Before the competition gets underway in Hilo next week, multi-award winning Kumu Hula Napua Silva has a message for ...

WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A new court ruling claims the state mishandled its archaeological permitting process and failed to protect iwi kupuna (ancestral remains) at a Maui development site.

However, iwi kupuna (ancestral bones) have been found as deep as 22 feet, he said. Kopper also believed that the AIS was inadequate because the preservation area for the burials has continued to ...

Faced with an impossible decision — needing to find any means possible to hold on to ancestral ‘aina while ... on parcels dedicated as ‘aina kupuna. As dramatic changes in speculation ...

In the film “KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials,” cultural practitioner and filmmaker Keoni Kealoha Alvarez finds his calling to protect iwi kupuna after ... cave near his ancestral home in Puna.