Kamanamaikalani Brenton Beamer as its inaugural Dana Naone Hall Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment. Starting August 2021, Beamer will take on the newly established position, named in honor of the revered poet and kānaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) environmental activist. The endowed chair is supported through a $3.2-million gift from the Laurence H. Dorcy Hawaiian Foundation.
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Beamer plays ʻohe hano ihu (nose flute) during a special ceremony to commemorate his appointment.
“Naone Hall has changed the political and cultural landscape of Hawaiʻi through a lifetime of protecting sacred places and our people’s right to our beliefs and religious practices,” said Hawaiʻinuiākea Dean