Reclaiming Kahoolawe - History

"He haki nuanua a nei kai. 'O 'awa ana i uka. Pehe e hiki aku ai"
When Hawaiians first arrived on Kahoolawe around 400 A.D....
They dedicated the island to Kanaloa, the Hawaiian deity of the ocean.... and initially reffered to the island as “Kohe malamalama o Kanaloa”.
Mike Nahoopii:
“One of the ancient names relates to Kanaloa..
That makes it a very unique place
Kanaloa is one of the 4 major Hawaiian gods. His Kinolau, or physical manifestation, is the he'e or octopus. He is also associated with the deep ocean and voyaging.
Sasha Giron
“I am one of the Hawaiians that I don’t know where I’m from. And we talk about Kanaloa pulling us back in with his tentacles and I feel like it’s more than that. I just feel like my kupuna came here before me."
Kahoolawe served as a wahi pana, or sacred place.. puuhonua or place of refuge...
And recognized as one of the greatest navigational training sites on the planet.
Mike
“... you see not only the southern horizon, so you can learn about the stars and voyaging, but you see local navigation. Because from there you can see most of the channels across the islands.”
Nainoa Thompson:
"When we figured out the southern cross and the latitude that we needed and we opened the map up it's only Kahoolawe, it's only Kealaikahiki, that's the school, that's the school."
Kahoolawe was also known for its adze quarries and agriculture.
“Kaho’olawe is like the country home you know…..
In: They would come here, they would get the resources from the island and then take it back to Maui. And then eventually over the years they started spending more time on Kahoolawe so they started growing agriculture.
Out: We see the shells that they ate for food and the remnants of food.
Archaeologists believe there was a large population in Hakioawa, on the northern coast facing Maui. Remnants of their village are still there today.
“One of the neat things about Kaho’olawe is we didn’t have large scale agriculture like the other islands. So a lot of the cultural artifacts are still sitting in the same place where people live, walked up walked away maybe 300 or 400 years ago.”
In fact, there were so many artifacts and historical sites, that the entire island was given a special distinction.
“… So you know like Iolani Palace you have George Washington Memorial those are individual places. There were so many of these things on Kaho’olawe they listed the whole island as a historic place so we’re on the national register.”
“You can feel the mana of all those before us that came here. It may not be kupuna but still, the oiwi and how much they cared for this land.”
At the end of the 1700’s, Kahoolawe entered a harsh evolution...
Goats were introduced, a penal colony was established, and sheep and cattle ranching took over… which led to uncontrolled grazing... causing devastating erosion.
But what was coming next, would forever change the island.

[@thefrontporch8594]

I didn't realize it was used for ranching...I didn't know there was enough fresh water for that.

[@omikredarhcs8221]

Bobbing range, Lanai was also used for that

[@OperationHawaiiana]

it was. there was an aquafer but the bombings cracked it

[@luluboop1]

Where is part 2

[@xpro808]

My tutkane was born there in 1904.

[@noirpxp_9751]

What’s a tutkane?

[@Kentuckyfrieddish]

Octopussy

[@FloridaRaider]

No part 2

[@andrewharrison9366]

Sasha Gihon said something about where is she from.. I think she's from the Awesome People... wouldnt that be right?

[@naphtaliexiled1000]

Kanaloa is the Creator.. why did your people call him a Octopus? That’s a deception man..

[@mrantlerz5043]

Who said anything about Kanaloa being a creator?🤔 think of Kanaloa as what “YOUR” people call Kraken... don’t speak, what you don’t know buddy.

[@tropicaltoast6609]

@@mrantlerz5043 This person is entitled to what they believe in just as much as you are. What you said is disrespectful. Do you live on Hawaii? Then do not speak.

[@NarasimhaDiyasena]

Kanaloa is a Hawaiian God symbolized by the Octopus similarly to how the Abrahamic God, named El in Phoenician, is symbolized by the Bull. In the Hawaiian creation ‘myth’, the octopus is believed to be the descendant of a precursor species of similar features that are alien to this world and are derived from a different universe. This is what inspired the Lovecraftian horror ‘Cthulhu’. Now I have ‘myth’ quoted because what is myth to the people is real to the government, as indicated by Hillary’s emails relating to Gilgamesh...

[@sherryraquino81]

It’s a forbidden island 👺👹💀☠️🚫🚷🚯🚭📵🔞🚱🚳❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️⚠️it a bomb place !!!!!!!!

[@xx_insecure_white_boy_36_x28]

Nigga wat

[@angelroots7]

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[@noirpxp_9751]

@@xx_insecure_white_boy_36_x28 it’s got bombs surrounding it from ww2 and they don’t know where all of them are

[@الحاجةامل]

من الأذكار أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير ولا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله العلي العظيم ماشاء الله كان وما لم يشأ لم يكن ولا حول ولاقوة الا بالله العلي العظيم أعلم أن الله قد أحاط بكل شيء علما اللهم إني أعوذ بك من شر نفسي ومن شر كل دابة أنت آخذ بناصيتها إن ربي على صراط مستقيم ... هذا الدعاء فيه سر عظيم أدعي ربك به من أمرك سوف يستجيب لك بإذنه تعالى 🤲☝️

[@슬라바우크라이나헤로]

I ain readin allat 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@irishluck7461]

My father was a forward aircontroler in the marines he called in close air support and naval gunfire at the age of 19 in Vietnam and this island was the corps training grounds they used it for traning and bombing

[@AdamHolmes-r4e]

they bombed it so much that they broke the water table.

[@nelsongonzales1263]

Smh very sad

[@beatricepineda5923]

The only main island named after a Hawaiian God and yet it is arid mostly destroyed and uninhabited lacking fresh water. Interesting……. There is only one true God and He alone is the giver of life. False gods will always be that false.

[@tacobellworker1955]

youre right. hail satan. much love my brother in anti-christ.

[@user-zq1rl8yy8o]

Evil man destroyed it. Not your god.

[@user-zq1rl8yy8o]

Maybe watch part 2 where they talk about how it was bombed by mankind which destroyed it. You are so stupid.

[@ryanwuryan7584]

not true maui is also named after a hawaiian deity. You are retarded