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Ka Wai Ola O l I , from the OFFICE O F HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS Chairman's Desk Low Blow for Hawaiians By Moses K. Keale Sr., OHA Chairman An outpouring of protest fr om Hawaiian organiza . Volume 4. No. 2 "The L,Ving Water of QHA" Pepeluali (February) 1987 Trustee, Kauai and Niihau tions, individuals and the general public started on Through its National Hawaii and soon spread throughout the state. It was ap· Park Service, the U.S. parently because of this action that the National Park Government now plans to Service agreed to waive entrance fees for native Hawai · charge admission to all of ians on a limited basis. If Ho'olako Hawaii's national parks. While the reigonal director of the National Park Serv- 1987 you've been on outbound ice has been most cooperative and responsive, we still tours to the mainland do not condone this "limited basis" language. Give us where one or two national our dignity and just entitlements and permit Hawaiians parks are on your to walk our aina without restriction. Year of itinerary, then you know Rest assured that this agency and its Board of Trust· the Hawaiian that this is the situation ees will be monitoring the situation closely to insure that currently prevailing at no Hawaiian is denied the right to visit our traditional those parks. lands and suffer the indignity of being charged a fee. While a Park Service press release says that Hawai· This action of the government is insulting to all ians who come to the parks to attend religious gather· native people of the United States. Let us ku lokahi, be ings or to obtain native plant materials for Hawaiian reli· ever alert and prevent further things of this kind from gious purposes will not be charged a fee , perhaps this happening. Ho'olako 1987 is a time for us to stand proud waiver is not broad enough, and the National Park Servo as Hawaiians, identify and maintain our Hawaiian values ice needs to be more generous. and celebrate that reawakening throughout this Year of It should include other customary Hawaiian activities ' the Hawaiian. in addition to those associated with religion. Historical· ly, as well as in modern times, portions of Hawaii's na· tional parks have been used for cultural and other cere· Kupuna Worksh.op monial gatherings, subsistence fis hing, the gathering of plants and other flora . .. as well as for religious purposes. at OHA Feb. 20 I take exception to a policy requiring Hawaiians to A brown bag lunch kupuna workshop, sponsored by pay fees to visit these lands, vitally important to the the Education Division of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaiian lifestyle, as akin to charging a fee for the right will be held Friday, Feb. 20, fr om 9 a.m. to noon in the to go to church. One doesn't have to be trained in the OHA conference room at 1600 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite legal profession to know that the First Amendment to 1500 (PanAm Building). the U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits legislation Leading the workshop is Betty Kawohiokalani Jen· which would abridge the free exercise of religion. kins, OHA Community Kupuna Coordinator, who wi ll Under the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, it be supported by Hawaii resource Kupuna Ulu Kana· is the official policy of the United States to protect and . kaole Garmon and Maile Lum Ho Vargo. ,.- preserve for native Hawaiians and other indigenous Workshop topic is "The' Hawaiian and his Relati on- people their inherent right of freedom to believe , ship to Pohaku." The public and kupuna from express and exercise theIr traditional religions, includ· everywhere are welcome. To assure reservations, ing but not limited to access to sites, use and possession phone Lisa Unciano at 946-2642. Those without brown of sacred objects and the freedom of worship through bags have several options on restaurants and fast food ceremonial and traditional rites. places available near the new OHA office. OFFI CE OF HAWAII AN AFFAIRS We Are Enriched 567 So. King Street Honolulu, Hawaii 9681 3 OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS Volume 4, No.2 ''The Living Water of OHA" Pe·peluali (February) 1987 Hololako 1987 Celebration a/so at Mauna re-DawnProgram on Haleakcila Summit Opens Year-Long Observance of Year of the Hawaiian By Kenny Haina, Editor where it received state and county appropriations. 