Pilina Kulana - Cultural Connection

Heritage and identity metrics bridging Hawaiian and Tlingit wisdom traditions

Hawaiian Values

Aloha: Compassion & love

Kuleana: Responsibility

Mālama ʻĀina: Care for land

ʻOhana: Family unity

Pono: Righteousness

Hōʻoponopono: Setting right

Tlingit Parallels

Haa Shagoon: Our legacy

Wooch Yáx: Balance

X'unei Yáx: Good mind

Haa Tuwáa Sigóo: Our clan way

Gunalchéesh: Thank you/story

Yéil Shagoon: Raven spirit

Integration Metrics

Cultural Identity: 89.2%

Language Revitalization: 84.7%

Traditional Practices: 91.3%

Intergenerational Transfer: 78.5%

Innovation Balance: 82.1%

Cultural Sovereignty Framework

This framework demonstrates how Indigenous ways of knowing from both Hawaiian and Tlingit traditions provide complementary wisdom for measuring community wellbeing. The parallel values and concepts create a bicultural measurement system that honors both ancestral knowledge systems while providing rigorous analytics for program effectiveness.