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Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 by Deb Kuupuaonaona McCue · 2 Comments

Finally, My Ship Has Come In

Finally, my ship has come in. Well, not a ship exactly. A wa'a. A wa'a kaulua. A Hawaiian ocean-going canoe. Her name is derived from a celestial light, Arcturis, which Hawaiians call Hokule'a, the Star of Gladness. When a Hawaiian voyager sees this star, she knows she is almost home, and as we all learned from…

Posted on June 3, 2016June 7, 2016 by Deb Kuupuaonaona McCue · 1 Comment

The King and The Navigator

Hokulea's arrival in NYC is a source of Hawaiian pride and reminded me another time in my life when I felt good to be a Hawaiian.

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