Strategic Planning Update Kamehameha Schools' strategic planning initiative, which started in October VOLUME 17. NUMBER 5 MEl (MAY) '00 1999, has reached the halfway point. To date, the process has included: • More than 22 community meetings statewide • Statewide telephone survey • Statewide mail-in survey • More than 3,500 participants overall • More than 4,200 comments and suggestions recorded Several hundred KS staff and commun ity represen - To assist in organizing and analyzing II The diversity of our tatives attended the Strategic Plann ing retreat at this input, the process called for the the Japanese Cultural Center Apr il 7-8 to share group probably had the work ing group findings and recommendations formation of 16 Working Groups greatest impact on me. made up of 392 volunteer members from Kamehameha and the community. The greatest accom- In total, the Working Groups have suggested 148 strategies for consideration plishment is the fact within the plan. that dialogues have Today, the Working Group product is being further processed into a DRAFf • been started and the Strategic Plan that will be shared statewide, again through community seeds of relationships meetings and other means, beginning in June. have been planted." Most importantly, we are looking forward to meeting and talking with all who have shared their mana'o throughout Kamehameha's planning proce s - Steve Reelitz Working Group so far, and with others who are participating for the first time. From the volunteer ideas and thoughts of many will come the best results for all. I mua Kamehameha! KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS Fouru!ed and Endowed by the Legacy of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA, Office of Hawaiian Affairs BULK RATE 711 Kapi'olani Blvd. , Suite 500 U.S. POSTAGE Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813-5249 PAID www.OHA.org Honolulu, Hawaii Permit No. 298 According to legend, "Niu-Ioa-hiki" (coconut cordage and drums; and its beauty gracing the arriving from a distance) was the name of the landscape, all remind us to not take for granted first coconut tree that arrived in our islands from that which is from the past as it continues to far-off Kahiki. Its symbolism as a manifestation thrive. For a mo'olelo relating to niu and its deep of the god Kii; its usefulness for food , thatch, cultural value, see page 13 . .. r VOLUME 17, NUMBER 5, MEl (MAY) 2000 The !i"ing water o/OHA Working groups assist Task Force Rice fallout: Reactions, no resolution ing Native Hawaiians such as political By Manu Boyd By Manu Boyd invalidated only OHA's election process. status and self-determination. The It is silent as to the status of the current Hawai'i delegation is committed to INCE THE United States Supreme trustees. It does not state whether future Force on Native Hawaiian addressing the concerns of Native Affairs has been established at the Court issued its decision in Rice vs. candidates for trustee positions must be Hawaiians." federal level in response to the Rice Cayetano on Feb. 23, the status of Hawaiian ancestry. It does not ques- The Task Force has designated five vs. ruling handed down Feb. 23 . eight of the nine trUstees of the non OHA's existence, its accumulated working groups to assist in its efforts . eaded by Senator Daniel Akaka Office of Hawaiian Affairs has been assets based on a constitutionally man- including representatives of the S dated share of public land trust rev- the Task Force's membership limbo. The trustees' fate is currently Hawaiian community, the state govern- Hawai 'i 's congressional delegation: Sen- m the hands of the Hawai'i Supreme enues, or the continued payment of a ment, the White House and federal offi- ator Daniel Inouye and Representatives Court which has been asked to decide portion of that income to OHA for the cials, congressional members and cau- Patsy Mink and Neil Abercrombie. The whether Rice has put them out of office. betterment of native Hawaiians, as cuses, the Native immediate goal According to Governor Cayetano, it has. defined by the Hawaiian Homes Com- American community identified by the If the court agrees with him, of the sit- mission Act, and Hawaiians, as defined and constitutional Task Force is to § ting trustees, only Donald Cataluna, in Chapter 10 of the Hawai'i Revised clarify the rela- whom Cayetano recently appointed to Statutes. The court's opinion lends itself The Native Hawai- to the interpretation that formal federal tionship hph"" pn eo . fill the Kau;l 'ifNi 'ihau seat opened after OJ Ian commumty work- recognition of Native Hawaiians might Native Hawai- Q. Trustee Moses Keale retired, would Cl mg group counts 25 ians and the remain. have made a difference in the outcome members, and the United States. n» In Rice, the court struc,k down Hawai'i of Rice, and suggests that OHA's status , group, 16. Both To this end, fed- laws restricting participation in elections as a agency was key to the ruling. Q :-V0rkin g groups eral legislation of