Hawaii Nei

As stated in the book, kuleana lands were described as "plots of land given by the governing ali'i of an area...to an 'ohana or as an individual as their responsibility without right of ownership. (Vaughan 5) But "the concept and process of awarding ownership under the Kuleana Act was very foreign. Maka'ainana had to register for ownership of their kuleana lands, pay to have that land surveyed, find two other native residents as well as one "foreigner" or non-Hawaiian citizen to testify in support of their claims, and, if awarded, pay taxes."  Today, there are still a few 'ohana with kuleana lands. For instance, my hanai mom and her 'ohanas hui, as they call it, has/had kuleana land in Kona from the mountain to the sea. Over time, their hui discussed amongst themselves and decided to sell part of their kuleana lands. As new developments were being built, the government wanted to buy more land to expand the mall in Kona, but the hui decided t...

Mehana Vaughan talks about sharing resources between the people and the community throughout the book. She also stated that some konohiki were greedy and would keep majority of the fish to themselves. Same thing with modern society, nowadays, so many people are greedy. We  are so used to taking things, we automatically think, "it's okay if I take one/some", without giving back.   Loke Pereira said, "you feed on each other's talents, you share that with one another. That is the part we miss, in today's generation. They don't think that way. They on the opposite side, they wanna take," and she's right. We take advantage of all the resources that we are given today, and look what happened recently, egg shortage. We wouldn't have this type of problem if we malama the 'aina that malamas us. In the mo'olelo, Minamina, the kupuna sharing this story talked about their Uncle Ah Meng doing hukilaus in Hanalei. After a big commercial operation a...