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Likukun Fanerhik

This folktale about an impatient boy is classic.

Likichfesir and Likichmwach

Copyright Dawn Yoshimura. 2018. Two sisters who want the same things but only one can win theml

Eol and Eot

Eol and Eot illustration in watercolor and pigment ink.

Eol and Eot storyboard

Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018. Eol and Eot storyboard illustration using watercolor and pigment ink.

Growing up bilingual

These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.

How Christianity Came to Chuuk

Copyright Dawn Yoshimura 2018. Watercolor with pigment ink on paper. Illustration from How Christianity Came to Chuuk, book project by Palama Settlement.

Chuukese Folk Tales

These stories were collected from the community and represent the various islands our new neighbors in Hawai'i come from. Many growing up will not get to visit where their families originated from--so these stories are preserved in English and Chuukese to show pride in a culture and history that now joins with modern Hawaiian history.

Our new neighbors

Chuukese come from the Federation of Micronesia which is 1800 miles long with over 600 islands and a total population of just over 100,000.

Chuukese Folk Tales

The Hawaiian archipelago is about 1500 miles long with about 162 islands of which over 1 million live on 7 of them.

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