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Hawaiian Perspectives ON HEALTH

Listen to the following Hawaiian healers and doctors who describe various aspects of Hawaiian healing traditions and cultural activities. Watch more videos of them and other Hawaiians on the Native voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness website exhibition.

  • S. Kalani Brady

    S. Kalani Brady, MD

    S. Kalani Brady describes a modern Hawaiian concept of health. (00:51)

  • Earl Kawa‘a

    Earl Kawa‘a

    Earl Kawa‘a explains how “ola”, a Hawaiian word for life, binds together physical, spiritual and intellectual well-being. (00:55)

  • Noa Emmutt Aluli, MD

    Noa Emmutt Aluli, MD

    Noa Emmutt Aluli notes how traditional diet and sports are helping to improve health among Hawaiians. (00:39)

  • Benjamin B.C. Young, MD

    Benjamin B.C. Young, MD

    Benjamin Young describes the cultural importance and health benefits of traditional Hawaiian activities, such as hula and canoeing. (00:54)

  • Marjorie Mau, MD

    Marjorie Mau, MD

    Marjorie Mau talks about how Native peoples’ connections to the land ties to their well-being. (00:43)

  • Kamaki A. Kanahele

    Kamaki A. Kanahele

    Kamaki A. Kanahele describes Hawaiian concepts of medicine and healing. (00:10)

  • Helen O’Connor Lewis

    Helen O’Connor Lewis

    Helen O’Connor Lewis describes both tactile and spiritual aspects of traditional lomi lomi, the Hawaiian word for masseur or masseuse. (00:57)