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Hanauna Ola: Sustaining the Generations through Voyaging      Ke Ola Magazine  Jan. / Feb. 2018

2/6/2018

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PictureWa'a crew member Keomailani Case takes a sun sight.
For centuries the spirit of the voyaging canoe lay dormant only to be reawakened with a question: Is it possible to sail a voyaging canoe to Tahiti using non-instrument navigation? Now, many years later on Hawaiʽi Island Pwo navigator Chadd Paishon asked a different question: Can this island provision one canoe for one voyage?
  “Some years ago before we started the worldwide voyage, on island already we've got our school garden. I was trying to figure out for myself, what do I say to the garden folks about the canoe? If our kūpuna were able to come here aboard their canoes and able to sustain themselves, then is it possible for us to provision one canoe for one voyage?” said Chadd
  Land and waʽa crew are striving to answer that question with a resounding “Yes!” through a three year Administration for Native Americans (ANA) grant awarded to Na Kalai Waʽa for the Hanauna Ola program, which will culminate in a sail to Papahānaumokuākea in 2019.
  Began in 2016 and now in its second year, the ʽOhana Makaliʽi is digging deep into traditions to prepare for a 2019 sail that will be fully provisioned from the soil and hands of the island and in the process re-establish the cultural practices that make up a healthy voyaging based life.
  “At Na Kalai Waʽa, what we try to do is to re-discover what that core is and try to live that legacy. And that legacy is to involve everybody. Not only human beings but animals too. The health of the ocean. It's not separate. It's pretty much everything,” said Shorty Bertelmann, Pwo Navigator and Hanauna Ola sail director.
  Along with 30 waʽa crew, the program is made up of a group of ten school gardens plus Hōʽea Moku, the Na Kalai Waʽa canoe garden in Kohala, who will endeavor to provision Makaliʽi for a one month voyage.​

PictureMakali'i ready to depart Kawaihae for a training cruise to Hana.
Waʽa Crew 
  In its first year the 30 participating waʽa crew engaged in an array of trainings that will equip them with the complex skill set they will need to be successful crew members, but primary for a voyage is to know one’s place. “It's not just a matter of going. Before you leave you have to know everything about your island, the birds, the reef. Our journey is to learn our island. When we arrive, we’re Big Islanders who came,” said Shorty.
  The crew explored wahi pana such as Kumukahi, the eastern most point of the island and a traditional embarkation point; Koʽa Heiau Holomoana, Mahukona’s navigational heiau; and Kalaemano Cultural Center at Kaupulehu  where the star compass Kukuku o Kalani, recently moved now resides.
  At a year two orientation gathering last October, crew gathered around Kukulu o Kalani. The star compass, brought to Hawaiʽi by master voyager Mau Piailug, is an essential navigational tool. “It’s the origin; the place to begin. It’s that beginning point that allows you to understand the rising and setting. That whole continuum that's going on right now. Where the sun goes down and where it’s going to come up tomorrow, where that star is going to come from. Where the wind is coming from. Feel that wind on your face and notice that subtle change and when it starts to shift,” explained Chadd.
  This is where navigational knowledge begins, but it continues on the water with crew observing and reading the story displayed in the sky and then to set and hold a course using natural elements as a guide.
  It’s fall equinox and Makaliʽi awaits her crew just inside the sea wall at Kawaihae Harbor. On this day they will be sailing north and if they find the wind and the conditions are right, will sail across the channel to Hana and back. But before leaving the dock for a sail the crew gathers and clasps hands for a blessing and to set intentions.
  Shorty questions the crew about what they notice about conditions: What is the meaning of the position of the sun? What do those clouds mean? How has the sky changed from sunrise? From last night?
  The crew will also learn about and experience all the roles on the canoe. Everyone will learn to lead and to navigate, but at the core of it all is spirit. The canoe fosters an intangible spiritual connection that goes far beyond skills and schedules. “We can do everything we need to do to voyage. Be on track and all the training and everything, but for voyaging we need to connect to the universe and that's multi-dimensional.  That's like all the training plus another dimension,” said Shorty.

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Pwo Navigator Chadd Paishon explains the star compass to canoe crew.
PictureCanoe crew orientation at Kalaemano.
Hanai Waʽa
  Hanai means to foster, sustain, connect and it’s that spirit that infuses every aspect of Hanauna Ola. “The spiritual journey is a part of us and it's never separated. When we start to talk about ceremony, protocol, it's the same with everything we do. When we're putting our plants in the ground it’s the intention you plant with, the spirit you plant with,” said Chadd.

