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Historic Hawai‘i Foundation joined with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Native Hawaiian Relations to offer a free community seminar on Native Hawaiian Organizations’ involvement in the federal historic preservation consultation to protect historic properties. The presentation materials are now available for download. To take the free, online, on-demand course, see https://www.achp.gov/training/elearning Additional Tools & Presentations The seminar provides training to Native Hawaiian Organizations to aid their involvement & effectiveness in federal historic preservation consultation to protect historic sites and cultural landscapes. Saturday, February 22, 2020 9:00 a.m to 12:30 p.m. YWCA of O‘ahu, 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu THE TRAINING The training will present a new online course from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on Native Hawaiian Organizations and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.  There will also be a panel presentation. Subject matter experts from OHA and other groups will be featured panelists. Through the training attendees will learn: A general overview of relevant laws and regulations The special legal rights and opportunities for native Hawaiians Lessons learned by experienced practitioners Advice for those involved in preservation activities The goal is to provide skill development and information for Native Hawaiian Organizations to interact, consult, and work with federal agencies on projects and undertakings to identify properties of religious and cultural significance and consult to resolve adverse effects to those properties. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Native Hawaiian Organizations and members of the native Hawaiian community interested in preservation of historic properties, including properties of religious and cultural significance to NHOs, which may be adversely affected by [...]

Winter 2020, January 30 to March 5 St. Andrews Cathedral, Von Holt Room 229 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu All talks Thursdays at 12:00 noon Sponsored by the Historic Preservation Program, Department of American Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing universal women’s suffrage, the 2020 lecture series, Notable Women of Hawai‘i, looks at key women leaders in the history of Hawai‘i. Queen Ka‘ahumanu, January 30 A reading of "Ka‘ahumanu" by Sybil Augusta Carter, a lecture delivered December 6, 1892, before Queen Lili‘uokalani and members of Woman’s Board of Missions. The Kuhina Nui display from the Hawai‘i State Archives will be available for viewing. Presenter: Elizabeth Lentz-Hill, Missionary descendant. Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, February 6 Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina and the Preservation of Hawaiian Culture. Makuina was a water rights expert and curator of the Hawaiian National Museum. Presenter: Uluwehi Hopkins, Doctoral Candidate, History Department, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Rosalie Enos Lyons Keliinoi, February 13 Rosalie Enos Lyons Keliinoi was the first female legislator for the Territory. She sponsored the Act that preserved Hulihe‘e Palace. Presenter: Dr. Jeff Lyons, historian and great-grandson of Keliinoi. Symbolic Ratification Star, February 20 In 1920 the Ahahui Mamakakaua, Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors Society sent a symbolic ratification star using the techniques used to create lei hulu, or feather lei. The original star is on display at Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C. A discussion will take place about its creation and the preservation of feather lei collections. Presenters: Mele Kahalepuna Chun [...]