Kaʻiminaʻauao Kahikina on Kuleana, Māhū Identity & Indigenous Futures | LIVE from the Stacks Ep. 5

Kaʻiminaʻauao Kahikina (Kaʻīmi) is a Kanaka Maoli scholar, artist, hula practitioner, and PhD student in Indigenous Politics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Their work explores Māhū genealogies, Indigenous politics, hula, and Hawaiian ways of knowing, connecting archival research and ancestral knowledge to contemporary community life. Through scholarship, art, and storytelling, Kaimi invites deeper conversations about kuleana, belonging, language, and the future of Hawaiʻi.

LIVE from the Stacks: Ku'oko'a as Practice gathers artists, storytellers, and cultural stewards to reflect on independence as a living practice, not just a political destination. Held among the stacks of Native Books, this event invites conversation about how creativity and art can transform our communities.

This event was not only a reflection of independence, but of interdependence. The event aligned with the exhibit 'Off the Wall at Arts & Letters, featuring rare and out-of-print books, emphasizing how the written word is both artifact and act of preservation. Together, the conversation and exhibit ask: how do story and sovereignty meet — on the shelf, in the studio, in our homes?

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