"The Bishop Trustees and those of Pauahi Bishop are considering putting an end for all time to the farming of kalo on lands owned by Bishop and Mrs. Pauahi Bishop here in Honolulu, or in all areas near Honolulu; there will be no more farming of kalo from now on. Should the reader take a look at the lands towards the ocean and towards the uplands of School Street, the majority of those kalo lands belong to Bishop and Pauahi, and should these large tracts of kalo-growing lands be put an end to, taro leaves growing there will no longer be seen, and two years hence, the leases with the Chinese taro farmers will come to an end; but these are not the only taro lands; in Manoa Valley, there are acres of kalo land. It can be said that most of the taro-farming lands in Manoa Valley belong to Bishop, and should the kalo farming be put to an end in that valley, then it is appropriate for us to say that taro leaves will disappear from the district of Kona, and when the leases are stopped, the lands will be dried up, and they will be made into lots to lease to those who have no homes, or they will be sold, like what is being considered by the Trustees of Bishop folks."
For my fellow Hawaiians and allies to our displacement, to affect our own ethnocide and systematically instituted genocide we need to take our blindfold off and understand that neither happens to any one ethnicity without enablement.
We are not just being attacked from the outside by the "haole" as some foolishly think. We are more so being encroached upon by those with western lenses within our own ranks, beginning hundreds of years ago. I believe that we should be looking to address issues of displacement and maintenance of said ethnocide and systematic genocide from within just as much as from without.
It does not make us un-Hawaiian to reveal the truth of the matter, namely- what I am saying is- not only are foreigners systematically displacing what little we have left as a people, but more importantly "Hawaiians" themselves have unleashed and maintained a culture of subjugation upon their own people. Many (as made evident in the displays of purposeful propagation of a perverted views of Christianity at the SB1 fiasco, to oppress and replace pre-contact and post-contact indigenous Hawaiian values and distort history) have not only been oppressed and subjugated for generations, but have become the oppressors and subjugators.
We've become so adept at navigating and succeeding in the western culture of occupation that we ourselves have white-washed and exacted genocide and ethnocide upon our own flesh and blood as a people--- all in the name of the new pono.
But I say that attitude, on the contrary, is THE new naaupo.
If we don't recognize the problem we cannot even begin to remedy the consequences it will sorely bring- that included the death of our people and the extinction of our culture and TRADITIONS. Particularly those beliefs and practices that are taught AND LEARNED.
Culture is the beliefs and practices of a people that are taught and passed on inter-generationally. It is NOT what one does with his or her own free will alone. It is what is taught to you, learned, and what you pass on as a collective body of practices and knowledge to the next generation.
Language is culture- what language are you passing on to the next generation? A language that our kupuna do not recognize as Hawaiian perhaps? That's not perpetuation that's replacement.
How to live in subsistence is culture. Are you passing on the skill of how to order at a restaurant table to the next generation? And what culture does that practice originate from?
Our indigenous schools of education is culture- mele, hula, most spiritual practices are culture. Yet what culture's schools, mele, dance, religion and education system do you endoctrine the next generation into? A four walled Western classroom, sterilized from indigeneity perhaps? You can't fish and farm sustainably from inside a building.
How much of the above characteristics of culture stem from the practices distinguished as originating from that of the original peoples of this land?
What then is perpetuation if almost nothing is being proliferated or in fact perpetuated?
If we don't know we can't make informed decisions and if we don't think on it or care we ALSO cannot make informed decisions. These make perfect conditions for colonization and occupation.
Seek knowledge of the Hawaiian distinction out, or ALL IS LOST. Might as well just paint me white and call me Captain Cook.
What is more important is to know from what society the aforementioned characteristics of culture stem from. I propose that what many call "Hawaiian" culture today may look superficially Hawaiian, but are practices and value sets- as well as aesthetics, that originate from our occupier. Culture is not an item to be strictly thought of as just existing on an individual level in and of itself- yes it is interconnected yet it is distinguishable by unique characteristics that make each culture it's own. The distinction is being lost every time we learn a Haka instead of our own language. It is being lost every time we choose to be performers of Jamaican cultural revolution music instead of learning the aesthetic and proliferating the beauty of our own mele- and every time we change a hula move to something "more hip and jazzy." It is lost every time that someone, instead of exploring the vastness of Hawaiian vocabulary, assumes a word does not exist and transliterates an English one to make it seem Hawaiian.
