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Colonization, Education, and Kanaka ‘Ōiwi Survivance

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I ulu ka lālā i ke kumu. A branch grows from and because of the tree trunk (Pukui 1983, p. 137). This ʻōlelo noʻeau (Hawaiian proverb) uses the word kumu to employ multiple meanings, such as teacher, source, and tree trunk. We use the analogy of a kumu to frame our discussion of education, particularly schooling, and the cultural and political functions it has played over the last few centuries in Hawaiʻi. We intentionally open with the manaʻo (wisdom) of our ancestors as a methodological assertion of our perspectives as Kanaka ʻŌiwi (Kahakalau Forthcoming). In particular, we highlight the endemic koa tree (acacia koa) as symbolic of our bravery, fierce survivance, and futurity. The koa has deep taproots to the beginning of Kānaka Maoli existence in our homeland. Like the koa, Kānaka ʻŌiwi are indigenous and genealogically connected to Ka Pae ‘Āina ‘o Hawai‘i (the Hawaiian archipelago).

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  1. Te Kotahi Research Institute, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu

  2. Department of Political Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua

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  1. University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Elizabeth Ann McKinley

  2. Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

    Linda Tuhiwai Smith

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  1. Te Kotahi Research Institute, The University of Waikato,, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Leonie Pihama

  2. Te Kotahi Research Institute, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Jenny Lee

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Wilson-Hokowhitu, N., Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, N. (2018). Colonization, Education, and Kanaka ‘Ōiwi Survivance. In: McKinley, E., Smith, L. (eds) Handbook of Indigenous Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1839-8_57-1

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