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E hoʻāla hou ana nō paha ke kū mana ʻana o ka Hui Kemokalaka ma ka White House a me ka U.S. Congress i ke kūkulu ʻana i aupuni Kanaka Maoli e ʻike pekelala ʻia e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻO Esther Kiaʻāina, he lālā wahine ʻo ia ma ka Honolulu City Council i hana ma nā makahiki he nui ma Wakinekona, D.C, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka Department of the Interior. No kā Biden ʻaha kuhina, wehewehe ʻo Kiaʻāina iā lākou ma ke ʻano he poʻe me ka walohia a me ka hoʻomaopopo nui i ke koʻikoʻi o ke aupuni e alakaʻi ʻia e ka poʻe ʻōiwi.
Wahi āna, inā he makemake ko nā Kānaka Maoli i ka loaʻa ʻana mai o ka mea e kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo “ka ʻike pekelala,” ʻo kēia nō ka wā kūpono e holomua aku ai.
“ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu kahi manawa kūpono ʻē aʻe me ke kū ʻana o nā kānaka kūpono ma nā wahi kūpono,” wahi āna ma ka nīnauele kelepona ʻia ʻana ma ka Pōʻakahi. “ʻAʻole i paʻa pono ka hoʻomau ʻia ʻana o ke kū Kemokalaka ʻana o ka ʻaha kuhina ma hope o kēia mau makahiki ʻehā.”
No ka holomua ʻana o ka mālama pilina he aupuni a he aupuni me ʻAmelika, ua hele nō a paʻa ia mea ma hope pono o ka haʻalele ʻana o Pelekikena Obama i ke keʻena. , ua waele ka ʻaha kuhina o Obama i alahele no nā Kānaka Maoli e ‘ike ʻia ma ke ʻano he aupuni ko lākou, i kohu like me ko nā lāhui like ʻole o ka poʻe ʻōiwi ma ʻAmelika. Ma mua o kēlā, ua kaupalena ʻia ka ʻike pekelala no ka poʻe ʻōiwi; ua pili wale nō i ka poʻe ma ka ʻāinapuniʻole, ʻaʻole pili i ka poʻe Pakipika.
He pilikia hoʻi kēia e hihia ai ke kaiāulu, no ka mea, no kēia pilina he aupuni a he aupuni, ʻaʻole kākoʻo kekahi ma ke ʻano ʻo kēia ke alahele ʻoi loa no ka holomua ʻana aku.
Ua hōʻeu ʻia ka paio ʻana no ke aupuni Ჹɲʻ kūʻokoʻa e ka hōʻola moʻomeheu Ჹɲʻ ʻana ma nā kekeke ʻo ka 1960 a me ka 1970. Ua hoʻopakele ʻia ka ʻōlelo Ჹɲʻ e nā mea ʻimi naʻauao a me nā mea hoʻoulu i ka make loa ʻana o ka ʻōlelo; na lākou i hoʻoulu no ka mālama ʻia ʻana o nā kula kaiapuni a me ka haʻaheo ma ka ʻōlelo Ჹɲʻ ʻana. Ua aʻo hou mai ka Ჹɲʻ i ka ʻike kuʻuna ma ka hoʻokele waʻa ʻana maiā Mau Pialug, he loea hoʻokele waʻa ʻo ia no Satawal, Maikonekia, a ua hoʻokumu ʻia hoʻi ka Polynesian Voyaging Society ma ka makahiki 1973.
Ma o ke kekeke o ka 1970, ua kūʻe kekahi mau Ჹɲʻ he nui i ke kipaku a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai, keu hoʻi ke kūʻē ʻana i kā ka U.S. Navy hoʻohana ʻana iā Kahoʻolawe ma ke ʻano he kahua pōkā pahū.
Ma kēia lā, no nā hoa kākoʻo no ke aupuni kūʻokoʻa ma loko o nā palena o ʻAmelika, ʻōlelo lākou, e kokoke ana nō ka manawa e loaʻa ai ka lei o ka lanakila, inā pēlā ana ko lākou koho.
Manaʻo ʻo Kiaʻāina, he hōʻailona maikaʻi ko Biden koho ʻana iā Lunamakaʻāinana Debra Haaland no ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka Department of the Interior, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka ʻōiwi ʻAmelka mua loa i koho ʻia no kēlā kūlana. Ua hōʻole kekahi ʻāhaʻi ʻōlelo wahine mai ka Department mai i kahi noi nīnauele no kēia ʻatikala, a ʻaʻole i pane mai ka White House i ka noi manaʻo hoʻopuka a hiki i ka lā palena pau ma ka Pōʻakahi.
