.. Yoluntccrs jfor ® VOLUME 1, NO.1 ISLANDS OCTOBER 20, 1980

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oin the Volunteers for OHA in a 'Lei of Hand Rally" on J o ember 2nd on the grounds of the Iolani Palace. Rally with Hawai i's finest entertainers ... Robert Cazi- mero and the Men ofNa Kamalei; Leinaala Heine Kalama and the Ladies ofNa Pualei 0 Likolehua; Kaha'i T opolinski and Ka Pa Hula Hawai' i; Frank Hewitt and Kuhai Halau Kawaikapuokalani Pa Olapa Kahiko; Sons of Hawai' i; I Kona; Karen Keawehawaii; Nani Wale Serenaders and Kealiikaapunihonua Dancers; Chucky Boy Chock and O'ahu Brand: Kealiiokekai; Kelii Taua and ; 010- mana and the Royal Ha 'aiian Band. eet the Candidate running for the Offi e of Ha \'aiian 1 t Keawehawaii; Hoopii Brothers; Moloka'i entertainers and Affairs on the Palace grounds ... colle t their lit ratme or Hand Rally' i happening ov. at the Honolulu Tennis akinfonnallyoni e con erningtheHa\\aiianpe pIe. Stadium from IO:()() to :00. mplete ith OH Candi- other pe ial gue ts. There will be a $2.00 donation charge The \'olunte.. . hay'! p":ntec I : .. __ !;: f:)r-:!; .. t--i • Ha\\aiia entt:rtainment and refre hmen . at th" en!ranc ofLth okalani This e\'ent i being - lsi· Ild of. lul,l<.a·i. ti '':01 Itlet:fl>.)i U.h I :OC-J :/i(iok._fi"iiten C n to a.: 'aii "; Iiro u. O' It. 7 re ;, at- __ ing20,OOO people to attend thi gala affair. \ Ie Ilha\efood you to meet h Caudidate . Oc l.her from oon to Sun- for 0 A soda and italian ieee's ... and we'll be selling the ever popu- et at the Queen . iuo alaru Childrens Ground . Enter- The Maui olunteers for OH will pon or their ' Lei of lar 'OHA' baseball hats. There will be loads of free street tainment includes: Aunty Genoa Keawe; Moe Keale and Hand Rally' on No . 1st at the Kalama Park from 12:00 parking surrounding the Palace grounds ... and a special the Emerson Brothers; Darrell Lupenui and the Men of to Sunset. All Hawaiians are invited to come meet the section fronting 101 ani Palace with a thousand chairs set up Waimapuna; and the Sons ofHawai'i; Karen Candidates and enjoy the fun, food and entertainment. for our Kupuna. Our basic theme ... 'A Lei of Hands', is to signify the Strength, Unity and Aloha of the Hawaiian people and to Strong Voter Turnout Critically Needed stress the definite need for all registered voters to hit the polls and ate on o . 4 as a united people. With only a few days left until the all-important election whatever reason, not to vote, not to participate in the Join the Volunteers for OHA from eleven to four on of the OHA Board of Trustees, Hawaiian community political process. But in doing so, you should realize November 2nd. It's MANUAHI, so hele on down to the leaders are strongly urging aU 54000 plus registered voters that you make a choice not only for yourself, but also Volunteers 'Lei of Hands Rally.' not to fail in this moment With the kind of last-minute for your children and their children. If OHA fails for I The Volunteers theme to " Rally with OHA" is catching surge in registration surprising even the most enthusiastic lack of support from the Hawaiian community, there I on like wildfire ... on the Island of Hawai'i our ' Lei of of the registrars, there still remains a kind of apprehension will be no second chance for you or the Hawaiian for I that somehow, something might affect the critically needed generations to come." turnout at the last minute. Both Senator Inouye and Chief Justice Richardson are ( Senator Daniel K Inouye said recently in a speech, urging Hawaiians to VOTE on November 4. A strong turn- I , ... I warn you that if the turnout for the 0 HA elections out, in their opinions, will set the tone for the future 0 is a small one, you may set back your cause for gener- OHA Community leaders and kupuna statewide are alsol ations ... it is just that simplel" ' urging all Hawaiians to VOTE. November 4 will mark the i birthdate of the baby, OHA. Hawaiians should pay tribute ' Additionally, Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, to this great gift of" lokahi" and VOTE. Please ,KOKUA , William S. Richardson, has said, "You may choose, for November 4. REGISTRATION OF 950/0 \ ' Kauai Leads All Islands Congratulations and thanks are in order for the island of Although this extraordinary registration effort is com- Kaua'i's OHA volunteers and registrars who managed to mendable, the final and most important step still enroll 2955 out of a possible 3097 or 95.4% total. This VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4. outstanding effort is a clear sign of Kaua' i's involvement, and dedication to the birth ofOHA on November 4, 1980. All of the registrars on all of the islands made a surge of - INDEX- concentrated effort from mid-June, when the total count Fact Sheet on OHA, ...... , ... . , , .. , . , , , ..... ,.2 was a dismal 8,000, pushing the total over the 54,000 OHA's Independence-A Positive mark. Although the final registration is not confinned at Step Forward .,., ...... ,., .. , ...... ,. 2 this time, according to the Lt. Governor's office, it is accu- The Birth of OHA ...... 3 rate enough to show the following pe.rcentages: The Rich Meaning of 'OHA ...... 3 Hawai'i: 7482 or 13,654 or 54.8% OHA and Hawaiian Cultural Development .. ,. 4 Maui: 4937 of6710 or 73.6% New Economic Opportunities ...... , , , ,. 4 Lana'i: 78 of 240 or 32.5% Hawaiian Education: Problems ... Hope ., .. 5 Moloka'i: 1318 of 2030 or 64.9% Board of Trustees Election - OHA ...... ' .... 5 O'ahu: 37346 or 66498 or 56.1% OHA Sample Ballots/Instructions ...... , .6-7 Kaua'i: 2955 of 3097 or 95.4% OHA Candidate Profiles ...... " ...... ,8-1 2 VOLUNTEERS FOR OHA STAFF OHA'S INDEPENDENCE: Executiye Director ...... Stephen E. Kuna Executive Secretary ...... Jeanne Esposito Wong Administrative Assistant ...... T. Robert Kapaona Promotions & Information ...... Roberta Cabral A Positive Step Forward Dave C. Young, Assistant Volunteers Coordinator ...... Emmaline Chun On November 4, when OHA officially becomes opera- ment new programs for Hawaiians; to evaluate existing pro- Staff Writers & Research ...... " Rusty" K. Niau tional, the nine Trustees will be given the reins ofleadership grams and policies of other agencies impacting on Hawai- Martin O. Wilson, Kimo Andrews for nearly 400,000 Hawaiians throughout the world. These ians; to apply for, receive, and disburse grants and dona- O'ahu Coordinator ...... Sandra Bertelmann Trustees, in effect, will have the power to determine the tions; and to serve as a receptacle for possible reparations. Weatherwax destiny of all Hawaiians as an ethnic group. Needless to say, with all of these duties and responsi- Assistant to O'ahu Coordinator .... "Uncle" Andy Enos The basic powers assigned to the Trustees through the bilities, it is absolutely crucial that the Trustees be com- Maui Coordinators ...... Maile Radovich, 1978 Constitutional Convention and further through the pletely insulated from external influences-that is, influ- Gladys Minchew implementing provisions of the 1979 and 1980 State Legis- ences that are not Hawaiian in nature, thereby maximizing Hawai'i Coordinator ...... Willie Kalei lature were designed to give the Trustees maximum flexi- its efforts to deliver all its monies, influence, and programs Director of Public Relations Francis Ka'uhane bility in their own decision-making process. Their main to the Hawaiian community. Coordinator of Public Relations ...... Roy Ryder Coordinator of Public Relations Wayne Tsukiyama purpose will be for the "betterment of the conditions of all The designers ofOHA took careful aim at these external Graphics Illustrator...... Ron Niau Hawaiians. " forces and eliminated them from the statutory language. Mahalo to the f.allowing for their contributions to Principally these conditions can be separated into five OHA's Board is elected and not appointed-therefore this Special Election Issue: equal-priority parts: there is no obligation to the Executive Branch of State Hawaiian translations: Lokomaika'i Snakenberg 1. Economical conditions Government and Haunai Apoliona and 'Ahahui 'Oleo Hawai'i 2. Political conditions OHA's basic funding is derived from the 1959 Ceded Candidate profiles: The Honolulu Advertiser, A1u 3. Educational conditions Land Trust and is automatically funded to OHA each year Uke, Inc., and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands 4. Sociological conditions -therefore there is no obligations to the Legislative Branch Ballot instructions: The Lt. Governor's Office 5. Cultural, history and language conditions concerning trust funds. No doubt that the Trustees will be hard pressed to imple- (Continued on page 3, col. 1)

ORIGIN OF OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS Office of Hawaiian Affairs. If land or money should come OHA BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION WHAT IS THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS? from the Federal Government as reparations for the loss of WHO IS RESPONSmLE FOR CONDUCTING THE OHA The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, or OHA, is a newly estab- Hawaiian sovereignty, it would become part of the trust BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION? lished office which will be operational after the 1980 Gen- administered by OHA. The law says that the OHA Election will be held as a Spe- eral Election and will coordinate services and programs for OHA BOARD OF TRUSTEES cial Election in conjunction with the General Election. It all Hawaiian people. A special Office of Hawaiian Affairs HOW WilL THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS BE is the responsibility of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor Election will be held on November, 4, 1980 in conjunction ADMINISTERED? to run the election, and with the County Clerks, to provide with the 1980 General Election, to elect a Board of T rus- The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will be governed by a nine- information and register Hawaiian voters. tees which will govern the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. member Board of Trustees , which will appoint an Adminis- WHEN WILL THE FIRST OHA ELECTION BE HELD? HOW WAS THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS trator to execute Board policy. The first OHA election will be held together with the Gen- EST ABLISHED? HOW WILL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BE ELECTED? eral election on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. The 1978 Constitutional Convention wrote a new Article Nine persons of Hawaiian ancestry will be elected state- WHO CAN VOTE? XII for the Hawaii State Constitution entitled "Hawaiian wide by registered Hawaiian voters. At least one Board To vote, Hawaiians must first register with the clerk of the Affairs". Sections 4, 5, and 6 of Article XII concern the member will reside on each of the islands of Hawaii, Maui, county in whiGh they reside, or at designated locations establishment of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. In the Molokai, Kauai, and . The remaining four at-large throughout the State. 1978 General Election, the voters approved the amendment members may reside on any island. WHO CAN REGISTER? The 1979 Legislature implemented the new Constitutional The four Board members receiving the highest number of A person who registers to vote in the OHA Election must provisions through the passage of House Bill 890 (H.D. 1, votes in the 1980 election will serve for four years and the be all of the following: . .D. 3 C.D. 1) which was signed into law by Governor remaining five members will serve for two years. In 1982, • of Hawaiian ancestry cieorge Ariyoshi on June 7, 1979, and became Act 196. five members will be elected. Every two years thereafter, -. a resident of the State of Hawaii PURPOSE OF OHA an OHA Election will be held for candidates who will serve • a citizen of the United States, and WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE OFFICE OF four year terms. • 18 years of age by November 5, 1980 HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS? The Board, at its first meeting after the election, will elect As described in House Bill 890, which provides for the from its membership, a chairperson and a vice-chairperson ABSENTEE VOTING powers, duties and functions of the office, OHA will pro- who will serve a term of two years. You may vote by absentee ballot in the OHA election if: mote "the betterment of conditions" for all Hawaiian people. HOW OFTEN WILL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET? • you have registered to vote in the Office of Hawaiian Other established purposes of OHA include: Meetings will be called and held as often as may be neces- Affairs Board of Trustees Election; and • serving as the principal State agency responsible for the sary for transaction of the Board's business. The Board will • you are absent from the island, county, or district in performance, development and coordination of programs meet at leat once annually on each of the islands of Hawaii, which you are registered on the day of election; or and activities relating to and Hawai- Maui, Molokai, Kauai, and Oahu. • you are confined in a hospital or a public institution for ians, with the exception of the' programs of the Hawaiian HOW MUCH WILL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BE PAID? the care of indigents or aged persons; or Homes Commission, which will remain separate; The Administrator, who will be appointed by the Board, • you are confined in a penalinstitution for a misdemeanor • assessing the policies and practices of other agencies af- will receive an annual salary of $30,000. Members ofthe or as a pretrial detainee; or fecting Hawaiians and native Hawaiians, and conducting Board of Trustees will receive compensation at the rate of • you are confined at home because of illness or physical advocacy efforts for them; $50 per day while at meetings. They will also receive trans- disability; or • applying for, receiving, and disbursing grants and dona- portation costs between the islands and per diem for per- • you are prevented from attending the polls because of tions for Hawaiians programs and services; and sonal expenses. religious beliefs; or • serving as a receptacle for possible reparations from the HOW LONG A TERM WILL THE ADMINISTRATOR • you live in a remote area more than 10 miles from your Federal Government. SERVE? polling place; or DEFINITION OF "HAWAIIAN" The Administrator will serve a term determined by the • you have other legitimate reasons not mentioned above WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "NATIVE Board. The Board, by a two-thirds majority vote, may for not being able to attend the polls, subject to approval HAWAIIAN" and "HAWAIIAN"? remove the Administrator for cause at any time. by the Clerk's Office. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POWERS OF THE BOARD House Bill 890 includes the definitions of " Native Hawai- OF TRUSTEES OF OHA? VOTING IN PERSON ian" and " Hawaiian" which the Constitutional Convention OHA will be a separate entity independent ofthe executive WHO CAN BEA CANDIDATE IN THE OHA ELECTION? adopted, but which the State Supreme Court ruled not branch, whose powers under the Board of Trustees will To be. a candidate one must be registered to vote in the validly ratified by the voters. include: 0 HA Election. Ifseeking a seat where residency on a parti- " Native Hawaiian" remains as defined in the Hawaiian • formulating of policy relating to the affairs of Hawaiians; cular island is a requirement, the candidate must be a resi- Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, meaning " a • providing grants for pilot projects and demonstrations, dent of that island. descendant of not less than one-half part of the races inhabit- and giving financial and technical assistance to agencies HOW CAN I CONTACT THE CAMPAIGN SPENDING ing the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778". " Native and private organizations conducting programs; COMMISSION? Hawaiians", being those of 50% or more Hawaiian blood, • developing and implementing a comprehensive master The Campaign Spending Commission is in the State are thus eligible for Hawaiian Homes Commission benefits. plan; . Capitol, Room 436. For information on spending limits and , Hawaiian" is defmed as " any descendant of the aboriginal • compiling demographic data; reduction of filing fees, telephone them at 548-5411 . From peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands which exercised • identifying physical, sociological, psychological and the neighbor islands, call toll-free number, Enterprise 5406. sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, economic needs; FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE OHA and which peoples thereafter have continued to reside in • conducting research; ELECTION Hawaii." • assisting in development of state and county agency WHERE MAY I CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON In accordance with the law, the Hawaiian Homes Commis- plans for Hawaiian programs and services; OHA? sion serves the concerns of" N ative Hawaiians," (those with • acting as a clearinghouse and referral service for Hawai- Information is available by calling the Office of the Lieu- 50% or. more Hawaiian blood), whereas the Office of ians and for application for federal or state assistance; and tenant Governor, Elections Division at 548-2517, or the Hawaiian Affairs is mandated to work for the benefit of any- • promoting and assisting in the establishment of agencies County Clerks. one of Hawa'iian ancestry. to serve all Hawaiians. County Clerks' Offices may be reached at these numbers: FUNDING OF OHA WHO WILL CARRY OUT THE OFFICE FUNCTIONS City and County of Honolulu ...... 523·4293 HOW WILL THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS BE OF OHA? Hawaii County ...... 961-8277 FUNDED? The Administrator is authorized to employ and retain the Kauai County ...... 245-4785 A pro rata portion of all.the funds and revenues derived from officers and employees who will be necessary to carry out Maui County ...... ; .. ... 244-7825 the public land trust will be appropriated in an amount deter- the functions of the office; subject to approval of the Board OFFICRE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR mined by the Legislature and held and used. sQlely, bY' the of Trustees. " .... ','.. l '." .' Y?:F ,.,.. , ...•. ,.' '" ., ...... , ' 2 e

by John Dominis Holt, well known makaainana. Thousands of people were sent to the moun- The young people went to Kahoolawe and put their Hawaiian Author and Publisher tains for sandalwood which was bought by American sea bodies on the line-earlier than that people had sat it out captains. The chiefs became wanton consumers of goods in Kalama Valley, in Waiahole, Waikane. Large numbers The Office of Hawaiian affairs was established in the offered them by sea captains: mirrors, bolts of cloth, beads of people fought the building of H-3 and organized to keep Constitutional Convention of 1978. It came fmally into and other trinkets were purchased by the ton. Thousands it out of beautiful Moanalua Valley. Many of them were existence as a legally established entity through the efforts died from despair and overwork. native Hawaiians. And Hawaiians had also participated in of a remarkable coalition of politically determined Hawai- Although many Hawaiians were elected to public office the showdown on Sand Island. The sweet, loving, docile, ians. The child born at that Convention had been a long time in the 19th century, many, many haoles were also elected. tractable Hawaiian who would give away his malo as well growing in the restive womb of Hawaiian activism dating They literally controlled affairs of the Hawaiian by virtue as his taro patch was a thing of the past. Hawaiians finally back as far as the 1840's and the time of the Great oftheir clever use of the political process, their control ofthe became able to say:: "We have lost enough. We have hurt Mahele, when David Malo and Samuel Kamakau wrote to press and by virture of their generally stronger hold on a cul- enough. We have sat long enough in margins. We are a part King Kameham¢ha III to point out the dangers inherent in ture that had been shaped along lines of their style of laws, of the system arid we want to .have what is rightfully our granting foreigners power to determine the destiny ofnative and their teachings, and through the widespread use of the share in running the system." Hawaiians. They reminded "the Little King" that his father English language in the transaction of daily affairs. One of the miracles of protest is that it leads to effective had never allowed foreigners, including his trusted aikane The alienation ofilative Hawaiians from sources of pol i- change, and as the historical process moves on, events John Young and Isaac Davis to sit with his council when tical power which provided the means of creating legisla- shape up and remarkable things take place. The Constitu- ... the most important decisions were made. Until his death, I tion specifically concerned with native survival began tional Convention of 1978 provided a wonderful opportunity the council remained a body' made up strictly of native to bring into a legal vehicle to which some of the Hawaiians. decades before the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani. Few provisions were made in the laws during the period of the major concerns of Hawaiians might be addressed. Ironically, Hawaiians came to have less and less to say monarchy to protect Hawaiian culture and art, Hawaiian The long years of anger, protest and often futile effort had about the life of the aina and the future it held for succeed- religion and native Hawaiian ways of living. And saddest of finally led to the beginnings of a solid program of reform. ing generations, as island society moved ever onward and all perhaps, nothing was done to protect the native owners Here at last was an entity which could exist within the deeper into patterns fitting the democratic ideals of Ameri- of the soil on their soil, their aina hanau. The first fragile framework of government which gave Hawaiians the can Society. Democratic society estalbished along these motions ofland reform came much later, with Prince Kuhio. opportunity to work out solutions to age-old problems from ideals was not always beneficial to Hawaiians. The free We had been a bewildered people widely separated and an agency existing for Hawaiians, managed by Hawaiians. swinging ways of the marketing economy, competition and greatly fragmented. In efforts to find justice, to find one At last! At last! voting were alien to Hawaiians. For many centuries the means or another of pulling together all the scattered pieces A remarkable coalition of people ofdiverse personalities foundation of Hawaiian culture was agncultural. Produc- of Hawaiian concerns, our appeals had not been met with came together in the Con Con of 197 8 to work out a creation tion of crops was based on use. Trading for profit was not support from a majority. Demands for reparations for lost of an office in which major native Hawaiian issues could be known to Hawaiians. With the coming of Captain Cook and lands were made, some of us cried out for better education handled. Walter Ritte, Steve Kuna, Francis Kauhane and subsequent early visitors, the magic of trading goods for of our people, we asked for help in saving our young from Martin Wilson rallied ,round the dynamic, dedicated money was introduced. The profit motive hit Hawaiian ending up in jail. There was a general awakening among " Frenchy" Adelaide DeSoto to provide encouragement, society like a ton of bricks, but Kameharneha kept a tight Hawaiians that something had been wrong for a long, long emotional support, lobbying skills and legal skills to help rein on trade. After his death the chiefs went beserk. They time and something needed to be done and done prompily. "Frenchy" create the instrument that would come to be entered a period of frenzied extraction of labor from the We began to shake a fist at the community and as a result known as OHA. Their contribution to native Hawaiian we began to be heard. advancement is incalculable. There were developments of groups or associations: the Others helped: John Waihee and other delegates of the Congress of the Hawaiian people, the Aloha Association, 1978 Convention were helpful. Bill Paty, its president, was the Homerule movement and others, which provided cooperative, and Alu Like provided assistance, and Hawai- A Positive arenas in which native Hawaiian issues could be discussed ians from everywhere kept an eye on proceedings. and from which certain demands could originate. The time Many, many Hawaiians made OHA into a reality. It had come when larger numbers of native Hawaiians could belongs to all Hawaiians. Step Forward speak out; questions were raised and thrown out to the The creation of OHA is a'major victory for the majority Continued from page 2 public. The whole community began to be concerned about of Hawaiians. It belongs to us all because we are the lo'i, matters that aroused the interested of Hawaiians. Young and the taro in which and upon which OHA grows. OHA's ability under certain circumstances to deposit its Hawaiians everywhere be an to ask questions. What about Our future is splendidly related to the shape that ORr monies in the Bank give'S to 'llie land "question? 'What about Hawaiian culture ' and 'takes and the works which will it-its life and its charactc . -- shop for its own banker. values? And yes, what about the future? PUKA I KA LANAKILA!!! OHA's ability to choose its own attorneys to represent it as an entity in legal action gives flexibility within the Judicial system. OHA's staff and employees will not be Civil Service rated, but they will receive the same benefits. The Adminis- trator will have maximum flexibility to hire high-quality Tales THE RICH personnel for both long- and short-range projects. OHA's staff will not be unionized-therefore elimi- nating the possibility of that type of pressure that may be of Old contra to OHA's policies and programs. MEANING Additionally with its own funding, OHA's staff may be Hawai'i paid on a level commensurate with private enterprise. By It must be remembered that OHA's primary obligation Russ and OF'OHA is to the people of the Hawaiian community, wherever they (Reprinted with permission) are, through the elective process. This independence has Peg Apple been most carefully inserted in the constitutional and statu- Article first appeared: Friday" Sept. 19, 1980 Honolulu Star·Bulietin tory language of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to guaran- tee that its resources, policies, programs, and personnel are SAY OHA to most anyone in Hawai'i today and he Many a Hawaiian mother has uncovered the poi when a carefully protected and handled by its own people. thinks, correctly, that it's an acronym for the Office of family quarrel was about to erupt. Hawaiian Affairs. And what does taro in any form represent? Say' oha to almost any Hawaiian and a greatly enhanced Taro represents the eldest brother of the Hawaiian peo- image emerges. ple, a first-born of the founding Polynesian gods. A Hawaiian puts 'oha in its modern political context, of Haloa-nuku must not hear his earthly family quarrel or course, but the cultural symbolism of 'oha expands that talk about unpleasant subjects. image back through Polynesian time to before the creation Precedence in birth, even 3,000 or more years ago, deter- of man. mined for all time the senior and junior family lines. That Hawaiian word 'Oha has several meanings. Hawaiians are descended from the second-born of the Literally, an 'oha is a bud of a taro corm. It's sort of a founding Polynesian gods. Taro comes from the first-born. small taro corm growing on the side of an older, bigger Wakea, the Polynesian founding god, married hi.s corm. A taro corm is the starchy, underground part of the daughter Ho'ohokuka-lani, child of his goddess wife Papa. stem that is harvested, cooked and pounded into poi . Their first-born, according to one version of this Hawai- . As an 'oha is to its corm, so is a Hawaiian child to its ian creation story, arrived in the shape of a root-in parents. Same relationship. another version as a premature fetus. In both versions, this Figuratively, then, 'oha means offspring. . first-born was a male, and named Haloa-nuku. Further, 'oha is the root word for the Hawaiian term for Haloa-n\.!ku was discarded, perhaps buried, in the east family, 'ohana. A Hawaiian 'ohana includes more than a end of Wakea's house. He grew up to be the first taro. . father, mother and children, but reaches out to include all The second-born of Wakea and Ho'ohoku-ka-lani was relatives-a large kin group. also named Haloa. This Haloa is the ancestor of all Hawai- Tied in with all this is the traditional Hawaiian reverence ian chiefs and all other Hawaiians. }}ote for taro in any form. King Kalakaua traced his ancestry directly back to the Even today, the eating oftaro in the form of poi is a reli- Polynesian god through this second son, Haloa. Kala- gious experience as well as a nutritional act to manyHawai- kaua's jewelled crown displayed a gold taro leaf. ian families. , - Taro-leaf symbolism continues today. The logo of the Many 'ohana observe certain practices at home when Volunteers for-OHA, the group that other things eating poi. While the poi bowl is uncovered, there is only registering Hawaiians for the election of OHA trustees, is sociability, pleasantness and light talk out of respect for a ta:ro leaf with human figures that represent the' ohana-ship , 4 ' t" I ". r j j !. • J .. , .• of all ,Hawai tan's:,' < .,:.} ','I', '.', t,' •. ,,' ". , ,i , ." what the poi represents. '" ." , , , ,•• > ,• THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND

