[Algonquiana] Support for displaced Maui families and 'Aha Pūnana Leo o Lāhaina

[Genee, Inge]

Dear colleagues,
Just forwarding this message from language activists in Maui affected by the fires.
Inge
From: Information on Indigenous Education and Language Revitalization <INDIGENOUS-L at LISTS.NAU.EDU> On Behalf Of Jon Allan Reyhner
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 2:34 PM
To: INDIGENOUS-L at LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: SILS support for displaced Maui families and 'Aha Pūnana Leo o Lāhaina

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Dear Friends of Indigenous Languages:

I am forwarding the sad news below that Dr. McCarty has sent me about the fires in Maui.

Jon Reyhner, Ed.D.
Professor of Education
Northern Arizona University

Dear Jon and Joe and Louise,

Greetings, and we hope this finds you well. We're reaching out to you, as SILS 2023 coordinators, in the wake of the devastating fires burning on Maui. We have learned from friends and colleagues on Maui and Hawai'i Island, including presenters at SILS/AIITEC 2023, that many Hawaiian immersion families and teachers have lost their homes, and Pūnana Leo o Lahaina is gone. Schools on Maui remain closed, and responders are doing 48-72 hour shifts. Kiani Yasak, who presented in our SILS/AIITEC session, said that immersion families are coming together to donate and help clothe, feed, shelter, and treat injuries. But the losses and the need are enormous, and will continue to grow.

Dr. Kauanoe Kamanā, director of Nāwahī Laboratory School, sent the link to the 'Aha Pūnana Leo o Lahaina website (below). She said they would very much appreciate any donation that can be made. We wonder if you could share this information with the SILS Advisory Board and others in your circle who would like to help in some way during this terrible tragedy?

PŪNANA LEO O LAHAINA DONATIONS
https://www.ahapunanaleo.org/

We realize you may already have efforts underway. Thank you for any assistance you can provide in sharing this information.

With appreciation,

Terri McCarty, Tiffany Lee, Sheilah Nicholas, and Mike Seltzer
Indigenous-Language Immersion Study

The School of Education and Information Studies, American Indian Studies Program, and American Indian Studies Center at UCLA acknowledge the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles Basin, South Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), 'ahiihirom (elders), and 'eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging, and are grateful to have the opportunity to work for and with the taraaxotam (Indigenous peoples) in this place.

Teresa L. McCarty, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and GF Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology
Faculty, American Indian Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Ave., Box 951521
Los Angeles, CA 90005-1521 USA
+310.206.2569
Teresa.McCarty at ucla.edu<mailto:Teresa.McCarty at ucla.edu>
National Academy of Education
2021-2022 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

Recent Books:
Critical Youth Research in Education—Methodologies of Praxis and Care (with A.I. Ali, Routledge, 2020)
A World of Indigenous Languages: Politics, Pedagogies, and Possibilities for Language Reclamation (with S.E. Nicholas & G. Wigglesworth, Multilingual Matters, 2019)
The Anthropology of Education Policy: Ethnographic Inquiries into Policy as Sociocultural Process (with A.E. Castagno, Routledge, 2018)
Language Policy and Political Issues in Education (with S. May, Springer, 2017)
Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas (with S.M. Coronel-Molina, Routledge, 2016)