This program honors indigenous artists, performers, organizations and activists who have contributed in changing centuries-old stereotypes and promoting education from their own cultural perspectives. As they explain and demonstrate the materials and techniques used to create their art, the audience may ask questions. An actress, singer, dancer, musician and composer, Nalani Olds is the musical narrator and storyteller, portraying the queen's life, music, and leadership. Queen Lili'uakalani is one of Hawaii's most accomplished and gifted composers. Besides a Cherokee language demonstration, the group performs the blanket, quail, and round dances.
Audience participation is encouraged throughout the program.
This documentary explores the conflict dividing Native Hawaiians and anthropologists over ownership of ancestral remains, recounting efforts by Kunani Nihipali and his wife Ipo to repatriate their ancestral remains from Phoebe Hearst Museum at the University of California at Berkeley. A question and answer period follows the presentation. A discussion with the sisters follows the performance. Audience members learn chants, song lines and pose questions. In partnership with the justice system, circle sentencing is a way for Native offenders to re-connect with their spiritual traditions and to break away from the cycle of crime, court and prison, an alternative approach to justice and healing for aboriginal men in Canada's Yukon Territory.