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Enrollment is limited. My student entering grades 5-10 may apply; preference is given to Hawaiians. Cost is $300.

Financial aid is also available to Hawaiians based on need. Airfare to and from O'ahu will be paid for all neighbor island students accepted to the program. No boarding is available.

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Martha Ross starts as Deputy Administrator for programs

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Volume 13, Number 4 The Liv

• 31 n 9 Wa t e r o f OHA 'Apelila (April) 1996

Harmfu I leg islative initiatives shelved by Pearl Leialoha Page ment

Hawaiians faced this legislative session with a number of bills which, if passed, would have set Hawhlian rlghtsbaok'20 years-. • These bills attempred to tell Hawaiians how must use their entitled share· of teventJeS from ceded ana public lands. • HB 3955 called for a 20 percent cut of OHA's total trust fund balance each fiscal year for education, health and economic develop-

• HB 3874 required that 20 percent of the costs attributable to native Hawaiian recipients of government aid and housing assistance pro-jeots and program s be retained by the Department of Human Service and the Hilwai'i Housing Authority from the revenues generated by the public land trust owed Hawaiians.

"Revenue" as used in Chapter 10, to differenti-ate more clearly between types of proprietary revenues, to clarify what revenue should be included in calculating the share given to OHA and to ascertain amounts and timing of payments to OHA.

"The 20 percent OHA gets from ceded lands is a trust entitlement promised at annexation and in the Admission Act," explains Scotty Bowman, OHA governmental affairs officer. • SB 2867 would have clarified definition of

Rebuilding a Hawaiian nation DIVISION CLOSE UP LAND AND NA TURAL RESOURCES

Land, land claims, natural resources, none of these can be ignored in discussions of Hawaiian nation-building.

Recognizing this, OHA's land and natural resources division, in coopeFllli6i1 with u:ostae lead8t8111I>, bas pI ed a ke role in activities since the creation of the agency and continues to take on a central role in many of the issues that face the Hawaiian community today. The division has a broad range of activities - helping to con-serve the past, strengthen the present, and shape the future - and is made up of many parts - some working within the agency, others externally contracted. All combine to create an effective team focused on carrying out OHA's mandate.

The recovery and protection of the {,ast is a central component of land division activities. Land division officer Linda Delaney says the proper respect and treatment of ancestral remains and traditional objects fronr earlier times helps to strengthen the Hawaiian identity and spirit and can an empowering effect on individuals and the community. She adds that objects from the past have a spiritual power that cannot be overlooked. "These items contain the mana of the Hawaiian people, these items are sacred."

Mea Kapu - Hawaiian Cultural Documentation Items Project

In 1995, OHA's land division and Hui Malama received a $45,000 grant from the federal government to establish a computerized data bank of Hawaiian artifacts located in federally funded museums, insti-tutions and federal agencies. The grant is part of the implementation of the Native American Graves Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Under the act, all museums receiving federal funds must summarize all

sacred and patrimonial objects, and inventory all human remains, in their collection. They then must send the information to the affected native community. OHA has received more than ninety summaries jiBling tb 0 opJect$ hicp rna}' pc lib] to xetum as or patrimonial Hawaiian objects.

With the computerized information, OHA will be able to better mon-itor any sales of the artifacts, or remains, and can begin consultations on possible repatriation of those objects. Recent discussions between Hawaiian groups over whether ki'i lii'au - an ancient Hawaiian arti-fact in a Rhode Island museum - can be sold are some examples of NAGPRA and OHA in action.

"TIus is a sovereignty issue," Delaney explains. "Retrieving pieces of our past identity and restoring them to our care will bring together the Hawaiian people, it will make us whole, and assures our place in our homeland."

Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council

The Native Hawaiian Preservation Council began as a 1989 task force created by OHA 's Board of Trustees in response to the discovery of ancient Hawaiian remains in Honokahua, Maui and changes in preservation laws.

The council's mandate is to review federal, state, and county laws . and to recemmend changes to strengthen historic preservation and

ensure the inclusion of Hawaiian values. Important achievements of the council include:

• lobbying successfully to have Hawaiian organizations in general and OHA in particular, named in such federal legislation as the National Historic Preservation Act and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. • recommending measures to minimize the effect of the H-3 highway

construction on historic

OHA, Hui MaIama put brakes on sale ofki'i sites in Halawa Valley. These recommendations - including one suggest-ing the state buy the North Hiilawa Valley from Bishop Estate -were eventually accept-ed.

Ki'i la'au

The Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural .History wants to sell a piece of Hawai'i's past. OHA is saying, not so fast.

The artifact - ki'i lii'au (wooden image) - is one of 44 Hawaiian objects in the museum's collection donated by the, Franklin Society in 1922. The museum says it needs the proceeds from the sale of the artifact to finance future museum exhibits. The exhibits are parr of its services at the city park.

In a letter to Providence officials, OHA and Hui Malama cautioned that:

• the wooden ki'i - once used to hold spears carried on canoes - was likely a "sacred patrimonial object subject to return" under NAGPRA; and • discussions required under NAGPRA between the museum and Hawaiian organizations have not been completed.

"They can't sell something that isn't theirs," Kamali'i noted. "We've also contacted Sotheby's (a New York auc-tion house) of our concerns and asked them to act responsibly until this is resolved."

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• repatriation of more than 1,000 'iwi (bones) from American muse-ums in coordination with Hui Malama i Nil Kupuna 0 Hawai'i Nei.

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'This money comes to OHA to work for the benefit of native Hawaiians."

The state Auditor agrees. Its 1993 report to the Governor and Legislature reads: "We con-clude that all of OHA's income and proceeds, including the revenues received from the pub-lic land trust are trust assets .... Since these are trust funds, the responsibility for managing them rests with the OHA Board of Trustees. The Legislature should not subject the trust funds to appropriations and allotment control."

Bowman credits the OHA lobby team -Trustees Frenchy DeSoto, Kina'u Kamali'i, and Abe Aiona - in defeating these bills.

One bill still bears watching. OHA did not ask the Legislature for any changes to its bien-nium budget this session. However Rep. Oilvin Say proposed HB 3300 to open a dis-cussion which could cut OHA' s state-supplied SO i b8fid proposes changing the language in the OHA budget from "special funds" to "trust funds," a change OHA haS sought in years past. However, the introduction of this bill under these fiscal uncertainties gives the Legislature an opening to re-examine OHA's budget. State funding plays a critical role in the delivery of services to all Hawaiians, as revenues from ceded lands are reserved for those of 50 percent or greater aboriginal blood. To serve other Hawaiians with the same services, OHA must find matching funds.

"Legislative lobbying efforts have been effective thus far, but the session isn't over yet," Bowman said.

Preserving the Queen's Garden

Students from Kamehameha Schools work to restore Uluhaimalama Cemetery, also known as Queen Lili'uokalani 's Garden, last month on the slopes of Punchbowl.

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O H A U pda te Ross takes up OHA deputy post

OHA ha recently hired a new Deputy Administrator of Programs. Martha Ross , formerly executive director of the state Commission on the Status of

Women, began in r----- --- -, this position March

18, 1996. Her most noteworthy accom-plishments include: her recent chairing of the Violence Prevention Coordinating Council , to look at the feasibility of creating a Peace

Martha Ross Education curricula for pre-schoolers through high school that incorporates human relation skills such as communicati on, offering and expecting mutual respect, non-violent conflict resolution, decision-making and accepting differences in others. A report on this study is going to the legislature for further action. The curricula received wide interest from more than 200 com-munity resources. She is also the co-

OHA BOARD OF TR SfEES yum Hee

ChaiT7TU111..& Iroste 0 'ahu. Abraham Aiona

Vice-Chair & Trustee, Maui Moanike'ala Akaka

Trustee, Hawai 'i Rowena Akana Trustee-At-Large Billie Beamer

Trustee-At-Large A. Frenchy DeSoto

Trustee-At-Large K"ma'u Boyd Kamali'i

Trustee-At-Large Moses K. KeaJe, Sr.

founder of the first support groups for battered women on O' ahu, and co-chairs the Hawai'i Women's Coalition which advocates for legislative reform to improve the status of women and girls in Hawai ' i.

In her new position she will coordi-nate and direct five OHA program divi-sions: economic development, educa-tion, housing, health and human services and land and natural resources. The work involves overseeing the develop-ment of division plans, activities and related budgets; reviewing the accom-plishments of the various programs and providing management reports; recom-mending changes in policies, rules and procedures to ensure compliance with governmental regulation and to improve OHA's programs. Ross will be directly responsible to Administrator Linda Colburn .

La ' au lapa 'au conference slated

Pajama Settlement and the Office of Hawaiian Affai rs are co-sponsoring a

free workshop on la'au lapa'au Wednesday, April 17 at Palama Settlement Hall. The workshop, which begin at 6:30 p.m. will be given by Keaukaha-ba ed Papa Henry ' Auwae.

' Auwae wa traine d in the Hawaiian healing arts by his great grandparents and has tud-ied and practiced traditional medicine for most of his life. He has treated and continues to treat people who seek al ternatives to Western medicine. His patients

come from Hawai'i and around the world.

'Auwae has been recognized, honored, and given many awards by community organizations, agencies and other groups for his work in healing, including the National Cancer Institute.

He is presently the Po'okela (head) Kiipuna La'au Lapa'au 0 Hawai 'i , a statewide organization of native Hawaiian healers.

If you are interested in attending the workshop please contact Vema Keyes at 845-3945.

OHA grant provides paid work experience to students

Eleven Hawaiian students at Maui Community College are participating in an OHA-funded project (The Native Hawaiian Cooperative Edu cation Cohort) which provides them with paid worki ng experience and help s them learn about Hawaiian values.

OHA's support provides the salaries for students to work 20 hours/week in Hawaiian non-profit agencies and busi-nesses during the l6-week spring semes-ter which tarted in January.

The tudent are al 0 required to attend a weekly eminar on work-related i ues offered by the cooperative educa-

• 'Lu j .. h. t :.H'jc.1 hon staff; and a montTi y 1ec ure senes by the Po'okela program which gives tudent a chance to learn about their

culture and traditions . (The Po'okela program was fou nded in 1986 to increase the recruitment , retention, and graduation of native Hawaiian students

Moloka'i recipients of OHA's Native Hawai ian Cooperative Educat ion Cohort grant. From left to right: Steve Hookano , Alika Gomes, Geraldine Wilhelm, Margaret Silva, and Terry Crozi.

at Maui Community College.) Ten Hawaiian businesses and agencies

on Moloka'i and Maui have been select-ed to act as host organizations and have taken on the responsibility of providing on-the-job training, mentoring, and stu-dent evaluations.

On the cover The Hawaiian artifact ki'i la'au now

located at the Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History in Rhode Island. Ki'i la 'au photo courtesy Associated Press

Trustee, Kaua'i & Ni'ihau Samud L. KeaJoha, Jr.

Trustee, Moloka'i & Lana'i II 't

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Council condemnation plans asinine

Geographically, lands which we know as Kuapa Isle were non-existent prior to the '60s, includ-ing hundreds of acres surround-ing that vast stink swamp old timers remember. Bishop Estate and it developers created this isle for the rich in its present valuable majestic form.

It is unfair that today, a minori-ty group, residing on Kuapa Isle, who are the elite, who can afford high powered attorneys, who have strong political and govern-mental influence in the City Council, are using every means to force lower price fee imple sale of these leased land and break-ing sworn contract Estate owners. Our City Council and Legislature condone contract-breaking of Bishop Estate lands by the rich, as long as it i OT city or state leasehold contracts.

For the City Council to even suggest a resolution to CO -DEMN thi s property is so "' okole" or asinine, it's unbeliev-able.

out the leaseholds at Bishop Estate prices, make the condos affordable and replace com-plainant contract leasehold-break-ers with us Kuhio Park Terrace residents? What you tink? No more hakaka (trouble) after that. They really need a KPT type establishment over there for keep their mouth shut and no steal from the Hawaiians again."

Ioane Kanohokuahiwi . Kailua-Kona

Cultural eradication of Hawaiian practices

I am both angry and deeply sad-dened that the National Park Service has chosen to evict the Pai 'ohana from their homeland on April 1, 1996. The Pai 'ohana have cared for Wai'opio at Honokohauiki (within the bound-aries of the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park) since before recorded Western contact in 1778, and it now appears that they will join the thousands of other Hawaiian families affected by the perpetual practice of cul-

What does the Council plan to tural eradication. do? Kick out all tbe complaining In 1978, Congress authorized condo dwellers, tear down the the creation of the Kaloko-condo's .•. Itbnokohau National Historical type - 0 <>w ' • -here the Pai '

"Eb maybe the il resid "to 'pro'\rl e r. have a smart bomb plan to con- a center for the preservation, demn the ricbes on this isle, buy

Pacific Islanders in Communication writing contest Pacific Islanders (PIC) in Communications has announced its first-

ever screen writing contest. PIC is seeking scripts from islanders will-ing to work with national screenwriters and producers to have their sto-ries transformed into television shorts. Subject matter should have a Pacific Island cultural theme, and genres may include drama, comedy, satire, experimental works or innovative combinations. Stories should be translatable to two to ten minutes of program time and can be eitber fiction or nonfiction. .

There is a separate student category and students areJUghJy encour-aged to enter. The p eect tones w· ' be broadcast on public televi-sion as stand-alone frllers between scheduled programs and may also be compiled into a single program.

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interpretation, and perpetuation of traditional native Hawaiian activities, and culture, and to demonstrate historic land-use pat-terns as well as provide needed resources for the education, enjoyment, and appreciation of such traditional native Hawaiian activities and culture." It is clear-ly apparent that the National Park Service, by evicting the Pai 'ohana from their land, is reneg-ing on their promises. They evi-dently have a new agenda.

For too long we have concen-trated on only preserving Hawaiian artifacts and other tan-gible relics from the past. It is just as important to protect the Pai ' ohana way of life. They have been stewards of the land for hundreds of years - practic-ing traditional customs and safe-guarding the sacredness of Wai'opio for generations. The Pai 'ohana continue to operate the Wai'opio fishtrap, care for the buried remains of their ancestors, and worship at the nearby heiau. If we continue on our present course of cultural eradication, Hawai'i will sti ll have the

Polynesian Cultural Center, a few ancient heiau and old fishtraps left, but there will be no Hawaiians left to conduct the proper worshipping rituals or simply care for the fish .

The Pai 'ohana is unique. They are a state, if not national, cultural treasure, and I know we will rue the day when they are gone. Allowing this one special family to continue practicing what they have done for hundreds of years will hurt none of us. Rather, their way of life is a window into the past and hope for the future. They educate us and allow us to understand real Hawaiian family values and traditions . If the National Park Service renegs on its promises to preserve tradition-al Hawaiian activities and culture, the Pai 'ohana will not be the only ones affected. Their removal will be a tremendous loss to us all.

