Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio foregrounds the intimate in aloha ʻāina, a Kanaka Maoli conception of caring for land, or that which feeds. She provides a close reading of the classic Hawaiian epic Hiʻiakaikapoliopele alongside contemporary Kanaka Maoli battles with settler colonialism and heteropatriarchy. Osorio engages the uniquely Kanaka Maoli genre of moʻolelo by modulating seamlessly between the interpersonal and structural, analysis and composition, and the nineteenth century and the present day.
Articles by Makana Kushi
Makana Kushi is a PhD candidate in American Studies at Brown University. She studies migrant and Indigenous relationality in early twentieth century Hawaiʻi. Having learned ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in a Hawaiian language immersion school setting as a child, she is dedicated to the cultivation of resurgent Indigenous educational spaces.