“You only know where you are on the ocean by memorizing where you came from.”

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Nainoa Thompson (neye-no-ah tom-sun)

master navigator & wayfinder

IMAGE SOURCE: Ingrid Barrentine. Photo in “Finding the Way: Nainoa Thompson, navigates open seas and cultural legacy.” Blog post. Alaska Airlines. 1 Feb. 2020. | TEXT SOURCE: MJ Harden. Voices of Wisdom: Hawaiian Elders Speak. Aka Press. 1999.

IMAGE SOURCE: Ingrid Barrentine. Photo in “Finding the Way: Nainoa Thompson, navigates open seas and cultural legacy.” Blog post. Alaska Airlines. 1 Feb. 2020. | TEXT SOURCE: MJ Harden. Voices of Wisdom: Hawaiian Elders Speak. Aka Press. 1999.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Navigation would be easy if the weather stayed the same - you could follow certain stars and bump into islands. But the weather is never the same; it always changes. And navigators need to adjust to the change. You can’t position yourself by the stars alone.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What is it that helps you to know where you come from?

IMAGE CONTEXT: Nainoa keeps watch aboard the voyaging canoe Hokulea as it sails along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

IMAGE QUESTION: What do you hold onto for support as you seek your way?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a book about the wisdom of Hawaiian elders. The photo is from an article in an inflight airline magazine.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of sharing information about your people in books and magazines?

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