Hawaiian & Pacific Collections

The Marshallese poet and writer Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner was featured on ABC Radio Australia yesterday, in an interview timed to World Poetry Day. The interview (which includes Kathy reading from her work), is archived here. Kathy also maintains Iep Jaltok , a blog that includes her poetry and other writings.

The UH-Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies has announced that its Master's Program has been accepted into the Western Regional Graduate Program. This means that students from 15 states in the western U.S. are eligible to pay in-state tuition when enrolling in the Master's degree program. Eligible states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. For more information, click here or visit the Center's Facebook page .

Manulani Aluli Meyer will make a presentation on Tuesday, March 20, on the topic of "redefining wealth and community from native perspectives" at the Richards Street YWCA. For more information, click on the poster at right.

The below is quoted directly from an email message circulated by the UH-M Center for Pacific Islands Studies: Aloha friends and colleagues,  Tomorrow, Wednesday March 14 , Fa'anofo Uperesa, Ethnic Studies UHM, presents “Attenuated Sovereignties and Possible Futures: The Case of American Samoa” as part of the ICSCP Spring Speakers Series at 12:00 – 1:15 pm, John Burns Hall 2118, East-West Center. Abstract: Will American Samoans remain U.S.Nationals or opt for U.S. Citizenship?    Would the full application of the U.S. Constitution destroy the communal land system and the indigenous hierarchy of chiefs (matai)?    What is the relative balance of power between the local and the federal governments?    Although the relationship between the islands and the United States remains unresolved and contradictory in the minds of many, current challenges aim to push the ‘unincorporated, unorganized’ territory of the U.S. to resolve the status question.  ...