Who is Edith Kanaka'ole, the Hawaiian teacher to be featured on the quarter?
Edith Kanaka’ole, a Native Hawaiian teacher, will be featured on U.S. quarters next year, along with five other women, as part of the 2023 American Women Quarters project from the U.S. Mint.
Kanakaʻole, who died in 1978, was an internationally acclaimed hula teacher, composer, chanter and performer.
She is credited for playing a vital role in passing down the teachings of hula amid the 1970s Hawaiian Renaissance when cultural traditions, languages and institutions were being revived widely and publicly among Native populations.
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