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The Conversation

The Conversation: Kalaupapa tours; Hawaiian quilting

By Catherine Cruz,
Catherine Cluett Pactol, Maddie Bender
Published July 1, 2026 at 11:28 AM HST
Kalaupapa National Historic Park sign on Dec. 3, 2025.
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Kalaupapa National Historic Park sign on Dec. 3, 2025.
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  • Kalaupapa National Historical Park Superintendent Nancy Holman shares a new way for visitors to tour the historic Hansen’s disease settlement 
  • Board members of Hui Hānai, a nonprofit dedicated to Queen Liliʻuokalani, discuss their new book publishing the letters and diary entries of Hawaiʻi’s last monarch   
  • 4th generation Hawaiian quilter Cissy Serrao and Smithsonian specialist Inger de Montecinos talk about a ‘Quilt-Along’ event held by the Smithsonian National Museum
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