1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 17 - A 4 5 REMEMBERING HAWAI‘I’S MASTERFUL FALSETTO SINGER, RECORDING 6 ARTIST AND HAWAIIAN MUSIC EXPONENT EDWIN MAHI‘AI COPP BEAMER 7 8 WHEREAS, Edwin Mahi‘ai Copp Beamer was born in , Hawai‘i to Milton 9 Ho‘olulu Desha Beamer, Sr. and Mildred Ka‘aloehukaiopua‘ena Copp Beamer on December 5, 10 1928; and 11 12 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer, most often referred to as “,” is recognized as 13 an outstanding pillar of our Hawaiian Community, and is noted as an accomplished singer, 14 chanter, dancer, piano player, recording artist, composer, and choreographer, as well as being 15 one of Hawai‘i’s premier falsetto singers; and 16 17 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer graduated from the for Boys in 18 1946, and attended the University of , Santa Barbara, the Juilliard School of Music and 19 the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer served in Army, from 1951 to 1953, and was 22 a member of the Musicians’ Association of Hawai‘i AFM Local 677; and 23 24 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer has been in the field of Hawaiian entertainment for over 70 25 years, and began composing when he was just in the seventh grade. His earliest compositions 26 were “The Message,” as a tribute to his mother, and for his dad, a Father’s Day song entitled 27 “The Pledge;” and 28 29 WHEREAS, a tour of hula and song took Mahi‘ai Beamer, along with his cousins Keola 30 and Winona, into Mexico and throughout the U. S. Mainland, with their final performance at 31 Little Carnegie in City; and 32 33 WHEREAS, in 1949, Mahi‘ai Beamer was hired to sing in the Hawaiian Room of the 34 Hotel Lexington, New York, with Lani MacIntire’s orchestra, entertained the world with 35 Hawaiian music from Japan to Egypt; and for 13 years, headlined, along with his sister Helen 36 Sunbeam Beamer, in Las Vegas as a part of Nālani Kele’s Polynesian Revue; and 37 38 WHEREAS, in 1957, Mahi‘ai Beamer released a double-sided 78 RPM recording of his 39 grandmother’s compositions “Kawohikūkapulani” and “Nā Kuahiwi ‘Elima on the Decca label 40 and, in 1959, recorded two albums on the Capitol label, “The Remarkable Voice of 's 41 Mahi Beamer in Authentic Hawaiian Songs,” and “More Authentic Island Songs by Mahi, 42 Hawaiʻi's Most Remarkable Voice,” both of which were re-released on CD format in 2004/2005; 43 and 44 WHEREAS, all of Mahi‘ai Beamer’s recordings are considered treasured elusive gems of 45 Hawaiian music; and 46

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1 WHEREAS, in Hawai‘i, Mahi‘ai Beamer was the top vocal attraction at the Queen’s Surf 2 from 1954 to 1959, performing three shows nightly; also performing at the Princess Ka‘iulani 3 Hotel, the Kuilima Hotel at its opening in May of 1972, at Princeville on , the Honolulu 4 Club, the Second Floor in Kailua, the Westin Kaua‘i, Kō‘ele Lodge, Lāna‘i, Kemo‘o Farms, Bay 5 View Golf Course for ten years, Andrew’s for nearly 11 years, and the Prince Kūhiō Hotel for 6 five years; and 7 8 WHEREAS, as the grandson and pupil of Hawaiian composer , 9 Mahi‘ai, together with his cousins Marmionett Ka‘aihue and Gaye Beamer compiled Songs of 10 Helen Desha Beamer, published by the Abigail K. Kawānanakoa Foundation in 1991; and 11 12 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer participated in a musical tribute to his grandmother with 13 the Honolulu Symphony in “Music of the Heartland” in 1992; and 14 15 WHEREAS, one of Mahi‘ai Beamer’s finest achievements is the translation of his 16 grandmother’s compositions, from the Hawaiian language to English, thus sharing with the 17 world an insight into the incomparable beauty of Hawaiian poetic expression; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer received a State of Hawai‘i certificate recognizing him as a 20 “Steward of the musical talent of the Beamer ‘ohana and the leader in the dissemination and 21 perpetuation of the cultural legacy of Helen Desha Beamer; and 22 23 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer’s deep appreciation for the traditions and values of his 24 Hawaiian heritage are reflected in his music and his performances; and 25 26 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer’s musical integrity is demonstrated by the special emphasis 27 he placed on the importance of remaining true to a composer’s work, whether it be the music of 28 his grandmother or that of another composer; and 29 30 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 31 Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts in 1991, and in 1993, the David Malo Award by the 32 Honolulu Rotary Club, and in 2000, the Kahili Award for performing arts; and 33 34 WHEREAS, in 2004, “Hawai‘i’s Mahi Beamer” was selected as one of the 50 greatest 35 Hawai‘i record albums, he was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2006, 36 designated a Living Treasure of Hawai‘i by the Honpa Hongwanji in 2008, and received the 37 Kalani Ali‘i Award presented by the ‘Aha Hīpu‘u in 2010; and 38 39 WHEREAS, in 2015, he received the I Ulu I Ke Kumu award presented by the University 40 of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, for extraordinary 41 commitment and excellence in native Hawaiian education; and 42 43 WHEREAS, Mahai‘ai Beamer was initiated into Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i, Hālau ‘O 44 Wahīika‘ahu‘ula, Helu ‘Ekahi on October 6, 1996, making him a member in good standing for 45 nearly 21 years; and 46

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1 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer served his ‘Ahahui, Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i as its 2 musical and choral director from 1998 to 2005, and was the leader of the ‘Ahahui’s Lei Mamo 3 Serenaders; and 4 5 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer was granted Honorary Membership into the Kuini Pi‘olani 6 Hawaiian Civic Club; and 7 8 WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer gave of himself unconditionally to the people of Hawai‘i; 9 and 10 11 WHEREAS, God in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to call unto Himself our beloved 12 member, leaving a great void. 13 14 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 15 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 16 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering Hawai‘i’s masterful falsetto singer, 17 recording artist and Hawaiian music exponent Edwin Mahi‘ai Copp Beamer; and 18 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 20 the Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, Helen Sunbeam Beamer, Nālani Kele, 21 Marmionett Ka‘aihue, Gaye K. Kapo‘oloku Beamer, the Kamehameha School Archives, as well 22 as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 23 House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 24 the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board 25 of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 26 27 28 INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Pi‘olani Hawaiian Civic Club 29 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 30 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - B 4 5 HONORING THE MEMORY OF 6 MOANA KALIKOOKALANI MCPHERESON EISELE 7 8 WHEREAS, Moana Kalikookalani McPhereson was born on February 20, 1942 in 9 Honolulu, to “Bud” Kalikookalani Harbottle McPhereson and John Adrian McPhereson; and 10 11 WHEREAS, Moana’s siblings are James Kalaniopu‘u McPhereson, Pamela Napuahau 12 McPhereson Awai, and Adrienne Hinano McPhereson Felmet; and 13 14 WHEREAS, Moana grew up in the ahapua‘a of Kālia in Waikīkī, where Hilton Hawaiian 15 Village now stands, and attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary School; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the McPhereson family moved to Paula Drive when Moana started at 18 in the seventh grade; and 19 20 WHEREAS, Moana was very active during her Sophomore through Senior years at 21 Punahou School involved with “Aquade,” Hawaiian Lore Club, and the Punahou Girls Assembly 22 Association; and 23 24 WHEREAS, Moana continued to be involved as Vice-President, Assembly 25 Representative, and Holokū Ball Committee member all while she was a Sophomore at Punahou; 26 and 27 28 WHEREAS, Moana would be involved in many activities working on the Punahou 29 Carnival, Vice-President, Sports Manager, Valentine Dance Committee, and Treasurer, all 30 during her Junior and Senior years; and 31 32 WHEREAS, Moana Graduated from Punahou School with the class of 1960, and 33 continued to keep in touch with her classmates and friends at Punahou, and enjoyed her class 34 reunions and being with all of them; and 35 36 WHEREAS, Moana met Antoinette “Toni” (Gomes) Lee and became close friends while 37 riding the bus going to and from school although both were enrolled in different schools at that 38 time (Moana at Punahou and Antoinette at Kamehameha); and 39 40 WHEREAS, Moana and Toni met again after their school years when they eventually 41 both worked for the U. S. Department of the Navy (Moana in Personnel and Antoinette in 42 Intelligence); and 43 44 WHEREAS, Moana and Toni hooked up again in 1963, when the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian 45 Civic Club was started; and 46 1

1 WHEREAS, Moana joined the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, and with her Punahou 2 background, leadership skills and interested in Hawaiian things, she held committee 3 chairmanships, and other leadership positions; and 4 5 WHEREAS, Moana became a member of the club’s Board of Director and wrote the very 6 first grant for Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club to receive money to pay for a Hawaiian Cultural 7 Specialist to teach our members the art of making hula implements, feather lei, quilts, and kapa; 8 and 9 10 WHEREAS, Moana set out to have classes in kapa making, including classes on the 11 tools, making dyes, and different plants needed for this craft; and 12 13 WHEREAS, Moana was dedicated to learn the art of kapa making and that changed her 14 life forever; and 15 16 WHEREAS, Moana wrote the first grant that taught many of our members those arts and 17 crafts along with learning our Hawaiian values that are very important to us, and today, Pearl 18 Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club demonstrates these arts and cultural crafts to major conventions that 19 come to Hawai‘i; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Moana was dedicated to learning the art of kapa making, learned it well and 22 she was hilahila about people referring to her as an expert; and 23 24 WHEREAS, after many years of studying the art, teaching the art, traveling throughout 25 the world talking about kapa, and sharing it, many people referred to Moana as the expert; and 26 27 WHEREAS, Moana, such a humble person, became renown in the art of kapa making 28 and she was meticulous about the craft and got very excited about teaching the craft to anyone 29 who was interested in learning; and 30 31 WHEREAS, Moana, loved to teach students at Kamehameha Schools and students in the 32 charter schools and her own ‘ohana, and she became very well-respected in the art representing 33 Hawai‘i internationally demonstrating the art and speaking about the subject; and 34 35 WHEREAS, Moana traveled extensively to the South Pacific, Japan, the continental 36 United States, our own Hawaiian Islands, and she would always give credit to Pearl Harbor 37 Hawaiian Civic Club for the opportunity to learn this art; and 38 39 WHEREAS, Moana has been featured in the National Geographic Magazine, in the 40 Smithsonian Institution, , and was honored by the Association of Hawaiian Civic 41 Clubs with the “Ka Mana o Ke Kanaka” award recognizing her special talent in the art of kapa; 42 and 43 44 WHEREAS, Moana retired from U. S. Department of the Navy, Personnel Section after 45 40 years and she looked forward to share her knowledge and talent with the world; and