Rep. Quentin Kawananakoa Honolulu

Thanks .to OHA I want to say mahalo nui loa to

'Ao'ao 'Ekolu (Page 3)

OHA and OHA 's Scotty Bowman who testified and pro-vided testimony before the House Education Committee in support of the education bills I intro-duced. These bills are designed to relieve the adverse effects of teacher turnover in special needs public schools.

Educators and independent studies have identified this prob-lem as being a major reason for the high rate of student failure. Unfortunately, this problem is in schools that the majority of our Hawaiian children attend.

If more of our Hawaiian organi-zations would come together in support of condemning the prac-tice of using our Hawaiian chil-dren to experiment on and to learn from by newly hired teach-ers who do not stay in these schools, I am certain we will be able to effect change and allow more of our Hawaiian children to be successful in learning.

Rep. Michael P. Kahikina Honolulu

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'Ao'ao 'Eha (Page 4) Ka Wai OlD 0 ORA 'Apelila (April) 1996

DIVI I N CLOSE UP: LAND AND NA TURAL RESOURCES

FtGHTrNG fOR HAWAtfAN TODAY reserving the past is noble and very emp owering , but most Hawaiians live in the here-and-now. They need land to live on and water to nourish that land.

They need to be aware of developments that could impact their lives and culture and people who can advocate on their behalf to affec t those developments. OHA's land division addresses these con-cerns.

Environmental Impacts

The land division reviews all environ-mental documents required for proposed development and determines whether the project will adversely affect Hawaiian com-munities.

Ownership of kuleana parcels in Honokohau Valley determined

Honokohau Valley, Maui In October 1980, Maui Land and

Pineapple ftled a complaint to quiet the ti t le of approximately 30 kuleana parcels in .thy. upper portion of Honokohau Valley on West Maui. Maui Land and Pine had acquired interest in these kuleana but did not have complete ownership.

In 1982, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation - whose land title work is supported by OHA - petitioned the court to allow the case to proceed as a class action.

NHLC's motion was granted in October that year and in April 1983, Maui Land and Pine and NHLC entered into an agreement, under which Maui Land and Pine pledged to undertake the genealogical and record title research necessary to determine the names and ownership interest of those persons, along with Maui Land and Pine, who had inherited title to the kuleana parcels.

This research took almost nine years to complete. Over the next few months we will be listing the names of individu-als with an interest in the land. This information was recorded at the Bureau of Conveyances on October 11,1995.

A list of names of individuals with an interest in this land is posted on page 9. If you are among the persons listed, please contact Eunice Ishiki-Kalahele at the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (808) 521-2302.

Delaney says the assessment documents act as an early warning to OHA about the effect development can have on Hawaiian health , lifestyles, traditional and cultural practices.

The law states that all environmental impact statement documents must be circu-lated for public comment. These days how-ever, many developers - when they think a project might be of concern to OHA - send their environmental documents straight to OHA. "They ' d rather get our up-front reaction," explains EIS Planner Lynn Lee. "Otherwise they could find themselves stuck in legal action by OHA halfway through the project."

Some of the major actions prompted by EIS reviews include: • litigation to oppose the proposed develop-ment of the Ewa Marina as a violation of publ ic trust submerged lands and aquifer integrity • support for the Pai 'ohana and other Hawaiian groups assuring Hawaiian access and gathering rights in the landmark P ASH case at Kohanaiki .

Nii Waiwai 0 Ke Ao (Geographical Information System)

Knowledge is power. If you are trying to reclaim land it is critical to know where that land is and what it's used for. Better still, why not have that information com-puterized and easy to access.

That's exactly what OHA's Geographical Information System (GIS) i all about. The system collects, analyzes and interprets -an in digital form - data relative t6 vast! land and re ource base belonging to the ceded lands trust. This multiple resources inventory, named Na Waiwai 0 Ke Ao, is being developed by OHA land specialist Luis Manrique. It graphically displays mul-tiple databases as a map with many differ-ent layers of information, such as topogra-phy, soils, climate, crop yields , streams, roads, land use, flora and fauna, cultural sites, and demographic displays.

Trustee Kina'u Kamali ' i explains that GIS will be an important part of any land claims process. "When the federal and state governments turn to us and say 'You're right, we stole your land - what do you want?' We'll hand them maps. 'Here, these are the lands we want,' lands that will pro-duce economic opportunity and income, provide houses , support agriculture and aquaculture, lands that will sustain our cul-ture and beliefs."

Such data is currently being used to: • substantiate OHA's request for a water

reservation from the Waiahole Ditch and amend current surface stream inflow stan-dards within the Waiahole watershed.

• identify high value lands along the shoreline near Kaunakakai.

In addition, OHA is sharing the cost of DLNR's Historic Preservation division to develop a statewide inventory of culturally significant Hawaiian sites. Now in its third year, this GIS database contains thousands of entries that will become the basis for the cultural sites inventory of Na Waiwai 0 Ke Ao.

Land Title Project

Since private ownership of land was introduced to Hawai'i by the Mahele, Hawaiians have been steadily losing con-trol of it. Most vulnerable are kuleana land

parcel s handed out by Kamehameha III , which often slipped into the hands of large private estates and are used for purposes far removed from the original intent of the former Hawaiian king.

Often these kuleana tak-ings occurred because Hawaiians could not pay for attorneys to fight adverse possession or quiet title actions. OHA's Land Title Project aims to correct thi s injustice. Created by OHA in 1982, and run by the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) , the proj ect offe rs to assist Hawaiians who need legal representation in defending family land titles or interest in real property .

In the past 14 years the projec t has represented more than 2,500 clients

Native Hawaiian Advisory Council member Dave Martin confers with taro farmer Kimo Lindsey in Honokohau Valley about water needs.

who have recovered land and/or money valued in excess of $20 million.

In 1995 OHA supported the project with over $600,000 in matched trust and general fund monies.

Kuleana Escheat

Many of the kuleana land parcels handed out at the time of the Mlihele were later lost when surrounding land owners took over the lands-through' t]ti1et tioo ' lietior/s. OOen this loss resulted when the kuleana owner died with no heirs or will to convey the property.

Unlike other lands, these kuleana passed or escheated to the abutting landowner. Originally intended to restore the kuleana to the neighboring konohiki, escheat result-ed in kuleana going to large sugar planta-tions.

This erosion continued until 1987 when an OHA-sponsored bill was passed by the state Legislature providing that kuleana lands with no heirs revert to OHA.

Later amendments to the law required that OHA must be notified and be a party in all quiet title cases involving kuleana lands.

As approved by OHA's Board, when OHA gains title to a parcel of land or receives payment for share of a parcel, those assets are put into the OHA Native Hawaiian Rights Fund to assist Hawaiians in future Jan}ttitJ.e cfl$es. :-oJ I J • ..

Representing OHA in these cases is the law firm of Paul Johnson Park and Niles.

Now being heard in the Legislature are addition al OHA amendments to the kuleana law requiring a "preponderance of evidence" test for those asserting kuleana ownership through escheat.

Protecting Hawaiian water rights in WaHihole Water was an important part

of the Hawaiian past and will playa key role in its 'future. Nowhere is that more clear than on O'ahu where traditional windward farmers and OHA have squared off against power-ful central O'ahu interests over the future use of water from the Waiahole Irrigation Ditch sys-tem .

Since the fall of last year, the state Commission on Water Resource Management has been holding a "consolidated care hearing contested case hearing" decide conflicting water rights and future allocations.

To represent OHA in this· ongoing contested-case hear-ings, OHA has contracted Hawaiian attorney Walter Heen and the Native Hawaiian Advisory Council (NHAC) - a group actively involved in Hawaiian water rights issues - to represent the agency. , OHA has filed a petition to amend inter-

im instream flow standards for Windward ceded and public lands' to-restore all O'ahu streamflows affected by the Waiahole

S ystem; DHA is aiso seeking a :reservation of 11.1 million gallons per day '(mgd) foiiPresent and 'future water uses of water in traditional andcp.stomary,agricul-ture.

'Apelila (April) 1996 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'E1ima (Page 5)

DIVISION CLOSE UP. LAND AND NA TURAL RESOURCES

THE FlITlIRE: 5ETTLfNG HAWAffAN LAND CLAfHS

The future of a Hawaiian nation lies in the land, reclaiming it and using its resources to build a strong and prosperous society. OHA has taken the

year of the overthrow the American Congress formally apologized and admit-ted that the former crown and govern-ment lands of the Kingdom had been

ceded and accepted by the United lead s in this area by com mi ss ioning a comprehen sive study of prop-erties that make up the public land trust. The

States "without the consent of or compensation to the Hawaiian people."

Settling these outstanding claims for Hawaiian sovereign-

ty and land is a priority goal of the land division.

Guided by the draft "Native results of the study will Hawaiian Claims ac t as a bas is for future Hawaiian land claims.

Settlement Act" adopted by the Board of Tru stees in

Background When the United States betrayed its

treaty relations with the kingdom of Hawai'I, it stole more than a nation. It violated the inherent right of Hawaiian self-determination and it stole nearly two mill ion acres of land belonging to the Hawaiian people. During the centennial

1992, an antici-pated resolve would demand:

1. The restoration and recognition of a self-determined Hawaiian government;

2. A compre hensive transfer of lands, rights and moneys from both the state and federal

,----------------------, governments to the recognized Hearings on sale of Hawaiian government or - if

that nation were not in place ceded lands this month - the Office of Haw aiian

The ceded lands trust is made up of over 1.7 mil-lion acres of land spread across the state. Originally held by the Hawaiian Kingdom, it represents approximately 90 percent of land held by the state and generates around $75 million of proprietary income (income. from fees, leases etc.) every year. OHA receive 20 percent - approximately 15 mil-lion a year - although OHA has ongoing disputes with the state about this entitlement.

Since 1994, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and members of the Hawaiian community have been urging a moratorium on the sale of ceded lands until the state resolves claims by Hawaiians for the ille-gal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

OHA's position is this: the state cannot sell, trans-fer or otherwise alienate ceded lands until Hawaiian land claims are resolved because the state received the lands as a trust and title is uncertain. Nor were the lands the property of the United States. The Hawaiian people - the beneficiaries of the laJ1d prior to the Overthrow - never agreect to the transfer of title and so must be consulted, and their claims resolved, before any shifts in the trust can take place.

The state has countered that it "has full power and authority to manage, to alienate, and to dispose of ceded lands," arguing that the Admission Act and the Hawai'i Constitution authorize the alienation and disposition of public lands for "valid public pur-poses."

OHA has responded that Congress has admitted that the lands were taken "without the consent of or compensation to the Hawaiian people" in the Apology Bill. OHA argues that, since the "original holder" of the lands has expressed its apology, the state should do the same.

The State Attorney General, on behalf of the state, has denied the admission of the illegal overthrow and the facts set forth in the federal apology bill.

As with many issues dealing with land in Hawai'i, what is at stake for Hawaiians is a culture and a way of life. Alienation of ceded lands erodes a trust to which Hawaiians have a claim and could eventually cause irreparabLe harm to the land-based Hawaiian culture and nation.

At a April 2 hearing before Judge Daniel Heely OHA will be seeking to stop the sale Qf transfer of ceded lands. The hearing will be at State Court -777 Punchbowl, Honolulu - at 9 a.m.

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Affairs to be held in trust. Additional detail provided

by the proposed "Settlement Act" is that resolution of the claims against the state would require:

1. The transfer of Hawaiian home land and the trust assets of OHA;

2. The additional selec-tion of lands representing 20 percent of the total appraised value of crown and govern-ment lands; and

3. The payment of an addi-tional 20 percent reven ue for all Hawaiians from the lands

ABOUT THE MAPS: Shown are the Public and Private Lands on O ' ahu, Mqloka'i, Maui, Hawai'i and Kaua'i.)

As part of the lands acquisition strategy report, PBR developed map s of the Hawaiian I slands to identify the federal and state public lands, Hawaiian Home Lands, and the holdings of the private Hawaiian trusts. Coded and col-ored by an artist, plans to sell copies of these maps are being explored. A future issue of Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA will announce their availability.

retained by the state.

The public trust lands study It is OHA ' s job to pave the way

towards settling these land claims. This has required a great deal of preliminary work, since few specifics were known about the land involved. To help, OHA commissioned PBR Hawai'i - an inde-pendent land planning group - to con-duct a thorough study and analysis of the trust lands. The findings of that study are contained in a report entitled "Inventory and Acquisition of Public Trust Lands."

The public trust lands study had four phases: the first was to identify and

develop OHA 's goals and objectives in handling Hawaiian land claims;

the second phase was devel-opment of a land acquisition

s trategy; phase three was preparation of a complete inventory of public trust lands; the final phase -

yet to be implemented -is to carry out the land acqui-

sition strategy and select actual parcels to be acq uired under the proposed Native Hawaiian Claims Settlement Act.

Purpose and accomplishments

The trust lands study was prepared to test the elements described and needed for sett lement. Identifying and evaluating the Hawai'i public

I and s m 0 s t involved in

the sett lem ent process was an enormous, never-be fore-attempted task. All told, the lands involve near-ly 1,700 individual parcels, totaling more than 500,000 acres on all major Hawaiian islands. Their total assessed tax value approaches $7 billion.

The study not only identifies but evalu-ates all of these lands for potential involvement in the Native Hawaiian claims, a process that should take place over the next several years. The study is a necessary step prelimi-nary to beginning the claims process. A key fea-ture of the claims is that they are based not so much on size and location of the land involved as on the land ' s designated use and value.

The claims will not involve acquisition of all the land covered in the study. The ·Iands to be acquired are limited under the Native Hawaiian Claims Settlement Act primarily by value. The use of the land greatly affects that value.

Identified by use and value

To effectively target the Hawaiian claims, it was necessary to identify first, the types of land uses that best serve the

needs of the Hawaiian people, now and in the future, and, second, the mix of land values that will provide the greatest worth, in terms of productive and appre-ciable assets, for the Hawaiians.

Lands that are most desirable • To assist in the identification and val-

uation of the lands to be acquired, it was first necessary to define the kinds of land most desirable , in terms of its use and therefore practical value to the Hawaiian people. We arrived at four categories. They are:

• Lands which are suitable for tradition-al use or have cultural significance;

• Lands that produce, or could pro-duce, commercial income;

• Agricultural and Aquacultural lands, mostly for private use; and

• Land suitable for housing develop-ment.

