by Bryson Hoe | May 14, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Hōkūleʻa captain and pwo (master) navigator Kālepa Baybayan of the Polynesian Voyaging Society led his crew ashore on Piscataway lands today. The delegation from Hawaii followed Hawaiian cultural protocol to ask permission of the Native Americans to enter their lands...
by Bryson Hoe | May 14, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Aloha mai kākou, this is Moani Hemuli on Leg 20 of the Worldwide Voyage. We just arrived in beautiful Piscataway, Maryland and we just finished our opening ceremony with the native peoples of this land. We are here in Mount Vernon – George Washington’s...
by Bryson Hoe | May 11, 2016 | Education, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
The Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Hōkūleʻa crewmembers were welcomed to Virginia’s Tangier Island this morning, accompanied by two Tangier locals including Tangier Island mayor and waterman James “Ooker” Eskridge, on their sail over from...
by Bryson Hoe | May 5, 2016 | Education, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Written by Starr Johnson Aloha! Yesterday we had a busy day doing outreach to diverse groups. Our morning starting in a small Episcopal Church meeting hall with the Rotary Club briefly sharing with the service organization about our voyage. They were keenly interested...
by Bryson Hoe | May 4, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Environment, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Kaniela Lyman-Mersereau: Today we got a chance to literally go with the flow as we met up with a crew from the American Canoe Association (ACA) for a day of canoe paddling down the mighty Rappahannock River. Our hosts were part of a major restoration...