Connected By Canoes Tour W/808 Ohana Family Band From Hawai'i

[00:00:00]Hey hey hey.

[00:00:20]>> Aloha. We are a multi-generational family band from Hawaii.

[00:00:26]Join our family, our ohana on our connected by canoes Pacific Northwest tour as we reconnect with our cousins across the sea. Reestablishing Pelina connection, relationship, allyship as the only way forward is together.

[00:00:44]We set off on this journey not knowing what lay ahead. Guided by spirit and a vision of a world united, we boarded up our house, rehomed our chickens, and set off on a trip that would change our lives forever.

[00:00:57]Join us as we trace the footsteps of our ancestors who traveled across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. From Hawaii to Turtle Island, Haidoguay, and the Co Sea, we are connected by canoes.

[00:01:18]Wow.

[00:01:23]>> Beautiful.

[00:01:27]>> Definitely need some extraction.

[00:01:30]>> Thank you.

[00:01:33]>> In mahalo kakua, guide us on this journey as we represent you. as we represent aloha ambassadors for Kohova Paya and Pona restoration and we just have complete surrender and trust and faith that you're going before us and you're paving the way and uh that we'll be able to move with grace and ease.

[00:01:58]Thank you. Bless my friends here back at home as they hold it down and just be with all of us in our life's paths and journeys. Mahalu Lord. We're so grateful to be a part of your work, this greater work.

[00:02:12]>> Mahalo.

[00:02:14]>> Oh, wataka to Kashula creator. I pray that you'll receive the these this family on on the lands across the ocean, the turtle island. And I pray that you'll guide them on their journey and stay with them on the land over there.

[00:02:29]And uh as these two worlds meet each other, I I pray that you'll just guide and show every every vision that needs to be seen, every download that needs to be got, I pray that you'll give this family that so they can continue on their journey and continue on their life goals and dreams and their purpose here and their kulana a whole All right, aloha new Ohana. We are here in beautiful Kihei and uh we're excited to be going out on the water today. This is going to be a beautiful sendoff with Uncle Kimuko. beautiful sendoff of just blessings and prayers uh for our canoe journey, our connected by canoes tour where we will be uh just you know connecting and rebuilding Pelina with our cousins across the sea, strengthening those ties, standing together, very similar stories, similar history of oppression and colonization. And so in this beautiful time of Julie, we get to unite, stand together.

[00:03:45]And so we are going out as a bridge to unite our different worlds once again and to bring some kind of harmony. And so uh super excited to be taking you all out on the water with us today. Uh haven't paddled in many years, but no t nobody made it today.

[00:04:14]Happy be Go away.

[00:05:02]>> Take a swim. Take a swim. Take a swim.

[00:05:08]Swift I got My My heart Let's go. Let's go.

[00:06:34]>> Everybody on the left.

[00:06:35]>> On the left.

[00:06:38]>> That's beautiful.

[00:06:42]>> Okay. So >> beautiful.

[00:06:50]>> Beautiful.

[00:06:51]>> Okay. So what we got is um we got for me this is kanaka.

[00:06:56]>> Okay. Cocona. Kanaka. So this is like a man. So it's uh she told me naki.

[00:07:04]>> Naki.

[00:07:04]>> Okay. So naki for me is your name.

[00:07:08]>> Naki.

[00:07:09]>> Naki which is to fetch. Oh, >> or lucky is to gather or bundle.

[00:07:16]>> So, it's about uh people gathering.

[00:07:19]>> That's beautiful cuz that's the whole purpose of this is to be a bridge into that.

[00:07:24]>> Okay. So, this is the ocean that separates the people um from Hawaii to them, from them to them, all of that. Um, and so this is supposed to be the ocean just you're traveling to rough waters vibrant. So this is to me came out to be almost like uh seahawks the the art from the natives of that area >> like Seattle seahawks.

[00:07:56]>> Yep.

[00:07:57]>> So that's also their um their animals.

[00:08:00]Yeah.

[00:08:01]>> Totally.

[00:08:02]So it was almost like totem pole like also >> love that.

[00:08:06]>> So and this is just um office just base that you know you just have things to buy and and so they're all the same but they're all different because of the color it's hard to you know but this one would be the best one that you can see all the colors or the the light brown one. the darker ones. It's really hard to see when colors, you know, but that's the basic thing of the white.

[00:08:32]>> Oh, that's so beautiful and perfect.

[00:08:33]Thank you so much. You guys give me the names and I we kind of look aba >> aba.

[00:08:43]>> Yeah. But aba can be a you know, >> right?

[00:08:49]>> Yeah. So it is a gathering of people meeting, traveling to each other and sharing.

[00:08:55]>> Beautiful.

[00:08:56]>> Good morning buddy.

[00:08:58]>> Well uh today is Wednesday June 10 and the plan is to leave here from Maui tomorrow evening, redeye flight and uh fly out to Seattle. So still working on tickets. I think we got uh enough points for four of us and then uh going to try to get the other four together. And so this is all just in a flow, gang. But uh we're grateful. There's been so many miracles and blessings already. And uh we got Dave outside just finishing up some merch. And you know, we just do the best that we can with what we got. and uh grateful for our hostess and the families that we got to meet here. Super stoked. Um and in just a little bit this afternoon, Uncle Leman will be joining us. He's flying over on the small plane Mole over from Mokai, flying over here to Maui. And then our friends Jay and Amber will scoop him up and bring him to a last minute popup concert that we're doing at Nalu's.

[00:10:07]kind of like a open uh restaurant kind of bar vibe uh in South Kihei and a really sweet spot. We'll show you around.

[00:10:18]Cheese.

[00:10:22]>> And dad is out here getting ready for that.

[00:10:26]>> Yes. Yes.

[00:10:28]>> Oh, setup shop where we go.

[00:10:30]>> Carl.

