Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 9, 1 September 2012 — Native Hawaiian scholars awarded fellowships [ARTICLE]

Native Hawaiian scholars awarded fellowships

Three Native Hawaiian scholars have been awarded Mellon-Hawai'i Fellowships. Marie Alohalani Brown and Kaipo Perez III received doctoral fellowships. Katrina-Ann R. Kapā'anaokalāokeola 01iveira received a post-doctoral fellowship. All three are studying at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The fellowships are in its fifth

year and are designed for Native Hawaiian scholars early in their academic careers and for others who are committed to the advancement of knowledge about the Hawaiian natural and cultural environment, history, politics and society.