Hoʻonaʻauao
naʻauao: nvt. learned, enlightened, intelligent, wise; learning, knowledge, wisdom. hoʻonaʻauao: to educate, instruct.
Integral to huiMAU's mission is the practice and process of hoʻonaʻauao, reciprocal education and consciousness raising. One of our long-term goals is to collectively restore community knowledge of place through ʻāina- and culture-based educational initiatives that focus particularly on reconnecting us to ancestral knowledge of place and enacting kuleana through place-specific practices of mālama ʻāina.
Hōʻale a Maninini (HoAMa):Hōʻale a Maninini (HoAMa) is a proactive aloha ʻāina restoration initiative to regenerate and renew a living culture of mālama ʻāina (care for homelands), kuleana (collective responsibilities), and ʻai pono (healthy diet) in our Hāmākua and Hawaiʻi Island ʻohana and communities again by cultivating kīpuka (safe spaces) that foster the growth of place-based ancestral knowledge, healthy food- and eco- systems, and strong ʻohana with the capacity to live and thrive in Hāmākua for generations.
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ʻUmi-a-Līloa Mural Project:
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Moʻolelo no ʻUmi Blog:"He Moolelo no Umi" is one of the earliest known published versions of the story of ʻUmi-a-Līloa, the great chief of Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi. The version of this story that is republished and translated here was first published by Simeon Keliikaapuni in 1862, in a Hawaiian language newspaper, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Our kūpuna valued this moʻolelo and the lessons it imbued upon each generation who learned it. We, in the same spirit that inspired our kūpuna to retell this moʻolelo, represent it here, in both its original language and in english, so that our generation and the many generations to come may derive knowledge from the important lessons held within this moʻolelo. And so that we, kamaʻāina of Hāmākua, may find pride in the deep cultural heritage and history of our beloved homelands, the birthplace of this great chief, ʻUmi-a-Līloa.
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