Our study showed that there are 700 land parcels in the County of Honolulu, 260 parcels in the County of Maui, 422 parcels in the County of Hawai 'i, and 279 parcels in the County of Kaua' i that fall into at least one of the study's fo ur land use categories.

Zeroing in There are a number of important deci-

sions still to be made, but one of the most important is sorting through the thou-sands of land parcels to be considered and arriving at a list of those to be

acquired. Fortunately, by devel-oping certain criteria, this can

be done electronically once the basic prop" erty list and selection standards are fed into a computer program.

With the li st in hand, setting selection standards is

critical. The study suggests the best cri-teria for each category of land to be selected.

What's Next? The Public Lands Acquisition Study

was an important preliminary step toward reclaiming the ceded lands due the people

of Hawai' i for more than a century. OHA is now working shar-

ing these fi ndings and !. ' recommendations

as well as the many other steps neces-

sary to carry-ing out

the

actual claims proce-

dure. If you, your com-munity, club or organization

would like a presentation on these issues, call OHA at 594-1983

or 594-1938.

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Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Report

Entrepreneur expresses culture through Qjs bu •

by Pearl Leialoha Page

One year after receiving his low-interest business loan from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Native

Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund, Wainwright Pi'ena says he has been able to afford the move of his t-shirt design and printing company. Now he can per-form all his activities under one roof. That not only increased productivity, it helped Pi'ena focus on the direction of his business.

Pi'ena's company, Kapala 'Ahu , meaning printed garment, fits in nicely at 46-167 Malina Place, behind Windward Nissan in Kane 'ohe. Before, he had to split his time between his mom's front porch where his design studio was set up and his t-shirt company's manufacturing facility and showroom. Now 3,000 square feet of warehouse space houses two air-conditioned offices: one where his wife 'Iwalani and mom Nellie process the orders and collect the receivables; and the other a tudio in a secluded loft where Pi'ena works on his designs. A tastefully decorated showroom; busy production plant and dark room for translating his

Cultural retreat planned

designs to silk screens fills out the space. Has business been good? "We're still here . Other people are

closing their doors, so I guess we're doing okay," he says.

Through word of mouth, Pi'ena's unique Hawaiian designs are much sought after by halau, businesses, and Hawaiian events, to name a few. He enjoys combin-ing ancient, abstract symbols such as those found in petroglyphs, tapa and Hawaiian implements with modem equiv-alents in such a way to link the past with the present. "There's a constant spiritual tie that binds us to our past and gives us continuity. The more we reach for the future, I feel the more we need to be grounded in OUf history," he explains.

That same regard for Hawaiian spiritu-ality pervades his business operations . "We had set goals and ideals we wanted to incorporate into the business, but if its meant to be it will come about. We want to keep the culture alive not just through my designs but by living the essence of being Hawaiian." To Pl'ena that involves faith, prayer and being aware of favorable signs.

Another theme close to his heart is the

idea of malamalama ka 'aina. "To me Hawaiians respect nature and name their creations accordingly. Then the more they use what they've made and take care of it, they give a part of their own spirit to it. That's what gives it life and value," he explains. As that relates to the business, 42-year-old pj'ena sees that his job was to give the business a suitable name and then to give it his attention and love, however the business is also shaped by the people who work there and other friends who become involved in its growth.

Though Pi'ena's ideas are guided by spiritual principles, he and his staff have not neglected the practical. Pi'ena holds a bachelor's degree in graphic design, his wife holds a degree in Hawaiian studies and Leiann, his merchandiser, holds a degree in fashion merchandising. Pi'ena feels that this level of expertise has con-tributed to his business' growth. "I see myself as the kahu or caretaker of Kapala 'Ahu with input from all these people. And the result is that it has grown. I have a lot of orders and designs to do."

Pl'ena reviews the journey he's been on since his days as a longshoreman, a mem-ber of Hokiile 'a's maiden voyage, his

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Kapa makers gather to organize, make tools and pounding

Wainwright Pi'ena among his many designs. The backdrop is "Ka Wai 0 Kane" (the water of Kane) - the revival of an old design, a collabora-tion between Wainwright Pi'ena and John Ka'imikaua

A retreat for kapa makers is planned for 1a 16 - 19 at Pu'u Kahea, the Hawai 'i

Baptist Convention Center in Wai'anac. About 120 participants are expected.

meal per day. Tran portation from the air-port is available. Those not planning to sleep at the facility pay just $20 per day to cover the co ts of two meals. For registra-tion materials, call ( 08) 237-7072, or write to K.A.P.A. at P.O Box 20, Ka'a'awa, ill 96730

watermark, the cloth i once more becoming a highly-prized commodity. Hawaiiao. want it fOJ spjritualran}i reli- . giou ceremonies. Schools and institutions

Polynesian art form. "It is my belief that Hawaiians should

prqduce kapa, if..kapa is to come back as a renewed form of fme art," Aona-Ueka said. "Also kapa-making can be an avenue in which native Hawaiians can con-nect with their ancestors in a way that requires one to practice the values and skills that they perpetuated."

"During the retreat, the goal is to devel-op the tools needed, gather and prepare dyes, pound the wauke to make kapa, and plan the design and printing of their own Kapa Mo'olelo," said Kawai Aona-Ueoka, chief reviver of the Polynesian art in Hawai'i. In addition the retreat also covers the planting and caring of wauke,

eek it for their cultural education unit .

the principal plant used in making kapa.

Aona-Ueoka hopes that the conclavewill also be the start of a community of artisans who can rely on one another for help, infor-mation and support. "It's very important to be able to call on a network of people for advice and encouragement," she points out.

Aona-Ueoka started the Kapa Aloha Perpetuation Association in 1994. Members pay $25 a year to the association committed to pre-serving and researching traditional techniques, materials and products and to educating and defining pro-ficiency for each Hawaiian kapa discipline. It is also dedicated to the development of kapa makers, toolmakers, growers, and kapa, and to marketing kapa products through a wholesale catalog, video performances, demonstrations , web site and fundraising.

Those planning to attend the retreat are asked to register by March 30 so resource materials can be chosen and purchased and made available during the retreat. Prices for these items range from $7 to $100. Registration fees are $100 for K.AP.A members attend-ing all four days and three nights and $80 for members attending for three days and two nights . This price includes room and three

Used in ancient Hawai'i for clothing, blankets and bedding, Hawaiian kapa is once more growing in demand. Compared to fine muslin, dyed in many hues and printed with geometric designs and unique

HaIau need it for teaching and performing; and corporations and business are interest-ed in kapa as fme works of art. Foreign and domestic markets seeking authentic Hawaiian-made products also are making demands for this highly developed

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Celebrate the "Year of the Hawaiian Language" by watching Kuliiiwi I, 12 interactive Hawaiian language lessons pre-

sented each week on Oceanic Cable Channel 25 on O'ahu (neighbor island viewers please check local cable listings). The lessons printed below will be broadcast from 10-11 a.m. every Saturday from April 6 - May 11.

au toe '0 ia

HO'IKE 7 - April 6 E Hana Like

rnaua/kaua 'olua laua

rnakou/kakou 'oukou lakou

E ki i au i ka'u rnau mea ho'oponopono rna ko'u ka a. E 'ai pono 'oukou.

E korno au i loko 0 ka hale. E kahea rnai.

E nana 'oe i ko'u hoaaloha. E 'ai 'oukou.

, A 'ole, e hana rnua 'oukou. 'A'ole, e 'ai rnua 'oukou, a e ho'oikaika i ke kino.

ho'ololi rnahina huila rna'alahi apau ho'oikaika pa' ahana kino

HO'IKE 8 - April 13 Ke Ea Hawai1i

He aha kou pilikia? Malama au ia 'oe mai kou wa li'iU 'i.

Kll'ai ke aupuni i ko'u 'aina 'ohana e hana i ka paka. N e' e rnaua '0 kou kupunakane i Ma' iii. Ho'ornaka ke ea Hawai'i rna ka hale.

Malama i ko'u 'ohana a me ko'u Akua. 'Imi au i ka na'auao.

Kuliiiwi is hosted by kumu Ekela Kaniaupio-Crozier and teaches Hawaiian in a way that's both fun and entertaining. The Kuliiiwi series of interactive, televised Hawaiian language lessons is offered through a collaborative effort of Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate (KSBE) and the State of Hawai'i Department of Education (DOE). For information call 842-8059.

Malama ___ i ka 'olelo a me ka rno'orneheu Hawai'i.

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'Ike 'oe? E ho' ornakaukau 'oe.

E ho'olohe i na 'i'ini 0 ka po'e Hawai'i. E heluhelu i na nllpepa.

E hele i na halawai no ke ea Hawai'i. E 'irni pono i ka na'auao.

, a' ohe pilikia

'0 iarnau no.

HO'IKE 9 - April 20 Hoe Wa1a

Aia i hea kou 'ohana? Aia rna ka hale 0 ko'u 'anake. Aia na hoe ma loko 0 ke kala.

Aia rna hea 10M alani?

Aia '0 ia i loko 0 kona ka I a pupuka. Aia au rna ka home 0 ko 'u hoaaloha.

Aia na pakeke i ka wa' a? 'Ae, aia na pakeke i ka wa' a rna laiD 0 keia noho.

Aia rna hea ko'u noho? Aia kou noho rna hope 0 Ka'imi.

Makernake nui au e hele me 'oe. Hiki?

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rna laiD rna luna rna waho rna waena

rna ka 'ao'ao 'akau rna ka 'ao'ao herna

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HO'IKE 10 - April 27 Kau i ka Mokulele

'0 Lunanui ko'u inoa 'ohana. '0 Kunane Lunanui ko'u inoa piha.

Mai 'olelo wikiwiki, ke 'olu'olu. Aia i hea ka'u kala?

Aia paha kau kala i loko 0 kau 'eke.

1 2 3 4 5

Aia paha rna ko'u ka'a. Aia ke kala rna ka noho?

Aia ke kala rna lalo 0 ka noho? Aia ke kala rna ka papahele?

'Ae, aia ke kala rna ka papahele! E nana 'oukou rna ka 'ao'ao herna. E nana 'oukou rna ka 'ao'ao 'akau.

Aia rna hea kau mea pa'i ki'i? ' 0 ku u ipo ke kane ikaika loa .. .

1' :0 ku 'u ipo ke kane nohealoa . . . . ' 0 kau ipo ka pua' a nui.

'0 Kaho'olawe kela rnoku! '0 'oe ku'u hoaaloha.

'0 'oe ku'u tita. ' 0 ia ku'u hoapili.

= 'ekahi 6 = 'eono

= 'elua 7 = 'ehiku

= 'ekolu 8 = 'ewalu

= 'eha 9 = 'eiwa

= 'elirna 10 = 'urni

'umi kurnama kahi (kuma)

(10) + (1) .- 11

HO'IKE 11 - May 4 Ke Kipa 'ana iii

Makernake au e 'ike iii 'Anake Lani.

Makernake au e ha' awi ia 'Anake Lani i keia makana.

Makernake 'oe e 'ai i ka i'a, e 'Anake Lani? Aia i hea '0 'Anake Lani?

Aia '0 ia i loko 0 ka hale.

Aia 'oe i loko 0 ka hale?

Nui ka hana ma ka lumikuke.

E korno rnai i loko 0 ka hale.

Aia ka pu'olo rna luna 0 ka pakaukau.

Aia ka popoki rna lalo 0 ka pakaukau.

Aia ka lumi ho'opaupilikia rna'o. . He aha keia?

He i'a keia!

He i'a 'ono loa keia!

He poi keia? 'Ae, he poi kena.

Mahalo no keia rnakana!

HO'IKE U - May 11 i ,r. II 1'')1''<;'1''1 f, t ., Ii KadHalepule

Pehea 'oe i keia kakahiaka?

Maika'i no au, rnahalo.

Aia '0 Kahu Ke' ala.

'Olu 'olu '0 Kahu Ke'ala.

. Eia kau puke himeni.

He keikikane 'olu'olu 'oe.

E kokua au ia 'oe.

No hea rnai 'oe? No Kaua'i rnai au.

E nana 'oe i kou kama' a.

Makernake au i ke kanake.

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20 = 'iwakhlua 'iwakalua kUma kahi

(20) + (1) = 21

30 = kanakolu 50 = kanalirna 40 = kanahii 100 = ho' okahi haneli

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800 taped inter-views of native speakers

available at Bishop Museum

by Sterling Moana Hutchinson, UH Manoa Hawaiian language studerlt,

Hawai'i

The Bishop Museum has more than 800 taped interviews in the Hawaiian language, most of which were conducted by Mary Kawena Pukui with native speakers in the 1950s and '60s. These audio records are accessible to the public free of charge. A catalogue of these inter-views is available through Hawai'i FYI, which is accessible through the library computer system. Under Hawai'i FYI, one scrolls down to UH-CARL (Screen number 9), and then to item #8 Bishop Museum. Then by choosing line #30, the viewer is connected to three data bases on Hawaiian collections: #75 Archives and Library Catalogue, where the taped interviews are catalogued; #76 contains mele and chants; and #77 includes visual materials. These materials can be viewed and listened to on the ftrst floor of Paid Hall, at the Bishop Museum. Hours of operation are Tuesday thru Friday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m. - noon, but closed on weekend holidays .

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April 16- June 2S - Hawaiian language classes, beginners to advanced, Kaf11ehameha Schools and Cost $65. Call 'Ahahui 'Olelo Hawai'i at 528-5453.

'OZeZo No' eau Ka Po nui ho'olakolako, ke ao nui ho'ohemahema.

The great night that provides, the great day that neglects. Guidance is given in dreams that man often misunderstands and neglects.

