First Americans

hello, welcome, and goodbye. similar to "alohá"

i am a descendent of coastal chumash on my dad's side. my great grandpa gave my sister and i chumash names.

when i was very little i used to stand on the cliffs over the ocean and look across to the channel islands, point and say "hawaii"...come to find out after all these years that there indeed is polynesian dna in our blood.

now, how did i know this, much less, the name "hawaii"? our world is smaller than we think!

i borrow this from my relatives to the north: mitakuye oyasin!

in a good way,
chi-vy