Author of Hāmākua 2120: A Moʻolelo of Abundance from a Future
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Noʻeau Peralto was born and raised in Waiākea Uka, Hilo, Hawaiʻi, and is a proud descendant of kūpuna from Koholāele, Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi, where he now resides. He holds a PhD in Indigenous Politics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His dissertation research explored the continuity of aloha ʻāina praxis in his home community of Hāmākua Hikina through the ʻāina- and story-based resurgence work of Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili – a grassroots, ʻŌiwi-led nonprofit organization of which he is a founding member and the current Executive Director. Noʻeau is a community organizer, educator, and a cultivator of seeds and stories.
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