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The following is a listing of the names complaint to quiet title 30 kuleana parcels of individuals with an interest in the !and • in ... t!!e u eer portion of Honokohau valley. In Honokohau valley. \ q lim the result of a geneological and I

Maui Land and Pineapple has filed a record title research undertaken to deter-

Land Commission Award Sn6:1 (Exhibit "G"), a portion of Tax Key 4-1 -0276

Maui Land & Pineapple Company 2/3 interest Alexander Brown Ross 1/15 " Ruby Maile Brown 1/15 " Agnes Kuulei Brown 1/15 " Frances Brown 1/15 " Gladys Leilani Brown 1/15 "

Land Commission Award 6137:1 (Exhibit "P"), Tax Key 4-1-02 5

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Maui Land & Pineapple Company 1/2 interest Richard Keohuhu 1/2 "

Land Commission Award 6137:2 (Exhibit "0"), Tax Key 4-1-02 60

Maui Land & Pineapple Company 1/2 interest Richard Keohuhu 1/2 "

Land Commission Award 6145G:1 (Exhibit "S"), Tax Key

Maui Land & Pineapple Company 31 /50 interest Harry Pali 19/2400 " John Kaia Pali 19/16800 " Solomon Kuuipo Pali 19/16800 " Lizzie Lopez 19/16800 " Edward Pali 19/16800 " Wilhelmina Kuloloia 19/16800 " Simeon Pali , Jr. 19/16800 " Donald K. K. Pali 19/16800 " Vivian Pamat 19/16800 " Edmund Kaia Pali 19/16800 " Priscilla Lung 19/16800 " Lance C. Pali 19/16800 " Eric Pali 19/16800 "

Earl A. Pali Mercedes N. Marshall Randolf Pali John Kaia Pali, Jr. Deanna Fernandez Charles Pali Roger Leslie Pali Geraldine Casil Ronald Le Roy Pali Janet M. Pali Bugarin Alanjane Kenolio Nancy Pali Kama Eliza Pali Mendoza Carrie Freitas Rebecca Davis Emmaline Pali Kiaha Luther Pali Leland S. Pali Hillary K. Pali Richard M. Pali Melinda L. Pali Hattie Kainea Manuwa John F. Mathias Rose Loke Yoshizawa Bernice Lola Atwood Ernest Pali Mathias Dorothy Awai Lily Kahelekulani Chai Elizabeth Gonsalves Edward Mathias Lurline Vasconcellos Jordon Mathias Howard Kawehi Lono Naomi Piilani Lono Annette Kalai Jacqueline Lund Anthony Mahiki Naohi, Jr. Heirs of David Lono Heirs of Keanu

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"The are our future.

They beginni g, Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate preschools help more

and Kamehameha preschools than 780 four-year-olds statewide get a head start on education.

Studies have shown that former preschoolers are more likely

are the places to do it." to graduate from high school, be employftd, own their own

Brenda Lutu, proud parent homes and be productive members Qf cQp!munities.

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of Tatiana, former KSBE Those are just some of the reasons why KSHE will more than

preschooler now a second-double its statewide preschool enrollment by the year 2005.

grader at Ma'ili Elementary

School, and Ashley, a student We also plan to build four new elementary schools by the

at KSBE's Ma'ili preschool. year 2005, to eventually serve more than 1,000 students on

Maui, Hawai'i and O'ahu.

These expansion plans are all a part of our desire to

"Go Forward" in our mission of reaching even more Hawaiian

children with quality, full-time educational programs.

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE

Our Business is Education

'Apelila (April) 1996

In recognizing that Hawaiians are the indigenous people of these islands with special legal and political entitlements, the people of Hawai'i amended the State Constitution to establish the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Beginning in the'

I , Office of Haw . or

the advancement of the Hawaiian socially, economically,

.23iJirw Today, ORA works on

OGc1J IIiv/ aHiffonts throughout Hawai'i to address and improve conditions for the 200,000 citizens proud to call themselves Hawaiians.

FOR 15 YEARS, IT'S BEEN WORKING ... FOR HAWAIIANS!

Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'Umikfimakahi (Page 11)

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE When Hawaiians with the entrepreneurial spirit want to start their own businesses and can't get financing through conventional sources, OHA is there to provide them start-up or business expansion loans. Sheldon Spencer's Spencer Health & Fitness Center in Hilo got rolling with just such an OHA loan. Since 1989, OHA has drawn $11.6 million from its revolving loan fund to help 260 Hawaiians start their own busi-nesses ... and to train nearly 1,000 future business persons through its free business counseling services.

Through the Hawai'i State Department of Education, more than 1,100 Hawaiian children

e:w HO'ME on provided a $1.7

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their own.h9gtes; lri the last two years, OHA has provided over $700,000 in home improvement

to Hawaiians. And in Waimanalo on O'ahu, " OHA is developing community and commercial

centers for the Hawaiian homestead area and housing for elderly Hawaiians.

,.Onthe island ofHawai'i, an entire community learned the ancient craft of canoe building. The Makali'i, built in Waimea, made its maiden voyage to Tahiti and the Marquesas, and back. OHA helped fund this exciting project and other cultural programs that trained Hawaiians, young and old, in the history and traditions of their proud heritage.

OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

To LEARN MORE ABOUT OHA , CALL 594- 1888 ON O'AHU FOR A FREE INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE.

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OHA: Created for all Hawaiians

he 1970s were a time of turmoil, nationally and locally. The val-ues of the dominant culture were challenged by minorities of every kind in every American

community. Racial minorities found new dignity in their native cultures and demand-ed equal treatment under the law.

Early in the decade, jumbo jets arrived in Hawai' i, quickly followed by jumbo hotels. In the next six years, the number of visitors in Hawai'i doubled.

The world shrank and Hawai'i boomed. e resorts, new highway and new ubdi-i ion oo..yir,gil!,_

aIle aM.£!!Jl, ul1Jps. Hawai ' i population grew by 25 percent during the decade.

The stress on local communities was felt most by rural Hawaiians. Their lives on the fringe of Hawai'i's expansion and develop-ment, in close contact with the land and sea, were suddenly shaken by eviction notices and "No Trespassing" signs. Landowners and developers sprinkled luxurious hjde-away resorts and exclusive golf condomini-ums in the most remote and untouched cor-ners of the islands. In many cases there was no place left for farmers and fishermen to go.

Many decided they were not going to leave without a fight. They organized them-selves and fought eviction.

For the first time in almost 100 years the maka'ainana were standing up for their pre-ferred way of life. Hawai'i would never be

the same. The battles that followed are leg-endary:

• Kalama Valley farmer organized them-selves and fought eviction with noisy demonstrations and acts of civil disobedi-ence

• Armed farmers prepared to die for their farmlands at Waiiihole-Waikane;

• Niumalu on Kaua' i is defended;

• Hawaiians march for access and trail rights on the west end of Moloka'i;

- • • .:;., ."" ... .... .... vri'"''"':, -"1 • Kaho 'olawe - where wave after wave of Hawaiians defied the Department of

Defense to malama the wounded sacred island;

• Sand Islanders take a hopeless stand to preserve their fishing settle-ment on Sand Island;

• Beach access fights at Makena and Nukoli'i;

• Hale Mohalu falls to redevelop-ment.

The fast pace of growth in Hawai' i meant lands which had languished for years were suddenly targets for speculation and development.

Kuleana lands were challenged and lost. It is against this historical backdrop

of emerging pride and reclaiming of all that is Hawaiian with the natiopal movement of social and cultural

activism that the seeds for OHA, and other Hawaiian movement organizations were planted.

Hawaiian musicians, dancers and artists echoed the life-and-death struggles going on around them and H6kiile'a gave new cultur-al pride to a generation of Hawaiians who began asking questions.

To get answers, several new organizations joined the ranks of older, more established ones and scholars, lawyers and researchers pored through law books, title records and legal histories to better understand the rights and entitlements of Hawaiians.

Attention then focused on the Alaska N ati ve Claims Settlemen t Act, which returned 40 million acres of land to Alaskan natives and paid $1 billion into a trust fund

for land which was not retu rned by the United States.

The birth ofOHA In 1977, an unprecedented series of

"Puwalu Sessions" provided representatives from 28 organizations and many individual Hawaiians with an opportunity to discuss a wide range of Hawaiian issues.

The fIrst session produced fIve top priority goals.

Opening remarks for the third session, by then State Supreme Court Chief Justice William Richardson, urged all Hawaiians to learn to use the courts to their advantage to redress grievances, to challenge adverse possession laws, and to assert gathering, access and water rights.

"Our courts," Richardson said, "have rec-ogrrized that Hawai'i's land laws are unique in that they are based, in part, upon ancient Hawaiian tradition, custom and usage. This means that in some cases we can look to the practices of our ancestors as guidance to establish present day law." .

Ordinary citizens became fluent in the legalese of the Constitution of 1840, the Great Miihele, the Kuleana Act, the Land Act of 1895, the Annexation Act, the Organic Act, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act and the Admissions Act.

In later sessions, island representatives were elected to serve as members of a mioi-legislature, which prepared a set of legisla-tive proposals called the Native Hawaiian

In 1979, the Legislature enacted what is now Chapter 10, HRS, which implemented Article XII, Sections 5 and 6 of the Constitution, by creating a strong and semi-autonomous "self-governing corporate body."

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs OHA then, is an agency, a trust and a gov-

ernment all at once. Its mission is the better-ment of conditions of all Hawaiians and to provide Hawaiians with the opportunity for a better life and future.

In order to accomplish its mission, OHA's master plan sets the direction.

OHA will:

• Coordinate programs for Hawaiians

• Provide programs fQr Hawaiians if none exist

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.• Advomite "[Q, llfawallan grnq 1n£l1oqrr

• Serve as a receptacle for reparations

This broad purpose is very different from organizations like Bishop Estate, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or the Queen's Medical Center. These organiza-tions have specific purposes - education, homesteading or health care - while OHA reaches to all areas of the community.

The list of programs and services the Legislative Package. ft' . I h I h I 'd agency 0 lers IS engt y. t e ps provl e

In 1978, a. Constitutional .Cory reT fdr-business-yQ, _,m es and houses for IHdvo-

ary - the functions and responsibilities of ' . Hawai'i's government.

One hundred and two delegates, 90 of whom never held elected office, convened the "People's Con Con" for 60 days of ardu-ous work. Trustee A. Frenchy DeSoto was one of those delegates, and served as chair of the Hawaiian affairs committee.

Delegates worked hard that summer to fashion amendments to the Constitution which gave birth to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. They addressed the concern that the state was not properly lands in the public trust. These lands - ceded-to the U.S. after annexation and transferred to the state in 1959 - were to be used for five purposes, one of which was to benefIt native Hawaiians. Up to that point the state had largely ignored this responsibility.

Delegate recommendations, which were approved by the Convention as a whole and by a majority of Hawai 'i's voters, were sim-ple and straightforward:

• People to whom assets belong should have control over them;

• The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, a trust entity for all individuals whose ancestors were natives of the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, should be established to manage and administer the resources held for the benefit of Hawaiians, and to formulate policy for them;

• OHA will be independent from the executive and all other branches of gov-ernment although it will assume the sta-tus of a state agency;

• The status of OHA will be unique and special and the office shall have the power to govern itself through a board of trustees;

• OHA shall be modeled after the University of Hawai'i, so it will have max-imum control over its budget, assets and personnel.

cates for Hawaiian water rights and supports legal efforts for Hawaiians to secure title to their land. It speaks on behalf of Hawaiians in Congress, the Legislature, and the City and County Councils and supports numer-ous cultural activities statewide. Its health division works closely with other agencies across the state to ensure that Hawaiian needs and values are taken into considera-tion when health policy is created.

The list of OHA activities is much larger than To take much more space than

_. Howewer, in the few) na es._sOJpe of I ... ..) .., . - \,. I\' t Loc...1 &., IItHd: OHA 's more recent endeavors are listed

fmances. We hope that you take the time to look at this, both to enhance your knowl-edge of the office, and so you can take bet-ter advantage of what the agency has to offer.

'Apelila (April) 1996 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'Umikiimakolu (page 13)

Working for the betterment of a people n the past, OHA has shied away from beating its own drum. However, it is important that legislators, bene-ficiaries and the general public become more aware of OHA's accomplishments and the many positive ways in which OHA has impacted the community. "

Linda Colburn, OHA Administrator

OHA assets are Hawaiian assets. Money that OHA receives is redirected to programs and services that directly, and indirectly, benefit all Hawaiians. OHA generally does not provide direct services but supports groups and agencies that do. To many Hawaiians this gives the impression that OHA is doing little for the community. Not so. OHA sup--port for Hawaiians reaches to all comers of the state, from poi mills and self-help homes in Kaua' i, to community-based economic development projects in Ka'ii. OHA funds also support agencies working for Hawaiians such as Alu Like, and the Wai'anae Diet, and promotes organizations triving to preserve the culture such as Na U It.

Kalaiwa'a Moku 0 Hawai ' i that built the Onn Makali' i voyaging canoe.

The followi ng is a list of some of OHA ' s most important programs and the funds allocated in fiscal year 1995 to sup-port the e programs. This is not a comprehensive list; some smaller allocations are not included. Also, other trust funds are allocated by OHA trustees to specific projects that are not part of a particular division 's budget. An exam-ple of this is the $2 million the board appropriated to support Pilnana Leo 's expansion efforts on the Big Island. Other examples of such expenditures include OHA's support for the Makali' i voyaging canoe and Rocky lensen 's apprenticeship program. Some of the programs listed are funded entirely by trust funds. Other have a match from pri-vate foundations, the state of federal governments.

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ate a directory of native Hawaiian artists • Wai'anae Diet - $80,000 in support for diet • 'Aha No'eau - $125,000 to support confer-that incorporates Hawaiian traditional foods ences that bring together practitioners of dif-and values into an overall nutritional plan ferent aspects of the culture. (Le. lomi lomi,

defending land titles or interest in ireal prop-erty in Hawai'L • DHHL Individual Claims Panel - $350,000 • State Burials Program - $66,396

used to assist 25 families. ·Self-help housing administrative manage-ment costs - $7,500 per home: Waimea-Kawaihae, Hawai'i, 20 homes; Ho'olehua,

• _ LikEL.7 o-;f rQj,ect's hula, etc.) multi seM lO't ?5?UOri bon _2!) .. }.jaRa- Ishpgoo.

port Hana youth efforts to' rebuild local fish-CULTURE pond walls

, Molbka'i, 20 homes; Maunalaha and Kahana ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 15 and'lO homes'- $487,500 • Native Hawaiian Revolving -Loan Fund pro- ' . • Kalapana - $140,000 to rebuild a new com-gram - Nearly $4 million in support for loans munity for Kalapana residents

• Western Museums project - $10,000 for scholarships and support of conference to help bridge the gap between museums and the native communities whose artifacts are displayed • Makali'i canoe - $85,000 to support voyag-ing canoe on its trip to the Marquesas and back • Rocky Jensen carving school - $30,000 to support apprenticeship program for Hawaiian carvers j ') ..) 11 c; r ,. or- r'.