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1 WHEREAS, Moana often demonstrated the art of kapa making at Hō‘ike‘ike at Queen 2 Kapi‘olani Park, at the King Kamehameha Celebration Ho‘olaule‘a, Onipa‘a, and the Nake‘u 3 Awai Christmas Fashion Show where she sold her kapa print cards, napkins, wall hangings and 4 her ʻono jams and jellies; and 5 6 WHEREAS, Moana would also graciously donate a kapa that she designed for silent 7 auctions for fundraisers; and 8 9 WHEREAS, that it is ironic that Moana would leave us on June 11, 2017, on 10 Kamehameha Day, the very celebration that she always looked forward to demonstrate her art of 11 kapa making; and 12 13 WHEREAS, Moana is survived by her two children, her son Barry Nohoula Kauai and 14 her daughter Kassandra Kaho‘oilimoku Smith, and five grandchildren, Ka‘aina Christian Kauai, 15 Kaliko‘okalani Moana Kauai, Kamalani Kilipohe Kauai, Kendyl Kaleiahihi Yoshie Smith, and 16 Kailikaimoana Ryuzo Foster Smith, and her siblings, brother James Kalaniopu‘u McPhereson, 17 sister Pamela Napuahau Awai, and sister Adrienne Hinano Felmet. 18 19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 20 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 21 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the memory of Moana Kalikookalani 22 McPherson Eisele; and 23 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a moment of silence be held in honor of the memory 25 of Moana Kalikookalani McPhereson Eisele at this 58th Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 26 Annual Convention; and 27 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 29 Barry Nohoula Kauai, Kassandra Kaho‘oilimoku & Kendall Smith, James Kalaniopu‘u & Susan 30 McPhereson, Pamela Napuahau & Ward Awai, Adriene Hinano & Gary Felmet, Pearl Harbor 31 Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State 32 Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on 33 Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian 34 Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County 35 Mayors. 36 37 38 INTRODUCED BY: Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 39 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 40 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - C 4 5 REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JULIA KEANO KANE NEEDHAM 6 7 WHEREAS, Julia Keano Kane born on May 4, 1928, to parents Joseph Kahalau Kane, 8 Sr. and Fannie Kameha (Apao) Kane; and 9 10 WHEREAS, Julia lived in the Kaimukī area, and was born with poor eyesight and she 11 attended the Waikīkī School for the Blind, but that did not stop her from always reading and later 12 graduated from McKinley High School with the Class of 1946; and 13 14 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia, who was also known as “Aunty Dolly,” worked at Tripler 15 Army Hospital until she retired, and during this early period of her marriage, she taught Uncle 16 Paul Needham, Sr. to read and got him promoted to a better position in Hawaiian Electric 17 Company whence he eventually retired; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia married Paul Kekua Needham, Sr. and had four children: a 20 daughter Paula Kulamanu (Needham) Taosoga who has passed away from cancer, a son Paul 21 Kekua Needham, Jr. who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter Glenna Nalani (Needham) 22 Togo who resides in New Mexico, and an adopted son Kevin Nawai Kane Needham who resides 23 in Waimanalo; and 24 25 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia and Uncle Paul’s children had 15 grandchildren and many 26 great-grandchildren; and 27 28 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia had six siblings and they are Joseph Kahalau Kane II 29 (Deceased); Solomon Kane (Deceased); James Nawai Naniwaialeale Kane (Deceased); Charlotte 30 Mahealani (Kane) Peroff (Deceased); Margaret Mahinakauloa (Kane) Hagist residing in Mesa, 31 Arizona; and Miriam (Kane) Hill (Deceased); and 32 33 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia decided that she and Uncle Paul would join the Pearl Harbor 34 Hawaiian Civic Club and she was very proud to be a member, she would be involved in more 35 ways than just being a member on paper; and 36 37 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia and Uncle Paul joined the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 38 Choral Group and participated in the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Choral Competition 39 during the annual convention; and 40 41 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia would get involved with fundraisers that the club and would 42 participate in, the Mission House Craft Fair, Hō‘ike‘ike, King Kamehameha Celebration 43 Ho‘olaule‘a and Craft Fair at Queen Kapi‘olani Park, ʻOnipaʻa held at ʻIolani Palace, Annual

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44 Christmas Craft Fair held on McKinley High School grounds, and cleaning the chapel and the 45 grounds of Mauna ʻAla; and 46 47 WHEREAS, Aunty Julia was proud and loved being a member of Pearl Harbor Hawaiian 48 Civic Club with all her heart and served in many positions along with her husband Paul and 49 sister Charlotte “Lani” Peroff. 50 51 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 52 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 53 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering the life of Julia Keano (Kane) 54 Needham; and 55 56 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a moment of silence be held to remember the life of 57 Julia Keano (Kane) Needham at this 58th Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Annual 58 Convention; and 59 60 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 61 Paul Kekua Needham, Jr., Glenna Nalani Needham Togo, Kevin Nawai Kane Needham, Paula 62 Kulamanu Needham Taosoga, Margret M. Hagist, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as 63 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 64 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 65 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 66 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 67 68 69 INTRODUCED BY: Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 70 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 71 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - D 4 5 HONORING THE LIFE OF HILTON MANSFIELD NALANI CABRERA 6 7 WHEREAS, Nalani was born in Kohala Hospital to Harry and Mary Cabrera on 8 December 26, 1972, as the oldest of three children, including a sister Cheryl and brother Elton, 9 and he graduated in Kohala in 1990; and 10 11 WHEREAS, Nalani and sister started dancing with Kumu Suse Soares from elementary 12 school for about ten years, and after graduation he moved to Kona and shared his culture by 13 dancing on a tourist boat in Kona and then he finally moved back home to Kohala; and 14 15 WHEREAS, Nalani joined his sister to dance for Hālau ʻo Haʻalelea with Kumu Raylene 16 Kawaiaeʻa Lancaster in 1994, and he quickly rose to performer status, and after awhile, Kumu 17 selected him as one of her two alaka‘i, a special position of support for Kumu and the hālau; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Nalani taught classes when needed and he also helped create lei and 20 implements used, and for many years he taught by Kumu’s side, the Kohala and Kona middle 21 and high school students for an annual festival on Oʻahu; and 22 23 WHEREAS, he supported Kumu in everything she wanted, whether in dancing for Pele 24 at Volcano or a cultural exchange in Montana, and he helped the Na Kupuna ‘O Kohala, the 25 senior hula dancers when Kumu was unable, so she would choreograph a dance and Nalani 26 would help them learn it, and he was even more demanding to his father when he coached him 27 the year he was the male soloist in the annual Kupuna Hula Festival and watching son walk 28 father to the stage gave his hālau a memorable moment; and 29 30 WHEREAS, he was a gifted Hawaiian, and he expected perfection in his work and from 31 those he taught, and he helped you get to perfect, and his talent and skills were many as he 32 crafted lei with flowers, shell, seeds, nuts, and all kinds of plants, and his parents yard is an 33 example of his beautifully designed and productive garden filled with native lei plants and food; 34 and 35 36 WHEREAS, Nalani was very connected to Kamehameha, and became a valuable and 37 dedicated member for the support of the statue, in Kohala and as caretaker of our “community 38 kiʻi” he helps wash and inspect the statue twice a year, and he worked side by side with Glenn 39 Wharton, the conservator, up on the scaffolding, assisting to remove the 23 layers of paint and to 40 repair any damaged metal and then repaint as the community wanted; and 41 42 WHEREAS, most of us knew him as Nalani, but few knew of all he did for others and his 43 community in the “under the radar” style, and he will be remembered very fondly for his many 44 silent services to his beloved culture and community and to his ‘ohana and many hānai family 45 that he had aloha for, so we say ALOHA HILTON MANSFIELD NALANI CABRERA, who at 46 age 43, took his last breath on December 24, 2016.

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1 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 3 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 4 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the life of Hilton Mansfield Nalani Cabrera; 5 and 6 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 8 the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of 9 the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 10 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 11 Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 12 Affairs, and all County Mayors. 13 14 15 INTRODUCED BY: Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club 16 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 17 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - E 4 5 HONORING THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 6 U. S. CONGRESSMAN ENI FALEOMAVAEGA 7 8 WHEREAS, Eni Fa’aua’a Hunkin Faleomavaega was born in Vailoatai Village, 9 American Samoa on August 15, 1943, grew up on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, graduated from Kahuku High 10 School, and attended Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi, where he earned his Associate’s 11 degree; and 12 13 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega transferred to Brigham Young University’s main campus 14 in Utah where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science; and 15 16 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega attended the University of Houston Law Center and the 17 University of California - Berkeley, earning his Juris Doctor and Master of Law degrees; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega served in the United States Army from 1966–1969, as an 20 officer in the United States Army Reserve from 1982 to 1989, and he served in the Vietnam War 21 and left the military with the rank of Captain; and 22 23 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega and wife, Antonia Hinanui Cave Hunkin, were active 24 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and “Hina” continues that spiritual 25 commitment with her children and grandchildren; and 26 27 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega served as the Administrative Assistant to American 28 Samoa Delegate A. U. Fuimaono from 1973 to 1975, as Staff Counsel for the United States 29 House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs from 1975 to 1981, as Deputy Attorney 30 General for the territory of American Samoa between 1981 and 1984, with Delegate-at-Large A. 31 U. Fuimaono as his legislative director, and on Capitol Hill as legal counsel to Congressman 32 Phillip Burton; and 33 34 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega entered elective politics in 1985, when he ran alongside 35 Aifili Paulo Lauvao, the founder of the U. S territory’s Democratic Party, who went on to serve 36 twice as governor of American Samoa (1985–1989, 1993–1997), and Eni Faleomavaega served 37 as Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa from 1985–1989; and 38 39 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega was a Democrat and elected as the non-voting delegate 40 of American Samoa to the United States House of Representatives allowing him to vote in 41 committee, but not on the House floor; and 42 43 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega served 13 consecutive terms from January 3, 1989, until 44 January 2015, and as a delegate, he worked to receive more federal funding for his home 45 territory, particularly for health care and other essential services, he proposed legislation that

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1 would allow residents of U. S. territories to vote in presidential elections if they are active duty 2 members of the U. S. military; and 3 4 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega opposed free trade deals involving meats and seafood, as 5 nearly one-third of his territory’s population is involved in the tuna industry, and he also 6 participated in a boycott of President of France Jacques Chirac, who addressed the U.S. Congress 7 in joint session in 1996, because of France’s series of nuclear tests at the Moruroa and 8 Fangataufa atolls in the South Pacific, despite worldwide protests; and 9 10 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega was a passionate advocate for indigenous peoples 11 including , and whether it was federal recognition, or health and housing 12 programs for Native Hawaiians, the Hawai‘i Congressional Delegation could always count on 13 Eni Faleomavaega’s outspoken support and assistance; and 14 15 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega attended the annual King Kamehameha Statue Lei 16 Draping Ceremony at the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D. C. for more than 25 years, he was 17 steadfast in his presence and commitment to the celebration of King Kamehameha’s legacy, and 18 it was not unusual for Eni Faleomavaega to walk into Statuary Hall with the front line of the 19 Baltimore Ravens football team, or to enter Emancipation Hall accompanied by the newest 20 recruit for the Washington football team; and 21 22 WHEREAS, in 1987, Eni Faleomavaega was invited to be part of a 15-member crew on 23 the Hōkūleʻa as it ventured from Hawai‘i to Rangiroa, about 100 miles north of Tahiti, and 24 Faleomavaega remembered this: “It seems I was living about 1,000 years ago. I was close to the 25 elements and nature and appreciated survival, which depended on everyone working together. 26 The Hōkūleʻa project could not have come at a more appropriate time when the issues of 27 sovereignty are being debated among the native Hawaiian people and also with the Rice vs. 28 Cayetano U. S. Supreme Court case. “It has opened up a whole new sense of approach of what 29 the native people themselves have to do, not only for identification, but also sensing what their 30 future is. The Hōkūleʻa has rekindled the desire and interest among Native Hawaiian people to 31 go back into the Pacific and seek their ancestral roots. It has brought closer a sense of affinity 32 between the different island people. It’s given self-esteem and dignity not only to the Native 33 Hawaiian community but also to the entire Pacific.” 34 35 WHEREAS, when asked if he would sail on the Hōkūleʻa again, Eni Faleomavaega 36 quickly responded: “Yes, without hesitation;” and 37 38 WHEREAS, as a representative of the Samoan people, Eni Faleomavaega was invited to 39 participate and speak at the welcoming ceremonies held on Sunday morning, March 12, 2000, at 40 Kualoa Beach Park on O‘ahu where the 15-member crew led by master navigator Nainoa 41 Thompson left Hilo on June 15, and traveled 2,655 miles to Tahiti, stopping in New Zealand and 42 Rapa Nui (Easter Island) along the way; and 43 44 WHEREAS, more than 2,000 people gathered at Kualoa to welcome the Hōkūleʻa as it 45 sailed to shore from Hilo and it marked the Hōkūleʻa’s 25th anniversary of sailing the Polynesian 46 triangle, uniting people of the Pacific throughout its many voyages, and Eni Faleomavaega,