1987, and a blue ribbon committee. The respective Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA His goal in this special year is to instill pride in being county committees plan their own celebrations. and Hawaiian, identify important Hawaiian values, raise the Akaka in his opening remarks likewise commended Ki'ope Raymond III consciousness of the Hawaiian core and celebrate that Kaulukukui "for initiating and bringing this year-long Maui Community Resource Specialist reawakening throughout the year. "Other ethnic celebration for Hawaiians to fruition; uplifting the spirit Ho'olako 1987- The Year of the Hawaiian-opened groups have done it so why not a year for the Hawai- of Hawaiians and all ethnic groups who live on these during the pre-dawn hours Jan. I on the summit of Hale- ians?" Kaulukukui had asked himself. beautiful islands." akala on Maui with Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board Each county has a Ho'olako committee organized by Chairman Moses K. Keale Sr. and fellow Trustees Clar- Kaulukukui, who also serves as president of Ho'olako • See Pre-Dawn, Pg. 3 ence F.T. Ching of Oahu and Maui's Manu Kahaialii, complete with Ahu'ula, among the participants in a pro- gram of prayer, meditation and chants. Another program was held during the morning day- light hours a little later the same morning at Mauna 'Ala in Honolulu. It was sponsored by the Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors with Healani Doane as co- ordinator and OHA Administrator Kamaki A. Kanahele III conducting the program. ational Park Service officials at Haleakala conserva- tively estimated the overflow crowd of residents and visitors to be about 1,000. The very firs t' event kicking off The Year of the Hawaiian drew a small group of chanters, dancers, OHA Trustees and other Hawaiian supporters to greet the first light of the new year- Ho'olako 1987. Torch-bearing runner Pia Aluli completed his ascent to the 10,000 feet summit from his start at 6,800 feet Hosmer Grove. Aluli was met at the summit by Leslie Kuloloio and together. they carried the torch to the cinder cone from where the Hawaiians began their cele- bration. Participants braved the cold morning temperatures, chanting, dancing and meditating, trying to reach out their ancestors. Chanter Kealii Reichel, Kumu Hula Hokulani Holt-Padilla, dancers Yukali Ohno and Cori Herrera and Kuloloio, were dressed in light, traditional garments more ideally suited for lower altitudes. Kulo- loio in fact was .dressed in only a malo at one point. OHA Chairman Keale described the celebration as ' one of the most beautiful and inspiring events he has Uncle Harry Mitchell of Keanae, left, with Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees Clarence F. T. Ching, ever witnessed. "It was just magnificent. The setting Oahu; Board Chairman Moses K. Keale Sr., Kauai and Niihau; Manu Kahaialii, Maui; and the Rev. David could not have been more perfect. It was such a pri- Kaalakea in the pre-dawn hours on Haleakala. Note ahu'ula worn by the Trustees. vilege to be there under a starlit pre-dawn morning and then watching the first sun moving upward, brightening the sky. It was very absorbing, making one feel in tune with the aina and the elements around him," Keale ex- claimed. "We were giving back to the creator, to the aina," is the way Kuloloio described the event. The two and one-half hour Mauna 'Ala program was also heavily sedated with chants, meditation and ad- dresses by Congressman Daniel K. Akaka and Hawai- ian businessman and publisher John Dominis Holt of Topgallant Publishing Co. Everyone was asked to clear the Mauna 'Ala grounds and line up outside the gate where Cy Bridges chanted the mele kahea, requesting Curator Lydia Namahana Maioho permission to enter the premises. As keeper of the bones, she responded in her rnele komo chant. The processional, led by the pulo'ulo'u stick borne by Melvin Kauila Clark and the spears of the Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors, began shortly after 9 a.m. with an estimated 300 people in attendance. Following the opening pule by the Rev. Darrow Aiona, Kanahele paid speciai tribute to Trustee Thomas K. (Uncle Tommy) Kaulukukui Sr., calling him "a man of vision who has made the Hawaiians proud." (' The Lord has given him mana and vision to do for his Hawaiian people what he must do. It is about time his people are recognized and what better time than in this year of Ho'olako 1987: The Year of the Hawaiian," Kanahele declared. Kaulukukui first came up with the idea of Ho'olako Office of Hawaiian Affairs Administrator Kamaki A. Kanahele III, with Trustee and Ho'olako 1987 presi- 1987 two years ago, first getting the OHA board to sup- dent Thomas K. (Uncle Tommy) Kaulukukui Sr. following with wife, Felice,.Ieads procession into Mauna port it and from there it gained momentum to the point 'Ala. Page 2 ('Ao'ao 'Elua) Duckworth Assumes rrhis column is open to all OHA them to express their mana'o. Opinions New MU,seum Title Trustccs'\licws of the individual Trustees and dono! the official pOSitioigfthe" ••,:",,·; Election of new officers and revisions to the charter "::.; ....... :;;.-.;:::;::-::;:::,::::::«:}).:/:::{:;:::;:::::::;.;-:;." and bylaws of the Bishop Museum Corporation high- ... lighted a recent special and regular meeting of the .Ou r Native Right ' agency.
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