[00:10:31]>> Well, here's some of his work that dad's been doing.

[00:10:35]Green, orange, some blue in there.

[00:10:41]Nice.

[00:10:43]Pretty nice.

[00:10:44]>> Wow.

[00:10:46]>> Well, that's where we >> get one there.

[00:10:57]>> I think that's like from Halava. Ah >> and and and Maka's family >> he her grand from my mom fact my my sister husband >> the whole opai from Hana >> they come from Mai >> and they get the hoai.

[00:11:20]Yeah, I know some hobai over here. The whole has to do with the va >> you know when the ku come on the beach the arriving of the >> I'm going to have to remember that >> a thank you for everything at day what an honor to be here with you >> and I hope to hear more of your stories next time bless you and your ohana >> give a call when you when you're back >> mahalo work with the kids next time we'll set up a little music camp we would love to do that >> good >> yeah mahalward to it.

[00:11:52]>> Love to the Ohana >> right here.

[00:11:58]>> This is Angie's family. Ohana say, "Wow."

[00:12:13]>> Here we go.

[00:12:17]Interesting.

[00:12:19]>> We'll see. We might live at the Seattle airport and have to bust for a ride, but we can do it with that hat and this boy.

[00:12:24]I can tell you what, this guy can do it.

[00:12:26]Anybody can. Thank you, Jesus. And this God can do it. Amen. Here we go.

[00:12:32]Mahalui, Maui.

[00:12:35]Mahalui Kaku blessing.

[00:12:39]>> Here we go.

[00:12:43]>> Say, "Wow."

[00:12:44]>> Wow.

[00:12:44]>> Say, "You ready?"

[00:12:45]>> Ready?

[00:12:46]>> Yes. local.

[00:12:49]>> It's two fish for dinner.

[00:12:55]>> Okay.

[00:12:56]>> No, Eli is What is he?

[00:12:58]>> I think he was.

[00:13:11]>> Okay, there you go.

[00:13:12]>> We have arrived.

[00:13:15]Aloha Seattle.

[00:13:17]>> And um so literally the last two months I've been calling all of my connections and really good connections to people that are working with different organizations, a lot of community efforts. So they have access to these things usually. But right now, of course, it's the soccer world cup or some [ __ ] right?

[00:13:40]And um there's just a lot going on. And so tour rentals, several actually a handful of different organizations that we reached out to, personal friends, all my contacts here in the pavement. And the only option that there was was $10,000 rental from the airport here.

[00:14:01]And I said, "Hell no. Hell, >> how can I justify that?" Plus, I don't got that, you know?

[00:14:06]>> Yeah. So, and if I had it, that's just I couldn't feel good. I would just go buy a beater, you know?

[00:14:12]>> Yeah.

[00:14:12]>> But, um, anyway, so I have to look at the evidence and the proof already of what God has made so clear and this is uh how we get to exercise our faith.

[00:14:27]>> God can show up.

[00:14:29]So, >> I just know that I did everything on my end that I could with the or with getting everything. And it's just like everything else lined up. And then like I'm like, "Okay, we're still meant to come. This is just this is just spirit spirit check. One, two, one, two, one, two, check.

[00:14:48]>> How you doing?

[00:14:50]>> How's your faith going?"

[00:14:52]>> Yep.

[00:14:52]>> How's your faith? But you know, biggest thing is we have uh we have a place to stay and dinner tonight. So, >> just got to get there.

[00:15:03]>> All we need.

[00:15:06]>> Well, we're here at Seattle airport.

[00:15:11]>> Been sitting here for a few hours hoping to find a ride, but we're learning, practicing our homelessness.

[00:15:21]We're acclimating well to the Seattle airport.

[00:15:23]>> Yeah, it's actually a warm >> barking at pedestrians and begging for money. Spare change. Anybody spare change?

[00:15:31]>> Dad, >> we got it down.

[00:15:32]>> That guy was looking at me.

[00:15:34]>> Good.

[00:15:36]>> I think he went to spare some change.

[00:15:38]>> Yeah.

[00:15:39]>> Yeah. Then he left.

[00:15:42]>> Haven't eaten three days.

[00:15:52]We don't have to busk and beg for change after all.

[00:15:55]>> I was at the point where I was like, >> it might help though.

[00:15:58]>> She shows up in a flat bed with like >> I wouldn't have been surprised.

[00:16:03]This is cool.

[00:16:05]This works.

[00:16:08]Yeah. You >> put the big things first. I'll get >> What's going on right here? Look at that. It's all shaded and everything. Oh yeah, we've set up shop.

[00:16:20]>> All right, let's see.

[00:16:24]>> Got to rent it out.

[00:16:28]>> All right.

[00:16:31]>> All right. Good job, girls.

[00:16:34]>> Made that happen.

[00:16:35]>> Well, dude, there's hijack this guitar.

[00:16:40]>> Where'd you tie up the driver?

[00:16:41]>> Everything, right?

[00:16:42]>> Well, you know, you know what? You know what? We do really well until um you know we have to deal with fake systems.

[00:16:49]>> What's what's the [ __ ] >> So like money systems, all of that.

[00:16:54]>> Oh, we don't have neither of us have credit cards. Neither of us have money.

[00:16:59]I like 90 bucks in my account.

[00:17:01]>> We made it somehow.

[00:17:06]>> All right, let's see.

[00:17:07]>> Key by the cushion by the front door.

[00:17:11]No, kind of like >> How cute is this place? Am I >> So cute. Look at the lavender.

[00:17:19]>> Beautiful.

[00:17:22]>> Very smelly.

[00:17:23]>> Yeah, it is.

[00:17:26]>> Yeah, it's this this is what we're smelling is the uh lilac.

[00:17:34]Maybe the dog wood.

[00:17:40]Woo!

[00:17:45]>> Yeah, I don't know what.

[00:17:51]>> Aloha kakahayaka. Good morning.

