Contact

Please reach out to our team with any comments or questions by emailing: naleipoinaole at gmail dot com.

To families in Hawaiʻi who are interested in finding out if they had kūpuna at any of the institutions we study (reformatories, industrial schools, and homes at Keoneʻula in Kapālama, Mōʻiliʻili, Waialeʻe, Waimano and Kawailoa in Kailua):

We are actively researching and compiling a list of names of children who appear in the historical records of these institutions. While all the information we have obtained is in the public record (largely from newspapers and the Hawaiʻi State Archives, as well as other archives in Hawaiʻi), we will never publish the list online - to protect privacy and so as not to risk harming or stigmatizing anyone. But we do share a physical copy of the list at community events. You can also email us with your family names and we can check our lists and share with you any information we have. Keep in mind that our list is by no means complete - our research is ongoing.