E Hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻŌʻo mai ka Lima Aku
Yuko Uchida
4 Kēkēmapa 2023
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. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ma ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1977, a hana mau ʻo ia no ʻumi makahiki ma ke ʻano he poʻo. 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.
E ka mea heluhelu, e nānā kāua i kāna pane i ke kūʻē ʻana o kānaka i ka ʻOhenānā Kanakolu Mika [the Thirty Meter Telescope, TMT]. I Iulai i ka makahiki 2019, ua hopu ʻia nā kūpuna Hawaiʻi i kūʻē i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ke TMT ma luna o Mauna Kea. He ʻāina Hawaiʻi ʻo Mauna Kea, akā ua hopu ka mākaʻi i nā kūpuna Hawaiʻi ma ua ʻāina kapu lā. Na wai e ʻole ke kūʻē ʻana o ke kanaka Hawaiʻi? Ma muli o kēia hana ʻino, ua kūʻē nā aloha ʻāina o ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi i ka pelekikena. Hoʻolalau aku lākou i ka pelekikena e hōʻole i ke TMT. Ua hoʻokikina nā kumu a me nā limahana o Hawaiʻinuiākea a me ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi i ko ka pelekikena haʻalele ʻana i kāna ʻoihana. Akā naʻe, ua pane wale mai nō ʻo ia ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana, “He pilikia kēia ma waena o ke kula a me nā kaiāulu ma waho o ke kula,” me he mea lā ʻaʻohe ona mana. ʻO ia wale nō. Pehea kona kuleana ma ke ʻano he poʻo no ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi? Inā loaʻa ke kūlana i ke kanaka pono ʻole, alakaʻi hewa ʻo ia iā kākou i ke ala pololei ʻole. Hū hewa i Kapua ka ʻauwaʻa pānānā ʻole. E aho e hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻōʻō mai ka lima aku.
He aha ka hana a ka lāhui Hawaiʻi? Pehea lākou i kūʻē ai i ka hana ʻino ʻia e ka pelekikena a me ke Kulanui? I ka makahiki 2022, ua mālama ʻia ka ʻaha hemo kula i ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. I ka hīmeni ʻia ʻana o ke mele aupuni o ʻAmelika, ʻaʻole i kū aʻe nā haumāna Hawaiʻi—he kūʻē. Ma hope o ke mele aupuni o ʻAmelika, ua hīmeni ʻia ke mele ʻo “Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī.” A pau ka paukū mua i ka hīmeni ʻia, manaʻo ʻia ua pau ke mele. Eia kā, ua hoʻomau nā haumāna o Hawaʻinuiākea holoʻokoʻa i ka hīmeni ʻana me ke kani ʻole o ka pila, ā pau pono ke mele. Nani loa kā lākou hana, a he kūʻē ia. Ma o kēia hīmeni ʻana, ua hōʻike nā haumāna Hawaiʻi i ke ea maoli. ʻOiai lākou e hīmeni ana, ua ʻalawa ko ka pelekikena maka i nā haumāna o Hawaiʻinuiākea, me he mea lā, ukiuki paha ʻo ia i ka hana a nā haumāna Hawaiʻi. Ma hope o ka hīmeni ʻana o nā haumāna o Hawaiʻinuiākea, paʻipaʻi ka lima o nā haumāna āpau a me ke anaina me ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka mahalo i kā lākou hana, akā ua paʻa ka waha o ka pelekikena. A hala he mau kekona, ua ʻōlelo aku ʻo ia me ka leo kahakā, “...Mahalo, the students of Hawaiʻinuiākea.” He hana ʻoluʻolu kēia i ka lāhui Hawaiʻi? He hana e paipai ana i ka "moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi"? Hewa i ke ala a ka hewahewa.
Eia koʻu manaʻo. E kūkākūkā mau kākou i kēia kumuhana ʻo ke koho ʻana i ke poʻo hou. E koho ʻia ana ka pelekikena hou o ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi. ʻAʻole na kākou poʻe haumāna a limahana hoʻi ke koho i ka pelekikena hou, akā, he ea ko kākou ma Hawaiʻi nei. E manaʻo ana paha kekahi, na ka Hawaiʻi wale nō kēia ʻōhumu. ʻAʻole loa! He haumāna Kepanī au, akā maopopo iaʻu ia mea he hana aloha ʻole. He aha ke kuleana ā kākou? E kamaʻilio kākou me nā hoa papa Hawaiʻi a me nā hoa papa Hawaiʻi ʻole. No ka mea, ʻaʻole paha i laha kēia ʻike no ka pelekikena. Inā ʻaʻole kākou noʻonoʻo i kēia kumuhana, maliʻa paha, e koho hou ʻia ana ke poʻo aloha ʻole. Inā ʻaʻole kākou kūkākūkā no kā ka pelekikena hana aloha ʻole, e mau ana ka mahalo o ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole i kāna mau hana. E kūkākūkā a noʻonoʻo nui kākou, o halakī auaneʻi ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi. I hoʻokahi ka umauma, hoʻokahi ke aloha.
© Yuko Uchida 2023