about the project name
“Pehea lā kou uʻi, a, hele nō me ka lako. Hele nō me ke ō. Hele nō me ka ʻaʻahu. Hele nō a kahi e kipa ai, he ʻai nō kau, he iʻa. ʻAʻohe he hemahema ka hele ʻana.”
Abigail Kākaʻe Kaleiheana (Kaniʻāina: Voices of the Land)
When asked about the ʻōlelo noʻeau, “Aʻohe uʻi hele wale o Kohala”, kūpuna manaleo, Abigail Kākaʻe Kaleiheana described it as a nane used by kūpuna to teach their moʻopuna proper ways to carry themselves when traveling. (Kaniʻāina, 2017) The saying is said to have originated in Honomakaʻu and was said in praise of kamaʻāina of the area, who never traveled without provisions or a helping hand to share. (Pukuʻi, 1983) This ʻōlelo noʻeau was utilized as a lens and guide for the ways conducted my research. It serves as a reminder of the intentionality of our kūpuna and a kuleana to people and place.
project background
The portion of ʻāina this project focuses on is located on the Kohala High School (KHS) and Kohala Elementary School (KES) campus within Honomakaʻu and Kapuʻa ahupuʻa. It is an area that has helped me establish pilina to ʻohana, to my community, and to ʻāina. As kamaʻāina of Honomakaʻu, I found it important to ask myself what I can give back to this place that nourished me. What will be the seeds I plant for the next generation? And how can I ensure they are raised knowing their identity as kupa of Kohala? The research presented throughout this website highlights the re-building and re-awakening of pilina to place through understanding different attributes of our environment and the people who have previously cared for it.
“ʻAʻohe uʻi hele wale o Kohala'' presents six Land Commission Awards (LCA’s) within the areas of the KHS and KES.
Primary documents used included:
Native and Foreign Testimony
Royal Patents
Native Registries
Survey Boundaries
Land Commission Awards
Each were used to identify and create an inventory of:
Traditional inoa ʻāina
Genealogies of land management
Agricultural/natural resources
Cultural infrastructure
It is my hope that this research will be used as a way to connect haumana of Kohala schools to their wahi, and to equip them to “hele nō me ka lako”.