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"A canoe is an island, An island is a canoe"
A famous Hawaiian proverb reads, He wa’a he moku, he moku he wa’a — a canoe is an island, an island is a canoe
The Stanford Daily published "A canoe is an island, an island is a canoe" an opinion piece written by Keoni Rodriquez '23, one of our current Native students, about the cultural components that make Hawai’i Hawaiian exist--not just in the physical place called Hawai’i but in the people who voyage, explore and return.