[00:17:53]>> Good morning.

[00:17:54]>> Just some morning man. As I reflect on our day yesterday and just the miracles.

[00:18:00]Um, wow. Just so amazed.

[00:18:05]The only time I have really a hard time is when I come up against this other system that is in place. This ownership mindset and this ownership system.

[00:18:14]Traveling without a credit card, no money, all of this. But absolutely called, it's clear, called, blessed, guided and provided for every step of the way. And so here in Seattle, far away from our island home with my entire Ohana, there's eight of us. And uh wow, you know, um but I'm just reminded that everything we need, boom, you know, creator holds everything owns everything. And so it's just amazing to move and live this way. And a lot of times my friends or people that I know, they don't understand because we're so trained to be in this other system, right? Hey, we got to have good credit. We got to have this and that. And I'm not speaking against those things. I get it. My last trip, I had all those things, right? I had the credit card. I had the money. I had um but this is a faith walk. And we're not a business. This not a music business. We're not that kind of band.

[00:19:16]This is a faith walk. And um this is a music mission. We're musicians being sent out. And so what better way than to trust Kokua's provision every step of the way and to leave space for the miracles. And so yeah, the hardest thing I have and when there's friction is when the stewardship mindset that a Kokua has given me, right? This has taken years of unlearning and coming out of the different layers of colonization and being in a box, putting God in a box, putting myself in a box, my way of thinking, very constricted where now anything is possible. Anything is possible. God can do anything.

[00:19:55]So, the stewardship and the ownership systems, boom. But we're getting back to original systems. And what better way to show the power and the beauty of that um but by living it. And so that's what we get to carry as we move throughout this tour in our everyday lives, not knowing how or what where our next meal will come from. But does it look like I've missed too many meals? You look beautiful.

[00:20:29]>> It's the real deal. As usual, painting right before the show, but >> fresh off the press.

[00:20:34]>> We expect all these hats to go for this >> Q-tip.

[00:20:40]>> Washer dryer/ >> cats have this thing >> called, >> right? Whatever works.

[00:20:46]>> Coco, they can infect your brain. Say what? He's got a National Geographic. So he's we get education while we make >> I'll read it to you.

[00:20:55]>> Oh, instead it shows no making it easy. The cat's intestinal tra >> is the only place to ser.

[00:21:17]>> Hello.

[00:21:17]>> Setting up the merch.

[00:21:19]setting up the >> Here it is.

[00:21:22]>> Getting it all ready.

[00:21:26]>> Spellbound.

[00:21:29]>> Okay.

[00:21:31]>> Wait, you can get Oh, yeah. That I think is delicious.

[00:21:35]>> Love you. Bless you.

[00:21:37]>> Thank you for being a >> Oh my goodness. I This I'm not going to keep this. This is just for tonight.

[00:21:43]This is for >> Yes, Lisa.

[00:21:46]>> Of course. Oh, not wear for one night.

[00:21:50]You silly babe.

[00:21:53]>> Oh, silly girl.

[00:21:54]>> It's like somebody put pearls on me.

[00:21:55]>> Oh, we want it back. Actually, after the night, we're going to need that.

[00:21:58]>> I mean, these are Hawaiian pearls.

[00:22:00]>> Freaking handed us the keys, you guys.

[00:22:02]No money, no credit card, no insurance.

[00:22:04]Boom. I got a 15 passenger van. And um >> uh we literally got up here with like, you know, so what I'm trying to share, can you guys say stewardship?

[00:22:15]>> Stewardship.

[00:22:16]>> Stewardship. This is the system that we're getting back to because the system that is in place today is a ownership system and mindset where we use terms like me, mine, I. Stewardship is the way that we were all intended to live and to be, us, ours, we can you say >> kako.

[00:22:34]>> Kako means together. All of us immu >> means forward.

[00:22:42]>> Forward together.

[00:22:46]The eo never intended anyone for you. You already are free. Don't let nobody fool you.

[00:23:07]And so we downress and we are oppressing in the footsteps of our much at home again.

[00:23:43]I don't know how much of >> we're living the life.

[00:23:50]>> We sure are. We sure are. Summertime in the Northwest.

[00:23:54]>> I mean, look at this day, folks.

[00:23:56]>> There's nothing better.

[00:23:57]>> Look at this day. Look at her yard.

[00:23:59]>> Look at this day.

[00:24:00]>> I wish the camera would let you smell her.

[00:24:03]>> Yes.

[00:24:03]>> I don't know if this is a hydrangeanger, a lilac, something like that.

[00:24:07]>> A lot of smells coming off this one.

[00:24:08]>> But boy is it fantastic.

[00:24:10]>> Like it is. It's It's definitely like filling up the space.

[00:24:14]>> It's wonderful.

[00:24:21]>> Cold water.

[00:24:22]>> There's no pressure. You do what you want to do. Get in the lake.

[00:24:24]>> Got in there though.

[00:24:25]>> Get in the lake. Isaiah.

[00:24:27]>> Isaiah did. He said, "You know what?

[00:24:29]We're not going to wait slow. We're going to go for it."

[00:24:32]>> Dang it. I was hoping that he would chicken out and then I >> Oh, you going to go.

[00:24:41]>> Do you want to get in the lake?

[00:24:43]>> Let's see it.

[00:24:45]>> Doing it.

[00:24:45]>> Do it, people.

[00:24:59]do this.

[00:25:00]>> This is nothing.

[00:25:02]>> Don't move.

[00:25:04]Don't move.

[00:25:05]>> People drive.

[00:25:07]>> You [ __ ] off.

[00:25:13]>> Sorry, guys. I like >> Holy [ __ ] Let's go.

[00:25:17]>> Dang. Look at that. My calms are only sweaty right now, but it's all right.

[00:25:23]>> Look at rainer at the window.

[00:25:24]>> Look at that freaking monetary.

