Ua pōmaikaʻi mākou ʻo nā Hawaiian Youths Abroad i ke aʻo ʻana e pili iā Keomolewa a me kona mau poʻe Hawaiʻi kaulana, me ka huakaʻi pū ʻana. ʻO kēia papahana, na Ka Mōʻī Kalākaua i hoʻokumu mua aku. He ʻiʻini kona e hoʻonaʻauao i nā kānaka Hawaiʻi. No laila, hoʻouna ʻo ia i nā ʻōpio he ʻumikūmāwalu i nā wahi like ʻole, ma Iāpana, Ladana, Italia, ā pēlā aku, no ka ʻimi naʻauao ʻana. Pau naʻe ua papahana nei i ka makahiki 1887. Ma muli o ke Kumukānāwai hou o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina, nele akula ke aupuni i ke kālā ʻole no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ia papahana.

E kuʻu pua o Hawaiʻi e kū haʻaheo ana ma Mauna Kea. E kuʻu liko o Kauaʻi, ua pulu i ka wai aʻo Waiʻaleʻale. Eia nō kākou ke ʻākoakoa mai nei i ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa no ka ʻike naʻauao. ʻO kekahi o kākou, ua kau i kēia huakaʻi ma lalo o Hawaiʻinuiākea ma o ʻelua ala: ʻo ia ʻo Kamakakūokalani kahi a ka ʻike Hawaiʻi e aʻo ʻia ai, a me Kawaihuelani no ka poʻe nona ka ʻiʻini no ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. He mau papahana hou aku nō ma lalo o Hawaiʻinuiākea no nā haumana Hawaiʻi e kau ʻole i ua mau ala nei, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Native Hawaiian Student Services (NHSS) a me Ka Papa Loʻi ʻo Kānewai.

‘Auhea ‘oukou e nā pua i‘a i komo mai i nā loko uluwehiwehi o Hawaiʻinuiākea, kahi e pili a‘e ai i nā wai māpuna o nā kūpuna, ‘ano‘ai me ke aloha. He wahi ho‘olauna kēia i kekahi mau ‘o‘opu ‘ai lehua o Hawai‘inuiākea, ‘o ia ho‘i ka hui i kapa ‘ia ‘o ka Papa Haumāna Kauleo o Hawai‘inuiākea (Hawaiʻinuiākea Student Advisory Board). Ua ho‘okumu ‘ia nei hui me ka mana‘olana e paipai aku i ke kūkā kama‘ilio ‘ana a nā haumāna me nā alaka‘i o kēlā me kēia māpuna o Hawai‘inuiākea.

ʻAuhea ʻoukou e nā ʻōpuʻu e mōhala aʻe nei i ka ua Kuahine o Mānoa. E nā ʻōpuʻu e nehe mālie mai nei i ka makani Kākea e pā mai ana ma Puahia, Kānewai, Piliamoʻo, Paʻakea, Pilipili, Wailele, a me Kauwalaʻa, ʻanoʻai me ke aloha. Maopopo anei nā ʻano kumuwaiwai like ʻole i hoʻolako ʻia no ʻoukou? Ua lohe anei ʻoukou i nā ʻano hana like ʻole a NHSS e alakaʻi ana? E ka mea heluhelu, e maliu mai i ka leo huliāmahi a ka Native Hawaiian Student Services.

I ka lā 16 o ʻOkakopa, ma ka Pōʻalima, e launa pū kākou me nā hoa ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka Hālau o Haumea ma Kamakakūokalani. Ma ka hola 8:30 o ke kakahiaka a i ka hola 1:30 o ke awakea, e kamaʻilio pū kekahi me nā haumāna ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Mai ka papa mua o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a i ka papa hope, e hiki ana nā haumāna mai nā papa like ʻole.

