Ka Hana ʻino i nā Wahine ʻōiwi

Ua hana maʻamau ʻia ka hana ʻino i nā wahine ʻōiwi a noho mākou i loko o kahi ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole i haʻi ʻole ʻia, ʻaʻole no mākou nā kino ponoʻī. ʻO koʻu hoʻomanaʻo mua ʻana i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo ma kahi paha o ka makahiki 3 a 4 paha, ua hele au i ka Polokalamu HeadStart ma kekahi kauhale i kapa ʻia ʻo Pisinemo. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka haʻi ʻia mai iaʻu “Mai ae aku i kekahi e lawe iā ʻoe” ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kaʻu mau kumu i ka wā huakaʻi. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka makaʻu i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻāʻo ana kekahi a "lawe iaʻu" akā ʻaʻole wau i maopopo i ke ʻano o kēlā. Ua ʻike wau e ʻike wau i kahi mamao mai kaʻu kumu a ʻo wau, ma ke ʻano he keiki 3 a 4 mau makahiki paha a laila ʻike koke wau i kaʻu mau wahi. ʻIke wau i kēia manawa he makua, ua hoʻoili ʻia kēlā ʻehaʻeha iaʻu, a ua hoʻoili ʻia i kaʻu mau keiki ponoʻī. Hoʻomanaʻo kaʻu kaikamahine mua a me kaʻu keiki ʻelua e aʻo ʻia e aʻu “Mai ae aku i kekahi e lawe iā ʻoe” ʻoiai lākou e hele huakaʻi ana me ka ʻole o aʻu. 

ʻO ka hana ʻino i kūʻē ʻia i nā ʻōiwi i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻokumu i kahi maʻamau ma waena o ka hapa nui o nā lāhui i ka wā i noi ʻia ai wau e hāʻawi i kahi ʻike piha i ka Wahine a me nā Kaikamahine ʻōiwi I nalowale a Pepehi ʻia.  Ua hakakā e ʻike i nā huaʻōlelo e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kā mākou ʻike ola like e nīnau mau ʻia nei. Ke ʻōlelo wau ʻaʻole no mākou nā kino, Ke kamaʻilio nei wau e pili ana i kēia i loko o kahi pōʻaiapili mōʻaukala. Ua ʻāpono ke aupuni o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā papahana hōkū a kuhikuhi i ka poʻe ʻōiwi o kēia ʻāina i ka inoa o ka "holomua". Ke neʻe ʻekekeke nei paha ia i ka poʻe ʻōiwi mai ko lākou ʻāina hānau a i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana, a ʻaihue paha i nā keiki mai ko lākou mau home e hoʻonoho ʻia i loko o nā kula hānai ākea a puni ka ʻāina, a i ʻole ka hana hoʻomāinoino ʻia ʻana o kā mākou mau wahine i nā lawelawe olakino India mai ka 1960 i nā makahiki 80. Ua koi ʻia ka poʻe ʻōiwi e ola i kahi moʻolelo ola i piha i ka hana ʻino a me ka hapanui o nā manawa me he mea lā ke walaʻau nei mākou i kahi ʻole. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kā mākou moʻolelo e ka hapanui, a lohe ʻole ʻia kā mākou ʻōlelo.

He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo aia he 574 mau lāhui ʻohana ma United States a he kū hoʻokahi kēlā me kēia. Ma ʻAlikona wale nō he 22 mau lāhui ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa, me nā transplants mai nā Aupuni ʻē aʻe a puni ka ʻāina i kapa ʻia ʻo ʻAlikona home. No laila ʻo ka hōʻiliʻili o ka ʻikepili no ka Missing a me Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls he mea paʻakikī a kokoke i ka hiki ʻole ke alakaʻi. Ke paio nei mākou e ʻike i nā helu maoli o nā wahine ʻōiwi a me nā kaikamahine i pepehi ʻia, nalowale, a i ʻole lawe ʻia. Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei ka pilikia o kēia neʻe e nā wahine ʻōiwi, ʻo mākou nā loea ponoʻī.

I kekahi mau kaiaulu, ke pepehi ʻia nei nā wahine e ka poʻe ʻōiwi ʻole. Ma koʻu kaiāulu ʻāpana he 90% o nā hihia o nā wahine i pepehi ʻia, he hopena pololei ia o ka hana ʻino kūloko a ʻike ʻia kēia i loko o kā mākou ʻōnaehana hoʻokolokolo ʻohana. Ma kahi o 90% o nā hihia hoʻokolokolo i lohe ʻia i loko o kā mākou ʻaha Tribal he mau hihia kolohe kūloko. Kūlike paha kēlā me kēia hihia hihia e pili ana i ka wahi ʻāina, eia naʻe ke ʻano o kēia i koʻu kaiāulu. He mea nui ia e maopopo i nā hoa kaiāulu a me nā mea aloha i ka Wahine a me nā Wahine a me nā Kaikamahine wahine ka hopena o ka hana hoʻomāinoino i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine ʻōiwi. Hoʻokomo hohonu ʻia nā aʻa o kēia hana ʻino i loko o nā ʻōnaehana manaʻo archaic e aʻo i nā haʻawina insidious e pili ana i ka waiwai o ko mākou kino - nā haʻawina e ʻae ai i ko mākou kino e lawe ʻia i kēlā me kēia kumu kūʻai no kēlā me kēia kumu. 