Every time.
I am not saying change is not inevitable but I am saying that as an endangered people and soon to be extinct culture that we have a KULEANA to be more selective and conscionable when we do this- when we assimilate more foreign ways. We have assimilated more than we can sustainably bare and enough is enough. If we do not become a purposeful and proliferating people we will just become Westerners with no Hawaiian-ness save the blood quantum structure we've been brainwashed to buy into, and the Western idea of what Hawaiian is.
Assimilation is not proliferation. Replacing ones own cultural standards and mores with that of another is also not proliferation or evolution. It's displacement and a symptom of an identity crisis.
Perpetuation, proliferation, and evolution are INTRINSIC forces not extrinsic.
An identity crisis involves NOT BEING ABLE TO RELATE OR UNDERSTAND, OR APPRECIATE FULLY, ONES OWN CULTURAL STANDARDS AND AESTHETICS OF BEAUTY DUE TO LACK OF EDUCATION OF ONES OWN CULTURAL AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL STANDARDS.
Like a silent killer, if not recognized and assessed the agents of displacement existing and sustained within our own Hawaiian ranks will complete the decimation that started when the first KNOWINGLY diseased foreign foot touched our pristine aina, unleashing a genocide that, within a hundred years of that landfall, would kill 9 out of 10 OF EVERY SINGLE Hawaiian surrounding us.
The miracle is that We are the descendants of the 1 out of 10, and a large portion of the 10% of the survivor population's descendants are so completely colonized in mind, body, and spirit that they cannot see that the equally greater threat to our people come from forces within.
I do not say this to divide our people more. What I am saying is we are already divided and if we do not recognize, assess, and address the encroachment on both ends than we are just harboring a Hawaiian version of a Trojan Horse. And our horse is full of uala kahiki.
Bringing enlightenment to the new naaupo is ONE way to overcome this threat and ongoing attack on our people. Yet, we cannot bring enlightenment if we refuse to bring this truth to the table:
HAWAIIANS ARE DISPLACED AND EFFECTING ETHNOCIDE, AS WELL AS ENABLING SYSTEMATIC GENOCIDE, ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
Let it be known so that we may start looking at solutions and seeing how everyone of us plays a part from enabling, to active agency in the matter.
Get with it. We don't have the luxury. We are the survivors of a genocide that is ongoing and institutionalized. We represent but 10% of the true Hawaiian people and culture that came before us. In this small number we are the stewards of our ways. We ALL need to act like it. Don't fool yourself. There is no time. The time is now or never. After us- the culture will continue to die even more exponentially. The 10% is already watered down. The 90% have been annihilated- we don't have the luxury to entertain foreign practices that replace our own. There is no such thing as evolution of a culture if it is being completely replaced by the seductions of another. Frankly, starting with only 10% of a hundred places our people in the realm of possible extinction.
Hold on to what you have. Hold on to what you have been taught from the generations before you and PASS IT ON.
The big fish have come from strange lands and they have come and devoured us, the small fish. And now we are fewer then ever.
The idea that we have the luxury to not be involved, to not preserve our traditions versus assimilating, is an ILLUSION and part of the great, and well tuned machines that are genocide and ethnocide. Step out of your displaced Western value set for a second and see the decimation of a people- your people. And then address it.
Hold on tight to the teachings of your kupuna, reclaim your language- get off your asses and do ANYTHING positive. HELL... Vote for example. Instead of learning a Haka learn your language because it is true: CULTURE IS BASED ON LANGUAGE and if you don't speak it than gender views, religious views, historical views that you feel are yours are extremely likely to be that of your oppressor and that's how the systems likes it. Makes it easy for an oppressive culture to have the culture being oppressed take the reigns and oppress itself.
Culture is also sustainability.
The decimation of our people has been happening for over a hundred years now.
How are you going to positively and fruitfully apply your energies to exponentially magnify the healing of your people? How are you going to nurture relationships with allies without and within? How am I? Raising children is not enough. Getting hot tattoos is not enough. Being a "Hawaiian Studies" or "Olelo Hawaii" graduate is not enough. Those programs are distractions. You live Hawaiians Studies. You live Olelo Hawaii. It is a distraction to detract you from affecting real change. We need DOCTORS, LAWYERS, LAW MAKERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, TRAINED CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALERS, WARRIORS, PROTESTORS, EDUCATORS, FOOD GROWERS, FISHERMEN AND WOMEN... We need you to get off your ass an be somebody.
