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.