...Reflections of an "Always Already" Failing Native Hawaiian Mother: Deconstructing Colonial Discourses on Indigenous-Child-Rearing and Early Childhood Education-Julie Kaomea-. 77 -- A Profile of Hawaiian and Non-Hawaiian Women Incarcerated in a Community Residential Transition Program-Sylvia Yuen, Allison Hu, and John Engel. 97 -- Perceptions of Family and Health Support Se...

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... Yuen,-Lana N. Nakamura, and Ivette Rodriguez Stern-The Application of Terror Management Theory to-Native Hawaiian Well-Being. 127 -- A. Kuulei Serna-Education-“For the Interest of the Hawaiians Themselves”:-Reclaiming the Benefits of Hawaiian-Medium Education. 153 -- William H. Wilson and Kauanoe Kamana-Makawalu: Standards, Curriculum, and Assessment-for Literature throug...

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... immersion school in the United States. After the Punana Leo families changed an 1896 law banning Hawaiian language schools, the Punana Leo method of education, along with the first graduates of the program, were taken into the public schools. With strong support from the ?Aha Punana Leo, that state government program has expanded to the twelfth grade. Presently there are ...