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University of North Dakota UND Scholarly Commons Theses and Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects January 2019 Native And Indigenous Women Of Hawai'i: Exploring The mpI ortance Of Indigenous Narratives And Storytelling To Understand Ancestral Knowledge Systems Renuka Mahari De Silva Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/theses Recommended Citation De Silva, Renuka Mahari, "Native And Indigenous Women Of Hawai'i: Exploring The mporI tance Of Indigenous Narratives And Storytelling To Understand Ancestral Knowledge Systems" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 2550. https://commons.und.edu/theses/2550 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN OF HAWAI ̒ I: EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS NARRATIVES AND STORYTELLING TO UNDERSTAND ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS. By Renuka Mahari de Silva Bachelor of Visual Arts, Specialized Honors, York University, 1982 Bachelor of Education, York University, 2004 Master of Education (Educational Foundations), University of Hawai‘i, 2012 A Three-Article Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the University of North Dakota In partial fulfilment of the requirements For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Grand Forks, North Dakota August 2019 Copyright 2019 Renuka Mahari de Silva ii .... · · This dissertation, submitted by Renuka Mahari de Silva in partial fulfillmentof the requirementsfor the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from theUniversity ofN01ih Dakota, has been read by the Faculty Advisory Committee under whom the work has been done, and is herebyapproved. &��,- d._�� D �� �Fox TI1isdissertation is being submittedby the appointed advisory committee as having met aU of the requirements of the School of Graduate Studies at theUniversity of North Dakota and is hereby approved. �:::::::::chool of Gtaduate Studies Date ' iii PERMISSION Title Native and Indigenous Women of Hawai ̒ i: Exploring the Importance of Indigenous Narratives and Storytelling to Understand Ancestral Knowledge Systems. 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Renuka Mahari de Silva Date: June 25, 2019 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .........................................................................................................................x LIST OF GLOSSARIES ............................................................................................................... xii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... xiii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. xiv CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................1 Glossary ...................................................................................................................1 Navigating the Work ................................................................................................2 Me Ke Aloha Mai, With My Greetings ...........................................................2 Ōlelo Hawai ‘i (Hawaiian Language) ............................................................2 My Research Trajectory ..................................................................................3 Current Research .............................................................................................4 Dissertation Format .........................................................................................6 A General Overview of the Research ......................................................................7 The Interview Process .....................................................................................7 Geographical location of research .........................................................7 Participants and selection .......................................................................8 Data collection & ethics and standards ..................................................9 Data analysis ........................................................................................12 v Methods..................................................................................................................13 A General Overview .....................................................................................13 Specific Methodologies Within Study ..........................................................15 Narrative Inquiry ...........................................................................................17 Portraiture as Inquiry ....................................................................................19 The ‘Ōiwi Methodological Lens ...................................................................21 II. MANA WAHINE: CALLING BACK THE TREASURED MO’OLELO FROM THE FORBIDDEN PAST TO HEAL THE PRESENT ........................................22 Glossary .................................................................................................................22 Title Page ...............................................................................................................25 Abstract ..................................................................................................................26 ‘Āina: That Which Feeds .......................................................................................27 People of ‘Āina, The Kānaka ........................................................................27 Ancient Hawai ‘i and Kuleana (Obligation) to ‘Āina ...................................28 The Process Leading to Current Research ....................................................33 Navigating the Terrain ..................................................................................36 Narrative and Intersubjectivity as a Relational Tool .............................................40 The Use of the Narrative ...............................................................................40 Importance of Intersubjectivity .....................................................................41 The ‘Ōiwi Methodological Lens ...................................................................44 Understanding the Concepts of Mana Wahine and Sovereignty ..................45 Piecing Together the Knowledge Found ................................................................48 Kaulana Nā Pua: A Voice for Sovereignty ...................................................48 vi The Embeddedness of Knowings and Their Importance Toward Food Sovereignty ...................................................................................................51 Places and Spaces .........................................................................................51 Paepae o He ‘eia Fishpond ............................................................................54 Waimānalo Limu Hui at Pāhonu Loko l ‘a ...................................................57 Ka ‘ala Organic Farm.............................................................................................61 Moving Beyond Food Sovereignty ........................................................................67 Restoring Aloha Back to Kānaka Communities ...........................................67 In reflection ..........................................................................................68 III. ART AND THE VOICES WITHIN: EXPLORING KĀNAKA WOMEN’S STORYTELLING IN THE VISUAL MEDIUM THROUGH PORTRAITURE AND KĀNAKA ‘ŌIWI METHODOLOGIES ...................................................................71 Glossary .................................................................................................................71 Title Page ...............................................................................................................73 Abstract ..................................................................................................................74 Connecting to a Kānaka Perspective ..............................................................................75 Kānaka Identities and Their Formulation ..............................................................75 The ‘Ōiwi Methodological Lens ............................................................................79 Kānaka ‘Ōiwi Methodology ...........................................................................................81