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Aukukui Professional Development is recognized by Indigenous Teacher Education Licensure program for the Hawaiʻi Department of Education and the World Indigenous Nation’s Higher Education (WINHEC). https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/neepapa daily 0.75 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/bdf7e6a5-9305-46fa-a716-2f9d4c1efc20/Screen+Shot+2023-02-09+at+2.41.12+PM.jpeg Neʻepapa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/all-programs daily 0.75 2024-11-15 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/about-us-2 daily 0.75 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590526151732-TSABUQE749R9EY9XLZQ3/history.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1d13f3d1-0c8b-4a8e-8488-cd69fa716bc2/DSC09912.JPG About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/6f8e308e-e7cf-4b44-a9e8-da5daf2c5fb3/PLOMaui-134.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/52ac888f-82a1-40d4-a259-f9a59686c844/PLOMolokai-152.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/dd33e74d-e07b-4a2a-8e40-3633483ea5f7/PLOWaianae-121.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/09d46d39-fdcc-4aec-bac7-003c71997444/DSC09798.JPG About Us https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/programs daily 0.75 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/7c275b98-7ecf-4a6b-8bd1-847fa423da1a/PLOHana-251.jpg Nā Papahana - Nā Papahana Kula Kamaliʻi | Hiʻipēpē Pūnana Leo Mai ka makahiki 1983, he ōnahanahaiaua ka honua Pūnana Leo e ulu ai nā keiki. ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi nā keiki ma loko o ka ʻekolu a ʻehā paha mahina, a ma muli o ka papahana heluhelu ʻo Ka Hakalama i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo, puka aku nō lākou me ka mākau heluhelu a kākau. Mohala pū mai nā mākau launa kanaka, noʻonoʻo, alakaʻi, a ola ma o nā haʻawina, nā huakaʻi, nā hōʻike kaiaulu, a me nā hana manawaleʻa. Hoʻokahua ʻia he kākoʻo ikaika no ke keiki a me nā ʻohana ma o ka papahana hoʻoulu ʻohana e hōʻoia ana i ka mau o ke aʻo ma ka hale. ʻO ka Hui Kīpaepae kahi e aʻo ai i ka ʻōlelo a no ka papahana, a ʻo ka Lā ʻOhana a me ka Hoʻihoʻi Honua kahi e ulu ai a paʻa nā kuleana ʻē aʻe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1607459307673-DA9ETNW720FI0TJS2X9E/punanaleomakahale-89.jpg Nā Papahana - Ke Aukukui Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Māhele Aukukui, ma ka hana pakanā ʻana me Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani. Ma hope o ka mālama ʻia ʻana o ke aʻoaʻo hana, ua hoʻomohala ʻia ke aʻoaʻo ma o ke keleaʻo no nā kumu ma ka paeʻāina o Hawaiʻi no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka palapala hōʻoia no nā kumu kamaliʻi kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi e kō ai nā koina ʻimi naʻauao. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590627873317-CXKVM4XAYSQSGBZUP78F/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_d4.jpg Nā Papahana - Neʻepapa Ua lilo hoʻi ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo i kumu hoʻohālike no ka hoʻōla ʻōlelo ʻōiwi a he kumuwaiwai no nā ʻōiwi e hoihoi ana i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ko lākou mau ʻōlelo ʻōiwi. Mai ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka pāhana Neʻepapa ma 2010, ua hoʻokipa ʻia ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo i nā ʻōiwi mai ʻō a ʻō o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me nā Aupuni ʻē aʻe no ke kōkua ʻana iā lākou no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kā lākou mau papahana hoʻōla ʻōlelo ʻōiwi. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/resources daily 0.75 2025-03-05 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/contact-us-1 daily 0.75 2022-08-25 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/home-3 daily 1.0 2026-03-02 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/about-us daily 0.75 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525920287-E39ABUMPYYCKCQDUIH15/history.jpg No ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525963032-R5QM3LDJUFK0A3GV1B5R/partnerships.jpg No ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525911660-QOZO00YIIVCUC4E6CT4A/leadership.jpg No ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/628fc9c2-e2ac-4f57-b1a1-0ff6a4f08dbe/plowaialua-144.jpg No ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525950272-N94909QBTJVDYDEGLE72/image-asset.jpeg No ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525990768-22S4QQJMENN1GSQAZ4AV/RFP.jpg No ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/home-landing-hawaiian daily 0.75 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590630268346-Q8DVBLQCRH7SNP0FSDFT/IMG_7316.jpg Ke Kahua Paʻa Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo i ka makahiki 1983 no ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. I kēia manawa, ua lilo ka hana hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo i kumu hoʻohālike no ko Hawaiʻi, no nā ʻōiwi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a no nā ʻōiwi a puni ka honua. I loko o nākekeke i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokumu a hoʻomohala ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo i nā papahana ma ka paeʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ua kinai i ke kānāwai e pāpā ana i ke aʻo ma o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma nā kula aupuni a kūʻokoʻa no 90 makahiki, a ua ʻauamoea hoʻi ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo no nā lāhui ʻōiwi ʻē aʻe e ulu ai ka ʻike no ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻōlelo a me ka moʻomeheu ʻōiwi. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/english-home-landing daily 0.75 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1594859800315-O01V3UBA71HW0RR8HZKW/IMG_7316.jpg Home In 1983, ʻAha Pūnana Leo was created as a grassroots effort with the sole purpose of reviving ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Now, ʻAha Pūnana Leo serves as a local, national and international model for language revitalization. Over the past several decades, ʻAha Pūnana Leo established and built numerous programs throughout the islands, helped to lift a 90-year ban on teaching Hawaiian in public and private schools, advocated for other indigenous people and raised awareness about the consequences of the loss of indigenous languages. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/resources-1 daily 0.75 2024-12-26 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/history-hl daily 0.75 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1582309647747-3Y17R5Z3JKCKD7V65R45/papa_alakai.old_.jpg History (HL) Lālani Mua: L-R: Makalapua Alencastre, the late ʻĪlei Beniamina and Larry Kimura. Lālani Hope:, L-R: Hōkūlani Cleeland, Kauanoe Kamanā, Kīʻope Raymond and Pila Wilson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590523518458-UW6Z7S4O5AEO0JKA2A5A/Kupuna_Lee_Hong.jpg History (HL) L-R ʻO Mehana Evans, Kūhaʻo Zane, a me Kuʻulei Kalani-Maskell nā keiki me Tūtū Lee Hong. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/faqs daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/hawaiian-faqs daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/history-hl-1 daily 0.75 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1a334fb7-e57e-411c-bcce-ce69da47b6e6/Ki%CA%BBi_%CA%BBAPL+72ppi.jpg History Front row, L-R: Makalapua Alencastre, the late ʻĪlei Beniamina and Larry Kimura. Back row, L-R: Hōkūlani Cleeland, Kauanoe Kamanā, Kīʻope Raymond and Pila Wilson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590523518458-UW6Z7S4O5AEO0JKA2A5A/Kupuna_Lee_Hong.jpg History L-R ʻO Mehana Evans, Kūhaʻo Zane, a me Kuʻulei Kalani-Maskell nā keiki me Tūtū Lee Hong. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/leadership-hl daily 0.75 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590610961540-KQ0PXFMLATCABF02JKOM/Ka%E2%80%98iulani+Laeha%CC%84.jpg Leadership HL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1cb64b5e-4813-4954-9e3b-015fad2d9c35/CRISTIN.jpg Leadership HL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1572742001503-GOV1D4812W2U8X9FLE47/Screen%252BShot%252B2019-09-13%252Bat%252B8.19.10%252BAM.jpg Leadership HL Kauanoe Kamanā He Lālā Hoʻokumu a Pelekikena hoʻi He lālā mai ka MH 1983. ʻO Dr. Kauanoe Kamanā kekahi o nā lālā i hoʻokumu i ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo a ʻo ia nō ka pelekikena. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Oʻahu a hānai ʻia ma Kalihi a me Kalamaʻula ma Molokaʻi. ʻO ia ka luna hoʻokele no ke kula hoʻokolohua ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, he kula kaiaʻōlelo hoʻokolohua P-20 o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. Ma ke ʻano he kumu a alakaʻi, hana pū ʻo ia me nā haumāna, nā kumu a me nā ʻohana no ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻōlelo a me ka mauli ola Hawaiʻi ma Hawaiʻi. I ko Kauanoe manaʻo, he kuleana ko kākou ma ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke ola o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no ko mua aku. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525000047-LFC9528KTQ1E9KW5JZS8/Pila+Wilson.jpg Leadership HL Pila Wilson He lālā mai ka MH 1983 ʻO Dr. William H “Pila” Wilson kekahi o nā lālā i hoʻokumu i ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Oʻahu ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana mai o kona mau mākua i Hawaiʻi ma hope o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua. He polopeka ʻo Pila ma ke Koleke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻo Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. He mākaukau kona ma ka pilinaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, a me ka hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. He mea nui kāna hana ma ka hoʻomohala i nā kānāwai mokuʻāina no ka hoʻonaʻauao ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi piha me nā kulekele pekelala e mālama a kākoʻo i ke ola o nā ʻōlelo ʻōiwi o ʻAmelika. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525010889-2Z8E8OWY5JHI2ZRWZXRZ/Larry+Kimura.jpg Leadership HL Larry Kimura He lālā ma i ka MH 1983 Ua ulu a nui ʻo Larry Lindsey Kimura ma Waimea i Kohala Hema ma nā 1940 me kona mau kūpuna, kekahi o nā mānaleo hope loa o kona kaiaulu. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no 40 a ʻoi makahiki ma nā Kulanui o Hawaʻi a he polopeka nō ʻo ia ma Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani, ke Koleke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo. ʻO ia kekahi o nā lālā hoʻokumu hoʻi o ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo e kū mau nei. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525033246-O2DEU2V5CCW8CVCL3VLC/Screen%25252525252BShot%25252525252B2019-09-13%25252525252Bat%25252525252B8.19.28%25252525252BAM.jpg Leadership HL Keawe Lopes He lālā mai ka MH 2011 He polopeka ʻo Dr. Keawe Lopes ma Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa a ʻo ia nō ka hoʻolaukaʻi ʻo Ka Waihona A Ke Aloha, Ka Papahana a Hoʻoheno Mele. ʻO kona mākaukau ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi kekahi kahua ma kona hālau, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, i hoʻokumu ʻia me kāna wahine ma ka MH 2005. Ua hoʻopaʻa leo pū ʻo Keawe a ua lilo i moho ma ka Nā Hōkū Hanohano no nā ka Pā ʻŌlelo Hawaʻi me Ka Haku Mele. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525049323-E5IJFNIU5KH1TYHQGK08/Kraymond.png Leadership HL Kīʻope Raymond He lālā mai ka MH 1986 - 2004, 2011 - a i kēia manawa No Lahaina ʻo Kīʻope a ma Waiakoa, Kula, Maui ʻo ia e noho nei i kēia manawa me kāna wahine, ʻo Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond. Ua puka kā lāua mau keiki ʻelua, ʻo Kuaola a me Kaleʻa, mai ka Pūnana Leo ʻo Maui; na Kīʻope hoʻi i hoʻokumu i ia honua. Ua hoʻomaha loa ʻo Kumu Kīʻope mai kāna ʻoihana he polopeka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke Koleke ʻo Maui Kulanui o Hawaiʻi. Akā, ma ka papa alakaʻi ʻAha Pūnana Leo, mau kona kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. Mahalo nui ʻo ia i nā mākua a me ka poʻe a pau o nā kaiaulu o ko Hawaiʻi pae ʻāina, a me ka poʻe a puni ka honua, i komo pū i ke aukahi hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/58223bcb-bc2b-490a-8088-5a7e40bf3a5e/Hulilau+Screen+Shot.jpg Leadership HL Hulilau Wilson He lālā ma i ka MH 2011 He mānaleo ʻo Hulilauākea Wilson. Ua puka ʻo ia mai ka Pūnana Leo a me ke Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu ma ka MH 1999, ka papa mua loa ma hope 100 a ʻoi makahiki i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ma o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Ua puka pū ʻo ia me Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani a he kākoʻo kumu nō ʻo ia o ka Pūnana Leo o Hilo ma mua. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/accreditations-and-awards-hl daily 0.75 2020-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590527137977-MZIQNG08HQ9EH96GAA9V/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_5d.jpg Accreditations and Awards HL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1594869165272-T4NL28KZOADM4GC4ZL3K/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_58.jpg Accreditations and Awards HL https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/n-programs daily 0.75 2025-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/12a7cd44-dbeb-483a-a111-48c2173b807e/PLOHana-251.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1607383425464-PQVO1JKZV9MQWI29V8YS/punanaleomakahale-89.jpg Programs - Aukukui | Niuolahiki Online Hawaiian Language Courses ‘Aha Pūnana Leo officially launched the Aukukui Professional Development program in partnership with the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s Hawaiian Language College, Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke‘elikōlani. After years of providing staff with training and professional development opportunities, ‘Aha Pūnana Leo expanded its flexible, online program to offer teachers across the state, an opportunity to receive HME teacher certifications and meet early childhood education requirements. The Niuolahiki Distance Learning Program extends its culturally rooted language program throughout the world. Students of the program reside throughout Hawai‘i and the U.S. continent as well as South America, Europe and Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590627544200-LOWIFJG184SNL5NBHLI7/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_d4.jpg Programs - Neʻepapa ‘Aha Pūnana Leo has become a nationally recognized model for Native American language revitalization, and a resource for indigenous groups interested in reviving and perpetuating their traditional languages. Since launching its Neʻepapa outreach project in 2010, ‘Aha Pūnana Leo has welcomed indigenous groups from across the U.S. and other countries to assist them in developing language and cultural revitalization programs. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/employment-opportunities-hl daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/rfps-hl daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/kula-kamalii-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/80b89e11-44a2-4654-9ded-9baef7f8ef34/PL%2B12%2BCurrent%2BLocations-6.25.png https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/aukukui-hl daily 0.75 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/75924b93-8d58-4707-9855-281f28e5d9a9/punanaleomakahale-62-Keahi.jpg Aukukui HL - Aukukui Niuolahiki Ma ka makahiki 2009, Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kekahi papahana hikiaaʻo i ala aʻo ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi mai nā ʻano wahi like ʻole ma ka manawa o ko lākou makemake. He papahana hikaaʻo ʻo Niuolahiki kahi e hiki ai i nā haumāna ke aʻo i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi me ka wikiwiki a mālie paha a ma ka papa manawa i kūpono no lākou. Ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pukana 25, he like ia me ka makahiki mua o nā papa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o ka pae kulanui. Ua kūkulu ʻia nā haʻawina ma ka puke “Nā Kai ʻEwalu” na Dr. Kauanoe Kamanā me Dr. William H. “Pila” Wilson. He mau haʻawina hoʻomaʻamaʻa pilinaʻōlelo, kūkaʻipā a me nā wehewehe no ke kuanaʻike Hawaiʻi ia papahana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1582071623392-RPWQTPYT9MAT0GHMD16P/PLKPoko-10.jpg Aukukui HL Ke Aukukui Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Māhele Aukukui ma ka hana pakanā ʻana me Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani. Ma hope o ka mālama ʻia ʻana o ke aʻoaʻo hana, ua hoʻomohala ʻia ke aʻoaʻo ma o ke keleaʻo no nā kumu ma ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka palapala hōʻoia no nā kumu kula kamaliʻi kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi e kō ai nā koina ʻimi naʻauao. He $100,000 a ʻoi kālā a me ka 100 hola o ka makahiki e hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ke aʻoaʻo limahana mai ka makahiki 2015. Helu ʻia ʻo Aukukui he papahana hoʻoulu limahana ʻōiwi na ka DOE me WINHEC. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/neepapa-hl daily 0.75 2025-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/9712c32b-e54a-4602-aade-ee28a62c0886/Screenshot+2023-08-16+at+12.35.26+PM.png Neʻepapa HL - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/directory daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/kula-kamalii-hl daily 0.75 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/f28c6a7c-3a4c-48b8-93ad-9f328e4a8b31/PL%2B12%2BCurrent%2BLocations-6.25.png https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/partnerships-hl daily 0.75 2021-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1592336930251-URIXYN0BEJQ312PSZBX8/Imiloa-Tri-Logo.png Partnerships HL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1592263572892-BWIEM3NOU5KUXBB877X6/LOKO+KHU+WORDS-1+%281%29.jpg Partnerships HL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1592264048057-M3EXN2T1W0Y4JSS7T6D4/oiwi_logo+%282%29.jpg Partnerships HL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1592263596103-E3RKPYB3ZFSXT3EBFKUJ/lo%CC%84ko%CC%84_hi%CC%84nano2.jpg Partnerships HL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1591834482567-1PSLZ96WW88TZGJVLC35/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_13a.jpg Partnerships HL - Ke Kuʻikahi Ma ke kuʻikahi ma waena o ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo a me Ka Haka ʻUla Keʻelikōlani, ke Koleke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo, e hoʻokahua ai i ke ala hoʻonaʻauao kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi piha ma ka Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi. He kuʻikahi kēia o ka hui kūʻokoʻa a aupuni i hiki ai ke hoʻokahe wikiwiki a pono i nā kumuwaiwai e pono ai ke ala hoʻonaʻauao kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no nā hui kūʻokoʻa a aupuni ma ka Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi. Eia iho nei kekahi mau lanakila o ke kuʻikahi: Ka hoʻomohala, hoʻohua, a hoʻopuka manuahi ʻana i nā lako haʻawina ma ka Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi. Ka ʻauamoea ʻana no ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o nā kula hoʻokolohua kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka papahana hoʻomākaukau kumu kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka palapala aʻo. Ka papahana laeoʻo kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka hua i ʻike ʻia ma nā papahana i hoʻokumu ʻia e ke kuʻikahi ke kumu i ʻāpono ʻia ai ka Papahana Lae ʻUla ma ke Koleke ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. No ka ʻike hou aku o nā hui ma ke kuʻikahi e kele i ko lākou kaha pūnaewele ma http://www.olelo.hawaii.edu. No ka wīkiō no kēia kuʻikahi e kele i: http://oiwi.tv/ahapunanaleo/aukahi/. https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/ka-papa-kuhikuhi daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2025-07-24 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/app-info daily 0.75 2025-08-17 https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/our-team-1 daily 0.75 2025-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590610961540-KQ0PXFMLATCABF02JKOM/Ka%E2%80%98iulani+Laeha%CC%84.jpg Leadership (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590610946492-ZXZYFPTX940GRKU8U24R/K.+Sean+Kekina.jpg Leadership (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1cb64b5e-4813-4954-9e3b-015fad2d9c35/CRISTIN.jpg Leadership (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1572742001503-GOV1D4812W2U8X9FLE47/Screen%252BShot%252B2019-09-13%252Bat%252B8.19.10%252BAM.jpg Leadership (Copy) Kauanoe Kamanā Co-Founder and President Member since 1983 Dr. Kauanoe Kamanā is a founding member of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo and serves as its President. She was born in Honolulu and raised in Kalihi and Kalamaʻula, Molokaʻi. She is the director of U.H. Hilo’s P-20 Hawaiian medium education laboratory school Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu. As a teacher and administrator, she works with students, teachers and families to re-establish the vibrancy of Hawaiian language and culture in Hawaiʻi. Kauanoe believes that we all have a role in carrying the legacy of Hawaiian language into the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525000047-LFC9528KTQ1E9KW5JZS8/Pila+Wilson.jpg Leadership (Copy) Pila Wilson Member since 1983 Dr. William H. “Pila” Wilson is a founding member of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo. Pila was born in Honolulu after his parents came to Hawaiʻi during World War II. Pila teaches at Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani Hawaiian Language College at U.H. Hilo. His professional expertise includes Hawaiian grammar, the history of the Hawaiian language, and language revitalization. Pila has played a key role in developing state laws for education through Hawaiian and in establishing U.S. federal policies to protect and promote Native American languages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525010889-2Z8E8OWY5JHI2ZRWZXRZ/Larry+Kimura.jpg Leadership (Copy) Larry Kimura Member since 1983 Larry Lindsey Kimura grew up in Waimea, South Kohala during the 1940’s with his grandparents being among the last native Hawaiian speakers of their community. He has taught Hawaiian language for over 40 years at the University of Hawaiʻi and continues his work at Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at U.H. Hilo. He is a co-founder and current board member at the ʻAha Pūnana Leo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525033246-O2DEU2V5CCW8CVCL3VLC/Screen%25252525252BShot%25252525252B2019-09-13%25252525252Bat%25252525252B8.19.28%25252525252BAM.jpg Leadership (Copy) Keawe Lopes Member since 2011 Dr. Keawe Lopes is a professor at Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at U.H. Mānoa and the coordinator of Ka Waihona A Ke Aloha, Ka Papahana Hoʻoheno Mele. His intimacy with the Hawaiian language serves as a foundation in his hālau, Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, which he opened with his wife in 2005. Keawe is also a recording artist and Nā Hōkū Hanohano nominee in both the Hawaiian Language Album and Haku Mele Song Composer categories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590525049323-E5IJFNIU5KH1TYHQGK08/Kraymond.png Leadership (Copy) Kīʻope Raymond Member 1986 – 2004, 2011-present Kīʻope was born in Lahaina and now lives in Waiakoa, Kula, Maui with his wife, Lisa Schatteburg-Raymond. Their two children, Kuaola and Kaleʻa, both attended the Pūnana Leo o Maui; which Kīʻope established. Kīʻope is a retired Professor of Hawaiian at U.H. Maui College. However, as a member of the board of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo, he continues to assist in the revival of the Hawaiian Language. He is grateful for the parents and communities in Hawaiʻi and, indeed, the many people around the world that have become a part of the Hawaiian Language revitalization movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/f8e0c933-1a66-4ad0-add4-eb84a514cf7a/Hulilau+Screen+Shot.jpg Leadership (Copy) Hulilau