Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 39, Number 8, 1 August 2022 — 'O Lāna'i a Kāne'āpua [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

'O Lāna'i a Kāne'āpua

( KA NA'AUAO O NA KUPUNA V * THE WISDOM OF THE KŪPUNA *

Na Kalani Akana, Ph.ū. Kaulana 'o Lāna'i i ka olelo no'eau, "Lāna'i a Lanikāula." Ua kākau 'ia ma kēia wahi kolamu ma mua ka mo'olelo e pili ana i kā Lanikāula pepehi 'ana i nā lapu a me nā kuakua o kēlā aina. Pehea kā kēia olelo, Lāna'i a Kāne'āpua? E nānā kākou, e ka mea heluhelu, i ka "Ka Moolelo a Kamehameha I" i kākau 'ia e S. M. Kamakau: Ma ka moolelo o keia kanaka o Kaneapua, no Kahiki mai no oia, ua hele pu mai me kona mau kaikuaana a no ka

wai ole, hoouna ia o Kaneapua, e pii i ka ] wai i uka o Miki, aia no ia wahi mauka \ o Lanai, aka, he kuko ua mau kaikuaana ] nei o Kaneapua, i ka aina momona o i Kaneapua, oia ka aina i Kahalapiko ] nolaila, ua haalele ia o Kaneapua i Lanai, a ua moe i ko laila wahine, ua ] lilo i kupuna no kekahi poe (Ka Nupepa \ Kuokoa, 5 Ianuali, 1867, 'ao'ao 1). \ ( Inā pēlā, he kupuna 'o Kāne apua no kekahi mau mamo o Lāna'i a pēlā nō i ka 'ōlelo, "Lāna'i a Kāne'āpua." Ma ka ho'omau 'ana o ua mo'olelo la ua ho'i na'e ] 'o Kāne apua i Kahiki a waiho 'ia nā pua ] āna ma Lāna'i. Ua ho'i 'o ia me Wahanui, i kekahi ali'i no O'ahu wahi a Kamakau. ] Eia kekahi mo'olelo e a'e. Ua kākau 'ia ] ia ma "Ho'omana Kahiko" ( Ka Nupepa \ Kuokoa, 12 Ianuali, 1865, 'ao'ao 1), mai ] Kūkulu o Kahiki mai 'o ia me kona mau kaikua'ana 'o Kāne me Kanaloa. Ua ho'omana 'ia lāua e nā kānaka no ka mea i ua hele ka'apuni lāua iā Hawai'i nei a hiki ] i kahi wai 'ole. 'Ō aku nō 'o Kāne i kona i ko'oko'o, a puka mai la ka wai, a ua kapa ]

'ia ka wai o a Kāne mā lāua o Kanaloa. Kaulana nō ho'i kā lāua hana ma nā mokupuni like 'ole e like me ka mo'olelo o ka hana wai ma Kapunahou ma Mānoa a i 'ole ka 'ana i pōhaku a pua'i ka wai mōmona ma Maui i Waihe'e a i Kahakuma Lāna'i i Waiakāne, ma Moloka'i Punakou, a ma O'ahu i Kawaihoa (ma Maunalua). A mākaukau nō lākou e ho'i i Lau'enaakāne, ko lākou kulaiwi ma Kahiki, ua noho iki ma Lāna'i. E like me kā Kamakau mo'olelo ua ho'ouna 'ia 'o Kāne apua i uka 0 Miki e ki'i i wai no ka inu 'awa 'ana. Akā 'a'ole 'o ia i kākau e pili ana i ke kumu o ka waiho 'ana ma Lāna'i. Wahi a Fornander, ua mimi 'o Kāne apua i ka punawai a ua ū iho ka mimi i wai. 'O kā Kāne me Kanaloa inu 'ana nō ua 'ike lāua he mimi ia a ha'alele huhū No laila ua waiho 'ia 'o Kāne apua i Kaunolū ma Lāna'i. A ua kapa 'ia kekahi lae laila 'o Kāne apua. Aia ma ka lae kekahi pu'u pōhaku nui i kapa 'ia e ko Lāna'i po'e, 'o Kāne apua Rock. Ma luna o kēia pu'u pōhaku a Kāne apua kia'i a kilo ai i wa'a e lawe ho'iho'i iā ia i Kūkulu o Kahiki. A e like me kā Kamakau mo'olelo, i ka holo 'ana a ka wa'a o Kānewa(Wahanui) Hawai'i mai, e 'imi ana i

kona makemake e ke'eke'ehi ma luna o ka houpo o Kāne me Kanaloa, ua kāhea 'o ia i ke ali'i e holo pū. Hoihoi nō ho'i ke kama'īlio 'ana. Kāhea aku la o Kāne'āpua, "He wa'a e holo ana i hea?" Pane mai la o Kānewahanui, "He wa'a e 'imi ana e ke'eke'ehi i ka houpo o Kāne mā lāua o Kanaloa." Pane mai la o Kāne apua, "Kā! 'O ka houpo kā o ke akua, ke'eke'ehi 'ia a'e 'oe e ke kanaka. Pehea la ho'i kou ko ke kanaka, pehea la ho'i 'o wau kekahi." Ma hope o kekahi olelo ho'opa'apa'a, ua 'ae mai o Kānewahanui a ho'i 'o Kāne'āpua i Kahiki. Aia kēlā lae a Kāne apua i kilo ai iā Kānewahanui ā hiki i kēia manawa. Aloha nō e nā mamo o Lāna'i, nā pua a Kāne apua no Lau'enaakāne ma Kūkulu o Kahiki, na ka mo'opuna akua a Honunuikua'ea'ea. E ola nō e Lāna'i a Kāne'āpua. ■ Kalani Akana, Ph.D., is a kumu ofhula, oli and 'ōlelo Hawai'i, and a research analyst at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He has authored numerous articles on Indigenous ways ofknowing and doing.

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