Notre parrain fiscal
Nā Maka Hāloa - À but non lucratif 501(c)3
Nā Maka Hāloa, une organisation 501 (c) 3 dont le siège est à Pāhoa, Hawaiʻi, servira de sponsor fiscal pour Kuʻialuaopuna. Fondée en 2001, Nā Maka Hāloa est une organisation de base qui soutient les arts et la culture autochtones à Puna, Hawaiʻi. Nos missions s'alignent sur la conviction que l'éducation culturelle est un élément essentiel de la durabilité des ressources .
Kuʻialuaopuna va de l'avant pour promouvoir les traditions culturelles et les arts autochtones dans tout le Pacifique. Nous sommes un pā ou hālau traditionnel qui perpétue l'art de combat indigène d'Hawaï connu sous le nom de Lua, ainsi que d'autres traditions et pratiques culturelles qui sont entrelacées au sein de notre peuple.
Tous les dons sont déductibles des impôts via
Nā Maka Haloa
Case postale 10664
Hilo, Hawaï 96721 Mahalo pour votre soutien.
Ana Kapukini Kon- Executive Director
Ana is the executive director of Nā Maka Hāloa o Waipi'o, and has been the driving force behind Na maka Haloa o waipi'o's mission to promote cultural understanding through the cultural arts. With over 30 years of experience in culture and education, Ana brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise and a driving passion to our organization.
Our Founder
Edward Kanahele was a History professor at Hawaii Community College where he was able to tap into the young Hawaii youth coming into the college and inspire them to be great.
He was active in the preservation of ancient burial grounds and remains for the iwi kūpuna.
In 1990 he founded a group named "Hui Malama i Na Kupuna" which was established to protect remains and burial sites of Hawaiian ancestors.
This group was instrumental in getting the Smithsonian Institute to return the remains of 85 Hawaiians remains (bones) which had been kept for almost 100 years.
In 1998, our founder Edward Kanahele thought to regenerate the practices of Ocean through Lawaiʻa, Land through Mahiʻai and the chants and dances through Hula. This has been the foundation for Nā Maka Hāloa and continues to hold a solid foundation for us now and into the future. I Ola Hāloa!