[00:25:27]>> All right, folks. We're just getting over here.

[00:25:30]Uh coming up. Our host, uh his name is Derek, and this will be our first time meeting in person. We've talked a couple times, uh just, you know, via email and phone. and uh he's very involved in his community and his the name of the organization that he's with is called Chief of Seattle and so it's an indigenous organization that really helps um much of the community but especially the indigenous the the houseless and uh we look forward to actually doing a presentation for a lot of their the folks that use their services uh in just a couple of weeks. So this is a monthly drum circle and potluck that he hosts and it'll be really interesting. First time going to something like this relationship allyship and to tell our truth as we are still illegally occupied um by America. Their military has a stronghold on us and uh we are rising again to tell the truth of who we are and uh accountability is here.

[00:26:37]Accountability is here.

[00:26:39]>> It's okay babe. It's okay. All these fun little things.

[00:26:44]>> Awkward, buddy. Yeah.

[00:26:46]So cute.

[00:26:48]>> And so grateful to be here with my husband, uh our daughter, three sons, my uncle Lemana, my mom's brother from Moka, my sister Amber over here from Maui. And uh we're here just to remind the world of who we are. But not just that, we're here to also uh build Pelina connection relationship because there is a time coming soon uh that's here already where we need to stand together.

[00:27:11]Um, as the Kioa, as the children of the land, >> the night of our hands to our creator, our hands to honor you, our cultures, and our traditions.

[00:27:31]We must never lose. Here is our hands to our creator, our hands to honor you. We are the peoples of the Pacific and we're connected by this.

[00:28:15]Where hey long Sing heyo.

[00:28:55]Heyo.

[00:28:59]Hey, hey, hey.

[00:29:23]Hey, you are you are you are you Come on.

[00:29:50]Hey I hey.

[00:30:19]Big go away.

[00:30:32]Show me away.

[00:30:47]Where are your go?

[00:31:15]We are away.

[00:31:17]Hallelujah.

[00:31:29]I wish they Where are you? Where are Hey, make just really honored that you're here today that you're sharing your your gifts and and a lot of healing. Um >> wow, we'll we'll we'll remember this day forever.

[00:32:44]>> Yeah. Thank you.

[00:32:46]>> And uh come back anytime.

[00:32:50]Oh my god.

[00:32:58]>> Having fun.

[00:33:01]Beautiful.

[00:33:04]Super cool.

[00:33:09]>> All right. Ohana made it to Port Angeles Ferry Terminal and uh got through. We're just here waiting in line. should be uh boarding super soon and we're excited to be crossing over into BC.

[00:33:23]>> Yeah.

[00:33:23]>> And uh just praying for border angels over there on the other side, you know.

[00:33:29]Um we'll see how it goes. I got a couple of contracts and uh tour schedule so that they can see what we're up to. And uh we're just excited. It's been a long day of travel. It's been 3 plus hours of driving and then now uh this will be about a 3-hour ferry ride. So, long day, but we're calling in the orcas and the beautiful animals. We're excited to see beautiful nature and uh just the raw beauty here. Wow. So grateful, so blessed, and uh feeling so guided and protected.

[00:34:03]>> Feel guided and protected.

[00:34:05]>> Yo, guided and protected always.

[00:34:07]>> Yes. How about you?

[00:34:09]>> Yep, I do.

[00:34:11]How about you guys? Do you feel guided and protected?

[00:34:14]>> Mhm. Mhm.

[00:34:16]>> Mhm.

[00:34:19]>> I'm all for it. So, I see if we can find a table over here, I guess.

[00:34:26]>> All right. Well, we're having our first clam chowder. How is it?

[00:34:30]>> Oh, no.

[00:34:31]>> Really?

[00:34:31]>> I've been dreaming of this. So good.

[00:34:33]>> What do you think?

[00:34:35]>> It's pretty good. I would say it's right up there. Maybe seven.

[00:34:37]>> Really? Okay.

[00:34:45]seems to be enjoying his >> All right, we made it through the ferry.

[00:35:03]Now, what are we doing?

[00:35:04]>> Well, we're getting ready to go through customs. So, we're off the ferry and uh just got over here to >> just coming up on the uh customs agent here.

[00:35:13]>> [ __ ] >> And so, just having these passports in on time for all of us. I think uncles came in like a day or two before he had to meet us is a miracle.

[00:35:25]>> All of you coming in on time. So, we're meant to be here. We're meant to be here. Totally. And uh spreading right now. They're checking out.

[00:35:34]>> Yes. Uh And uh just like we are not American, many of these tribes and the people here are not Canadian. And so we're going to stand with all people, especially the indigenous, the Kiki Okina who have been oppressed for way too long. It's time for accountability and porno restoration.

[00:35:58]Here we go.

[00:35:59]>> And they holding on to that truck for a while. Yeah. Like what you got in there?

[00:36:03]>> Yes.

[00:36:05]What? What's right behind you there?

[00:36:08]>> Is it on fire?

[00:36:11]>> Yeah, it's a fire pit. You're right. And the braces are for cooking fish over fire.

[00:36:16]>> Oh, >> so you can see some remnants.

[00:36:21]There's only certain kind of wood you're supposed to use for the frame to cook the salmon on. It's ocean spray. Um, it goes in the braces. It comes up on an angle. Then you file out the salmon. You cut it down its back so its belly holds it together. And you put it on the on the fire.

[00:36:40]>> I can taste it now.

[00:36:41]>> So can I. I love it. That's what gets cooked here. Well, no.

[00:36:46]>> Oh no.

[00:36:47]>> Oh no.

[00:36:49]>> It's my favorite. So that's what this pit's for.

[00:36:51]>> Fish over fire.

[00:36:52]>> Fish over fire.

[00:36:53]>> This building. I love this building. You can just smell it. You can feel it. It feels different than anywhere else.

[00:36:58]You're gonna get in these canoes 300 strong.

[00:37:03]>> What?

[00:37:03]>> And you're gonna paddle from here up the Fraser River to Telot Platinus. Wow.

[00:37:08]>> Where the Kawachin had over a 100 long houses and over a thousand people. Wow.

[00:37:12]>> And that's why they won their land claim on the mainland. That's why they were seafaring oceangoing people. They paddled these canoes down the coast south and north for trading. Wow. That's these canoes. The war canoes go on top.

[00:37:29]Wow.

[00:37:30]>> So they leave these big ones out further at sea and then they take these ones to get in. Or if they're under attack, these go over their heads and they still paddle in.

[00:37:38]>> That's what I learned about these ones.

[00:37:40]>> This here is a talking stick. Wow. This was made by my late father. It's a talking stick.

[00:37:52]So when we talk Yeah. Yeah. That's how we start our talking circles. With a talking stick.

[00:38:10]We keep order with a talking stick. Everything has a meaning. The Thunderbird, the killer whale, the medicine man, the serpent, they all have a meaning. The deer hooves, they're a symbolization of love or not love, but of life to keep the negative down on the ground. So when you see our dancers use the hooves, they're keeping the negative where it belongs on the ground while they're doing their work.

[00:38:54]So our meaning of the hooves in this one means that we have male and female.

[00:39:06]So what that symbolization is of life we carry not just male but we respect the female by keeping them on the stick as well.

[00:39:24]So that was why I wanted to bring this here. So we keep the teaching.

[00:39:32]We keep the discipline of the teaching.

[00:39:36]It's not my words. It's my ancestors words.

[00:39:42]I'm only echoing what was told to me since I was yay high.

[00:39:50]That's something we learned.

[00:39:53]So I just wanted to show you guys. Oh, >> what this is. And it has so many stories. I could talk all day on this stick alone.

[00:40:11]So, like I was saying, everything has a meaning on why we do the designs.

[00:40:20]If we're designing it, we have the story with it. Now, the hummingbird was told to me by my grandmother. My grandmother says it's a symbolization of love.

[00:40:35]Not love of a couple, but a love of our culture that's being passed down by the grandparents. The grandparents. This one here in particular is for the grandmother's love that she has for the granddaughters. The granddaughters are going to be the future. So that was the whole meaning of the hummingbird.

[00:41:03]And then here we have the loon. The loon, the mother loon carrying the baby loon. The loon is a symbolization of part of what we come from within our culture. our culture and our mask dances that are all sacred to us that that where my grandmother comes from comes up from or comes down from the Queen Charlotte Isles.

[00:41:33]So that's just one of the sto or a few of the stories.

[00:41:38]>> Beautiful.

[00:41:39]>> Is that Haidag?

[00:41:42]>> Yes.

[00:41:43]This one here, a symbolization of a wolf. A wolf that transforms.

[00:41:52]Transforms. It's stepping like like this is the the sea, the shore. It's stepping into the ocean to transform back to the orca and the red wolf.

[00:42:07]That is just something that spiritually my grandmother passed down along with this story. The grandmother from my mom's side.

[00:42:21]Then this one here is a an a Thunderbird with the feathers of enlightenment.

[00:42:30]So whenever when I'm racing my canoe and I'm feeling down, those feathers are reminders of the the ones that we lost, the loved ones, namely my late brother. He was always with me. So the feathers are there.

[00:42:49]So, I've made a cane of the Thunderbird, the beaver, and also I carry the feather because I need a constant reminder to stay enlightened.

[00:43:04]Enlightenment of a heavy stressful week or something. I know there's always light at the at the end of the tunnel.

[00:43:14]So, you can see >> what is the name of the wood. The wood here is yellow cedar.

[00:43:20]>> Yellow cedar.

[00:43:22]>> Yes.

[00:43:23]>> And how many colors do you have? Yellow, red, blue, >> red. Red cedar and yellow cedar.

[00:43:29]>> That's two.

[00:43:31]>> Two.

[00:43:36]>> That is beautiful.

[00:43:38]>> So the canoe here, this is out of red cedar.

[00:43:44]This was referred to as the war canoe.

[00:43:49]The canoe that was carried on on the top of these oceangoing canoes.

[00:43:56]So when the when the first Europeans came in, we traveled like eight 10 of us on one canoe, then would put this one on there so it wouldn't crash the waves. Uh-huh.

[00:44:13]>> So they they couldn't defeat us cuz they were coming up as far as this bridge here with their schooners. That's how deep the river stayed. Before they started siphoning the water out and now they look at us as part of the problem.

[00:44:34]They say we kill off all the salmon. But meanwhile they've got and they give us a gift. We cannot allow this to continue without passing on another gift. So, I'll present this to you. Oh, wow.

[00:44:51]>> That's for you.

[00:44:59]>> Oh, that's beautiful. Look at that.

[00:45:12]Okay.

[00:45:13]Come on. Come on.

[00:45:17]>> Ho.

[00:45:19]Hoy.

[00:45:20]>> Hoy. Paddle.

[00:45:21]>> H O E.

[00:45:24]I see this. I see. Oh, >> that's our queen.

[00:45:32]>> He He paddle.

[00:45:34]>> Yeah, man.

[00:45:35]Maybe one of the team me.

[00:45:45]>> Hey, I follow you. You follow me.

[00:45:49]>> Katan.

[00:45:50]>> Kawatan.

[00:47:33]All right, we're getting set up. The girls are setting up the towning the merch.

[00:47:50]>> Beautiful land.

[00:47:55]>> Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.

[00:47:57]Beautiful abundance. Wow.

[00:48:08]Well, thank you, Gia, for your purchase of our merch.

[00:48:12]>> Every Hulie hat makes these opportunities to meet you guys. So, much mahalos.

[00:48:22]Good trade.

[00:48:23]>> I need to put a rock.

