Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Museum Institute

For the entire month of July, I'll be in Hawai'i at the East West Center for the first ever Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Museum Institute. This is an incredible opportunity for me to work with museum professionals and scholars from across the Pacific and network with people from museums, galleries, arts councils and cultural centers from a dozen different island communities.We just finished the first week and it has already been amazing on so many levels. I'm sure I'll be writing more about my experiences over the course of the month

Here is the full list of all of those who are attending.

 Roldy Ablao, Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum, California
Archie Ajoste, Northern Mariana Islands Museum, Saipan
Pamela Alconcel, Lānaʻi Heritage Center, Hawaiʻi
Wilbert Alik, RMI Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs, Marshall Islands
Meked Besebes, Internal Affairs, Palau
Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Guam Museum, Guam
Mina Elison, Donkey Mill Arts Center, Hawaiʻi
Ailini Eteuati, Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture, Western Samoa
Regina Meredith Fitiau, Jean P. Haydon Museum, American Samoa
Keau George, Hula Preservation Society, Hawaiʻi
Hoku Kaʻahaʻāina, ʻUluʻulu, University of West-Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
Kirikara Koraua, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kiribati
Mereia Luvunakoro, Fiji Museum, Fiji
Erlinda Naputi, Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Saipan
Erika Radewagen, Jean P. Haydon Museum, American Samoa
Kuʻuleilani Reyes, Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama Campus, Hawaiʻi
Elyssa Santos, Commission on Chamoru Language & the Teaching of the History and
Culture of the Indigenous People of Guam, Guam
Ruby Satele, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Aotearoa NZ
Tyler Warwick, University of Guam, Saipan
Tiko Waundu, PNG National Museum & Art Gallery, Papua New Guinea



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