Growing up on Oʻahu in the 1950s, Maile Keamoai-Kane learned a lot from her father: how to prepare laulau, gather ʻopihi, and catch and clean fish. He never excluded her.  But being deaf, Keamoai-Kane struggled to learn another key aspect of Hawaiian culture: the language. Her father did the best he could teaching her improvised … Continue reading Deaf And Native Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Sign Language Offers A Cultural Connection