Welcome to Hīpuʻu: the Native Hawaiian Education Data Clearinghouse
Aelike Hoʻohana ʻIkepili
Data use and agreements
ʻEliʻeli kūlana o ʻĀina 'ike - ʻŌlelo Noʻeau #399
Profound is the nature of ‘Āina ʻike. This ʻōlelo noʻeau refers to respect for a person’s depth of knowledge.
Our ancestors and kūpuna (elders) respect the importance of ʻōiwi (Indigenous) knowledge and perspective by practicing kilo (to study/examine) and sharing ʻike (knowledge). We continue these practices to honor, perpetuate, and advance the legacy of ʻōiwi expression and culture.
As you visit Hīpuʻu, we welcome you into our community with mutual respect, care, and responsibility. We use this space together by agreeing to exercise ethical use of data to perpetuate and advance the well-being, culture, and language of Kānaka Maoli.
We affirm the CARE Principles for Indigenous data governance created within the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDIRP):
C - Collective Benefit
We aim to design data ecosystems that enable Kānaka Maoli to attain individual and collective benefits.
A - Authority to Control
As Kānaka Maoli, we assert an inherent right to data relevant to our worldviews and commit to empowering sustainable self-determination.
R - Responsibility
We hold individuals, institutions, and organizations that use, create, collect, analyze, manage, or distribute data about Kānaka Maoli accountable to the communities from which that data originates.
E - Ethics
We acknowledge the structures that maintain, create, and uphold inequity in data governance, whether intentional or unintentional, while seeking ethical ways to act, address power imbalances, and protect against future harms from data use that stigmatizes or portrays Kānaka Maoli through a deficit lens.