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Keely Lasela Ma’ilo

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Me & this kodak gold til the end by @keelylasela

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5 years ago

O le Pasefika.

The first slide is a poem titled ‘Imua’ I wrote in college during the height of the protests at Mauna Kea. It remains one of my favorite pieces I’ve written—a reminder of where Pasifika people come from, our kinship with the Earth and each other, connected by the ocean. Pictured to the right is my Uncle Penei, Afioga (high chief) Tupa’imatuna showing his Pe’a.

The following slides are images of my brothers, my father Eteuati Ma’ilo, my grandfather Afioga (high chief) Ma’ilo Sautia and grandmother Lagi Ma’ilo, and my sister. The last slide is a picture of me performing a taualuga on my 16th birthday. This is where I come from, this is who I am.

I’ve always had some qualms with the term ‘AAPI’, but nevertheless am appreciative for the small percentage of Pasifika voices amplified throughout the month. In honor of amplifying our voices, I thought I’d share a bit of my work, my tupuga, my family.

How lucky am I to be a descendant of Oceania 🩵 by @keelylasela

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a year ago

Powwow on camcorder 🤍 by @keelylasela

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a year ago

Horse hair cuffs and clips of horses I took on my camcorder in the southwest 🫂 by @keelylasela

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19 hours ago

little miss indigenous squared by @keelylasela

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4 days ago

Hotóhkeo’o, a collection by my dear friend @darcy.bighorse 🫂 Shot and creative directed by me. What an honor it is to work with such beautiful people!!

Shots 8 & 9 by Darcy by @keelylasela

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8 days ago

Somewhere in the pnw 🌲 Inspired by my favorite place in the world and my favorite franchise 🖤

#makeuptutorial by @keelylasela

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11 days ago

An ode to summer 🪶💛 Clips from my Route 66 roadtrip through the Southwest this summer. The desert has my heart 🫂

#digitaldiary by @keelylasela

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18 days ago

Trading posts, shops, and art centers off of/near Route 66, captured on film by me 🪶

Along our Route 66 roadtrip, my sister and I stopped in a number of small towns and cities to explore. So many of these towns had trading posts and shops with so much character in such still environments; their livelihood needed to be documented 🫂 by @keelylasela

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25 days ago

The camcorder saga continues in this small town

#digitaldiary #camcorder by @keelylasela

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a month ago

The southwest on film 🫂 taken in Southwest USA by @keelylasela

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a month ago

Pieces of turquoise sprinkled across New Mexico 🩵 taken in New Mexico by @keelylasela

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a month ago