E heluhelu i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane (Read in English). Unuhi ʻia na Kimopō....
No ka mea hana lei ʻo Meleana Estes, he hoʻokupu aloha kēlā me kēia lei no kona tūtū, kona lāhui, a me kona ʻāina.
Ma nā ‘ulu‘ulu palapala a me nā waihona ki‘i, he nui ho‘i...
Ke hoʻokikina mai nei kekahi alakaʻi lāhui Hawaiʻi i nā hoa makeʻe pono—i “nā mea a pau hoʻi e aloha nei iā Hawaiʻi”—e makaʻala mau.
Mai uka a i kai i kuleana ‘ia ai ‘o Hawai‘i e Kelis Kaleopa‘a.
Alakaʻi ʻia a aʻo ʻia nā hui ulana ʻo Hui ʻAla Hīnano lāua ʻo Hui Waianuhea o Ka Pua Hala e Kāʻeo Izon i nui aʻe ai ko nā haumāna ʻike ma ka ulana lau hala, ka ʻike Hawaiʻi, a me ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
He mea pohihihi paha ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻōlelo he “Hawaiian sense of place”, he hopunaʻōlelo e lohe hele ʻia ana mai ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa malihini a ka ʻoihana hakulau. I ka hapa nui naʻe o ka manawa, he hoʻohāmau ʻia ke ō ʻana mai o nā inoa ʻāina kuʻuna. Ua hiki anei ke hoʻohanohano maoli i ka ʻāina me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana i nā inoa ʻāina?