Hūlili is a multidisciplinary forum for current research that examines the nature, needs, and strengths of Kānaka Maoli and Native Hawaiian communities. Through collaboration and critique, Hūlili fosters new connections and shared insights to mobilize greater Hawaiian well-being.

The journal’s editoral board provides direction and expertise to ensure cultural and academic rigor.

Randall K. Quinones Akee
University of California, Los Angeles
Maenette K. P. Ah Nee-Benham
University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu
Toni Bissen
The Pūʻā Foundation
Thomas Kā‘eo Duarte
Kamehameha Schools
Cynthia G. Franklin
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Walter Kahumoku III
University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
Wesleyan University
Morris Lai
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Kawika M. K. I. Liu
Imperial Health Plan of California
Mele Look
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Jodie Mattos
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Kaleo Patterson
Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center
ʻUmi Perkins
Kamehameha Schools
Kalei Stern
Mid Pacific Institute
Ty P. Kāwika Tengan
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
William H. Wilson
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

Hūlili is published by Kamehameha Publishing, a division of Kamehameha Schools.

CURRENT ISSUE
VOLUME 11.2

FROM THE EDITOR

RESEARCH ARTICLES

No ka Ha‘i‘ōlelo Ku‘una: He Ho‘ōla Kākā‘ōlelo
Hiapokeikikāne Kichie Perreira

Helu Hawaiʻi: A Critical Ethnomathematics Perspective
Eōmaikalani Keonaonalikookalehua Kukahiko

Welina Mānoa: A Hawaiian Language Curriculum That Exposes Acts of Settler Colonial Erasure and Reveals Stories of ‘Ōiwi Survivance
Maya L. Kawailanaokeawaiki Saffery

E Hō mai ka ‘Ike Kupuna no ke Ola: Links between Traditional Native Hawaiian Concepts of Health and Epigenetic Research
Ka‘ahukane Leite-Ah Yo, Kekai Avilez, Thomas Hemscheidt, Dana-lynn Koʻomoa Lange, and Alika Maunakea

I Ulu nō ka Lālā i ke Kumu: A Descriptive Study of Child-Rearing Traditions Recalled by Native Hawaiian Elders
Carol Hiʻilani Titcomb, Adrienne Y. Dillard, and Gregory G. Maskarinec

A New Estimate of the Hawaiian Population for 1778, the Year of First European Contact
David A. Swanson

Hei, Hawaiian String Figures: Spiritual Connections, Learning, and Research
Kalani Akana

KEKUNI BLAISDELL TRIBUTE

Introduction
Shawn Malia Kanaʻiaupuni

I Hea nā Kānaka Maoli? Whither the Hawaiians?
Kekuni Blaisdell

Kekuni’s Mark: The Lasting Brand of Kekuni Blaisdell
Jonathan K. Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio

Kekuni
Nālani Minton

A Man for All Seasons
Lynette Cruz

He Mele no Kekuni
Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua

E Mau ke Ea
Imai Winchester

The Music of Rumbling Pōhaku
Kyle Kajihiro

Kū ka ‘Ōhi‘a i ka ‘A‘ā—‘Ōhi‘a That Stands amid the Lava Fields
Noreen Mokuau, Kamanaʻopono Crabbe, and Kealoha Fox

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