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Vol 29 No 10 oha.org/kwo ‘okakopa (October) 2012 | Vol. 29, No. 10 THE LIVING WATER OF OHA SPECIAL 16-PAGE INSIDE ELECTION INSERT TAKING HOLD TAKE A STAND NOW AND SIGN UP TO BE ON THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN ROLL PAGE 10 Photo: Shane Tegarden Photography DOWNLOAD THE FORMS | www.hawaiifamilyfinance.org Hawaii Credit Union League Hawaii Family Finance Project Serving Families Statewide to Prepare For and Achieve Homeownership Take advantage of the following free services: • Homebuyer & Financial Education Sessions • Personalized One-on-One Counseling • Grants of up to $12,500 toward Home Downpayment* • Grants of up to $2,000 toward Debt Reduction* • Grants of up to $500 toward Closing Costs • Information on Available Family Tax Credits * Made under the Hawaii Individual Development Account (HIDA) Program Eligibility requirements: 18 Years of Age or Older Meet the Income and Assets Requirements ALOHA Does Not Currently Own Property or Have a Mortgage It’s Easy! Sign up Today! 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Communications Specialist Kanahele hits stores this month John Matsuzaki Why it’s important to register, Communications Specialist Francine Murray by oHa ceo Kamana‘opono crabbe, pagE 4 Communications Specialist NA¯ HANANA | EVENTS Nelson Gaspar Q&a with native Hawaiian Roll Communications Specialist commission chairman John Waihe‘e, pagE 5 Our must-see list includes slack key in Email/WEbsitEs [email protected] | www.OHA.org Helpful info on various registries, past and present, pagE 6 ‘Ewa and honoring Emma in Ko¯ke‘e PAgE 16 www.oha.org/kawaiola www.oha.org/kawaiola/loa/ Report from the continent, pagE 7 @oha_hawaii Why sovereignty matters, pagE 8 Published monthly by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 711 Kapi‘olani Boulevard, Ste. /officeofhawaiianaffairs 500, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813. Telephone: 594-1888 or 1-800-468-4644 ext. 41888. /ohahawaii clip and send: official Kana‘iolowalu form, pagE 9 Fax: 594-1865. Email: [email protected]. World Wide Web location: www.oha.org. Cir- culation: 58,000 copies, 51,000 of which are distributed by mail, and 7,000 through What self-determination will look like is as yet unknown. island offices, state and county offices, private and community agencies and target groups and individuals. Ka Wai Ola is printed by O‘ahu Publications. Hawaiian fonts a ka¯hea is going out to Hawaiians to register now — are provided by Coconut Info. Advertising in Ka Wai Ola does not constitute an en- in a sense, to gather on the shore in preparation for the dorsement of products or individuals by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Ka Wai Ola is metaphorical voyage to come, pagE 12 published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to help inform its Hawaiian beneficiaries and other interested parties about Hawaiian issues and activities and OHA programs and efforts. ©2012 Office of Hawaiian Affairs. All rights reserved. 4 ‘okakopa2012 message www.oha.org/kwo | [email protected] fRom tHe ceo native HaWaiian » neWs | featuRes | events NATION BuILDING E komo p¯u ka ma¯puna hoe! Put in your paddle, get involved, stay involved! aloha mai ka¯kou, e na¯ ‘o¯iwi a me OHA believes that the Kana‘iolowalu roll can assist all of the various Hawaiian self-governance efforts, because a na¯ hoaaloha mai ka hikina o ka la¯ i large registry would confirm that there is broad support for Hawaiian self-governance. There are not merely pockets Ha‘eha‘e a i ka welona o ka la¯ i ka mole of small groups who support one or another effort, but a mass of us calling for the formation of a Hawaiian o lehua me na¯ kama o na¯ ‘a¯ina like ‘ole self-governing entity. What that entity will be is wide open for con- o ka honua a¯kea o Papa – aloha no¯. sideration. Kana‘iolowalu is not promoting any specific form of self-governance. I greet you today with much hope. For our lähui, our As for Kana‘iolowalu, its kuleana is people, and all those who stand with us, this is an era limited to establishing the roll of Native of opportunity – not because we are experiencing great Hawaiians. Once the enrollment process is prosperity and ease, but because it is a time of tremendous complete, the Native Hawaiian Roll Commis- challenge. sion will dissolve. There are attempts by some to erode the laws that are OHA’s kuleana will be to support the process of intended to preserve our traditional cultural practices. nation building. This OHA role will take the form of There are attempts to end federally funded programs providing information, as with this Ka Wai Ola edi- aimed at helping Native Hawaiians. And there soon will tion. And in future months, our kuleana will involve be deep, sustained federal funding cuts that will have a a series of educational forums that OHA we will be major impact on programs in our Hawaiian communities hosting. and throughout the state over the next several years. The purpose of the forums will be to convene a So we find ourselves in a time when we must do more wide array of Hawaiian leaders involved in self- than wait for others to help. It is a time requiring us to be pur- governance initiatives to share their perspectives and poseful and planful, to be coordinated and unified, but most proposals for gaining state, federal or internationally of all, to be informed and engaged. E komo pü ka mäpuna recognized sovereignty. hoe! Put in your paddle, get involved, stay involved! OHA’s role in the forums will not be to set the direction Our goal for Ka Wai Ola is to provide timely and or outcome of the various efforts but rather to facilitate thoughtful articles, commentaries and announcements that the dialogue so that we can all be better informed. With educate our community so that we can stay informed, take this education, we can then make clear decisions about action i mana ka leo, so our voice will be empowered. our individual roles. This slogan, I Mana ka Leo, is one that you may have OHA also commits to facilitating an eventual decision- seen on T-shirts that OHA is sharing. We are doing this making process that will allow our lähui to collectively to remind everyone of the power of our engaged voice, determine our course of action to exercise self-governance. whether at the voting polls or in any situation when we are As we do so, let us be inspired by the opportunities inspired to share our mana‘o and take action. ahead to shape a new Hawaiian world founded upon the To support and facilitate our empowered voices, this Ka ancestral traditions, practices and strength of our küpuna Wai Ola issue focuses on governance – from crucial self-de- and unlimited in the possibilities that will allow us to termination efforts to Office of Hawaiian Affairs candidates’ incorporate all the best that the world has to offer. views on matters affecting our Hawaiian community. E kaupë aku nö i nä hoe, a kö pü mai, a pae ka wa‘a.
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