Hawaiian Cultural Development. • • Robert Lokomaika'iokalani Snakenberg Na'auao of Hawai' i, Hui Kukakuka, Hui Hanai, or some homes to Family Court to foster homes to runaway shel- Hawaiian Studies Educational Specialist, DOE other) to serve the clearinghouse purpose which now the ters because they no longer have a large, multi-generation President' Ahahui 'Olelo Hawai'i Office of Hawaiian Affairs can and should rightly serve. 'ohana that they can turn to for kokua. These, indeed, are Up until now, organizations and individuals have had to Hawaiian affairs and they are also cultural besides being The Office of Hawaiian Affairs should spend as much depend on word-of-mouth advertising, hit-or-miss ads in political, judicial, educational, health, and welfare affairs. time, energy, and money on the development of an in- the newspapers or on the radio, or the run-around from Hawaiian Cultural Centers on all of the islands, if not in creased awareness of and knowledge about Hawaiian cul- agency to institution to somewhere else when looking for: many of the moku (districts), may help to alleviate some of ture as it does on the development of a strong economic base a. Qualified teachers of Hawaiian culture these human cultural problems by getting the generations for Hawaiians and on new educational programs to meet b. Native speaker kupuna willing to work in the school back together again a type of 'ohana pili kamau (family the needs of Hawaiians of all ages. system teaching composed of "added-on" relationships) and by giving to This may sound strange coming from the man who is in c. Young graduates seeking work dealing with some aspect those who are desperately seeking it, a sense of Hawaiian charge of the Department of Education's Hawaiian Studies of Hawaiian culture identity and self-worth based on a Hawaiian model. Program, but it reflects a belief that the public school sys- d. Organized classes or private tutors teaching the various HAWAIIAN CULTURAL EFFORTS IN tem is going to play only one small part in raising the con- aspects of Hawaiian culture sciousness of the citizens of the State of Hawai'i regarding EDUCATION - This has been very frustrating, wasteful of time and effort, With only 18%-20% part-Hawaiian population in the Hawaiians and Hawaiian culture. and has frequently been unproductive. Many of our citizens are out of school and many of our community and in the public school system, Hawaiians Finally we have a chance to establish, through the Office may not politically or realistically be able to dictate to the citizens who are still in school attend private schools. of Hawaiian Affairs, an agency that will have information Therefore, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs should take upon school system the kinds of Hawaiian cultural material, on all of the above-stated concerns and on many other concepts, values, and courses to be taught to the multi- itself the task of serving as an umbrella organization over agencies of cultural concern as well. those institutions, groups, and clubs that now seek, in ethnic population which we noW have in our schools. diverse ways, to study, perpetuate and teach various HAWAIIAN CULTURAL CENTERS We did, however, get a strong boost in having our desire aspects of HawaiJan culture including the language, his- The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will also have other met through the passage and-approval of the 1978 State tory, arts/ crafts, music, hula, food preparation, pre- and opportunities to kokua in the preservation and teaching of Constitutional Amendment, Article X , Section 4, Hawai- post-contact lifestyles, and concepts and values. knowledge and skills of our Hawaiian kupuoa. Some of ian Educational Program, which mandated. St,ate This does not mean that the Trustees or the staff of the these many include selecting parcels ofland that may come (through the Department of Education) to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will become instant experts under control of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to develop study of Hawaiian culture, history, and language" by j)f(r on any or all of these matters but rather than some part of into Hawaiian Cultural Centers. These would not be de- viding for a Hawaiian education program Telated to the organization should be established to serve as a clear- signed for tourists but rather for live-in experiences involv-' areas and using community expertise "as a suitable and inghouse fo r information about what is going on in these ing Hawaiian language and culture for our Hawaiian, part- essential means in furtherance of' this program. areas, including staff talented in grantsmanship who can Hawaiian and e en non-Ha aiian residents who are in- Means to achieve a more well-grounded knowledge of advise on how to write proposals for funding of cultural terested in trying to learn firsthand about Hawaiian cultural Hawaiian culture in. our State depend perhaps more on projects. concepts and values, arts and crafts, private (that is, Hawaiian) initiative on the partofthe Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish agencies to: CULTURAL CLEARINGHOUSE Many Hawaiians still have strong 'ohana to kako'o them a. Research and produce Hawaiian cultural and educa- For those of us who have been deeply involved in the so- in the good and bad times but many other Hawaiians have called Hawaiian Renaissance (to use the French word for been affected by modern urbanism and divorce and the tional materials b. Set up pilot educational culture projects around the State rebirth of interest), one of the things that we have talked breakdown of the 'ohana for various reasons. Some reason- c. Establish magnet schools in conjunction with the De- about for years has been the need for one of our institutions ably healthy and productive kupuna are forced to live in partment of Education specializing in Hawaiian culture (like the University of Hawai'i the Bishop Museum or one retirement homes senior citizens' housing complexes, or instruction besides the regular instruction and using of the Ali'i T rusts) or one of our cultural orgaruzations (like nursing homes. Some basically good, but confused and hurt teachers well trained in Hawaiian culture who can serve the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Hui ' Imi young part-Hawaiians are being shunted from detention as role models for the students and· using kupuna and ,,- other Hawaiian community resource persons. _r The Office of Affairs' at the New Zealand Maori have been doing in similiar circum- stances within a governmental context over the past tW0 New Economic Opportunities decades regarding the uplifting of Maori culture in their islands. by Bruce Keppeler, President aid and assistance to Hawaiians. OHA will find these Hawaiians should not depend on what has been done Hawaiian Businessmen's Association agencies eager (within resources) to help in the creation of nor on what State and private agencies are doing now - new economic opportunities for Hawaiians. Other eco- regarding cultural survival. New, bold efforts must be made While we re ery much aware of the other opportunities nomic de elopment programs can be tapped. They are too if an assessment of our Hawaiian people shows that they promised by the establishment of the Office of Hawaiian numerous to mention here. are dissatisfied with the way Hawaiian culture is being Affairs (OHA), the members of the Hawaiian Business- State and County agencies stand ready to kokua, too. researched, written about, taught, perpetuated, and pre- men's Association are most enthusiastic about the role For instance, the 1978 amendments to the Hawaiian served. OHA can play in the betterment of the economic lot of the Homes provisions mandate that lands, not needed for Of course, we should.ask ourselves what are we indivi- Hawaiian People. homestead purposes (and designated for leasing out to the dually and collectively doing to perpetuate and pass on Since its founding in 1974, Hawaiian Businessmen's general public to raise funds for the Hawaiian Homes Pro- Hawaiian culture before we start complaining about what Association has quietly advised a number of Hawaiian gram), be first offered to Native Hawaiians or organiza- someone else is or is not doing. . entrepreneurs of the pitfalls that all of us have faced whi le tions or associations (such as corporations or partnerships) Hawaiians, through the ,Office of Hawaiian Affairs, will pursuing careers as independent business people. owned or controlled by Native Hawaiians. Here, Native have to stop pointing the finger of blame at non-Hawaiian In 1975, the Association sponsored a study which pro- Hawaiian means half-Hawaiian or more. agencies, groups, and individuals .about the lack or inade- duced a report entitled Hawaiian in Management: A Similarly, the private sector can be motivated to join in quacy of Hawaiian cultural instruction going on in this Social and Economic Profile by John S, Homer. The the effort. It's good public relations. Besides, it can be State and start taking the responsibility for action now and report, set in a historical perspective, showed that an ever- profitable for them. Many of the members of the Hawaiian in the future through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. increasing number of Hawaiians were entering the ranks of Businessmen's Association have found that certain of the This is truly a time of HO'OLA HOU (Hawaiian for business and its management in Hawaii. In his foreward banks have been eager to help Hawaiian entrepreneurs Renaissance) and it 'is too exciting and importaht to let it to the report, Dr. George S. Kanahele said: through loans for business capital. slip through our fingers through disinterest! No laila, mai " In 1975 .. . there is growing evidence that a significant OHA can playa coordinating role for these programs, poina 'OUkOll e koho paloka no O.H.A i ka la 40 nowe- - change in the occupational pattern of Hawaiians is taking joining hands with the administrators of governmental mapa, 1980 i ho'ola hou ai ka lahui kanaka! place. As more Hawaiians become better educated, as they programs and the business leaders in the private sector. - become more modernized, competitive, acquisitive and OHA can develop new efforts such as loan guarantee success-oriented, more and more are becoming business- programs and loan programs of its own. With OHA's men .. .. It is an important change, oot only for the Hawai- money resources growing in the future, it should be able to ian _community, but for the community at large as well. It throw its financial and economic weight around so as to means that Hawaiians can now playa much larger role in benefit the Ha.waiian and his economic position in the shaping their own economic destiny as well as that of the Hawaii of the future. No bank desirous of attracting a State as a whole." depositor like OHA will refuse to'consider serioiJsly a re- It was in this context that the Association welcomed the quest that loan programs for Hawaiian business ventures amendment of Hawaii's Constitution in 1978. Significant be developed. were the establishment of OHA and the amendments to Business consulting services to Hawaiians seeking to the Hawaiian Commission provisions. start their own businesses or to improve the profitability The Hawaiian Businessmen's Association anticipates of businesses they already own might be funded by OHA that OHA must playa major role in developing practical Management training seminars for Hawaiians at sub- and effective programs which will aid Hawaiian entre- management levels could be instituted. Apprenticeship preneurs .. . and businessmen of other ethnic backgrounds training and advanced education in various trades could who pledge themselves to the creation of new employment be implemented. opportunities for Hawaiians. The list of possibilities goes on and 00. The Hawaiian We know that a large number of governmental agencies Businessmen's Association stands ready to give all of the stand ready to render aid. For example, at the federal support it can muster to help OHA implement any program level, the Office of Minority Business Enterprises, the which will achieve any significant quantum of enhance- Small Business Administration and the Office of Native ment of the economic lot of our Hawaiian People. We American4 Programs have offered .. GQI),tinu,.. t; tp., qffer( f.' ' , '< 1.''- :-,,\ l.',_ •.- ..

