These projects were funded by the National Park Service through a collaboration between the NPS and the University of Hawaiʻi through the Hawaiʻi-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Agreement Number P20AC00973. The oral history interviews were conducted by a team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Center for Oral History in on-going phases under the direction of Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor, Micah Mizukami and a team of graduate and undergraduate research assistants in cooperation with the National Park Service.
Akāka Wale o Haleakalā: Haleakalā Stands in Full View
In the late 1970s, Haleakalā National Park began building a series of fences around the perimeter of the park to exclude feral ungulates (goats, pigs, deer and cattle), and preserve native habitat, and care for native wildlife.
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Kuahiwi Nui Haleakalā, He Inoa no ke Akua
The kumu (purpose) of the project was to explore the history of early park natural resource management, as well as the history of park lands in Kaupō and Kīpahulu through the voices of people who have worked in and experienced the park over many years. These oral histories also highlight Native Hawaiian cultural stories, insights, and concepts that have been shared by five of these narrators and gathered through their close relationships with the lands that now comprise Haleakalā National Park.
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ʻŌpelu Fishing Boats in South Kona
This ʻŌpelu Fishing Canoes Oral History Project for the Puʻuhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park began with a collection of 78 slides that geographer Dr. Matthew McGranaghan photographed in South Kona between November 1991 and February 1992 at Keauhou, Napoʻopoʻo, Keʻei, Hōnaunau, Hoʻokena and Miloliʻi. The cultural resources staff asked the COH to conduct oral histories with families connected with the ʻōpelu fishing canoes and speak with them about their construction, use, and connection to families in the South Kona communities.
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