[00:48:26]>> Biggest thing in the world is >> Look at the resources. Yeah, natural resources. More than 20.

[00:48:35]>> Like 24.

[00:48:39]>> Oh, that's cool.

[00:48:43]>> It's a wood. Hello.

[00:49:01]Not food for dinner, but wood to cook the dinner.

[00:49:07]Okay.

[00:49:30]mosquitoes are coming out.

[00:49:32]>> Big mosquito. I said, "Oh [ __ ] man." I said, "E." I said, "No, no, don't bite me. Don't bite me."

[00:49:39]Kind of had a dancy. Oh [ __ ] man.

[00:49:42]>> It didn't beat me because I didn't give a [ __ ] Pee and get out. I didn't run. I just walk fast, you know.

[00:49:51]>> All right, gang. We're just here on the ferry headed back to Duncan and uh we have a lunchin with uh actually the canoe carvers and paddle carvers really amazing the coats and development team.

[00:50:05]Mahalo.

[00:50:07]And uh just reflecting on, you know, our beautiful hostess with the mostess, Hannah, >> over here on Salt Spring. And you >> just uh got an email from her. Uh, so we're actually staying one night in Duncan and then tomorrow we're back in Salt Spring and Hana was so gracious to get us a couple rooms right in town near the ferry cuz we leave at 6:15 which means we have to be at the ferry no later than 5:30 to catch that. And then um >> Uncle V up >> and then first uh >> yeah first ferry over to uh Suasen and then we're at Ambside Park in downtown Vancouver for a big indigenous day event Sunday night and uh spending two nights in Vancouver and she ended up blessing us with two rooms there for two nights.

[00:51:02]>> Unbelievable. So just blown away by >> not just two rooms, two extremely nice rooms in one of the best hotels there is.

[00:51:10]>> And it's really busy right now. Yeah, busy right now. You're amazing.

[00:51:13]>> Summer soccer, World Cup.

[00:51:17]>> Blown away and humbled by everyone's generosity.

[00:51:20]>> Unbelievable.

[00:51:21]>> Daily miracles.

[00:51:32]hungry to hug you and leave you.

[00:51:39]>> Good morning, Uncle.

[00:51:41]>> Wow, look at that beautiful salmon.

[00:51:47]>> This is this is a song of thanksgiving and we're going to sing together to acknowledge this food on the table and the creator of this all of this.

[00:52:19]Oh my coow.

[00:52:30]Amen.

[00:52:52]Uh just want to leave you with with those with those last words uh of just aloha and allyship, friendship, and to Imua Kako. We're going to move forward together. We're here to stand with you folks >> recognizing that it's not just women that go missing, but it's also our men.

[00:53:11]And who are the voices for the men? We the mothers lifegivers.

[00:53:20]>> So far.

[00:53:21]>> Yes. Absolutely.

[00:53:23]>> Beautiful.

[00:53:23]>> Uh and you know, same in Hawaii. We have one of the highest human trafficking and nobody talks, >> but it's all of our indigenous people.

[00:53:34]>> I want to use the drummer when they sing that song.

[00:53:36]You're right.

[00:53:41]>> All right.

[00:53:43]>> I love you.

[00:53:45]>> Now I want to get this on my >> mama. Your mama. My mama. Your mama.

[00:53:48]Huh? Mama. Take. I believe you now. I believe you. You tell me. You tell me.

[00:53:53]You told me. Hey. Hey. Hey.

[00:54:00]Ho ho.

[00:54:03]Ho. Hey. Hey yo, ya eo ho. Hey hey heyo heyo ho ho. Yahoo ho. Hey hey heyo.

[00:54:30]Yahoo ho. Hey hey hey. Yo, hey. Hey. Hey.

[00:54:41]Y he heyo hey yucky oh yucky oh hey yuckyo Yo.

[00:55:14]Hey. Hey. Yo.

[00:55:28]Hey heyoyo heyo.

[00:55:38]Hey hey heyo ho yo ho. Hey hey eo ya eo ho. Hey, hey.

[00:55:58]Hey. Hey. Hey.

[00:56:08]Hey. Hey.

[00:56:11]E.

[00:56:12]E.

[00:56:15]Hey. Hey..................... So. That song has traveled all over the world. It's 38 years old and it comes from the Liilowette, the Shushwap people and it's the woman's warrior song and it's a a song that was born out of a chaotic time. The woman that gave birth to it, gave us permission to share it with the world with the resistance.

[00:56:48]>> Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[00:56:49]>> And it means uh spirit bear. Spirit bear. I love that.

[00:56:54]>> Yes.

[00:56:55]>> Mahalo.

[00:56:57]Oh, bless you.

[00:56:58]>> Yes.

[00:56:59]>> So, I would love to get Yes.

[00:57:02]>> to the rest of the family.

[00:57:03]>> Uncle. Uncle Leman.

[00:57:06]>> Hello.

[00:57:06]>> Hello.

[00:57:08]>> This is from Huampton from from the P people here.

[00:57:13]>> A gift. Just a little.

[00:57:15]>> Thank you. That's beautiful.

[00:57:17]>> Yes.

[00:57:18]>> I was just telling her this year. It's got one on the back.

[00:57:21]Women and girls.

[00:57:23]>> Oh, wow. Look at the back. Sacred cedar center.

[00:57:28]>> Beautiful. Thank you.

[00:57:30]>> We have some uh gifts we'd like to present. So, my sister's going to say a few words. Oh, love is alive in my heart to hear people that are are one with us and it just lifts our spirit up to no end.

[00:57:59]Your hearts are very very good. And um before you leave, we'd like to present you with some gifts from from us.

[00:58:12]>> Been saving this for a long time.

[00:58:15]>> I made this how many years ago? Leica >> Leica.

[00:58:20]>> Yes. Yes.

[00:58:20]>> What? How many years ago?

