Allergic To Da Mainland

[seashellronan]

ireland sending aid to native americans affected by the corona virus in return for their help during the famine that is truly iconic, big brain activity

[seashellronan]

after some more research i should clarify that it’s actually individual irish people donating to a gofund me to help members of the navajo nation in remembrance of the generosity of the choctaw tribe during the famine, which is very cool here’s an article

[hundondestiny]

"from Irish donor, Pat Hayes, sent from Ireland across the ocean: “From Ireland, 170 years later, the favour is returned! To our Native American brothers and sisters in your moment of hardship.”

i cannot explain how quickly i started crying 

[butchstalinist]

My distant grandfather was one of three chiefs around the time when the original aid was sent to Ireland— it’s a beautiful piece of history that ties Ireland to Native Americans (namely the Choctaw Nation) in a beautiful and profound way. Ireland has even recently set up a scholarship for Choctaw students to study in Ireland as part of the two nations deep history.

The Choctaw Nation had recently in its history (around the 1830s) gone through the Trail of Tears, and were hardly in a position to help any others while suffering so greatly. Yet, when news of the famine in Ireland surfaced, the Choctaw Nation gave more in aid than both the US and UK combined.

The Choctaw Nation's Gift to the Irish

In 1847, only 14 years after their long, sad march along the Trail of Tears ended, Choctaw people in Oklahoma learned of the Irish famine. W

[butchstalinist]

Here is the donation page as well!!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/NHFC19Relief

Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund organized by Ethel Branch

The Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation are extreme food deserts with only 13 … Ethel Branch needs your support for Navajo & Hopi Families CO

[russianspacegeckosexparty]

It's just.... appalling the way young white gentiles have zero regard for their vulnerable elders. They really are so dismissive about their plights and "who cares? Ok Boomer lol" but for Black, Native, Jewish etc people respecting and caring for those who came before us is so ingrained and vital.

And to bypass all responsibilities to undoing oppressive structures yet simultaneously wanting to claim to be so progressive. But never actually doing anything of substance, never confronting how you directly benefit from white supremacy or saying "That was just the old generation" which absolves them of their hand in it.

It's maddening

[kiyokospeaks]

What’s up just a reminder that the Hula Girl stereotype can go to hell and is in part responsible for Hawai’i being the tourist destination and getting invaded by rich white people, and for Hawaiian culture being disrespected and appropriated

Here’s a few sources on the topic:

How America’s Obsession With Hula Girls Almost Wrecked Hawai’i (the site is weird but the research is legitimate, gives a good overview of the issue and references a lot of sources that are harder to get your hands on read: books)

“Pop” Goes Hawai’i: The Twentieth Century Origins of Tourism in Hawai’i and the Impact of U.S. Pop Culture on Women in the Islands of Aloha (this one is very long but a really good read)

Misperceptions of the “Hula Girl” (this one is a personal essay but it’s an entry in the University of Hawai’i’s academic newspaper)

[kiyokospeaks]

Cool cool so its Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month so I’m gonna uh. reblog this

[kiyokospeaks]

Also if you don’t have the time and/or energy to read through these articles lemme give you the basic breakdown (I’ll try to keep this short, but I’ll put it under the cut because it’ll probably still take up space)

Keep reading

[celine-deyonce]

Anyway I hope all of you are paying attention to what is happening on Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawai’i as the national guard and sound cannons are being brought in to dispel people exercising their freedom to assemble, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.

Aside from the fact that the fight over TMT has been going on for YEARS, Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners are being oppressed and Gov. Ige is taking steps to criminalize dissenters.

The Hawaiian government destroyed ahus and hales and is neglecting their responsibilities under ICERD, UNDRIP, and the trust responsibility the Hawaiian government has toward Native Hawaiians.

This is just another one of America’s ongoing active and oppressive acts to destroy Native culture. Pay attention. Speak up. Support the Native Hawaiians against TMT.

[funeraljorts]

Please reblog with the age when you knew you were Trans or Nonbinary

My parents think that everyone knows right away when they’re little, or their parents know or something. I need to know for myself what others experience.