Wilson Member since 2011 Hulilauākea Wilson is a native Hawaiian language speaker. He is a Pūnana Leo graduate and also a graduate of Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu class of 1999, the first class in over 100 years to be educated completely through the Hawaiian language. Hulilau is a graduate of Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani and a former Teacher Aide at Pūnana Leo o Hilo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590610961540-KQ0PXFMLATCABF02JKOM/Ka%E2%80%98iulani+Laeha%CC%84.jpg Leadership (Copy) Ka‘iulani Laehā is the chief executive officer of the ‘Aha Pūnana Leo, a Native Hawaiian nonprofit dedicated to revitalizing the Hawaiian language. Ka‘iulani joined the organization in 2018 assuming a newly-created executive leadership role to help guide the organization’s strategic growth. Building on the ʻAha Pūnana Leo’s 40 years of work to reestablish a 100% Hawaiian language medium education, Ka‘iulani is leading the organization to sustain and expand its foundational program, the Pūnana Leo preschools, and create innovative platforms to further normalize ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in our daily lives. Kaʻiulani’s role builds on her previous experience in senior non-profit management as well as her diverse background in youth programming and fund development. Her professional qualifications stem from field experience as a peer leader in youth education programs and eventually led her into managing the Pacific Links Hawaiʻi Foundation as an executive director. Just prior to joining ʻAha Pūnana Leo, Kaʻiulani served as the development manager for Kupu, one of Honolulu’s most distinguished nonprofits that mentor Hawai‘i’s youth to become good stewards of our culture and environment. In all of her professional roles, Kaʻiulani has held a sincere dedication to preparing younger generations for a productive and fulfilling life in Hawaiʻi and beyond. Ka‘iulani was born and raised in Kuliʻouʻou and later moved to Kahaluʻu, where she and her husband are now raising their keiki. She is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools and holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in finance as well as a Master of Business Administration. Kaʻiulani was fortunate to grow up at a time when ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi was once again being used and heard in pockets of Hawaiʻi, greatly attributed to the efforts of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo’s founders and pioneers of the Hawaiian language movement. Her aloha for ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi along with the desire to learn was piqued at a very young age and she began her path to fluency in her early teens. Kaʻiulani was drawn by the continued relevance of our language and is now engaged in ensuring the legacy of our ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, the core of what makes Hawaiʻi special to us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dbdefd0bde55b468ecd24c2/1590610946492-ZXZYFPTX940GRKU8U24R/K.+Sean+Kekina.jpg Leadership (Copy) K. Sean Kekina is the chief operating officer of the ‘Aha Pūnana Leo, a Native Hawaiian nonprofit dedicated to revitalizing the Hawaiian language. K. Sean joined the organization in 2019 assuming a newly-created executive position as the ʻAha Pūnana Leo was embarking on a strategic growth trajectory. Working alongside CEO Kaʻiulani Laehā, Kekina is charged with streamlining administrative processes, procedures and systems, ensuring efficacious operations and laying a solid foundation for organizational growth and impact. K. Sean comes to ‘Aha Pūnana Leo from the private sector where he worked with premier Hawaiʻi businesses, managing and developing both internal and external stakeholder relations that contributed to the growth and success of overall operations. His experiences in developing organizational capacity, fiscal management and team leadership serve as a critical foundation for his new role as the organization’s COO. Kekina’s drive to see the ‘Aha Pūnana Leo become a solid, well-oiled business operation is eclipsed only by his passion to have our ʻōlelo and moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi thrive for generations to come. As the nonprofit leading the Hawaiian language movement, K. Sean sees the long-term viability and sustainability of the business operations of the ‘Aha Pūnana Leo as fundamental to ensuring the continued forward progress towards the collective vision of “E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.” K. Sean was born and raised on the north shore of Oʻahu in Waialua and now resides with his wife in Honolulu. He is a graduate of ʻIolani Schools and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and a master’s degree from Chaminade University of Honolulu.