By Keao Nesmith
By Keao Nesmith
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Ke ‘ei H‘älö
iä Kahana
Synopsis: For over a century, ownership of land in the lush rural valley of Kahana, O'ahu has been a point of controversy. Today, the valley is a state park where Hawaiian cultural practices are fostered. For more information on the history of Kahana Valley, see Susan Ekimoto Jaworowski's report, "Kahana: What Was, What Is, What Can Be."
"Mau loa nö ko'u mahalo nui Ma'ema'e wale nö këia mau 'ölelo ho'ohiluhilu i puana 'ia e Mary J. Montano läua 'o Charles E. King ma loko o kä läua mele 'o "Beautiful Kahana". He mele këia no Mary E. Foster, he haku 'äina Hawai'i o ke awäwa kua'äina loa 'o Kahana, O'ahu.
I ka nani pünono o Kahana,
Ka moani 'a'ala anuhea
O nä pali a'o Ko'olauloa."I ka Mähele Nui o ka 'äina i ka makahiki 1848, ua lilo ka hapa nui o ka 'äina o Kahana i ke Ali'i Wahine 'o Annie Keohokälole, ka makuahine o Kaläkaua läua 'o Lili'uokalani. Ua noho kekahi po'e maka'äinana i laila a kanu läkou i ke kalo a ho'ohana nui läkou i ka loko i'a o laila 'o Huilua. I ka makahiki 1857, ua kü'ai lilo aku 'o Keohokälole i kona 'äina i kekahi kanaka Päkë, 'o AhSing (Apakana) a kanu nui 'o Apakana i ka laiki i 'oihana. Mai a Apakana aku, ua kü'ai 'ia ka 'äina e kekahi hui o nä Hawai'i he 95 ko läkou nui i ka makahiki 1874. I loko o ia makahiki ho'okahi nö na'e, ua kau mai kekahi känäwai hou e 'ae ana i ke panikü 'ia o ka 'äina molaki me ka ho'oholo 'ole 'ia e ka luna känä-wai, a no laila, ma ia hope koke iho nö, ua nui nä 'äpana 'äina i kä'ili 'ia e nä panakö. Kü'ai hou 'ia nä 'äina i lilo e Mary Foster o ka 'ohana Robinson, a me Käne'ohe Ranch i ka makahiki 1874. Paio nui 'o Foster me Käne'ohe Ranch ma muli o ka ukiuki nui o Foster i ke puhi 'ana o Käne'ohe Ranch i ka ulu lä'au 'öiwi laha 'ole o Kahana i ke ahi no ka hana 'ana i pä pipi a i ka makahiki 1901, ua kü'ai pau loa 'o Foster i nä 'äpana o Käne'ohe Ranch me ka mana'o e mälama i ke 'ano kumu o ka 'äina o Kahana. I ka wä i hala ai 'o Foster i ka makahiki 1930, aia iä ia he 99% o ka 'äina o Kahana.
I ka makahiki 1965, ho'oki-kina 'ia nä haku 'äina, 'o ia ho'i nä ho'oilina a Foster a me kekahi po'e 'ohana Hawai'i he kaka'ikahi o Kahana, e kü'ai lilo i ko läkou mau 'äina i ke aupuni. Ua makemake aku nei ke aupuni e ho'one'e i nä 'ohana i waho o Kahana i waiho kanaka 'ole 'ia ka 'äina, akä, kü'ë nä 'oha-na o ia wä ma ka Hale Kapikala i Honolulu. No laila, kü-kulu 'ia he 'aelike ma waena o ke aupuni a me nä 'ohana e noho läkou a piha 65 makahiki, a laila, pau ka 'aelike. He pono mau nä 'ohana e hana i kekahi hana ku'una o nä Hawai'i. I këia wä, mälama ke-kahi mau 'ohana o Kahana i nä lo'i kalo, nä mäla 'ai Hawai'i, nä mäla wauke, hala, lä'ï, 'awa, ke alualu pua'a, a mälama pü i ka loko i'a kahiko 'o Huilua, a komo nui ka lehulehu no ke a'o 'ana i nä hana a kahiko loa. 'O ke Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Campus, nä papa 'ölelo Hawai'i o Ke Kulanui o Hawai'i ma Mänoa, a me kekahi mau hui hou aku kekahi o nä hui o waho i komo i loko o nä hana e mälama ai i nä hana ku'una ma Kahana. I këia wä, ua lilo 'o Kahana he 'äina ho'ona'au-ao no ka Hawai'i e a'o ai i nä hana ku'una a nä küpuna. E ho'omau 'ia ka nänä 'ia o Kahana he pu'uhonua a i kïpuka no ka Hawai'i e mau ai ka 'ike a me kahi o nä 'ike o ka Hawai'i 'imi loa.
E ho'ouna 'ia mai nä leka iä mäua,
'o ia ho'i 'o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis
ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:
>> kwong@hawaii.edu
>> rsolis@hawaii.edu
a i 'ole ia, ma ke kelepona:
>> 956-2627 (Laiana)
>> 956-2624 (Kekeha)
This column is part of University of Hawai'i President
Evan Dobelle's Initiative for Achieving Native Hawaiian
Academic Excellence at UH Mänoa.
