Laʻana!

A ‘o ke kumu i koho ‘ia ai ua ‘ōlelo lā I po‘o mana‘o, ‘o ia ka hana i ‘ike ‘ia iho nei ma ka pā ilina ‘o Kawaiaha‘o i ke kakahiaka o ka Pō‘akolu nei i hala.

A eia ka mea ‘āpiki, ke kū‘ai ‘ia nei no nā kumu kū‘ai i ‘oi a‘e ma luna o nā huina kālā a ka ‘ona hale i mana‘o ai he makepono.

A no laila i ka wā i mō ai nā kī o Halepāniho kekahi o nā kumu ho‘opāpā a Kalaniali‘iloa, ‘a‘ole i kaumaha ka na‘au o nā maka‘āinana.

A ua māhuahua a‘e nā pilikia ma ia hope mai, a ‘o ke kumu ho‘okahi, ‘o ia nō ‘o ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘Ia.

He aha lā kāna e hana ai? ‘O ia mau hana mahaʻoi nō paha ke kumu e hele ‘ole nei nā Hawaiʻi i ke kauka.

Akā, ‘a‘ole au mākaukau ma ka haku kanikau; no laila, ua nonoi au iā Kalani Akana, he kumu hula, i ke kōkua mai ia‘u ma ka haku ‘ana i kanikau.

A ma muli o ke kāko‘o ‘ana mai o Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, ua pa‘a ihola kahi kenikeni e hele ai kekahi mau kumu a me kekahi mau haumāna i Kohemālamalama.

He wahine ikaika ‘o ia a he kumu ho‘ohālike nui no‘u.

Pehea lā ko kākou mālama ‘ana i kā kākou? He nui ka poʻe e ‘imi nei i hana a ‘o kekahi nō o ia poʻe, e lilo nō i kumu maikaʻi no nā keiki.

Eia au ke ho‘omaopopo nei iā kākou i ko‘u kumu e kapa ‘ole nei i kēia lā ‘o ia ka Lā Makahiki Hou, ‘o ia ho‘i, ‘o kēia ka Lā Makahiki Hou a ka po‘e o ‘Amelika.

He kumu ko kākou e ho‘omaika‘i ai i ia mau hana? No‘u iho, e akahele kākou.

A no ia kumu paha i haku ‘ia ai kahi pila hou ma ka ‘Aha Kūkā o Honolulu nei no ka mālama ‘ana i ka holoholona.

E ho‘okuleana ke kumu iā ha‘i nāna ho‘i e pani i ka hakahaka, a nāna nō e ho‘omau a ho‘oholomua i ka ho‘ona‘auao ‘ana i nā haumāna.

He mea ho‘oha‘oha‘o ke kumu e ho‘opuka ‘ia nei.

Aia i uka o He‘eia lā, i ke kumu pali e moe mālie ana, ua hiki mai kahi malihini laukōnā me ka uhi pa‘a mai i ka hau o ku‘u ‘āina.