Le'a Malia Kanehe
Title
Le'a Malia Kanehe
Birthplace
Kanaka ‘Ōiwi, Hawaiʻi
Primary Sources
Kanehe, L.M. (2015). Indigenous cultural property. In M.K. MacKenzie, S.K. Serrano, & D.K. Sproat (Eds.), Native Hawaiian law: A treatise. Kamehameha Publishing.
Kanehe, L.M. (2007). From Kumulipo: I know where I come from – An Indigenous Pacific critique of the genographic project. In A.T.P. Mead & S.Ratuva (Eds.), Pacific genes & life patents: Pacific experienes & analysis of the commodification of life (pp. 114–129). Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies.
Kanehe, L.M. (2001). The Akaka Bill: The Native Hawaiians’ race for federal recognition. University of Hawai’i Law Review, 23(2), 857–906. Accessed Oct 8, 2022. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/uhawlr23&i=863
Kanehe, L.M. (2007). From Kumulipo: I know where I come from – An Indigenous Pacific critique of the genographic project. In A.T.P. Mead & S.Ratuva (Eds.), Pacific genes & life patents: Pacific experienes & analysis of the commodification of life (pp. 114–129). Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies.
Kanehe, L.M. (2001). The Akaka Bill: The Native Hawaiians’ race for federal recognition. University of Hawai’i Law Review, 23(2), 857–906. Accessed Oct 8, 2022. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/uhawlr23&i=863
Secondary Sources
Harry, D., & Kanehe, L.M. (2006). Asserting tribal sovereignty over cultural property: Moving towards protection of genetic material and Indigenous knowledge. Seattle Journal of Social Justice, 5(1) n.p. Accessed December 5, 2022. https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj/vol5/iss1/13
Extra Resources
Harry, D., & Kanehe, L.M. (2010, May 7). Genetic research: Collecting blood to preserve culture? Cultural Survival. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/genetic-research-collecting-blood-preserve-culture
Collection
Citation
“Le'a Malia Kanehe,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed April 4, 2025, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/383.