No ka hanohano o ka lā makuahine

Na Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena, The Ocean Foundation

Ma kahi huakaʻi hou i Maine, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e kipa aku ai i ʻelua mau mea hōʻikeʻike ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Peary-McMillan Arctic o Bowdoin College. Ua kāhea ʻia kekahi Nā ʻuhane o ka ʻāina, ka ea, a me ka wai: nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi mai ka ʻohi kālā ʻo Robert a me Judith, a ʻo kekahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Northern World. ʻO nā kiʻi Inuit a me nā kiʻi i hōʻike ʻia he mea kupaianaha. Kākoʻo nā mea kiʻi a me nā kikokikona hoʻoikaika i loko o ka hōʻike, a me nā kiʻi a Bill Hess i nā hōʻike nani.

I kēia manawa o ka makahiki, he mea kūpono loa ke kamaʻilio hou ʻana me Sedna, ka makuahine o nā mea kai a pau o ka moʻolelo Inuit. Wahi a kekahi manaʻo o ka moʻolelo, he kanaka ʻo ia ma mua a ke noho nei ʻo ia ma lalo o ke kai, a ua mōhai ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia manamana lima e hoʻopiha i ka moana. ʻO nā manamana lima ka mea mua o nā sila, ka walrus, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ke kai. ʻO ia ka mea nāna e hānai a mālama i nā mea ola a pau o ke kai a nāna e hoʻoholo pehea lākou e kōkua ai i nā kānaka e hilinaʻi nei iā lākou. ʻO ia ka mea nāna e hoʻoholo inā e hele nā ​​holoholona i kahi e hahai ai nā kānaka e pono ai. A pono nā kānaka e mahalo a mahalo iā Sedna a me nā mea ola i kā lākou lawe ʻana. Ua ʻōlelo hou ka moʻolelo ʻo Inuit i kēlā me kēia hana hewa a ke kanaka e hoʻopōʻino ai i kona lauoho a me kona kino, a pēlā hoʻi e hōʻino ai i nā mea i mālama ʻia.

I ko mākou aʻo hou ʻana e pili ana i ka hopena o ka hoʻomehana ʻana o ka moana, ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka pH, nā ʻāpana hypoxic, a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai ma nā kahakai palupalu o ka ʻākau, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana a Sedna i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā mākou i kā mākou kuleana e hānai i ka momona o ke kai. Mai Hawaii a hiki i ka Maori o Aotearoa, mai Helene a Iapana, ma nā moʻomeheu kahakai a pau, ua hoʻoikaika nā moʻolelo moʻolelo o nā kānaka i kēia kumu kumu o ka pilina kanaka me ke kai.

No ka lā makuahine, mahalo mākou i ka poʻe makemake e mahalo a hānai i nā mea ola o ke kai.