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<br />Comm 26-106 <br />Ka <br />Who are the supporting partner organizations? <br />Edith Kanakaole Foundation (EKF) is rooted inlongstanding community <br />relationships with organizationsthat share a commitment to cultural stewardship, ina <br />care, and place-based learning, including The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Ka Ohana o <br />Honuapo (KOH), N Mamo o Kw(NMK), Ka Umeke Keo <br />few. <br />EKF and TNC are building on shared kuleana to care for neighboring lands, as <br />Kaaliki Kula is near lands stewarded by TNC. TNC is also working to protect Hlea, located <br />northeast of Kaaliki Kula. Hlea’s current landowner, Olson Trust, previously engaged EKF <br />to help develop a cultural stewardship guide for Hlea’s cultural sites. Together, EKF and <br />TNC are drawing on their respective strengths to support stewardship strategies for these <br /> <br />KOH cares for the lands at Honuapo and NMK cares for the lands at Kw; both <br />areas are makai of Kaaliki Kula. EKF has supported these organizations by helping draft <br />loko iand contributing to loko ia restoration work. EKF continues to <br />stand alongside KOH and NMK as they advance stewardship rooted in cultural knowledge <br />and responsibility to place. <br />EKF also partners with Ka Umeke Keo, a Hawaiian language immersion public <br />charter school in Hilo, to create culture-based learning opportunities that connect <br />to language, place, and ike kpuna. <br /> <br />recognized for its powerful hula style and deep cultural knowledge. Today, <br />is led by Huihui Kanahele-Mossman, granddaughter of Edith Kanakaole. In partnership, <br />EKF and Hlau o Kekuhi are restoring and caring for makakloa Heiau through protocol, <br />restoration of the heiau’s rock structure, removal of invasive species, and replanting of <br />native species. <br />Across the Hawaiian Islands, EKFworks withcultural practitioners and community <br />partners who specialize and has experience in Western discipline including planning, <br />natural resource management, law, communications, tropical conservation biology, and <br />environmental science.EKF is recognized as a trusted steward of cultural knowledge and a <br />partner in community- <br />throughout Hawaient to <br />ina and culture. <br /> <br />