[allergictodamainland]

I was literally in college before I found a documentary (it was Kumu Hina) that gave me the language to describe my gender. Hard to know when you’re little when nobody is giving you the words to process & identify what your experiences is

[kiyokospeaks]

What’s up just a reminder that the Hula Girl stereotype can go to hell and is in part responsible for Hawai’i being the tourist destination and getting invaded by rich white people, and for Hawaiian culture being disrespected and appropriated

Here’s a few sources on the topic:

How America’s Obsession With Hula Girls Almost Wrecked Hawai’i (the site is weird but the research is legitimate, gives a good overview of the issue and references a lot of sources that are harder to get your hands on read: books)

“Pop” Goes Hawai’i: The Twentieth Century Origins of Tourism in Hawai’i and the Impact of U.S. Pop Culture on Women in the Islands of Aloha (this one is very long but a really good read)

Misperceptions of the “Hula Girl” (this one is a personal essay but it’s an entry in the University of Hawai’i’s academic newspaper)

[kiyokospeaks]

Cool cool so its Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month so I’m gonna uh. reblog this

[sunflowerryro-deactivated201903]

Is it cultural appropriation to be really interested in a culture and try to learn their language and stuff when you’re not of that culture yourself

[allergictodamainland]

So bopping in here because I say in your tags that you were interested in learning ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - and in Hawaiian - I can only speak for my own culture so please understand that this is not intended to apply to literally anybody else’s language/culture b/c I’ve got no authority to say what’s appropriate for cultures I have no claim to.

Anyways - if you wanna learn to speak ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, then go ahead and learn - if you want resources check out my ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi tag or the big resource list that’s somewhere in my blog (and probabaly also in that tag tbh). We literally are throwing language resources out there because we’d like to get our lanaguage off the endangered list so future generations of Hawaiians have access to their language.

Also appreciating and learning about our culture is fine - just understand that because you yourself aren’t Hawaiian, you’re never going to be any kind of expert on our language or our culture - and that it’s absolutely vital you look at sources FROM ACTUAL HAWAIIANS when learning about our culture. Our colonizers wrote a fuck ton of shit but they are not authorities on us and have not fucking clue what the hell they’re talking about. So get your info from us directly.

But totally learn about our culture especially if you ever plan on visiting Hawaiʻi ever in your life - b/c knowing more about the culture gives you a better knowledge of what’s appropriate interaction with us & helps you avoid being a racist asshole who’s rubbing your ass on sacred stones like Jennifer Lawrence who actually KNEW what she was doing & just didn’t care - Word of Advice: Don’t be Jennifer Lawrence about interacting with other cultures.

In that vein, here’s a short list of things you should/shouldn’t do while learning about Hawaiian culture:

Do:

- read books, watch docs, listen to speeches from Hawaiian people

- learn about our history & current social issues that impact us.

- follow some actual Hawaiians on social media, a lot of community leaders & activists are on the internet somewhere anymore and you should totally follow them.

- learn some (or a lot!) ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - at the very least if you’re ever going to speak to or about a Hawaiian ever in your existence, you should learn basic pronunciation so you can say our names right instead of calling us ridiculous shit like nanny, mahogany or canoe instead of Nani, Mahalani or Keanu.

DONT:

- give yourself, your non-Hawaiian kid, your fucking dog a Hawaiian name. Taking our names is rude. Do not colonize our names.

- try inventing new Hawaiian slang. Remember you can learn our language but that doesn’t make it yours & you do not get to make new language rules for us. Do not colonize our language Kay thanks.

- decide you worship our Gods now, because while it’s fine to learn about our religion literally no one has invited you to participate. Remember colonizing our religion is bad.

Honestly the don’t list could be so much longer but like really just ask yourself “Is this something a colonizer would do? Is this something a colonizer has done?” And if the answer is yes - literally just Don’t Do That. And if you have questions, ask somebody thats open to questions - don’t walk up to some random tūtū at the grocery store.