ʻAʻole i koi ʻia ka ʻāpono a ka U.S. Congress no ke kūkulu aupuni Kanaka Maoli, akā nō naʻe, kākoʻo pū ko Ჹɲʻ mau ʻelele i ua manaʻo nei. Ua mahalo nā Kenekoa ʻo Schatz lāua ʻo Hirono i kā Obama papahana, a ua haʻi ka Luna Makaʻāinana ʻo Ed Case iā Civil Beat i kēlā makahiki aku nei, inā nele ka Ჹɲʻ i kahi aupuni kūʻokoʻa ʻole, e hala ana nō paha nā alahele no ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ke kālā pekelala no ka mālama COVID-19.
ʻO ka Lunamakaʻāinana hou ʻo Kai Kahele, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā Civil Beat ma Nowemapa, ʻaʻole i mōakāka loa ke alahele kūpono no ka Ჹɲʻ, akā he makemake kona e hoʻokomo i ka leo o ka Ჹɲʻ i nā kūkākūkā ʻana. ʻO Kahele ka lua o ke Kanaka Maoli e pani ʻia ai kēia kūlana ʻo ka lunamakaʻāinana no Ჹɲʻ mai ka lilo ʻana ʻo Ჹɲʻ i Mokuʻāina ʻAmelika aku.
Ua makaʻu nā hoa paio i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i aupuni kūʻokoʻa ma loko o ʻAmelika, no ka mea, he alahele paha ia e ʻāpono ʻia ai ka noho hewa ʻana o ʻAmelika ma ka pae ʻāina ʻo Ჹɲʻ a he alahele hoʻi ia e hulikua ʻia ai ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻāina a me nā waiwai i ʻaihue ʻia.
“O haʻalele i ko kākou hale!” i haʻi aku ai kekahi o nā kānaka haʻi manaʻo i nā luna pekelala ma nā ʻaha hoʻolohe a ka Interior Department ma ka makahiki 2014. He māhele ia o ke kūʻē nui ma loko o ua ʻaha hoʻolohe nei. “E hoʻi home!”
Manaʻo ʻo Kiaʻāina, e kiaʻi ana nō ke aupuni Kanaka Maoli i nā hui e laʻa ʻo Office of Hawaiian Affairs lāua ʻo Department of Hawaiian Home Lands i ka hau ʻia ʻana e ka U.S. Supreme Court e makeʻe kūlana ana. Ua ʻōlelo pū hoʻi ʻo ia, na ua aupuni nei e hoʻopaʻa i ka hiki ʻana o ka Ჹɲʻ ke koho pāloka i kā lākou mau alakaʻi ponoʻī me ke koho ʻole a ka Ჹɲʻ ʻole; ʻaʻole naʻe pēlā ka mea e hana ʻia nei wahi a nā koho pāloka ʻānō i noa i nā kānaka koho pāloka a pau ma Ჹɲʻ nei.
A ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka ʻaha kuhina a Biden i ke aupuni Kanaka Maoli, akā ua ʻike pū naʻe ʻo ia, he pono ke alu like a me ka lōkahi o ka Ჹɲʻ i ke koho ʻana i ko lākou alahele. ʻO kekahi mea e ʻāpono ʻia ana, ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi palapala aupuni e like me kekahi kumukānāwai, a me ka hoʻouna ʻia ʻana aku o ia palapala i ka Department of the Interior.
“Eia ka nīnau: pehea kākou e hiki aku ai i laila,” i ʻōlelo aku ai ʻo Kiaʻāina. “ʻO ia ka nīnau helu ʻekahi ma ko mākou kaiāulu.”
Ua kākau kekahi hui o ka Ჹɲʻ i kumukānāwai ma ka wā a Obama e noho pelekikena ana, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia kekahi koho pāloka ʻana.
ʻO Ke Kūʻē Nui
ʻO Uahikea Maile, he hope polopeka ʻo ia no ka Indigenous Studies ma ka University of Toronto. Hopohopo ʻo ia, ke loaʻa mai ke aupuni pekelala, e hoʻokuʻu ʻaelike ʻia ka ʻāina Ჹɲʻ iā ʻAmelika, a ʻo ke kūʻokoʻa, he mea ia no ka ʻike maka wale ʻia nō.
Manaʻo ʻo Maile, ke hehi ʻē nei ka Ჹɲʻ i alahele ʻokoʻa ma waho o ka ʻike pekelala, ma o ke kūpaʻa ʻana i ke ea ma ke kūʻē ʻana i ka Thirty Meter Telescope ma Mauna Kea, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mauna i kapu i ka Ჹɲʻ.
Wahi a Maile, ʻo ka ʻike ʻAmelika i ke aupuni Kanaka Maoli ma loko o kona mau palena ponoʻī, ua like nō a like ia me kekahi ʻaihue e hoʻi ana i kahi āna i ʻaihue aku ai no ka noi kala ʻana, akā ʻaʻole kā ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi ana i ka mea i ʻaihue ʻia.
“He hūnā hewa kēia,” kāna i ʻōlelo ai. “ʻO ka ʻike pekelala, he hoʻohiki wahaheʻe nō ia e hūnā ʻia ai ka hana hewa maoli, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokāhuli ʻia ʻana o ke aupuni.”