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1 along with U. S. Senator Dan Akaka and other dignitaries, was invited aboard the Hōkūle‘a as it 2 sailed into Kualoa; and 3 4 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega shared this mana‘o in an interview with the Pacific 5 Islands Report about this experience: “The Hōkūleʻa to me was a spiritual experience for the 6 Polynesian people. It’s been a catalyst for the island communities to be together.” 7 8 WHEREAS, during the cleansing ceremony, Eni Faleomavaega offered stones that were 9 taken from historic places in Samoa as a symbolic gesture of uniting the Samoan and Hawaiian 10 people, and as the voyaging canoe approached shore, Eni Faleomavaega could not help but 11 remember his own adventure with the Hōkūleʻa more than a decade prior: “It was beautiful. It 12 brought back old memories. I can’t believe it was 13 years ago. It seemed like only it was 13 yesterday.” 14 15 WHEREAS, in August 2014, Eni Faleomavaega welcomed the arrival of the Hōkūleʻa 16 and Hikianalia in American Samoa and offered his best wishes to Mālama Honua Worldwide 17 Voyage; and 18 19 WHEREAS, on February 22, 2017, Eni Fa’aua’a Hunkin Faleomavaega passed away 20 peacefully in his home in Provo, Utah, at the age of 73; and 21 22 WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega is survived by his wife of 45 years, Antonina Hinanui 23 Cave Hunkin, five children, and ten grandchildren; and 24 25 WHEREAS, on March 31, 2017, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1362 into law - an 26 act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Pago Pago, 27 American Samoa, the “Faleomavaega Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin VA Clinic.” 28 29 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 30 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 31 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the life and achievements of U. S. 32 Congressman Eni Faleomavaega; and 33 34 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 35 Mrs. Hinanui Hunkin, Lolo Matalasi Moliga – Governor, American Samoa, Darlene Kehaulani 36 Butts, KAMHCC Pelekikena, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the 37 State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 38 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 39 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 40 and all County Mayors. 41 42 43 INTRODUCED BY: Ke Ali‘i Maka‘āinana Hawaiian Civic Club 44 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 45 ACTION:

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - F 4 5 REMEMBERING KUPUNA WILLIAM KALIKOLEHUA PĀNUI AND RECOGNIZING 6 HIM FOR HIS LIFETIME OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL AS A HAWAIIAN 7 CULTURAL RESOURCE FOR OUR LĀHUI 8 9 WHEREAS, William Kalikolehua Pānui was born on November 16, 1928, and raised by 10 his grandparents, Louis Kauanoekauikalikokahalaopuna Pānui and Annie Kahalulu Kauhi-Pānui 11 at Keʻei, Kona; and 12 13 WHEREAS, he was a descendant of Kekūhaupiʻo, the teacher of Kamehameha, he 14 served as warrior in the Korean and Vietnam wars; and 15 16 WHEREAS, he raised his family in Kāneʻohe: sons, William Jr. and Ellery, and 17 daughters, Bonnie and Julie; and 18 19 WHEREAS, he worked for Hawaiian Dredging, Oʻahu Transit Service, Servco Hawaiʻi, 20 and The Kamehameha Schools; and 21 22 WHEREAS, he was a man who loved the Lord, he served as deacon, Bible School 23 teacher, and in other positions at Kawaiahaʻo Church in Honolulu and at Kahikolu Church in his 24 beloved Keʻei; and 25 26 WHEREAS, he was the last native speaker of Keʻei, he used his knowledge to teach his 27 beloved Hawaiian language to others, to translate and index Hawaiian language newspaper and 28 documents, and to compose mele, one of his many compositions, “Ke Alaula,” having won a Nā 29 Hōkū Hanohano award; and 30 31 WHEREAS, he was the family genealogist, historian, and kahu of Keʻei and Nāpoʻopoʻo 32 and was a sought-after cultural consultant and lecturer at Kamehameha and for the University of 33 Hawaiʻi as he was a kupuna who lived his culture; and 34 35 WHEREAS, he taught slack-key guitar and Hawaiian music at the Hawaiian Music 36 Association’s Hālau Mele held at St. Louis High School, Kalaepōhaku, and advised many 37 entertainers and kumu hula; and 38 39 WHEREAS, he was a lifetime and charter member of Kuini Piʻolani Hawaiian Civic 40 Club and a member of the ʻAhahui ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi; and 41 42 WHEREAS, he leaves behind loved ones to continue his legacy: his wife, Namahana; 43 brother, Kunia Kamealoha; his children named above; moʻopuna; numerous God- and hānai 44 children, and moʻopuna. 45

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 2 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering Kupuna William Kalikolehua Pānui 4 and recognizing him for his lifetime of knowledge and skill as a Hawaiian cultural resource for 5 our lāhui; and 6 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 8 the family of William Kalikolehua Pānui, ʻAhahui ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, as well as the Governor of the 9 State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, 10 Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee 11 on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office 12 of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 13 14 15 INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Piʻolani Hawaiian Civic Club 16 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiaulu (Community Relations Committee) 17 ACTION: ______

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1 ‘AHAHUI SĪWILA HAWAIʻI 2 3 ʻŌLELO HOʻOHOLO HELU 2017 - F 4 5 HE HO‘OMANA‘O KĒIA IĀ KUPUNA WILLIAM KALIKOLEHUA PĀNUI A KE 6 HO‘ŌHO ‘IA AKU NEI KONA ‘IKENA PIHA OLA A WAIWAI HO‘I HE KUMU 7 NOHONA HAWAI’I O KO KĀKOU LĀHUI 8 9 ʻOIAI, ua hānau ʻia ʻo William Kalikolehua Pānui ma ka Nowemapa 16, 1928 a hānai ʻia 10 na Louis Kauanoekauikalikokahalaopuna Pānui lāua ʻo Annie Kahalulu Kauhi-Pānui ma Keʻei, 11 Kona, Hawaiʻi; a 12 13 ʻOIAI, he mamo ʻo ia na Kekūhaupiʻo, ke kumu a Kamehameha, ua pūkaua ʻo ia ma nā 14 kaua Kōlea me Viekanama; a 15 16 ʻOIAI, ua hānai ʻia kona ʻohana ma Kāneʻohe: kāna mau keikikāne ʻo William J. lāua ʻo 17 Ellery; ʻo kāna mau kaikamāhine ʻo Bonnie lāua ʻo Julie; a 18 19 ʻOIAI, ua hana ʻo ia ma Hawaiian Dredging, Oʻahu Transit Service, Servco Hawaiʻi, a 20 ma Nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha; a 21 22 ʻOIAI, he kanaka haipule ʻo ia i ka Haku, ua noho ʻo ia i kiakona, i kumu ʻeuanelio, a ma 23 nā kūlana lawelawe ʻē aʻe ma ka hale pule ʻo Kawaiahaʻo a ma Kahikolu ma kona ʻāina aloha ʻo 24 Keʻei; a 25 26 ʻOIAI, he mānaleo hope loa ʻo ia no Keʻei, ua aʻo i kona ʻike o ka ʻōlelo, ua unuhi i nā 27 nūpepa me nā palapala, a ua haku mele a ʻo kekahi mele, ʻo “Ke Alaula,” kekahi i loaʻa ka Hōkū 28 Hanohano; a 29 30 ʻOIAI, he kanaka mālama moʻokūʻauhau, he kūʻauhau a he kahu ʻo ia no ka ʻāina o Keʻei 31 me Nāpoʻopoʻo a he haʻi moʻolelo ʻo ia o nā moʻolelo o ia ʻāina kaulana no Kamehameha a me 32 ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi; a 33 34 ʻOIAI, he kumu aʻo kīhōʻalu a me ka pūolo Hawaiʻi ma ka Hālau Mele no ka ʻAhahui 35 Pūolo Hawaiʻi ma ke kula ʻo Kana Lui ma Kalaepōhaku, a he kauleo ʻo ia i nā puʻukani a i nā 36 kumu hula like ʻole; a 37 38 ʻOIAI, ʻo William Panui he lālā kūola a lālā kū mua ho‘i o ka Hui Sīwila Hawai'i ‘o 39 Kuini Pi‘olani a he lālā nō ho‘i ‘o ia o ka ‘Ahahui ‘ōlelo Hawai'i; a 40 41 ʻOIAI, ke waiho nei ʻo ia i hoʻoilina e hoʻomau: ʻo kāna wahine ʻo Namahana; ʻo kona 42 kaikaina ʻo Kunia Kamealoha; ʻo kāna mau keiki i kapa ʻia ai ma luna; nā kani moʻopuna a me 43 nā keiki a me nā moʻopuna hānai a hoʻokama he nui ʻino. 44 45 NO LAILA, E HO‘OHOLO ‘IA E ka ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i e ākoakoa nei ma kona 46 ‘Aha Nui 58 ma Seattle, Washington, I ke kau ʻana o Māhealani ma ka malama ʻo ʻIkuwā, ma

