Something that is weighing on me so heavily this past week from recent events. And this popped up on my memories today! When I became a real estate agent and looking into investing this is something I weigh on heavily because who I am, where we were raised, our roots, our ʻohana, and the respect of other ʻohana comes before money.
This is My Grandpa Nelson Haʻo Hale in Puʻuanahulu. ❤️. E kala mai I donʻt remember the artist who painted this for one of my Uncleʻs. This is where my Mom and her siblings grew up, this is where my cousins and I grew up. I wish our keiki knew this place, but they can’t, why? Because of greedy developers.
Where is it now? Gone. This is the reality of a lot of ʻohana that lost their land and their homes because developers get greedy. Now what do we have? We have kuleana.
Our kuleana now is to take care of the ʻohana, that no longer are with us but still remain on the land. My cousin @debkairay who spent over 30 yrs of her life protecting the manaʻo that was passed down to her by our Grandpa, her Mom and Dad, along with our kupuna, Aunties, and uncles, and have done the work and research and have made sure it was brought to the State, to the Burial Council, etc. Set everything in motion and documented.
Till this day, the developers who are local and foreign, the owners, the people that take on the work to clear the land still don’t even take the time to learn, to educate themselves on what they are desecrating. Part of it is the States fault, but it comes down to this, there is no price that you can put on history, there is no going back once something is desecrated. You have been told, you’ve been educated, now you take on what comes. #puuanahulu #homestead #ourohana #wahipana #desecration #hao #mitchell #alapai #keakealani #hooper