I ka ʻōʻili ʻana o ka lā i ka malama ʻo Iulai, i ka makahiki 2019, mākaʻikaʻi ihola wau me ʻehiku haumāna ma lalo o nā polokalamu ʻo Nā Pua Noʻeau a me Iwikuamoʻo. Hele aku nei ka huakaʻi i ka mokuʻāina ‘o Seattle i ka ʻāina kamahaʻo ʻo Tacoma. ‘O ka ʻāina ia o nā ʻōiwi Nisqually.

No ka Hawaiʻi, ʻo ka ʻāina ke kuaʻana, a ʻo kākou kānaka nā pōkiʻi. Pili ka ʻōlelo noʻeau ʻo “He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauā ke kanaka” i ke ʻano o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻāina. Ua mālama ʻia ka ʻāina me ka ʻoi kelakela no ka mea he aliʻi nō ʻo ia. Pēlā pū nā lāhui ʻōiwi o ʻAmelika.

He moʻolelo nūpepa kēia e hoʻomaopopo ana iā kākou i ka waiwai o ia mea ʻo ke alu like ʻana. Ua kākau ʻia kekahi moʻolelo ma ka puke ʻo Braiding Sweetgrass e kekahi wahine ʻIlikini Potawatomi, e Robin Kimmerer.

I ka lā iwakāluakumamākahi o Kepakemapa i ka makahiki ʻelua kaukani iwakālua, ua hoʻolaha ʻia kekahi uaki ma Nūioka e helu ana i ka manawa e koe nei ma mua o ka pōpilikia ʻana o ka honua i ka ua mea ʻo ke kāhuli ʻana o ke ʻano o ka lani (Climate Change). He ʻehiku makahiki ka nui manawa i koe a kau mai ua pōpilikia lā. Inā e hoʻoponopono ʻole kākou i ka nohona o kākou i kēia manawa ʻānō, e kō auaneʻi ka wānana a ua uaki nei.