ʻAuhea ʻoukou e kuʻu mau hoa i hānau a hānai ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo ʻIhikapalaumaewa? He mau keiki kākou i koi ʻia e haʻalele i ka ʻāina hānau, e naue mai, e neʻe mai, i mea e holomua ai ma ke kula nui o Mānoa. Ua kīkeʻekeʻe nō ke ala, akā he ʻaʻaliʻi kū makani mai au, ʻaʻohe makani nāna e kūlaʻi. No laila, e kuʻu makamaka, he alakaʻi paha kēia no kou huakaʻi e hiki mai ana, he huakaʻi nō hoʻi kēia no kākou e ʻimi ai i ka ʻike. ʻO ia ke ala e hanohano aku ai nā mākua a me nā kūpuna, a he ala nō hoʻi ia e kākau ai kākou i ko kākou moʻolelo ponoʻī. He wahi paipai kēia iā ʻoe e kuʻu hoa e kūpaʻa i kou ala, ʻoiai e kū ana nā pilikia he nui; eia naʻe, ma laila nō ka ulu ʻana o ka hoi.

ʻAʻohe wahi mea a like aku me kēia pilikia ʻo ko Kawaihuelani nele ‘ana i ka hale ‘ole. Inā he haumāna, he kumu, he kākoʻo, a he limahana paha ʻoe ma lalo o Kawaihuelani, ua maopopo akula iā ʻoe nā pilikia o kēia hālau o kākou. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe kamaʻāina i ia pilikia, e ʻupu aʻe ana paha ka manaʻo no ka pono a no ka hewa. E heluhelu mai.

ʻAuhea ʻoukou, e nā manu i lele mai i ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi, mai nā ʻāina like ʻole mai! Ua hānai ʻia e ko ʻoukou mau mākua a kūpuna paha, ma ko ʻoukou mau pūnana ponoʻī. A ua lele maila i Hawaiʻi nei, me he manu ʻōpio lā e noho ana i pūnana hou i kēia kau. ʻO ka wā kēia e ʻīnana aʻe ai.

Auē! Lohe aku nei au i kekahi mau manu, he ipu pala ʻole e namu aku nei i nā pua ʻimi kekelē ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻo ka lilo ʻana i kumu ke ala hoʻokahi ma hope o ka puka kula ʻana. ʻO ua mau manu kakani nei, no ko kāua lāhui like nō, akā ʻo kai heʻe nō kahi e noho ai. Me he mea lā, i ko lākou manaʻo ʻo ke aʻo ʻana aku ka hana hoʻokahi e pono ai ka ʻōlelo makuahine, a ma ka lumi papa nō e ola ai. E nā hoa o ka iwi hoʻokahi, e hoʻomōhala aʻe i ko kākou manaʻo! ʻAʻole noho hoʻokahi kā kākou ʻōlelo kupuna ma nā lumi papa!

Ua kupu aʻe kekahi pilikia ma ke kulanui. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hōʻea mai nā haumāna hou i ke Kula Nui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa a nui ʻē nā haumāna ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Noho ma ʻaneʻi kekahi o ka poʻe kūloko, akā nui nā haumāna i neʻe mai ka ʻāina ʻē mai. Ma muli o ka nui wale o nā haumāna i hoʻāpono ʻia i loko o kēia kula, paʻakikī ka ʻimi ʻana a loaʻa kekahi wahi e hoʻokū ai i ko lākou mau kaʻa.

He lono kupaianaha kā ka i kūkala ʻia maila iā mākou e pili ana no ka haʻalele haʻaheo ʻana o ka pelekikena o ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi i noho lōʻihi i kāna kūlana. I ka lā 19 o Kepakemapa, ua kūkala ʻia aku ka manaʻo o Pelekikena David Lassner i mua o ka lehulehu. E hoʻomaha loa ana ʻo ia i ka hopena o ka makahiki kula 2024. Ma loko o kāna leka kūkala, ʻī maila ʻo iala no kona "haʻaheo" i nā mea i kō ma lalo o kona noho pelekikena ʻana. Eia kekahi mea āna i haʻaheo ai, ʻo ka hele ʻana o ke kulanui a "culturally strong." No laila, he aha kāna mau hana no ka lāhui a me ka "moʻomeheu" Hawaiʻi? Hōhonu nō ke kawa.

I ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa nei, he mau kānaka e hōʻiole nei i nā pono o ke kula a me nā haumāna. He aha ia mea ʻo ka hōʻiole ʻana? ʻO ka hōʻiole ʻana, ʻo ia nō ka ʻaihue ʻana o ke kanaka i nā mea pono waiwai a kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe.