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By Ren\u00e9e Tillotson<\/p>\n
As someone who has made considerable study into her Hawaiian heritage, our <\/span>kumu hula, <\/span><\/i>M\u0101lia Helel\u0101, greatly admires Cheif Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi of O’ahu, who brought peace to the island for many – perhaps a dozen – generations. In teaching selected bits of Hawaiian history to her students and dancers, Kumu M\u0101lia points out that we can all find ways to bring peace into our lives. Choosing role models whom we would wish to emulate is an important first step.<\/span><\/p>\n Anyone seeking to live a life of<\/span> aloha<\/span><\/i> (love, good will, kindness), would never want to emulate Cheif Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi\u2019s predecessor, Chief Haka of O\u2019ahu. As legend has it, Chief Haka was so \u201cstingy, rapacious, and ill-natured,\u201d and treated both the commoners and <\/span>ali\u2019i <\/span><\/i>(nobility) with such disregard, his people rose up against him. One of his own officers surrendered Haka\u2019s fort to rebel chiefs, who took his life. A council of chiefs of O\u2019ahu then convened and \u201cclamorously elected\u201d Cheif Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi in Haka\u2019s place. This happened in the 1400-1500\u2019s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To begin with, Ma\u2019ilik\u016bka stopped human sacrifice. He adopted all first born children as his own children and educated them accordingly. He ruled both justly and firmly.<\/span><\/p>\n M\u0101lia particularly appreciates boundaries as an important to keeping the peace. The firm system of boundaries that Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi created during his reign prevented fighting. Not only did he refrain from invading other islands, he also forbade the<\/span> ali\u2019i<\/span><\/i> under him from plundering others\u2019 land. Chief Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi deeply understood his duty as not the owner but the steward of the land under his rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi surveyed and reorganized the<\/span> palena<\/span><\/i> (land division boundaries) on Oahu, establishing the <\/span>ahupua\u02bba <\/span><\/i>system. These mountain-to-sea wedges of land not only clearly confirmed whose land was whose to govern, they also encouraged abundance in both agriculture and fishing. And bounty for all encourages peaceful relations.<\/span><\/p>\n Lest anyone think that Chief Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi ruled from a place of fear or weakness, let us note that when a chief from Waipi\u2019o on the island of Hawai\u2019i attempted to invade O\u2019ahu, Ma\u2019ilik\u016bkahi and his troops thoroughly defeated the invaders. He did not hesitate to defend his firmly established boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n Kumu M\u0101lia encourages all of her dancers, all the members of her<\/span> halau<\/span><\/i> (school of hula) to live lives of grace and aloha. 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