Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 40, Number 1, 1 January 2023 — DR. NOA EMMETT 'AUWAE ALULI [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DR. NOA EMMETT 'AUWAE ALULI

Continued from page 7 transfer to a sovereign Hawaiian Nation. As a delegate to the 'Aha 2016 Hawaiian Constitutional Convention, he helped draft a constitution to re-establish the Native Hawaiian Nation that would govern the island. It still awaits ratification. Since the 1980s, the PKO's successful efforts as kahu'āina (cultural and spiritual steward of the land) have inspired 'Ōiwi across the pae aina to stand up against the ruling powers and demand justice and pono for our aina and people. The struggles to protect Mauna Kea and our freshwater resources at Kapūkakī are only the most prominent recent examples. Guided spiritually by four generations of the Edith Kanaka'ole 'Ohana, Aluli led the PKO's revival of Native Hawaiian cultural and spiritual practices and ceremonies. He was instrumental in re-establishing the annual Makahiki ceremony at Kaho'olawe. Makahiki is now celebrated throughout the islands. Aluli touched the hearts of our people with his generosity, kindness, and aloha. A man of passion and integrity, he inspired generations of Hawaiians to rise up and be heard. "My Noa Emmett lived his life eonscious of the legacy he inherited ffom his Aloha 'Āina kūpuna, Emma and Joseph Nāwahī, who founded Hui Aloha 'Āina to restore Hawai'i's sovereignty, along with his grandfather, Noa Webster Aluli, who helped conceive and carry out the Hawaiian Homes Act in 1921," said McGregor.

"He was driven to heal Kanaloa Kaho'olawe, especially to assure that the lives of George Helm and Kimo Mitchell had not been sacrificed in vain. He tirelessly worked to achieve the vision of healthy kānaka thriving on our ancestral aina under a sovereign Native Hawaiian Nation. He dedicated his life, not just a career, to the heahh and wellbeing of his Moloka'i patients. "Emmett and I truly love our aina, Hawai'i. We love caring for 'ohana lands that we live on - Kaimalino, Ho'olehua, Kaiwi'ula, Kanaloa Kaho'olawe. We enjoy visiting our aina aloha and those who care for them, from Hilo to Kohala, Kealakekua to Ka u, Kīlauea to Mauna A Wakea, Kīpahulu, Ke'anae, Hāmoa and Hāna, and nani Kaua'i." "We eommiī for generations, not just for careers," Aluli has said. "We set things up now so that they'll be carried on. We look ahead together so that many of us share the same vision and dream. To our next generations we say: Go with the spirit. Take the challenge. Learn something. Give back." Aluli lived a life of aloha. He cherished his 'ohana, his wahine Davianna Pōmaika'i McGregor, their daughter, Rosie Alegado, her husband, Raymond Kong, and their mo'opuna Leihiwa and Kuamo'o Kong. He was also the patriarch of his prominent 'ohana and is survived by his sister Kalai Teves, brothers Pia, Hayden and Webster, his beloved nieces and nephews, and his Aluli, Meyer, Hollinger and Cockett cousins. SEE DR. NOA EMMETT 'AUWAE ALULI 0N PAGE 9

Dr. Davianna Pōmaika'i McGregor and Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli nt HūkioūWū, Koho'olūwe, in June 2022. - Photos: Courtesy

Aluli shares mana'o ūt the blessing of Namokopili in Nov. 2009. Namokopili is o troditionol hale built by the PKO at Hakioawa, Koho'olowe.