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Ahupua‘a, Fishponds and Lo‘i
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directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Nālani Minton, fl. 1992-2010, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1992), 1 hour 30 mins

The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food.

Our Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) ancestors...

directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Nālani Minton, fl. 1992-2010, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1992), 1 hour 30 mins
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The Hawaiian Art of Healing
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produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Honolulu, HI: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 2011), 1 hour 9 mins

From the age of five, Henry Auwae learned the art of lā‘au lapaʻau (herbal medicine) from his grandmother, a woman whose knowledge extended back to nineteenth century Hawai‘i. In this two-disk documentary series, "Papa" Auwae shares this traditional knowledge.

At a workshop in Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi island, he dem...

produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Honolulu, HI: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 2011), 1 hour 9 mins
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Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Aina
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directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) and Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (Honolulu, HI: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1992), 56 mins

Kahoʻolawe Aloha ʻĀina focuses on the cultural, political and military significance of the "target island" of Kaho‘olawe in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Hawaiian term aloha ‘āina refers to love of the land, the basis of Hawaiian cultural belief that animates the current movement to bring the island back to...

directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) and Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (Honolulu, HI: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1992), 56 mins
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Puhipau at the Yamagata International Film Festival
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produced by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 2016), 19 mins
In October of 1993 Joan Lander and Puhipau of the production team Na Maka o ka Aina traveled to the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan to screen their documentary, Act of War - The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation. This video follows Puhipau as he participates in a press conference by the Fi...
produced by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Hawaii: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 2016), 19 mins
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The Tribunal
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directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Honolulu, HI: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1994), 1 hour 24 mins

In August 1993, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina spent twelve days capturing on video the proceedings Ka Ho‘okolokolonui Kānaka Maoli — Peoples' International Tribunal Hawai‘i, 1993, in which the United States and the state of Hawai‘i were put on trial for crimes against the original people of Hawai‘i, the Kānaka Maoli.

A panel...

directed by Puhipau, 1937-2016 and Joan Lander, fl. 1957; produced by Joan Lander, fl. 1957 and Puhipau, 1937-2016, Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production) (Honolulu, HI: Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina (Video production), 1994), 1 hour 24 mins
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