  At the heart of hanai waʽa voices are raised in chant, a conduit to the deep spirit that connects everything and is the manner in which voices are sent out on the wind when a canoe leaves the shores.  
  “Chanting is huge, an integral part of everything that we do. A chant might ask permission for a canoe to begin its journey, announce the arrival of a canoe to the welcoming land base, or recite the genealogy of its creation. To chant with all your heart with a complete understanding of the intention and purpose is an essential part of the kuleana of the chanter when it comes to the canoe,” explained Kumu Pua Case.  


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Keala Kahuanui works with land crew at Kalaemano.
Land Crew 
  Traditionally the skills and contributions of the entire island went into making a successful voyage. Just as the canoe crew has many dimensions to their training, the land crew, coordinated by Keala Kahuanui and Chadd, will be engaging in growing, preserving and preparing food to sustain the canoe crew on their journey, as well as creating cordage.
  Representatives from the four participating districts of Hilo, Hāmakua, Kohala and Kona meet on a regular basis to learn about and prepare foods and cordage.
  Supplying healthy, balanced food for the crew without benefit of refrigeration is the challenge being taken on by the school gardens and the first quarter of the year focused on trainings in food processing and preservation such as dehydration, pickling and canning.
  In November land crew members met in Laupahoehoe to study preservation techniques and process foods. “We made sauerkraut the first day. We made lilikoi, strawberry and mango jam.  We do four hours of reading [safe food preparation] and then we go and do the hands-on work. Next week we're doing fish, chicken and sausage making and it's all going to be preserved,” said Heather Sarsona, Kanu o ka ʽĀina garden coordinator.


PictureHanauna Ola land crew prepares sauerkraut at Laupahoehoe kitchen.
  The process of preparing for the voyage will encourage sustainability in our island community. “The preservation class. The most beautiful thing for me is that it's teaching us to not waste. To stock our own pantries at home. So that whenever we're going on a voyage everyone can contribute from their pantry and wasn't that how it was in the old days?” said Heather. 
  The other focus area for the land crew is cordage, which literally and metaphorically connects everything together. It lashes the canoe together and binds the crew to the canoe, the community and the island and is a key part of canoe protocols. The first step is to learn about hau, hala, niu and laʽi, some of the main cordage plants and prepare them for braiding.
  “All the different districts are looking at the resources within their community. If we understand that those resources are still here and take care of it and know how to use it. It's beautiful. That's what Hanau Ola is. To insure that those exact things, those experiences continue. That they don't stop,” said Chadd.  

PictureCaptain and Pwo Navigator, Shorty Bertelmann orients the crew.
But even beyond the voyage, the hope is that the roots of Hanauna Ola will establish themselves as a foundation for a sustainable, healthy life. “If we can provision Makaliʽi, 14 crew members, three meals a day, for a month then we can feed our families. If we can do that for the canoe, it's possible we can do it for our community. Whatever we do on the canoe is really a reflection back on what we can do on our moku,” said Chadd.
  The ʽOhana Waʽa has sailed many journeys and the Hanauna Ola program is the wind beneath the sails that will extend those journeys throughout the generations.
 “What I’ve learned from the canoe is that it's a community based entity. There's intention behind it. There's spirit behind it. There's family behind it. Every bit from mauka to makai is wrapped up between those two hulls. It's through Hanauna Ola, that we will sustain the generations through voyaging,” concluded Chadd. 


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Makali'i: Voyaging into the Future                                                 North Hawaii News  2/3/17

2/6/2017

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Canoe Kupuna Patti Soloman and crew member Lehua Ah Sam on deck at a volunteer day. Photo: Landry Fuller
    Makalii, the Hawaii Island voyaging canoe originally launched in 1995, will soon be under sail after a major dry docking that began in October 2013.    Last fall, Ohana Makalii — also known as Na Kalai Waa — received an Administration for Native Americans grant. In November they started the Hanauna Ola (Sustaining the Generations through Voyaging) program, and last Saturday crew training began. The funds will also support provisioning efforts at island school gardens. The culmination of the three-year program will be a voyage to two of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Nihoa and Mokumanamana (Necker). Team members will begin training in the water by this summer.
    The program allows Pwo Navigator Shorty Bertelmann, who sailed with Papa Mau on the first Hokulea voyage, to transmit his knowledge to the existing crew members and help them advance and get to leadership levels,” said Keala Kahuanui, program coordinator.