Ua huhū pinepine wau i ka nele o ka haʻiʻōlelo pehea mākou e kamaʻilio ʻole ai e pili ana i nā ala e pale aku ai i ka hana ʻino kūloko akā ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana pehea e hoʻihoʻi ai a loaʻa nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine ʻōiwi i nalo a pepehi ʻia.  ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo aia ʻelua mau ʻōnaehana hoʻoponopono. ʻO kahi e ʻae ai i kahi kāne i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pue wahine, hana hoʻomāinoino, a me nā hana hoʻomāinoino, me ka honi ʻoluʻolu ʻole ʻana a me ka hopu ʻana i nā wahine he 26 mai ka makahiki 1970 e lilo i 45th Pelekikena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻohālikelike kēia ʻōnaehana i ka mea e kūkulu i nā kānāwai i ka hanohano o nā kāne nāna i hōʻino i nā wahine a lākou e hoʻokauwā ai. A laila aia ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoponopono no mākou; kahi o ka hana ʻino i ko mākou kino a me ka lawe ʻana i ko mākou kino i kēia mau lā a hoʻomālamalama. Mahalo, ʻo wau nō.  

I Nowemapa o ka makahiki i hala ua kau inoa ke keʻena ʻo Trump i ke Kauoha Executive 13898, e hoʻokumu ana i ka Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indian and Alaskan Natives, i ʻike ʻia ʻo "Operation Lady Justice", e hāʻawi ana i ka hiki ke wehe hou i nā hihia hou aʻe (nā hihia hoʻonā ʻole a anuanu hoʻi. ) o nā wahine ʻōiwi e kuhikuhi ana i ka hoʻokaʻawale kālā hou ʻana mai ka Oihana Hoʻokolokolo. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hele mai nā kānāwai hou a i ʻole ka mana me Operation Lady Justice. Hoʻonohonoho mālie ke kauoha i ka nele o ka hana a me ka prioritization o ka hoʻonā ʻana i nā hihia anuanu ma ka ʻāina ʻĀnia me ka ʻole o ka ʻae ʻana i ka pōʻino a me nā ʻehaʻeha a nā ʻohana he nui i loʻohia ai no ka wā lōʻihi. Pono mākou e kamaʻilio i ke ala a kā mākou mau kulekele a me ka nele o ka prioritization o nā kumuwaiwai e ʻae ai i ka hamau a me ka holoi ʻia ʻana o nā Wahine a me nā Kaikamahine ʻōiwi e nalo ana a i pepehi ʻia hoʻi.

Ma ʻOkakopa 10 ka Savanna Act a me Not Invisible Act ua kau inoa ʻia i kānāwai. E hana ke kānāwai Savanna i nā kuʻuna maʻamau no ka pane ʻana i nā hihia o ka nalowale a pepehikanaka ʻia o nā ʻōiwi ʻAmelika, me ke kūkākūkā pū ʻana me nā ʻohana, kahi e komo pū ai me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka laulima interjurisdtional i waena o nā ʻohana ʻāpana, pekelala, mokuʻāina, a me nā luna kānāwai kūloko. Hāʻawi ke Kānāwai Not Invisible i nā manawa kūpono i nā ʻohana e ʻimi i nā hana pale, nā hāʻawi a me nā papahana e pili ana i ka nalo (lawe ʻia) a me ka pepehi kanaka ʻana o nā lāhui ʻōiwi.

E like me ia i kēia lā, ke kau ʻia nei ke kānāwai Violence Against Women ma o ka Senate. ʻO ke kānāwai Violence Against Women ke kānāwai e hāʻawi ana i ka malu o nā lawelawe a me nā pale no nā wahine i palapala ʻole ʻia a transwomen. ʻO ia ke kānāwai i ʻae iā mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo a noʻonoʻo i kekahi mea ʻokoʻa no ko mākou kaiāulu e piholo nei me ka momona o ka hana ʻino. 

ʻO ka hana ʻana i kēia mau bila a me nā kānāwai a me nā kauoha hoʻokō he hana nui ia i hoʻomālamalama i nā pilikia nui aʻe, akā paʻa wau i kahi kokoke i ka puka o nā hale kaʻa i uhi ʻia a me nā alapiʻi. Ke hopohopo nei au i kaʻu mau kaikamahine e hele hoʻokahi i ke kūlanakauhale. I ka hoʻokūkū ʻana i ke kāne kāne ʻona a ʻae i koʻu kaiāulu, ua kamaʻilio ʻia me ke Kaʻi Pôpeku Kiʻi Kula kiʻekiʻe e ʻae e ʻae i kāna kime pôpeku e komo i kā mākou hana e hana i kahi kamaʻilio i ko mākou kaiāulu e pili ana i ka hopena o ka hana ʻino. Hiki i nā kaiāulu lāhui ke holomua ke hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou ka manawa kūpono a me ka mana ma luna pehea lākou e ʻike ai iā lākou iho. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, eia nō mākou ma ʻaneʻi.