Description: This publication shares lessons from a 20-year partnership between the Native Hawaiian community of Papakōlea, the Hawai‘i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development, and the University of Hawai‘i. It outlines five principles for sustained partnerships, including honoring community values, privileging Indigenous knowledge, fostering co-learning, nurturing reciprocal relationships, and using empowering, capacity-building approaches.

Citation: Robert Agres, Adrienne Dillard, Kamuela Joseph Nui Enos, Brent Kakesako, B. Puni Kekauoha, Susan Nakaoka, and Karen Umemoto (2019) Sustaining University-Community Partnerships in Indigenous Communities: Five Lessons from Papakolea. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2018-2019, Vol. 16, No. 1-2, pp. 35-63. https://doi.org/10.36650/nexus16.1-2_35-63_NakaokaEtAl