Grantor Support

The Lohe I Ka Leo (Hear the Voice) project (fka KUMAP ~ KUMu Archive Project) can become one of the most impactful projects towards Kānaka Maoli preservation and distance education learning available today. The library of materials originates from over 100 years of first-person hula knowledge directly collected and filed by KPCAS. There is currently no other organization that has acquired an equivalent amount of resources. The mission of Lohe I Ka Leo is to digitize the entire media collection with the purpose of making the archive accessible on a global level.

Although the official website is under construction, KPCAS is proud to announce the following files have been digitized. Mahalo to our grantors for supporting the digitization of text files, photos, audio tapes, and interviews:
Some of the portraits from the Nānā I Nā Loea Hula Volumes

Kumu Hula from Nānā I Nā Loea Hula Volumes 1 & 2


Kumu Hula from Nānā I Nā Loea Hula Volume 1:

Olana Ai ♦ ♦ Margaret Kilauano Aipolani ♦ Mililani Allen ♦ Kawaii Aona-Ueoka ♦ Pat Nāmaka Bacon ♦ Roselle Keliʻihonipua Bailey ♦ Louise Beamer ♦ Winona Beamer ♦ Kuʻuleialoha Beckman ♦ Hoʻoulu Cambra ♦ Robert Cazimero ♦ Wayne Keahi Change ♦ Rena Maile-Mahoe Apo Ching ♦ Agnes Kalanihoʻokaha Cope ♦ Thelma Kahili Cummings ♦ Faye Pomaialoha Dalire ♦ Lorraine Joshua Daniels ♦ Mapuana de Silva ♦ Kent Ghirard ♦ Leināʻala Kalama Heine ♦ Frank Kawaikapuaokalani Hewett ♦ Leimomi Ho ♦ Marilyn Leimomi (Ho) Khan ♦ Eleanor Hiram Hoke ♦ George Kananiokeakua Holokai ♦ Rose Kapulani Joshua ♦ Cecelia Kuamoʻo Kaʻai ♦ John Keanuenue Kaʻimikaua ♦ Kaʻaiikawaha Kekauʻilani Kalama ♦ Robert Kalani ♦ Luka Kaleiki ♦ Hoakalei Kamauʻu ♦ Elaine Kaʻopuiki ♦ Kaulana Kasparovich ♦ Pearl Keawe ♦ Blossom Joshua Kunewa ♦ John Lake ♦ Maʻiki Aiu Lake & Coline Aiu ♦ Adeline Nani Maunupau Lee ♦ Kathleen Malama Leleo ♦ Bill Aliʻiloa Lincoln ♦ Joan Lindsey ♦ Mae Ulalia Loebenstein ♦ Rose Look ♦ Howell Kaliʻiula Chinky Mahoe ♦ Kevin Chubby Mahoe ♦ Nina Boyd Maxwell ♦ Edith Kawelohea Kapule McKinzie ♦ Samuel Kamuela Naeʻole ♦ Alice Namakelua ♦ George Naʻope ♦ Harriet Ne ♦ Odetta NeSmith ♦ Puuleo Park ♦ Liffe Pratt ♦ Kuʻulei Punua ♦ Bella Richards ♦ Emma Kapiolani Farden Sharpe ♦ Alicia Keolahou Keawekane Smith ♦ Pearl Keawe Smith ♦ Keliʻi Taua ♦ John R. Kahaʻi Topolinkski ♦ Alexa Vaught ♦ John Piʻilani Wadkins ♦ Leiana Long Woodside ♦ Jan Kahoku Yoneda ♦ Kauʻi Zuttermeister ♦ Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis

Kumu Hula from Nānā I Nā Loea Hula Volume 2:

Cecilia Wakwaiokawaʻawaʻa Akim ♦ Leialoha Amina and Nani Lim Yap ♦ Lola Yolanda Caldito Balubar ♦ Al Makahinu Barcarse ♦ Ulalia Kaʻai Berman ♦ Leilani Bivera Bond ♦ Cy M. Bridges ♦ Michael Kaʻilipūnohu Canopin ♦ Ellen Kuʻuleialohapoʻinaole Pūkaʻikapuaokalani Smith Castillo ♦ William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching ♦ April Pualani Peeples Chock ♦ Edward William Collier, Jr. ♦ Karen Kaohulani Aiu Costa ♦ O’Brian Eselu ♦ Ray Kahikilaulani Fonseca ♦ Hōkūlani Holt-Padilla ♦ Lehua Huliheʻe ♦ Palani Kahala ♦ Kealoha Kalama ♦ Namahana Kalama-Panui ♦ Iwalani Kalima ♦ Rachael Akau Kamakana ♦ Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele and Nālani Kanakaʻole ♦ J. Kimo Alama Keanlana ♦ Oddetta Kaohikukapualani Kinimaka-Alquiza ♦ Mae Kamāmalu Klein ♦ Piʻi Lani ♦ Lucy Lee ♦ Lilinoe Lindsey ♦ Peter William Kauaimaka Lonoaeʻa ♦ Edward Etua Lopes ♦ Johnny Lum Ho ♦ Pulamahia Maile ♦ Victoria Sunday Napuananionapalionakoʻolau Kekuaokalani Mariteragi ♦ Paleka Leinaʻala Mattos ♦ Leilani Sharpe Mendez ♦ Beverly Healani Sun Lan Apana Muraoka ♦ Naleialoha Napaepae-Kunewa ♦ Nathan Napoka ♦ Carolee Nishi ♦ Pōhaku Nishimitsu ♦ Iwilani Silva Ohelo ♦ Minerva Kalauhiwaokalani Pang ♦ Elizabeth Huʻi Park ♦ Denise Kaʻuhionamauna Kia Ramento ♦ Kealiʻinaniʻaimokuokalani Reichel ♦ Kamalei Sataraka ♦ Kalena Silva ♦ Holoua Stender ♦ Harriet Kuʻuleinani Sheldon Stibbard ♦ Victoria Hanakaʻulani Kamamalu Holt Takamine ♦ ʻIwalani Tseu ♦ Thaddius Kihanuilulumoku Wilson ♦ Michael Kekaimoku Toshi Yoshikawa

Completed Digitized Files


Digitized Files:

691 Scanned Text Files
535 Audio Files

Inventory Files:
136 VHS files
12 Reel files
68 DVD files
33 CD files
66 Cassette files
16 Betamax Tapes

Mahalo piha to the following grantors for providing KPCAS the ability to establish Lohe I Ka Leo. Be on the lookout for the official debut of the website soon! If you have any questions, concerns, or interest in the development of Lohe I Ka Leo, please contact Mr. Guy Sibilla, KPCS Executive Director: guy@guysibilla.com (808) 521 - 6905.

Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities


HIHumanities Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) grants are designed to provide relief funding for Hawai‘i-based humanities nonprofits, and nonprofits doing humanities programming to help our communities recover and rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of SHARP, HIHumanites is distributing $629,140 to 35 organizations from Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, and Kauaʻi. We received applications from 63 organizations that reported financial losses totaling $9,310,227 for 2020.

Our privilege, as Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, is to be inspired and moved by the depth and breadth of our humanities organizations here in Hawaiʻi. All of these applicants should be honored for their care and stewardship of our communities

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OHA works to improve the wellbeing of Native Hawaiians through advocacy, research, community engagement, land management and the funding of community programs.

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