Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 12, 1 December 2007 — "Ka Moʻolelo o Hiviakaikapoliopele" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"Ka Moʻolelo o Hiviakaikapoliopele"

By Educatiūn Hale Mākaukau ka mo'olelo o Hi'iakaikapoliopele no ka lehulehu a no nā kānaka puni i ka mo'okalaleo, ka mō'aukala, a i ka mo'omeheu Hawai'i. 'Akahi a ho'opuka 'ia e ka Hui Pa'i Puke 'o Awaiaulu a ua unuhi 'ia kēia mau 'ao'ao mai ka 'ōlelo kanaka ma nā nūpepa kahiko mai a i ka 'ōlelo Pelekania e Kauka Puakea Nogehneier me kāna pū'ulu hui unuhi a loa'a kēia momi linohau he 'elima haneli mau 'ao'ao ka lō'ihi. He hō'ike ua ho'okō 'ana lā i ka 'i'ini a me ka mana'olana o nā kānaka Hawai'i o ke au i hala e mālama i nā mo'olelo a me nā ka'ao kupuna i ho'oilina no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. E like me kā Kauka Nogehneier i 'ōlelo ai, " 'O Hawai'i wale nō ke aupuni Pāklpika nāna i noho kū'oko'a a 'ane'ane i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 'umikūmāiwa a i hi'ipaka i kānaka puni mo'okalaleo me ka hiki ke heluhelu puke a ke kākau ho'i. No kēlā me kēia hanauna, ua ho'opalapala lākou i ko lākou 'ike ku'una a me ka mō'aukala. Ua hana lākou pēlā me ka no 'ono 'o a

me ka 'ike le'a i ka pō'ino o ke au hulihuli a me ke emi o ka heluna kanaka māoli, a kākau pinepine lākou, "i 'ike lākou, nā hanauna e hiki mai ana." Ho'omaka 'o Hi'iakaikapoliopele me ka hikina 'ana mai o Pele mā i Hawai'i a me ka huaka'i moe'uhane a Pele e 'hni i kahi ipo. Helupapa 'ia nā māhele like 'ole o ka huaka'i a Hi'iaka ma ke ki'i 'ana i ua ipo lā, 'o Lohi'au kona inoa, a ho'ākāka 'ia nā hakakā me nā mo'o a me nā weliweli like 'ole, a me ka hopena pō'ino o ua ipo ala. Ma awaiulu. org kēia huliko'a: "He mo'olelo pili kanaka ia o ke aloha a me ke kuko, ka lili a me ka pono kaulike, a ua piha i nā akua, nā kupua, nā ali'i a me nā maka'ainana." Ua pena kupaianaha 'ia nā ki'i no ia puke e ke kanaka pāheona 'ōpio 'ōiwi, 'o Solomon Enos no Wai'anae mai. 'O ka pahuhopu o ka papahana, wahi a ka luna kuhikuhi 'o Nogelmeier, 'a'ole ka ho'ohanohano o ka mo'okalaleo Hawai'i wale nō, akā, 'o ke 'ailolo 'ana i kānaka e hiki ai ke lilo 'o lākou nā po'e ho 'okumuwaiwai nāna e "Kūkulu i uapo e 'auamo i ka 'ike Hawai'i mai ka wā kahiko a i kēia wā a i nā hanauna o mua a'e nei," i 'ōlelo ai 'o Nogehneier. 'A'ole lākou e pa'i ana i puke wale nō mai nā nūpepa kahiko mai, akā, aia lākou ke ho'ohui nei i ka 'ike

ku'una i loko o ka 'ike o kēia wā i mea e maopopo ai i nā kānaka a puni ka honua ka waiwai o ua 'ike ku'una lā. 'O nā kānaka unuhi i kēia mo'olelo, 'o Hi'iaka, 'o ia 'o Sahoa Fukushhna me Kamaoli Kuwada, a ke hana pū nei 'o Beau Bassett, a me 'Emalani Case i nā papahana hou. Aia me lākou nā kāko'o, 'o Aloha Knaefler, Mālie Goodhue, a me Dee Dee Doi. Ma ka pā'ina ho'olaha o ka Hui Pa'i Puke 'o Awaiaulu ma Awaiaulu, ka home o Nākila lāua 'o Marti Steele kahi i kapa 'ia ai ka inoa o ka hui pa'i puke, ua hō'ike 'ia ka po'omana'o o ka hanana, "Ma o ke kuilima o kekahi i kekahi, kūkulu kākou i uapo ikaika." He wahi kūpono nō ia, no ka mea, na Nākila i hana pū me Puakea e ho 'omaka i ua papahana nei a e kūkulu i ua " 'uapo" i pani no ke kōā ma waena o ka 'ike mō 'aukala a me ka 'ike o ka po 'e o kēia wā. Waiwai a piha nā mo'olelo o Hi'iaka i nā mele a me nā hula. E hiki ana i nā kumu hula a me nā kānaka 'ē a'e ke huli a loa'a ua mau mele a hō'ike i hula no ka lehulehu ma nā wahi like 'ole e like me ka Meli Manaka a me ka Ho'okūkū Hula a Oli 'o Kamehameha. Eia hou kekahi, 'oiai ua pa'akikl ka huli 'ana i ua 'ike ma mua, e ho'oulu ana nō ua mau 'ike i ka haku mele hou 'ana a me ka haku hula hou 'ana I la'ana,

ua hō'ike 'ia kekahi hula hou, 'o Pili o Ke Ao, na Nogelmeier ma ka pā'ina ho'opuka puke. Ho'opuka 'ia 'o Hi'iakaikapoliopele ma 'ekolu 'ano pukana. 'O ka pukana hiehie loa, ua ho'opa'a 'ia me ka 'ilikao lahilahi a ho'okomo 'ia nā puke 'elua i ka pahu li'ulā 'ōma'oma'o. Hana 'ia 'ekolu haneli o ia kūlana, a ua mana'olana 'ia e waiho 'ia ana ua mau puke ma nā hale waihona puke a me nā kula nui hanohano o ke ao nei i mea e hō'ike i ka maiau a me ka maika'i o ka 'ike Hawai'i, ka mo'okalaleo Hawai'i, a me ka ho'oilina manomano o nā Hawai'i i ke ao nei. Aia kekahi kūlana a'e ma ka wahī li'ulā 'ōma'oma'o no ke kumu kū'ai $300. Li'ili'i iho ke kūlana ma'amau no nā hale kū'ai puke, he 'ili pa'a ma ke kumu kū'ai kūpono no ka lehulehu, he $40 no nā puke pākahi. Loa'a ma nā pukana 'ekolu nā ki'i miomio a ua pa'i 'ia lākou a pau ma ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i a me ka Pelekania. 'O kēia puke ho 'okahi o nā mana he 'umi a 'oi o ka mo'olelo no Hi'iaka a he māhele nō ia o ka ho'okahi pākēneka wale nō o nā mea i 'unuhi 'ia no ka lehulehu. Ua ho'opuka 'ia kēia mana 'o Hi'iaka na Ho 'omāhiehie mai ka makahiki 1905 a i ka makahiki 1906 ma ka nūpepa 'o Ka Na'i Aupuni. Mahalo iā Awaiaulu no kēia hana po'okela ma ka ho'opuka pukemo'okalaleo Hawai'i. I

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The Epie īale Of Hi'iakaikapoliopele Text & Translations by Puakea Nogelmeier Illustrations by Solomon Enos Awaiaulu Press www.awaiaulu.org