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This Not Your Kuleana? Auwe! You Snooze Your Ohana Lose!

Posted by Meliss on February 10, 2009 at 1:02am in Politics
Aloha kakou, Time for come out from under wherever you stay hiding cause if you no make stopping the selling of ceded lands and the signing of the Akaka Bill your kuleana..............you lose, your ohana lose, your generations of mo'opuna to come lose. We as Hawaiians when lose plenty already and now the Powers to be setting up for take whatever stay left. kule.ana nvt. Right, privilege, concern, responsibility, title, business, property, estate, portion, jurisdiction, authority, liability, interest, claim, ownership, tenure, affair, province; reason, cause, function, justification; small piece of property, as within an ahupuaʻa; blood relative through whom a relationship to less close relatives is traced, as to in-laws. Cf. ʻākuleana. Kuleana lako, supplies, equipment. Kuleana pule, necessary prayers, prayer responsibilities. Ke kuleana o ke kanaka, man's rights and privileges, human rights. Kuleana wai, water rights. Ka hoʻolimalima kuleana kūʻai, rental with the right to buy. Kō haʻi kuleana, other persons' affairs or business. Kuleana ala hele e hiki aku ai, right of way of access. Make wale nō lākou me ka hewa ʻole, a me ke kuleana ʻole no ka make (Kep. 147), they were killed without having done wrong, and without justification for death. ʻO Hina kō mākou kuleana, ʻaʻole ʻo ke kāne, we are related through Hina, not through the husband. Kuleana hapakolu o ka wahine kāne make, dower right of widow to a third of an estate. Kuleana o ke kāne male, estate by courtesy, of a husband's right in the estate of his wife. ʻElua loʻi ʻai, ua kuleana ʻia e aʻu, two taro patches claimed as kuleana by me [will]. hoʻo.kule.ana To entitle, give right to possess; to give a responsibility. Palapala hoʻokuleana, patent, copyright. Pau already, expecting others to carry the load for you. More people carry the load as One, more easy the job. Remember the na hukilau of old where everyone would go down ocean and pull in the net as one and then share the fish. Now days plenty stay home when the fisherman go fish, waiting for the fisherman deliver the fish. But they not only waiting for the fisherman deliver the fish, they like the fisherman clean the fish, cook the fish, serve the fish and then wash the dishes when pau. Pau already. It is your KULEANA to get involved, to join the struggle, to have your voice, the voice of your kupuna, the voice of your ohana, and the voice of your generations of mo'opuna be heard.

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  • Mana Kaleilani Caceres February 10, 2009 at 7:47pm
    It really is simple when you boil it down and look at it. You either going stand up and fulfill your kuleana or you going be the enemy. Period. There is no middle ground here. The enemy is counting on you to stay at home and watch the rest of us on TV. So by you staying home and not helping, you are the enemy. Following the wishes of the enemy makes you the enemy. You are kanaka maoli and have this kuleana to yourself. Kuleana to your kupuna. Kuleana to your mo'opuna. Do what is pono. There is only one path that is pono, the rest, is hewa.
  • Namaka'eha February 10, 2009 at 5:31am
    Yes, I concur with your mana'o. Don't be afraid to speak up and share your mana'o. It's not only about marching or holding signs, it making that visual impact that sends a strong statement. The bottle is partially full of MANA. We need to fill and it is complete when it is full. As the U.S, and Lingle nab at the kanaka, the bottle empties. However, we must remain strong in our culture and stay alert of the pressing issues that confronts all po'e.

    KULEANA. Donna said very delicately not to over step the kanaka boundaries - I do agree. In the midst of all the waves pounding all all shores lines - IT IS YOUR KULEANA TO KICK OF THE SLIPPERS AND STAND UP FOR YOUR TUTU AND KEIKI. NO VOICES...NO ACTION...NO BODY...

    I SAY IT WITH EASE AND ALOHA...IT IS OUR TIME...LET US MAKE HISTORY THIS HOUR, THIS DAY, THIS MONTH....THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE YEAR OF KANAKA MAOLI!!!
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