Breeding alone does nothing but bring more victims into our already decimated nation.
This is where we are at.
This is the state of the Kingdom and the state of the "paradise" we call Hawaii for all people.
Address it.
Raise the bar for yourself in your life and that of the people around you.
And now for the post that got me started so early.
Read more- yes... MORE:
http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2013/11/13/something-to-consider-as-more-and-more-agricultural-lands-get-covered-over-by-concrete-1911-2013/
For my fellow Hawaiians and allies to our displacement, to affect our own ethnocide and systematically instituted genocide we need to take our blindfold off and understand that neither happens to any one ethnicity without enablement.
We are not just being attacked from the outside by the "haole" as some foolishly think. We are more so being encroached upon by those with western lenses within our own ranks, beginning hundreds of years ago. I believe that we should be looking to address issues of displacement and maintenance of said ethnocide and systematic genocide from within just as much as from without.
It does not make us un-Hawaiian to reveal the truth of the matter, namely- what I am saying is- not only are foreigners systematically displacing what little we have left as a people, but more importantly "Hawaiians" themselves have unleashed and maintained a culture of subjugation upon their own people. Many (as made evident in the displays of purposeful propagation of a perverted views of Christianity at the SB1 fiasco, to oppress and replace pre-contact and post-contact indigenous Hawaiian values and distort history) have not only been oppressed and subjugated for generations, but have become the oppressors and subjugators.
We've become so adept at navigating and succeeding in the western culture of occupation that we ourselves have white-washed and exacted genocide and ethnocide upon our own flesh and blood as a people--- all in the name of the new pono.
But I say that attitude, on the contrary, is THE new naaupo.
If we don't recognize the problem we cannot even begin to remedy the consequences it will sorely bring- that included the death of our people and the extinction of our culture and TRADITIONS. Particularly those beliefs and practices that are taught AND LEARNED.
Culture is the beliefs and practices of a people that are taught and passed on inter-generationally. It is NOT what one does with his or her own free will alone. It is what is taught to you, learned, and what you pass on as a collective body of practices and knowledge to the next generation.
Language is culture- what language are you passing on to the next generation? A language that our kupuna do not recognize as Hawaiian perhaps? That's not perpetuation that's replacement.
How to live in subsistence is culture. Are you passing on the skill of how to order at a restaurant table to the next generation? And what culture does that practice originate from?
Our indigenous schools of education is culture- mele, hula, most spiritual practices are culture. Yet what culture's schools, mele, dance, religion and education system do you endoctrine the next generation into? A four walled Western classroom, sterilized from indigeneity perhaps? You can't fish and farm sustainably from inside a building.
How much of the above characteristics of culture stem from the practices distinguished as originating from that of the original peoples of this land?
What then is perpetuation if almost nothing is being proliferated or in fact perpetuated?
If we don't know we can't make informed decisions and if we don't think on it or care we ALSO cannot make informed decisions. These make perfect conditions for colonization and occupation.
Seek knowledge of the Hawaiian distinction out, or ALL IS LOST. Might as well just paint me white and call me Captain Cook.
What is more important is to know from what society the aforementioned characteristics of culture stem from. I propose that what many call "Hawaiian" culture today may look superficially Hawaiian, but are practices and value sets- as well as aesthetics, that originate from our occupier. Culture is not an item to be strictly thought of as just existing on an individual level in and of itself- yes it is interconnected yet it is distinguishable by unique characteristics that make each culture it's own. The distinction is being lost every time we learn a Haka instead of our own language. It is being lost every time we choose to be performers of Jamaican cultural revolution music instead of learning the aesthetic and proliferating the beauty of our own mele- and every time we change a hula move to something "more hip and jazzy." It is lost every time that someone, instead of exploring the vastness of Hawaiian vocabulary, assumes a word does not exist and transliterates an English one to make it seem Hawaiian.
Every time.
I am not saying change is not inevitable but I am saying that as an endangered people and soon to be extinct culture that we have a KULEANA to be more selective and conscionable when we do this- when we assimilate more foreign ways. We have assimilated more than we can sustainably bare and enough is enough. If we do not become a purposeful and proliferating people we will just become Westerners with no Hawaiian-ness save the blood quantum structure we've been brainwashed to buy into, and the Western idea of what Hawaiian is.
