Yeah, well . . . ,” I say, trying to sound like my heart’s notcrushed, like I’m not about to puke my guts out seeing Kai lying inthe dirt with a hole in his heart,
It's very interesting to see the bond developed between Kai and Maggie throughout the process of this story. I believe they were able to grow closer due to the life they were living.
And everywhere he points it, destruction.“Punctual!” Coyote snaps his pocket watch shut. “Now the funbegins.”
With this line Coyote really demonstrates his power over Maggie. While she is in despair Coyote is calm relaxed. He already knows what was about to happen.
Waist-length ebony hairswings freely down his back. Eyes dark as the hour before dawn.His face chiseled by a master. Sharp cheekbones, an aquiline nose,and heavy brows. He’s without his flint armor today, his bare chestbanded with thick muscle and a stylized lightning tattoo over hisheart. His broad legs are clad in soft leather,
One thing I really like about the authors work is how descriptive she is. She really goes into detail and paints a vivid picture for the reader.
I’m not giving up my weapons,” I complain to Clive as we nearthe checkpoint.“Looks like you’re going to have to,” he says.
I can almost hear Maggie thinking of ways in her head to sneak something in. knowing her that is very likely. Im interested to see where this goes.
Tried to shoot those things, and you sawhow well that worked. We were figuring that without you, we’dboth be dead about now.”
With this line you can since the friendship and growing bond between Maggie and Kai. Which is very different from where the started in the beginning of the book. Where they both didn't trust each other.
relief
I like the descriptive words the author uses in this line. When reading it you can almost feel the since of relief.
sand to mark a course for surfing.
This part was very interesting to me. Was this type of thing common throughout ancient Hawaii. This seems like one of the first surf contests.
Thenthe boy lost his fear through the mana of the divine ancestor.
I believe this is very true and something many people experience when in the aina themselves. You start to feel unwelcome in a certain place and then you feel the since of relief. Like someone is welcoming you into their home.
“Alas! He is dead; only we two are left,”
At this point in the story I am confused. I was under the impression that his father left but was still alive. Waiting for his sons return.
I heard it was a lightning strike,” says another woman, lookingback over her shoulder to join the conversation.I jerk my head up. Lightning strike. Neizghání.“Right here in the middle of town!” sh
This is fairly common when something of this magnitude happens in your town or neighborhood. Everyone wants to come outside and see what happened. As well as everyone has there own version of what happened.
The dampgrassy smell of sheep wafts through my open window, butoverpowering that sweet familiar scent is the odor of burning woodand hot metal.
I like the descriptive language used throughout the book. It gives the reader something to relate to as well as the use of descriptive words. It does a good job of setting the stage.
Kai’s voice is tight, and for once, he sounds completelyserious
Kai has always had a nonchalant outlook on life. For once in the book we get to see him in a serious aspect.
I’m not sure it’s a great idea forKai to be out here alone in the dark, but it’s not such a good ideafor him to be inside with the trickster either.
Earlier in class we discussed that she thinks of how to kill everyone she meets as a defense mechanism. Is she too intimidated by Coyote to even think of something like that?
to dress thewhite man’s frontier dandy when visiting a Navajo girl.
I was wondering if there was any reason for this? Could he be trying to show or teach her that she could dress and be whoever she wanted to be. Mainly that being Navajo didn't make her any different and shouldn't hold her back in any way.
A creature fashionedfrom a mixture of flesh and something organic. Wood, stone, evencorn. But without the power of speech. Although it probably took apretty powerful sacred object to animate it. There’s a few thatmight do it.
This was a cool line in the passage for me. Everyone thinks Kai is uneducated and un prepared. But he calmly took off his glasses and dropped some knowledge on maggie. This is cool because he used his knowledge to give some unexpected insite.
A dark purple button-up shirt tucked intoteal pants, the creases still sharp, and a silver striped tie. Silver-colored dress shoes, as improbable on the rez as a glass slipper, andshined spotless despite the impossible red dust that gets oneverything.
I was wondering if because of the differences between the way that they dress. Caused a bigger divide between the two and caused them to gravitate apart?