[00:58:21]>> Oh, 10.

[00:58:24]>> 10 years ago. Made this and been saving this to give this to someone >> special. And this is a Turtle Island story of Turtle Island where all our tribes are starting to unite.

[00:58:37]That's Noel of the teaching of uh not so much following.

[00:58:42]And uh I've always been just wondering who I was going to give this to. And >> I just want to present this to to your tribe and I call up We're going to send our welcome song just to welcome our family that has traveled a long ways to be here.

[00:59:15]>> We uh say prayers for a safe journeys for our family, their continuous journey. They're telling us they're going to be on the road for 2 months.

[00:59:24]>> Wow. We're heading down as far as Oregon and coming back up.

[00:59:43]Oh.

[00:59:47]Oh.

[00:59:49]Oh.

[01:00:03]Oh.

[01:00:08]Oh.

[01:00:13]Oh.

[01:00:18]Hallelujah.

[01:00:21]Hallelujah.

[01:00:28]Oh.

[01:00:30]Oh.

[01:00:34]Oh.

[01:00:39]Oh.

[01:00:49]Oh. Oh.

[01:00:53]Oh.

[01:00:58]Oh.

[01:01:09]Oh.

[01:01:12]Oh.

[01:01:17]Oh.

[01:01:22]Oh.

[01:01:34]Oh.

[01:01:36]Oh.

[01:01:40]Oh.

[01:01:45]Oh.

[01:01:49]Oh.

[01:01:55]Hallelujah.

[01:02:04]The last song I want to do is the uh grandmother's honor song. So if any any of the matriarchs want to join in and dance matriarch song, grandmother song.

[01:02:30]Oh.

[01:02:34]Oh.

[01:02:39]Oh.

[01:02:48]Oh.

[01:02:50]Oh.

[01:02:52]Oh.

[01:03:05]Oh.

[01:03:09]Oh.

[01:03:14]Oh.

[01:03:22]Oh yeah.

[01:03:39]Oh.

[01:03:47]Oh.

[01:03:55]Oh.

[01:03:57]Oh.

[01:03:59]Oh.

[01:04:12]Oh.

[01:04:16]Oh. Oh yeah.

[01:04:44]Oh yeah.

[01:05:00]Oh.

[01:05:04]Oh.

[01:05:22]Thank you everybody. So safe journeys to your next village. Gracias. Thank you.

[01:05:30]Thank you.

[01:05:34]>> What is it?

[01:05:35]>> Agree.

[01:05:47]tell them and we're like no we're not we're not telling you. So what we've been doing is that uh every Sunday uh we've been taking people up there and teaching them workshops what is valuable and what isn't and um we're like uh we're costing the government right now uh at last count um the lawyer said for just me and a handful of elders there's like only five elders uh we've cost the government, the country of Canada, $66 million is how much they spent to fight us in court.

[01:06:29]>> And the bill is going to go up higher because uh Grandma Osen is not backing down.

[01:06:35]>> Grandma is like, "Fuck you guys. We're here because so long as there's a tree standing, I will be standing with uh the rights of our our brothers." I said, "Our brothers are the trees." I said, "Grandfather's son rises every day. I will rise with grandfather, son, father sky, mother earth, the wind is our sister. And I said we are going to stand together united. And so everybody is like, oh my god, now what are we doing?

[01:07:02]So $66 million.88 people have been arrested.

[01:07:11]We just finished our court case and the judge said, "You made a mistake on the wording." So now we got to go back to Cigine.

[01:07:20]>> Wow.

[01:07:21]>> Anything to keep us off the mountain.

[01:07:24]Save the cedars. But we have a pipeline.

[01:07:27]We have a pipeline that is running from Haidaguay from actually Fort McMurray, which is northern Alberta, and it's going to come across the Salish Sea, over a thousand freshwater rivers, and it's heading to uh California.

[01:07:43]>> Wow. And it's a Texas company that actually bought the shares.

[01:07:50]And we're like, uh, so that's why I realized that they're clearcutting.

[01:07:55]They're eliminating all the trees so that they can put a pipeline in that we don't want.

[01:08:00]>> Wow.

[01:08:01]>> And they need our fresh water to pump the bimmans through.

[01:08:08]And the only thing that's standing in the way from that is the indigenous people.

[01:08:13]>> Praise God. We That's why we got a hoie up, anti.

[01:08:16]>> Yeah.

[01:08:17]>> We stand together.

[01:08:18]>> Yep. So, we're standing together. Some of us are lying down together and others are just sitting and squatting in the middle of the road.

[01:08:25]>> That's right. We got to get up.

[01:08:27]>> Yeah. And we have to wake up the spirit of the people because our people are so oppressed that when the oppression comes in, it's like they're like this. And I'm like, "Stand up."

[01:08:38]>> Same with >> be a warrior. Stand up. Remember, you know who you are. Remember that you are the best of the best of your ancestors DNA. Oh, well, we'll give you we'll give you, you know, 30 or $40. Go buy a big gallon of water.

[01:08:54]Uh, no. You know, like, so, you know, people are being bought.

[01:09:00]Money is being handed out like crazy right now to the people who are like, "Yep, I'll do whatever you want."

[01:09:06]>> That's right. People selling out. Yeah.

[01:09:09]>> There's people like me that are saying, "Hey, no, that's wrong." And the reasons why, you know, people like me say no is because we were taken from the government or or from our home reserves.

[01:09:22]They bought and sold our children. What they didn't do, they couldn't buy my heart.

[01:09:28]>> Amen.

[01:09:30]So, I've learned the white man ways and I've learned the indigenous ways.

[01:09:36]>> I know that we're here to protect this.

[01:09:40]>> So, I got lots of stories to tell you.

[01:09:42]But >> all the new law for sharing that, Ania, it means everything. Thank you.

[01:09:46]>> Oh, hi.