OHA trustees to voters of Hawaiian While the narrowness of the decision f:'i mclude trustees of the will be intro- ancestry. As originally received, the has been constantly stressed, the under- Office of Hawaiian duced. At pre- decision went on for 15 single-spaced , lying rationale for that decision has ent, according Hawaiian activist Wayne Kaho'onei Panoke C/> Affairs. pages of small print, and it acknowl- broad implications. Consequently, other to the United Senator Colleen Hanabusa are among The Native Hawai- edged many historical facts. related issues have come to the forefront on the Native Hawai- ian community work- States Supreme The court's narrow ruling, however, as reactions to Rice and its rationale Ian and state working groups, ing group represents unfolded over the past two months. • Court in Rice vs. respectively. Cayetano, the dIverse points of view federal government has no official rela- experience with members, in alpha- tion hip with ative Hawaiians and no bencal order, including Emmett Aluli, political status is implied under the Unit- Roy Benham, Gladys Brandt, Tom Con- trades, Robin Danner, Beadie Dawson, ed States Con titution. This was a basis of the court's determination in Rice that Kawika Gapero, Kekama Helm, Corbett the Hawaiians-only vote in tate-fUll Kalama, Kamaki Kanahele, KIna 'u OHA elections was race-based and Kamali'i, Na'u Kamali'i, Mahealani therefore, unconstitutional. ' Kamau 'u, Rev. David Ka 'upu, Rev. At the announcement of the formation Sharlan Kunia, OHA Trustee Colette of a Task Force in March, Sen. Akaka Machado, Rev. Charles Maxwell, Tara said, "The Rice decision underscores the See GROUPS on page 18 need to resolve longstanding issues fac- The calendar's spotlight is on the Kalihi OHA is online at www.oha.org.bringing Lopaka Kaho'ohanohano demonstrated Legendary Hawaiian composer Irmgard Pajama hula competition showcasing you current information. back issues of Ka lauhala weaving at the Ritz Carlton Farden A1uli will be 'honored by the young talent from intermediate and high Wai Ola and community concerns . See Kapalua's cultural celebration. See Hawai'i Alliance for Arts Education in schools. See story on page 10. story on page 12. Hawaiian language story on page 15. June. See story on page 19. '. 2· 'Elua Mei (May) '00 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Clayton Hee CHAIRPERSON & TRUSTEE, O'AHU Afler Rice ly representative of every racial com- aloha to all Hawaiians from a peace- Colette Y. Pi'ipi'i Machado bination in existence. All, however, ful place in time. VICE-CHAIR, TRUSTEE, MOLOKA'I & UNA'I • The U.S. Supreme Court in Rice as the benefactor desired, have the Richard Keokeo Taylor Rowena Akana vs. Cayetano ruled the State of blood of her Hawaiian people. Miloli'i Village TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE Hawai'i's constitutional provision Pauahi knew that education was paramount to the survival of her peo- Haunani Apoliona allowing only Hawaiians to vote for ple. Many of us today are living testi- TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE OHA trustees violates the 15th Belp Bawallans Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. mony to her insight and benevolence. A. Frenchy DeSoto The Hawaiian issues of today are no '1;RUSTEE-AT-LARGE The court narrowly focused its deci- I'm 62 percent Hawaiian and have t • more than educated Hawaiians chal- sion on the validity of OHA's voting lived in Hawai'i all my life. My chil- Mililani B. Trask lenging the very precepts of democ- restriction. In fact, the court specifi- dren are half-Hawaiian. What does TRUSTEE-AT-LARGE racy that have so blatantly been vio- cally stated, "We assume the validity the future look like to them? Why is • lated by the vain and self-serving. Louis Hao of the underlying administrative it so difficult to receive help from TRUSTIlE, MAUl J structure and trusts." Furthermore, Scaff's interpretation ofPauahi's will .s fraught with sunnise! OHA? Why are we the most indigent the court purposely avoided address- people in our own land, the most Donald B. Catahma Rod Ferreira TRUSTEE, KAUA'I &I NI'IHAU ing whether Native Hawaiians have a unhealthy, the least educated? political status similar to that of President Why is it so difficult to go to Hannah Kihalani Springer Waimea-Kohala TRUSTEE, HAWAI'I Native Americans and Alaska Kamehameha Schools? All Hawaiian Natives. While the decision did not Kamehameha Schools Alumni children should be allowed the diminish the trust assets currently Association ADMINISTRATION opportunity. Why only the elite? administered by OHA, the media Why do the Hawaiian agencies Randall Ogata have already reported attorneys are Vantlals caughl created to help our people challenge ADMINISTRATOR prepared to launch further attacks on our hopes for a better life? Why do various Hawaiian rights and entitle- Published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Mahalo nui loa for including an we have to be poverty level before • ments.