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[Original size] ʻAi Pono

[Original size] ʻAi Pono

KANU O KA ʻĀINA NCPCS ISSUE NO. 1

ʻAI PONO

INGESTING RIGHTEOUSNESS

FIRST OF ITS KIND

Our new inquiry-based curriculum
never done by any other kula.

E 'AI KĀKOU

"we ate & smiled together..."

UA KANU NĀ ʻAI NUI

Planting and reconnecting with our
ʻāina Kupuna

KULIA I KA NU'U

PRODUCED BY THE STUDENTS OF
THE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIES

2017-18

KANU O KA ʻĀINA NCPCS
64-1043 HI‘IAKA STREET

KAMUELA, HI 96743

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION Creating a new paradigm
TO ACADEMIES

3 HEALTH exploring traditional Hawaiian
& WELLNESS systems of agriculture relating
to ʻAi Pono and overall wellness.

5 LĀʻAU LAPAʻAU

Keoki & Yvonne Carter

7 LOMILOMI

Pōmaikaʻi Freed

9 IMU

Kamuela Yim
Kaleo Bertelmann

11 AGRICULTURE & exploring traditional Hawaiian
ENERGY systems of health relating to ʻAi
Pono and overall wellness.

13 KALO

Nalei Kahakalau

15 ʻUALA

Manaiakalani Kalua

Kehau Marshall

Peter Vitousek

17 KŌ

Kealiʻi Lilly

19 MAHALO NUI LOA! our gratitude for everyone

who took the time to share
their ʻike with us.

ACADEMIES

We as students at Kanu O These two academies
Ka ʻĀina always strive to were created to help the
reach our highest juniors and seniors gain
potential. This year we experience and
made the transition into knowledge through the
high school academies in people in and outside of
hopes of gaining more our communities. Our
experience in our desired Kumus hopes were that by
fields of work. We had the transitioning into
option of choosing academies we would be
between two academies. able to gain not only
Depending on what we felt cultural and community
would best suit us we readiness but also college
could either choose and career readiness. By
between Health and the end of this year we
Wellness or Agriculture hope to be able to show
and Energy.These two how much we learned
academies were created to from each of these
help the juniors and individuals and also just
seniors gain experience how much this type of
and knowledge through learning can work.
the people in and outside
of our communities



HEALTH &
WELLNESS

HEALTH &
WELLNESS

LĀʻAU
LAPAʻAU

WRITTEN BY :
 KAMALANI STRAUS, NADIA YOSHIZUMI & PIIKEA PURDY

H    e   a l th       is defined as a person’s mental or

physical condition. The students in the

Health Academy got the chance to learn that

health is much much more. Lā'au Lapa'au is

a hawaiian way of healing that uses plants,

mana, thoughts to address the whole well

being of a person. The La’au Lapa’au ʻUHALOA
speakers that came in were Aunty Yvonne A NATIVE HAWAIIN
and Uncle Keoki Carter. PLANT USED IN LĀʻAU
LAPAʻAU PRACTICES
 Yvonne and Keoki Carter are masters at
“UHALOA” FILMING FLORIDA, 
ʻlā au lapa'au, traditional Hawaiian Medicine. HTTP://WWW.FILMINGFLORIDA.COM
/DAILY-SPECIES/UHALOA/
ACCESSED. 25 SEPT. 2017. 

They have been practicing this way of

healing for seven to eight years. They

learned from their kumu Papa Auwai, who is After 40 years of marriage, the Carters know each
also a master at La’aulapa’u. To learn from other better than themselves. Together, they are
Papa Auwai you are first required to write an active in our community doing a service of healing
essay answering important questions that test and perpetuating the Hawaiian culture, by sharing
the haumāna’s dedication to learning. The their knowledge of lā’aulapa’u. Medicine, food, and
essay determines whether or not you are water are not the only essentials to a healthy life but
eligible to learn this traditional practice, and laughter plays a big role as well. The Carter’s filled
the Carters were one of a few applicants that the room with joy through song. Listening to them
were chosen. “We learned more than just sing their original songs was heartwarming, the
La’au lapa’au, 80% of our training was sound of the guitar, how uncle Keoki played with
talking as well as learning about spirituality. his bandaged fingers. Everything about them is
The other 20% was learning lā'au lapa'au.” vibrant and infectious, I believe that it’s only
says aunty Yvonne. Everything you do you because of the way they live pono lives. 
must be spiritually connected. 

Photo of aunty & unlce, and us

Through He connects
 these 4 classes,  it to lā’au lapa’au,
we learned about a “Even numbers are chosen
variety of interesting plants. for everything that you do,
One of the favorite plants was However, when doing lā’au lapa’au
you use odd numbers. You need to be
ʻUhaloa. “My favorite plant Uhaloa different because you are asking a plant to do
things out of the ordinary” Uncle Kamuela
can be used for a muscle relaxer and if explained. A takeaway for the health academy
used it can help you recover faster,” says students is knowing and remembering that
Junior Health Student Nahenani Techera. “Different is good.”
Ka’ala Bertlemann was also asked what her
favorite plant was and its uses. She chose ”La’au Lapa’au has lots to do with our
mamane and she explains that it helps with high academy. Hawaiian Traditional Medicine is
blood pressure during pregnancy. The cool Health. ‘Ai Pono is not just eating right it’s all
takeaway for her was that she learned “women's around Health. La’au Lapa’au is not only using
immune systems are really strong, even
stronger than men.” plants to heal but to use your thoughts to
Another community member that met with us empower and help others. Helping other people
during the three weeks of academy intensives
was Uncle Kamuela Yim, who practices the Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, and
tradition of imu. He brought up the topic of Spiritually. Whether that be through La’au
things being sacred or different .vs. things being Lapa’au, Lomilomi, or imu, everything you do
mundane or ordinary. He states that “Being
different is so Hawaiian.”  and think has an impact.

Written by : JJohnna Marsh, Ikaika Krakovic, Serena Henshaw

LOMI
LOMI







AGRICULTURE

AND
ENERGY



Kalo

Kalo

Kalo













 MAHALO
 NUI
 LOA

FROM THE STUDENTS OF KANU ACADEMIES

This adventure has been full of excitement,
exploration, and education for all of our haumāna.

ʻEvery student was exposed to important ike

kūpuna throughout the time of our academies. On
behalf of all of our haumāna, we´d like to mahalo

every community member who took time out of
their week to teach us valuable lessons in their field

of work. We would also like to mahalo our
generous teachers for planning and providing this

opportunity for us. This is only the beginning of
this amazing journey to come, and our haumāna are

ready to take on any challenges that lay ahead. 

MAHALO

COMMUNTIY
EXPERTS

NALEI KAHAKALAU
MANAIAKALANI KALUA
KEHAU MARSHALL
PETER VITOUSEK
NOA LINCOLN

ʻm K E A L I I L I L L Y

KEOKI & YVONNE CARTER

ʻP O M A I K A I F R E E D

KAMUELA YIM
KALEO BERTELMANN

KUMUʻS

DAVID CLARKE
KANOA CASTRO
PUALANI LINCOLN MAIELUA
SCOTT PLUNKETT


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