​Oral histories conducted by Oʻahu North Shore Field School​
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The North Shore Field School (NSFS) started in 2012 as an Indigenous, community-based archaeological methods training program working at Kupopolo Heiau and ‘Uko‘a in the Waialua moku; it was run as a Spring semester Saturday class by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) Department of Anthropology and sponsored by the ‘Āina Ulu program of the Kamehameha Schools (KS). After a successful five years of offering the field school to both graduate and undergraduate students, the field school in 2017 shifted its focus to ethnographic and oral history methods aimed at documenting, preserving, and honoring the stories of the people of Waialua. The UHM Department of Ethnic Studies joined the Department of Anthropology in running the program, and the Waialua Hawaiian Civic Club became a primary community partner. KS supported the program with funding through ‘Āina Ulu between 2018-2021 and additional funding through the Hi‘ialo program between 2021-2022. The interviews represented here come from the NSFS Spring 2018, 2019, and 2020 classes. A total of 22 kūpuna (elders) were interviewed, with transcripts and digital Story Maps produced for each. The 2020 class was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2021 class was fully virtual with no new interviews conducted in Waialua. Between 2021-2022, NSFS staff worked to complete transcript edits and secure consent for archiving on ScholarSpace with the UHM Center for Oral History.