Ka Ulu Hoi

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.

ʻO NHSS, he hui ia no Hawaiʻinuiākea i hoʻokumu ʻia no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā haumāna Hawaiʻi ma nā māhele like ʻole o ke kula nui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. ʻO kā lākou pahuhopu, ʻo ia nō ka lawelawe ʻana aku i nā haumāna ma o ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano hālāwai hoʻonaʻauao like ʻole, ke kōkua i ka ʻimi noiʻi ʻana, ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā kūlana huʻeaʻo, ka huakaʻi ʻana, a pēlā wale aku. E like me Ka Papa Loʻi ʻo Kānewai, me he puʻuhonua lā ʻo NHSS no nā haumāna Hawaiʻi a pau. No ka haumāna ʻike nāwele. No ka haumāna e nāpelepele ana paha ma nā pali o Kalalau i ka wili a ka makani. No ka haumāna hoʻi e ʻauana ana ma Kalalau. No lākou a pau ka malu a me ka ʻolu o ua hui nei, aia ma QLCSS 113.

ʻO ka hana ʻohe kāpala kekahi mea hoihoi a nei hui i hoʻolālā ai. ʻO Nalu Andrade kona alakaʻi kamahaʻo, he waihona maoli no ka noʻeau ʻohe kāpala. He aha ia mea ʻo ka ʻohe kāpala? Kālai ʻia kekahi lāʻau ʻohe a loaʻa ka lau ma luna ona. Kāpala ʻia i luna o ke kapa, ka lole, a pēlā aku, a ili aku ka lau ma luna o ia mea. ʻO ka maʻamau, he moʻolelo ko ka lau i kāpala ʻia, a he hoʻoilina ʻohana paha. I ka wā kahiko, ua hana ʻia kēia ʻana hoʻonaninani ʻana e nā wāhine i loko o ka hale kua, ma hope pono o ke kuku ʻana i ke kapa. He waiwai nō ka mālama mau ʻia ʻana o kēia ʻano hana noʻeau i ola mai ai ka ʻike o ko kākou mau kūpuna. No laila, e alu mai kākou a aʻo i ka hoʻonaninani ʻana i hana maiau ʻia e ko kākou poʻe kūpuna.

E ka mea heluhelu, maopopo iā ʻoe nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole e hoʻonaninani aʻe nei i kou kula? I kēlā me kēia lā, māʻalo ʻia nō nā mea kanu o ke kula e kākou me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia paha. Akā, he mau moʻolelo a he mau kumu ko nā mea kanu a pau o ke kula nei. I ke kenekulia ʻumikumamāwalu, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ke kula ʻo Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa e kū ma ke ʻano he arboretum, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi e kanu ʻia ai nā ʻano kumulāʻau like ʻole o ka honua. Inā ua ulu kō hoi no ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau moʻolelo, aia nō ka ʻike i ka hālāwai hoʻonaʻauao a ka NHSS i hoʻolako mai ai. Ua ʻike ko kākou mau kūpuna, he waiwai nō nā mea kanu i ka hoʻohana ʻia. Na wai lā ke kuleana ʻo ka hāpai ʻana i kēia ʻike?  Na nā haumāna a me nā limahana nō o ke kula o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. No laila, e makaʻala kākou i ke kāhea manu a e naue aku i kēia hālāwai.

E like me nā makahiki i hala, mālama ʻia nā hanana like ʻole e NHSS no nā lā nui o ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi. ʻO ka mea nui o ka mahina ʻo Nowemapa, ʻo ia nō ʻo ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa. I kēia makahiki, e mālama ʻia ana kekahi mākeke ma ke kula nui o Mānoa, kahi e hui ai nā kālepa kamaʻāina no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea hoihoi. Ma ka lā iwakāluakūmāwalu, aia kekahi ʻaha mele ma Hemenway - na ka hui mele ʻo The Vitals e hīmeni mai; e hoʻolauleʻa pū kākou. Ma kēlā lā like nō, e mālama pū ʻia ana kekahi mau pānela i hiki iā kākou ke hoʻonui aʻe i ka ʻike no ke kūʻokoʻa a me kēia lā nui o ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi. 

Inā ua hala kēia mau hanana iā ʻoe, e ka mea heluhelu, e kau ka maka ma @nhssuhm ma ke Kiʻiwawe a ʻike ʻia ka hua. E lawe kākou i ke aʻo a mālama, a e ʻoi mau ka naʻauao. A e makaʻala hou kākou i ke kāhea ʻana mai o NHSS e kaheāwai kākou a hui pū nō i kēia kau aʻe.

© Kailana Keen 2023

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