Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 5, 1 May 2017 — MEA O LOKO TABLE OF CONTENTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MEA O LOKO TABLE OF CONTENTS

MO'OLELO Nlll | G0VER FEATURE Where have all the May Days gone?Ki6 BY JAMIE SIMPS0N STEELE These days fewer schools hold May Day celebrations, and many of those that do have moved away from ceremonies that preserve Hawaiian culture, opting for multicultural events instead.

MO'OMENEII | eUUUNE Celebrate literature, music, dance and storytelling mi t BYLISAASATO The Hawai'i Book & Music Festival offers something for everyone, including two days of Hawaiian culture programming.

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MO'OMEHEU | CULTURE Help select a Kamehameha III i statue for Thomas Square page6 I The city plans to plaee a Kamehameha III statue ' at the center of Thomas Square at the 175th anniversary of Lā Ho'iho'i Ea - Restoration Day. The public is being asked to help select one of six proposals.

'ĀINA | LAHO AND WATER Perpetuating 'āina momona through loko i'a culture pige 14 BYTASHASTIRITZ A group of kia'i loko (fishpond guardians) are on a mission to reactivate, restore and cultivate loko i'a culture.

One of six proposed 1 statues of Kamehameha ' III.- Photo: heena

Members of Hui Mālama loko l'a and the Keaukaha eommunity work on the kuapā (fishpond wall) at Hale o Lono during the 2017 fishpond gathering. - Photo: Courtesy of Richard Likeke īeanio/Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation