2008 Program
Mission Memorial Auditorium, Honolulu Civic Center
Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Morning Presentations
Administrative Announcements, Emcee Raine Arndt
Welcome by Betty Lou Kam, Bishop Museum
Opening Chant by Ka‘iulani Carr, 12th grader, Kamehameha Schools
Library/Archives Holdings on Today's Topics:
Introduction to community resources available for continuing study.
Presenter: Leah Pualaha‘ole Caldeira, Bishop Museum Library and Archives
Sponsor: Bishop Museum
Warrior Women of Hawai‘i: Wāhine Warriors, to include Female Ali‘i Warriors (mid-late 1700's)
Presenter: Noelani Mahoe, ‘Ōlohe Haka Pili Pa‘a
Sponsor: Pā Ku‘i a Lua
Queen Keōpūolani [1778-1823]
Sacred Wife of King Kamehameha and Queen Mother of Princess Nāhi‘ena‘ena, Kamehameha II and III
Presenter: Esther T. Mookini
Sponsor: King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center
Sailor Mary Brewster [1822-1878]
Mary's whaling journals off Hawaiian waters and observations of life in Honolulu, Lahaina, and Hilo (1845-1851)
Presenter: Keven Williamson, Hawai‘i Maritime Center
Sponsor: Bishop Museum
Kāpuna Dedication : Recognition of honored Kāpuna
Patience Namakauahoa-o-Kawena Wiggins Bacon and Esther T. Mookini
Chanters: Jonah La‘akapu Lenchanko of Hālau O Kawailani and 34th King Kamehameha Hula Competition-1stin Chant Division; Ka Lei Pāpahi o Kākuhihewa
Sponsor: Event Committee
Break featuring Valerio's Tropical Bakeshop's pianomo dessert rolls
Bishop Museum flag quilt viewing- auditorium alcove
Queen Kapi‘olani [1834-1899]
Visit with the leprosy patients at Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i (1884) and the dedication of the Kapi‘olani Home for Girls of leprous parents in Kaka‘ako, O'ahu (1885)
Presenter: Colette Higgins, Associate Professor of History, Kapi‘olani Community College
Sponsor: Kapi‘olani Community College
Hawaiian Storytelling Tradition Ha‘i Mo‘olelo: Ruth Ke‘elikōlani [1826-1883]
Presenter: Kealoha Kelekolio, Cultural Educator
Sponsor: Bishop Museum
Emma ‘A‘ima Nāwahī [1854-1934]
Ke Aloha ‘Āina Newspaper Editor, Resistance Organizer, Composer, Mother, Confidant of Queen Lili‘uokalani
Presenter: Ronald C. Williams Jr., Kamakakāokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
Sponsor: Kamakakāokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Administrative Announcements, Emcee Raine Arndt
Catered Lunch by Helena's Hawaiian Food
Mission Houses Museum open house thru the Frame House period rooms
Bishop Museum flag quilt viewing- auditorium alcove
Afternoon Presentations
Remembering the late Chef Helen Kwock Chock, age 89 [1917-2007]
Perpetuating Hawaiian Cuisine at Helena's Hawaiian Food and 1st Annual Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program ‘ohana
Sponsor: Event Committee
Play: Ka Lei Maile Ali‘i--The Queen's Women
Hui Aloha ‘Āina o Nā Wāhine, Women's Branch anti-annexation petition campaign directed to President McKinley and the US Senate (1897-1898)
Presenters: Ka Lei Maile Ali‘i Hawaiian Civic Club, Producer Lynette Cruz, Director Kaimipono Orr
Sponsor: Ka Lei Maile Ali‘i Hawaiian Civic Club
Quilting Women: Hawaiian Flag Quilts (Kapa Hae Hawai‘i) as Expressions of Aloha, Protest, and Reconciliation (1880-1940)
Presenter: Laurie Woodard, Hawaiian Quilt Research Project
Sponsor: Hawaiian Quilt Research Project
Queen Lili‘uokalani [1838-1917]
The Queen's vision and evolution of the Lili‘uokalani Trust (1909-1918)
to include the Prince Kāhiō legal challenges of 1915-1916 and 1918
Presenter: Dr. Claire L. Asam, Trustee
Sponsor: Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust
Break - Bishop Museum flag quilt viewing in auditorium alcove
Prominent Hawaiian Women of O‘ahu Cemetery:
- Alice Kamokila Campbell [1884-1971] Territorial Senator & Storyteller on Jack de Mello's music recording Legends of Hawai‘i
- Ululani Jabulka [1895-1970] International opera singer (1921-1932)
- Elizabeth Lahilahi Webb [1862-1949] Confidant to Queen Lili‘uokalani; Bishop Museum Hawaiian history authority
- Bina Mossman [1893-1990] Singer and composer, tutored by Queen Lili‘uokalani
Presenter: Nanette Naioma Napoleon, Vice President, Hawaiian Historical Society
Sponsor: Hawaiian Historical Society
Juliette May Fraser [1887-1983]
Capturing Hawaiian Culture on Murals
Presenter: Curator Betsy Forrest Robb
Sponsor: Honolulu Academy of Arts
Featured Female Hawai‘i Film Artist: Edgy Lee
First public except preview of Exit to Paradise (2008) by Executive Producer Edgy Lee and Producer Don Brown. The film explores the history of the freed black slaves who arrived in the Hawaiian islands in 1819, formed the Royal Hawaiian Band in 1836 and other contributions. Also, film excerpts from Edgy Lee‘s other Hawaiian documentary film work.
Acknowledgments, Jamie Conway, Event Coordinator and Founder
Closing Chant by Ka‘ala Estores Pacheco, 10th grader, Kamehameha Schools
Singing of Queen's Prayer and Program Evaluation turn-in