For a weekend I was challenged to have a locally sourced meal. I can honestly say that this was a difficult task. We are so used to getting fast food or going to the stores for our food, so it made it that much harder for me to truly find something locally sourced. I started to think about my resources that I have and I was able to come up with the perfect meal. I called my uncle up and asked him if he dove this weekend, and gladly he caught a good size Uhu. He brought it to my house and my mom steamed it using some Hawaiian sea salt. We had also cut down some avocados and mango's from my back yard, and added more Hawaiian salt. There was my meal, and it was hard work putting that all together, and this is a great way to experience what our ancestors went through just to get a meal.
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The Waimanalo Research Station was a great place to go to learn about the different types of plants, and how to properly take care of them. It was also a great experience because they showed me how hard they have to work. These workers showed me what it's like to live off of the end instead of buying everything from the store, and this is a good thing to learn because this is how our ancestors used to live.
In the beginning of the year I had no idea how our Hawaiian ancestors used to use their natural resources to survive. As we progressed through the quarter we worked on our aquaponics. Although we worked on a modernized system, I still got the idea on what our ancestors used to do to survive. Our ancestors were very hard workers, and and it is sad to say that we canʻt compare to them. It would be amazing for us to take practice to our Hawaiian values and share our knowledge with the following generations.
Being Hawaiian is in your blood. You don't have to prove you are Hawaiian. Yes, many Hawaiians fish, take care of loʻi, and practice all the Hawaiian ways, and refer to themselves as Hawaiians. Doing all these actions doesn't mean your Hawaiian, it just means you have good life goals, and you know how to survive. Although these are Hawaiian values it doesn't mean you are Hawaiian. To be Hawaiian, you must have Hawaiian blood. Don't get me wrong, taking these actions are amazing, and show great Hawaiian values, but that doesn't cut it.
Many people think that this is an important trip to go to because it is for school, but that is the wrong answer. This trip is to help us get a better understanding of how our ancestors used to live, and it is also giving us the opportunity to prolong our culture and to help keep it alive. This trip is also good for life-skills, to teach us to work hard and take pride in what we do. Many people donʻt think this is an important thing to do, but this should be important to all native Hawaiians. I think this will be a good experience for all of us.
A Hawaiian scientist is someone that spend their time studying native Hawaiian plants and animals. Hawaiian plants and animals if very important because they were a huge part of our culture. Another type of Hawaiian scientist is a navigator, because they study the stars, the weather, the animals, the sun, the moon, and many more things. that is important because it was how and still is how the native Hawaiians used to travel.
Hurricane Lane was a big scare. Many people spent hundreds of dollars on supplies to survive in case something happens. Lane was the wettest tropical cyclone on record for Hawaii. I live in Kailua O‘ahu, and although these things are being recorded as such powerful storms, Kailua barely got one drop of rain. Gas stations we running out of gas, stores were running out of water, and for what? Lane was supposed to be at least a category 3 and we prepared for that. people boarded up their houses and worked so hard to protect their families and their homes from a couple drops of rain. Although the storm didnʻt turn out to be that bad, it is also good that we prepare for the worst, but it would also be helpful for the news anchors to be more accurate.
One of the most important things I was taught is what kind of outlook to have on this world. And that’s where Mālama Hōnua comes in. Malama Hōnua means to take care of the earth. This is very important because I was once told that if we take care of the earth, the earth will take care of us. As a student taking Mālama Honua, I feel like it will make my understanding of not just the earth, but our Hawaiian culture much better. The term Aloha ‘āina is similar to the meaning of Mālama Honua. To me, Aloha ‘āina means to take care of the land. ‘āina doesnʻt just mean land, it also means home, where you come from. Although i donʻt realize it all the time, my home is not just the place i live, it is also my culture, and geneology, because thats is where i truly come from.
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