Name: Holoholo Kōnane: Free Hawaiian Strategy Game Workshop
Start: 2026-05-08T15:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-08T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Indigenous Creatives Collective

$Holoholo K\u014dnane: Free Hawaiian Strategy Game Workshop$

Learn kōnane, the ancient Native Hawaiian strategy game, in a two-hour workshop with Uncle John Kaʻohelauliʻi of Hawaiian Checkers.
About this Event

Kōnane is one of Hawaiʻi's oldest strategy games. Suppressed after Western contact, it nearly disappeared. Today, Uncle John Kaʻohelauliʻi of Hawaiian Checkers has spent over a decade bringing it back.

On May 8, he brings his two-hour workshop to Seattle. You'll learn the papamū, the ʻiliʻili, the moves—and the Hawaiian philosophy of resource management and decision-making embedded in every game.

Part of Holoholo Kōnane—a Hawaiian Diaspora x Hawaiian Checkers initiative. Hosted at yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective, an intertribal Indigenous arts space on Coast Salish territories in South Seattle.

Free and open to all. Space is limited — reserve your spot.