List of Native Hawaiians Puns

I was flicking through Game of Thrones Actors (mostly the non-americans to see where i have seen them), and when i hit the back button on Jason Momoas page i noticed something in the split second before the website changed...

...List of german americans...?

So i went back and checked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Momoa

Yep. Jason Momoa is not only included in the List of german americans, nope, he managed to get on the list of irish americans, native hawaiians AND native americans. Why is he on theses lists? His fathher is a native from Hawaii, lets give him, i mean the wiki authors, that. But the other lists? His mother is Native germirishcan. Dude, i just cannot grasp this diversity.

I wonder what the man himself would say about his heritage...if he even cares.

But what i find the most funny - how it almost parodies the heritage thing in itself - is how he made the list of both Hawaii and Iowa.

In May of this year, he bought another 700 acres around the property. I did not know this until today.

I live on Maui and have never been to Kauai. All this makes me wonder if colonialism ever really ended, it just changed forms and faces. It's even more sinister now if you ask me because this is all 'legal' and most people don't see a problem it seems.

edit - glad I posted this. I learned a lot of context here that isn't media spin. I don't like Z or FB but I always prefer to know the full story instead of just one side.

" As a result, Church leaders, feeling a responsibility to its new members that had left their home behind, decided to set aside some land for a Hawaiian enclave in the Utah desert."

“They thought they were like an unclean in like a gospel sense as a people,” Heimuli says of the Utah settlers who clashed with his ancestors. “And that’s why they kicked them out of Salt Lake proper and moved them all the way out to the west desert.”

https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/this-utah-ghost-town-was-once-paradise-in-the-desert-for-native-hawaiian-settlers/

Native Hawaiian Plant nursery list I'm working on. Please add any others that you know of in the comments and I can add them on.

• On Kaua‘i

Kaua‘i Native Plant Society (The Society hosts native plant sales featuring plants grown by local nurseries.) 808.246.0091 3083 Akahi Street, Suite 204, Lihue, HI 96766

Kauai Seascapes Nursery, Inc. http://kauaiseascapesnursery.com 808.828.0444 4741 Kahiliholo Road, Kilauea, HI 96754

• On O‘ahu

Hui Kū Maoli Ola: Hawaiian Plant Specialists http://www.plantnativehawaii.com 808.235.6165 46-403 Haʻiku Rd., Kaneʻohe, HI 96744

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum https://manoa.hawaii.edu/lyonarboretum/ 808.988.0456 University of Hawai'i at Mānoa 3860 Mānoa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822

La'au Hawaii/Hawaii Fern Project 808.237.8488 PO Box 5364, Kaneohe, HI 96744

Native Plant Source 808.227.2019 2076 Kalawahine Pl., Honolulu, HI 96822

• On Maui

Hoʻolawa Farms Inc.: A Native Plant Nursery http://www.hoolawafarms.com 808.575.5099 3 Kahiapo Place P.O. Box 731, Haiku, Maui, HI 96708

Maui Nui Botanical Gardens www.mnbg.org 808.249.2798 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului, Maui, HI 96732

Native Nursery, LLC http://mauinativenursery.com 808.936.2671 1267 Na`alae Rd., Kula, HI 96790 (Mailing Address: PO Box 806 Kula, HI 96790)

WHOLESALE NURSERY - TRISTAR LANDSCAPE LLC, Native Hawaiian plants

3361 Omaopio Road Kula, Maui, Hawaii 96790 Phone: 808-276-2342 Email: jfukushima@hawaii.rr.com

• On Hawai‘i

Aikane Nursery http://aikanenursery.com Office: 808.889.5906 Brad’s Cell: 808.430.3183 Aikanenursery@gmail.com 55-3472 Akoni Pule Hwy., Hawi, HI 96719

Aileen's Nursery 808.936.2671 942 W. Kawailani St., Hilo, HI 96720

Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden (currently closed to the public but volunteer days are every Saturday) http://www.bishopmuseum.org/greenwell/ 808.323.3318 82-6160 Mamalahoa Hwy., Captain Cook, HI 96704

Big Island Plants www.bigislandplants.com 808.985.8596 PO Box 338, Volcano, HI 96785

Future Forests Nursery, LLC http://www.forestnursery.com 808.325.2377 P.O. Box 847 Kailua Kona, HI 96745

BIG ISLAND CORDYLINES

We have over 5,000 Ti plants – at least 250 varieties.

11-3346 Hibiscus St. * Mountain View PO Box 353 * Kurtistown, HI 96760 (808) 895-9694 * (808) 968-8422 hare808@aol.com

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ANDY PLANTMAN

11-3093 Pikake St. * Mountain View PO Box 10814 * Hilo, HI 96721 (808) 938-0486 andyplantman@yahoo.com

ELEMENTAL PLANTS

Michael Gibson

Pa’auilo Ag Coop Lots PO Box 1308 * Honokaa, HI 96727 (808) 775-919

This is such an amazing story and it's just getting started for a very deserving family, but we still need your help!!

Since 1971, Enid and Lloyd Young have been on the wait list for Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Fifty years, three children and seven grand-babies later, they are finally getting their chance to build a home of their own.

Last Friday, Enid and Lloyd gathered with their family and Habitat for Humanity staff to commemorate the start of their journey toward homeownership.

Their grandchildren, Maddie and Logan, will share the 3-bedroom house in Waimanalo. “It’s a foundation,” said Maddie of their future Habitat home.

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Information about the Young Family.

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I know that there has been controversy surrounding the use and further development of Mauna Kea for astronomical observatories. I think I remember a few years ago there was a lot of debate about building the TMT, with some outspoken native activists saying that the overuse of the mountain was basically destroying a sacred place (and its use by the astronomical community was essentially inseparable from the history of colonization and exploitation that's been exacted on the Hawaiian people). I had also heard around that time that this was not necessarily a majority view, and that some native Hawaiian elders and ancestors had even celebrated the development of astronomical observatories in the location as an embrace of the link between heaven and Earth. I realize that this is a fairly delicate issue, and that either side's position could be exaggerated or misrepresented in terms of how widespread it is. I am not interested in debating the merits of either position here, but I am curious to know: is it well documented how most native Hawaiians feel about this issue? Are there reasonably well-conducted surveys on this issue? If so, what's the breakdown? What fraction of native Hawaiians support vs. condemn further astronomical development of the mountain?