To live and walk the spiritual path set by one's ancestors and guided by ke Akua (Creator/God)

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Mon, 12/12/2022 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

 

In the first half-hour, Co-Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) interviews Mikilani Young, a Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) traditional kumu hula and cultural practitioner who lives and walks a spiritual path set by her ancestors and guided by ke Akua (Creator/God). As a kumu hula she teaches the ancient dance of hula, and as a cultural practitioner she is grounded in teachings that began when she was a year old with her Aunty Puluelo Naipo Park who was her hanai aunty/mom. Raised in Hawai'i on Kakuhihewa (Oahu), knowing and practicing the ways of her kupuna (elders) is central to her spiritual practice and the knowledge she shares with students and other Indigenous peoples beyond Hawaii. Mikilani has been a kumu for 26 years, both in Hawaii and on Turtle Island (Northern hemisphere) where she currently resides on Sierra Miwuk Ancestral Lands. She has taught hula (dance) and oli (chanting) to hundreds. However, when protests to stop construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) and further desecration of Mauna Kea by the astronomy industry began, Mikilani's work took became more akin to that of a kahu (spiritual leader). For over three years, Mikilani conducted and led live, online, daily pule (prayers) for the mauna, a practice that demonstrated and modeled the essence of Indigenous Hawaiian values and cultural protocol. Her courageous approach to the practice and teaching of Indigenous Hawaiian ways is both suited to, and challenged by, the times we live in; sharing, but not selling, giving, but being discerning so as not to exploit or diminish the mana of her own knowledge; Mikilani's path is a prayerful, thoughtful balance between human needs that adhere to the soulful premise of existence, while maintaining and honoring the Creator's guidance. Mikilani's journey has taken her between First Peoples Nations (Tongva, Winnemem Wintu, San Carlos Apache, Kumeyaay, Acjachemen, Pomo, Coastal Miwuk, Klamath, Moduc, Maidu, Colville Confederated Tribes, Wabanaki Confederacy, Kewa Pueblo, Tonoho O'odham, Akimel O'odham, Hopi, Lakota, Nakota, Dakota, Warm Springs, Dine', Mohawk, Yavapai, Payomkawichum, Kwatsaan, Tatavium, Lisjan Ohlone, Wintun, Onasatis). She is at her most grateful and skilled when she can be a unifier of people across and beyond the land she lives on, and joyous because she lives with complete trust that her ancestors guide her path. For Mikilani, pule is the first and last course of personal, political and cultural action. She formed the non-profit (United Pillars of Aloha as well as Kaiapuni Ho'ola Piha Sanctuary) in service of Mother Earth and the unborn generations. For more information, visit mikilaniyoung.com.

In the second half-hour, we feature several selections from First Voices Radios Top Listener Favorite Songs of 2022.

 

12-11-2022 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode Playlist

  • Time
    11:01
    Artist
    780mnk
    Song
    F.T.R.C
    Album
    Cerebral
    Label
    1692001 Records DK
  • Time
    11:01
    Artist
    Moana & The Moa Hunters
    Song
    Tahi ((Roots Mix))
    Album
    Tahi ((Roots Mix))
    Label
    WMG - Milan Records
  • Time
    11:31
    Artist
    Post Malone
    Song
    Circles
    Album
    Circles
    Label
    Universal Music
  • Time
    11:31
    Artist
    Indian City
    Song
    Star People (feat. Jim Cuddy)
    Album
    Star People (feat. Jim Cuddy)
    Label
    WMG - Rising Sun Productions Inc.
  • Time
    11:35
    Artist
    One Way Sky
    Song
    Reap and Sow
    Album
    Soul Searcher
    Label
    Akimel Records
  • Time
    11:40
    Artist
    Xavier Rudd
    Song
    Ball And Chain
    Album
    Ball And Chain
    Label
    UMG - Virgin Music Label And Artist Services Australia (P&D)
  • Time
    11:45
    Artist
    Earth Surface People
    Song
    1492
    Album
    500 Years
    Label
    DISTROKID - Underwater Panther Coalition
  • Time
    11:54
    Artist
    Bruce Cockburn
    Song
    States I'm In
    Album
    Bone On Bone
    Label
    True North Records

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