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We Spoke To A Native Hawaiian Woman About Why Dressing Up As A Hula Dancer Is Harmful, And It's A Must-Read If You've Ever Wanted To Wear The Costume On Halloween

To learn more about the negative impact of people dressing up as hula dancers, BuzzFeed recently spoke to Chelei. "Hula dancers are greatly sexualized in the entertainment industry and Hollywood ...
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Miss Aloha Hula 2022 is first Native Hawaiian face of Nike’s Indigenous collection

Miss Aloha Hula 2022, a University of Hawai’i graduate student, has been selected to represent Nike’s N7 collection. Piʻikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekauʻōnohi Lopes, 22, is the first kānaka ʻōiwi ...
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Native Hawaiian Musician And Hula Teacher Will Appear On US Quarters

Native Hawaiian Edith Kanaka’ole, who died in 1979, was an award-winning composer and instructor at Hawai’i Community College and University of Hawai’i at Hilo. The U.S. Mint has announced that Kanaka ...
HeraldNet

Hawaiian dance troupe performs hula to preserve its culture

Halau o Keikiali’i will perform “The Sacred Hula: Ka Wa Hula — Hula Through Time” on Feb. 22 in Bothell. Before first contact with Westerners in 1778, Hawaiians didn’t need written language. They had ...
The New York Times

Native Hawaiian Hula Teacher Among Five Women Who Will Appear on Quarters

Edith Kanaka‘ole, who died in 1979, will appear on the coin next year along with four other notable women. By Christine Chung George Washington will be sharing some space with a native Hawaiian hula ...
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Native American Heritage festival brings culture, dance, music, crafts to Orange County

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- The Native American Heritage Festival brought some of the best displays of Native American culture to Santa Ana. And the dances are an essential part. However, behind the ...