Stop the Violence Day Day 325 of 2007 40 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “

November 22, 1963

Many Molokai residents are understandably not thrilled with the arrangement offered. Their ancestors, going back hundreds of years, had not “owned” anything. The concept of owning land was anathema to the old Hawaiian ways. Several old timers, especially those who remembered the Great Mahele of 1848, when the Christians offered land to every Hawaiian, if only they would sign away the rights to that land first. The Hawaiians expected the Christians to be true to their word, a disappointment that many in history have had to learn. Hawaiians ended up with little of the land to call their own. Now, this new commission.More than 86 years later, it’s not any better. The average wait for two acres of land from Hawaiian Homelands, if you are of Hawaiian descent, is 15 years. Most of the land given out lies unused. It’s unclear why the wait is so long. Happy thanksgiving!