• Rawafian 'artisans directory :. $4,000 to cre- . ro.l ,.,.,,) 'J r" 1n_"" .. ; ......... r

LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES • Hawaiian rights project - $80,000 in funds for legal assistance to Hawaiians with claims to land, natural resources and related entitle-

-ments • Operation Blueprint - $50,000 • Federal liaison -$37,000 • OHA kuleana legal fund - $55,000 • Legal (Waiahole Ditch water) - $350,000 • NHLC Land TItle Project - $630,548 to pro-vide legal assistance to native Hawaiians

to Hawaiians to start up .tor HI#_manity- $:1:7:mJllion has contributed $7,3 million to the prOgrarn: +· O% inferest'loari' built 22horri-es in 1995 since it began in 1989 totally $11 ,3 miiiion:j " . ,-• CBED Grants - $150,000 for based economic development ,groups ', statewide ::. , • CBED research - $5,000 • Technical assistance workshops - $25,000 for technical assistance workshops to provide revolving loan fund recipients with business development skills

EDUCATION • Early Education program - $132,000 for travelling preschool on MauL • Na Pua No'eau grant - $1 36,000 to assist the UH-Hilo program for gifted and talented Hawaiian children with statewide expansion plans • Tutorial program - $1 72,000 in grants for tutorial programs in schools and community schools/associations to increase test point scores and grade point averages for • Scholarship program - $50,000 in scholar-ships for students seeking post-secondary education • 'Ah a 'Opio - $27,000 to support youth Legislature program that teaches Hawaiian students how to become outstanding leaders in their communities and in government.

HOUSING • Waimanalo kupuna housing project - to include low-income housing, commercial cen-ter and community center, $500,000 to begin pre-development work and to leverage an additional $2 million in funding • Hawaiian homesteader loan program - $20 mill ion allocated in 1994; to date $700,000

PLANNING • Grants and Purchase of Services -$1 ,208,009 in grants to groups engaged in activities that benefit native Hawaiians • Donations - $104,839 to support a dona-tions program that assists native Hawaiians with survival funds in critical gap periods

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Management of the OUA 'trust The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a semi-autonomous state agency whose mandate is to improve the condition of native Hawaiians and Hawaiians. The agency has

remained loyal to that mandate since its inception and continues to do so now. As a state agency it is bound by regulations that aim to guarantee effective and forthright running of the office. OHA has abided by regulations; regular legislative and financial audits attest to this. However, in the past several months some in

the Hawaiian community have questioned OHA policy and practice raising concerns about our performance and accountability. The following address some of the con-cerns raised about the management of the OHA trust.

Q. Does OHA need clarification of its trust obligation? A. OHA's trust obligations are clearly defined by state law and trustees are very aware of these obligations and of the legal consequences if they misuse OHA funds in breach of their fiduciary responsibilities.

Q. Is OHA expending money without a plan, or priorities, and in need of a complete re-assessment? A. The OHA Board has approved a master plan and separate divisional function-al plans are used by office leaders to guide decision-making. Trustees, adminis-tration, and officers regularly look to these plans when developing programs for the Hawaiian community. Both plans are available for public review at OHA's offices.

A. OHA accountants and fiscal staff closely monitor all staff expenditures and ensure strict compliance to procedure. There exists a system of checks and bal-ances that ensures no one person has sole control over the entire process. If money is needed for a particular expense, a number of people, some in the fiscal division , some in administration, have to sign off on any request. All expenditures are documented and independent financial audits are carried out every year. OHA has always been issued a clean opinion.

out by Deloitte and Touche attest to this compliance. A legislative audit carried out in 1993 also found no serious problems with OHA management. OHA is administered in accordance with the highest standards of public administration and there is no need for a complete reorganization by the state Legislature. 1995 was perhaps OHA's most successful year in terms of delivering real and measur-able programs to better the lives of Hawaiians, and 1996 promises to be even more productive.

Q Does OHA lack a legislative program agenda? A. OHA has a very specific legislative program agenda. On January 16, 1996, the legislative review committee met jointly with the land and sovereignty commit-tee and approved OHA's 1996 legislative package. A majority of OHA's trustees were present and at that meeting, and they adopted nine measures as elements OHA's 1996 leg islative package.

Q i.. Is OHA spending more on legal fees than on educational services for Hawaiians? A. OHA is dedicated to providing high-quality educational services and opportuni-ties to Hawaiians and has appropriated $400,000 for various education programs and another $2 million for the acquisition of the first Hawaiian immersion school in Hilo. OHA has also spent millions of dollars on other programs for Hawaiians. Defending the rights of Hawaiians is also a critical part of OHA's role. Hiring

Q. Is the administrator of OHA only accountable tq the chair- attorneys is sometimes essential to accomplishing OHA's mission. Examples of this are OHA's efforts to protect Hawaiian water rights in Waiahole and preserv-

man and the of ing the ceded lands trust in Leiali'i, MauL In some years legal fees may exceed A. The administrator IS appointed by a majonty vote of Board of and educational costs. However, they .represent only' a small portion of the money the may be a 2/3 of the In .. agency spends on ilW-law . . tfttfll9'iorEf, Bb1:Ir'd' .. less of where the mqruw& by t OHAftuS :10 " she IS aeco ru e 'eA1in3 'BOA EPChaitrtla . Artmle. I keeping with their fiduciary responsibilities., ", 1 '1101 I::) II tt I 9 bylaws reflects thiS arrangement. - . ." , . l' ( ',_. '

Q. Is OHA's administration in need of complete reorganization by the state Legislature?

Q. Has OHA disclosed all information about its accounts?

A. OHA is administered in strict compliance with all state and federal statutes, and with accepted accounting standards. Independent financial audits carried

A. Information about all OHA funds and accounts are available to the OHA board and subject to careful and continuous audit by independent auditors.

Explanation of OHA There have been conflicting statements made in the past several months as to the size of the

OHA trust and trust expenditures. Specifically, controversy has resulted from a DAGS expendi-ture report that indicated that in FY 94, OHA had expenditures of $274.2* million. It is impor-tant that there is an accurate understanding of what moneys OHA has and how funds are being spent. The following is a summary prepared by OHA administration to explain numbers recorded in the DAGS report.

OHA is required to report on funds held outs ide the state Treasury to the Department of Accounting and General Services. DAGS requires OHA to record all expenditures and move ment of money outside the state Treas ury in a column entitled "expendi-tures," even if these amounts are not actual -ly expended. For, example, in OHA's settle-ment from the state in 1993, accounting of this money was reported twice, once as $124,392,252.09, when it was invested by the investment managers , and second as $125,079,945.59 for a nonrecurring correc-

tion. So the figures are reports of movement of

the same money, not actual expenditures . In addition , every time a money manager pur-chase s a stock or bond , that amount is recorded in this column, so in effect, there is m u lt ipl e co un ti ng of the same money. DAGS says this is because their accounting system has no other column to handle this movement of money. OHA's real expendi-ture for FY 94 was $11,910, 124, which is reported in OHA's annual external audit for that period.

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Expenditure report

The $265,914,254.30 fig-ure on line three represents the investment of $124,392 ,252.09 and the one-time correction of $125,079,945.59 which includes some payments for investments. Also included in the figure are: fees for professional services $320.39; funds movement $6,967 ,000; payments for investments $1 ,063 ,766.02; and actual e xpenditures $8,410,969.88.

The other numbers listed represent actual expendi -tures and loans disbursed.

Expenditures

$ 21,623.04' '$ '170;4'48.74 I

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$ 6,799.37 $ 476,224.72 $ 4,970,789.88 $ 5,453,813.97

$ 0.00 $ 2,700,086.09 $ 2,700,086.09

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HSEC Primer: What are the Consequences of Native Hawaiian Vote? by Pearl Leialoha Page

This summer Hawaiians will be asked to vote ' yes' or ' no ' to this question: Shall the Hawaiian peo-ple elect delegates to propose a Native Hawaiian government? This will be the fIrst step in the process to determine the will of the indige-nous Hawaiian people to restore a nation of their own choosing, said HSEC chairman Sol Kaho'ohala-hala.

''The council feels this is the only valid, fair proce s to get our people involved, and the only way to give our people a fair chance at it , now ," ' aid HSEC executive director Tara Lulani McKenzie.

The ation of Hawai 'i recently spoke o ut in support of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council it replaced the term plebiscite 'With the W--ording Native Hawaiian Vote.

Earlier this year, The arion of Hawai'i urgently requested that the term be changed to more accurate-ly reflect the true nature of the vote. "Unity among the people is the single most important factor in the restoration of sovereignty," says an internet message from

However, their response was, 'We waited over 100 years we cannot afford to wait longer. ' The majori-ty felt it should be immediately," he said.

What's the state's interest? "The state ha.:1 interfered

with, or influen,eed the important work of the council," said McKenzie. "Neither are the coun-cil members paid employees of the state. They receive a travel stipend, but other than that, they are volun-teers worki ng for the good of Hawaiians and hold jobs of their own," McKenzie said.

"Most importantly, a standard of international law requires power-ful colonial governments and their states to assist with the process of· decolonization , according to Article 73 of the Charter of the United Nations," she explained.

If the majority votes 'yes' then we expect to follow up with the selection of 200 delegates," explained Laenui. "A 'no' vote simply means the process stops. We can always come back and ask again; however, there's no guaran-tee that there will be state funds to assist. We won't know what the political environment will be later. I believe that now there is a rare

that exercises self-determination under international law," said Laenui. "Such a question would be phrased: Shall we remain integrat-ed within the United States? Shall we be in free association with the United States or shall we separate ourselves as a nation? These are the kinds of questions that would

determine whether we had sover-eignty on an international scale or not. These are not the questions being asked. These may come later, but.are not being asked now. If the majority votes 'no' the con-sequence is that no action is taken, but that 's what we have' now," he said.

The outcome will be decided by the majority of ballots returned. A ballot that is not will Qot count either way. "That's why we encourage everyone to participate because this is their chance to say what they want," Behm said. Call (808) 587-2834 to register.

ATTENTION ALL HAWAIIANS Learn about sovereignty

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Nation of Hawai 'i. "It doesn ' t mean all have to agree but we can identify the common ground and work from there. '" HSEC is one important aspect of the unifying process," it said. "We see opposi-tion to HSEC as a drain of valuable time and energy, and f"Or them as a unifying action"

Why this question, why now? HSEC was formed by legislative

mandate in 1992 and is made up of 20 members, all appointed by the governor from names submitted by Hawaiian organizations. Act 359 specifIcally asked that at least four groups be represented on the coun-cil: the Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Hawaiian Homesteaders Association, Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Ka Lahui in order to obtain a wide range of Hawaiian representation. However, Ka Lahui refused to participate. The council then held public hearings statewide in October of 1993 and again in January of 1994 to get input from the larger Hawaiian community.

"We went to every island , except Ni'ihau, and held hearings and the majority of the people called for this particular question," P6kii Laenui, HSEC member recounted. "And they said they wanted to be asked this question, ' right away in 1995. ' I was in opposition. I didn't think we were ' ready to vote due to the confusion and need for greater education.

Vote, and 'iilso to delete a section I ... • hid that some Hawaiian groups have U glimpse into the historical perspective about events whlC e to opposed which says: "Nothing aris- , .. the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom and a positive outlook as ing out of the Hawaiian convention ' ... " .. .. to the future of a sovereign Hawaiian nation in the modern context. ... shall be applied or affect the '

, Here's what's being said about To Build a Nation: constitution" ''Whether that section is in there

or not, makes no difference," com-mented Scotty Bowman OHA gov-ernmental affairs officer. "Changing the state laws is the job of state legislators . Once Hawaiians have gone through the process of naming delegates, and deciding on a form of government and produce an organic document defining themselves as a nation, then that document can be submit-ted to the state Legislature, not for approval, but for action as to what changes need to be made to the constitution to accommodate it, if they are still sincere about doing right by the indigenous people of this land."

AD historical vote It will be the fIrst vote of its kind

not based upon citizenship or resi-dency, but on ancestry and age, said Debbie Behrn, HSEC educa-tion coordinator. Those eligible to vote are "any descendant of indige-nous people inhabiting the Hawaiian islands which exercised sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian islands prior to 1778" and will be at least 18 years old by Sept. 2, 1996. Registered voters will be mailed a ballot beginning July 1, 1996.

Efforts to educate and register Hawaiian voters will intensify over the next fIve months.

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OHA Board Business Nii Kuleana a ka Papa Kahu Waiwai

By Deborah Ward Acting Public Information

Officer

February 15, 1996

The Board of Trustees met at OHA's Honolulu office. All trustees were present. After approval of the agenda was amended, receipt of the correspondence report from the Chairman and the Administrator's report, and hearing community concerns, the board considered the following business matters: Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council funding

Following considerable community testimony both in opposition to, and in support for funding of the HSEC, the board voted, 5 ayes, 3 noes, 1 abstention, to approve for release an amount not to exceed $350,000 to pay for two technical contracts: one for registration, process and mailing, and another for ballot stuffing, mailing and COUDting of ballots in the Native Hawaiian Vote this summer. The monies are coming from trust funds previously appropriated by the board that were frozen by the governor in the 1995 fiscal year. Legal services to Legislative Review committee

The board voted, 6 ayes and 3 noes, to appropriate up to $10,000 in trust funds to engage attorney Jon Van Dyke as a Legal consultant to a sist the Legislative Review Committee in its legislative efforts to protect and maintain OHA's revenue stream. DLNR 'jao Valley signage project

The board voted, 6 ayes and 3 noes, to approve up to $4,734 to assist the state Department of Land and Natural Resources with a P!O-jeet to place interpretive ign on cultural and natural history in 'lao Valley, Maui. Hawaiian Home Lands Action Network grant

The board oted,5 aye and 4 noe to approve 12,379 for a grant reque t from Hawaiian Home Land Action etwork to present

for DHHL lessees on how to pre-qualify for residential and farm loans, and on self-heIp hou ing. Cortez v. OHA

The board voted, 5 ayes, 4 noes, to accept the recommendation pro-posed by legal counsel to continue the process of conciliation and to re-extend its last offer.

March 14, 1996

The Board of Trustees met at OHA's Honolulu office. Trustees Hee, Akaka, Beamer, DeSoto, Kamali'i, Keale and Kealoha were pre-sent. Trustees Aiona and Akana were excused.

After approval of the agenda as amended, receipt of the correspon-dence report from the Chairman and the Administrator's report, and hearing community concerns, the board considered the following business matters: OHA v. HFDC case

The board voted, 6 ayes, 1 no, to adopt a resolution to acknowledge the significance of the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i and the Apology Bill, Sen. Joint Resolution 19 (1993), and the sign-ing of the Apology Bill by the President of the United States. The board, as the only duly elected repre entative of the Hawaiian people, adopted the resolution 0 underscore the significance of these histori-cal events in support of its position in its suit opposing sale of ceded lands by the state. The State of Hawai 'i through its attorney general has denied the admission and findings of fact set forth in the Apology Bill. Nominees for Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund advisory board of directors and loan committee

The board voted, 7 ayes, to approve the nomination of Morni Cazimero, Corbett Kalama, Kathy Alama and Jackie MaW Erickson to serve on the advisory board of the Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund; and the nomination of Roland Watanabe and Randall Matsumoto to serve on the NHRLF loan committee. Volcano Circus funding

The board voted, 7 ayes, to approve a funding grant request of $8,900 from trust funds for Hawai'i 's Volcano Circus to conduct a weekly after-school program for children in the Keaukaha and Pana'ewa native Hawaiian communities, where recreational opportu-nities are presently limited. Keaukaha Elementary School funding

The board voted, 7 ayes, to approve a request for $40,000 in trust funds from Keaukaha Elementary School for travel expenses of 41

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OHA Trustee's Views ' "e Ka Mana '0 o.nii Kahu Waiwai Piikahi

(This column is open to all OHA trustees to express their individual views and does not necessarily represent the official position of the Board of Trustees. Since these are individual opinions, OHA does not take responsibility for their factual accuracy.)

