Notes in class:

• No hea mai 'oe?
• Na wai no 'oe?
  • Mo'oku'auhau
  • kumulipo
  • mana
  • ali'i
• what nationality you?
• Hawaiian
  • Native = 1778
  • native = 50%
  • aboriginal
  • indigenous
  • hapa (part)
  • national
    • citizen
    • subject
  • diaspora = born & raised outside of HI
  • haole
  • at-heart = live, born here, but not hawaiian &…

Kanalu Young, PhD.

• Aboriginal: The first people to be there.
  • Descend, geneology, prior to 1778 (Cook)
• Plants
  • Edemic: Developed & of here
  • native plants: grown here, these plants got here without the help of humans.  Got here from the W's.
    • Three W's
      • Waves
      • Wind
      • Wings
• Hawaiian Native:  Someone born in Hawaii
  • A native boy/girl of these…

GMO (Genetically Motified Organisms)

Here in Hawaii, where many things are flown in now days, we are seeing the rise and domination of GMO here.  What can we do as kanaka to help prevent this destruction to our 'aina?  

I can honestly say that i wasn't very concerned about Monsanto until i researched it and tried looking up GMO's in other countries, but i realized many other countries has banned GMO testing in there countries and i agree.  Why do they keep polluting the only…

In class we watched a video about racism, not here in Hawaii, but an all white community in Iowa.  A teacher named Jane Elliott separated her third grade class into blue-eyed students and brown-eyed students.  It was amazing to watch all the kids change completely, from getting good grades on a test, personality and most importantly attitude.

She told false information to each group to see how they would react and how they would respond.  The first thing she did was tell all the…