and traditional Native stories

The Removed is spirited

Cyr vividly to life

The history of Lakȟóta culture unfolds in this narrative as the people lived it

as monuments—in life

Kapaemahu tribal belonging and traditional Native storiesIn the 15th century, four Mahu sail from Tahiti to Hawaii and share their gifts of science and healing with the people of Waikiki. The islanders return this gift with a monument of four boulders in their honor, which the Mahu imbue with healing powers before disappearing. As time passes, foreigners inhabit the island and the once sacred stones are forgotten until the 1960s. Though the true story of these stones was not fully recovered, the power of