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1 kēia lā o Nowemapa 2017, he ho‘omana‘o kēia iā kupuna William Kalikolehua Pānui a ke 2 ho‘ōho ‘ia aku nei kona ‘ikena piha ola a waiwai ho‘i he kumu nohona Hawai‘i o ko kākou lāhui; 3 a 4 5 NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO HOU ʻIA e ho‘ouna ‘ia aku nēia ‘ōlelo ho‘oholo i ka ‘ohana 6 o William Kalikolehua Pānui i hala, a i ka ‘Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, pēia pū me ke Kiaʻāina o ka 7 Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ka 8 Hale o Nā Luna Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke Kōmike Kuleana Hawai‘i o ka 9 ‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke Kōmike Kuleana Hawai‘i o ka Hale o Nā Luna 10 Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho ‘omalu o Ka Papa Kahu Waiwai o ke Keʻena Kuleana 11 Hawaiʻi, a nā Meia o nā Kalana o Hawai‘i. 12 13 14 INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Piʻolani Hawaiian Civic Club 15 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiaulu (Community Relations Committee) 16 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - G 4 5 HONORING AND REMEMBERING BELOVED KUPUNA AND MĀNALEO AUNTIE 6 VIOLET KIKO SANTIAGO 7 8 WHEREAS, Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, has seen fit to call unto Himself our 9 member Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago of Kalihi Waena, Kona, O‘ahu, who left us to be with our 10 Lord on January 19, 2017 at age 95; and 11 12 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago was born in Kalihi Waena, Kona, O‘ahu on 13 January 9, 1922; and 14 15 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was the last living child, of 22 children born 16 to Joseph Kiko and Mary Kuipua Hukiku and lived in Kalihi Waena, Honolulu; and 17 18 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was married to Uncle Joseph Santiago from 19 Pahala, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi for 72 years; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was the mother of, Florence Rose Lehua 22 Carpentier, Henry Talusa Fao Santiago, Julie Bunny Santiago Oba, and Jovi 23 Keaookalaokamalamalama Santiago; and 24 25 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was the grandmother of six grandchildren and 26 two great-grandchildren, with many nieces and nephews; and 27 28 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, and Uncle Joseph Santiago were devoted and 29 mentored parents to their children, and many nieces and nephews by attending all functions and 30 activities; and 31 32 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, and her husband Uncle Joseph Santiago were 33 active members of the Hawaiian Pentecostal Full Gospel Assembly in Kalihi, Kona, O‘ahu; and 34 35 WHEREAS, it is believed that Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago was the last mānaleo (Native 36 speaker of the Hawaiian Language) from Kalihi Waena, Kona, O‘ahu; and 37 38 WHEREAS, Mamo Aloha Violet Kiko Santiago, was a life member of the Honolulu 39 Chapter of the Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i, ‘Ahahui Po‘o, Helu ‘Ekahi since March 4, 1951, 40 making her a member in good standing for nearly 65 years; and 41 42 WHEREAS, the Kuini Pi‘olani Hawaiian Civic Club, during the year of our Lord 2017, 43 suffered with deep sorrow the passing of our beloved member, who was a faithful and 44 outstanding member during her years of service since October 2006; and 45 46 WHEREAS, Auntie Violet was also a life member of the ‘Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai`i.

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1 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 3 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 4 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring and remembering beloved kupuna and 5 mānaleo Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago; and 6 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be given to her 8 son Henry Santiago on behalf of his siblings, to Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i, ‘Ahahui Po‘o, Helu 9 ‘Ekahi, her niece Kealoha Ballesteros, the ‘Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, Hawaiian Pentecostal Full 10 Gospel Assembly, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, 11 Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian 12 Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, 13 Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 14 15 16 INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Pi‘olani Hawaiian Civic Club 17 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 18 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - H 4 5 HONORING EARL NATHAN BELL, LONG-STANDING MEMBER OF THE WAIMEA 6 HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB, FOR HIS YEARS OF DEVOTION, PARTICIPATION AND 7 SUPPORT OF THE WAIMEA HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB 8 9 WHEREAS, Earl Nathan Bell was born to Sam and Mary Bell in Waimea, Hawaiʻi in 10 1940; and 11 12 WHEREAS, during his lifetime, Earl Bell was a very strong, active and devoted member 13 of the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club; and 14 15 WHEREAS, Earl Bell, along with his mother, Mary Bell, also a life-time member of the 16 Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, was a member of the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club choir and was 17 active in events involving the choir, including numerous ʻAha Mele competitions of the 18 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; and 19 20 WHEREAS, during his lifetime, Earl Bell was also a member of the Imiola 21 Congregational Church where he was a long-time member of the church choir and sang as a 22 tenor; and 23 24 WHEREAS, along with his mother, Mary Bell, Earl Bell used his vocal talents to 25 entertain at community events and for patients at the local hospitals and numerous sister 26 churches of the United Church of Christ on Hawaiʻi Island; and 27 28 WHEREAS, Earl Nathan Bell, keiki o ka ʻāina, passed into, and now rejoices in, eternity 29 with His Savior Jesus Christ at the age of 77 on April 13, 2017; 30 31 WHEREAS, Earl Nathan Bell’s music and song will be remembered fondly and missed 32 by his ‘ohana in the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, Imiola Congregational Church and Waimea 33 community; and 34 35 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 36 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 37 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring Earl Nathan Bell, long-standing member of 38 the Waimea of Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, for his years of devotion, participation and support 39 of the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, and 40 41 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 42 Genesis Bell, the brother of Earl Nathan Bell, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 43 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State 44 Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 45 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 46 and all County Mayors.

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-I 4 5 CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF VIVIAN MAE VILLAMIL MOKU 6 7 WHEREAS, Vivian Mae Villamil Moku was born May 31, 1935, and she grew up as the 8 daughter of Filipino migrant farmers (mahi‘ai) who settled in the community of Pahoa, Hawai‘i 9 since the 1920’s where her father, who always stressed the value of an education, was a manager 10 (luna) in the sugarcane industry until he retired; and 11 12 WHEREAS, growing up in Pāhoa, Vivian had many chores and harvested, cleaned and 13 cooked from the garden, the one pot meals that fed her large family of eleven: three 14 grandparents, mother, father, and seven siblings; and 15 16 WHEREAS, Vivian embraced both social and academic responsibilities and her familial 17 obligations, and at age 17, she was a cheerleader, very popular and she caught the eye of a newly 18 hired teacher at her school, Harris Moku; and 19 20 WHEREAS, Vivian and Harris married soon after her graduation and began their family, 21 and a couple of years after, Harris had an opportunity to be a football coach at his alma mater in 22 North Kohala, so they moved; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the Mokus had three children: Robbie (Butchie) Jr., Samuel and LiAnne; 25 and 26 27 WHEREAS, Vivian is preceded in death by her daughter LiAnne, her husband Harris and 28 her son Samuel; and 29 30 WHEREAS, Vivian and her children would attend church every Sunday and Harris soon 31 followed; and 32 33 WHEREAS, Mrs. Moku, as she was known respectfully, would substitute teach at 34 Kohala High and Elementary School and soon became active in sports, and other community 35 activities, especially May Day and any event with hula and singing; and 36 37 WHEREAS, Mrs. Moku, was an early cultural advisor with her sister-in-law (Harris’s 38 sister), Kumu Margaret Tablit of Niuli‘i, Kohala, Hawai‘i, and the Mokus were early members of 39 the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club, and were honorary members in our current club, and they were 40 both active in the Kohala Senior Citizens, and well respected for their knowledge of Kohala; and 41 42 WHEREAS, she passed to eternal life on March 25, 2017, and she is survived by a son 43 Robbie Butchie Moku, two brothers Abraham and Rudolph, one sister, Lillian, and four 44 granddaughters, one grandson, and five great-grandchildren. 45

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 2 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, celebrating the life of Vivian Mae Villamil Moku; 4 and 5 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 7 the Family of Vivian Mae Villamil Moku, the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the 8 Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 9 Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 10 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 11 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 12 13 14 INTRODUCED BY: Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club 15 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 16 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - J 4 5 REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAR KUPUNA 6 VERNA MAE KAWAI‘ULA AKO BRANCO 7 8 WHEREAS, Almighty God in his infinite wisdom, has seen fit to call unto Himself our 9 beloved member from her earthly bounds; and 10 11 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Kawai‘ula Ako Branco, or “Kawai” as we fondly referred to her, 12 was born on August 29, 1935, in Hilo, Hawai‘i, and was raised on Kukaiau Ranch; and 13 14 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco passed away on May 21, 2017, at the age of 81 years; 15 and 16 17 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was married to the late Robert “Skippy” Francis Branco, 18 Sr. who passed away in March 2010, and together had seven children, three sons, Robert, Jr., 19 Michael, and James, four daughters, Verna Gale, Lola Ann, Anna Rose, and Charlotte Marella, 20 and twenty-five grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and 21 22 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco is an alumnus of the class of 1953 of the Kamehameha 23 Schools for Girls and also a member of Hui Kumulipo, and her classmates were a source of joy 24 to her; and 25 26 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco served as an active member in excellent standing of the 27 Hawaiian Civic Club of Laupāhoehoe since becoming a member in November 2011; and 28 29 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was also a member of the ‘Ahahui Hale O Nā Ali‘i O 30 Hawai‘i, Hālau O Kalākaua, Inc., Helu ‘Elua since becoming a member of the Hālau ‘Ohana in 31 April 1991, serving in various ranks as an officer from 1995 through her retirement in 2006 at 32 which time she was elevated to the rank of Hālau Papa Ali‘i (Distinguished Service United) and 33 presented with her respective ahu of Hālau O Kalākaua, Inc.; and 34 35 WHEREAS, in addition to her assigned responsibilities as a member of the ‘Ahahui Hale 36 O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i Hālau O Kalākaua, Inc, Helu ‘Elua, she played an important part in 37 assisting with the coordinating of conventions as a member on multiple convention committees 38 and in her capacity as a delegate; and 39 40 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was an active member of the Hilo Community, retiring 41 as CPR District Coordinator for the Hawaiian Studies Kupuna Component and other Hawaiian 42 Studies positions with the Department of Education; and 43 44 WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was an active and devout member of St. Joseph Catholic 45 Church in Hilo, Hawai‘i.

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 2 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering and honoring the memory of our dear 4 kupuna Verna Mae Kawai‘ula Ako Branco; and 5 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 7 the Branco ‘Ohana, President Lucille Chung of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Laupāhoehoe, as 8 well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 9 House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 10 the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board 11 of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 12 13 14 INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Laupāhoehoe 15 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 16 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-K 4 5 REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF REBECCA TABADISTO 6 7 WHEREAS, Rebecca Tabadisto, fondly known as Aunty Becky by all who knew her, 8 was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i on September 2, 1927, the middle child of five siblings, the 9 daughter of Margaret and David Edrozo; and 10 11 WHEREAS, as David Edrozo served in the U. S. Navy, the Edrozo ‘ohana received new 12 orders to San Diego in 1935 where the family continued to grow and where they choose to 13 remain; and 14 15 WHEREAS, Aunty Becky emulated the Aloha spirit Tutu Margaret modeled and lived 16 daily in her life sharing it with all welcomed into their home; and 17 18 WHEREAS, this life style extended beyond the boundaries of their home to include local 19 neighborhood families and to the needy of San Diego; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Aunty Becky found the love of her life in Uncle Cliff Tabadisto for fifty- 22 four years, and in their three children, Tab, Karen, and Kathryn; and 23 24 WHEREAS, Aunty Becky kept alive the Hawaiian way, culture, and rich heritage with 25 her children; and 26 27 WHEREAS, Aunty Becky continued the joyfulness, generosity and love given to her by 28 Tutu Margaret not only with her growing family but also her extended neighborhood family; and 29 30 WHEREAS, Aunty Becky understood and lived the life of a civically engaged individual 31 and servant of others by volunteering to serve the homeless of San Diego at the Vincent DePaul 32 Center and later at Father Joe’s Village sharing her talents as a cook as well as often times giving 33 the shirt off her back; and 34 35 WHEREAS, Aunty Becky never tired of giving back to the Native Hawaiian community 36 through her membership and involvement in the activities of Hui O Hawaiʻi of San Diego and 37 ‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O San Diego. 38 39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 40 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 41 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering and honoring the life of Rebecca 42 Tabadisto; and 43 44 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a moment of silent be held by the house of delegates 45 at the 58th Annual Convention to honor Rebecca Tabadisto; and 46

