Honors
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- 1984—Named a Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Honolulu
- 1987 —One of 16 chosen as Poʻokela (Champion) for the Year of the Hawaiian Celebration
- 1988–1992 – A founding trustee of the Native Hawaiian Culture & Arts Program, Bishop Museum
- 1998 – Awarded Bishop Museum’s Charles Reed Bishop Medal
- 2002 – Received an award for excellence from The Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association
- 2008 – Awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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