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Kupuna Kumu: Lei Aken, Waiʻanae High School

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Kupuna Kumu: Lei Aken, Waiʻanae High School

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Kumu Lei Aken is a lifelong resident of Nānākuli and a 27 year veteran kumu at Waiʻanae High School. Watch and learn about how her experiences as a culture based educator in our community has helped her to forge lifelong relationships and impacts throughout Waiʻanae.

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Using the Kumu Kukui & Lau Kukui templates provided and your hui dialogues from our workshop, complete a Hua Kukui diagram to show how you would apply our PD skills/knowledge in your classroom.

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Check out our Moʻolelo & Meaʻai Moenahā Example here!

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Check out our Moʻolelo & Meaʻai Moenahā Example here!

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Here is the Makua Poster

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Kaulana Eli (former Program Coordinator-Kupu Ola, INPEACE) spent 4 years teaching place based education at Waiʻanae Intermediate School. With the use of moʻolelo, meaʻai and moʻokūʻauhau, he was able to make impacts in his studentʻs lives in school and at home.

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Find important info for our workshop videos, activities, and resources here!
BONUS: Markʻs Ulu Curry recipes are included here too!

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Awesome story about his of health journey! Many people do it to look and feel good but when he broke down the needs of the body it opened another lens of why and how our ahupua'a menu can help you to look and feel great.

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Here is the poster of Hi'iaka that was used during the STEM activity.

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This is the document will all the images of food sources used by this moku long ago.

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Limu (Hawaiian for "seaweed") is central to traditional Hawaiian gastronomy. It is one of the first ogranisms mentioned in the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation chant. Eaten alongside fish and poi (fermented taro paste), limu provided a diversity of flavor and nutrients - including riboflavin and vitamins A, B12, and C - in the traditional Hawaiian diet. Limu is used as a condiment (often mixed with inamona) or eaten as a vegetable, added to salads, stews, meat, and raw fish dishes. Hawaii is one of the areas of Polynesia where the consumption of seaweed is still a common practice. There are over 100 Hawaiian names for various kinds of limu.
Limu kohu ( Asparagopsis taxiformis) is a red algae that grows in the intertidal zones surrounding Hawaii. Found in areas with high wave action, this species grows on shallow reefs and papa (rocky flats), at depths of about 12 meters or less (it requires a lot of light). Its lateral stems form filamentous stalks 9 centimeters long, which produce spores that are broken off and dispersed by the powerful wave movement.

Known as the "supreme" or "pleasing" seaweed, limu kohu has a penetrating iodine flavor that makes it suitable as a seasoning for raw fish, raw liver, and stewed beef recipes. Many traditional recipes for poke (Hawaiian marinated diced raw fish served over rice) require the use of limu kohu, in addition to inamona and other seasonings, due to its distinctive flavor and briny crunch. Once harvested, limu kohu is soaked in water to mellow its pungency. After soaking, the limu kohu is salted, dried, pounded, and rolled into small balls for storage and preservation.

Unlike many other varieties of limu, limu kohu is not cultivated and can only be harvested from wild populations. Though it used to be sold at markets, raw limu kohu is becoming increasingly difficult to find for sale in Hawaii. Most limu kohu purchased today is dried and salted to be used as an ingredient in seasonings for fish dishes such as poke.

Limu kohu's future is threatened in large part due to the lack of knowledge of sustainable harvesting methods: To properly harvest limu kohu, the stalks must be broken from the stem without removing the base of the plant. The stalks should then be rubbed on a rough surface, without harming the reef, to release the spores into the water to ensure that limu kohu can continue to grow at the harvest site.

Limu kohu is referred to often in Hawaiian literature and art, as in this verse from Edith Kanaka'ole's famous song "Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai" (Plants of the Sea).

Ho'okohukohu e ka limu kohu
Ke kau i luna o na moku la
'O ia maku 'ula la e ho
'Oni ana i 'oi anei

"How enticing is the display of limu kohu
Atop the rocks in the ocean,
Enticing one to pick them
As they sway to and fro"

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Limu Kohu - Arca del Gusto - Slow Food Foundation

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Limu (Hawaiian for "seaweed") is central to traditional Hawaiian gastronomy. It is one of the first ogranisms mentioned in the Kumulipo, the

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About Hawaiian Foods and Ancient Food Customs

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About Hawaiian Foods and Ancient Food Customs

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Mark's section really interested me to do a quick search online and I came across this.  I did a quick read through and thought it was interesting so I'm throwing it up here.
-Nat