Our 5th MAMDRP meeting is coming up quick this Saturday! We have quite an agenda mapped out for all of you. In the morning we'll be practicing our oli that we've learned thus far. Please be sure to have all of these oli memorized, we will be using them for our December 1st and December 8th launching dates. The words to the oli we've learned thus far can be found here: http://mamdrp.blogspot.com/search/label/Oli
Also, we have a few very special guests who will speaking to all of you. Mehanaokala Hind, a former NPN employee, NPN advisory member and now a member of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' executive team with Chief Executive Officer Kamana'opono Crabbe. Her many talents are rooted in hula, oli, education, Native Hawaiian advocacy, composition and Native intelligence in nearly all facets, just to name a few. She is a well-respected and contributing member of our community and we are very blessed to have her share her views on "Papaku Makawalu" a Hawaiian way of learning, knowing, investigating and being. Here's a wonderful video that was done on Mehana by Aha'i 'Olelo:
Also scheduled for the day, Aunty Noe will be sharing her 'ike on Hawaiian navigation, which will then transition into another special guest Dr. Tomoaki, who will be speaking to everyone on GIS or Geographic Information Systems. With these two very special opportunities we will experience both traditional and western "mapping" and how we can see its similarities and then draw from its strengths as an overall benefit for our MAMDRP research project.
Finally, in preparation for our December 1st and December 8th launching dates, we will be meeting with Captain John "LJ" Benson who will be providing orientation to everyone on what to expect:
-Safety precautions
-What to prepare for
-What to expect
NOTE: Because of orientation, we will be getting out at approximately 3:45pm, please inform your families about this schedule change.
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