“Where Are Your Sacred Temples?” Notes on the Struggle for Mauna a Wākea

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. Wahi Pana / Storied Places
6. Only Twenty Ahupuaʻa Away 16
7. Hā-mākua 26
8. He Mo‘olelo no Pa‘auilo: Restor(y)ing ‘Āina in a Quiet, Old Plantation Town in Hāmākua 28
9. Ponoiwi 37
10. Wehe aʻela ka ʻĪao ma Haleakalā 45
11. (Locals Will) Remove All Valuables from Your Vehicle: The Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens and the Damming of the Waters 50
12. Finding Direction: Google Mapping the Sacred, Mo‘olelo Mapping Wahi Pana in Five Poems 58
13. Princess Kaʻiulani Haunts Empire in Waikīkī 67
14. Sources of Sustainment: Fort Kamehameha and ‘Āhua Point 77
15. Fantasy Island: From Pineapple Plantation to Tourist Plantation on Lānaʻi 86
16. Anini 94
17. Kahale‘ala, Halele‘a: Fragrant, Joyful Home, a Visit to Anini, Kaua‘i 96
18. Nā Pana Kaulana o Keaukaha: The Storied Places of Keaukaha 107
19. PART II. Hana Lima / Decolonial Projects and Representations
20. Ke Kilohana 120
21. Aloha Is Deoccupied Love 125
22. Sovereign Spaces: Creating Decolonial Zones through Hula and Mele 132
23. Settler Colonial Postcards 147
24. An Island Negotiating a Pathway for Responsible Tourism 153
25. Ka Hale Hō‘ike‘ike a Pihopa: A Bishop Museum Love Story 164
26. Reclaiming the ʻIli of Haukulu and ʻAihulama 173
27. Keauhou Resort: Rethinking Highest and Best Use 182
28. ‘A‘ole Is Our Refusal 193
29. “Where Are Your Sacred Temples?” Notes on the Struggle for Mauna a Wākea 200
30. Kūkulu Hale in Hāna, East Maui: Reviving Traditional Hawaiian House and Heaiu Building 211
31. Pū‘olo Pa‘akai: A Bundle of Salt from Pūʻolo, Hanapēpē, Kauaʻi 220
32. “Welcome to the Future”: Restoring Keawanui Fishpond 230
33. PART III. Huaka‘i/Tours for Transformation
34. The Hawaiʻi DeTour Project: Demilitarizing Sites and Sights on Oʻahu 246
35. Kanaloa Kahoʻolawe: He Wahi Akua/ A Sacred Place 261
36. Fences and Fishing Nets: Conflicting Visions of Stewardship for Ka‘ena and Mākua 271
37. Beneath the Touristic Sheen of Waikīkī 283
38. Sakada 293
39. A Downtown Honolulu and Capitol District Decolonial Tour 300
40. Unearthing ‘Auwai and Urban Histories in Kakaʻako 315
41. Displaced Kaka‘ako 326
42. What’s under the Pavement in My Neighborhood, Pūowaina 328
43. Mapping Wonder in Lualualei on the Huakaʻi Kākoʻo no Waiʻanae Environmental Justice Bus Tour 340
44. PART IV. Hawai‘i beyond the Big Eight / New Mappings
45. Where Is Hawaiʻi? Hawaiian Diaspora and Kuleana 352
46. We Never Voyage Alone 362
47. Law of the Canoe: Reckoning Colonialism and Criminal Justice in the Pacific 373
48. Reconnecting with Ancestral Islands: A Guide to Papahānaumokuākea (the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) 380
49. Conclusion: ‘A‘ole I Pau (Not Yet Finished) 391
50. Glossary of Terms 393
51. Select References 405
52. Contributors 409
53. Index 417