Nā Hulu Kūpuna – Katherine Maunakea

Ku Kahakalau visits with Katherine Maunakea on the Wai‘anae coast.  After relating a short history of her early life in Kula, Maui, in the Puna district of the Big Island and in Nānākuli on O‘ahu, Katherine shares her knowledge of lāʻau lapaʻau (medicinal plants), including noni, tī, kukui, laukahi and pōpolo.

 
Videotaped June 21, 1990 at Nānākuli, O‘ahu.
 
Nā Hulu Kūpuna is a series of video portraits featuring Hawaiians of the kupuna (grandparent) generation sharing knowledge and stories in their native language.
 
In Hawaiian language; no English subtitles.
Produced in association with ‘Aha Pūnana Leo.
 
Producers
Lilikala Kame‘eleihiwa, Ph.D
Center for Hawaiian Studies
University of Hawai‘i - Mānoa
 
Makalapua (Kaawa) Alencastre
Ke‘ena ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i
University of Hawai‘i - Mānoa
 
Director of location video: Laulani Teale
 
1994
Length: 22 minutes
 
Cablecast
Hawai‘i public access channels
 

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