Assimilation is not proliferation. Replacing ones own cultural standards and mores with that of another is also not proliferation or evolution. It's displacement and a symptom of an identity crisis.
Perpetuation, proliferation, and evolution are INTRINSIC forces not extrinsic.
An identity crisis involves NOT BEING ABLE TO RELATE OR UNDERSTAND, OR APPRECIATE FULLY, ONES OWN CULTURAL STANDARDS AND AESTHETICS OF BEAUTY DUE TO LACK OF EDUCATION OF ONES OWN CULTURAL AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL STANDARDS.
Like a silent killer, if not recognized and assessed the agents of displacement existing and sustained within our own Hawaiian ranks will complete the decimation that started when the first KNOWINGLY diseased foreign foot touched our pristine aina, unleashing a genocide that, within a hundred years of that landfall, would kill 9 out of 10 OF EVERY SINGLE Hawaiian surrounding us.
The miracle is that We are the descendants of the 1 out of 10, and a large portion of the 10% of the survivor population's descendants are so completely colonized in mind, body, and spirit that they cannot see that the equally greater threat to our people come from forces within.
I do not say this to divide our people more. What I am saying is we are already divided and if we do not recognize, assess, and address the encroachment on both ends than we are just harboring a Hawaiian version of a Trojan Horse. And our horse is full of uala kahiki.
Bringing enlightenment to the new naaupo is ONE way to overcome this threat and ongoing attack on our people. Yet, we cannot bring enlightenment if we refuse to bring this truth to the table:
HAWAIIANS ARE DISPLACED AND EFFECTING ETHNOCIDE, AS WELL AS ENABLING SYSTEMATIC GENOCIDE, ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
Let it be known so that we may start looking at solutions and seeing how everyone of us plays a part from enabling, to active agency in the matter.
Get with it. We don't have the luxury. We are the survivors of a genocide that is ongoing and institutionalized. We represent but 10% of the true Hawaiian people and culture that came before us. In this small number we are the stewards of our ways. We ALL need to act like it. Don't fool yourself. There is no time. The time is now or never. After us- the culture will continue to die even more exponentially. The 10% is already watered down. The 90% have been annihilated- we don't have the luxury to entertain foreign practices that replace our own. There is no such thing as evolution of a culture if it is being completely replaced by the seductions of another. Frankly, starting with only 10% of a hundred places our people in the realm of possible extinction.
Hold on to what you have. Hold on to what you have been taught from the generations before you and PASS IT ON.
The big fish have come from strange lands and they have come and devoured us, the small fish. And now we are fewer then ever.
The idea that we have the luxury to not be involved, to not preserve our traditions versus assimilating, is an ILLUSION and part of the great, and well tuned machines that are genocide and ethnocide. Step out of your displaced Western value set for a second and see the decimation of a people- your people. And then address it.
Hold on tight to the teachings of your kupuna, reclaim your language- get off your asses and do ANYTHING positive. HELL... Vote for example. Instead of learning a Haka learn your language because it is true: CULTURE IS BASED ON LANGUAGE and if you don't speak it than gender views, religious views, historical views that you feel are yours are extremely likely to be that of your oppressor and that's how the systems likes it. Makes it easy for an oppressive culture to have the culture being oppressed take the reigns and oppress itself.
Culture is also sustainability.
The decimation of our people has been happening for over a hundred years now.
How are you going to positively and fruitfully apply your energies to exponentially magnify the healing of your people? How are you going to nurture relationships with allies without and within? How am I? Raising children is not enough. Getting hot tattoos is not enough. Being a "Hawaiian Studies" or "Olelo Hawaii" graduate is not enough. Those programs are distractions. You live Hawaiians Studies. You live Olelo Hawaii. It is a distraction to detract you from affecting real change. We need DOCTORS, LAWYERS, LAW MAKERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, TRAINED CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS, HEALERS, WARRIORS, PROTESTORS, EDUCATORS, FOOD GROWERS, FISHERMEN AND WOMEN... We need you to get off your ass an be somebody.
Breeding alone does nothing but bring more victims into our already decimated nation.
This is where we are at.
This is the state of the Kingdom and the state of the "paradise" we call Hawaii for all people.
Address it.
Raise the bar for yourself in your life and that of the people around you.
And now for the post that got me started so early.
Read more- yes... MORE:
http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2013/11/13/something-to-consider-as-more-and-more-agricultural-lands-get-covered-over-by-concrete-1911-2013/