What does it mean to be Kānaka? by Kilohana Haitsuka

Ua lawa mākou i ka pohaku

kilohanah — 2024-02-27 16:49:15 UTC

Kaulana Na Pua, formerly named Mele Ai Pohaku and Mele Aloha Aina, the stone-eating song or the patriotʻs song. An inside joke from the Royal Hawaiian Band sticking it to the band leader and annexation.

That I come from greatness

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aloha ʻāina

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Resilience

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Ancestral lineage and cultural connection

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Hawaiian renaissance

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interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit

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makawalu

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Support the movement & encourage my Keiki to embrace their culture

billiej2 — 2024-02-27 23:48:08 UTC

mālama the ʻāina

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Strength

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prideful

connection to land and community

crystalarchibeque — 2024-02-27 23:48:40 UTC

community

amandamaass1 — 2024-02-27 23:48:57 UTC

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Connection to ʻāina and constant resilience

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Someone who traces their genealogy to the original inhabitants of Hawaii

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voyagers & navigators

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born from the ocean

Embracing and practicing cultural values in our daily lives; cultural inclusiveness

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It means that you think like a kānaka, with Aloha for the land and people, utilizing the teachings of our kūpuna to holomua.

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ohana

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Native Hawaiian ancestry, and interconnectedness of the body to the aina