The waʻa kaulua double hulled voyaging canoe replica Hōkūleʻa demonstrated that Kānaka ʻŌiwi ancestors intentionally sailed between Hawaiʻi and Tahiti and throughout Polynesia. Working with Master Navigator Mau Piailug, the Polynesian Voyaging Society revived Hawaiian wayfinding.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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