Kā Naka Nathaniel: Eia Ka ʻElepani Ma Ka Lumi Hulahula: ʻʻAʻole ʻO Las Vegas Ka Mokupuni ʻAiwa!’
Ua mālama aku ke Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement i kāna ʻahahui ma Las Vegas i kēia makahiki ma muli o ka nui o nā Kānaka Maoli ma laila.
Kā ka luna hoʻoponopono nota: Unuhi ʻia na Ākea Kahikina. Click here to read this article in English.
LAS VEGAS — Ua mākaukau ʻo Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu e kuhi pono i nā ʻelepani ma ka lumi hulahula ma ke kakahiaka hoʻolauna o ka ʻahahui a ke Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ma Las Vegas.
“ʻO ka mea mua e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻaʻole ʻo Las Vegas ka mokupuna ʻaiwa,” wahi a Wong-Kalu ma ka Pōʻakahi. “ʻO kēlā manaʻo kekahi paipai kālaiʻāina i hana ʻia e nā kānaka ma ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokipa malihini no ka hoʻopaipai ʻia ʻana o Las Vegas ma ko kākou home ʻo Ჹɲʻ. Me he mea lā, hiki ke kipa koke ʻia kēia ʻāina me ka maʻalahi.”
“ʻO ko kākou mokupuni ʻaiwa, ʻo ia nō ʻo Nihoa,” wahi āna.
ʻŌlelo mai ʻo Wong-Kalu e like me nā kānaka he nui no Ჹɲʻ i huakaʻi aku i Las Vegas no ka ʻahahui, ua paʻakikī nō ka hoʻomaopopo ʻoluʻolu ʻana i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo: ʻoi aku ka nui o nā Ჹɲʻ e noho nei ma waho aʻe o Ჹɲʻ ma mua o nā Ჹɲʻ e noho kulāiwi nei.
“Ma ke ʻano he ʻelele moʻomeheu no ke Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, ua kau koʻu noʻonoʻo a pilikia, no ka mea, mau nō koʻu noho pū ʻana me nā kānaka ma ke kulāiwi,” wahi āna. “ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa iki koʻu aloha i nā kānaka oneʻi, akā, kālele nō wau i ke kulāiwi. Eia naʻe, he mea maikaʻi ka hele ʻana mai i ʻaneʻi nei, no ka mea, hiki ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ko kākou lāhui e hoʻi home, e hoʻomanaʻo hou i ke alahele hoʻi home, a e hoʻomanaʻo hoʻi i ko kākou lāhui, inā haʻaheo ʻoe i kou Ჹɲʻ ʻana, e hoʻomaopopo ʻoe, aia ʻoe e noho nei ma kekahi ʻāina ʻē. ʻAʻole kēlā kou ʻāina ponoʻī.”
Ma ko Wong-Kalu aʻo ʻana aku i nā papa ʻelua no kāna oli i haku ai ʻo “Haʻakei Nā Mauna o Ჹɲʻnuiākea,” ua hāpai aʻela ʻo ia i nā manaʻo politika i haku ʻia ma ke oli i pili i nā kai ʻewalu o Ჹɲʻ.
Ua hoʻohalahala aku ʻo Wong-Kalu i nā Ჹɲʻ no ko lākou hoʻouna ʻole ʻana mai i ke kālā i Ჹɲʻ nei e like me kā nā lāhui Polenekia ʻē aʻe e hana aku ai.
“Inā ʻaʻole lākou e noho ana ma laila, waiho lākou i nā koho pāloka no ke keʻena politika,” wahi āna. “Uku lākou i ka ʻauhau ma nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. Akā, ʻaʻole lākou hoʻouna i ke kālā e like me ka hana a nā poʻe Polenekia ʻē aʻe no ko lākou mau kulāiwi ponoʻī. ʻO ka poʻe Tonga mā, hele lākou a puni ka honua, hana, a hoʻouna aku i ke kālā i ka home. Hele mai ka poʻe Ჹɲʻ i ʻaneʻi i ʻAmelika nei, a hoʻouna kā naʻe lākou i ka mea waiwai ʻole i ka home.”
ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kāohi i ka hoʻohalahala ʻana i ka hopena a ko nā Ჹɲʻ neʻe ʻana i Las Vegas. “Kipa mai nā kānaka i ʻaneʻi no ka piliwaiwai ʻana. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole nō kēia ko kākou ʻāina, mai nō a hoʻokiʻekiʻe ma ʻaneʻi, no ka mea, ua hana kekahi kanaka i kekahi paipai kālaiʻāina no ka hōʻumeʻume ʻana i ko kākou lāhui iā Las Vegas,” wahi āna.
“ʻO Ჹɲʻ ko kākou kulāiwi. ʻO kākou, ʻaʻole pono e noi haʻahaʻa i lalo o haʻi no ko kākou ʻāina ponoʻī. ʻAʻole pono e ʻimi aku ma waho i nā haʻina e hoʻoponopono ʻia ai ko kākou pilikia hoʻokele waiwai a kālaiʻāina hoʻi,” wahi āna. “Pono iā kākou ke hoʻomalu mai i ko kākou mau pilikia ponoʻī ma kekahi ʻano i kūpono iā kākou iho. A, ʻo nā malihini e hele mai i Ჹɲʻ, pono iā lākou ke aʻo mai i ke ʻano kūpono e noho pū ai me kākou. Akā, ʻaʻole hiki ke hana ʻia pēlā ma muli o ko kākou kūlana kūikawā politika.”
A, ua hāpai aʻela ʻo ia i kēia nīnau i kāna papa, “He aha ke kumu o kou huakaʻi ʻana i ʻaneʻi nei?”
ʻO nā mea nāna i pane aku no Las Vegas, Monekana, a me Mikikana, na lākou nō i hōʻike mai i ko lākou makemake e hoʻopili iā Ჹɲʻ a me nā Ჹɲʻ. ʻO Sandi Brown, he kupa no ܲʻ e noho nei ma Las Vegas, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka walohia i kāna mau hana no ka hoʻopili mau ʻana iā Ჹɲʻ, i loko nō o kona haʻalele ʻana no ʻAmelika i nā makahiki 1980.
“Ua hele mai nei nō wau no ka noho pū ʻana me nā kānaka i pili loa i ke kulāiwi, nā kānaka e ʻōlelo me ka ikaika,” wahi a Brown.
Penei i pane aku ai ʻo Pōmaikaʻi Gaui no ʻUta, “Hoʻāʻo wau e mālama i kēlā pilina a makamaka. ʻAʻohe noʻu wale nō, no kaʻu mau keiki naʻe. Hele mai lākou i ʻUtah no ka hoʻopili ʻana iaʻu nei. No laila, pono e paʻa koʻu kahua.”
ʻO nā keiki he ʻekolu a Gaui no ʻUta, na lākou i neʻe i Ჹɲʻ, a i loko nō o ko ia nei komo ʻana i nā ʻahahui sivila Ჹɲʻ, ʻo kēia kona .
“Makemake wau e hāpai mau i ka lamakū no nā Ჹɲʻ o kēia mua aku. Ua hele kākou a maʻa i kēia mau moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe. Maʻalahi ka ʻaelike ʻoluʻolu ʻana, pēlā ke ʻano Ჹɲʻ, akā, pono iā kākou ke hoʻomau aku.”
ʻAʻohe hoihoi iki o Wong-Kalu iā Las Vegas: “E ko kākou ʻohana ma ʻaneʻi, pehea lā ʻoukou e noho nei ma kēia wahi ʻāina wela!”
“Inā puni ʻoe i ka noho ʻana ma ʻaneʻi nei, ʻaʻole pilikia, maikaʻi, akā, mai nō a poina i ke kulāiwi,” wahi āna. “He kuleana ko kākou i ko kākou moʻomeheu, nā loina, nā kuanaʻike e mau ai ua mau loina nei i kēia kenekulia aʻe. Aia nō ia iā kākou, no kākou wale iho nō ke kuleana, ʻaʻole no haʻi ala.”
Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.
