10/05/2023
Cultural leader, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu sits for a portrait in front of a life-size rendering of the four legendary healers at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, which featured a large exhibit of The Healer Stones of Kapaemāhū that remains accessible as a virtual tour. Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) culture, Wong-Kalu says, places a greater emphasis on the importance of what one can contribute to society—whether male, female, or māhū: “It is a doorway into respect and shared aloha when we honor this understanding,” she says.