He aupuni palapala koʻu; a ʻo ke kanaka pono a naʻauao, ʻo ia koʻu kanaka.
Mine is a kingdom of literacy, and the just and wise person is my countryman. - Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III
Honolulu, HI
ʻO Gabrielle Ahuliʻi Ferreira Holt he mea kākau Kanaka ʻŌiwi a he kahu puke kula ma Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. He MLIS kona mai ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa, a he BFA kona mai ke kulanui o British Columbia (ma ka ʻāina ʻōiwi no na poʻe xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh). Ua kākau ʻo ia i nā “Hawaiian Legends for Little Ones” (no BeachHouse Publishing) a “Hiʻiaka & Panaʻewa: A Graphic Legend” (no Capstone).
Gabrielle Ahuliʻi Ferreira Holt is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi author and school librarian from Honolulu, HI. She has a MLIS from the University of Hawaiʻi and a BFA from the University of British Columbia (situated on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm [Musqueam], Skwxwú7mesh [Squamish], Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh [Tsleil- Waututh] nations.) She is the author of “Hawaiian Legends for Little Ones” (from BeachHouse Publishing) and “Hiʻiaka and Panaʻewa: A Graphic Folktale” (from Capstone).