[01:09:49]>> So, this is it. We are not for sale.

[01:09:52]>> Yes. Amen. That's right. and uh the work that you continue to do and truly uh the next generation got to step up. Yeah.

[01:10:01]Look at this beautiful kuna still going.

[01:10:03]What a next generation, right?

[01:10:06]>> Grandma Osa here is in the house.

[01:10:11]>> I have a gift for you.

[01:10:20]This relative of mine shared a brief story. this afternoon.

[01:10:26]And so I want to gift him something, the story of the missing and murdered because he's going through something right now. And he shared about what's happening in Hawaii. And I said, "It's a story that's very similar to here with wherever industry goes, the number of the missing and murdered indigenous people are going through the roof.

[01:10:54]Hardly anybody's talking about that.

[01:11:10]Mah >> and Grandma Osa just right on Q. Man, how's that? All in the spirit flow.

[01:11:18]>> So perfect.

[01:11:18]>> So perfect to mahal.

[01:11:39]One of the species, you know, the mangrove.

[01:11:46]Amazing. Yeah.

[01:11:48]>> Wow.

[01:11:48]>> It's edible. I ain't hungry.

[01:11:50]>> Benj is crab or no?

[01:11:53]>> Should we cook it for dinner? Yeah.

[01:12:05]You're too bad.

[01:12:31]All you see all these volcanoes? I saw a video. This guy was teaching us the volcano crabs. So, I mean clams. So, if you dig up that volcano, there's a clam underneath of it.

[01:13:08]All right, ohana, here we are just getting to Amblesside Park where we'll be doing a cultural exchange with the Squamish Nation and uh a performance later in the park for Indigenous day. Happy solstice.

[01:13:28]>> There we go. Shakas >> canoe is going in the water.

[01:13:37]>> Hot squaly.

[01:13:40]Say it. Yak float. Queen pushaman sha queen snuff. I am from the Squamish, Slaytooth, and Musim nations. I also have blood ties back east and further back all the way up to the Orcne Islands in Scotland. I'm your European descent and indigenous descent. I'm here today with the honor of being able to welcome our ohana here from 808 connection 808 ohana and canoe. They're traveling in a tour called canoe by connection and connected by canoes. I knew I was going to get that wrong a little bit here and there as the canoe comes out and going down to the water. If anybody's interested, there is going to be a canoe going out and circling in our little bit of water here. But welcoming 808 Ohana to Sway, our uh ancestral territories where we used to do the oceangoing canoes. So blessings and it's an honor to have you here in our territory.

[01:14:35]>> This is the which represents light and peace and that's what we're moving towards.

[01:14:45]And this is for you. You need your basket.

[01:14:48]>> No. No. I bring the basket.

[01:14:56]>> Aloha. And mahalua to uh this beautiful sister here for the warm welcome. And uh we are so grateful to be on this aa this land with all of you. And I'm going to do my best to pronounce these uh to honor the nations here today. Of course, the Squamish Nation, Slaywat, and the Musquum. So, honor, land acknowledgement. And we are in a beautiful time of accountability and restoration of balance. And that's why we are here to stand with our brothers and sisters on this land. Uh, as we too in Hawaii, Kohavi, Paya, still a sovereign and in independent kingdom, nation that's 133 years illegally occupied by America.

[01:15:46]And uh we stand together and we all have a part in the road ahead. And so I look forward to sharing with all of you.

[01:15:53]Mahalo.

[01:16:12]He was telling me that this is a native architect and this round front with the tree on top symbolizes the size the trees used to be that stood here before this city.

[01:16:22]>> Wow.

[01:16:22]>> That's a powerful statement, huh?

[01:16:26]>> You guys see that? That's how big that's just a a representation of how big the trees were the trees could be the size of that building, the whole building, not just that front round part.

[01:16:38]Chi. Aloha. Ohana here in beautiful Vancouver right in downtown. We had a beautiful cultural exchange and music presentation at Amblesside Park yesterday for Indigenous Day and just grateful to connect with this land and the people here.

[01:16:56]sending big aloha to all of you and just a big thank you and mahalo for all of your amazing support, your prayers, your encouragement as we um stand representing Kohava Pa and all of you ohana many many different uh just amazing people that we've met. We've gotten to do nationto-nation exchange, building connection, relationship, allyship, and it's really uh the bridge work that we're called to do, uniting, standing together, and uh what spirit has called us here is to deliver this message of Julie, but also to deliver and show our aloha and our support for our cousins across the sea.

[01:17:39]And so again, the name of our tour is connected by canoes, highlighting the connection between Hawaii and the co sea.

[01:17:48]And it's been amazing. We're so grateful and blessed to be connected with the right people. Uh we got about five or we got about four more weeks left and we'll be headed out to Birch Bay tomorrow and then Seattle area down to Oregon. and we look forward to continuing the work. This is all by faith and trust. There's been just daily miracles and uh our van that we have right now needs to be switched out on Thursday.

[01:18:23]And so just praying for another van that we could use or buy or borrow. And uh maybe you have a connection. Please let us know. this van that we have uh has just been a beautiful uh blessing and just mind-blowing. I'll have to fill you in on the story soon, but just wanted to get on here, share a little bit of uh this space and the vibe and uh just gratitude for all of you and for all of our new friends that we've gotten to meet so far. Aloha, Ecom, welcome. We look forward to getting to know you more and your story and how we can support you and your people. And uh we appreciate you folks helping us continue the work. And so uh check out the link below, learn more on where we'll be going to, see our full tour schedule and different ways that you can support.

[01:19:20]Aloha and auho.

[01:19:24]We are one moto MO moto moto.

[01:20:00]May our song live on forever.

[01:20:07]>> Alohu.

[01:20:09]>> Alohanui. Ohana. It's Maka and I'm sending you a big aloha and mahalo.

[01:20:14]Thanks for joining us on this journey.

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