AANHPI Poem Reading and Bookstore Displays

 In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders  Barnes & Noble is welcoming Richard Hamaski a renowned local poet who contributed to The Gate of Memory an anthology of poetry written entirely by descendants of incarcerated Japanese Americans. Richard ......More

 In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders  Barnes & Noble is welcoming Richard Hamaski a renowned local poet who contributed to The Gate of Memory an anthology of poetry written entirely by descendants of incarcerated Japanese Americans. Richard will read a few poems from the book written by him and other poets.The store will also feature a bookstore display during the month of May highlighting books related to Honouliuli and the Japanese incarceration experience in Hawaiʻi. Feel free to peruse their selection in person while visiting the store.

Barnes &amp Noble 1450 Ala Moana Blvd Ste 1272 Honolulu HI 96814

Olivia Wang The Ecology and Conservation of Pueo: Lessons from Hawaii’s Native Owl

Short-eared Owls are a globally distributed species that inhabit a variety of habitat types across five continents and many island chains. Pueo are the subspecies of Short-eared Owl native to the Hawaiian islands, and as one of the only native terrestrial predators in H......More

Short-eared Owls are a globally distributed species that inhabit a variety of habitat types across five continents and many island chains. Pueo are the subspecies of Short-eared Owl native to the Hawaiian islands, and as one of the only native terrestrial predators in Hawai‘i, Pueo play an important ecological role in the islands. Through adapting to the unique ecosystem of Hawai‘i, Pueo appear to have evolved some notable differences between them and their continental cousins. In addition to their ecological importance, Pueo hold cultural significance to native Hawaiians and appear frequently in mo‘olelo. As the landscapes of Hawai‘i undergo rapid development and change, Pueo face new challenges to overcome.

This event will be virtual.

Partnering with Patagonia and Friends (Honouliuli National Historic Site Table Event)

Honouliuli National Historic Site is joining its 10th Anniversary partner Patagonia to bring the community a table event at the Ala Moana Shopping Center. Joined by Kalaeloa Heritage Park and U.S. Fish & Wildlife the National Park Service will have activities for all ag......More

Honouliuli National Historic Site is joining its 10th Anniversary partner Patagonia to bring the community a table event at the Ala Moana Shopping Center. Joined by Kalaeloa Heritage Park and U.S. Fish & Wildlife the National Park Service will have activities for all ages that help share the importance and history of Honouliuli National Historic Site and how its partners continue to restore and preserve the ʻāina of the state of Hawai'i.

Ala Moana Shopping Center 1450 Ala Moana Blvd Honolulu HI 96814Near the Patagonia store.

Konko Mission of Wahiawa Tour

Honouliuli National Historic Site recognizes and honors the women interned the camp during wartime. In honor of Women's History Month, we are partnering with Konko Mission of Wahiawa, a mission founded in 1940 by Reverend Haruko Takahashi, a Honouliuli internee.Street p......More

Honouliuli National Historic Site recognizes and honors the women interned the camp during wartime. In honor of Women's History Month, we are partnering with Konko Mission of Wahiawa, a mission founded in 1940 by Reverend Haruko Takahashi, a Honouliuli internee.Street parking is available but there may be difficult since the Mission is located in a residential neighborhood. 

207 Muliwai Ave, Wahiawa, HI 96786

Gail Okawa MOUNTAINS OF MEMORY DEPTHS OF GRATITUDE: Stories of Hawai`i’s Japanese Internee Fathers and Their American Military Sons in Remembering Our Grandfathers’ Exile

This talk will be held in the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Theater. Dr. Okawa will speak for approximately one hour, and then move to the bookstore where she will continue in-person discussions and sign books.Dr. Gail Okawa, a granddaughter of a Japanese Christian min......More

This talk will be held in the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Theater. Dr. Okawa will speak for approximately one hour, and then move to the bookstore where she will continue in-person discussions and sign books.Dr. Gail Okawa, a granddaughter of a Japanese Christian minister from Hawai`i imprisoned in US internment camps during WWII, will introduce her 18-year book project Remembering Our Grandfathers' Exile: US Imprisonment of Hawai`i’s Japanese in World War II in an illustrated talk. Her presentation will share her journey of discovery—learning what happened to her maternal grandfather Rev. Tamasaku Watanabe, who was arrested immediately after the Pearl Harbor attack and, along with hundreds of Hawai`i Japanese, exiled from the Hawaiian Islands to prison camps run by the US Justice and War Departments in Louisiana, Montana, and New Mexico, with others imprisoned at the Honouliuli Internment Camp on O`ahu.Dr. Okawa learned, too, and will share stories of imprisoned fathers who had sons in the highly decorated Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Military Intelligence Service. Some visited their interned fathers and fought and, in some cases, died in Italy in the Rome-Arno campaign and in the breach of the Gothic Line, in France during the rescue of the Lost Battalion, and in New Guinea in the Pacific.Inspired to travel in 2019 to sites in Europe where the Nisei sons fought, she learned that the Italians and French in liberated villages have not forgot the sacrifices of the Nisei decades later, and she will interweave wartime stories with present-day remembrances.

Pearl Harbor National Memorial Theater and Bookstore1 Arizona Memorial Place, Honolulu, HI, 96818

Emily Grave Wiliwili: Exploring the Cultural Significance and Evolving Pollination of a Native Hawaiian Tree

In this talk, Grave will explore the ethnobotany and cultural uses of the endemic wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis), as well as its pollination biology and a bit of demographics. Wiliwili, a native Hawaiian tree, holds great significance for several reasons. Historicall......More

In this talk, Grave will explore the ethnobotany and cultural uses of the endemic wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis), as well as its pollination biology and a bit of demographics. Wiliwili, a native Hawaiian tree, holds great significance for several reasons. Historically, Hawaiians have used its lightweight wood for making tools, surfboards, and canoes, while also utilizing the tree for medicinal purposes. From a pollination biology perspective, the tree’s vibrant, tubular flowers were originally adapted to attract native pollinators, particularly Hawaiian honeycreepers and certain bees, which played a crucial role in its reproduction. However, as these native pollinators have retreated to higher elevations, new pollination relationships have developed in the tree's lower, dry forest habitats. This evolving interaction between wiliwili and its pollinators underscores the critical need to preserve native ecosystems in order to protect both plant and animal populations in Hawaiʻi.