“The land is immortal. Man is mortal. Therefore how can man possibly own land?”
Herb Kawainui Kane (herb kah-vah-ee-new-ee kah-nay)
artist and storyteller
QUOTE CONTEXT: “We felt a covenant relationship to everything else in nature, all one big family.”
QUOTE QUESTION: Have did people come to believe that they owned the land?
IMAGE CONTEXT: Herb next to his portrait, “Ka’ahumanu.” She was regent of the Kingdom of Hawai’i during the reign of King Kamehameha I.
IMAGE QUESTION: What ancestor do you stand next to?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a film about a Hawaiian artist. The photo is from a local news site on Hawaii’s Big Island.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How widely would you spread information about your people and why?
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