[asmidgenofspookie]

Kukahau'ula and Poli'ahu

Poli'ahu’s father, Wakea, loved her very much and wanted to protect her. Out of love Wakea created her a sacred lake for her bathe in on the summit of Mauna Kea called Waiau. Along with the lake Wakea also assigned a guardian Mo'o named Mo'oinanea to protect and watch over Poli'ahu while she was at the lake. Lake Waiau was Poli'ahu’s favorite place to relax and spend most of her day.

Many suitors would make the long hard journey and travel to the summit of Mauna Kea in hopes of seeing Poli'ahu and winning her hand in marriage. But poli'ahu’s 3 sisters and her mother, Hina, would use their powers to keep the suitors away. Eventually all but one suitor had given up on trying to reach the beautiful snow goddess, his name was Kukahau'ula.

Kukahau'ula is one of many forms of the god Kū and is a great warrior adorned with a red cape. Kukahau'ula had heard of Poli'ahu’s beauty and was determined to see her for himself. He tried countless times to journey to the summit of Mauna Kea and make it to lake Waiau to see her, each time being caught and sent away by Poli'ahu’s sisters and mother. One day kukahau'ula finally managed to sneak past them and saw Poli'ahu bathing in lake Waiau, falling in love with her instantly. Wakea saw Kukahau'ula do this and became furious, he wanted him gone! But kukahau'ula had other plans and refused to give up on Poli'ahu. And no matter how difficult it got, kukahau'ula would still make the journey to meet Poli'ahu at lake Waiau.

Eventually Wakea and Kukahau'ula came to an agreement. Kukahau'ula would only be allowed to visit Poli'ahu during sunrise and sunset, when Wakea was awake and could keep an eye on the two lovers. During this time, because kukahau'ula’s cape is red and Poli'ahu’s snow is white, Mauna Kea turns pink as they embrace.

The red sun

The goddess of snow and compassion

God of the sky and Male creator deity

Fresh water guardian lizard-like humanoids

[geekwhistle]

Hey please help my friend

He’s a good bean who has MCAS & needs help paying for hospital bills & meds & basic things. He also has a service dog & needs help paying for dog food.

He could really use some help so if you could donate or share (literally share anywhere other sites included b/c it helps) I’d super appreciate it.

Click here to support Autoimmune Disease and Laid Off organized by Alexander Liu

I have MCAS an autoimmune disease and due to hospital stays and being laid off I am unable to pay my bills, pay for medication or basic nece

gf.me/u/prpj3r

[light-skinned-kanaka]

Friendly PSA

Hawai’ian is not a word

It’s just Hawaiian

Why? Because Hawaiian is a colonized term. There is no -ian in ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i (the native language of Hawai’i) and does not follow the rules that ʻall consonants must be followed by a vowelʻ and ʻall words must end with a vowelʻ

Hawaiian refers to someone who was born or lives in Hawai’i regardless of race; they could be Polynesian, Asian, Portuguese, Hispanic, White, or a mixture

The correct term for a native Hawaiian is kanaka māoli, spelled exactly like that

[chaiu]

when will white vegans shut up

[chaiu]

like for real… there are so many cultures and faiths that consume animals ethically. we don’t source our meat from mass industries that abuse animals and we utilise the entire animal for food or clothing. there are rituals and prayers unique to different cultures that are done to thank animals for their sacrifice, or concepts similar. Those who follow Islam and Judaism (who eat Halal and Kosher Meat, respectively) are required to kill the animal in the most painless way possible. stop telling us that what we’re doing is wrong and immoral when your expensive vegan products are sourced from companies that destroy land belonging to Native Americans or exploit people of colour to do their underpaid labour. Be mindful of other cultures and stop grouping us in with the white meat-eaters.

[mangopussy]

how do i frame this and put it on my wall

[bigoldoofusstudies]

honestly, its really sad that mainstream media isnt usually in olelo hawaii at all. few songs, no movies, no tv shows, no video games. i cant immerse myself in the language at all. but it motivates me. if i learn my language, i can start putting subtitles in olelo hawaii, i can do song covers, i can translate books, i can help other people learn the language. if you are thinking about learning olelo hawaii or any other language that is mostly forgotten, please do it. do it for all of us who have to struggle to learn our cultural tongues.