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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 2 members of the Tabadisto ‘Ohana, Hui O Hawai‘i of San Diego, ‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O San 3 Diego, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of 4 the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, 5 Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 6 the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 7 8 9 INTRODUCED BY: ‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O San Diego 10 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 11 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - L 4 5 HONORING THE MEMORY OF AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONTRIBUTIONS 6 OF ELIZABETH JEAN PIENA 7 8 WHEREAS, Jean was born on August 19, 1935, in Pu‘unēnē, ; and 9 10 WHEREAS, Jean was the daughter of Peter Kaikiohua Piena and Mabel Kam Tai 11 Ching; and 12 13 WHEREAS, Jean was one of eight children, and her siblings were Peter Makia Piena, 14 Ralph Piena, William Randolph Piena, Carl Rodney Piena, Harold Piena, Clarence Piena, and 15 Eunice Piena Kasaoka; and 16 17 WHEREAS, Jean moved to Lāna‘i and attended Lāna‘i schools from kindergarten to 18 her sophomore year of high school, until Jean’s father, Peter, transferred with Hawaiian Pine in 19 1951 and moved his family to Whitmore City, near Wahiawa, O‘ahu; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Jean attended and graduated from Leilehua High School in 1952, but always 22 returned to Lāna‘i High School for 1952 class reunions, too; and 23 24 WHEREAS, in 1958, Jean’s mother accepted a job with Queen’s Hospital as a 25 telephone operator and the family moved to and lived at 1449 Bernice Street in Honolulu; and 26 27 WHEREAS, Jean was a faithful Mormon of the Church of Jesus Christ of 28 Latter-day Saints, and Jean was a choir member, leader of the Young Women’s Program, and 29 member of the Relief Society; and 30 31 WHEREAS, Jean worked as a clerk at Union Oil of California and Diamond Head Health 32 Center, and later Jean was also a travel agent and took her mom Mabel to places like Alaska and 33 Las Vegas, and then Jean sold a lot of burial plots for Hawaiian Memorial, where her body rests 34 today, she retired as a clerk for the State of Hawai‘i; and 35 36 WHEREAS, Jean was an active supporter and dedicated member of the Queen Emma 37 Hawaiian Civic Club since she joined on November 28, 1990, and was a lifetime member for 38 over 26 years; and 39 40 WHEREAS, Jean was a Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club Board Member, Choir 41 Member, Scholarship Committee Member, a delegate and alternate delegate member to the 42 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs conventions and attended all the conventions until 2016; 43 and 44 45 WHEREAS, Jean enjoyed socializing at all the Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club’s 46 functions such as the Christmas parties, scholarship lū‘au, Aliʻi Sundays at Kawaiahaʻo Church,

1 1 Queen Emma’s, Kamehameha IV’s, and Prince Albert’s birthdays at Mauna ‘Ala, at Queen’s 2 Medical Center, and Cathedral of St. Andrew’s, as well as a participant at the Aloha Week and 3 Prince Kūhiō Day parades and Ho‘olaule‘a and ‘Onipa‘a at the ‘Iolani Palace; and 4 5 WHEREAS, Jean was a wonderful volunteer, gave financial support to the Queen Emma 6 Hawaiian Civic Club and the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints; and 7 8 WHEREAS, Jean was a giving, kind, soft-spoken, generous, funny person who enjoyed 9 laughing, and some of her “Jean-isms” included the word “keke‘e” so often to mean “lolo,” 10 crazy, and stupid that everyone thought that she created her own Hawaiian word, and Jean would 11 always greet every female she met with “Hey, Gorgeous!” which made everyone smile; and 12 13 WHEREAS, Jean was a great cook of “onolicious” foods, such as, her seven-layer jello, 14 Christmas fruit cake, and prune mui crack seed; and 15 16 WHEREAS, Jean was a blessed person, had great integrity, a beautiful character and a 17 warm and gentle smile, and she did fabulous and beautiful needle point and knitted her brothers 18 sweaters; and 19 20 WHEREAS, Auntie Jean was called to be with her Lord, her parents, her siblings, ‘ohana 21 and friends on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. 22 23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 24 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 25 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the memory of and acknowledging the 26 contributions of Elizabeth Jean Piena; and 27 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of the Hawaiian Civic Clubs 29 extends its heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the ‘ohana of Elizabeth Jean Piena and to the 30 members of the Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club; and 31 32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 33 Elizabeth Jean Piena’s brothers Harold Piena and Clarence Piena, her sister Eunice Piena 34 Kasaoka, her niece Michelle Broadhurst, Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the 35 Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 36 Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 37 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 38 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 39 40 41 INTRODUCED BY: Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club 42 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 43 ACTION: ______

2 1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - M 4 5 CONGRATULATING THE GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAI‘I ON ITS 100TH 6 ANNIVERSARY 7 8 WHEREAS, Juliette Gordon Low envisioned an organization that would prepare girls to 9 meet their world with courage, confidence, and character and in March of 1912 Juliette, known 10 as “Daisy” by her family and friends, gathered 18 girls in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia 11 and started the Girl Scout movement; and 12 13 WHEREAS, just five years after Girl Scouting was founded, Florence Lowe, a teacher at 14 the Kamehameha School for Girls, organized the first official Girl Scout troop in the Hawaiian 15 Islands based out of Honolulu which became Troop One; and 16 17 WHEREAS, at that time there was a second group meeting in what is now Kaka‘ako 18 became Troop Two with Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last Hawaiian monarch, as its sponsor; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the Queen promised Troop Two her personal silk Hawaiian flag, which is 21 now proudly displayed in its Honolulu headquarters; and 22 23 WHEREAS, in April of 1919, a group of women gathered at the First Foreign Church in 24 Hilo to implement the Girl Scout program and the Hawaiʻi Island charter was received in June of 25 1919, and Isabel Shaw became the first commissioner and was succeeded by Eva Hendry, who 26 was then followed by Charlotte Whittaker; and 27 28 WHEREAS, in 1920, Clinton Childs, the director of the Alexander House Settlement on 29 Maui, heard about scouting for girls and subsequently, the Maui Girl Scout Council was 30 organized with F.F. Baldwin as the first commissioner, and Maui Council’s campsite in 31 Makawao was a gift from Dwight H. Baldwin and Virginia Wellington Wells in 1962 and 32 dedicated as Camp Piʻiholo; and 33 34 WHEREAS, twice during the history of Girl Scouting on the island, Molokaʻi set up an 35 independent council and twice rejoined its strength with Maui’s and finally in 1924 the island of 36 Molokaʻi joined Maui’s Council; and 37 38 WHEREAS, in 1926, Girl Scouts Hawaii’s first campsite was purchased—five acres of 39 picturesque land on the Pearl City Peninsula, named Camp Haleopua meaning “house of 40 flowers,” and facilitated outdoor programs for 15 years before World War II made it necessary to 41 relinquish the property; and 42 43 WHEREAS, there have been Girl Scout troops on Kauaʻi only since 1933 because first 44 attempts to organize fell through as a result of the war and in 1950, Kaua‘i received its National 45 Charter and Sterling Dunsford was elected Kauaʻi’s president; and 46 1 WHEREAS, Camp Paumalū was donated to the council, courtesy of Hawaiian Pineapple 2 Company in 1951 and in 1954, Camp Kilohana on the Island of Hawai‘i was acquired and 3 continues to serve Girl Scouts; and 4 5 WHEREAS, in 1963, the Girl Scouts in Hawaiʻi changed its name to the Girl Scout 6 Council of the Pacific, Inc. because its jurisdiction was extended to include not only the islands 7 of Hawaiʻi, but additionally Midway and Wake; and 8 9 WHEREAS, in April 1990, membership voted to change the name to the Girl Scout 10 Council of Hawaiʻi to reflect the areas we service, encompassing only those islands that make up 11 the beautiful Aloha state and in March of 2007, changed the name one final time, to make sure to 12 correctly spell Hawaiʻi by employing the Hawaiian diacritical mark known as the ʻokina which 13 acknowledges and honors Girl Scouts’ deeply rooted history in Hawaiʻi; and 14 15 WHEREAS, local artist and distinguished alumnae Peggy Hopper created the beautiful 16 Girl Scout patch in 1989; and 17 18 WHEREAS, also in 1989, Hawaiʻi vocal artist Melinda Caroll composed the song “We 19 Change the World,” which was debuted by Hawaiʻi Girl Scouts singing the song at the 1989 20 Council Meeting, and it immediately became a national theme song for Girl Scouts USA; and 21 22 WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi is the oldest Council west of the Mississippi 23 River and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2017. 24 25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 26 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 27 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, congratulating the Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i on its 100th 28 anniversary; and 29 30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 31 Joanne Arizumi, Chair of the Board of Directors and Shari Chang, Chief Executive Officer of the 32 Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State 33 Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on 34 Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & 35 Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all 36 County Mayors. 37 38 39 INTRODUCED BY: Waikīkī Hawaiian Civic Club 40 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 41 ACTION: ______1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 17 - N 4 5 COMMENDING THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE FOR ITS SUPPORT OF 6 HUI HAWAI‘I O TENESI HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB (HHOTHCC) IN ITS EFFORTS 7 TO PERPETUATE THE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND VALUES WITHIN THE 8 COMMUNITY 9 10 WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has provided Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi 11 Hawaiian Civic Club (HHOTHCC) a room at the Crow Community Center to hold its monthly 12 Board and General Meetings; and 13 14 WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has partnered with HHOTHCC to provide 15 free hula classes for the Crow Community Center members; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has supported HHOTHCC to provide a 18 space within the Crow Community Center to allow for Lei Hulu class and ten-week Pili ‘Ohana 19 health education class available to the community; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has partnered with HHOTHCC for its 22 participation in the city’s annual events such as Market Place; Eggstravaganza; Fright On 23 Franklin; Riverfest; Wounded Warrior Picnic; Movies In The Park and Christmas Parade; and 24 25 WHEREAS, through the partnership with the City of Clarksville, Tennessee, HHOTHCC 26 has become a greater presence in the City of Clarksville and the surrounding communities; and 27 28 WHEREAS, 2018 will commemorate the 10th anniversary of HHOTHCC, and the City of 29 Clarksville has been a strong advocate and supporter this club’s activities since being chartered. 30 31 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 32 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 33 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending the City of Clarksville, Tennessee for 34 its support of Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi Hawaiian Civic Club (HHOTHCC) in its efforts to 35 perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and values within the community; and 36 37 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to 38 the Mayor, City of Clarksville, Tennessee, Director of Parks and Recreations City of Clarksville, 39 Tennessee, Pelekikena Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor of 40 the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 41 Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 42 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 43 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors.

