Mike Foley's blog
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The beauty and harmony of Navaho rugs
One of the side benefits of recently staying at Jacob Lake Inn near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon was meeting the grandson of the founders, John Rich, who used his personal experiences and 40-year career of dealing in hand-woven Navaho rugs to help us understand the concept of hozho. Rich, pictured at left, […]
Reflections of ‘We Are Samoa’
For the past 20 years the Polynesian Cultural Center has put on an annual “We Are Samoa” traditional arts and skills festival for high school students across Oahu. Here are some of my selected images from the May 11, 2013, festival:
Laie ladies named top teachers at Kahuku
[Originally published in KALEO on October 3, 1996] Students, staff and faculty at Kahuku High and Intermediate School recently elected two Laie women as top teachers at the North Shore school: Sunday Mariteragi (left) and Elizabeth Kammerer (right). In addition to tying for the teacher of the year award and winning $100 each, Mariteragi received the Oceanic Cablevision/Finance […]
Upu ‘afakasi: Samoan “half-caste” words
A few posts back I blogified about Samoan pronunciation and names. Now I’d like to do a little follow-up on ‘upu ‘afakasi — Samoan half-caste words.