01-08-24

Kau aku nei kahi Wahine ʻŌiwi i ka hano hāweo.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 8 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Lilo aku nei ka makana Golden Globe no ka wahine hana keaka ʻoi loa ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni iā Lily Gladstone no kāna hana keaka ʻana ma “Killers of the Flower Moon.” I kona wā e kū ana i mua o ke anaina, ʻōlelo mua aʻela ʻo ia ma ka ʻōlelo a kona mau kūpuna, ʻo ka ʻōlelo Blackfeet. A nui kona mahalo i ke kākoʻo mau o kona mau mākua ma kona ala hana keaka. ʻO ka makamua ia o ka lilo ʻana o ia makana i ke Kanaka Maoli. A ʻo ka lua wale nō ia o ka manawa i waiho inoa ʻia ai ka wahine ʻŌiwi no ia makana. ʻO ka mua, ʻo ia ʻo Irene Bedard no kāna hana keaka ʻana ma “Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee.”

Aia nō ka ʻOihana Moku o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ke manaʻo ihola e noi hou i palapala ʻae no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma nā kai o Hawaiʻi nei a me Kaleponi. Ma Hawaiʻi nei, he manaʻo ko ka ʻOihana Moku e hoʻonoho a e mālama i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa pōkā pahū kai. I kēia manawa, e hoʻomākaukau ana ka ʻOihana Moku i ka hana i palapala hōʻike hopena kaiapuni no kona lawelawe ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma nā kai e pili ana iā Hawaiʻi a me Kaleponi. He koina ia palapala no ke noi hou ʻana.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Kūʻonoʻono ka lua o Kuhaimoana.

He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka kūloaʻa.

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