Updated at 6:55 a.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Research in Native Hawaiian issues expanding at UH
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU — The University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Kamehameha Schools, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs have launched a new fellowship program to support excellence in Native Hawaiian research, according to a news release from the university.This fall, doctorate candidate Brenton Kamanamaikalani Beamer was selected as the inaugural recipient of the `O¯iwi Ake Akamai fellowship.
Beamer, son of musician Kapono Beamer and grandson of Hawaiian historian Nona Beamer, is completing a doctorate in geography and conducting research on Hawaiian Ali`i and mapping during the Hawaiian Kingdom era. Beamer will be traveling to England this week to conduct research at several archival institutions there and will be speaking at Royal Holloway, University of London. Beamer has already digitized 13,000 pages of archival material from the Kingdom era in conjunction with his fellowship.
The program is being expanded this year. Stephanie Dunbar, Sydney Iaukea, Malia Kaaihue, Stephen Vogeler, David Sai and Peter Moore have been selected to begin fellowships this spring. Their areas of research range from native plant restoration to Hawaiian language education.
