Where I Live, There Are Rainbows: Cultural Identity and Sense of Place

Diabetes Training of Community Health Workers Serving Native Hawaiians and Pacific People

“…Educational research with NHPP has shown that these approaches create "culturally authentic environments" that facilitate learning. 27,28 Instructors were mostly NHPP and were encouraged to incorporate cultural practices, such as establishing personal, familial, and geographic connections to students. For example, the instructors were asked to incorporate personal anecdotes relevant to diabetes as an initial basis for class discussion.…”

Lessons Learned from a Culturally Responsive Case Study

“…Ramifications of this type of deficit model by a colonial educational system that professes that anything native was not good enough (Ho'omanawanui, 2004) has had profound and debilitating effects on Hawaii's children. Western models of education overlook indigenous philosophies and practices, relegate Native Hawaiians to low status, view them as part of the "problem" in need of fixing, and perpetuate this relationship with Western assumptions of success (Kawakami, 2003). Many remedial projects have been developed yet, have not addressed the deeper issues of alienation, under-representation, and conflicting epistemologies (Meyer, 2003).…”

Ka‘akālai Kū Kanaka: A Call for Strengths-based Approaches from a Native Hawaiian Perspective

“…Significant cultural strengths of Hawaiians also emerge in their unparalleled achievements in aquaculture and wetland agricultural techniques (Handy & Handy, 1972) and profound knowledge of celestial navigation, which has been recognized by Western entities such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA-see Kawakami, 2003). Strengths are found in our history.…”