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| Hoʻokūkū Cultural Hui | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hoʻokūkū Cultural Hui |
| Formation | 2010 |
| Type | Nonprofit cultural organization |
| Headquarters | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Region served | Hawaiʻi |
Hoʻokūkū Cultural Hui is a Honolulu-based nonprofit organization focused on Hawaiian cultural practice, performance, and community engagement. Founded in 2010, the Hui operates within networks of Hawaiian civic groups, museum partners, and educational institutions, collaborating with kūpuna, hālau, and contemporary artists. The organization integrates traditional protocols with programming that connects to broader Pacific and Indigenous cultural movements across institutions and festivals.
The Hui was established in 2010 following consultations with kūpuna linked to Bishop Museum, ʻIolani Palace, Kamehameha Schools, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and community leaders from Waikīkī, Kāneʻohe, Hilo, Lāhainā, and Kauaʻi; early supporters included staff from Hawaiʻi State Archives, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and activists associated with the Mauna Kea movement. Initial projects were framed in response to collaborations among practitioners connected to Hālau Hula, Merrie Monarch Festival, Aloha Festivals, Kamehameha Day, and cultural programs at Honolulu Museum of Art; grant awards came through partnerships with National Endowment for the Arts, Native Hawaiian Education Council, and local foundations. Over the next decade the Hui expanded programming to include exchanges with entities like Pacific Islands Forum, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and Smithsonian Institution, while navigating regulatory relationships with Hawaiʻi State Legislature and advocacy networks such as Hoʻāla Hou. Leadership transitions have included board members drawn from alumni of Kamehameha Schools, faculty from University of Hawaiʻi, and cultural practitioners affiliated with Hula Halau and canoe clubs.
The Hui's mission emphasizes cultural revitalization, language transmission, and stewardship of wahi kūpuna through activities coordinated with Aha Pūnana Leo, Pūnana Leo, Kānaka Maoli scholars, and community organizations like Papahana Kuaola and Malama ʻĀina groups. Activities bridge work with Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees, and Department of Land and Natural Resources partners to support kapu protocols, moʻolelo projects, and ʻāina-based learning. The Hui conducts consultations that reference traditions recorded by scholars at Bishop Museum, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and historians connected to Samuel Kamakau, David Malo, and archival collections at Hawaiʻi State Archives.
Governance is overseen by a board comprising cultural practitioners, educators, and nonprofit administrators with affiliations to Kamehameha Schools, University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, Native Hawaiian Education Council, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and civic groups such as Nā Koa Ikaika O Kēē; advisory councils include kūpuna, legal advisors from Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, and academic liaisons from Richard T. Mamiya-linked programs and departments at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Organizational structure includes program directors who coordinate with curators at Honolulu Museum of Art, registrars at Bishop Museum, and partners at Hawaiʻi Theatre, with fiscal sponsorships and reporting standards aligned to practices endorsed by GuideStar and funders such as National Endowment for the Humanities, Kresge Foundation, and local philanthropies.
Regular programs include hula and oli workshops taught by kumu associated with Merrie Monarch Festival, canoe-navigation sessions coordinated with Polynesian Voyaging Society crews aboard vessels like Hōkūleʻa, ʻāina stewardship projects organized with Papahana Kuaola and Kīpuka Kuleana, and language immersion pop-ups modeled on Aha Pūnana Leo practices. Annual events have been staged in partnership with Aloha Festivals, Made in Hawaiʻi Festival, Honolulu Festival, and community centers in neighborhoods like Kalihi, Kāneʻohe, and Waipahu, and include collaborative exhibitions with Bishop Museum, Honolulu Museum of Art, and touring programs linked to Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Special initiatives have involved archival digitization projects with Hawaiʻi State Archives and oral-history partnerships with scholars from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Hawaiʻi Pacific University.
The Hui emphasizes educational curricula that align with standards from Hawaiʻi Department of Education while incorporating pedagogy informed by kūpuna and faculty from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoaʻs Hawaiian Studies program, practitioners from Kamehameha Schools, and language models developed by Aha Pūnana Leo. Preservation work includes documentation of chants linked to lineages cited by Samuel Kamakau and David Malo, care protocols for kapa and featherwork in cooperation with conservators at Bishop Museum and curators at Honolulu Museum of Art, and community-based stewardship of wahi kūpuna coordinated with Department of Land and Natural Resources and cultural resource managers. Educational outreach reaches students via partnerships with Kamehameha Schools, Mid-Pacific Institute, Punahou School, and adult-education workshops hosted alongside Kūpuna Education Project partners.
Partners include Polynesian Voyaging Society, Bishop Museum, Honolulu Museum of Art, Kamehameha Schools, Aha Pūnana Leo, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Land and Natural Resources, National Endowment for the Arts, and community groups across Oʻahu, Maui, Kauaʻi, and Hawaiʻi Island; these collaborations support employment for cultural practitioners, internships for students from Kamehameha Schools and Hawaiʻi Pacific University, and public programming during events like Merrie Monarch Festival and Aloha Festivals. Community impact assessments have documented increased participation in hula, canoe voyaging, and language classes, contributions to site stewardship with agencies such as State Historic Preservation Division, and educational resource development used by teachers in schools including Punahou School and public charter schools.
Category:Hawaiian cultural organizations