SAT Scor •• • A ••dl nt Neil J. Kaho'okele Hannahs, - National .nor", Administrative Assistant to President of ,,'-', .. ••••• Hawn. grade 4 ,--, Kamehameha Schools ...... ", .. . --- Hawn. grad. 8 ," ...... "" ...... \..... , .. " ._ ••••••• "-.,,·· .. •.. ·'f ••, This article offers some thoughts on the educational ,' ...... I .'" ...... -. .',- needs of the Hawaiian people. It is neither a sales pitch nor t.· ••• , .... ",,"', .... ''-.. ' .. - ."... ' ,,-.. I ... . ,,... ..-'" "...... a directive-just one person's mana'o. ,'.... ,.. ..,.... ,,-.. " " ..•• "".."...... - '" -. _.. "'It, J#'•••• '.. •••••• ...... '-...... ". ' ...... '--... -'D ...... " --...... > • . ....-.s ··.ssp ••••••. ! NEEDS 12 45518 II .. 15 7 8 9 A look at the academic performance of school-age STANINES STANINES Hawaiians is a grim picture of a depressive cycle. It is sufficient faculties to perform at their level of potential, experiences on a posItive note, possible to argue that children of Hawaiian ancestry are which, collectively, falls along the lines of national norms. mastering reading skills is the key to educationally the lowest-achieving ethnic minority in the future success in school. United States. APPROACHES • Post-High School - a high school diploma is now viewed Results of the 1978 administration of the Stanford No single approach to resolving the educational needs of the Hawaiian people exists. There is no panacea. Numer- as a symbol of minimum compe- Achievement Test by Hawaii's public school system indi- tency at best; more Hawaiians cate that Hawaiian students perform very poorly in each ous program models or strategies must be employed. The target audience must be stratified into compatible groups should benefit from the necessary area of the test This sub-standard performance increases scholarships and counseling serv- in severity with grade level. At each higher grade more according to their district needs and stage of development One way of stratifying the population is according to ranges ices which they need to earn a col- students fall into the below average category on all subjects. lege degree ... documentation that In mathematics, at Grade 4,42% of the public school's of a learning spectrum, This is seen as follows: Learning Spectrum they are more than minimally com- Hawaiian students are performing below average com- petent. pared 23% nationally, 51 % are average compared to PrenataVInfant - 0-4 years to Effective approaches have been developed to assist na- 54% nationally, and 8% are above average compared to Early Elementary - 5-8 years Middle/ Secondary - 9-18 years tive Hawaiians during these crucial ranges. These pro- 23% nationally. By Grade 8, 65% of the Hawaiian stu- gram models are prime candidates for expansion or repli- dents are performing below average, 34% are average, Post-High School- 19 years and above The boundaries between the ranges are, of course, cation should more resources be made available for Hawai- and 1% are above average. ian education services. In reading, at grade 4, 45% of the Hawaiian students in "fuzzy" and each range could be subdivided into several public schools are performing below average compared to smaller sections. For example, "Middle/Secondary" CONCLUSION 23% nationally, 51 % are average compared to 54% divides into upper elementary, intermediate and high The Hawaiian people have voiced and displayed very nationally, and 4% are above average compared to 23% school. But, there are enough educational and develop- nearly unanimous support for the soon-to-be Office of nationally. By Grade 8, 69% of the Hawaiian students are mental commonalities among the individuals within a given Hawaiian Affairs. OHA is a source of hope. It has the performing below average, 31 % are average, and 0% are range to make it practical to use the spectrum to plan and potential to make a significant impact-to help break what above average. implement programs. has been referred to as a "rags to rags" syndrome. It's not surprising then that Hawaiian youth are repre- While it is true that all individuals can profit from a However, OHA will not meet its objectives, nor will it sented in disproportionately high percentages among dollar spent to provide a learning experience for them, the satisfy the needs of the Hawaiian people, by simply throw- public school dropouts, suspensions, absentees and dis- yield or impact of a dollar or learning experience tends to ing money at our problems. Success will ride on the quan- ciplinary cases. These signs of alienttion are predictable be greatest when the individual is young and malleable ... tity and quality of the programs implemented. symptoms of their psychological, educational, social and in the most formative years from conception to age 8, when We must all bear in mind that there is a distinction be- economic depression. parameters for intellectual development are being estab- tween process and results. When OHA becomes a reality, So, it is not simply a matter of scattered individual lished. Also, assisting someone in the acquisition of a col- when it implements its first programs, we will have won casualties. The casualty is an entire group. And_it is not lege degree or vocational certificate has returned hand- ony half a victory. The impact that these programs have on simply a matter of a good people being done in by bad insti- some dividends to society. their intended beneficiaries will be the ultimate measure of tutions. The Hawaiian people and the educational institu- If the Office of Hawaiian Affairs elects to intervene in OHA's success. tions that serve them must work together to bridge the cul- this situation, it should consider extending support to those If OHA assists Hawaiians in their efforts to become ef- tural cleavage between home and school that underlies programs that will have the most significant impact and are fective citizens in contemporary society, ifit snaps the-cur- this group's failure. more likely to achieve long-term social change. Many feel rent cycle of frustration and despair, if it enables Hawai- Research conducted by The Kamehameha Schools the best age ranges on which to focus are: ians to become educationally self-sufficient, if it lifts shows that while Hawaiians may contribute to their own • Prenatal/Infant - maximize development during the Hawaiian achievement to points representing national failure through their unconscious acceptance of the nega- most critical period of human de- averages, then will it be labeled wisely managed and suc- tive patterns of behavior generated by their depressed velopment; nurture an eagerness cessful, then will ()ur investment of human and material conditions, their failure does not stem from an inherent to learn. resources have had a proper return, then can Hawaiians say inability to learn. Hawaiian children come to school with • Early Elementary -children must begin their school that OHA has given them control of their destiny. ---BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS --- by Martin O. Wilson Often it is poined out to us that at the federal and state involves the executive, but operating agencies owe their level of government we have three separate and equal bran- existence only in some part to the executive and least of all There are many brilliant definitions of government that ches of government On the surface this may be the case, but to other operating agencies. Each agency has a separate are available. For this article a deftnition is borrowed from with a little examination we discover that historically and statutory base; each has its statutes to administer, each Robert A Dahl and Charles E. Lindblom who wrote: at the present other things hold true. deals with a different set of committees at the state capitol. "Governments (are) ... organizations that have suffi- During the early years of the United States the executive Each has its own peculiar set of clients, friends, and cient monopoly of control to enforce orderly settlment institution was by far the strongest of the three. George enemies outside the fonnal government. The State Con- of disputes with other organizations in the area ... who- Washington who commanded the army that defeated the stitution requires the governor to" .. . be responsible for the ever controls government usually has the 'last word' on British became the ftrst president of the country. As presi- faithful execution of the laws .. . " and to " .. . nominate and, a question; whoever controls government can enforce dent he was commander-in-chief of the armed forces, chief with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint all offi- decisions on other organizations in the area." executive, chieflegislature, in charge offoreign and domes- cers for whose election or appointment provision is not Robert A. Dahl : and Charles E. Lindblom, Politics. Economics tic policy, national hero, and head of his political party. provided for by this constitution or by law." Furthennore, and Welfare (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953) p. 42. It was not until the Judiciary Act of 1789, which pre- the governor is responsible for central budgeting and has a How governments are organized to use their power and to pared the way for judicial review did the Supreme Court of degree of personnel control. It is through this legal and pro- what ends is an area of historical interest, present concern, the United States assume an instrumental role. Especially cedural setup that all state departments and the University and future planning. when the court's firsttask was to vindicate thefully national of Hawaii are responsible to the governor. However, all August 15, 1959, when Hawaii became the 50th state, authority of the federal government against encroaching agencies are "also" responsible to the legislature, to their . we started to operate under a State Constitution adopted by claims of state sovereignty. The historic case being M ar- clients, to their staff and to themselves. In-short, they have the vote of the people on November 7,1959. What hap- bury v. Madison in which it was decided that the court is five masters. Only after all of those do they owe any loyalty pened during the Constitutional Convention of 1950 is still competent to pass on federal no less than on state laws and to each other. of great importance. At times when one deals with govern- to rule unconstitutional any ofthe former that in its opinion . Historically, since statehood, the executive institution ment, the feeling is often translated that the 'people of contravened the federal constitution. As we can see it took has dominated the direction of this state. The records ofthe Hawaii and the government of the State of Hawaii are two the Supreme Court a number of years to establish itself as 1950 and 1968 constitutional conventions reveal that those separate entities, often with government having the upper an instrumental part of our system of government with the responsible for shaping the executive article were com- hand that one cannot reason with. This is defmitely not the legislative and executive institutions. mitted to the proposition of concentration of executive case. Whatever the government of the State of Hawaii is or A second point that needs to be addressed is the idea of power. is not is because somewhere down the line, a majority of the government being three "separate branches" or three "sep- Its advantages Qlay be summed up in the statement people decided it should be so. Likewise, whatever govern- arate powers." Government at both the federal and state in executive power, it ment will be in the future will be decided by a majority of level is made of separate institutions "sharing power." b,hty for the effiCIent conduct ?f government.al affaIrs " I rt f th 1 . If " P 'd t E' and enables the electorate to Judge the merits of the the people. am pa o . egIs a Ive prcx:ess, en Isen- adminstration. (Hawaii Constitutional Convention, Like the other 49 states, our constitution is republican in hower often saId 10 1959 as a rem10der ofhls veto power. 1950 Proceedings Vol 1 Standing Committee Report form and in conformity with the Constitution of the United The governor in his veto message to the Legislature when No. 67 p. 215.)' ., States and the principles of the Declaration of Indepen- there is a disagreement over policy is also reminding the Public officials at the level of department heads are not dence. In form and structure Hawaii's constitution follows legislators that he is a part of the legislative process. only administrators but also policy makers and should the federal constit1,ltion. The institutions of government are The state legislature, the dispenser of authority and be directly and personally responsible to the governor. the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. The legisla- funds, is no less a part of the administrative process. First, (Hawaii Constitutional Convention, 1968. Proceedings, tive institution creates the policy or law, the executive is no matter how good the public purpose may be, without Vol. 1, Journal and Documents, p. 321.) responsible for the execution of those laws and the judicial the statutory authority and funding, the executive is caught The 1978 Constitutional Conventiori reduces executive branch interpret the laws when conflicting opinions arise between a rock and a hard place. power in some areas but overall the executive will continue "I , ., I' .. , t ;. • f • , , , • 1 • , .. • • • .' ,. \ t • t I as to the meaning of certain laws. Second, every existing openitin'g 'agency sOmehow to playa central role: ., ... . , ... . :5 ..p=_------= OJ___ - ""'"'"...... e- ___ _ ------•

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'0 WAI KA MEA NONA KE KULEANA E KOHO? Hiki i na kanaka koko Hawai'i wale n6 ke koho ike Koho paloka.O.H.A. KE KOHO PALOKA 'ANA ina lakou i ho'opa'ainoa ma mua 0 ka la 7 0 Okakopa, 1980. Ua like pu ka manawa a me ka wahi koho 0 ke Koho Paloka O.HA me ke Koho Paloka Laula.

-MA WAHO 0 KAHI KOHO PALOKA- MA LOKO 0 KE KE'ENA KOHO PALOKA - KA HO'OKOMO 'ANA I NA PALOKA- 1. 'Imi i kou inoamakapapa inoakanaka kohoO.HA. 1. Uhae 'oe. i ka luna 0 ka pakeke paloka a lawe a'e INA I KOHO I NA MOHO O.HA WALE NO - 2. Nana pono 'oe i na paloka hQ'ike'ike i kama'ai na na ina paioka O.H.A. 'ekolu mai loko a'e. HO'OKAHI AU PAKEKE: inoa 0 na moho ia 'oe. 2. HELUHELU AKAHELE I KA PAPA KUHIKUHI A E 1. Lawe aku i ka pakeke i ka Luna Pahu Peiloka, 3. E ho'omakaukau iho 'oe e ho'ike i kekahi palapala NANA PONO I NA 'AO'AO 'ELUA 0 NA PALOKA nana e ho'okomo i ka pakeke i loko 0 ka pahu kuhikuhi kino i ka Luna Puke Koho Paloka (Pala- O.HA. paloka a e ha'awi ia 'oe i ka palapala koho. pala Kuhikuhi Kino 0 ka Moku'aina; Laikini Kalaiwa '0 NA PALOKA "A" INA I KOHO I NA MOHO O.HA. A ME NA MOHO Ka'a; a pela wale aku.) o KE KOHO PALOKA LAULA- 1. Aia ma na paloka 'elua "A" na inoa 0 moho -MA LOKO 0 KAHI KOHO PALOKA- 'ELUA AU PAKEKE: kanawalu (80) e alualu nei ma ke 'ano "AKEA. " 1. Lawe aku i na paloka Koho Paloka Laula i loko 0 PONO 'OE E KU MA KA LAINA POLOLEI: 'A'ole e koho ma '0 aku 0 'eha: (4) moho. ka wahf paloka 'ele'ele me ka pakeke O.HA i ka LNA I HO'OPA'AINOA 'IA NO O.HA WALE NO: 2. Nana i na 'ao'ao 'elua 0 na paloka 'elua ma mua 0 Luna Pahu Paloka, nana e ho'okomo i ka pakeke 1. Hele pololei i ka laina Puke Koho Paloka OHA. ka hou 'ana i na puka no na inoa au i wae aL O.H.A. a me na paloka Koho Paloka Laula i loko 0 2. Kakau inoa i lake 0 ka Puke Koho Paloka a e loa'a 3. 'A'OLE E KOHO MA '0 AKU 0 'EHA (4) MOHO. pahu patoka a e ha'awi ia 'oe i na palapala koho. ana ia 'oe ka pakeke (wahTpepa) i si la 'ia me 'ekolu paloka O. HA ma loko. '0 KA PALOKA "B" - INA HE PILIKIA KOU A MAKEMAKE- 3. Lawe aku i na paloka O. H.A. i lake 0 ke ke'ena koho 1. Aia ma ka pa.l oka "B" na inoa 0 na moho no na 'OE I KE KOKUA ... mokupuni nu i 'elima maL Ekokua ana ka Luna Kokua i na Kanaka Koho i ka INA I HO'OPA'AINOA 'IA NO O,H,A A ME KE 2. Hiki i na kanaka koho a pau ma na mokupuni a po'e i: pau ke koho no ho'okahi moho wale no mai kela KOHO pALOKA LAULA 1. Koho hewa i ke koho paloka 'ana mokupuni keia mokupuni 0 na mokupuni 'elima: 1. Ku ma mua ma ka laina no ke Koho Paloka Laula. 2. Maopopo 'ole ka hana 'ana i ke koho paloka 'ana 2. Loa'a na paloka Koho Paloka Laula. '0 ia ho'i, '0 Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Maui, Moloka'i a me O'ahu. 3. Nele na paloka hou no ke koho hewa mua 'ana 3. He le i Kahi Puke Koho O.HA 4. Kina ke kino 3. 'A'OLE E KOHO MA AKU 0 'ELIMA (5) MOHO 4. Loa'a na paloka O.H.A. i loko 0 ka pakeke i sila 'ia. '0 5. Maopopo 'ole ke 'Olelo Pelekania 5. Lawe aku i na paloka 'ano 'elua i loko 0 ke ke'ena (I ka Iii Koho Piiloka Laulii hi ki i na kanaka koho 'olelo Hawai'i ke kele- koho paloka. pona aku i ke Ke'ena Kikowaena Koho Paloka mai Ktlhi Koho Paloka V.O.H.A./'Ahahui 'olelo Hawai'i (ka unuhi 'ana) aku no ke kokua ma ka 'olelo Hawai'i.) ('0 536-3636 ka helu kelel?ona.)

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AlA A I OA MOHO MA NA 'AO'AO 'ELUA 0 NA PALOKA ' ELUA I KAKAU 'IA ME KA "A" MA LUNA CANDIDATES ARE ON BOTH SIDES ,takaKa ana wale no. (MA '0 ) OF TWO CARDS MARKED 'A' - (OVER)

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WHO MAY VOTE: VOTING PROCEDURES All persons of Hawaiian ancestry who have registered by October' 6, 1980 may vote in the OHA election at the same time and place as the General Election.

-OUTSIDE THE POLLING PLACE:- ---IN THE VOTING BOOTH:--- --DEPOSITING THE BALLOTS:.-- 1 . Look for your name on the OHA Voters List. 1. Snap off the top of the ballot and remove your IF VOTING FOR OHA ONLY: 2. Study the specimen ballots. three OHA ballots 1 . Take your OHA packet to the Ballot Box Official 3. Have your 1. 0. ready to show to the Poll Book Offi- 2. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AND who will deposit your packet and give you a receipt: cial (State 1.0., Driver's License, etc.) LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE OHA BALLOTS. IF VOTING FOR BOTH OHA AND GENERAL BALLOT CARD "A" ELECTION: -STAND IN THE CORRECT LlNE:- 1. Two ballot cards marked A will hold the names of 1. Take the General Election ballots in the black bal- IF REGISTERED FOR OHA ONLY: eighty (80) candidates running for the four (4) lot holder along with your OHA packet to the Ballot 1. Go directly to the OHA Poll Book line "AT LARGE" seats. Box Official, who will deposit your OHA packet arid 2. Sign the OHA Poll Book and receive a sealed 2. Look 'at both sides of two cards before punching your General Election ballots and give you a packet containing three OHA ballots your choices. _ receipt 3. Take the OHA ballots into the voting booth 3. VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN FOUR (4) CAN- --IF YOU NEED ANY HELP ... --- DIDATES. A Voter Assistance Official will give personal atten- IF REGISTERED FOR BOTH THE OHA AND GEN- BALLOT CARD "B" tion to anyone who: ERAL ELECTION: 1. Ballot card B contains the names of the candi- 1. Makes a mistake 1. Stand first in the General Election line dates for each of the five island residency seats. 2. Does not understand the procedures 2. Receive your General Election ballots 2. Voters on all islands may vote for not more than 3. Needs a new set of ballots 3. Go to the OHA Poll Book Station one candidate from each of the five islands: 4. Is physically disabled 4. Receive your OHA ballots in a sealed packet Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Maui, Moloka'i, and O'ahu. . 5. Needs language assistance 5. Take both the OHA and General Election ballots 3. VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE (1) CANDI- (A Hawaiian-speaking person will be on hand to give into the voting booth DATE FROM EACH ISLAND. voter assistance on General EleCtion Day)

PRACTICE MARKING YOUR CHOICES ON THESE SAMPLE BALLOTS AND TAKE THIS PAGE WITH YOVINTO THE VOTING BOOTH ON NOVEMBER 4, 7 Native Hawaiian Legal by Jon Van Dyke & Board of Directors Professor Van Dyke is Acting Associate Dean and perfonning its vested role in certain affairs such of we shift our needs from the state treasury to the national Professor of law, University of Hawaii School of Hawaiian Affairs. treasury. Economic will on thp. Law. However, what we believe the law is saying in pertinent ability of the Office to implementlts broad economlC powers language of Article XII, Section 6: and the planned and skillful use of the pro rata share. The Hawaiian community has a long agenda of legal "The Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Much as the United States Supreme Court under Chief questions that need attention. For too long the interest of Affairs shall exercise power as provided by law ... " Justice Marshall in 1983 with the case of Marbury v. the Hawaiian community has not been put forward and and Session Laws of Hawaii, Act 196 S-4: Madison established itself as a strong institution so must Hawaiians have been denied a voice in our legal system. "There shall be an Office of Hawaiian Affairs consti- the Board of Trustees and the Hawaiian people establish To fill thi s void, some of the Hawaiian attorneys, work- tuted as a body corporate which shall be a separate the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as a strong institution within ing with Hawaiian community workers and supportive entity independent of the Executive branch." the governmental structure where power is shared. How non-Hawaiians, have fonned the Native Hawaiian Legal may well be the ultimate ideals, but can only be achieved by equal will power be shared depends on you, your 'ohana Corporation to start looking at these legal que'stions. The the pragmatic aims of the Trustees and the sheer courage and all of us as Hawaiians. The first public exposure of the Corportion will be receiving funding this fall to hire two' and unity of the Hawaiian people. possible strength of the Office will be on November, 4, attorneys to look into those questions that affect the The statutory removal of the Executive from the Office 1980, General Election Day. Only we can set the direction Hawaiian community as a whole. The Native Hawaiian of Hawaiian Affairs does not mean that the natural shift of and pace of the Office and how the total governmental Legal Corporation has identified five priority areas to be executive power will be in the direction of the Trustees. For structure, federal, state and county, will relate to Hawaiians investigated: we mustremember that the legislature shares in the function to wit: 1. The first goal is to obtain federal " recognition' for the of the executive by granting authority and funding. Governments (are) ... organizations that have suffi- Hawaiian people as Native Americans with access to fed- Presently, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs does have re- cient monopoly of control to enforce orderly settlement eral programs benefi tting natives. Natives on the mainland markable authority to address its purposes and to govern of disputes with other organizations in the area ... who- are able to participate in a wide range of federal programs the conduct of its business. Additionally as part of its inde- ever controls government usually has the "last word" on to assist their community development. Hawaiians have pendence of the executive the Office of Hawaiian Affairs a question; whoever controls government can enforce been cut off from most of these programs and so the first submits its budget directly to the legislature in a manner decisions on other organizations in the area." (Ibid.) project is to obtain this federal status in order to participate similar to the judiciary. The Office is not totally dependent Presently, the first move to have the "last word" is voting with other native peoples. on the legislature for funding, as Native Americans, Hawai- on November 4, 1980. For only through our vote can the 2. The second priority is to secure the full benefits of ians qualify for a number of existing federal program funds. Office of Hawaiian Affairs have a meaningful role ... the the land trust that was conveyed from the federal govern- However, freedom from budget controls is not complete if Fourth Institution of Government. ment to the State of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of1920 and § 5 of the 1959 Admissions Act. At the time of annexation the United States obtained about 2 million acres of land in the Hawaiian Islands. About 1.5 million of these acres were returned to the Need for A Cross- State of Hawaii at the time of statehood in 1959, and the Now that the difficult task of voter registration is over, But once again, there still exists the difficulttaskoftrying federal government retrains the rest. All of these lands most of the 55,000 Hawaiians registered to vote in the to decide for whom to vote. it is my firm belief that the real have an implicit trust obligation that attaches to them for OHA Special Election are concentrating on the nine mem- issue is not for WHOM TO VOTE; BUT FOR WHAT to the benefit of the Hawaiian people. The Hawaii State ers who will govern as the first Board of Trustees of the for in each candidate. Legislature this past spring stated that 20% of the profits of Office of Hawaiian Affairs. In order to maximize voter participation and future regis- the lands that are called the " ceded lands" should go to From Hawai'i to Kaua'i, most of us are puzzling over the tration, it is strongly felt that because the Hawaiian bene- the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The Hawaiian Homes ficiaries represent such a wide range of backgrounds, edu- Commission has jurisdiction over approximately 200,000 information available that may provide a clue to allow us to make an intelligent decision for whom to vote on November cations, interests, and outlooks, the OHA Board of Trus- acres of land but has never been able to fully exploit the tees must represent as much of that same wide range in its benefits of these lands. The lands that the federal govern- 4. There are eighty (80) candidates running" AT LARGE" from which not more than four (4) can be elected; and there own makup. It must, then represent a true cross-section of ment still retains still have an unresolved trust obligation the entire Hawaiian community. Too many of one kind of that attaches to them. Each of these lands presents differ- are candidates from each of the islands of Hawai'i, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu, and Kaua'j and only one (1 ) on each Trustee can be as detrimental as not enough of one kind. ent legal problems that must be explored. It is a very difficult decision making proces.s. The voter 3. The Corporation will also try to help with the federal island can be elected. Of course, the choice is even more difficult for those Hawaiians who may not know WHO'S must try and select from all of the various candidates those reparations or restitution efforts. Congress will be estab- who will work best as a group in all of the four main areas lishing a study commission this year to look into the WHO on the other islands, even thOugh they're voting for them, too. that OHA will concentrate: ECONOMIC DEVELOP- question of reparations or restitution. Many position MENT, POLITICAL REHABILITATION, papers need to be prepared to help persuade the com- There have been massive attempts to inform the Hawai- CULTURAL REBIRTH, and EDUCATION. Hope- ian community about the mission of the need for reparations or restitution. OHA candidates and I believe fully, there will be elements of all of these in the OHA these have been quite infonnative. For instance, Alu Like 4. Surplus federal lands are now available and should Board. Needed are leaders of community affairs and mailed out 20,000 copies of their newspaper that featured be obtained for the Hawaiian community for their use. The social involvement to maintain the close contact with the candidate profiles; the Department of Hawaiian Homes Corporation will attempt to identify these lands and to ob- community members and their attitudes and views; recog- tain them for the Hawaiian community. Lands mailed out another 40,000 copies to homesteaders, nized experts in business and enterprise to analyze, synthe- beneficiaries on their waiting list, and a partial list 5. The final effort will be to secure and establish the of size, and render competent business decisions as we also customary and traditional rights of access and use. This registered voters. The Volunteers for OHA sponsored a seize business opportunities to be economically creative; effort will involve looking into the history ofthe Hawaiian series of profiles on all of the OHA candidates on KCCN trained educators and professionals to develop educational radio and there were and still are literally dozens offorums community, and trying to identify those traditional rights programs andjob training skills through special projects, that are appropriate in today's world. The federal Native for candidates held daily on all of the islands that provide an programs and the integration of these with more standard opportunity for the registered voters to meet the candidates American Religious Freedom Act and the Archaeological education techniques; .cultural leaders to aid iil the re- and listen to their respective viewpoints. Re ources Protection Act of 197 9 provide a mechanism identifying of the Hawaiian soul and our heritage in order for protecting the important cultural, religious and archeo- The Hawaiian community has dramatically and enthu- to enable us to see all of these programs from the Hawaiian logical sites of the Hawaiian community. The Corporation siastically rallied to create strong interest and focus on the viewpoint. will be working to implement these statutes in Hawaii. o HA election and candidates. Various Hawaiian agencies We must have a complete spectrum ofinvolved people- When the Office of Hawaiian Affairs comes into exis- and private trusts have also contributed significantly to this farmers, lawyers, culture-oriented leaders, managers, edu- tence the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation hopes to undertaking. It is incredible how the Hawaiians in this cators, government workers, laborers, fishennen, doctors, work closely with OHA to address these legal questions. State have responded positively to OHA in such a short athletes, and so many others-but involved with the The two lawyers that can be hired with federal funds can period of time. responsibility of providing the OHA Board of Trustees be augmented with additional staff through other funding The Office of Hawaiian Affairs was designed for Hawai- with diversity so that the community can identify with and sources and a team wi ll be assembled to work on behalf of ians to participate through the election of Trustees who will participate with this total effort. Ofcourse , only nine (9) will the Hawaiian community. This effort will be a difficult make decisions affecting their beneficiaries. As a result, serve on the Board, but there will be advisory councils and one but with the support of Hawaiians and others on all two important elements are satisfied: participation by the the like where all of these skills can be used for the good of the islands, some of the injustices that have occurred can Hawaiian beneficiaries and·accountability of the elected all Hawaiians. Diversity of skills and unity of purpose- be redressed. Trustees to those same Hawaiian beneficiaries. Without that above all is for WHAT to vote, rather than just for It has been stated that the sharing of power is done by these two elements, OHA cannot possibly succeed. WHOM. three institutions. At the national level, the United States Supreme Court had to establish itself as a growing partner in the sharing of power. At the state level, the people chose to concentrate or offset the equal sharing of power by establishing a strong executive institution. LEI OF HANDS" In short, " power", the "last word on a question" is rooted in two ways: (1) the constitution and statutes, and IOLANI PALACE GROUNDS (2) what the institution once established can amount or SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 2.1980 build by its actions. 11 :00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Previous to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs the will of the people, their sovereignty if you wish, was exercised by "FREE" three institutions of government. Given that complete ENTERT AINM ENT governmental power is in the areas of legislation, execu- tion andjudicial power there can be no other or fourth insti- . tution of government. Unless, the people of the United States and the State of Hawaii created a fourth area in addition to the above three or by constitutional law and VehlQteers fer ," )"'' .,·;t· l'" ,I."."... "',' .:' statute remove an existing institution 6r institution from The first trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will at least part-Hawaiian. For the other five, trustees must live on specific islands- have an opportunity that won't come a second time. The How important the Hawaiians and part-Hawaiians ofthe one each for O'ahu, Kaua'i, Moloka'i, Maui, and Hawai'i. nine elected in November by the Hawaiian people will set islands view this office, is evidenced by the interest exhib- With that many people running for a handful of positions, the tone, and the policies of this office, which will adminis- ited in the upcoming election. decision making before election day could prove difficult. ter some of the revenues that come into the state from public Hawaiians by the thousands have registered to vote for All candidates were asked basic questions about their trust lands. the special election, to be held on General Election Day, background, education and residency. Then they were The 1978 Constitutional Convention called for the Nov. 4; 136 people flied for the nine seats, 80 of them asked to elaborate on why they were running for office Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and it was later approved 1>y the for the at-large slots. and what they hoped to accomplish. Here are their voters. Au the candidates and all who wish to vote must be Four seats have no particular residency requirements. responses:

on the hospital management board for Oahu. His first priority for cher and stockbroker, cerhost of KCCN radio's Ohana program 4 OHA would be to establish a legal committee to determine exactly and is chairman of the Nuuanu-Punchbowl Neighborhood Board. which public lands belong to the Hawaiian people and which He is on the baord of directors of the Native Hawaiian Legal Aid will fall under OHA control. Monies from those lands must be the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the ,Pauoa Community used for job opportunities immediately. This might be done Association. " 0 HA is probably the most important thing that has • Chang, 61 , says his experience as a land analyst- through subsidized apprentice programs with local private indus- happened to Hawaiians in this century. It'll mean a lot in the way apprruser would enhance the development and maintenance" tries." Also a top priority would be low interest loans for Hawai- of self-sufficiency and self-determination." of the trust lands which will provide OHA's financial backbone. ians wanting to start businesses, and loans for Hawaiian youths • Philip J. Chrones, 36, a Kaneohe farmer and a systems analyst His expertise, he says, would help prevent any loss of income who want higher education. "A long range goal for OHA," he for First Hawaiian Bank, says he would discuss with the Hawaiian from those properties. He is principal broker for Gallery of says, "is to see that every Hawaiian is taught Hawiian culture community how best to spend money available to OHA. "I am Homes, lives in Nuuanu Valley and has been a trustee of the in public schools." On the lands deemed to belong to the Hawaiian concerned that the Hawaiians have had a bad deal and I don't Kamehameha Lodge, Honolulu Chapter, president of the Prince people "first preference for their leases should go to Hawaiians, want the OHA to end up the same way. I'm not an extremist. I've Kuhio Lions Club Inc., past president of the Community Associ- perhaps at reduced rents. These lands also should be available talked to some people who are concerned about how the Hawai- ation of Nuuanu Valley, and vice president of the Hawaii State for Hawaiian civic and recreational uses." ians are going to handle themselves (as OHA trustees)." Parents Teachers Students Association. • Louis " Buzzy" Agard 56 of downtown Honolulu, started as • Roy L Benham, 57 , of Hawaii Kai is a retired personnel • Arthur B. Chun, 67, retired Army colonel, recently testified an activist for Hawai ian rights in 1960. He has been involved in officer fo r the federal government, former teacher at -Kameha- before a Senate subcQmmittee on the creation of a national park numerous organizations dedicated to the cause of his people. He meha Schools, organizer of the firs t Mainland Hawaiian civic at Kalaupapa, Molokai and the expansion of parks on Maui and is a graduate ofKamehameha Schools and the niversity of Red- club, chairman of the Hawaiian Civic Political Action Commit- the Big Island. He is chairman of the federal commission studying the possibility of a national cultural park at Kaloko, Kailua-Kona. lands. The Schools. offer H!lwaiiearl City, Kailua & Honolulu, feels he can be of service Admissions Act defines native Hawaiians as those with 50 per- to the Hawaiian community because of his business, religious and served 'as a missionary for nine years in Micronesia before re- cent or more Hawaiian blood, he worries that benefits from the educational background. He attended Bethany Bible College, turning to Hawaii. He would press for betterment of Hawaiians trust lands and money may not be legally spent. "I feel for other Church College of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii. He said as an OHA trustee by promoting two basic goals: spiritual Hawaiians, and I feel we could make adjustments to the law, but foremost among his personal goals for OHA is education, which and physical. "The spiritual one includes the promotion of until then, the money that comes out of the office can only go to he would use to enrich the Hawaiian language and culture, as Hawaiian values, such as aloha, ohana and kokua." Lee feels benefit the native Hawaiians.'" Hoomanawanui, 40, has been well as build vocational training. He would also work to make active in other Hawaiian organizations. He is the president of the the "eyes of all Hawaii are upon this campaign and Hawaiians housing available to Hawaiians, create new jobs and secure lands will have to prove themselves" at the polls as well as on the Ahahui Ohana Moku Anuenue, the Sand Island residents' group, through reparation. and was one of the organizers of Malama ka Aina-Save the board of trustees. Native Hawaiians. ''I'm going to try to see that the office is run • Rita Kanui-Gill, 30, has been involved in the Prison Task • Eugene K.H. Lum, 41, is an attorney running for OHA right and that the money is channeled to the right places," Force, an after-school program of Hawaiian culture for Roose- cause I feel the trustees need someone with analytical ability, • Abel Huihui, executive directol'ofthe Civil Air Patrol, said he velt High School students, and other educational programs. She with legal training, with 'a feel for business because they win be believes his experience in management and his familiarity in deal- also helped organize the Waiahole-Waikane Protest. She wants handling in excess of$l million. My background and tJ;aining in ing with federal, state and county agencies help qualify him for a to "expose the other side of OHA," is running in an effort to law would be good because basically I am a real estate attorney seat on the board "I think it would be premature to say I want to encourage people not to vote in the Nov. 4 election. "What the dealing with financing and land problems." do this and that," although he did say that improvement in Hawaiians want is their land and their money back. Total sover- Hawaiian education should be a gOO1 . " A lot of people say, 'Well, eignty, an independent Hawaiian nation. Already, OHA takes • Milnor Lum, 53, grew up in Honolulu and lives in Maunawili. we should all get the land back,' and things like that, but I think we this away." She feels OHA was established "by opportunists A former contractor, he worked for the Honolulu Dept. of Parks need to concentrate on education for Hawaiian youngsters." who are looking for a political future." "It would be more correct and Recreation fOF the past 9 years, currently as chief of parks • Valentine Huihui, 54, older brother of Abel Huihui, ran for to put the people back on the land-it is available." and maintenance. "I'm well versed in the recreation field and I the Democratic nomination for governor in 1978, "I was the only • Abraham Kapana Sr. feels the most important goal for the feel I'm 'qualified to be a trustee. I've also dealt with financial guy who spoke out then on issues," he recalls. Today he office will be to "stick together. " "In the past, an organization matters and I have an'administrative background. There are a lot echoes the concerns of candidate Melvin Hoomanawanui", saying starts okay, then halfway it falls apart. We should try to get people of self-interest groups and speaking out for us. Now I that native Hawaiians as defined in the Hawaiian Homestead together on a solid foundation, then branch out to the issues." think the OHA is the closest you can get to being an independent Act and the AdmissioIl& Act "sJ,l,ould have priority rights to all After the office is trustees should address the issues nation. I think it's time for me to get involved." the benefits." "I'm running because if elected, I will primarily of education for Hawaiians and crime. Kapana, 52, is employed • Barbara J. Makanui, 30, a dispatcher for a Kauai trucking represent the poor, needy and culturally deprived among our na- by the Hawaii Visitors Bureau and has been involved in the tourist firm, helped develop the Hawaiian language program of Liliuo- tive Hawaiians.". industry since 1955 . kalani Children's Center. "My prime goal is to develop and • Violet K. Ihara, classroom teacher, believes OHA can con- • Thomas K. Kaulukukui Sr. feels OHA must first concentrate implement a comprehensive master plan that will be befitting our tribute to Hawaiian education, "Education is a word thrown on organizing the office and "finding out what we have. The Hawai- heritage, to recruit an efficient legal staff to oversee the financial, around very loosely, but I mean not just book learning. There are ian population and other resources such as available federal funds social and political aspects of our concerns and to make certain many ways oflearning-Iearning from each other, and so on." She should be documented. Until this is done, we can't'make a pro- that the board of trustees will function as a separate entity, inde- feels that the organization can act to pull together diverse Hawai- gram. Then we can say if we should ,invest, sell the land or lease." pendent of the executive branch. Hawaiian people are very pas- . i.an groups and "pool their resources and skills, raiher·than'run- He attended the University of Hawaii, where he laterlbecame siwe: mus.t somebQw be up t.Q data.. to deal twitb prob- t '10 lems now instead of living back in the past." Political strides We should pursue our birthri ght. " In the past. he wasn't interested • Kalikookalani B. Chun, 36, a life-long Kona and Honolulu made by minority groups on the Mainland offer lessons for in what was going on because it didn't matter. "N ow it's possible resident, a Skidmore College graduate and fOlmer county em- Hawaiians, she says. that the Hawaiian people may have something awarded to them. ployee, is a businesswoman today. She sees 0 HA as representing • Clinton K. Makekau, 47, a bartender at the Kapalua Bay We need to have good people in the trustee offi ce because they something unique in the United States and as somet4ing " that can Resort, is studying Hotel Management at Maui Community will do disbursement. If they have no love or honesty .. . ·, OHA create the Hawaii an destiny." Its first job should to secure and College. He also studied opera and theology, orchestration and should open commissaries for the Hawaiian people " so they can protect the natural resources of the islands. conducting at the University of Utah-Provo, sang with the Mor- buy goods cheaper and we should start banks of our own. " • N ina Kekaula Dart, 37 , a homemaker and homestead farmer mon Tabernacle Choir and various opera companies on the main- • Milton Solomon graduated from Kohala HS and attended the in Waimea, has also been a private practical nurse and attended land and used to own a trucking company. " I've been in several University of Hawaii. He is with the food and beverage depart- Brigham Young University at Laie. She advocates self-suffi- businesses and I feel that with my expertise, I can contribute to ment at Sheraton Hotels. " We need a functioning organization ciency for Hawaiians and wants to advance her Mormon Church the Hawaiian people. I've been a laborer like a lot of Hawaiian to handle things such as reparations, land, education, and job philosophy of setting aside a year's supply of foodstuffs to with- people have, and I also know what it's like to work your way up opportunities. I'd like to see people united-otherwise there is stand any future crisis. in the business area." no strength, it's just a paper tiger." • Eugene Kalanui, 47, macadamia nut farmer on a Panaewa • Alexander Louis Manners, 30, a cook at Makaha Resorts is • Ishmael W. Stagner graduated Kamehameha Schools and the homestead and a retired Pearl Harbor shipyard worker has a spe- also a shop steward for the Hotel Workers, Local 5. He estab- Church College of Hawaii. He has a masters degree from UCLA cial appreciation for Hawaiians who are poor, on welfare, or live lished a short-lived community recreation center at Sand Island a and a PHD in special e_ducation and psychology from Brigham in government housing projects. few years ago. Manners said his experiences may prove helpful to Young University-Provo. He is an associate professor of educa- • Kulia K. Kaupu, 50, mother of six, life-long Big Islander who OHA For example, "when I was young, I moved from one tion and psychology at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He has worked as a clerk in the mayor's office, teacher in a one-room housing to another in Kalihi and I've seen the state make a lot of sees three challenges facing OHA to give clear defmition to