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 – O 4 5 CONGRATULATING THE ‘AHAHUI ‘O LILI‘UOKALANI 6 HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON ITS 40TH YEAR AS A 7 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 8 9 WHEREAS, at the home of -Cockett in Los Angeles, California, in the 10 summer of 1976, a group of friends decided to form a Hawaiian Civic Club; and 11 12 WHEREAS, with the guidance of Kūpuna Uncle Noah and Aunty Maryann Kalama, 13 the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California was formed; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the founding members chose the Queen’s name to establish a connection 16 with the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of in Northern California, 17 Kalākaua being the Queen’s brother; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the club song, “‘O Makalapua” also known as “Ka Maka‘eha” was 20 adopted as the club song, and “‘Onipa‘a” its motto; and 21 22 WHEREAS, in 1977, at the annual convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic 23 Clubs at the Kona Lagoon Hotel on Hawai‘i island, and sponsored by the Prince Kūhiō 24 Hawaiian Civic Club, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 25 California received its charter becoming the second Hawaiian Civic Club chartered outside of 26 the State of Hawai‘i; and 27 28 WHEREAS, in 1977, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 29 California ceremoniously received its charter at its first installation of officers by the 30 president of its sister club, the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco, and 31 presented the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California a portrait 32 of Queen Lili‘uokalani; and 33 34 WHEREAS, in August 1978, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of 35 Southern California participated in the first annual ho‘olaule‘a hosted by the Hawaiian Inter- 36 Club Council of Southern California at Hollywood Park in the San Fernando Valley, and this 37 year, 2017, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California 38 participated in the 39th annual ho‘olaule‘a at Alondra Park in the city of Lawndale, 39 California; and 40 41 WHEREAS, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California 42 throughout its forty-year history, has raised funds to support scholarships for students seeking 43 higher education opportunities, families in distress, the restoration of frames and portraits of 44 Ali‘i at ‘Iolani Palace, and a building fund for the Lili‘uokalani Protestant Church in 45 Hale‘iwa, O‘ahu; and 46 47 WHEREAS, over the years, member families of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani 48 Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California have housed and hosted the Honolulu Boys 49 Choir, the Hawaiian Children’s Choir, the Kamehameha Schools Concert Glee Club, and the 50 Punahou Glee Club; and 1

1 2 WHEREAS, in 1981, in partnership with its sister club, ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian 3 Civic Club of San Francisco, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 4 California hosted the annual convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at the 5 Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California; and 6 7 WHEREAS, the convention in 1981 was the first convention of the Association of 8 Hawaiian Civic Clubs held outside of the State of Hawai‘i with over 1,200 registered 9 delegates in attendance that lasted three days; and 10 11 WHEREAS, the convention in 1981 prompted the strong interest and formation of a 12 third Hawaiian Civic Club in the State of California; and 13 14 WHEREAS, in 1982, Aunty Maryann Kalama, a founder of the ‘Ahahui ‘o 15 Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, founded ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi 16 Hawaiian Civic Club in the County of Orange, California; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the past presidents of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club 19 of Southern California and ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco installed 20 the first officers of ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club; and 21 22 WHEREAS, in 1985, there were three Hawaiian Civic Clubs on the continental 23 United States that included the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 24 California, the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco, and ‘Āinahau o 25 Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club; and 26 27 WHEREAS, in 1987, the annual convention committee of the Association of 28 Hawaiian Civic Clubs, chaired by Toni Lee, with the assistance of Al Pelayo and Wini Smith, 29 both members of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, 30 hosted the convention at the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; and 31 32 WHEREAS, in March 1988, after years of discussions, deliberations and the tireless 33 work of the four Hawaiian Civic Clubs on the continent, the Mainland Council of the 34 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs was chartered at the convention that year, and the new 35 council included the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco, ‘Ahahui ‘o 36 Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian 37 Civic Club, Hui o Hawai‘i o Utah Hawaiian Civic Club, and Po‘e o Colorado Hawaiian Civic 38 Club; and 39 40 WHEREAS, today there are twenty civic clubs across the continent from Alaska to 41 Virginia that comprise the Mainland Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; 42 and 43 44 WHEREAS, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California 45 is the first Hawaiian Civic Club organized and chartered in Southern California, and today 46 there are five Hawaiian Civic Clubs in the State of California chartered by the Association of 47 Hawaiian Civic Clubs; and 48

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1 WHEREAS, the work of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of 2 Southern California remains a priority as the club continues to raise funds for its scholarship 3 program through philanthropic grants and participation in community fundraising events; and 4 5 WHEREAS, the forty plus years of the history of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani 6 Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California is filled with great successes -- too many to 7 include in this resolution as the club continues to be actively involved with the advocacy 8 work of the Mainland Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs. 9 10 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic 11 Clubs at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the 12 rising of Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, congratulating the ‘Ahahui ‘o 13 Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California on its 40th year as a member of the 14 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; and 15 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted 17 to the president of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, 18 the president of the Mainland Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the 19 president of ‘Ainahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, the president of ‘Ahahui Kīwila 20 Hawai‘i o San Diego, the president of Kaha I Ka Panoa Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, the 21 president of Kaleleonalani Hawaiian Civic Club, Lucille da Silva, in care of name, Ahahui 22 Kalakaua Hawaiian Club, Marlene Sai, founding president of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani 23 Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 24 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the 25 State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, 26 Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of 27 Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 28 29 30 INTRODUCED BY: ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California 31 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 32 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - P 4 5 COMMENDING THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION 6 FOR ITS STEADFAST WORK IN PROTECTING NATIVE HAWAIIAN RIGHTS, 7 CUSTOMS, AND PRACTICES 8 9 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation was first established 43 years ago in 10 1974 in response to growing awareness of the social, cultural, health, and economic issues faced 11 by Native Hawaiians; and 12 13 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s board, its lawyers, and its support 14 staff have operated as a tax exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit public interest law firm with a mission 15 “to perpetuate, through legal and other advocacy, the rights, customs and practices that 16 strengthen Native Hawaiian identity and culture”; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s advocacy efforts have heightened 19 an awareness and an understanding of the role that Native Hawaiian customs, traditions, and 20 ways of knowing play in forming the foundation upon which Hawai‘i’s constitution, laws, and 21 judicial opinions are based; and 22 23 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation protects and defends Native 24 Hawaiians’ rights to their traditional ancestral and kuleana lands in the face of powerful and 25 affluent economic interests in quiet title, partition, and adverse possession lawsuits and legal 26 proceedings; and 27 28 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation has championed the rights of 29 Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands trust to be awarded homestead leases under 30 the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act and to assure that the provisions of the Hawai‘i 31 constitution that “sufficient sums” shall be made available by the Hawai‘i State Legislature to 32 accomplish the purposes of the Act are in fact provided; and 33 34 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation protects and defends the rights of 35 Native Hawaiians to practice their traditional and cultural ways including accessing, caring for, 36 and gathering the resources necessary to maintain their health, their cultural identity, and their 37 connection to the ‘āina; and 38 39 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation has defended, protected, and 40 assisted Hawaiian communities to reestablish the return of life-giving water to streams and 41 communities to mālama ‘āina, to reestablish kalo cultivation and the health of these communities 42 and traditional watersheds, and to ensure that the provisions of the Hawai‘i constitution, state 43 statues, including the Hawai‘i Water Code, which characterize the use of fresh water as a public 44 trust, will be honored and given full force and effect as intended by the people and their elected 45 representatives when they created these documents; and

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1 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation has protected the rights of Native 2 Hawaiian individuals and families under state and federal laws to ensure that the sanctity, repose, 3 and reverence of their Native Hawaiian ancestors’ human remains and to guarantee that these 4 remains will be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect when threatened with being 5 disinterred, unearthed or destroyed; and 6 7 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation is committed to protecting the rights 8 of Native Hawaiians to speak and learn in their Native Hawaiian language and to practice their 9 Native Hawaiian traditions, culture, and religion as a means to support, maintain and foster their 10 collective Hawaiian identity; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation represents Native Hawaiians 13 regardless of their financial means or their ability to pay, which creates a need for it to obtain 14 funding from large governmental organizations such as the State of Hawai‘i and the Office of 15 Hawaiian Affairs; and 16 17 WHEREAS, on occasion, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, on behalf of its 18 clients, have had to oppose actions by these funders to advance justice and compliance with 19 Hawai‘i state laws; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s legal representation of Native 22 Hawaiians and their rights and interests is a key ingredient in protecting Hawaiian culture, 23 traditions, and values and in ensuring that the Hawai‘i of the future is in fidelity with the host 24 culture of the indigenous people of Hawai‘i, Native Hawaiians. 25 26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 27 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 28 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation 29 for its steadfast work in protecting Native Hawaiian rights, customs, and practices; and 30 31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 32 acknowledges a responsibility to support and encourage the continuation of the Native Hawaiian 33 Legal Corporation’s advocacy of Native Hawaiians, their rights, and their interests; and 34 35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 36 acknowledges and appreciates the funding by the State of Hawai‘i, the Office of Hawaiian 37 Affairs, and others, and encourages continued and increased appropriations for Native Hawaiian 38 legal services; and 39 40 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 41 the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 42 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State 43 Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 44 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 45 and all County Mayors. 46

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - Q 4 5 HONORING THE HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF HONOLULU ON THE CENTENNIAL 6 OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT 7 8 WHEREAS, in 1918, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu was established by Prince 9 Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole and a group of his cohorts who recognized the need for an 10 organization to act as advocates for, and to improve the lot, of the native Hawaiian people; and 11 12 WHEREAS, at that time it had been only twenty years since annexation and Native 13 Hawaiians were still trying to adjust to life under the United States, the loss of their sovereign 14 nation and a new form of democratic government; and 15 16 WHEREAS, in 1902, Prince Kūhiō was elected as Hawai‘i’s second Delegate to the U. S. 17 Congress, and in Washington observed the distribution of government lands under the U. S. 18 Homestead Act and saw the potential of such a law for Hawai‘i; and 19 20 WHEREAS, along with other Hawaiian leaders, Prince Kūhiō recognized that Native 21 Hawaiians were going through a very difficult period of adjustment after losing their nation, their 22 lands, their way of life; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the possibility of a homestead program for Hawaiians offered hope as a 25 means of rehabilitation for his people and he set out to bring such a program to fruition; and 26 27 WHEREAS, Prince Kūhiō understood that there was a need for support for a Hawaiian 28 homestead program and with a determined group of Hawaiian leaders organized the first 29 Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu in 1918; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu was the first of five councils and 32 sixty-seven clubs to follow, all working toward the goal of improving life for Native Hawaiians; 33 and 34 35 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu continues to thrive and serve as a 36 leader within the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs that was created in 1959 to facilitate the 37 goals and objectives of bettering the conditions of Native Hawaiians. 38 39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 40 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 41 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu on 42 the centennial of its establishment; and 43 44 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 45 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 46 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State

