INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
86-649 Pu'uhulu Road
Wai`anae, Hawai'i 96792-2723
Tel: (808) 696-5157 Fax: (808) 696-7774
http://www.opihi.com/sovereignty
5 May 1985 (revised 28 April 2000)
HAWAIIAN CODE OF CONDUCT
The conquest of a nation is only complete, not by military subjection, however thorough, but by destruction of the national consciousness. Therefore, every Hawaiian is responsible to all other Hawaiians for the survival of our Hawaiian cultural identity, our historical memory, our deep and abiding culture of OLA, and our Aloha for the whole environment. We hereby dedicate ourselves to retain, teach and rescue our Hawaiian national consciousness for the sake of our posterity, our fellow Hawaiians, our nation and ourselves.
1. Since the Hawaiian language is a fundamental pillar of
our identity, we shall make every effort to learn, use, teach and support the sustaining
of our Hawaiian language.
2. Our Children are the most treasured investments of the values and traditions of our
culture. We must make every effort to cultivate in our children the pride in being
Hawaiian and provide every possible opportunity for them to learn of the values and
traditions of our people
3. We shall practice Aloha, the heritage from our ancestors, mindful of the virtues of
Akahai, Lokahi, `Olu`olu, Ha`aha`a, and Ahonui.
4. We shall engage in hard work, realizing that laziness breeds unhappiness and weak
minds.
5. We shall continually strive for spiritual development and adopt an attitude of
tolerance and understanding to those who conceive of spirituality in a way different from
our own.
6. We shall extend and display respect to all others which reflects our own appreciation
of humanity. We shall carry our pride quietly, neither boasting of ourselves nor speaking
badly of others - often a dishonest method of self-praise. Yet we must be unashamed of our
principles and honest in our criticisms.
7. We shall try to avoid conflict and cooperate with those who do not understand us and
whom we do not understand; yet, we shall speak our truth openly and stand firm in our own
beliefs and right to assert our Hawaiian identity.
8. We shall be patient, enduring the pains of injustice but never surrendering to or
joining such injustice.
9. We shall respect and engage in humor, the helper to love and affection, the positive
expression of humanity.
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