In this clip from the documentary "Keepers of the Flame", we learn about the early life of Harriet Nanihau Makekau, born on January 31, 1915, in the small fishing village of Napoʻopoʻo near Kealakekua Bay. A descendant of dancers and chanters on her father’s side, she was hānai’d by her grand-aunt, Keahi Juliette Luahine—a former court dancer for King Kalākaua. As a baby, Harriet suffered from an illness that clouded her eyes with mucus and impaired her vision. Her birth parents and her aunt Kea
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In this clip from the documentary "Keepers of the Flame", we learn about the early life of Harriet Nanihau Makekau, born on January 31, 1915, in the small fishing village of Napoʻopoʻo near Kealakekua Bay. A descendant of dancers and chanters on her father’s side, she was hānai’d by her grand-aunt, Keahi Juliette Luahine—a former court dancer for King Kalākaua. As a baby, Harriet suffered from an illness that clouded her eyes with mucus and impaired her vision. Her birth parents and her aunt Kea
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