The truth and Mrs. Beamer by Clayton Uee

Chairman, OUA Board of Trustees

Mrs. Beamer is at it again! In Beamer's article published in the March Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA Mrs. Beamer says, "On February 1st he said he would resign if our cash valuation was over $212 million, (in the minutes/on video)." In a mem-orandum to the Board of Trustees dated, February 15, 1996, Beamer writes, " Chair ON TAPE AND IN MINUTES SAID HE WOULD RESIGN IF AMOUNT WAS OVER $212 MIL-LION."

The following is a verbatim record of the diSCUSSion taken from the official Office of Hawaiian Affair audio tape.

Chair: If tliis portfolio is worth '" 300 million dollars - what's today,

February first? On February first nineteen ninety-six, I resign.

Beamer: Good.

Chair: If it 's not, let the author do the same. That's how confident I am. How confident are you?

Beamer: I am confident.

Chair: Then will you resign?

Beamer: No.

lishments such as stores, markets Mrs. Beamer would like every- and service statiOlls to be owned

one to believe what she wants to by Hawaiian 'homesteaders. The believe. The reason she wants legislature "· appropriated you to believe her is because she $250,000.00 because it believed knows full well that the OHA that Hawaiian Homesteaders portfolio value is greater than needed and were entitled to help $212 million. As a matter of and assistance to become self-suf-record (and truth) the amount of flcient business owners. "$212 million" Beamer espouses The Auditor in its report to the

is pure fiction. Legislature said in 1 979, "No The truth is , as loans have been made from the

the verbatim tran- HaWaliari' h6rril:f cblnm rciru loan script proves, Mrs. f an1hegula-

, Beamer is wrong. tiprls 'Ahd 'ffiuaaniliusti!a ive pro-, Mrs. Beamer;s c dures"Jne . to such reliance on a mem- loans were never formulated by ory of convenience the department. The appropria-demonstrates once tion to this fund lapsed at June again that she has 30, 1977." no recollection of Surely, Mrs. Beamer had more the truth , or the than enough time as the director inclination (abili- of the Department of Hawaiian

ty?), to differentiate between what Home Lands from Jan uary 1, is said and what is not. The fact is 1975 to July 30, 1978 to formulate Beamer has no tape and if the tape rules, regulations and administra-she refers to is the Board of tive procedures necessary to help Trustees audio tape , she is not Hawaiian homesteaders use a telling the truth (again). quarter of .a million dollars to get

l-ilQ &hl'ciill'frlih'litl!s" Ilmt61 usil'le .1 (lfl1'e" fact is, I've approved by the Board of Trustees never met anyone better }han of the Board meeting held on Beamer when it comes to making-February 1, 1996, are completely up rules, inventing regulations and and absolutely absent of Beamer's concocting administrative proce-fabrication - in essence, the only dures! minutes she purports to have is a It must have been that Beamer firmly-planted part of her fantasy . was too busy pontificating; that

What isn't a fantasy is that in the $250,000 tragically lapsed and 1972, the Legislature authorized not a single Hawaiian, not one -the Department of Hawaiian ever had the opportunity to start a Home Lands to create the business and become self suffi-"Hawaiian home commercial loan cient as the Legislature had fund." The fund's purpose was to intendtilfitbfu' tWH make loans for mercantile estab- loan funct- ;.,rj t (, WiLI!I;" I

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Land claims and computers Kina'u Boyd Kamali'i

Trustee -at-Large

We all know the crown and government lands of the Kingdom of Hawai'i were stolen. Even the Congress and President of the United States have fonnal-ly apologized and admitted that near-ly 1.8 million acres of land - today called the "ceded lands" were taken "without the consent of, or com-pensation to the Hawaiian people."

But what will we say when the state and fed era l go v-ernments turn to us and say, "You're right, we stole it. What do you Hawaiians want?" Are we going to respond, "Let me go

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think about it, and get back to you in five or ten years?"

The land claims may trace back to the end of the 19th century , but a fair and accurate land set-tlement will be guided with the technology of modem computers. In particular, the computerized,

g raphic overlay mapping of data made possible with the Geographic Information . System - or GIS technology - will be an invalu-able tool in achiev-ing a fair and just settlement.

Computers, how-ever, only come with a " brain ," a

capability to record information and to arrange data according to identified categories. The " thoughts" or data selected,

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entered and sorted for informa-tional fields in the computer must be determined by human design.

OHA acquired the computer hardware to run the GIS system in 1993 . Since that time, the OHA Committee on Land and ,..' So vereignty and Land Divi s ion have developed and been implementing" "Na Waiwai o Ke Ao" - a long-range 'plan for selecting and entering key fields of information to display "the riches all around" on statewide island maps.

The objectives of "Na Waiwai o Ke Ao" are to enhance on-going land use reviews, collect databases needed for a Hawaiian land claims settlement, and develop the analytic information needed to formulate Hawaiian resource management and use policies. Sound big? It will be.

To avoid duplication, unneces-

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OHA Trustee's Views Ka Mana '0 0 nii Kahu Waiwai Piikahi

(This column is open to all OHA trustees to express their individual views and does not necessarily represent the official position of the Board of Trustees. Since these are individual opinions, OHA does not take responsibility for their factual accuracy.)

A 'Hawaiian vote' is not a plebiscite; the Pai 'ohana by Moanike'ala Akaka

Trustee, Hawai'i

On February 15, 1996, the OHA Board of Trustees voted 5-4 to release allocated funding to the Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council (HSEC) for a vote of the Hawaiian people. Question: "Shall the Hawaiian people elect delegates to pro-pose a Native Hawaiian government? Yes or No?"

If it had been called "Plebi sc ite ," I would not have been able to vote for this release of previously appropriated matching funds to HSEC. There was alid concern of Ka Uihui and other Hawaiian groups that if called a "plebiscite", it could have national and international implications

10 a democracy, the Hawaiian people deserve the right to take this vote. There are those of us that have been working towards sovereignty for over 15 years. In 1980, I attended a sovereignty conference in Puerto Rico along with the late Kawaipuna Prejean and raised funds for Keoni Agard (now a HSEC member) and Dr. Noelie Rodriquez, UH Hilo Sociology professor to attend as well. This was almost a decade before we founded Ka

Lahui in Keaukaha in 1987. I was an original legislator and chairperson of La nd and

that may harm us as a

atural Resources for Ka Lahui. An important direction for Hawaiians is the path to sovereignty, self-determination and self-governance. It is only fair that the Hawaiian people at-large become a part of that decision-making process. To me, that is the only purpose for

Hawaiian nation. The HSEC, wi ely, with the consent of the Ka Labui O' ahu po'o, voted to remo e the word ' plebi cite"; it is now - ' A HAW AllAN VOTE."

the recently funded vote. With the refer-ence to ' plebi ite" and the inhibiting state legislative dau e removed, I feel the ote would be "clean": A HAW AllAN VOTE TO BE USED AS WE WISH. If it's no

longer called a "plebiscite", why does Ka Liihui continue to object to the "process" itself? In December 1995, I sat with my friend , Mililani Trask, Kia'aina of Ka Uihui at her office while we discussed international Human Rights attorneys' concern about using the "P" word . So now, it's out!! Surely, Ka Uihui cannot object to our people's grassroots participa-tion in such an important decision as our sovereignty.

There is no question that there needs to be an extensive education campaign on the issue of sovereignty and its different mod-els before any delegates are elected to pro-pose a Native Hawaiian government. Furthermore, Ka Lahui has strong grass-roots support throughout the islands and the leadership should not fear a democratic vote. We have our problems as a people, but we are an intelligent, educated and awakened people capable of full participa-tion in our destiny. There is understand-able apprehension in the process of obtain-ing a democratic vote tbat "big money" buys acce s to the media. There must be found a way where monies can be made available through OHA in order for groups

like Ka Liihui and the Nation of Hawai'i to use for equal access to the media. We must unite and come together as a Hawaiian people to catch this wave of Sovereignty - TOGETHER!!! Ho'o-ululiihui, TO RAISE THE NATION. The Pai 'ohana

We must also come together as a people to support the Pai 'ohana who have lost their case in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently on their sovereign right to remain on their ancestral lands at Honokohau (see my Ka Wai Ola Trustees Column 11/95). Recently, they received an eviction notice from the National Parks Service since their ancestral lands, wbere their family lived for over two centuries, abut Honokohau National Historic Park.

By the way, there is interesting legisla-tion being hurried through Congress that would allow Cuban exiles in America to sue any company doing business in Cuba on property they lost at the time of the overthrow of the Bautista Government in 1959. I wonder if this will also apply to us Hawaiians who lost property and our nation in 1893. MaJama pono. Ua mau ke 'ea 0 ka 'aina i ka pono.

Kamali'i from 16 A Ha waiian fairy ary costs, and to tap into the best sources possible, OHA is- succesS'-

fully entering into inter-governmental partnerships and structuring projects to do double-duty . For example, the state ceded lands inven-tory of propertie by tax map key is now being digitized. What? Information which would be printed out as a listing of numbers -TMK - can now be di played on a map showing this parcel on Moloka'i.

By pointing and clicking on this spot on the map, you would leam that this parcel is ceded, zoned commercial, and currently being uti-lized by the state as part of the Kaunakakai Harbor. OHA has also cross-listed all the state ceded lands to county tax assessments, and is entering this data.

Nearing completion is a three-year project with the Historic Sites Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources. All known cultural and historic properties listed on either the inventory or register of sites are being mapped. By pointing and clicking at one of the dots used to place these sites on the map, you will learn whether the site i a beiau or fisbpond, its name if known, a brief description of its function , and any existing reports you can refer to for more information.

Now pending before the Board is another 3-year project with Historic Sites to map the Mahele and Kuleana awards. This project will anow a segregation of 'crown" and "government" lands, and locate all kuleana. Also linked by page number to kama'aina testimo-ny and land court proceedings, this information could sustain and ver-ify native traditional and customary practices and rights.

A GIS partnership agreement has also been entered into with the United States Geographic Survey (USGS) agency to cooperatively enter stream data, and to share other GIS information related to sur-face and sub- urface water sources statewide.

Other anticipated components include mapping the locations and information related to the Hawaiian population, public infrastructure, native and indigenous plants, forests, and animals.

For too long, Hawaiians have visited and revisited the dark chapters of our history. Swinging back and forth between moods of "sad" and "mad." The continuing consequences of being homeless in our own homeland is literally killing us.

We will be prepared for success. When the federal and state gov-ernments tum to us - and that will be sooner, not later than we think -and say, "You're right, we stole it - what do you want?" We' ll hand them maps - "Here, these are the lands we want." The lands that will produce economic opportunity and income, provide houses, support agriculture and aquaculture, that will sustain our culture and beliefs. Here, these are the lands on which we will build and bind our nation.

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I n by BilIi!-:,JJeamer, t. <i<1 ' the Qative banks. lind bis money cQu,pters . 'u . 'wU,(.-J .v , .. m9,ve9, to contrQI t)1e .acfYS of once upon a time on. the. i'sQlatedisland of iiawah ly mrant for The. speaker,qt;the!yak-

a native group contrived to take over ing state' govemrnent house andtbe presi-the rule of their principality. On this dent of the senate were named trustees of island in derni-paradise every name the gilded of Bishop. The Icing's was backwards. wizard counsel was the last named to par,

Their leader was an old judge of take at the sumptuous table. No unleav-part blood who created the ened bre bitter herbs for these native royal order of kings to call for anoth- dudes. At . "\",

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er overthrow. But,theJQdge and the young Iqogmade .", »\'; ',' ': -.,'..:;:?= ":'- ._.-:i>- , ', :';'h,:-;',:,

There were no queens in his fief- one The caretakers of the monies dom who sat in the kitchens eating at AHO were elected officers . .. And they bread and honey. Only the young were unable to control the rninorj.ty, some aspirant kings dreamed of sitting in even dare<1c,.tq answer back. to the parlor counting out their monies. gain coup io'field

It was a score ago When old king of:candidates was t:;.::::::;,· f: <

cole, without a merry old soul, strategized how to nized. takeover iiawab. '

They would pattern tIlemselves after the power holders who never let forget they gone to war. " ... His new sacred cult would use the saCrifices y .,

their ancestors, since none had made any themselves.

Rub-a-d\!b-dubthese men:'in the tub knew that the fastest way to po;"er was intf:!e .,arena,of politics. They ran for' offipe and those, eiected employed the rest into the system. . . J

It was their aim to control balf th&Jands ,(')f iiawiili and all the king's gold. They bawled, wept'and ,;,was ettir trustee for cried buckets of tears. And cajoled the inhabitants 'of iiawab to cry until the island was flooded with brackish tears.

They painted themselves with ashes and threw Sack cloth over their designer suil$. The gUilt of the populace flared.

This little principality !o make amends. They voted AHO a Qoose 'of gold, long overdue. From then on they .. had income, Ii perpetual tarobread house. .. . ...•.

