My heart.......sore. Got some chicken skin too. The chicken skin I got was iwi kupuna feeling the love and care in the moment of protection by those there. Maika'i, maika'i, maika'i. Such sadness yet strength I felt looking at the markers at that gravesite.DNLR has to be challenged in their burial council laws created. Leave iwi alone, a burial council statewide should just inventory a site and not do or say anything except, "Thank you for the information," and just move on. If real estate brokers/agents, attorneys, developers, etc. continue to sell unclear titles, they along with title search companies should bear the burden of cost and liability for the occupants of the sale if the buyer was not disclosed what should be a search of at least 150 years minimum. This will only stall the process, be costly or bankrupt those in greed and yet continue in the violation of our culture but hey, we have TIME. TIME is all we have on our side at the moment. TIME IS WAIT, WAIT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR THE MOMENT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS RIGHT SIDE UP.We as koko should not bear the trauma of this happening day in and day out as long as a for sale sign is put up by those who know nothing of the land. Sure Kanaka Maoli will say "forget it just get off the land and go away" but REMEMBER, it does not go away the trauma to ourselves continue day in & day out, day in & day out. How much tolerance do we have? When iwi is exposed or moved it is "NO GOOD". No good comes out of it except UNREST.Maybe I should file a claim of pain and suffering against the State of Hawaii for all they do in their laws. Maybe we should file a class action lawsuit against the State of Hawaii for putting us through "their protocols", their decisions they make on our lands concerning our rights culturally. They should not dictate our lives on where we are to live, how we are to live as long as we don't hurt ourselves and our neighbors and we do things for the good of all concerned not in harm of anything or anyone.You know, we need laws put into place in protection of workers who are koko and do construction on a site which should not be touched. This way koko can tell their employer, "I'm claiming a waiver as koko to step off this equipment and be in respect of my hawaiian values and culture." A law that under state employment rulings would protect koko from losing his/her job by compromising something that can cause them pain and suffering.Anyone ever think of this?Why should koko who need to feed his family make a bad decision to compromise his native values for you know he/she will pay the consequences for his actions. "You no fool around wit da kine stuff." is what our kupuna in Kohala would say. Those who have heard this saying know what I mean. This kind of saying also puts you in your place. Compromise is costly in the most obvious of circumstances. How long can we tolerate?!
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