Status Updates From HAWAII'S NIGHT MARCHERS: A ...

Watching the phases of the moon to know when to plant, build structures, and fish is a scientific observation worth noting in ancient Hawaiian culture.

I’m fascinated by the mythological/historical references to Hawaii of the past that reference the proper noun names of places people involved. I think I will need to compile all the references in a notebook and check them against a more holistic account of Hawaiian history.

Ancient Hawaiian history is fascinating. It’s interesting the similarities in cultures that can be drawn; especially thinking about the Inca empire and early medieval England. The fact that these monarchical histories are so similar points in favor of the stance that western contact, although carrying technological advances, was not genetically superior to Hawaiians. Their brains came up with the same government.

Regarding the family of Kamanawa on Océane Pointe in 2005: “I explained that the night marchers were here long before us, and instead of attempting to cleanse or bless the home to be rid of them, it would be easier to come to an understanding and adjust.”

—An interesting, noninvasive way of interacting with the world as something arriving to a preexisting ecosystem.

“Someone asked me once, “what is the most haunted island in Hawai’i?” I had to say, hands down, it must be O’ahu, and I still agree with this statement today

I’ve been really happy to learn more Hawaiian vocab. Thinking about the Huaki’i Pō folk story’s existence in regards to Coya Paz’ 2021 Ted Lecture titled “What Ghost Stories Tell Us” has captivated me. Maybe I’m reading this from an over simplified perspective, but it seems like the beginning of this oral tradition which centers a paranormal return of Hawaiian monarchy, and West’s contact… related.

To be completely honest, this is my gentle ramp into studying Hawai’i from the perspective that it is a land that has been unjustly colonized and occupied by the United States. Even though marching ghost warriors cannot be a holistic look into ‘who Hawaiians are’ according to Hawaiians, it’s a start, and I for one am thrilled to already see moments where Kapanui is calling out US-originating misinformation.