Mauna Arts
leilani portillo and Brandy Nālani McDougall
Hoʻolauna
No Ka Mauna
Collaborative poem with community members written at Puʻuhuluhulu University (Facilitated by Greg Pōmaikaʻi Gushiken & leilani portillo)
1. Today, I will pull at the ropes of resistance, no nā kūpuna, drawing our pilina Mauna taught.
2. Today, I sent prayers to the Mauna for kia’i to travel safely here.
3. Today, I shared my experiences with my siblings back home.
4. Today, I chanted to Wākea, to Lilinoe, to Poli’ahu. I reminded myself, “he aliʻi ka ʻĀina, he kāua ke kanaka”
5. Today, I’m learning more about my culture so I can carry on this ‘ike to future generations. It’s a kuleana to strengthen our culture by learning all that we can no ka mea ‘a’ole mea pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho’okahi.
6. My goal in life is to challenge anything that separates ‘āina from kanaka.
7. The mist of Mauna Kea embraces
8. When a flag flies upside down time slows to the point of culture
Art, media, music, and poetry are central to any movement and to every culture. Here youʻll find a wide range of different art forms expressed by Kanaka Maoli and settler allies in support of Maunakea. From Hip Hop to visual art, the movement to protect Maunakea has inspired countless people from all over to create art, music, and other media. If you know of any artwork for Maunakea, please submit your suggestion so we can add it to this page.
Music/Music Videos
Documentaries, Videos
Poetry, Interviews, Anthologies
Mauna Kūpuna (Kale Kauʻi)
Inspired to compose these words in honor of the kūpuna who stood firmly in kapu aloha.
Aloha wale i ka mauna kūpuna
Mauna kū haʻahaʻa i ke ala loa
Loa wale ke kūpaʻa me ka wiwo ʻole
Lei ana me ka noe aʻo Poliʻahu
ʻAʻahu ka mehana i nā lei hulu
Hulu kūpuna i ke anu koʻekoʻe
ʻO ʻoe nō ke kumu i ke kūʻē pono
No ka nānā ʻana e kiaʻi mai
Ea mai ka mālamalama i ke kapu I ke kapu aloha wale i ka pōʻele
Lele kuʻi lua e ke kīpuʻupuʻu
Puʻuhonua aʻo Puʻuhuluhulu
Luʻuluʻu Mauna Kea i ka ua nui
Ui wale i nā liko o ke au nei
Eia nō ka mana a ke aloha
Haʻaheo i nā mauna kūpuna ē
We Are Maunakea: Aloha ʻĀina Narratives of Protest, Protection, and Place (Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly)
Mana Maunakea (ʻŌiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal, forthcoming)
"Episode 101, Lit for the Mauna (Part I)," In Itʻs Lit with PhDJ, Featuring Emalani Case, Joy Enomoto, and Jamaica Heoli Osorio
"Episode 102, Lit for the Mauna (Part II)," In Itʻs Lit with PhDJ, Featuring Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada, Allison Adele Hedge Coke, Lee Kava, M.G. Martin, Serena Ngaio Simmons
"For the Kiaʻi," In Itʻs Lit with PhDJ, Featuring Noelani Goodyear Kaʻōpua, Shelley Muneoka, Noʻu Revilla, Travis Kaulula‘au Thompson, leilani portillo, Cory Harden, Francois Waikoloa, and Emalani Case.
Images, Visual Art
"Kū Kia'i Mauna/Papa & Wākea" Haley Kailiehu, 2019; "'O Maunakea, ka piko o ke Ea" by Haley Kailiehu, 2019; "ReKALOnize Your Naʻau," Haley Kailiehu; "Mauna a Wakea Mural," Haley Kailiehu
#artforthemauna and #maunaart on Instagram
“Mauna a Wākea Mural,” Haley Kailiʻehu
"Kū Kia'i Mauna/Papa & Wākea" Haley Kailiʻehu, 2019
"'O Maunakea, ka piko o ke Ea" by Haley Kailiʻehu, 2019
"ReKALOnize Your Naʻau," Haley Kailiehu (From Mapping Abundance, Candace Fujikane)
Secondary Sources
McDougall, Brandy Nālani. "HIDING AND SEEKING MEANING: Kaona and Kaona Connectivity." Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature.
University of Arizona Press, 2016. jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1bj4qbs
Kaomea, Julie. "Teaching Qualitative Analysis as Ho‘oku‘iku‘i or Bricolage." Educational Perspectives, Vol. 50, no. 1. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1217638.pdf
"Settler colonialism destroys to replace." Indigenous Theory.
indigenoustheorymanoa.blogspot.com/2013/10/settler-colonialism-destorys-to-replace.html
Tamaira, A. Mārata Ketekiri. "Walls of Empowerment: Reading Public Murals in a Kanaka Maoli
Context." The Contemporary Pacific. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211322126.pdf