Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

Gabbi C. K. Lee

Gabbi C. K. Lee (Kanaka ʻŌiwi) is a Cultural Interpreter at the National Museum of the American Indian from Kailua, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Her work at the museum focuses on providing educational experiences for K-12 students and the general public. She strives to bring authentic Indigenous perspectives into museum work at all levels.

Hawaiian wa'a (canoe)

Ka Mo‘olelo o Au Hou ma Wakinekona, D.C. | The Story Behind the Hawaiian Canoe in Washington, D.C.

For thousands of years, Native Hawaiians have traveled the Pacific in traditional voyaging canoes. A fixture on the National Mall for almost 20 years now, a wa‘a (Hawaiian canoe) named Au Hou has called Washington, D.C. home since the National Museum of the American Indian’s grand opening in 2004.

Gabrielle Lee (Kanaka Maoli), the first Native Hawaiian cultural interpreter on the staff of the National Museum of the American Indian, in a small section of the New York Botanical Garden that features plants native to Hawai‘i. (Courtesy of Gabbi Lee)

Aloha Opens the Door to Learning

Latest

Meet Montana’s Teacher of the Year: Kevin KickingWoman

The Long Path Toward Establishing Indigenous People's Day, a Day to Honor and Recognize the First Peoples of America

Categories
Archive