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After a period of colonial suppression, traditional kapa making is enjoying a sustained resurgence. In recent decades, a growing number of Native Hawaiian artists have mastered the labor-intensive process of harvesting, scraping, and soaking the bark of the wauke plant and embellishing the resulting fabric with colorful traditional designs. A new generation of artists is benefiting from this reclaimed expertise.
GUESTS
Dalani Tanahy (Native Hawaiian), Hawaiian kapa artist
Lehuauakea (Native Hawaiian), Hawaiian kapa artist
Roen Hufford (Native Hawaiian), Hawaiian kapa artist
Break 1 Music: Wahine U`i (Beautiful One) (song) Linda Dela Cruz (artist) Linda Dela Cruz Hawaii’s Canary (album)
Break 2 Music: Ballad of Athabascan Theory (song) Hataałii (artist) Waiting for a Sign (album)
Here’s an extended interview with 2023 National Heritage Fellow Roen Hufford (Native Hawaiian). She spoke with producer Sol Traverso about her favorite part of the kapa making process and being taught by her mother Marie Leilehua McDonald.
I very much appreciate your programs. I am requesting that you have a program dedicated to Leonard Peltier. Maybe there’s still time to host a program with people who know the truth, the other side of the story from what the FBI says. Their story now is that Peltier shot the agents in cold blood. That is so absurd because it was a SHOOT-OUT!! There could have been no “cold blood” among any AIM members there. Also, there were many reports at the time that the FBI shot their own, “friendly fire”. . Anyway, I pray that you will have the “unofficial” stories on a program before it’s too late for Biden to pardon Leonard Peltier, as he should. Thank You, Elizabeth