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Pwo Navigator Shorty Bertelmann (left) watches as Na Kalai Waa employee and apprentice Lei’ohu Santos-Colburn explains to crew member Kala Mossman how to apply varnish to the canoe’s palekai. Photo: Landry Fuller
PictureChadd Paishon and Pomai Bertelmann
    The second pwo navigator, Chadd Paishon, is working with the land crews made up of participating school staff who will support every aspect of the voyage. “Chadd’s kuleana is to activate our community. Our Ohana Makalii feels deeply about our communities being intricately involved in our efforts, whether voyages or activities on land,” Kahuanui said, who is assisting Paishon.
    The land crew will learn about three different practices. The first is Ai Pono (eat healthy). “A few years ago at the Ku Aina Pa (garden educators program), Chadd noted that our ancestors were able to traverse this ocean and asked, ‘Can we provision one canoe on one voyage?’” Kahuanui said.
    This question set Malaai Garden’s Director Amanda Rieux and Waimea Middle School students on a quest to feed the canoe crew by creating healthy, storable foods produced from the garden. To prepare for the voyage to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, the land crews will need to provision the canoe for a 30-day voyage with a 14 voyaging crew.
    “This is a huge effort to have the time and resources to intentionally provision our canoes better,” Kahuanui said. “If we provision the canoe for 30 days that’ll be a good test, good data collection. From Hawaii we can go any direction and reach land in 30 days.” But the hope is the voyage will continue on land after the canoe has returned.
​    “We are working together in the name of a voyage, but also in the name of the continuous voyage of being a little island in the middle of the ocean. We are creating the processes and protocols on how to preserve foods so that when we have an influx of weather and we have these emergency kits, perhaps we’re not running to the store. There’s a lot of work to do,” she said.


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Makalii crew members and volunteers continue workdays during a major dry docking of the canoe that began in October 2013. Photo Landry Fuller
PictureKeala Kahuanui
    The Hanai Waa practice entails “learning about our ceremonies, protocols, oli and mele … creating new ones for this voyage but also maintaining the foundations,” Kahuanui explained. Embarking on an ocean voyage is to acknowledge and experience a higher power, which is where Hanai Waa (embrace, care for) comes into play.
    “Sometimes we get caught up in the physical side, training, planting, and we forget there’s another side: the spirit. It’s making sure that everyone understands that as much as it’s a physical journey, the spiritual journey is also a part of us and for us. It’s one and the same. It’s never separated,” Paishon said. “When we start to talk about ceremony and protocol, it’s the same with everything we do. When we’re putting our plants in the ground it’s the intention you plant with, the spirit you plant with. That’s really what hanai is — that connection.”
    The third practice is Pilina Kaula, meaning closely connected strands. Cordage was crucial to the voyaging canoe and was a prized gift. Olona, which is being grown at Ho’ea (the canoe garden in Kohala), provided durable strength far superior to any available European cordage, and literally held the voyaging canoes together.
    “They’ll learn to propagate the plants and make cordage from them that will be used in our ceremonies upon arrival and departure. Pilina Kaula is the physical side of Hanai Waa, creating connections. Pilina, (closeness) to the cordage, to the moku (island), our waa and the islands that we’re going to,” Kahuanui said.
     As part of the grant, students from 11 partner schools on Hawaii Island will be trained in the near future after their teachers complete training that started recently. In North Hawaii, participants will come from Kanu o Ka Aina, Alo Kehau o ka Aina Mauna, Punana Leo o Waimea, Kohala Elementary and Middle School and Laupahoehoe Public Charter School.
    “Our schools are really excited. The movement of the waa creates that excitement and the desire to participate. For those who are not voyagers, this allows them to engage and provide their resources and expertise. Everybody has a piece of the puzzle,” she said.
​    The land crew will have the chance to experience “Makalii magic” and get to experience authentic learning. “Makalii is very good at creating relationships and this will set that precedence. The schools are encouraged to come to the canoe and build a relationship. The hull space is where their food will get stored. To see that, they will realize that what they’re doing is affecting more than them and their classmates. It’s helping to perpetuate and sustain our traditions,” Kahuanui said.
    While there is a foundation of knowledge and experience to draw from, for the canoe to continue to voyage it requires everyone to find and share their strengths and work together. “The beauty of the training is that we’re not supposed to have all of these already set. It’s a process and we’re going to learn from each other. We’re going to build upon our strengths and that’s the beauty of voyaging. You’re going to depend on each other’s strengths and challenges to reach our destination,” she said.
​    Hanauna Ola is the next phase in a long journey to recapture the practices that made it possible for the ancestors to thrive. “We are so fortunate to live in this day and time. All the other layers have been built up and now we have this layer we can work on and start to lay out the foundation for the next generation of voyagers as a template of what we have done. What Chadd and Shorty are doing is sharing their knowledge with the next generations of canoe crew and laying down a path for future generations to follow,” Kahuanui concluded.

