Nā Kālepa Kūleʻa o nā Komohana Komohana: Gallup, New Mexico

Eʻike i nā kāmeʻa maoli, nā kī, a me nā pola ma kēia mau hale kūʻai

ʻO nā mea kālepa maʻamau i loaʻa i nā wahi kokoke i ka hōʻailonaʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa paha he mea maoli. A iʻole, ua hiki paha iā lākou ke lilo i kahi lole hoʻomanaʻo hou aʻe i hanaʻia e like me kaʻoiaʻiʻo. No ka hoʻokomoʻana i ka hoʻolimalima kūʻai pololei e pili ana i nāʻoihana me nā poʻeʻAmelikaʻAmelika e pili ana i ke kālepa i loaʻa i ke kālepa i mua o ka makahiki 1900. A ma kekahi mau hale kūʻai kālepa, ua kālepa nāʻohana i nā kaiāulu no nā hanauna. ʻO kēia mauʻoihana kālepa, kālepa me nā waiwai kūikawā, he mea nui i kaʻoihanaʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa a me ke kālepa kālā.

I ka wā kahiko o Gallup, New Mexico, hiki i nāʻohana Navajo ke huakaʻi no nā hola he nui a noho i hoʻokahi lā aʻelua paha ma ke kūlanakauhale. Hāʻawi lākou i kahi lā a pau ma ke kūʻaiʻana i ka hulu hipa a me ke kālepa palekana a me nā mea kūʻai i ka mea kālepa no nā meaʻai a me nāʻaʻahu, ke kālepaʻana i nā moʻolelo me nā hoaaloha a me nā hoalauna iʻike waleʻia e lākou wale nō.

Ka Moolelo o Pawn

ʻO ka'ōleloʻana o nā hua'ōlelo "pawn shop" paha e hoʻonui i nā hihiʻo o nā paepae papahele a me nā mea'ē aʻe e pākilo ana i kā lākou wati a me ke kime no kekahi kālā e kūʻai koke i ka pono. Akā, e kipaʻo Perry Null Trading Company e hoʻololi i kēlā hiʻona.

Pono nāʻAmelekaʻAmelika e mālama pono iā lākou iho. ʻAʻole loaʻa nā wahi he nui e kokoke ana e hāʻawi i ka hana a me ka loaʻa kālā. Ua'ōleloʻia heʻoi aku iʻoi aku i ka 80 pakeneka o nā kūʻai kūʻaiʻana o nā mea'Āmelika maoli i kēia lā mai nā kuʻuna kokoke i Gallup ma kahi o Gallup. Nui nāʻoihana kūʻai i ka home e hana ana i ka ulana, ka hanaʻaila, a me ka hana kālā.

ʻO nā keikiʻAmelika e ulana nei i ko lākou mau mea waiwai, nā mea kūʻai, nā pū, a me nā hoe, e hana pēlā no nā kumuʻelua. ʻO kekahi he ala e loaʻa ai kahi hōʻai'ē eʻike ai iā lākou i loko o ka wā lōʻihi. A,ʻelua, he ala e mālama ai i nā waiwai waiwai. I loko o nā keʻena o nā lumi o nā hale kūʻai kālepa,ʻike pahaʻoe i nā kāʻei nani, nā pūʻali waiwai, nāʻili o ka hana, nā hīnaʻi mare, a me nā mea nani, nui ka waina a me ke kālā, i hāʻawiʻia no nā hanauna.

E uku nā mea nona nā mea a pau i kēlā me kēia mahina a uku i ka nui loa o ke kālā i ka wā e hoʻoholo lākou e lawe iā lākou mai kahi waihona. Kapaʻia kēia "ke ola pawn."

Ma Richardson's Cash Pawn, kahiʻoihana kālepa kaulana i ka'āinaʻo Gallup,ʻoi aku ma kahi o 95 pakeneka o nā mea i ulanaʻia i manaʻoʻia he pawn ola, aʻaʻole ia e kūʻai aku. "ʻO ka make" aʻo ka "kahiko" pawn paha ka mea āu iʻike ai no ke kūʻaiʻana. Ua waihoʻia e ka mea nona ka pila make, a ke kūʻai aku nei ka mea kālepa e kūʻai i kekahi o kāna kālā i hāʻawi ai iā ia.