[allergictodamainland]

Some books that have already been translated which you may be interested in:

Harry Potter a Me Ka Pōhaku Akeakamai: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782012060/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_PVR.BbJQYGDZX

Nā Hana Kupanaha a 'Āleka ma ka 'Āina Kamaha'o: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782011668/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aVR.Bb55YE5QQ

Ma Loko o ke Aniani Kū a me ka Mea i Loa'a iā 'Āleka ma Laila: Through the Looking-Glass in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782011706/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wVR.BbNXW0EW4

Ke Kāula Kamahaʻo O ʻoza: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782012117/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MUR.BbMCHPHAD

Ke Keiki Ali‘i Li‘ili‘i (Le Petit Prince, Hawaiianisch) https://www.amazon.com/dp/3943052362/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-TR.BbNH3HMDN

BONAS: Hawaiian crossword books geared toward language learners

Ho'opilipili 'Olelo: Hawaiian Language Crossword Puzzles, Word Search Puzzles, and Crossword Dictionary https://www.amazon.com/dp/0824821009/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_LWR.BbBD99WDN

Ho'opilipili 'Olelo II: Hawaiian Language Crossword Puzzles, Word Search Puzzles, Change-a-Letter Puzzles, and Crossword Dictionary (Latitude 20 Books (Paperback)) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0824830091/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.XR.Bb5MSWR3A

[greenbergsays]

duolingo offers Hawai’ian now and none y’all motherfuckers told me i’m gonna fucking cry

[allergictodamainland]

So I just found out that you are also Hawaiian like 20 seconds ago and then I saw this post.

1) yes Duolingo is offering ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi now - but it’s still in it’s early phase so the tree is very small and not everything has sound yet. But it’s been SOOO helpful to me with actually being able to grasp grammar

2) I have like a lot of resources I’ve compiled for learning our language recently so like if you want them lemme know and I’ll send them your way after I’m off work :)

[greenbergsays]

Bless you, yes please! Literally anything you can give me would make me The Most happy ❤️❤️❤️

[allergictodamainland]

Ok so here’s everything I could think of off the top of my head. The links to the books don’t wanna link for some reason (probs b/c I’m on Mobile) but you should be able to copy pasta them just fine.

I’d like to take this moment to mention that I have an ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi tag on my blog where I put Hawaiian language stuff I find on tumblr.

Free Things:

- duolingo- they just expanded the language tree for Hawaiian with like 8 new catagories. Also if you’re on mobile you can do language clubs and interact with other learners in a really chill way - here’s the code for the club I’m in: E658NV.

- drops - free app for learning vocab. Pros: let’s you skip words you already know and everything has audio. Cons: 5min per like 9hr time limit unless you pay.

- http://wehewehe.org - online dictionary. Does Hawaiian to English & English to Hawaiian and pulls from several dictionary sources. Litterally the closest we’re getting to dictionary.com here.

- https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hawaiian an online lesson thing that’s got some really good grammar explanations. Text based. No audio.

- http://lynxview.com/temp/baibala-kailike-v0_01.pdf idk if you’re religious or how you feel about Christianity (my feelings are messy personally) but here’s the entire bible in Hawaiian - it’s a verse by verse parallel translation with Hawaiian on the left and English on the right.

Youtube Channels

ʻŌiwi tv - lots of Hawaiian being spoken. I believe they also did a language learning series

Makaʻiwa keiki - cute animated videos geared towards kids learning colors and number and such but in Hawaiian.

