For some of our iwi kūpuna, it has been twenty years of waiting in boxes and bags on shelves of "temporary" curation units. For all, it has been ten years of our "weʻll find a place" promises and their mostly quiet patience. At last, hiki iā lākou nā iwi kūpuna ke hoʻi i ka moe kau a hoʻoilo. At last they can return to uninterrupted sleep – "the sleep of summer and winter." The Waiʻauia preserve has taken them in, and we ʻōiwi of Kailua will mālama these kūpuna until our last aloha ʻāina. (KdS)
Photo: Nick Tomasello @nicasello