Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 4, 1 April 1999 — Kolamu ʻŌlelo Makuahine ʻO nā Hawaiʻi nā kahu maoli o kēia ʻāina. Mai haʻalele! [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kolamu ʻŌlelo Makuahine ʻO nā Hawaiʻi nā kahu maoli o kēia ʻāina. Mai haʻalele!

Na Kamana'olana Mills

Editor's note: This month, OHA Culture Specialist Kamana 'olana Mills shares a story on Hawaiians who have moved awayfrom Hawai'i to make better lives for themselves. Two years ago, he travelled to an indigenous people s conference in Alaska, and was surprised to hear the distinct voice ofnative speaking kupuna, originally from Kaua 'i, now living there with her entire family. In this eolumn, he states that our elders are the cultural and spiritual foundation upon whieh we depend, and that Hawaiians are the true and rightful caretakers of these islands. Eia iho kāna mo 'olelo pōkole i pili i kona mana 'o pono 'ī o kaha 'alele 'ana aku iā Hawai'i nei. KEKAHl MAU makahiki aku nei, ua kipa 'ia aku ka 'āina 'ē 'o 'Alaka e a'u no ka 'aha kūkā o nā kupa 'Amehka. Ua maika'i nō ka 'aha kūkā o nā kānaka like 'ole o ka 'āina 'ē. Nunui nā mele, nā kama'ilio me ka hō'ike 'ana aku o ko mākou mau mo'omeheu. Akā, 'o ka mea kūpaianaha no'u ma ia 'aha, ua lohe au ma luna o nā leo o ka 'aha ka 'ōlelo makuahine o ko kākou 'āina, 'o ia nō ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i. Ua 'imi a hāhai no kēia 'ala ma ka makani wih o ia wahi. a ua loa'a nō ka piko o kēia leo Hawai'i. Ua 'ike 'ia ka lehua me ka leo nani, a, 'o ia nō kekahi kupuna iuahine, i puni 'ia me kona mau kupu 'ohana. Ua aloha aku a aloha mai au me kēia kupuna me ka ho'olauna 'ana o māua. Ua kūkā kama'ilio māua i ka 'ōlelo makuahine no ka manawa 'ano lō'ihi. O loko o kā māua kama'ilio, ua nīnau 'ia aku 'o ia e a'u, " No hea mai 'oe?" A pane 'o ia "No Kaua'i au aka, noho au ma 'Ālaka i kēia manawa." A hū a'ela

ko'u pū'iwa o kēia 'ōlelo. Āia kekahi kupuna, a he mānaleo ho'i. Akā noho 'o ia i ka 'āina 'ē? Auē ho'i! He pihkia nui kēlā no'u. Ke hāne'e nei ke kahua Hawai'i o ko kākou mo'omeheu a me ka pilina o ko kākou mau 'ohana i ka ha'alele 'ana aku o ka po'e Hawai'i no ka 'imi 'ana i ka pihna o ko kākou mau 'ohana i ka ha'alele 'ana aku o ka po'e Hawai'i no ka 'imi 'aiia o ka nohona maika'i a luana. He 'i'ini i loko o kekahi e hele aku i ka

'āina 'ē no ka ho'onui o ka pu'u kālā ko loko o ko lākou mau pākeke. Inā he makemake kou e ho'onui kou kēlā, maika'i nō kēlā. Akā, mana'o ka hapa nui, 'a'ole hiki ke ho'onui kālā i Hawai'i nei. A 'o ka po'e Hawai'i nō kai hele aku i ka 'āina mamao no ka 'oi o ko lākou nohona. No kekahi, ha'o i ka 'āina 'ōiwi a ho'i home me ke kālā 'ole, a no kekahi, maika'i loa ka 'āina hou. A no kekahi mau kanaka o nā kanaka i

makemake ka noho 'ē 'ana, mana'o kekahi, 'a'ohe waiwai ke 'ano o nā Hawai'i, a ha'alele loa ko lākou kino a me ko lākou mana'o maiā Hawai'i. Ua ho'oku'u 'ia a 'oki 'ia ka Hawai'i mai ko lākou kumu 'āina, a nalo i ka makani pūhili o ka 'āina 'ē. Auē. E ō e nā Hawai'i, he kuleana ko kākou e mālama mai i kēia 'āina home o kākou. 'O kākou wale nō nā kahu maoli o kēia 'āina. Aia ko kākou mo'omeheu, ko kākou 'ohana, ko kākou nohona i

'ane'i nei. Inā 'oe makemake e ho'onui kālā, hana 'oe ma Hawai'i nei. Ke ho'ā'o 'oe a ua lele pono 'ia, 'a'ole 'oe kōkua iā 'oe wale iho nō. Kōkua aku 'oe i ka waiwai lehulehu (me ka ho'omāhuahua 'ana) o ko kākou 'āina a me ko kākou po' i kekahi. Ke ha'alele kākou, make ka Hawai'i. Ke noho kākou a hana maika'i kākou, ola ka Hawai'i. ■

<- v <v'^ M 11 Pll t 111 •' | Ha'awina Hua'ōlelo vocabulary lesson 'Ālaka - Alaska ha'alele - to dePart hōne'e - coiiapse ho'omōhuahua - fiourish 'i'inl - desire I 'imi a hōhai - seek and fo!!ow kama'ilio — converse kūpaianaha - surPrising luahine - old woman luana - reiax, enjoy makani puhili - whiriwind makemake - want mōnaleo - native speaker No hea mai 'oe? - where are you from? pu'u kōlō — sums of money ■

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