A little king waS crowned, his men .rrtef-cedes horses to the steps of the palace, 'where Old :king Cole gave them · aw,a: · pnp 10, breMr;,,·\) cried;1not

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would multiply a million limes; " ., •. ' . '.<

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OHA Trustee's Views (This column is open to all OHA trustees to express their individua\ views and does not nece sarily represent the official position of the Board of Trustees. Since these are individual opinions, OHA does not take responsibiuty for their factual accuracy.) Ka Mana '0 0 nii Kahu Waiwai Piikahi

The battle continues by Rowena Akana Trustee-at-Large

Every legislative session present its own unique et of challenges. This year has been more challenging than mo t. Our Legislature mounted an aggressive frontal assault on OHA, threatening vital pro-

Mizuguchi's SB 2867. These bills never made it out of their respective committees, but don 't drop your guard until all our leg-islators have gone home for the year!

grams on 'CHelo, in particular, the airing of our June 27, 1995 Board of Trustees meet-ing. Clayton Hee 's arrogance and unpro-fessional tirades during this meeting inspired Charles Memm in ger of the Honolulu Star Bulletin to write a column entitled, "Hee could use a lesson in ho 'oponopono." Despite criticism by some trustees , including Chairman Hee, for taping our board meetings and airing them on community television, I sti ll strongly believe all of you have the right to be informed and to see your elected offi-cial in action. The bright light of public

do not), the postage on any more than ten similar pieces must be paid out of our own expenses. Chairman Hee also punishes Trustees by denying us the most basic office tools needed to perform daily tasks that serve you, our beneficiaries. Hee has even refused to authorize office supplies for my staff! Again, this abuse of power is nothing new. One quick look at trustees ' travel expenses will show you who is in Hee 's favor and who goes without.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who, like me, ques-tioned why our Board chairman, Clayton Hee, felt it was necessary to hire Governor

Cayetano's bodyguards for our February 15th board meeting. Was it merely because so many constituents were expected to prote t OHA 's funding of HSEC (Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council)? This isn ' t the first time Hee called in professional protection to intimidate beneficiaries who came to testify before our board. Many of you asked

crutiny and disclosure will always serve to illuminate and educate. Chairman Hee's abhorrent public flogging of one of his staff members, captured on video and aired on 'Olelo, illuminated many things about his character. Will any of us forget what we saw?

But try as Hee might, there are things not even the chair can stop me from doing: Protecting your entitlements, developing programs that benefit all OHA beneficia-ries, and keeping you informed.

1 HB 2707 suspended payments to OHA for 5 years.

grams for o ur native Hawaiian beneficiaries. By the time you read this article, many of the legislative bills now in the House and Senate will have gone through the deci ion-making process, but the battle co ntinues! I encourage all of you to stay in the fight! If you haven ' t joined in, do so. The future of you and your children may very well depend on your par-ticipation.

A the legislative session winds down, I would like to pause a moment to say maha-10 to all of you who have supported our cause over the past several months. Thank you for your help in killing Rep. Calvin Say's HB 2071 and HB 38742. Also, thank you for helping defeat Sen. rrnan

why Chairman Hee feels the need to pro-tect himself from his own people? Others of you asked why the governor provided these security guards at the expense of Hawai ' i's taxpayers? Thank you for ask-ing. I hope you demand some answers.

Unfortunately, keeping you informed come with a price. Trustees who speak again t the majority view become a target for retaliation. Most recently, this retalia-tion took the form of imposing restrictions on the number of letters we can now mail to our constituents . Unless we chai r a committee (Trustees Beamer, Keale, and I

2 HB 3874 required 20% of OHA's ceded land revenues be given to Health & Human Services and the Hawaii Housing Authority. 3 SB 2867 limited revenues due OHA and threatened your Hawaiian entitlements.

Note: If you have any questions or con-cerns, please contact my office at 594-1868.

A special mahalo to all of you who called in response to my television pro-

"People's Puwalu" is true self-determination by Samuel Kealoba Jr.,

Tr tee., Moloka i and Lana' i

OHA and HSEC are following the dangling "CARROT" in perfect step with the state's utter rejection of the Hawaiians right to self-determina-tion. In other word , both agencies are forcing the Hawaiian people to vote in a process that is virtual-ly unknown in the Hawaiian community and will have devastating ramifications for future genera-tions.

On February 15, 1996, the majority of the Board of Trustees voted to appropriate 353,000 to HSEC for a " ative Hawaiian Vote." Howe er, our honorable bozos have not yet approved the change from "PLEBISCITE" to " NATIVE HAWAllAN VOTE." Tills does not change the SCAM! As a matter of fact, there is still uncertainty and spec-ulation over just what a "NATIVE HAW ArrAN VOTE" is and what it entails.

Also at the 2/15/96 Board meeting, several HSEC cronies attended and unveiled their unend-ing upport of the state's effort to control the process. Most shameful at the meeting was A'o Pohaku Rodenhurst, an HSEC member who forced her young son to perform an 'oli prior to her dog and pony show - a "HO'OKUPU" presenta-tion and her tenacious testimony. The comical "ho'okupu" were presented to certain trustees of whom her spirits informed her were going to vote in HSEC's favor. As it turned out er presentation was nothing more than a circus. She gave ho'okupu to trustee Kea1e who voted "NO" - that ho'okupu should have been given to my "quacky" colleague, Trustee Akaka (did not receive a "ho'okupu), who voted "YES".

The trustees who voted in tbe affirmative of releasing funds to HSEC speak from both sides of their mouths, an art consistently familiar. In this time of fiscal crisis, OHA's funding is being threat-

ened by its MOTHER the state who is working toward withholding the ceded land re enue from OHA for five years. A year ago nobody ever would've thought that the State would ever dare to do such a thing to its child (OHA). Most of the trustees are running frantic calling this move by their MOTHER, illegal and unjust. Some trustees have declared "WAR" against their MOTHER (the

,state) for attempting to withhold ceded land rev-enues. Despite trustees crying with dry tears, their

affirmative vote allows the state to con-trol our sovereignty. With their "YES" vote they are providing their MOTHER with a mechanism (State initiated plebiscite / NATIVE HAWAIIAN VOTE) to forever hold the Hawaiian people as wards of the state and contin-ue state control of our lands. How you figgab?

What is the alternative to this state controlled plebiscite/native Hawaiian vote? The Peoples Puwalu is a native process for bringing about consensus

among the Hawaiian organizations on the issue of sovereignty. On February 16-18, the Peoples Puwalu was held at the Pai 'ohana's 'aina - the 'aina that the National Park Service is attempting to scam away from this Hawaiian family. Many groups participated in this historic event and, by doing so they utilized , and practiced the true essence of self-determination. Of those who par-ticipated and stayed until the very end was former OHA Trustee Clarence Ching. The focus of the Peoples Puwalu was spirituality, Hawaiian culture, and a process for consensus. All the organizations that participated agreed to the ' ae1ike process for consensus in future Peoples Puwalu. The next Peoples Puwalu is scheduled for April 19-21 on Moloka'i. This is a true and honest effort of self-determination, no propaganda. All Hawaiians or organizations are welcome to participate. For more information on the Peoples Puwalu, call my aide, Shane Pale at 594-1887.

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fifth and sixth grade classes going on an educational tour of the Eastern United States. These funds will be matched by $43,000 raised by the school and student . OHA DownpaymentlHome Improvement Loan

The board voted, 7 ayes, to authorize First Hawaiian Bank to make an exception in processing a loan application of $33,360 from Samuelyn Gaison, a Hawaiian Homes lessee who participated in the Keaukaha-Waiakea self-help housing project , through OHA' s Hawaiian Homesteader Home Improvement Loan Program. The loan is needed to construct a new house to replace her original self-help house in Keaukaha. Funding for publication of "Hoaloha 0 Keauhou" by Lily Kong

A motion was defeated, 4 ayes, 3 noes, to approve a $6,045 funding request by Lily Hong to cover transcript preparation costs for the pub-lication of "Na Hoaloha 0 Keauhou," a history of the families of Kona, Hawai'i. Resolution requesting DLNR to withdraw its eviction notice to the Pai family

The board voted, 7 ayes, to approve a letter requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to withdraw its eviction notice to the Pai family in 'Ai 'Opio, North Kona, island of Hawai'i. By taking this action, the board has agreed to support the Pai 'Ohana in its efforts to assert its traditional and cultural right to occupy and use the land which it has occupied for nine generations.

Voyaging canoe to be built in Lahaina Hui 0 Wa'a Kaulua, headed by Keota Sequeira, has designed and is

building a double hulled Hawaiian voyaging canoe that will be capa-ble of sailing around the Pacific rim.

The canoe, called the Mo'o Kiha, will be constructed in the Kamehameha Iki Park on Front Street in Lahaina.

Sequeira says, "The vision for the park is to create a center of learn-ing about the Hawaiian culture. The park will be a blend of culture and science, inviting both locals and visitors to experience 'hands-on ' Hawai ' i . We plan to teach the youth of our community about Hawaiian navigation, sailing philosophy and seamanship.

Ka ' anapali Beach Hotel General Manager Mike White has announced that the hotel will support Hui 0 Wa'a Kaulua and the construction of Mo'o Kiha.

For more information, contact Hui 0 Wa'a Kaulua at 573 Wainee St., Lahaina, Hawai'i, 96761.

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THE HAWAI'I ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS presents the 19th Annual NA HOKU HANOHANO AWARDS on May 15th in the Hawaii Ballroom of the Sheraton Walklkl Hotel. This is the annual Hawaiian music awards show designed to honor the accomplishments of local musi-cians. For more information about the

Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts, please contact Bonnie Ryder at (808) 235-9424.

NA LEO PILIMEHANA created ANGELS OF MUSIC, a music mentoring program whose goal is to introduce Hawai'i's children to as many different aspects of the music industry as possible. For example, a child's Angels of Music experience could include such educational activities as observing the recording of an album, shadowing an entertainment journalist, performing live with a local disc jockey on-air or behind-the-scenes and lots more! To par-ticipate in the Angels of Music program and for more infor-mation, contact Na Leo Pilimeha at (808) 637-7777.

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'Apelila (April) 1996 PAID ADVERTISEMENT

The Native Alternative: The Peoples' PUwalu If not Plebiscite or Native Ha-

waiian Vote, then what? On Feb-ruary 17-19, the first Peoples' PUwalu was held in Honokahau, Kona and was hosted by the Pai 'Ohana. It was a spiritual and cul-tural beginning to a Native pro-cess for consensus. The next

Peoples' PUwalu will be on April 19-21 in Ka'amola, Moloka'i. The theme will be Land, Water, and Natural Resources. All organiza-tions are welcome to participate. For more information, call the phone numbers listed below. PAU

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Hawai'i 885-7677 Maui 877-4659 O'ahu 942-7607 Moloka'i 553-5110 Kaua'i I Ni'ihau 822-5613

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Is it a Plebiscite or , Native Hawaiian Vote?

Recently, the Hawaiian Sover-eignty Elections Council (HSEC) has announced that the formerly known Plebiscite is now being called a Native Hawaiian Vote. The Council cited many reasons for this change, but most important was the general confusion about the Plebiscite in the Hawaiian community. However, what the HSEC has not mentioned is the fact that the change from Plebiscite to Native Hawaiian Vote has not yet been approved by the Legisla-ture. House Bill No. 3283, which changes the Plebiscite to Native Hawaiian Vote, has only passed the House and is awaiting Senate approval. Therefore, holding press conferences and announcing the big change serves to deceive and confuse you.

More importantly, the need for Legislative approval of the change from Plebiscite to Native Hawai-ian Vote is evidence that the State is controlling this process. If the HSEC had true authority over the process, they would be able to make changes without State ap-proval. However, the State is not a neutral party, it has interests that udermine Hawaiian rights, land and our trust assets.

According to Jose Luis Morin (International Human Rights At-torney), "This name change still jeopardizes the rights of the Kanaka Maoli people. No one should be deceived. It is still a vote that the U.S. government can use to block Hawaiian rights. Any process which can be construed as a vote can be used by the U.S. to block Hawaiian self-determina-tion."

In this time of fiscal crisis, does the state actually have six million dollars to waste on this so called benefit to the Hawaiian people? Be aware that this ploy can and has been used to deny the rights of Native peoples elsewhere. PAU

'Apelila (April) 1996 PAID ADVERTISEMENT 'Ao'ao Iwakaluakfimakahi (Page 21)

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'Apelila (April) 1996 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA

Ka nuhou lTIai Alu Like News from Alu Like

(presented by Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA and Alu Like as a public service)

Entrepreneurship training pro-gram - winter/spring schedule

For Hawaiians interested in starting up or expanding a business, the Alu Like Business Development Center's Entrepreneurship Training (ETP) class schedule is as follows.

April 20 - May 25 Honoka'a 6-week course April 20 - May 25 Kaua'i 6-week course May 14 - June 27 Honolulu 7-week course May 21 - June 27 Honolulu 6-week course June 15 - July 27 Maui 6-week course June 15 - July 27 Ui'ie 6-week course

The Honolulu ETP classes are two hours each evening, three times a week for seven weeks and are held at the Alu Like Business Development Center.

The other cla e will be conducted over a period of six consecutive Saturday . Each cla runs for six hours. Locations for those cla e are still pending.

Subjects covered are business attitudes, mar-keting, organization, financial management , business planning, and ongoing management.

A "Bu ines Planning and Business Plans" workshop will be held on Saturday, April 27. An "Advertising Strategie : Getting the Mo t Bounce for Your Bucks" wor hop will be held on Saturday June 29. Th e workshop will be four hours 1 ng and will be held in Honolulu at tlie Nu Like-'Busmess Ueve Qpment Center in the Maunakea'Mru-lrefpla'c&. I J C.

Space i limited. On O'abu, call 524-1225; on Hilo, 961-2625; and on Kaua'i, 245-8545 to receive further information and applications.

Computer Training

Alu Like's Hawai'i Computer Training Center (HI-CTC) has announced testing of appli-cants for admission into its Class XXVI.

The fmal tests will be conducted March 29 and April 12 at 1120 Maunakea St. Suite 200 from 8:30 a.m. to I p.m.

The next l5-week, tuition free program runs from 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. daily starting in May. It includes all of the following:

• Business mathematics/communications • Cortez Peters Championship Typing • Applied office technology • Operations of the mM PC

W ordprocessing/spreadsheets/database • Job readines preparation • Job placement as istance • Hawaiian culture awarene

Anyone who could u e this training, but can't afford it on his own should take advantage of this excellent opportunity to prepare for employ-ment in the business world. Priority will be given to Hawaiians 18 years and older and those eeking entry level positions after completion of

training. For more information plea e contact the

Hawai'i Computer,l:ra.ini.Q,g 5;U ,365.5ttp. Center hours are fi-iiiillio !! illws to 4:30 p.m.

mM awards grant for Hawai'i literacy and skills computer system IBM has awarded a grant to the Hawai'i

Collaboration to create a computerized literacy and job-training ystem. The grant will consist of mM computer hardware and software valued at $298,000.

need to get jobs as they move away from wel-fare or incarceration and into the working world.

The Hawai'i Collaboration is a partnership between the Hawai'i State Public Library System and Alu Like. The partners in the Hawai'i Collaboration will use mM communi-cations and computer technology to link the neighbor islands with an online, distance learn-ing system for basic skills education and job training.

Together, the partners will deliver a wide array of computerized coursework to locations on each island. Users will be able to access the Internet through a high-speed connection to the Maui High Performance Computer Center, which houses an mM supercomputer.

Alu Like President and CEO Haunani Apoliona says the project "will help us bring ba ic skills, literacy tutoring and pre-employ-ment services to our beneficiaries and their entire 'ohana, allowing "tHem options for achiev-

self-determination in training OT

employment."