ʻO Jonathan Osorio, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea nāna e alakaʻi i ke keʻena ʻo ʻIke Ჹɲʻ ma ke Kulanui ʻo Ჹɲʻ, ua hopohopo pū ʻo ia i ke kūkulu aupuni ʻana ma o ke kaʻina hana pekelala, ʻoiai he alahele ia e ālai ʻia ai ka loaʻa ʻana i wahi no ka Ჹɲʻ e kū kaʻawale ai no ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou mau kuleana kālaiʻāina.
E kiaʻi ana nō paha ka pilina he aupuni a he aupuni i nā kahe waiwai ʻānō, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Osorio, akā ʻaʻole nō i lawa kēia no ka pono o ka Ჹɲʻ.
“Manaʻo wau, ʻo ke alahele i hiki ke hehi ʻia, ʻo ia ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hana kūkulu aupuni e hoʻohui ʻia ai nā kānaka a pau e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi, a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā lākou, e ʻoi aku ana ko kākou nohona inā he aupuni kūʻokoʻa ko kākou ma waho o ʻAmelika,” kāna i ʻōlelo ai, me ke kuhi ʻana i mau kumu e pono ai ka haʻalele ʻana iā ʻAmelika, e laʻa ka hoʻololi nui ʻia ʻana o ke aniau a me ka pilikia o ke kū kaʻawale ʻana o nā kānaka like ʻole ma ka nohona ʻAmelika.
Ua paio ka Ჹɲʻ no nā makahiki he nui i kēia mau manaʻo, “Keu ʻoe a ka liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoe koʻikoʻi, ʻaʻole i kana mai ka ikaika o ʻAmelika, e mahalo i ka mea i loaʻa, mai hana hūpō,” i ʻōlelo aku ai ʻo Osorio. ʻIke ʻo ia i ka māhuahua ʻana aʻe o ke kūpaʻa no ke kūkulu aupuni kūʻokoʻa, a manaʻo pū hoʻi ʻo ia, e hiki ana nō paha ke ʻike i ke kū kaʻawale ʻana ma loko o kēia kenekulia aʻe.
“Ua noke a kūpaʻa mau ka paio ʻana no ke ea a me ke aupuni kūʻokoʻa, a ua māhuahua aʻe ka ʻike a me ka hana waiwai ma laila; ʻaʻole nō i emi hope,” kāna i ʻōlelo ai.
Aia I Ka Ჹɲʻ
Manaʻo ʻo Kuhio Lewis, inā ʻo ke kūʻokoʻa ka pahuhopu, he koina ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana e noho mai nei.
“ʻAʻole pili wale i ka paio ʻana no kēlā me kēia mea liʻiliʻi. Ua pili naʻe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana ʻAmelika e hoʻohāpai ʻia aʻe ai ko kākou mau leo,” i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Lewis, he luna hoʻokō ma ka ʻahahui ʻo Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.
ʻŌlelo ʻo Lewis, ua hōʻulu ʻia aʻe ko Biden lanakila ʻana i ka hoihoi o nā kānaka e kākoʻo i ka ʻike pekelala, e like me ia.
Ua kuhi ʻo Lewis, ʻo OHA ka ʻumikūmākolu o nā mea i loaʻa ai ka nui o ka ʻāina ma Ჹɲʻ nei iā lākou. Hiki i ke aupuni hou ke loaʻa mai kēlā mau waiwai a mālama hou aku i ua waiwai nei me nā palena ʻole e kau pinepine ʻia e nā kānāwai mokuʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea i kākoʻo pū i ka hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻana o OHA ma kēlā mau makahiki i hala aku nei.
Ma kahi o ke kūkākūkā ʻana i nā hale piliwaiwai e ka State Hawaiian Homes Commission, a i ʻole ke koho ʻana a ka State Historic Preservation Office i nā mea e hana ʻia i nā kanu iwi kupuna, manaʻo ʻo Lewis, he kūkākūkā ia no nā Kānaka Maoli a me nā luna pekelala wale nō.
Akā, ʻo kekahi ālaina nui loa, ʻo ia ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kekahi koho pāloka ma ka wā maʻi ahulau i ka makahiki 2021.
ʻO ka hapanui o kā mākou hana, aia nō ia i ka paipai ʻana i nā kānaka e noho paʻa ma ka hale,” kāna i ʻōlelo ai.
Me ka ʻole naʻe o ka maʻi ahulau, mau nō ke kūʻē nui ʻana o nā lālā o ka lāhui Ჹɲʻ kekahi i kekahi ma ke koho ʻana i ke alahele kūpono.
“No ka ʻiʻini e hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia ai ke ea o ke aupuni ma ko mākou ʻāina, i laila nō hoʻi ua ʻiʻini nei,” wahi a Osorio. “A manaʻo au, ʻo kēlā ka mea e kū ana ma waena o Ჹɲʻ a me ka ʻike pekelala.”
Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.
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