HWST 107 Chapter 2: Kumulipo
11 Sep 2017
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Hawaiians have pondered the beginnings of the world. We are from the akua (gods) and from the divine aina of hawai"i. Political knowledge has prevented us from knowledge of ancestors. 1893 illegal invasion of hawai"i by american military. 1895 american recognition of missionary descendant provisional government. 1896 banning of hawaiian language in all schools and gov"t offices. 1898 fraudulent annexation of hawai"i to america. Hawaiians sailed to other parts of the pacific in double hulled canoes. Intermarried w/ great ali"i of southern lands. Named after lonoikamakahiki after the akua of fertility of agriculture, and peace. Great poem of the cosmos and an . World unfolds in genealogical procession from the female night, who gives birth. Ancestors appear when the earth was hot and when the heavens unfolded . Ukuko"ako"a (coral polyp) gave birth to ako"ako"a (coral head) Weli (sea urchin) gave birth to weliweli (small sea urchin)