Paid things

Aka Books You Mighta Read As A Kid But In Hawaiian

Ka Hopita: a i 'ole, I Laila a Ho'i Hou mai: The Hobbit in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782010912/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_vRR.BbJHJMMJ4

Harry Potter a Me Ka Pōhaku Akeakamai: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782012060/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_PVR.BbJQYGDZX

Nā Hana Kupanaha a 'Āleka ma ka 'Āina Kamaha'o: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782011668/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aVR.Bb55YE5QQ

Ma Loko o ke Aniani Kū a me ka Mea i Loa'a iā 'Āleka ma Laila: Through the Looking-Glass in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782011706/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wVR.BbNXW0EW4

Ke Kāula Kamahaʻo O ʻoza: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1782012117/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_MUR.BbMCHPHAD

Ke Keiki Ali‘i Li‘ili‘i (Le Petit Prince, Hawaiianisch) https://www.amazon.com/dp/3943052362/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-TR.BbNH3HMDN

BONUS: Hawaiian crossword books geared toward language learners:

Ho'opilipili 'Olelo: Hawaiian Language Crossword Puzzles, Word Search Puzzles, and Crossword Dictionary https://www.amazon.com/dp/0824821009/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_LWR.BbBD99WDN

Ho'opilipili 'Olelo II: Hawaiian Language Crossword Puzzles, Word Search Puzzles, Change-a-Letter Puzzles, and Crossword Dictionary (Latitude 20 Books (Paperback)) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0824830091/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.XR.Bb5MSWR3A

[light-skinned-kanaka]

[greenbergsays]

duolingo offers Hawai’ian now and none y’all motherfuckers told me i’m gonna fucking cry

[allergictodamainland]

So I just found out that you are also Hawaiian like 20 seconds ago and then I saw this post.

1) yes Duolingo is offering ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi now - but it’s still in it’s early phase so the tree is very small and not everything has sound yet. But it’s been SOOO helpful to me with actually being able to grasp grammar

2) I have like a lot of resources I’ve compiled for learning our language recently so like if you want them lemme know and I’ll send them your way after I’m off work :)

[greenbergsays]

Honestly I appreciate what you’ve been saying about unsolicited comments on fic b/c when I was small & first started writing fic - I didn’t speak English very well - my 1st language is Hawaiian Pidgin which uses some English words but they’re spelled VERY differently & the grammar is VERY different & anyways I was like a tiny child getting roasted by grown adults in the comments of my fic for spelling/grammar & it wasn’t helpful - it just made me an insecure writer. I don’t write fic anymore.

I’m so sorry, bb :( That’s fucking awful and I wish I couldda protected you from that

Y’know, the first post I made about this subject was back in May and it’s definitely gained some traction, but on that post and on the dozens of posts I have made in the past few days, I see your story reflected too much in the tags

Too many people have lost the confidence to write and/or post fic because someone was an asshole to them when they were vulnerable and I honestly just wanna fight the entire internet at this point, like fuck everyone who thinks this is okay

 I hope you pick up writing again some day <3 You deserve to have that creative outlet without people being assholes

[allergictodamainland]

Hi this was my ask - I put it on anon because you usually tag them “nani” & Nani is literally my name.

But like your response the other responses on it are very heartwarming and I appreciate that - like you’re good people and I hope you know that.

I did want to clarify tho that I did eventually pick writing back up in general and have been working on an original thing for a bit now - it’s just that my experience trying to share fic was so rough that I just don’t write it anymore and am super hesistant about sharing my actual writing with anybody including people I’m very close to because I’m always worried it’s not good enough/has secret spelling or grammar issues - & looking at some of your recent posts it seems like a lot of folks have similar experiences and it’s not fair to any of us.

Anyways. Thanks for being good people. I appreciate your existence.

[gardenvarietybutch]

it’s getting close to Thanksgiving in the US so i wanted to pass around a link to the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project

Donate if you can, and even if you can’t, spend some time this November educating yourself about the history of the very-much-still-alive tribe that sat down with the pilgrims, the continued history of colonization in America, and about the tribe/s whose land you are occupying. 

[allergictodamainland]

Support Native folks reclaiming their languages. And like literally check out the link and look at all folks holding signs saying what it means to them to Finally be able to speak their own language.

Like as a Hawaiian person who’s just now had the opportunity to start learning my language; I feel everything they’re saying so much, I’m literally crying right now. Like literally it’s so important for those of us who were robbed of our languages to be able to reclaim them and reconnect with ourselves and our cultures. And I’m so fucking happy other native folks are getting this opportunity.