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Makahiki 2016: New life for the land, the people / Special to North Hawaii News / January 2016

8/11/2016

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PictureMakahiki runners greeting the sun. (Photo: Sarah Anderson)
      As the sun sank into the sea on Nov. 18, the constellation of Makaliʽi (Pleiades) rose in the east and with the new moon on Dec. 11, the ancient season and celebrations of Makahiki began – a time for rejuvenation and connection. Two island community events are helping reach back to traditional Makahiki practices, bringing them to life as contemporary guides to wholesome living.
      For the last 15 years Makahiki has been celebrated by students and staff at Kanu o ka ʽĀina School, growing into a community celebration at Anuenue Playground in Waimea 10 years ago. And for the last two years, a circle island relay run organized by Lanakila Mangauil has brought new life to the traditional procession practiced in the past.
      All travel kapu, or restrictions, are lifted during Makahiki, meaning folks could travel to other districts and villages to socialize and participate in competitive games, an essential part of the celebration. “Everyone dressed in their best. It was like the time when the birds start to show off, you flaunt your feathers. It was a time of expo and everybody was showing off their best. Farmers, fisherman, craftsmen, hula, chants … all of that. You bring the best of the best,” says Mangauil. 

PictureAuhea Puhi, Malia Nae’ole-Takasato, Keala Kahuanui, Nicole Anakalea and Pomai Bertelmann. (Photo, Nancy Erger)
     Cultural practitioner and educator Keala Kahuamui has been an integral part of the Makahiki Moku o Keawe celebration that takes place this Saturday, Jan. 16 beginning at 7 a.m. Leading up to the event, students practice and hone their gaming skills.
     “Different teachers and organizations ask me to come and teach about Makahiki. When you explain that these are games that our kings and queens have played for hundreds of years, that they are more than just rolling a stone or throwing a spear and how these games teach you lessons like focus and intention, they start to take you really seriously,” says Kahuamui.

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     The games, which begin after the close of the ceremony, are a way for students to test their strength and skills. “[It’s] a safe space where they can experiment and try different things, continually surrounded with our Hawaiian values of aloha, kokua, mahalo and malama,” says Kahuanui. “It's almost a level playing field for non-athletic kids. There's something for everybody,” she adds.

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Over the years, the Makahiki Moku o Keawe has grown in participants and created a legacy. “There’s more participation and those who were learning in elementary are running it now. They graduated, they believe in it. It's part of their tradition, their culture. Parents are wanting to participate too,” says Kahuanui. “The parents and grandparents and the uncles and aunties are cheering on the little ones. And then it flips in the afternoon and the little ones are cheering on the uncles and aunties. We even had a grandmother play last year in the decathlon,” she adds.

PictureLanakila Mangauil with Lono image.
    Makahiki was a time of tribute, when the island chief and his entourage traveled around the island to collect the offerings left at the ahu, stone altars, which marked the boundary of the ahupuaa (land division). 
    “The chiefs would come around and collect their taxes. But really that was an observation. When the chiefs did a circuit of the island, what they were really doing was looking at the productivity of each district. The chiefs would select what they wanted and in a gesture they would give everything back to the people,” says Mangauil. 
    Inspired by the prayer runs of Native American Indian tribes, Mangauil decided to bring the Makahiki procession alive with a run around Hawaii Island, focusing on the health of the land and the people. “It's about best practices. What did they do back then and how can we apply these things today?” says Mangauil.

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     A ki (statue) was carved with the image of a new Lono (Hawaiian god): Lono Ke Kukini Pule (Lono of the Prayer Run). The four-day run began in Honokaa in the pre-dawn where participants chanted the sun up before beginning the first leg, which took them to the King Kamehameha statue in Hilo. There they were met by the Royal Order of Kamehameha. A total of 76 miles, day one ended at Namakani Paio campground.

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    From day two, which started on the rim of Kilauea crater, the runners touched down in the communities of Naalehu and Miloli'i, making stops on succeeding days at Puuhonua o Honaunau, Hulihee Palace, Puukohola Heiau and King Kamehameha statue in Kapaau.

Canoes from Miloli'i and Keoua carried the Lono from Miloli'i to Kealakekua Bay. (right)

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“From there we went all the way up and came down Kohala Mountain Road. By the time we got to the bottom by Hawaii Preparatory Academy, there were students there and they picked up the statue,” says Mangauil.
The Lono traveled into Hawaiian Homes escorted by many school groups and out to the highway on Mana Rd, stopping for lunch at Hale Kuhio, compliments of Aha Punanaleo Preschool.  “All the parents and the kids were lined up and the first person to come out of Hawaiian Homes passed the Lono to the first little guy and he ran it all through the parking lot. They handed it off and the parents kept it going,” says Mangauil.


Out of town and down Mahiki (Mud Lane) they traveled to Waipio Valley Lookout, back through Kukuihaele Village and on to Honoka'a. “That last stretch there were probably 200 people. We just ran right through Honokaa town right back through the Lono banner up at the park.  It was raw, it was real. It inspired the community,” says Mangauil.
Although we can never return to the time of the ancients, they have provided us with all the knowledge and wisdom necessary for the land and the people to thrive. Weaving traditional practices into contemporary life, creates a guide to healthy wholesome living that sustains the natural world we depend on for our survival. 
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