Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Yes. I want to be scattered on the mountain there.
You want to be scattered up there
Uh-hmm.
You told me I think, is it at Pu‘u Anuanu No… [thinking]
Pu‘u Nänä.
Oh, Pu‘u Nänä that’s right, yes. Beautiful. And like the stories too, your küpuna talk about
taking the piko up there.
Yes.
It must mean a great deal to the families yeah
Yes, yes.
I’m going to roll up the car window. Ua, ola ka ‘äina.
Right.
That’s what your küpuna said too, yeah. Ua, I guess when there was plenty hau, plenty
snow, “‘auwë ‘ola ka ‘äina.”
Yes.
You know uncle, down here at Waiki‘i when…you were going to school here.
Yes.
After school and break did you folks have to go out pick corn like that
No.
No, you never. Oh, lucky thing.
[chuckling]
So, you didn’t go school and then go pick [chuckles]
No.
Did you ever work pick corn
Yes, when I started.
I guess they had wagons
Wagons, yeah, all on wagons.
You know up front has a wagon out in front here. Do you think it’s that kind of wagon
That’s right.
So, like those. You folks would just follow the wagon
Yes, and pick. Two men to one wagon, you had to make two loads.
Oh, yeah
Yes [chuckles].
Oh boy! That’s a lot of picking.
Oh, yes.
[chuckles] And so what, you pick the corn
Yes.
Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:293