Dr. Kiana Frank is a brilliant scientist who bridges kānaka understanding of the world with scientific thought. Some of the very cool things covered in this episode:-The edible mud of Kawainui: https://www.kawainui.org/histories-of-people.htm

Season 2, Episode 001: Matthew Lynch on shift in perspective, the albizia project/she sheds, avoiding global collapse, Keanu Reeves

Oct 18th, 2019 1h

Meet Matt Lynch! He's with the UH Office of Sustainabilty: https://www.hawaii.edu/sustainability/Some other great things he's into:Purple Mai'a: https://purplemaia.org/The Mauka Marketplace: https://www.mauka.market/The Albizia Project:

Episode 007: Ciara Lacy, filmmaker

Jun 27th, 2018 51m 5s

Ciara Lacy is a documentary filmmaker whose most recent film, Out of State, features the stories of kanaka maoli who have been exported to penitentiaries on the continental United States. She also talks about the personal process of filmmaking

Episode 006: Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

May 24th, 2018 45m 22s

Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp runs the Facebook Group: Hawaiian History and Culture. We talk about how this group evolved, his sources of information and inspiration, and what it means to be a 21st Century digital cultural historian.Some key concept

Episode 005: Ku'uwehi Hiraishi on being an 'olelo Hawai'i journalism pioneer/guinea pig/the tip of the spear, representation, and where journalism should go

May 2nd, 2018 26m 43s

Ku'uwehi Hiraishi is a general assignment reporter for Hawaii Public Radio. She is also an alum of 'olelo Hawai'i immersion school, and uses this perspective to inform not only her reporting but also inspire the direction of HPR and beyond.(S

Episode 004: Neenz Faleafine: social media to build collaboration, aka using the tools of the oppressor for good

Apr 5th, 2018 46m 41s

Neenz Faleafine, social media guru and community collaboratorKey notes:-Kaiaulu Builders-Neenz' company: Pono Media-Twitter: @Neenz-Social media to: communicate, collaborate, build community, and create a culture-Mentor: Guy Kawasak

Episode 003: Dr. Kealoha Fox: Taxonomies of Hawaiian healing, duality

Mar 22nd, 2018 56m

Dr. Kealoha Fox talks about the duality of curing illness and promoting health. Kealoha earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the John A. Burns School of Medicine where she specialized in C

Episode 002: Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada: Hawaiian steampunk! Visionary fiction and mana in our mo'olelo

Mar 8th, 2018 46m 4s

Notes:-Visionary fiction-Initiative for Indigenous FuturesAuthors and books he mentioned:-N.K. Jemisin-Red Rising-Anjoli RoyFind Kamaoli’s work in:-Black Marks on the White Page-Pacific MonstersLinks:Kamaoli and C

Episode 001: Kamuela Enos: makahiki metrics, urban 'aina, general deep thoughts

Feb 21st, 2018

Some notes from Kamu's interview:-Makahiki Metrics: triple bottom line economy=healthy land, healthy people, healthy economy-Urban 'aina/urban ahupua'a (ex. Anthony DeLuz)-Replacing "culture" with "ancestral sciences and technologies of i

Episode 000: Introduction

Feb 12th, 2018 2m 31s

Just a little bit about what We The Ancestors is about. I hope you join us for future episodes! Find us on Facebook under Ancestor Pod, and don't forget to subscribe. Mahalo!

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