{"id":3106,"date":"2010-10-30T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3106"},"modified":"2010-10-30T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T20:27:04","slug":"iroquois-nationals-share-aloha-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2010\/10\/30\/iroquois-nationals-share-aloha-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Iroquois Nationals share aloha in Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a change of pace: a non-political ‘feel good’ story. As reported earlier<\/a> this year, a passport impasse kept the Iroquois National Lacrosse<\/a> team from this summer’s world championship in England. The team applied their un-used plane tickets to participate in the 20th Hawaii Invitational Tournament taking place this weekend in Honolulu.<\/p>\n

The team was greeted with cultural ceremonies<\/a> and gave back too, with a lacrosse clinic for students from Palolo valley’s Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Anuenue<\/em>, one of several Hawaiian immersion schools in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

As Cindy Luis reports in this Honolulu Star-Advertiser article<\/a>, the common challenge of defining and defending indigenous rights was meaningful to participants\u00a0 from both cultures.<\/p>\n

“I am proud that they took a stand,” 10th-grader Lopaka Keli’ikoa-Kapolo’i said. “That’s what we should do as Hawaiians \u2014 stand for our culture, stand for our rights. It was good to see that they have gained recognition.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lacrosse isn’t well-known in Hawaii, but it’s gaining ground. Here’s more on this weekend’s tournament<\/a>. Good luck and best wishes for all participants.<\/p>\n

Side note:<\/strong><\/p>\n

After living in the 50th state for close to 40 years, I still keep tabs on events there via the Internet. (That’s where I saw this story today, which prompted this post.) For all my life – and a good deal longer – the papers of record were The Honolulu Advertiser<\/a> (founded 1856) and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin<\/a> (founded 1882).<\/p>\n

So, what the heck is the Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/a>?\u00a0 Well, daily papers almost everywhere are struggling to stay alive.\u00a0 Canada-based Black Press<\/a> purchased both papers and combined them into a single daily in June of 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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