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is on page 125 of 368
“How Native Hawaiian could I really be if I didn’t grow up there? Was I really Native Hawaiian if I didn’t speak pidgin and got my Hawaiian words mixed up? Should this land belong to someone more Hawaiian than I was—than we were? Did our mainland upbringing disqualify us from truly being part of the tribe?”
Maybe I should not be reading this in public because I’m about to burst into tears.
— Jan 10, 2026 12:22PM
Maybe I should not be reading this in public because I’m about to burst into tears.
grace n.
is on page 105 of 368
i want to mark this moment for myself.
“…him strumming and me singing a famous song by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole:
Henehene kou aka.
Kou le ʻale ʻa paha…
He mea maʻa mau ia,
for you and I.”
I feel it. The feeling that I’m not that far from ʻāina, because I could hear this mele in my head. I knew the melody. I am still hapa, as hard as it is to believe that about myself. Whew.
— Jan 07, 2026 01:54PM
“…him strumming and me singing a famous song by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole:
Henehene kou aka.
Kou le ʻale ʻa paha…
He mea maʻa mau ia,
for you and I.”
I feel it. The feeling that I’m not that far from ʻāina, because I could hear this mele in my head. I knew the melody. I am still hapa, as hard as it is to believe that about myself. Whew.