The project is particularly aimed at helping unemployed Hawaiian adults and their gain the basic reading and writing skills they'

Workshop: Establishing non-profit status Hawai 'i Community

Foundation (HCF), in collabora-tion with Hawai'i Lawyers Care, is sponsoring a half-day legal clinic to provide tec cal assis-

I tance to Hawaiian groups on how to establish a non-profit status. The workshop will be held at the HCF office from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday , April 13 . HCF is located at 900 Fort Street Mall, Pioneer Plaza Building , Suite 1300.

The workshop is free but seat-ing is limited to 25 qualified reg-istrants. Deadline for registration is April 3.

The workshop is designed for Hawaiian and Filipino groups 'without 501(c)3 status but doing charitable work in their commu-nities. It will cover topics includ-ing discussion of the advantages of becoming a 50l(c)3 non-prof-it , tax-exempt organization; methods for filing for corporate status; and reviewing fiscal spon-sorship through an already estab-lished 501(c)3 corporation.

To request an application form to attend the workshop, call Hawai'i Community Foundation at 537-6333 and ask for Uluhani Montri.

Seeking women writers The University of Hawai'i -

Hilo invites Hawaiian women writers to submit original, pre-viously unpublished poems, short stories and plays which speak to the culture to the Anthology of Native Hawaiian Women Writers to be co-edited by Miyoko Sugano and Jackie Pualani Johnson-Debus. Deadline is June 30,1996.

For more information, call (808) 933-3463 or 933-3304, or write to Native Hawaiian Women Writers Anthology, Humanities Divi sion, Att. Sugano/Debus, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, 200 West Kawili St. , Hilo, HI 96720.

'Ao'ao IwakaluakiimaIua (Page 22)

Puna area cultural history sought In response to a propo ed development of a golf course in the Puna

area, individuals who have information about the history, traditional sites, or cultural resources of the area have been asked to share their knowledge.

Community members are especially intere ted in obtaining informa-tion about ancestral burial sites located in the areas known as Oneloa, Laepao'o, Ahalanui, and Kapoho.

Individual with any information are asked to contact Keikialoha Kekipi at (808) 965-7443 or write P.O. Box 2177, Pahoa, HI 96778.

Lately, there has been much discussion about the Native Hawaiian Vote, fonnerly called the "plebiscite." Our mana'o is that it is your right to vote and no one should take it away from you.

We support the Native Hawaiian Vote scheduled to begin July 1, 1996. We urge all Hawaiians to be sure to register and vote yes when you receive your ballot.

The deadline for registration is July 15, 1996. 'Ib register, contact the Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council at (808) 587-2834 or 1-800-958-6837. Persons with hearing or

impairments should call the GTE Hawaiian Tel .. q,e ..

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'Ahahui Siwila Hawai'i 0 Central Maui Ali'i Pauahi ' Ewa Honolulu Kailua Kalihi-Palama King Kamehameha Ko'olauloa

Ho:olehua Lahaina

KAUA'I COUNCIL Hanalei Kaua'i Kaumuali'i

MAINLAND COUNCIL KO'olaupoko 'Ahahui Kiwila 0 Hawai'i 0 San Diego Kualoa-He'eia 'Ahahui 0 Lili'uokalani N anaikapono . ., 'Ainaha':l: '9. " ,i

Pearl HarQor ". ,;. H'{i, Prince Kuhio - \ ;..:.:.., Princess Ka'iulani T . .,'" Vegas n C' i •. Pu'uloa u.

Queen Emma Na Poe 0 Hawai'i Colorado Springs Queen Kapi'olani Wahi'awa Wai'alua Wai'anae Waikiki Waimanalo

HAWAI'I COUNCIL Hamakua Hilo Ho'opuloa Ka'u Kohala Kona Laupahoehoe Prince David South Kohala Waimea

We SUpport the Native Hawaiian Vote

'ApeUla (April) 1996

He tnau hanana A calendar of events

'Apelila (April) 11 - South Seas Cinema Fest, Taputapua-Sharks of Polynesia, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 5 p.m. Cost: $2. Also: Lani and the Sharkman Tiko and The Shark at 6 p.m., Cost: $4.50 and Keone's Poi Pounder Beyond the Reef, 8 p.m. Call 532-8700.

12 - South Seas Cinema Fest, Paniolo Documentary, 5 p.m., $2. Hawaiian Buckaroo at 6 p.m., $4.50 and Castaway Cowboy at 8 p.m ., $4.50., all at Hon olul u Academy of Arts. Call 532-8700.

16- June 25 - Hawaiian lan-guage cIa e, beginners to advanced, "'Kamehameha Schools and Downtown area. Cost 65. Call 'Ahahui 'Olelo Hawai ' i at 528-5453.

19 - 26 - Kawaiaha'o Church culminates its 175th anni ersary with a spiritual tour of historic churche on O'ahu and two ne igh bor island s . Learn how i land people embraced the faith and retrace so me steps of the earl mi ionarie, guided by · Rev. Abraham Akaka. Experience ho\ Christian and Hawaiian values blended to cre-ate a strong spiritual life in Hawai'i . Call 522 1333, if you plan to attend.

20 & 27- The Misadventures of

Litter Bugsy, 4:30 p.m. at McCoy Pavili on, Ala Moana Park . Presented by Hawai'i Theatre for Youth, the preschool tour show is a fun and unique way to introduce recycling. Recommended for ages 4 and up. Cost: $9 for ad ults/$7.50 teens/$5 for youth and seniors over 60. Call HTY at 839-9885.

22 - 24 - Building Rural Communities: Models for the Future Conference , Hyatt Regency , Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Premiere training and networking event for rural development and pre ervation profe sional and local community organizers. Topics incl ude : cross-cultural partnerships, innovative mixed-use facilities , environmental pro-jects, leveraging Sec. 502 fund-ing for self-help housing, and conflict resolution. Voice mail box (916) 447-9832, ext. 197

26 & 27- "The Miracle Worker," a drama performed by the Kamehameha Schools drama troupe, 7:30 p.m., Princess Ruth Ke 'elikolani Auditorium, Kamehameha Schools campus. Cost: $5/$3. Call 842-8356.

'!.preparing to Build Your. Home" fo r Waiohuli -Keokea, Maui homesteaders. Paukukalo Hawaiian Homes Community Center, Wailuku, Maui 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Speakers from four mort-gage- lending banks who have

, Ohana Reunions Na fohana e hofohui fia ana

Cummings- Descendants of Joseph Elijah Cummings and Lily Kealoha are planning a reunion to be held June 29 on Kaua' i. Descendants of Thomas Booth Cummings, William Booth c. , Arny c., Jonah C., Parker C. and Hannah Rachael C. should call Hollis Baker (Calif.) (510) 793 -1165, George Costa (Kauai) 822-3013 or Norbert Cordeiro (O'ahu) 672-9190.

Lau Afat-Apaka, Aholo, Na'e'a Kaluahine - An ' Apaka 'Ohana reunion is being planned for the summer of 1996 , probably in J uly. Contact Jeffrey Ahol0 ' Apaka on O' ahu at 922-6965.

Nahinu and Auhea - A family reunion is set for July 4-6, 1996 for the descendants of Nahinu and Auhea, their children Napihe and Nakapa ' ahu. These descen-dants include Kepalai and Kila Kapaekukui, Nakapa'ahu and !ki'iki' ikapoleopele, Nakapa 'ahu and Kalawaianuiokamehameha and Kai 'o and Kahaioonakolo. For more information, contact in the evenings, Sam Kekauoha at

293-9955, or Luther Nakapa'ahu at 262-4801, or Arthur Koerte at 422-1835.

Poliahu - The grandchildren and great-grandchildren of William Poliahu and Kamaile Mokuaole Keohuhu invite family members from Annie Poliahu and Edward Puhi Sr.; Lily Poliahu and Edwin Kekahua Sr.; Lucy Poliahu and John Tripp; George Poliahu and Mary Kapeliela; and Elizabeth Poliahu and David Richards Sr. to a famly reunion on Aug. 2 - 4,1996 at Mahukona, Kohala, Hawai'i. Contact Joyce Poliahu, (808) 889-6489 or write P.O. Box 347, Haw), HI 96719.

Swift - The Swift 'Ohana has scheduled a reunion Aug. 2 - 4, 1996. Family includes the descendants of Joseph Swift and his three spouses: Hiona Milia, Naimu and Luka and their chil-dren John Kukuma, Apia, Lilikalani, Charles, Hannah, Jessie and Aipia. These descen-dants include, Lum, Kaaaa, Akana, Dupont, Fernandez, Kuhaulua, Hardy , Laeha, Tam,

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loan programs for DHHL lessees; also speaker from Veteran 's Administration. Sponsored by Na Po'e Kokua. Free. Call 877-7901 or 575-2125 for reservations.

April 28- May 2 - HawaIian Week: "Begin with Things Hawaiian ." Peabody Essex Museum, Boston . Presented by the Boston Hawaiian Club. Hula, chant, the last monarch, tradition-al foods, native navigation. Tel. (508)745-1878. Fax: (508) 744-6776

Mei (May) Now - May 19 - Bishop Museum presents "Kaho'olawe: Ke Aloha Kupa 'a i ka 'Aina." Stories and history are brought to life on this visual journey to Kaho'olawe. Call 848-4168.

Now - July 21- "Hawai'i and Its People," a pictorial heritage of Hawai'i, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Thi inaugural installation features works of diver e media dating from 1779 to 1950, includ-ing documentary art from voyag-ing artists of the 19th century. Selections from professional to amateur reflect common subject matter ;ana' themesJ stt h 'as I

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demonstrations and heritage Hawaiian quilts. An exhibit of traditional and contemporary quilts created by the members of the Hawai'i Quilt Guild will fol-low May 10 - May 12.

May 18 Sixth Annual Moloka'i Ka Hula Piko : Moloka'i Nui A Hina, Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. , Papohaku Beach Park, Kaluakoi. Free. A series of lectures on Moloka' i histo-ry and mo' olelo accompanied by dance demon-strations will be presented by kumu hula John Ka ' imikaua at theColony Kaluakoi Hotel & Golf Club, May 14 - May 16 at 7 p.m. On-site lectures at Father Damien 's Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church and at Kapuwahine Fish Pond, Tuesday, May 14, at 3 p.m. and Wed., May 15, at 10 a.m. Walking tours are at no charge. Call (800) 553-0404. ". I

will share her knowledge along with other master weavers. Weaving workshops will be fea-tured during the four-day festival. Other weavers include Peter Park, Adelle Bates, Cecelia Johnson, and many others. Craft shows

will be held May 24 -25. Fees for all work-shops are $60 and i n c ludes dinner and lu 'au . To register, call (808) 325-5592.

May 23 -26 Second Annual Prince Albert

Music Festival, Princeville Hotel. Fee. Call 1-800-826-4400.

Hawaiian culture; erupting J

May 24 - 26 -- Big Island Bamboo Conference, University of Hawai' i at Hilo. To cover Bamboo architecture, landscape design, farming and cultural ecol-ogy. A trade show showcasing bamboo furniture, -food products, stfU.C.tlJ esn pj,ants, q ;afts" and building techniques. Registration fee $95. Call (808) 955-3553.

noes, developing Western com- May 22 - 25 - Ka Ulu Lauhala munity and introduction of 0 Kona Festival, Keauhou Beach Hawaiian design. Hotel. Aunty Elizabeth Lee has

May 4 - Hawai'i Quilt Day, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Slide lectures, educational programs,

Gora-Luke, Luhe, Nunes, Kinolau, Swain, McCabe & Sakamoto families. For more information, call Linda Ann Tam on O'abu, 674-0512, or on Maui, Kathy Shimada 877-0839.

Kalua Kanawaliwali Descendants of Kalua Kanwaliwali are holding their 2nd Annual Family Reunion on Maui, Friday, Aug. 16-17, 1996 at the P1i 'ia Community Center. Contact Diana Amadeo on Maui (808) 579-9429 or write to P.O. Box 247 Pa'ia, HI 96779.

Poe -- The descendents of Wallace Poe of Wai'anae, O'ahu are holding a family reunion August 17, 1996 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at ' Ohikilolo Ranch, Makua, O'ahu. Family members are asked to contact Jay Landis (fam-ily historian) at (808) 668-1149, or Ah Ching G. Jr. (reunion chair-perso n) at (808) 696-8584 . Neighbor island ' Ohana may call toll-free 1 800-378-7703.

Ka pua -The former wife of William K. Kapua is most anx-ious to contact members of the Kapua family in order that his so n, also named Willam K.

been weaving for more than 50 yea rs and designated a Treasure by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in 1993. She

Kapua, may know of his father's family. William Kapua, Sr. left Hawai'i before he was 18 years old, joined the Navy and then lived in Chicago where he mar-ried and later died in 1939. His widow, Lea Kapua Heine, is now 84 years-old and urges members of the Kapua family to get in touch with her at 608 Sawyer Terrace, #826, Madison , WI, 53705-3254.

Manuhoa - The Manuhoa Reunion Committee is seeking

May 24 - 27 - "Old Hawai'I on Horseback", Waimea's paniolo traditions, Memorial weekend. For details call 808-885-6707.

descendants of Manuhoa aka Manuhoa Kuakea, born Nov. 11, 1824 in Kohala. He married Makapiipii aka Kamakapiipii, born Aug. 9, 1826. Descendants and news of Manuhoa 's sisters are also being sought: they are Konanui Kuakea, born 1822 and married to Paipulewa; and Kekela Kuakea, born 1826 and married to N aea. Please call Shirley Keakealani Wilcox at (808) 325-0418 or 325-5581, or write to Betty Saiki, P.O. Box 2187, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745.

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HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD LAND SWAP. KULA LESSEE WISHES TO EXCHANGE FOR HAWAIIAN HOMESTEAD LAND IN NANAKULI. CALL TESSIE AFTER 5 P.M. DAILY AT (808) 668-6234

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Explore the Arts! Explore and increase your appreciation of performing arts this summer.

Sign up for courses in band, choir, orchestra, dance, Hawaiian ensemble and more during the six-week, half-day sessions beginning June 19. (12:30 pm-4:15 pm).

Enrollment is limited. My student entering grades 5-10 may apply; preference is given to Hawaiians. Cost is $300.

Financial aid is also available to Hawaiians based on need. Airfare to and from O'ahu will be paid for all neighbor island students accepted to the program. No boarding is available.

To apply, call 842-8761 or the Kamehameha Schools Neighbor Island Regional Resource Center on your island.

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE KSBE's policy to give preference to Hawaiians as permitted by Jaw has been ruled

non-discriminatory by the IRS.

Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 500 Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813-5249

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