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1 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 2 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 3 4 5 INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pilina Aupuni (Government Relations Committee) 6 REFFERED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 7 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - R 4 5 URGING THE HAWAIʻI STATE LEGISLATURE TO AUTHORIZE A HALF A 6 PERCENT SURCHARGE ON THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX IN PERPETUITY FOR 7 THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION AND 8 MAINTENANCE OF THE HONOLULU HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR 9 PROJECT AND SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS IN PURSUIT OF A MODERN 10 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE ISLAND OF OʻAHU 11 12 WHEREAS, the people of the City and County of Honolulu voted to create a rail transit 13 system (“Rail”) in 2008; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the current rail project is the culmination of generations of community and 16 governmental efforts to modernize Oʻahu’s transportation system with rail since the first rail was 17 created in the in 1857 and the Honolulu Rapid Transit board was established 18 in 1967; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the Rail is a necessary component of a modern transportation system for the 21 island of Oʻahu; and 22 23 WHEREAS, a modern transportation system provides tangible societal benefits including 24 reduction of transportation pollution (mālama ʻāina), transportation alternatives and traffic 25 congestion relief (mālama ʻohana), and economic development opportunities, including through 26 public-private partnerships (hoʻōla); and 27 28 WHEREAS, the first leg of the Rail is called the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit 29 Corridor Project or Honolulu Rail Transit Project, at 20-miles and 21-stations from East Kapolei 30 to Ala Moana; and 31 32 WHEREAS, the Honolulu Rail Transit Project has created and fosters thousands of jobs 33 in construction, engineering, and professional services employing many local residents, 34 including Native Hawaiians; and 35 36 WHEREAS, the Rail provides the backbone for transit-oriented development projects, 37 including opportunities for small businesses; workforce and affordable housing developments; 38 the development of a second city center; and high-capacity residential corridors, which together 39 will increase local employment, wealth generation capability, and housing inventory for 40 residents, and empower Native Hawaiians to be able to afford homes on Oʻahu; and 41 42 WHEREAS, a modern transportation system will significantly improve the quality of life 43 for residents of Oʻahu, especially those living in West Oʻahu by affording more time with loved 44 ones and in recreation rather than in traffic; and

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1 WHEREAS, a modern transportation system is essential to Oʻahu’s ability to sustainably 2 transport increasing visitor loads while preserving the pristine ecologies that draw the 3 economically vital tourism industry to the island; and 4 5 WHEREAS, successful transportation projects, and rail projects in particular, across the 6 United States have acquired firm funding via a dedicated tax base; and 7 8 WHEREAS, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation estimates that the total 9 construction cost for the first leg of Rail at $8.165 billion, exclusive of the financing costs; and 10 11 WHEREAS, the current rail project costs prior to financing currently conform to the 12 predictions of the study done by the State Department of Transportation which estimated the 13 costs to be between $6.8 billion and $9.8 billion; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the U. S. federal government has pledged $1.55 billion to help build the 16 Honolulu Rail Transit Project, but a lack of a firm funding source could require Honolulu to 17 return the $722 million in federal funds already spent; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Hawaiʻi’s General Excise Tax (GET) is the tax with the broadest base of 20 any state sales tax and tied with several others across the nation for the lowest rate; and 21 22 WHEREAS, about thirty-eight percent of the GET is borne by nonresidents, while only 23 about twenty-three percent of the Individual Income Tax is shifted to nonresidents; and 24 25 WHEREAS, since 2007, the one-half percent GET surcharge has been, and will continue 26 to be, collected only in the City and County of Honolulu; and 27 28 WHEREAS, a firm funding source through a GET surcharge extension will allow the 29 completion of the first leg of the Rail to Ala Moana and also provide resources for additional 30 lines, including to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Central Oʻahu, and Makaha; and 31 32 WHEREAS, supporting Rail as part of a modern transportation system for the island of 33 Oʻahu through firm funding via the GET is an expression of our local values of kuleana, to leave 34 Hawaiʻi better for the next generation, malama ʻāina, to take care of the land through minimizing 35 the effects of our collective transportation, malama ʻohana, to take care of our families by 36 increasing their quality of life and allowing them to spend time with loved ones instead of in 37 traffic, and hoʻola, to imbue life into our communities by providing new economic opportunities. 38 39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 40 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 41 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to authorize a 42 half a percent surcharge on the General Excise Tax in perpetuity for the City and County of 43 Honolulu to fund the construction and maintenance of the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit 44 Corridor Project and subsequent projects in pursuit of a modern transportation system for the 45 island of Oʻahu; and

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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 2 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 3 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Chair of the State 4 House Committee on Finance, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair 5 of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the 6 Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, City & County Mayor of Honolulu, and all 7 county mayors. 8 9 10 INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhehewa (O‘ahu Council) 11 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Aupuni (Government Relations Committee) 12 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - S 4 5 SUPPORTING THE CALLING OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE 6 STATE OF HAWAIʻI 7 8 WHEREAS, the purpose of the Hawaiʻi State Constitution is to provide for Hawaiʻi’s 9 state system of government, the pono operation of our Hawaiʻi state society, and a vision of a 10 flourishing Hawaiʻi; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Constitution must provide for how our state society 13 operates in all areas not clarified as being part of the federal system of states of the United States 14 of America; and 15 16 WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Constitution can be used to inspire a vision of a 17 flourishing Hawaiʻi for all, founded and supported by the host culture of Native Hawaiians; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the last Constitutional Convention for Hawai‘i took place in 1978, where the 20 Native Hawaiian community played an active and integral role in affirming some of the most 21 advanced rights for indigenous peoples in the world at the time; and 22 23 WHEREAS, the 1978 Convention also enshrined elements of pono government, 24 including term limits for the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, successfully 25 removed significant political influence from the state’s judicial selection processes, provided a 26 requirement for an annual balanced budget, laid the groundwork for the return of federal land 27 such as the island of Kahoʻolawe, and created the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as a co-equal 28 branch of state government; and 29 30 WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian residents of the State have kuleana to build upon the gains 31 in Native Hawaiian rights established by the 1978 Convention for the betterment of Native 32 Hawaiians and all Hawaiʻi; and 33 34 WHEREAS, major Native Hawaiian initiatives such as bringing our family home, 35 housing, health care, eldercare, reintegrating our incarcerated into our communities, Hawaiian 36 culture based education, perpetuating ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the return of and accounting for all lands 37 held in trust for the Native Hawaiians, and a pono protocol for the state’s interaction with a 38 Native Hawaiian governing entity can be better realized through a Constitutional Convention; 39 and 40 WHEREAS, in 2018 the electorate shall be asked whether or not a Constitutional 41 Convention shall be held in keeping with Article XVII, Section 2; and 42 43 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 44 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 45 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, supporting the calling of a constitutional convention 46 for the State of Hawaiʻi; and

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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 2 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 3 of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chair of the State Senate 4 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 5 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 6 and all County Mayors. 7 8 9 INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (O‘ahu Council) 10 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Aupuni (Government Relations Committee) 11 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - T 4 5 ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE FINAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND 6 PROCEDURE, STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 7 RESOURCES, ‘AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REVIEWED AND ADOPTED 8 AT THE MEETING OF THE ‘AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE HELD AT THE 9 BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD ROOM ON 10 OCTOBER 20, 2016 11 12 WHEREAS, the ‘Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC) reviewed and approved by 13 majority vote (six for, one against, one excused) the rules of practice and procedure at a 14 scheduled meeting on October 20, 2016, at the Board of Land and Natural Resources board 15 room; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the AMAC meeting was held after the final date for resolution submission 18 to the AHCC resolutions committee for 2016; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the action taken at the AMAC meeting is important for the longevity and 21 permanence of the AMAC; and 22 23 WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution 55 in 2015 requested the ‘Aha Moku advisory 24 committee to engage stakeholders in order to develop and adopt rules for its operation and 25 administration, asked the AMAC to develop and establish rules of practice and procedure, and, 26 with assistance from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 27 and Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, engage stakeholders to develop and adopt rules for its 28 operation and administration and report back to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to 29 the convening of the Regular Session of the Hawai‘i State Legislatures in 2016; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the AMAC requested and received an extension to the Regular Session of 32 2017 to carry out the requirements of this Senate Concurrent Resolution; and 33 34 WHEREAS, the AMAC, at its July 20, 2016 meeting, could not reach agreement on the 35 rules packages and all of the recommendations submitted since the adoption of Senate 36 Concurrent Resolution 55 in 2015, and created a committee to work on and develop rules of 37 practices and procedures package from recommendations from its constituents; and 38 39 WHEREAS, the rules committee created by the AMAC, returned with a comprehensive 40 package of rules of operations and procedures, with approval of participating constituents; and 41 42 WHEREAS, approval of the practices and procedures was on the agenda at a properly 43 noticed public meeting of the AMAC; and

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1 WHEREAS, the AMAC approved the final rules of practices and procedures at the 2 October 20, 2016 meeting; and 3 4 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported, and continues to 5 support, the ‘Aha Moku system since 2006; and 6 7 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported the ‘Aha Kī‘ole 8 Advisory Committee (by authority of Act 212, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2007) which was 9 established to advise the Hawai‘i State Legislature on the best practices of traditional 10 management in 2007, with a term ended in 2009 after reporting on the best practices of 11 traditional management of Hawaiʻi’s natural and cultural resources, the ‘Aha Moku system of the 12 traditional natural resource management; and 13 14 WHEREAS, the ‘Aha Kī‘ole Advisory Committee was appointed by the governor from a 15 list of nominations submitted by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and 16 17 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported the creation of the ‘Aha 18 Moku Advisory Committee in 2012 (by authority of Act 288, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2012); 19 and 20 21 WHEREAS, Act 288 (2012) recognized the ‘Aha Moku system as the system of best 22 practices for the management of natural and cultural resources in Hawai‘i; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the current AMAC members were appointed from a list of nominations 25 submitted by the ‘Aha Moku Councils of each island, councils in which many Hawaiian Civic 26 Club members participate; and 27 28 WHEREAS, the AMAC has operated without any rules and operating procedures since 29 2013 taking actions that may have left the AMAC vulnerable to legal challenge; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the establishment of rules, practices and operating procedures will 32 contribute to the longevity and permanence of the AMAC; and 33 34 WHEREAS, the AMAC is an important organization with the potential to improve 35 Hawaiʻi’s environment and preserve our cultural and natural resources for a long into the future. 36 37 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 38 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 39 Māhealani on this 4th day of November 2017, endorsing and supporting the Final Rules of 40 Practice and Procedure, Department of Land and Natural Resources, ‘Aha Moku Advisory 41 Committee, reviewed and adopted at the meeting of the ‘Aha Moku Advisory Committee held at 42 the Board of Land and Natural Resources board room on October 20, 2016; and\ 43

