Meet the Artist: Trisha Pereira, Owner of Designs Pacific, Inc.
Trisha (Scanlan) Pereira is an artist who uses pyrography, carving and dyes to create intricate designs on gourds, frames and other wood pieces. She is… more
‘Ike Ku‘oko‘a — Liberating Knowledge
Over 125,000 pages of Hawaiian-language newspapers were printed in more than a hundred different papers from 1834 to 1948. They equal a million or more… more
Kakau Inoa – Native Hawaiian Registry
Five Hawaiian Civic Clubs (‘Ahahui Kiwila of San Diego, ‘Ahahui o Lili’uokalani, Lau Kanaka No Hawai’i, Kai Ula Pono’i Texas and Kaha I Ka Panoa… more
2010 Census Data – Native Hawaiian Population
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Pacific American Community Cultural Center
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33rd annual ho’olaule’a at alondra park, lawndale, ca
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scholarships for native hawaiians
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oh poi, that’s good!
Often eaten with just your fingers fingers, poi is described as one- two- or three-finger, depending on its thickness. Below you’ll find a simple, easy-to-follow… more
primo beer available in california
Doesn’t an icy cold, onolicious, Hawai’i brewed Primo Beer sound perfect right about now? Well, look no further! For nearly 10 years, Primo beer was… more









The Heleloa family originated on the Big Island of Hawai'i. When King Kamehameha I and other chiefs wanted to send messages, they would send runners. These runners were known as "hele loa' - the Hawaiian translation is roughly "to go a far distance" or "to go on forever.'
In a sense, the heleloa were information runners, and now that's what I'm going to attempt to do - take all things Hawai'i and share them with the mainland.
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