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Iʻm concerned that there is a real lack of political literacy among our lāhui.
Cultural kīpuka (not Kahoʻolawe) are the result of steadfast ʻohana.
Kahoʻolawe is the result of a steadfast collective ʻohana, political literacy, and social influence. Mauna Kea is here too.
Cultural kīpuka (not Kahoʻolawe) are the result of steadfast ʻohana.
Kahoʻolawe is the result of a steadfast collective ʻohana, political literacy, and social influence. Mauna Kea is here too.
I bring up Kīpuka bc they are the resilient seed banks of traditional knowledge.
But none of these (esp the latter two) were built without a political understanding that was complex and strategic enough to hold space so that others felt safe enough to be themselves, or try to.
But none of these (esp the latter two) were built without a political understanding that was complex and strategic enough to hold space so that others felt safe enough to be themselves, or try to.
I just feel like to truly understand that "we are the dream they thought of" all those years ago, one must also understand the political landscape as it is, how it works, not as you want to see it.
This difference in realizing this separates our leaders from our followers.
This difference in realizing this separates our leaders from our followers.
*They=our kūpuna
Sovereignty arguments encircle both movements and are absolutely rooted in that pursuit. But it took navigating the American legal world first. So did Mauna Kea.
It wasnʻt just show up and say "this island is to be held in trust for the sovereign Hawaiian nation."
It wasnʻt just show up and say "this island is to be held in trust for the sovereign Hawaiian nation."
Hawaiians navigating the political world in these movements? Well, that changed the game for all of this.
Bc without the political chops and command of language that those group of Hawaiians did that faithful night at Kanewai loʻi, Kahoʻolawe may not have been held in trust.
Bc without the political chops and command of language that those group of Hawaiians did that faithful night at Kanewai loʻi, Kahoʻolawe may not have been held in trust.
Ok, like for real. Politics are important. One wrong decision can ruin many ppl (e.g. Trump). Also, one wrong decision can ruin many ppl (e.g. voting for Ige)
P.s. lets be honest, a vote for Ige at the time was bc we were voting against Abercrombie.
P.s. lets be honest, a vote for Ige at the time was bc we were voting against Abercrombie.
I bring up this stuff bc my biggest worry when I started out in conservation was that Hawaiians want our land back, but we also dont know how to manage land.
And you can come at me abt how the land is sacred, etc. Land management is about managing ourselves, period.
And you can come at me abt how the land is sacred, etc. Land management is about managing ourselves, period.
For me, I hope that Twitter provides a space to give Hawaiians their process--we need it now more than ever.
Bc we keep rapping about how we are ready for sovereignty, but are we, really?
Bc we keep rapping about how we are ready for sovereignty, but are we, really?
And I think this is an important issue to address in our community--we have more opinion than we do confidence to do the right thing. Can say bc of this or that but truthfully--I did not come from kīpuka kine places but I did not want to be apart of the problem.
I truly hope that Hawaiians see that we need ppl making ready now. Politically sound and ready to navigate and learn today. Because when those kīpuka spaces grow the nation, it deserves the environmental integrity w leaders equipped to manage it ready from the onset.
I also hope ppl realize that working with different views is the only route of the successful land manager/nation leader. It shapes the idea to be in larger servitude to something greater than oneself.
