Mike Foley's blog
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BYUH holds Hawaiian conferences
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, September 10, 1998] The BYU-Hawaii kupuna conference begins with hula The BYUH Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies — more commonly called the Hawaiian Studies program — sponsored back-to-back conferences on two weekends in August to seek input and suggestions from kupuna and educators for […]
Some help with the Aborigines
In the early 1990s the management team at the Polynesian Cultural Center was trying to develop a series of “special events” to help overcome one of the periodic downturns in the visitor industry: The idea being to offer something new or different that would encourage people to visit, including some of those who have been […]
Guadalcanal: A veritable WWII ‘museum’
When my wife, Sally Ann, and I were on my East-West Center field trip in 1971, we stopped for a few days on the large, tropical island of Guadalcanal in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (usually abbreviated BSIP; the island nation would not gain independence until 1978). The place was particularly fascinating to me because […]
Last Kahuku bon dance slated
target=”_blank”> By Mike Foley, April 15, 2009 The Kahuku Bon Dance, an annual summer tradition for decades, is coming to an end with its final celebration this year on Saturday, July 25, 2009. An aging and dwindling church membership with no younger replacements is the cause for the decision to shut down the temple. The […]