Ka Ulu Hoi

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.

ʻO kekahi papahana i hoʻokumu ʻia no ke kākoʻo ʻana mai i nā haumāna ma lalo o Hawaiʻinuiākea, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Papa Haumāna Kauleo o Hawai‘inuiākea (Hawaiʻinuiākea Student Advisory Board). I ka makahiki 2010 i hoʻokumu mua ʻia ai kēia papa haumāna e ke poʻo mua o Hawaiʻinuiākea i mea e haʻi ai i nā haumāna e pili ana i nā hana ma ke kulanui. ʻO kekahi pilikia i kēlā wā, ʻo ia ke emi ʻana o ka hoihoi o nā haumāna i ke kau ʻana i kēia papa haumāna. Ma muli o ia emi ʻana o ka hoihoi, i ka makahiki 2013 i pau ai ua papa haumāna nei. Ua hala ʻehiku makahiki a i ka makahiki 2020 i hoʻōla hou ʻia ai ka hui e Nālani Balutski lāua ʻo Ululani Oliva ma o ko Nālani haku ʻana i wahi no kēia hui i loko o ka puʻu kālā ʻo Kapaʻakea. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia hoʻōla hou ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ala no ka ʻuao a me ka hōʻike manaʻo ʻana a nā haumāna.

I kēia makahiki, ʻeono mākou haumāna e kū nei i kēia hui ma ke ʻano he mau ʻelele no nā papahana ma lalo o Hawaiʻinuiākea. Eia ko Kamakakūokalani, ʻo Momi Bachiller, no Kīhei, Maui mai, a me Kuhi Leong, no Waiau, Oʻahu mai. ʻO ko Kawaihuelani, ʻo Kawaiola Kapuni, no ʻUlupalakua, Maui mai, a me Keanu Suyat-Okamoto, no Kalihi, Oʻahu mai. A ʻo ko NHSS, ʻo Kiʻinani Rosario, no Waiʻanae mai, a me kou mea kākau, ʻo Kamālamalamaonālani Ishii, no Kōloa, Kauaʻi mai. ʻO ka mea ʻāpiki, ʻaʻohe o mākou lālā no Ka Papa Loʻi o Kānewai i kēia manawa. No laila, ʻo mākou kā ʻoukou papa haumāna kauleo o ka MH 2025-26!

ʻEkolu hui o ka Papa Haumāna Kauleo, ʻo ia hoʻi: ka hui kālai, ka hui laulā, a me ka hui hāpai. Na ka hui kālai e hoʻokumu i mau hanana i mea e hoʻopili ai i nā haumāna o Hawaiʻinuiākea. ʻO ka hui laulā ke hoʻolaha a laha loa nā hanana ma lalo o Hawaiʻinuiākea, ʻaʻole nā hanana wale nō e hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hui kālai. Hui nā haumāna ma ka hui hāpai me nā poʻo o Hawaiʻinuiākea, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Keawe Lopes no Kawaihuelani, ʻo Kamana Beamer no Kamakakūokalani, a me Jon Osorio no Hawaiʻinuiākea. Hāpai a kamaʻilio ʻia nā manaʻo mai nā haumāna ma lalo o Hawaiʻinuiākea e kēia hui. Na ka hui hāpai nō hoʻi e haku i mau anamanaʻo i mea e ʻike ai i ua mau manaʻo nei o nā haumāna.

ʻO kekahi hanana a mākou i mālama ai, ʻo ia ka Māmaki Mixer ma ka lā 25 o Kepakemaka ma ka hola 10:30-11:30 a me ka hola 3-5. Na ka hui kālai i hoʻokumu i kēia hanana a laila hoʻolaha ka hui laulā i ua hanana nei ma o kā mākou Instagram! No kēia pāʻina mākou i hoʻomākaukau ai i mau kī māmaki a me ka mea ʻai ʻo ʻĀina Bars e pū paʻakai ai. I kēia pāʻina mākou i hoʻolaha ai i ka hui a me kā mākou pahuhopu, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana me nā haumāna a me nā kumu no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā Hawaiʻinuiākea. Ma hope o ko mākou hoʻolauna ʻana, ua kūkā kamaʻilio mākou me nā kānaka i hele mai i ka Māmaki Mixer a ʻike i ko lākou manaʻo no Hawaiʻinuiākea, inā he pilikia ko kekahi a he manaʻo paha. 

Inā ulu kou hoi i kēia hui, a he manaʻo paha kāu e hāpai ai, ʻelua āu ala no ka waiho ʻana i manaʻo no mākou! ʻAkahi, he leka uila a he Instagram kā mākou. ʻO hshksab@hawaii.edu ka leka uila. ʻO @hawaiinuiakea_sab kā mākou Instagram! A i ʻole, inā kamaʻāina ʻoe iā mākou lālā o ka hui, e ʻimi a loaʻa mākou no ka haʻi ʻana mai i kou manaʻo!

ʻO kekahi hana hou aku a mākou, ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi anamanaʻo i haku ʻia no ka ʻike ʻana i nā manaʻo o nā haumāna, nā pilikia i ʻike ʻia e ʻoukou, nā haumāna ma lalo o Kamakakūokalani, nā haumāna ma lalo o Kawaihuelani, nā haumāna e kōkua ʻia e Native Hawaiian Student Services, a me nā haumāna e kōkua i Ka Papa Loʻi ʻo Kānewai. Eia kekahi ʻiʻini a mākou, ʻo ia ka hoʻopiha ʻia ʻana o ua anamanaʻo nei e nā haumāna a pau ma lalo o Hawaiʻinuiākea, i maopopo ai ke ala e holomua ai! 

ʻŌlelo ʻia e ko kākou poʻe kūpuna ma ke ʻano o ka ʻōlelo noʻeau, “E ʻimi kākou i ka mea e hoʻokahi ai ka manaʻo.” No laila, “E imi kākou i ka mea e hoʻokahi ai ka hele kula ʻana.” I kou kōkua ʻana iā mākou, i ka Papa Haumāna Kauleo o Hawai‘inuiākea, e ʻimi kākou a pau i nā ala no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kou ola ma loko o ke kulanui a ma waho hoʻi. ʻAʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia! 

© Kamālamalama Ishii