what school, is now a security aide at Konawaena High. For 15 years mistakes. We have to stop selling the land, for the future of our betterment means for Hawaiians; to provide a clearinghouse for she was involved in economic opportunity and health program kids. The big estates keep selling it, but if that continues, there discussion of problems in the Hawaiian community; and to infuse activities and is a member of the Hawaii Island School Advisory ' won't be anything left." feelings of pride and self-sufficiency that characterized the early Council. She wants to offer her knowledge and skills toOHA, say- • Maximo Pelenuimahi Manuel, 39, a carpenter, is studying Hawaiians. " I am concerned because it is being seen as a give- ing all candidates are competent but she may have a better under- industrial education at Honolulu Community College and is an away program. If that were the case, I would disassociate myself. standing of "the grass roots approach." avid body-builder. He is a former Air Force veteran and a It should be to help the Hawaiians help themselves, develop things • John C. Kekua, Jr. 32, Hilo tour driver and father of three, sees former Aloha Airlines agent. " MY goal is to help the Hawaiian that once characterized the Hawaiians." the success of OHA as being " our last big chance." He has a five- people in the education department. OHA will also have to deal • Kalai Aluli Teves is a graduate of Chaminade University and point platform that places basic education at the top and lists with federal and state reparations to the Hawaiian people and has a masters in early childhood education from the University of economic development and employment, Hawaii rights, includ- federal and state surplus land. I pretty basically -have the same Hawaii. She is director of Malia Land Co., Malia Farms and ing reparations, helping the elderly and drawing more from their philosophy as the other candidates. I'd just like to apply my Malia Exports. She said OHA should " provide for the native wisdom, and housing. "It is time for some new blood." experience, and hopefully, it will be beneficial." Hawaiian and others continued opportunities to improve and • Tanya Lee, 28, homemaker and motherof2 wants " to work for • Billy Kauikahano Mitchell, 35 , a United Airlines flight at- grow in the central point of the family or ohana. The office must the benefit of the Hawaiian people." She was educated at Hawaii tendant, holds an education degree from the University of provide for effective communication regarding opportunities to Community College. Northern Colorado. He helped form the Hawaiian Caucus at the improve housing, jobs, education, health and care facilties for • George Naope, 52, longtime hula master and Hawaiian musi- University of Hawaii Law School. " Canoe paddling is my first the working mother and elderly. By developing OHA into an cian and dance performer wants to be involved in matters Hawai- love. I've been in volved in the water all my life, and a lot of issues efficient arm ofgovernment for the important role offamily life and ian and said his work on the Presidential Commission to study are starting to come to water issues, not only in Hawaii but devotion to one's family, the caring aspect for the trustees will be Honokohau in Kona helped awaken his concerns about the future throughout the nation. One of the big frontiers right now is the very necessary and effective in administration and functional of his people. ocean." He says that expertise can be useful in OHA, whose first aspects." • Abbie K Napeahi, 61 , nine-year veteran of the Hawaii an goal, he adds, should be " Hawaiian people uniti ng and having a • Eugene Napua Tiwanak is a graduate of Maryknoll HS and Home Lands Commission, and a longtime Hawaiian community sense of pride in their very existence, rather than tackling issues of the University of San Francisco. He is assistant administrator leader, is the mother of 5, grandmother of 21 and great-grand- land and who gets what." at St. Francis Hospital and has been active in Alu Like and Na mother of 4. In 1972 she put together a coalition of Hawaiians and • Tita Wynne Morrison, 54, was an executive secretary for the Kupuna '0 Kapahulu. His primary concern is that the Office of young activists to block high-rise resort development in Keau- University of Hawaii Committee for the Preservation and Study Hawaiian Affairs " get off the right foot. " The outcome will affect kaha. She said OHA should develop new programs. not overlap of Hawaiian Language, Art and Culture for the past 10 years. not only native Hawaiians but all other people of Hawaii. OHA, with any existing ones. " I'm concerned mostly that we have a basic structure-opera- he said will be a "great avenue for educational purposes; not just • Leimalama "Malama" A Solomon, 29. a longtime North tional procedures, whatever you want to call it-we can follow and classroom education, but educational programs that can benefit Kohala resident received her doctorate in education and cultural abide by to the benefit of everybody. OHA should be working people already working. The future of our people as a Hawaiian anthropology from Oregon State last spring. She points to educa- towards helping the Hawaiians to help themselves, to direct them race essentially is in the hands of the voters. Their votes will have tional reform as the key to new job opportunities. Her platform if need be, to improve upon the tools and to see that the money a tremendous effect on the sociological and psychological well- emphasizes self-sufficiency, independence. Hawaiian dignity. that comes in is utilized properly and doesn't get mixed up with being of all Hawaiians." and the theme " our culture must survive." administrative funds." • John R. Kaba'i Topolinski is a graduate of McKinley HS and • Keith Kalanfmau Tom, 27, a four-year Big Island resident. • Malie l. ' Midge" Mossman, 42 iscoordinatorofcommunity Brigham Young University-Provo. He is a history teacher at Mili- bank loan officer, high school football coach, and community services at Windward Community College. A former physical lani High School has a hula school and does private research in worker, resides in Puna. He is running because he wants his four education, hula and Hawai ian music instructor at Kamehameha Hawaiian history and is a genealogist. He is running for OHA be- children to benefit from OHA Schools, she was also a counselor and instructor at Leeward and cause he " wanted to become involved in the movement." The • Ralph L. Yost, formerly of Honolulu, says " On November 4, W indward Community Colleges. " A lot of times we criticize and first trustees of the office "should pull Hawaiians together and 1980, the Hawaiian people will, in a special election, participate yet we don't run for office oursel ves. I'm really running because address their problems, land, education, and give them a rightful in the realization of a dream that began many. many years ago. A I think it's really important that we lay a good foundation right place in the community." dream that would give the Hawaiian people the right to determine now. I feel that I have the objectivity, the reasonableness and the • Marvin Tung Loong is a graduate of Kapaa HS and Chami- their own destiny, to preserve their own lifestyle, and to have energy to weigh Hawaiian issues and to seek solutions to prob- nade University. He is administrative assistant at Dynaelectron greater control over the use of Hawaiian lands. As a member on the lems using ho'oponopono which will be honest, effective and Corp. He wants to see the Hawaiians' quality of life improved. Board of Trustees, I would like to use my education and experi- compatible with community needs." Education is imperative. " Without the necessary information, ence, acquired in Hawaii and on the mainland. to serve all oftlte • Nona A Nahalea, 26, is a reservations clerk at the Sheraton- you can't get ahead." OHA must develop a master plan and set Hawaiian people. I have ideas of serving our old people and of W aikiki Hotel. She attended the University of Hwaii and the up priorities. It also must interface with county and state agencies, using their talents for the benefit of the community and to elevate University of California-Berkeley, studying business adminis- not be an adversarial agency. The biggest thing, he said, is their esteem in themselves. I would also like to participate in the tration. " I'm more of a working, middle-class person. I know some management of land. selection of programs in the Hawaii educational system that will of the candiates have terrific political backgrounds, terrific pro- • Roy Ventura attended McKinley HS. He works on inventions. be beneficial to students of Hawaiian ancestry at all levels of fe ssionaljobs. To me, that's not a true representation. A lot of the He is not running on any particular platform. " I don't know any- education. " poeple registered to vote are of the younger generation-l 8 to 25 thing about the offi ce-why make promises. I don't want to make years old. I think I'm experiencing what they' re experiencing- any statements that will fall short of what the office will do. " getting loans for houses, planning their children's education, • Ilima Kauka Williams graduated from Kamehameha Schools things like that. " and the College of the Pacific. She has a mas'ter's degree in edu- • Tom Kaawa Naki, 37, special counselor for the Honolulu cational administration from Californa State Polytechnic College Job Resource Center, has worked at Child and Family Service and is an instructor-counselor at Leeward Community College. and the W aianae Rap Center and served in many community She served in various positions on the State Association of groups, including the Waianae Model Cities Law Enforcement Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the Queen Lil iuokalani ChiJdren's Center, • Danita McGregor Aiu was student president and valedic- Task Force, W aianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center the Pri nce Kuhio Hawaiian Civic Club and Alu Like. Three torian at Sacred Hearts Academy on Oahu. She received her board and the Nanakuli Hawaiian Homestead Association board. words are her foundation- 'onipa'a, lokahi and ho'oulu. 'Onipa'a teaching certificate from the University of Hawaii. She is chair- He worked in the pineapple fi elds and at Kaiser Permanente as is from the past and was used by Kamehameha V and Queen woman of the Kauai Library Commission. si ts on the board of a laborer to support his famil y and put 2 younger brothers Li liuokalani to admoni sh Hawaiians to stand firm and not gi ve up the Kamehameha Schools Association of Kauai, and is a past through school. He earn ed a sociology degree from Charninade in struggles. Lokahi means if we mean to get things done we chairwoman of the St. Catherine's School education committee. University, and is now working for a master's degree in social must be united in thoughts and move in fi rm agreement. Ho'oulu " I am personall y committed to upgrading the li vi ng standards of work at the University of Hawaii. " The issue in this first election projects us to the future for increased awareness of Hawaii and all Hawaiians, to perpetuating the culture and establishing pride is to establish a firm foundation for OHA and the first step in fo r Hawaii." in being Hawaiian." building a firm fo undation is to get the people to the polls to vote." • Lovey Apana is a teacher whc(graduated from Brigham Young • Judith N. Naumu-Steward graduated from Waimea HS University at Laie. She is a hula instructor, a lecturer in Hawai- and Brigham Young University- Provo with a master's in educa- ian history, and state president of the Women's Auxiliary of the tin from Gorham State. She teaches social studies and Hawaiiana N Order of Kamehameha. " A key to improving the situation of at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility. " The purpose of the Jjig·3ls1anb l Hawaiians is education. There is a need to go to the young Office of Hawaiian Affairs is to try to help the Hawaiian people people and find out where the problems in education lie, focusing through teaching various pri nciples. Hawaii has been short- on the elementary schools. And we have to open up job oppor- changed. Hawaiians have not really been given what was theirs. • Moanikeala Akaka, 36, an activist who has embraced almost tunities, even if it means opening up our own stores and shopping OHA must enable Hawaiians to govern themselves. We cannot all of the Hawaiian causes since the Kalama Valley dispute on centers. " go back and say let's get even. We must pick up what we have Oahu in 1970, attended several colleges, comes from a family with • H artwell Blake is a former chariman of the county Board of now so the younger people can reap the .rewards. This is not for origins in historic Waipio Valley and emphasizes agricultural self- Supervisors and was a delegate to the 1978 Con Con where he us, but our children. I want to be a part of this group, unite sufficiency. She has a long list of concerns including land use, was a member of the Hawaiian Affairs Committee. He has been people and get rid of the stereotypes." planning and geothermal development. She wants to redistribute a civil defense director and an instructor for 23 years with the • Hanalei Kihei (Soli) Niheu graduated from Kamehameha some 250,000 acres the state now holds for homesites and small Department of Education. A former agricultural adviser to Laos. Schools, San Jose C.C. and the University of Hawaii. He is a family gardens for Hawaiians and others. " Hawaiians must deter- a retired lieutenant colonel in the Hawaii National Guard. and a carpenter and potter. He said OHA has been set up in a un- mine their own direction, and OHA may provide the device for small businessman and farmer, he says "I strongly believe in a Hawaiian manner. He is concerned there will be a centralization doing it. " good Hawaiian history and language program for the state. " One of power on Oahu and said there is no representation from Lanai • Elizabeth K. " Maile" Akimseu, 50, Hawaiian homesteader, of the keys to the betterment of the Hawaiian peopl e is develop- and Niih au. There should be a trustee representing every com- mother of 11 and long-time community leader, was one of the ment of an understanding of the culture. munity that is 50 percent Hawaiian. " The office must think in original Alu Like staff members on the Big Island. The Kona- • La France Keahi Kapaka a descendant of the Hui 0 Mahau- terms of long-range planning. " He is also concerned with the born and raised candidate wants to help Hawaiians become more lepu is a title abstracter and genealogist. She is a graduate ofKauai " danger of investing monies in projects that will evict Hawaiian aware of the need for political involvement. Her priority is to get Community College. She hopes the Office of Hawaiian Affairs people" and " we must be careful we don't rob Peter to pay Paul." Hawaiian people aware of the decisions that affect them by getting can counter some of the negative misconceptions about the OHA should be concerned with education,job training and place- them involved as issues develop. Hawaiian people and accentuate the positive. th e contributions ment, and ensuri ng that agricultural lands remain intact. • Arthur Baxter Chang, 32, a Kona car salesman, lived on the of the Hawaiian culture. A positive attitude would promote har- • Solonon P. Ono Sr. graduated from Waimea HS and estab- Big Island for fi ve years after working on hi s native Oahu as a car- mony, improve educational opportunities for young Hawaiians li shed the Army of God training sessions here after evangelizing penter and auto mechanic. He sees OHA's purpose as dealing and help bring about needed unity within the Hawaiian commu- on the mainland . He is running for OHA beyause Hawaiians are with the financial and educational problems facing the Hawaiian nity. " I'm a voice speaking for the grass r90ts, a with no the " heirsof.the HawaiiaN Islands; fathtm; have left us. ·oornrnunity. . I I • j ,', , I " t '--, \ .. • ". ,. ', ,' . I' " \ . I' •••' , \! ," ..11 - ______I • Moses K. Keale is employed by the state Department of Social Hawaiians to become independent, rather than depending on the Festival. "The stigma of the Hawaiians is that they can't work Services and Housing. He is unit chairman for the HGEA, adea- government to provide financing and other resources. Peters grew together. But I'm a religious guy, a born-again Christian, and my con in Ke Alma Mana Church and a member of the Order of up on a Hawaiian homestead lot at Hoolehua and said, "I saw goal is to get everybody together in one body and of one mind. Kamehameha. A Hawaiian language teacher and consultant for what the Hawaiian Homes' Commission did to the Hawaiians. I I'm not saying that concensus necessarily has to reflect my point the Kahiko Halapai Hula Alapai Halau, he is also host of the think I have the experience to give something to the community of view." Gentle Moke Program on KUAI radio. He says OHA should that they can better themselves." • Gard Kealoha is the public information officer for the Hsaw.ai- help the Hawaiian people get land for homes and farms at lower • Bernard Punikaia, 50, the Kalaupapa resident who has been ian service organization Alu Like and editor of the publication interest rates, provide legal and technical assistance in dealing a leader in the Save Hale Mohalu effort, came down with leprosy "Native Hawaiian." He has served on numerous !}aords and com- with bureaucratic matters and bring the Hawaiian people when he was 6 years old. He sees a need to develop educational missions and was president of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Hono- together. " We should try and get the Hawaiians to pull for one programs that would provide Hawaiians with "the basic skills to lulu for several years. Kealoha says he also "had worked very thing, instead of pulling in all different directions." open up their horizons. " He also would seek to develop "cultural hard to bring about change longe before the Hawaiian movement learning centers" on each island to instill more pride in Hawai- came to prominence." He doesn't like "the divisiveness I see ian culture. among Hawaiians which makes it imperative that OHA get some • Walter Ritte Jr., 35 , who broke into the public scene by leading hard-line data by surveying the constituency and then setting out beach access marches, based on "Hawaiian Rights"; and helped to provide the people with what they want." found the Protect Kahoolawe movement says, "This has given me • Ed Keawe Aiko Jr. 39, owner of a drywall business, was born an insight and understanding into Hawaiian problems and con- and raised in Honolulu. "I think it's important that Hawaiians cerns." Spending three months of the 1978 Con Con watching get outselves in the educational process of all Hawaiians, to give • Walter "Kinky" Correa Sr. 62a past director of the Paukukalo and lobbying for the creation ofOHA has instilled a "strong com- us a chance to get into the mainstream of society statewide and Hawaiian Homestead Association, is a retired construction and mitment" to its success. "I now offer my many years of experi- worldwide. OHA gives us a chance to stop blaming others in so- maintenance supervisor for the state highways division. His ence working with Hawaiians, my energies as an opio, my knowl- ciety for our own woes and gives us a chance for more self- priority projects are: to conduct an inventory oflands which are to edge from the Kupuna and Universities. But most important, I identity." The first order of OHA business, he said, "is to get out be made available for use by OHA, provide land for agricultural offer my Aloha and my Mana to Hawaii." of this political game and get on with Hawaiian affairs." use and provide educational opportunities. • Richard Kealoha Hoopii Sr., 39, a musician and Maui • Lester Kalauokalani Kelii of Honolulu attended James lick County parks worker, was involved in the ALOHA Association High School in San Jose, San Jose J.C. and Universal Airlines and other efforts to seek federal reparation to native Hawaiians. Personnel, Florida. He worked as a Res. Tech. Lockheed Missile He said Hawaiians should not forget "from whence we came. A Division, Landscape Foreman, Bartender, Cook, Salesman, and need to accept both Hawaiian and Western ways of living is most Trophy maker and engraver. "Because OHA is a new office, I im portan t. " urgee all Hawaiians and native Hawaiians to register to vote. And • Hamby Alcina Kahawaii, 43, is involved in developing her if you did register, please vote on Nov. 4 for the candidate of your family lands in Kihei. She said the "No. I goal is unification, to • Abraham Puhipau Aku Ahmad, 42, evicted earlier this year choice. You as Hawaiians and Native Hawaiians should be proud bring our people together. There has been fighting among the from Sand Island, feels that "unJess the right peopJe are voted into to have such a great group of candidates of Hawaiian ancestry to Hawaiian people, I feel, more than among other races." She said office, OHA will be just another scam by the system to keep the choose for this important office." OHA should focus on providing educational opportunities for Hawaiian people captive." He envisions a separate Hawaiian • Richard Kinney Jr. of Honolulu attended public schools in San young Hawaiians " to allow them to find self employment and nation as part of a 20-year plan in which the Hawaiian language Francisco. Graduated from Mission High in 1957 he worked in business opportunities." will be compulsory for all students who are educated here. Hawaii's tourist industry as a driver with Tradewind Tours and • Peter K.,Apo the Waianae Coast educator, specializes in Aloha Lei Greeters. He is active in a member of Waialua HCC, • Joseph Kealoha, 40, owner of his own real estate business and community relations as the Leeward District liaison officer for the a 1978 Hawaii Businessman of the Year, named five major con- Aloha Week and Protect Kaho'olawe ' Ohana. He says, "My Department of Education. A frequent letter-to-the-editor writer main concerns as a candidate for OHA are the birth rights of the cerns: education, providing jobs, preserving Hawaiian culture, he has publicly expressed his views on a range of social issues. developing housing and developing political strength. Hawaiian people back to lands that were held in trust for their His most controversial recent public statement was -to criticize benefit and the tax exemption of the land and Hawaiian people. I • Sam Kealoha Jr., former teacher who challenged federal Police Chief Francis Keala for " unbelievable arrogance and feel that many problems that face the Hawaiian people can be authorities to arrest him at the Hale 0 Keawe heiau does not tunnel vision" after the chief chastized the Waianae commu- eased by returning the Hawaiian people back to lands that are held want OHA to succeed-not in its present form. He said the office nity last year for seeming to be more interested in football than in trust for their benefit. Also that our religious, sovereign and set up by the 1978 ConCon is aimed at redefining "native Hawai- education. Apo feels OHA "finally gives Hawaiians an oppor- beneficial birth rights be protected." ian" to include persons of less than 50 percent Hawaiian blood. tunity to work out problems in the center of the system." He • Harry Kanalulu Kuikahi of Honolulu is a graduate of Hilo "The question is not who is the best qualified candidate for OHA, would like to see OHA take a comprehensive and critical look at Intermediate and High School. He is retired from the Honolulu but is this the best OHA for us, the 'native Hawaiians'? As a can- services now provided the Hawaiian people, support those of Fire Department and is an instructor at Bishop Museum of didate in this pol itical fraud, I intend to educate my people." He is value, "and they try to fill the void in areas where the electorate Hawaiian arts and crafts. Kuikahi says, "If you truly want to consistent with his 1977 argument when he was arrested by FBI feels services are lacking." take an active role in government for the betterment of all of us agents at City of Refuge. His position is that the U.S. government • Henry Keawe Ayau Jr., an officer in a real estate firm and Hawaiians, run, don't walk to the polls on Nov. 4 and cast your has no authority over him because of the American support of the several other businesses, has extensive ties in the Waikiki enter- ballot for OHA. Harry will work diligently for better educational illegal overthrow of Queen Lili uokalani in 1893. tainment industry. He feels his background, especially his and vocational programs for our youths and he will concentrate • Harold Lee, 61 , a retired Air Force officer works for a Maui involvement in numerous civic and professional organizations, his efforts toward gainful employment for those who seek it. He landscaping company. He sees OHA controlling land to fund qualifies him for the OHA seat. Graduated from Punahou School leaves you with this often repeated phrase: Ask not what 0 HAcan educational programs and to provide land for use by Hawaiians and University of Hawaii and University of Oregon, at 39, Ayau do for you-but what you can do for OHA. feels OHA provides an opportunity " to improve the quality of life similar to the way Hawaiian Homes provides land to native • Charles K Lau could not be reached for comment. Hawaiians. "Hawaiians are a minority who are not receiving of our people" and he intends to "strive for great unity of purpose help, and we are not going to get help unless we help ourselves." so we can go forward together." • Clayton Kaleiahihi Naluai was educated at Hawaiian Mis- He also saw OHA "overseeing" other agencies which now work • Moses H. Burrows, 56, retired federal worker, has an ecu- sionary Academy, Glendale College and Andrews University. on Hawaiian affairs, such as Alu Like, the statewide agency menical view of OHA. He sees its existence as "an opening the He is actively involved in Nuuanu YMCA; Lokahi Ki Society and funded through federal nati e Americans grants. gates" not only for Hawaiians, but for all minority ethnic and with children and adults in Self-Improvement programs. "I want • Mary Helen K. Lindsey, 38 , former director and member of racial groups. He graduated from Kamehameha Schools. If elec- to be of service to our people, to accomplish the goals once Maui and state Hawaiian canoe racing organizations, is matron ted, he will work to perpetuate and enhance the social, economic, thought to be beyond our reach ... to instill pride, self-esteem and for the Lahainaluna High School boarding program. " I was tired and cultural activities of the Hawaiian people. dignity to our people. To give every Hawaiian an equal oppor- of complaining and not doing anything about it. I feel strongly for • Vernette R (Vern) Funn, 33, graduated from Kamehameha tunity to develop himself intellectually, culturally and econom- the Hawaiian movement. The idea is to serve our people, but not Schools. The telephone company business accounts representa- ically. I believe I can contribute to these achievements. I am just the Hawaiians, but everyone will benefit from this organi- tive seeks election to OHA because she wants "to help the native totally committed to the success of the Office of Hawai ian Affairs zation." She sees OHA coordinating efforts of other organiza- Hawaiian who wants to know his self-worth and become a good and the destiny of the Hawaiian people." tions such as the Bishop Estate and Kamehameha Schools, Alu citizen in his community." She will initiate policies "to stimulate • Nathan Napoleon is president and founder of Surf Cats Like and Liliuokalani Trust. the Hawaiian thrust toward realization of his natural, important Hawaii Inc. and several other businesses and is a member of • Cu mmi ns Maboe was not available for comment on his platform. culture." several community and Hawaiian organizations. "The issues that • Charles K. Maxwell, 43 , former police officer and founder of • Ethel (Hiilani) Gurczynski, 69, the grandmother of 9, is confront Hawaiians these days are all the same. We're all after the the ALOHA Association, was involved in the Hawaiian civil active in senior citizens affairs and feels strongly that "the elderly same things-education so that we can get ahead. I want to be rights movement since 1972. "If OHA can accomplish unity should be represented on the OHA board." Fluent in Hawaiian, part of this very historic thing. If I were to target on anyone among the native Hawaiians and provide the vehicle to finding she recently completed a bilingual project for the Department of thing, it would be political involvement and political clout. their identities, we'd have accomplished a lot. It's spiritual, not Education designed to smooth out Hawaiian/English language That's where you get things done." physical." He did not expect the office to accomplish much in its difficulties on Kauai among children as they make the daily • C. Ulu Mamala Nataniela of Aiea attended Kamehameha initials years of existence, except to organize and establish goals transition between home and school. She thinks OHA should School, Aiea HS and the Travel Institute of the Pacific. "I know for programs. "With $1.5 miJIion to start provided by the Legis- work "to revive the Hawaiian spirit" and that one way to achieve that as one Mind, we Hawaiians can be a powerful force in this lature to help all Hawaiians, we can't expect to accomplish a lot this is by placing more importance on language, especially in talk- State of Hawaii through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. I am a right away." ing