Land Acknowledgment for 精童欲女 by Puahau Aki
鈥樑孡ELO MAHALO 鈥極IA鈥業鈥極 NO N膧 K膧NAKA 鈥樑孖WI O K膾IA 鈥樐INA NEI
(Land Acknowledgment for 精童欲女 by Puahau Aki)
Hawaiian translation by Dr. Lilikal膩 Kame鈥榚leihiwa,
Professor and Brandt Chair for Comparative Polynesian Studies,
Kamakak奴okalani Center for Hawaiian Studies,
Hawai驶inui膩kea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa
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Ke mahalo nei wau i ku驶u noho 驶ana i 苍脓颈补 w膩 ma ka moku 鈥樐乮苍补 鈥榦 Kololako, kahi a N膩 K膩naka 鈥樑宨wi, 鈥榦 ia ho鈥榠 鈥榦 n膩 po鈥榚 Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Lakota, Plains Apache, a me Ute i loa驶a ke pilina no 苍脓颈补 驶膩ina, 驶o ia ho驶i ko l膩kou 鈥樐乮苍补 kul膩iwi. 驶O 苍脓颈补 驶膩ina 驶o k艒 l膩kou k奴puna me k艒 l膩kou makuahine, i h膩nai i膩 l膩kou, a i膩 m膩kou kekahi, a n艒 k膩kou p膩kahi ke kuleana e ho驶i i k膿l膩 aloha me ko k膩kou aloha a me k艒 k膩kou m膩lama 驶ana kekahi.
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I acknowledge I occupy space here in 精童欲女, where the Native Americans, the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Lakota, Plains Apache, and Ute have a familial connection and relationship to this land鈥攖heir ancestral lands. S/he is their grandparent, their mother, who has provided for them and for us, and whom we all are obligated to aloha and care for in return.
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Ke mahalo nei wau i ku驶u noho 驶ana i 苍脓颈补 鈥樐乮苍补 mamuli o ka w膩 hana 驶ino 驶ia i N膩 K膩naka 鈥樑宨wi, me ka hopena o ka nele o ke ola kino, ke ola, ka 驶艒lelo, ka mo驶omeheu, ke Ea, a me ka 驶emi 驶ana, eia na驶e ka 驶aihue 驶ana, i ka pilina ma waena 驶o N膩 K膩naka 鈥樑宨wi me 苍脓颈补 驶膩ina.
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I acknowledge I am able to occupy this land because of historical events that occurred to the detriment of Native Americans, which caused loss of health, life, language, culture, sovereignty, and the attenuation鈥攊f not outright loss鈥攐f the familial connection between the Indigenous Peoples and this land.
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No laila, i mea e ho驶oponopono i k膿ia hewa, a e ho驶omaka hou i ka pono, ke mahalo nei wau i ku驶u noho 驶ana i 苍脓颈补 鈥樐乮苍补 kul膩iwi 驶o ia ho驶i 驶o ka 驶膩ina k奴puna i m膩lama 驶ia e N膩 Po鈥榚 Maoli o 苍脓颈补 鈥樐乮苍补, ma muli wale o ke kumuk奴驶ai i N膩 K膩naka 鈥樑宨wi o k膿ia 鈥樐乮苍补 nei.
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Therefore, in the spirit of healing and beginning to make things right, I acknowledge I am able to live on these homelands originally occupied and tended by the Native People of these places, only at a great (and continuing) cost to the Native Peoples of this land.
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