​This paper is a response to previous demands for theories that resonate with the Lāhui Hawaiʻi (Salis Reyes, 2018) and a call for renewed urgency in the fight against epistemic exclusion within social science research (Settles et al., 2020). I build upon my previous conceptualization of internalized oppression and resistance among Kanaka ʻŌiwi as huikau (confusion) and kūʻē (resistance), respectively (Kawano, 2024), by theorizing how these two phenomena are transmitted between individuals. Given the current lack of empirical data on thisconceptual relationship, I weave relevant literature on non-white communities and lived experiences of Indigenous and Pacific Islander Peoples to engage a narrative review method that is both selective in its prioritization of critical sources and unapologetic about its subjective nature (Paré et al., 2015). Through this review, I construct a working, culture-based theorygrounded in ʻike kūpuna (ancestral knowledge) that illuminates the ʻohana’s (family) role in transmitting oppressive and resistant discourses via socializing moʻolelo (stories) and moʻokūʻauhau (genealogies). Additionally, I provide manaʻo (insight) on intergenerational andintragenerational pilina (relationships) and potentialities of critically conscious children as socializing agents via upward transmission.