Inoa | Name(s)
ʻDZɱ; Kanaloa; Kohemālamalama
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mokupuni
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Pae ʻāina o Ჹɲʻ; Maui Nui; DzԳܲʻܱ; Hakioawa; Kanapou; Kamohio; ʻAleʻale; Papakaiki; Kaulana; Kūheia; Ahupū; Honokoa; Kūnaka/Nāʻalapa; Kealaikahiki; Papaka
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He mokupuni ʻo ʻDZɱ e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o Maui i ka moku o DzԳܲʻܱ, Maui. ʻO Kanaloa, Kohemālamalama, a me Kohemālamalama o Kanaloa nā inoa i lohe pū ʻia no kēia mokupuni. Wahi a ke mele koʻihonua ʻo “Wākea Noho iā Papahānaumoku”, ʻO ʻDZɱ ka ʻiewe i hānau ʻia na Wākea lāua ʻo Papahānaumoku: “He ʻula aʻo ʻDZɱ.” ʻO ʻAlalākeiki ke ʻau ma waena o ʻDZɱ a me Maui a ʻO Kealaikahiki ke kai ma waena o ʻDZɱ a me Բʻ. ʻO Moaʻula-nui ka wēkiu o ʻDZɱ. ʻO ka ua Nāulu kai hoʻouluwehi a māhiehie ka ʻāina mai DzԳܲʻܱ ā i ʻDZɱ. Ma ka wā o ke Aupuni Ჹɲʻ, ua hoʻouna ʻia nā paʻahao i ʻDZɱ, a ma hope o ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i ka mokupuni, hoʻonoho ʻia kahi hānai holoholona ma laila. Ua noho hewa ka pūʻalikoa ʻAmelika ma ʻDZɱ no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hana kaua. Ma muli o ka paio nui ʻana o kekahi mau kanaka, e like hoʻi me George Jarrett Helm, Walter Ritte, Emmet Aluli ma nā makahiki 70, hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻo ʻDZɱ i ka moku ʻāina o Ჹɲʻ ma ka makahiki 1993. I kēia manawa, mālama a alakaʻi pū ʻo ka Protect ʻDZɱ ʻOhana a me ke ʻDZɱ Island Reserve Commission iā ʻDZɱ. Hoʻolaukaʻi lākou i nā kānaka e pae i ka mokupuni a kōkua me ka hōʻola ʻana i ka ʻāina ma laila. Mālama ʻia ka ʻaha makahiki i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Description
ʻDZɱ is a mokupuni that sits within the ahupuaʻa of DzԳܲʻܱ, Maui. It is the smallest of the eight main Hawaiian islands, situated about 7 miles southwest of Maui, it is 11 miles long and 7 miles wide. ʻAlalākeiki is the channel between ʻDZɱ and Maui. Moaʻula-nui is the highest point on the island. Nāulu is the rain at both ʻDZɱ and DzԳܲʻܱ, Maui. ʻDZɱ is a former site of U.S. military bomb testing and after years of advocacy, governing rights to the island were transferred to the State of Ჹɲʻ and the U.S. Military ceased their bombing activities. This island is one of the most dense places of archaeological sites in Ჹɲʻ. There are many stone structures, both ancient and modern, that the Protect ʻDZɱ ʻOhana (PKO) maintains. ʻDZɱ Island Reserve Commission (KIRC) is the state agency charged with co-governing the island along with PKO.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “ʻDZɱ” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mokupuni o ʻDZɱ. No nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke akua ʻo Kanaloa, e koho iā “Kanaloa.” ʻAʻole pili kēia i nā wahi ma Maui i kapa ʻia ʻo Kanaloa.
Instructions
Not to be confused with the deity Kanaloa, the point in Kaniao, Maui or the land section at Makena, Maui.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Kanaloa; Kane; Lono; Lonomakua
Hālau | Group/school: Protect ʻDZɱ ʻOhana (PKO); ʻDZɱ Island Reserve Commission (KIRC); ʻDZɱ Island Conveyance Commission (KICC)
Kanaka | Person: George Jarrett Helm Jr.; Kimo Mitchell; Walter Ritte; Loretta Ritte; Emmet Aluli
Hana | Practice: ʻAha Makahiki; Holo waʻa
Hanana | Event
1941 island was claimed by US Navy the day after Pearl Harbor for military use and training;
1976 the “ʻDZɱ Nine” landed at Kūheʻeia to protest the bombing and desecration of ʻDZɱ, the Protect ʻDZɱ ʻOhana was created, committed to stopping the bombing and return of the island to the Hawaiian people;
1977 Members of the PKO George Helm and Kimo Mitchell were lost at sea rescuing 2 members of the PKO off of ʻDZɱ;
1982 first Makahiki ceremony on ʻDZɱ in modern memory; 1990 active fire and bombing stops on the island;
1992 ʻDZɱ is transferred to the state of Ჹɲʻ but “held in trust for a future sovereign entity.”
Kūmole | Source(s)
Baker, C. M. Kaliko, and ʻIkaʻaka Nāhuewai. No ka ʻaha makahiki : i ke au nei a me ke au ma mua. 2025. Hilo, Ჹɲʻ: Hale Kumaoʻo.
Kanahele, Pua Kanakaʻole, ʻDZɱ Island Conveyance Commission, and Edith Kanakaʿole Foundation. 1993. E Mau Ana o Kanaloa, Hoʻi Hou = The Perseverance of Kanaloa, Return! : The Cultural Practices and Values Established at Kanaloa-ʻDZɱ, Past and Present. Wailuku, Hawaii: The Commission.
McAllister, J. Gilbert. 1933. Archaeology of Kahoolawe No.115 1933. no. 115. Hawaii: Published by the Bishop Museum, 1933.
McGregor, Davianna Pōmaika‘i. Nā Kua‘āina: Living Hawaiian Culture. 2007. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
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Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai
Mea loiloi | Edited by: Hina Keala