We are pleased to announce that Hikaʻalani has been awarded $25,000 from the Telling the Full History Fund—a grant program from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and made possible through the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations.
Funding will support the first year of “Ulupō as Told by the Kupa ʻĀina,” a two-year project that will interpret and preserve the integrity and unique cultural history of Ulupō, Kawainui in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua.
Hikaʻalani will be working with cultural practitioners and artists to create and install appropriate, accurate signage at Ulupō Heiau, with QR code access to a website with indigenous stories of significant sites in Kailua. All who visit the sacred site of Ulupō and/or the new website will be enriched with deeper knowledge and native perspectives.
This project will be undertaken in partnership with the nonprofit Kauluakalana, the Windward YMCA, and Hawaiʻi State Parks Division of the Department of Land & Natural Resources.
Hikaʻalani is one of 80 organizations that received $25,000 or $50,000 grants to interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities. Telling the Full History grants support the core activities of humanities-based organizations as the organizations recover from the pandemic and use historic places as catalysts for a more just and equitable society.
Telling the Full History Preservation Fund is a grant program from @NationalTrustforHistoric -Preservation and made possible through the @NEHgov American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations. Forum.SavingPlaces.org/tellingthefullhistoryfund
Funding will support the first year of “Ulupō as Told by the Kupa ʻĀina,” a two-year project that will interpret and preserve the integrity and unique cultural history of Ulupō, Kawainui in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua.
Hikaʻalani will be working with cultural practitioners and artists to create and install appropriate, accurate signage at Ulupō Heiau, with QR code access to a website with indigenous stories of significant sites in Kailua. All who visit the sacred site of Ulupō and/or the new website will be enriched with deeper knowledge and native perspectives.
This project will be undertaken in partnership with the nonprofit Kauluakalana, the Windward YMCA, and Hawaiʻi State Parks Division of the Department of Land & Natural Resources.
Hikaʻalani is one of 80 organizations that received $25,000 or $50,000 grants to interpret and preserve historic places of importance to underrepresented communities. Telling the Full History grants support the core activities of humanities-based organizations as the organizations recover from the pandemic and use historic places as catalysts for a more just and equitable society.
Telling the Full History Preservation Fund is a grant program from @NationalTrustforHistoric -Preservation and made possible through the @NEHgov American Rescue Plan Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations. Forum.SavingPlaces.org/tellingthefullhistoryfund