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Nalani Kanaka‘ole is a Hawaiian kumu hula at Hālau o Kekuhi. The daughter of Edith Kanakaʻole, she leads Hālau o Kekuhi along with her niece Huihui Kanahele-Mossman. In 1993, the sisters were jointly named National Heritage Fellows by the National Endowment for the Arts, which recognized them as "Hula Masters".
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Nalani is the name of one of the killer whales at SeaWorld. She has the dubious distinction of being the first surviving inbred captive killer whale - her mother Katina is also her grandmother, and her father Taku (son of Katina and Tilikum) was also her brother.
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