09-21-2016, 12:30 AM
Ralph is probably one of the many displaced locals, with not enough Hawaiian blood to be considered Native Hawaiian.
This island has only been coming out of a century of plantation republic since the collapse of sugar plantations in the 60's. Tourism fell way off, especially Hilo side. In that environment, not having blood percentage to be recognized as Native Hawaiian meant becoming an even lower class than plantation laborer plus not getting any of the "sympathy" money the more than "half-breeds" were getting.
It is a fact, the entire top of Mauna Kea is an ancestral graveyard. There has been a survey to identify individual grave locations but that is with the European idea of a grave yard, bodies in plots. That doesn't mean Native Hawaiians had some commercial cemetery on the top of the mountain and it was divided for "the deceased and their loved ones". Nobody is going to know what the layout was. The Native Hawaiians had certain rocks that were forbidden to be overturned.
Last year, Act 171 was passed to allow Native Hawaiians to dis-inter Native Hawaiian corpses for re-burial at a different site. This has been a legitimate issue with the Native Hawaiians, many having ancestors and ohana that want to locate them on Mauna Kea.
There are rules and Ralph didn't follow them, plus there are the other questions of whether there was a proper Native Hawaiian dis-internment, whether he is even Native Hawaiian (he looks like somebody from New Jersey), and whether he has any ancestor or relative or ali'i/kahuna connections to meet the rules.
Raising the issue of the whole top of Mauna Kea being a native graveyard plus Act 171 along with Ige and the state being asked why the state wants TMT is going to be entertainment of monumental proportions, almost mauna-like. Ha-ha-ha-ha-why-eeeee!
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
This island has only been coming out of a century of plantation republic since the collapse of sugar plantations in the 60's. Tourism fell way off, especially Hilo side. In that environment, not having blood percentage to be recognized as Native Hawaiian meant becoming an even lower class than plantation laborer plus not getting any of the "sympathy" money the more than "half-breeds" were getting.
It is a fact, the entire top of Mauna Kea is an ancestral graveyard. There has been a survey to identify individual grave locations but that is with the European idea of a grave yard, bodies in plots. That doesn't mean Native Hawaiians had some commercial cemetery on the top of the mountain and it was divided for "the deceased and their loved ones". Nobody is going to know what the layout was. The Native Hawaiians had certain rocks that were forbidden to be overturned.
Last year, Act 171 was passed to allow Native Hawaiians to dis-inter Native Hawaiian corpses for re-burial at a different site. This has been a legitimate issue with the Native Hawaiians, many having ancestors and ohana that want to locate them on Mauna Kea.
There are rules and Ralph didn't follow them, plus there are the other questions of whether there was a proper Native Hawaiian dis-internment, whether he is even Native Hawaiian (he looks like somebody from New Jersey), and whether he has any ancestor or relative or ali'i/kahuna connections to meet the rules.
Raising the issue of the whole top of Mauna Kea being a native graveyard plus Act 171 along with Ige and the state being asked why the state wants TMT is going to be entertainment of monumental proportions, almost mauna-like. Ha-ha-ha-ha-why-eeeee!
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*