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Note: This version of the column is set in Unicode, which requires current Web-browser software (Netscape 7 or Internet Explorer 6 on most operating systems.) If the Hawaiian text below does not display properly, you may want to use the version coded for older browsers (above) instead.Ke ‘ei H‘ālō
iā Kahana
Synopsis: For over a century, ownership of land in the lush rural valley of Kahana, O'ahu has been a point of controversy. Today, the valley is a state park where Hawaiian cultural practices are fostered. For more information on the history of Kahana Valley, see Susan Ekimoto Jaworowski's report, "Kahana: What Was, What Is, What Can Be."
"Mau loa nō ko'u mahalo nui Ma'ema'e wale nō kēia mau 'ōlelo ho'ohiluhilu i puana 'ia e Mary J. Montano lāua 'o Charles E. King ma loko o kā lāua mele 'o "Beautiful Kahana". He mele kēia no Mary E. Foster, he haku 'āina Hawai'i o ke awāwa kua'āina loa 'o Kahana, O'ahu.
I ka nani pū nono o Kahana,
Ka moani 'a'ala anuhea
O nā pali a'o Ko'olauloa."I ka Māhele Nui o ka 'āina i ka makahiki 1848, ua lilo ka hapa nui o ka 'āina o Kahana i ke Ali'i Wahine 'o Annie Keohokālole, ka makuahine o Kalākaua lāua 'o Lili'uokalani. Ua noho kekahi po'e maka'āinana i laila a kanu lākou i ke kalo a ho'ohana nui lākou i ka loko i'a o laila 'o Huilua. I ka makahiki 1857, ua kū 'ai lilo aku 'o Keohokālole i kona 'āina i kekahi kanaka Pākē, 'o AhSing (Apakana) a kanu nui 'o Apakana i ka laiki i 'oihana. Mai a Apakana aku, ua kū 'ai 'ia ka 'āina e kekahi hui o nā Hawai'i he 95 ko lākou nui i ka makahiki 1874. I loko o ia makahiki ho'okahi nō na'e, ua kau mai kekahi kānāwai hou e 'ae ana i ke panikū 'ia o ka 'āina molaki me ka ho'oholo 'ole 'ia e ka luna kānā-wai, a no laila, ma ia hope koke iho nō, ua nui nā 'āpana 'āina i kā'ili 'ia e nā panakō. Kū 'ai hou 'ia nā 'āina i lilo e Mary Foster o ka 'ohana Robinson, a me Kāne'ohe Ranch i ka makahiki 1874. Paio nui 'o Foster me Kāne'ohe Ranch ma muli o ka ukiuki nui o Foster i ke puhi 'ana o Kāne'ohe Ranch i ka ulu lā'au 'ōiwi laha 'ole o Kahana i ke ahi no ka hana 'ana i pā pipi a i ka makahiki 1901, ua kū 'ai pau loa 'o Foster i nā 'āpana o Kāne'ohe Ranch me ka mana'o e mālama i ke 'ano kumu o ka 'āina o Kahana. I ka wā i hala ai 'o Foster i ka makahiki 1930, aia iā ia he 99% o ka 'āina o Kahana.
I ka makahiki 1965, ho'oki-kina 'ia nā haku 'āina, 'o ia ho'i nā ho'oilina a Foster a me kekahi po'e 'ohana Hawai'i he kaka'ikahi o Kahana, e kū 'ai lilo i ko lākou mau 'āina i ke aupuni. Ua makemake aku nei ke aupuni e ho'one'e i nā 'ohana i waho o Kahana i waiho kanaka 'ole 'ia ka 'āina, akā, kū 'ē nā 'oha-na o ia wā ma ka Hale Kapikala i Honolulu. No laila, kū -kulu 'ia he 'aelike ma waena o ke aupuni a me nā 'ohana e noho lākou a piha 65 makahiki, a laila, pau ka 'aelike. He pono mau nā 'ohana e hana i kekahi hana ku'una o nā Hawai'i. I kēia wā, mālama ke-kahi mau 'ohana o Kahana i nā lo'i kalo, nā māla 'ai Hawai'i, nā māla wauke, hala, lā'ī, 'awa, ke alualu pua'a, a mālama pū i ka loko i'a kahiko 'o Huilua, a komo nui ka lehulehu no ke a'o 'ana i nā hana a kahiko loa. 'O ke Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center, Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Campus, nā papa 'ōlelo Hawai'i o Ke Kulanui o Hawai'i ma Mānoa, a me kekahi mau hui hou aku kekahi o nā hui o waho i komo i loko o nā hana e mālama ai i nā hana ku'una ma Kahana. I kēia wā, ua lilo 'o Kahana he 'āina ho'ona'au-ao no ka Hawai'i e a'o ai i nā hana ku'una a nā kū puna. E ho'omau 'ia ka nānā 'ia o Kahana he pu'uhonua a i kīpuka no ka Hawai'i e mau ai ka 'ike a me kahi o nā 'ike o ka Hawai'i 'imi loa.
E ho'ouna 'ia mai nā leka iā māua,
'o ia ho'i 'o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis
ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:
>> kwong@hawaii.edu
>> rsolis@hawaii.edu
a i 'ole ia, ma ke kelepona:
>> 956-2627 (Laiana)
>> 956-2624 (Kekeha)
This column is part of University of Hawai'i President
Evan Dobelle's Initiative for Achieving Native Hawaiian
Academic Excellence at UH Mānoa.
