midterm 1 Flashcards
Aumakua
Guardian spirits that are attached to different families. Usually one particular animal
Ao Kuewa
realm of homeless spirits
Ao O Milu
Manu’ a realm of evil spirits. hell.
Malua’e
Noho’ Ana
Kuleana
responsibility, privilege, rights.
Leina
leap/spring of the gods
Kalaninuiiamamao
great remote location
Kapo
goddess of fertility, sorcery and dark powers
Ke Ao
Laila i
ki’i
Kane
Wakea
sky father
Haloa
Haumea
Maui
Polytheism
the belief and worship of more than one god.
Akua
god
Animism
Considering everything around you to have mana.
Aumakua
Guardian spirits that are attached to different families, relationship based.
Mana
Life force. Found in animate and inanimate objects. Strength, Charisma that has the potential to increase.
Pono
Righteousness and Balance. Male and Female traits within everything and everyone.
Pele
Hi’iaka
Kumupa’a
Haumea
Mo’o
Kaku’ai
Kuleana
responsibility, privilege, rights
‘oiwi
of this land (belonging in this place)
Kanaka Maoli
man or person. True.
colonialism
partitioning of africa european education apartheid
assimilation
using education to make impressions on younger people
cultural bomb
label on the process through which assimilation happens. process of introducing the idea that indigenous cultures are foreign.
Austronesian
over 1200 languages fall under this. over 300 million speakers globally.
Oceania
Region made up of thousands of islands throughout the central and south pacific ocean
Interdependence
Dependence of two or more people or things on each other.
Tahi
Kon Tiki
1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands. Name of the raft
Drift Theory
Kumulipo
A foundation (creation story)
Mo’oku’auhau
genealogy, line of descent
Mo’olelo
The stories (orature/literature)
David Malo, John Papa l’i and Samuel Kamakau
Scholars at La’hina Luna. Started recording oral histories and putting them into print in Hawaiian language and newspapers at the time
Malama Aina
To take care of the land.
Ali’i
chief or chiefess
Ni’aupi’o Mating
Incestuous behavior for over 2000 years. Worked for many years in order to keep ranks.
Papa
earth mother
Ali’i nui
People from the ruling class. Highest ranking class, very small group.
Kahuna
All types of people who served as advisers to the Ali’inui and others.
Konohiki
Apart of the Ali’inui class. Responsible for knowing/monitoring what’s going on in the environment. Are of service to the Ali’nuias well. An occupation not a class of people.
Ahupua’a
large traditional socioeconomic, geologic, and climate subdivision of land
‘Ohana
family/nest/lineage
Subsistence Economy
‘Aikapu
Cultural Alienation
Pidgin
HCE
Creole