Calvin Hoe

[2][1][5] In 1971, Calvin and Charlene bought the Waiahole Poi Factory and continued to serve food while also using the space as a gallery for native Hawaiians artists.

[1][6] In 1980, Hoe, along with Chester Uyemura and George Fukumitsu, sued the Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander and several other public officials regarding development plans for a beach in Kualoa Regional Park, claiming that they rely on subsistence fishing around the area and that the development project will significantly impair their ability to fish around the sandbar.

[8][9] In 2004, Hoe performed alongside David Montour and Fernando Cellicion at the Smithsonian Institution's First Americans Festival.

[11] In 2018, Hoe performed and presented the 26th annual Celebration of the Arts at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, where he taught attendees how to make Hawaiian instruments out of natural items like bamboo and seeds.

[14][15] Hoe is featured in Kenneth K. Martinez Burgmaier's 2022 documentary "Hawaiian Spiritual Guardians: ‘Aumakua.”[16][17] He is also featured in the 2022 anthology We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States by Naomi Hirahara and published by the Smithsonian Institution and Running Press Kids.