“I can find her,” I say. And I can, no doubt. But saving and findingare two different things. The mother seems to sense that, and sheshuts her eyes and turns away from me.
This relates too many aspects of life. It is easy to fins something but It is not easy to keep or attain many things.
Cold sweat breaks out across myforehead
I like the imagery the author is using. As welll as descriptive words and phrases such as "carnivore's unwanted flesh".
The culture was too complex,
The first line I highlighted made me upset. Why was Hawaiian culture portrayed in so few ways with little to no freedom of expression? Why didn't they include any mele or oli?
and were printed anonymously in Hawaiian news-papers.
I find it interesting that they are printed anonymously. Was there any particular reason for this?
to prevent mining companies and pipelines from destroying our mother,
I wrote about this in my blog post for last week. I chose a picture of an oil pipeline. Which I used to talk about all of the corrupt things oil companies do to destroy native lands. In the highlighted phrase the word our mother relates to the land beneath our feet.
Hawaiians are not science fiction. We are not futuristic.
This is a very powerful opening phrase. It sets a tone for the writing piece. This is also very fitting to someone from the continent who has unrealistic and un attainable perspective of Native Hawaiians.
We think of it as developing capacity from the ground up… no one individual can speak for all Indigenous Peoples.”
I don't know if this would be the best tactic. Does anyone have any other methods that might result in better research?
the book is filled out with a series of case studies describing Indigenous engagement with scholars,
I think case studies are some of the best ways to gather information. You can read through first hand accounts and gain different types of knowledge than you can from a traditional article.
would not passthrough Oceti Sakowin territory without a fight.
Every native town or group who ever faced a corrupt corporation trying to drive a pipeline through their homeland put up a fight. The problem is the corrupt corporations don't play fair in the slightest. They also have unlimited funding to do whatever they want.
recent Indigenous uprising against powerful oil companies
This is one of the greatest challenges native groups all over the world around every continent have faced. The oil companies have no respect for the land or the people living there. Only about the money to be made.
I love very much the free feeling of pulling out
I wanted to talk about the "free feeling" they feel when they are out on the water in the dingy. This is something I feel quite often and can relate to. I believe it is a feeling almost everyone experiences at least once.
Once we went back to the land there were not enough hours in theday for what needed to be done, and every day our work continueduntil after dark.
I feel like this is a very prevalent problem even in todays society. A phrase I am familiar with is. "Everything is always 80%."
‘I need it for my big fish,’ I told her. She did mind.‘Not in the lagoon. There aren’t any big fish in the lagoon, onlylittle ones.’‘There is. There’s a big fish for me,’ I said.
I can relate a-lot to this part of the story. Ive loved fishing ever since I was little. I still have some of the same tendencies even today.
James and Tangimoana to go out on the lagoon with him to catchherrings.
When children are young they often don't know the benefit of learning from their fathers and brothers. This kind of knowledge can set them apart when they are older.
There is no one yet who can carry itforward for me because there is a part that is not yet known. There isno one yet who can complete it, that must be done at some futuretime.
I believe this is a very deep section of the article. I also think there is something special in finishing something for someone who was not able or didn't have the time to in this life.
When all is finished the people have their ancestors.
I believe this is a very important concept. To not forget your ancestors. I believe a-lot can be gained by remembering where you come from.
can be good medicine, too. They can drive out the 11 Ii, .ii I he spirit as well as the body, remind us of the greatness 11 1, 1w rame from as well as the greatness of who we're meant
I really like this line stating that stories can be good medicine. I find that true within my personal life. Stories can bring some of the deepest inspiration.
why he did not have the intelligence to tell us something that we do not know, instead of telling us what our houses looked like. We lived in them every day and we knew what they were like.
I believe this is a characteristic relevant too many leaders in todays society. We are living in a world were most people chose to follow along. Few may lead the way.
1893
1893 was the year Hawaii was changed forever. If the results were different in that time period. We would be living in a completely different Hawaii today.
Until American Calvinist missionaries created a Hawaiian alphabetand writing system after their arrival to the Hawaiian islands in 1819, allKanaka Maoli literature was oral
People are very quick to assume that native Hawaiian's were not educated or literate. When that was the complete opposite.