E kūʻai ana ma ka Post Trading

Hoʻopili ka poʻe kālepa i nā hana kūleʻa lōʻihi a hilinaʻi me nā poʻeʻAmelikaʻAmelika. Ke hoʻokau pinepineʻia kēia manaʻo hilinaʻi ma luna o nā hanauna ma kaʻoihana kālepa. ʻIke nā kānaka kālepa i nāʻohana a mahalo i kā lākouʻoihana. Ke hana nei lākou i nā meaʻoihana maoli o nā meaʻAmelika, nā mea kūʻai, nā lole, a me ka ipu lepo a hiki ke hāʻawi i nā palapala hōʻike no ka pono o kēia mau mea. ʻIke ka poʻe kalepa i ka hopena o kēia mau mea,ʻo ia hoʻi kaʻike i nāʻohana i hana. ʻO ka maʻaunaʻana i kahi mea kālepa kaulana,ʻo ia hoʻi, ke kūʻai neiʻoe i kahi mea'ōiwiʻAmelika wale nō i hoʻokahi kaʻiʻana mai ka mea nāna i hana.

No ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i nā meaʻoihana a me nāʻoihana a me ke kaʻina hana kālepa, he mea kōkua ke hele mua i kahiʻoihana kūʻai nui e like me ka Hubbell Trading Post, e paʻa nei a hoʻohanaʻia e ka National Park Service.

ʻO Toadlena Trading Post, kahi kokoke i Gallup, he hale hana lole ulana e kōkua iāʻoe e aʻo e pili ana i nā'ōpiliʻAmelikaʻAmelika. ʻO Richardsonʻo Cash Pawn, aia ma ke alanui 66 ma Gallup, e hele i nā kaʻahele no nā huiʻewalu a hiki i ka 40. Hoʻokuʻuʻia nā huakaʻi a lawe i kahi 2.5 mau hola. E aʻo anaʻoe i nā mea a pau e pili ana i ke kālepa kālepa, e pili ana i nāʻoihana a me nā mea waiwai a me ka waiwai o nāʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa, aʻike i nā wahi o kēia hale kūʻai kālepaʻoihana iʻikeʻoleʻia e nā lehulehu. Ponoʻoe e hele i mua e hana i nā hoʻoponopono. ʻO kekahiʻoihana kūʻai kālepa nui,ʻo Ellis Tanner Trading Company, he waiwai kūpono hoʻi ia.

ʻO nā kūka kūʻai kūʻai maʻamau i nā pāʻani o ka hale, nā lole, ka ipuwai, a me kaʻoihana aʻaʻole kahi e loaʻa ai nā mea hoʻomanaʻo i hanaʻia ma nā'āina'ē aʻe. E noi i kahi hōʻoiaʻiʻo o kaʻoiaʻiʻo a nīnau i nā mea i hanaʻia e nā meaʻAmelika, i kaʻohana a iʻole ka mea hana hana paha, a me kahi e noho ai.

Pono e loaʻa iāʻoe kēlāʻike mai ka mea kūʻai aku. Hoʻolālā mauʻia nāʻoihana kūʻai kālepa i ka hana mau me nā poʻeʻAmelika. E mālama pono i nā hale kūʻai kūʻai nui e hoʻohana i ka hua'ōlelo "kālepaʻoihana." He hana maoli nō ma waena o lākou.

Ke kūʻaiʻoe i nā pou kūʻai, lawe i kou manawa, e aʻo e pili ana i kaʻoihana o ke kai, ka ulana a me nā hana hana. E noiʻi i nā kumukūʻai. E nīnau i nā nīnau. ʻO kaʻoihana kūleʻa lōʻihi o ka wā lōʻihi, he poʻe koʻikoʻi akamai loa.