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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 2 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 3 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 4 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 5 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 6 7 8 INTRODUCED BY: Maunalua Hawaiian Civic Club 9 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Aupuni (Government Relations Committee) 10 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017- U 4 5 URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO RENAME THE CAPTAIN COOK 6 POST OFFICE ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND (MOKU O KEAWE) THE KA‘AWALOA POST 7 OFFICE 8 9 WHEREAS, in early 1900, the U.S. Postal Service began establishing numerous offices 10 throughout the Hawaiian Islands; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the long-established and traditionally named ahupua‘a had been routinely 13 disregarded; and 14 15 WHEREAS, in 1916, the name of the Captain Cook Post Office was proposed by an 16 employee of the Captain Cook Coffee Company; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the U.S. Census Bureau further institutionalized the name by establishing 19 the area known as Captain Cook as a “census designated place”; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Captain Cook has been adequately memorialized at Kealakekua Bay, 22 throughout the South Pacific and in Europe; and 23 24 WHEREAS, Hawai‘i’s place names should reflect our cultural heritage and its historical 25 and geographical integrity; and 26 27 WHEREAS, kupuna, past and present, recognize the area where the Captain Cook Post 28 Office is located as Ka‘awaloa. 29 30 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 31 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 32 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the United States Congress to rename the 33 Captain Cook Post Office on Hawai‘i Island (Moku O Keawe) the Ka‘awaloa Post Office; and 34 35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 36 U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa, 37 U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan, as well as 38 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 39 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 40 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 41 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 42 43 44 INTRODUCED BY: Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club of Kona 45 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Aupuni (Government Relations Committee) 46 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - V 4 5 ACKNOWLEDGING THE PLIGHT OF COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 6 IMMIGRANTS AND SUPPORTING APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO RIGHT THE 7 INJUSTICES THAT ARE BEING SUFFERED BY THESE CITIZENS 8 9 WHEREAS, shortly after World War II the United States assumed administration of the 10 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under a United Nations strategic trusteeship that provided 11 for United States control over development of the islands’ economies and international relations 12 and for United States military access to territory within the islands; and 13 14 WHEREAS, the United States was allowed by the United Nations to treat the Pacific 15 Islands as a strategic trust territory, and the United States Atomic Energy Commission 16 established the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands, where 67 atmospheric nuclear 17 weapons were tested between 1946 and 1958; and 18 19 WHEREAS, some of the testing in the trustee territories caused nuclear fallout on a 20 number of the islands, including several that were inhabited; and 21 22 WHEREAS, many residents of islands that were in the vicinity of the nuclear weapons 23 test proving grounds and their descendants continue to exhibit medical conditions that may have 24 resulted from exposure to the nuclear fallout that occurred and is still measurable on some 25 islands; and 26 27 WHEREAS, the area formerly known as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands now 28 includes three groups of islands that became the independent sovereign nations of the Republic 29 of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, and are 30 known as the Compact of Free Association (COFA) islands; and 31 32 WHEREAS, since the COFA treaties came into effect in 1986, citizens of the COFA 33 islands have moved to the United States for education, work opportunities and health care 34 because stagnant island economies have made it difficult for residents to find jobs, obtain a good 35 education or receive appropriate medical care; and 36 37 WHEREAS, because of the unique relationship that has existed between the three COFA 38 nations and the United States, the COFA treaties allowed island citizens to enter the United 39 States without visas to study, live, work and initially, access to driver licenses and health care 40 services; and 41 42 WHEREAS, COFA citizens while residing in the United States have contributed to the 43 work force and have paid taxes as well as Medicare benefits to the State and Federal 44 governments for pay received; and 45

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1 WHEREAS, with the signing into law of the Personal Responsibility and Work 2 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), considered to be a major welfare reform, 3 the United States inadvertently removed Medicaid funding from States for COFA citizens 4 originally promised through the 1986 treaty; and 5 6 WHEREAS, while the United States retains a strong military and economic presence in 7 the COFA islands, some state governments have had to reduce some benefits, including access to 8 medical coverage and driver licenses, for which COFA islanders residing in the United States 9 have historically been eligible; and 10 11 WHEREAS, the State of Hawai‘i along with other states where COFA citizens reside 12 have provided health care for them without the benefit of Medicaid funding from the federal 13 government because it was the pono thing to do; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Honolulu Civil Beat newspaper has developed a series of articles 16 recognizing the plight of COFA citizens now residing in Hawai‘i educating its readers on the 17 discrimination experienced by these citizens, youth and elders alike; and 18 19 WHEREAS, since 2007, the Hawai‘i congressional delegation members have tirelessly 20 worked to introduce bills to correct the injustices suffered by COFA citizens; and 21 22 WHEREAS, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, on June 21, 2017, introduced the Covering Our 23 FAS Allies Act (COFA Act) in the U. S. Senate and U. S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa 24 introduced companion legislation in the U. S. House of Representatives to restore access to 25 federal health care programs, including Medicaid eligibility; and 26 27 WHEREAS. the COFA Act is co-sponsored by U. S. Senator Brian Schatz in the U. S. 28 Senate, and by U. S. Representatives Tulsi Gabbard, Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico), 29 Raul Grijalva (Arizona), Madeleine Bordallo (Guam), and Keith Ellison (Minnesota) in the U. S. 30 House of Representatives. 31 32 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 33 its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 34 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, acknowledging the plight of Compact of Free 35 Association immigrants and supporting appropriate actions to right the injustices that are being 36 suffered by these citizens; and 37 38 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 39 all members of the Hawai‘i Congressional Delegation, Asian Pacific Islander American Health 40 Forum (APIAHF), President COFA Alliance National Network (CANN), and Mainland Council 41 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President 42 of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 43 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 44 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 45 and all County Mayors. 46

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - W 4 5 URGING THE HAWAIʻI STATE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE 6 OF HAWAIʻI TO PROVIDE THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS WITH THE 7 FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL FOR ALL EXCESS REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE 8 STATE OF HAWAIʻI 9 10 WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi, established 11 the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to hold title to “all the real and personal property now or 12 hereafter set aside or conveyed to it which shall be held in trust for native Hawaiians and 13 Hawaiians,” and established a board of trustees; and 14 15 WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi further 16 delineated the powers for the board of trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, including “to 17 exercise control over real and personal property set aside by state, federal or private sources 18 transferred to the board for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians;” and 19 20 WHEREAS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs currently owns approximately 28,000 acres 21 in Waimea Valley (1,800 acres), Wao Kele o Puna (25,856 acres), Pahua Heiau (1.15 acres), 22 Kakaʻako Makai (30.7 acres), Kekaha Armory (1.46 acres - lease), Kūkaniloko (511 acres), Na 23 Lama Kukui (183,000 square foot commercial property and 4.98 acres), Palauea Cultural 24 Preserve (20.7 acres), and Waialua Courthouse (1.06 acres - lease); and co-manages 25 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (139,797 square miles); and 26 27 WHEREAS, under Public Law 103-150, the Apology Resolution, the U. S. Congress 28 acknowledged that in 1898, through the federal Newlands Resolution, the self-declared Republic 29 of Hawaiʻi ceded 1.8 million acres of crown, government, and public lands of the Kingdom of 30 Hawaiʻi, without the consent of or compensation to the Native Hawaiian people of Hawaiʻi or 31 their sovereign government, to the United States; and 32 33 WHEREAS, Native Hawaiians assert claim over these 1.8 million acres of lands, the 34 majority of which were transferred back to the State of Hawaiʻi under the Admission Act in 1959 35 as part of the Hawaiian Home Lands trust administered by the Department of Hawaiian Home 36 Lands and the public lands trust administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources; 37 and 38 39 WHEREAS, OHA’s mission to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians and its 40 authority to hold lands in trust for Native Hawaiians aligns with the call by Native Hawaiians to 41 stem the loss or depletion of the lands initially transferred to the United States under the 42 Newlands Resolution; and 43 44 WHERAS, the State of Hawaiʻi is the largest landowner in the State of Hawaiʻi with at 45 least 1.3 million acres of land; and 46

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1 WHEREAS, given that the State of Hawaiʻi comprises only 4 million acres of land, 2 Hawaiʻi’s complex land tenure system, scarcity of available land, high cost of living, and high 3 percentage of Native Hawaiian who are homeless, the conditions of Native Hawaiians through 4 the increase and preservation of lands into public trust for their benefit will serve the State of 5 Hawaiʻi’s interests. 6 7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 8 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 9 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and Governor of 10 the State of Hawaiʻi provide the Office of Hawaiian Affairs with the first right of refusal for all 11 excess real property within the State of Hawaiʻi; and 12 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 14 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 15 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 16 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 17 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and all County Mayors. 18 19 20 INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (O‘ahu Council) 21 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘oilina Ali‘i (Benefits and Trusts Committee) 22 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 17 - X 4 5 URGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A PLAN 6 TO ASSURE THE SUPPORT OF MAUNA ‘ALA IN PERPETUITY 7 8 WHEREAS, the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla in Nu'uanu, Honolulu, is a 2.7-acre 9 wahi pana of many Hawaiʻi Aliʻi and their confidantes; and 10 11 WHEREAS, under the guidance of the Mauna ʻAla Curator, Kahu William Bishop 12 Kaiheʻekai Maioho, the Department of Land and Natural Resources bears the primary 13 responsibility for the management and maintenance of Mauna ʻAla along with the support of the 14 Estate of , the Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust, the William Charles 15 Trust Estate, the Abigail K. Kawānanakoa Foundation, the Queen’s Health Systems, and the 16 Trust; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the 2.7 acres that are designated as the final resting place for many Aliʻi was 19 purchased by King Kamehameha IV and his wife Queen Emma to serve as the burial grounds for 20 the Hawaiʻi Ali‘i; and 21 22 WHEREAS, the first tomb, the Kamehameha Tomb was constructed by Charles Reed 23 Bishop, who left specific instructions on the care and management of this tomb; and 24 25 WHEREAS, in a cortege escorted by warriors bearing torches, Queen Liliʻuokalani led 26 the caskets that had been interred at Pohukaina on the ʻIolani Palace grounds to Mauna ‘Ala for 27 their final burial; and 28 29 WHEREAS, following the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the Federal government 30 claimed all aliʻi lands as “ceded” to be held in trust to benefit the Hawaiian people and the 31 residents of Hawaiʻi; and 32 33 WHEREAS, today, the Department of Land and Natural Resources claims ownership of 34 Mauna ʻAla for the State of Hawaiʻi; and 35 36 WHEREAS, even today the members of the Aliʻi Trusts, the Royal Societies, and the 37 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs maintain a sense of loyalty and responsibility to Mauna 38 ʻAla and its Curator as these organizations continue to assure that sufficient support is provided 39 to the Curator of the Royal Mausoleum to carry out the culturally-sensitive management of this 40 wahi pana, provide financial resources, and strong familial and cultural ties to Mauna ʻAla. 41 42 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 43 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 44 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the establishment of a working group to 45 develop a plan to assure the support of Mauna ‘Ala in perpetuity; and 46

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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the working group shall be comprised of representatives 2 of the Aliʻi Trusts, the Royal Societies, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and the Curator 3 of the Royal Mausoleum; and 4 5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this working group shall, in consultation with the 6 Curator of Mauna ʻAla and appropriate knowledgeable informants, develop a plan to provide 7 sufficient support and guidance to assure the culturally-sensitive property management expertise, 8 financial resources, and appropriate maintenance of Mauna ʻAla in perpetuity; and 9 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 11 the po'o of each Aliʻi Trust, the po'o of each of the Royal Societies, and the po'o of the 12 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kai Maioho, the Curator of the Royal Mausoleum, as well 13 as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 14 House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 15 the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board 16 of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 17 18 19 INTRODUCED BY: Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 20 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘oilina Ali‘i (Benefits and Trusts Committee) 21 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - Y 4 5 URGING THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 6 RESOURCES TO REPORT ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLEMENTING THE 7 PUBLIC LAND TRUST INFORMATION SYSTEM AND TO STUDY AND THEREBY 8 TO CLARIFY THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE ACCRUED, RECEIVED, AND/OR 9 OWED FROM CEDED LANDS BELONGING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST 10 11 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs passed Resolution 16-11, 12 “Assessing the National Assets and Other Kuleana of the Native Hawaiian Nation,” and through 13 Resolution 16-11 the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs recognizes that Act 54, Session Laws 14 of Hawai‘i 2011 (“Act 54”), was meant to provide an inventory of ceded lands belonging to the 15 public land trust; and 16 17 WHEREAS, Senate Bill 2, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 1, Conference Draft 1 was signed 18 into law as Act 54 by Governor Neil Abercrombie on May 20, 2011, with an effective date of 19 July 1, 2011; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Act 54 mandates the establishment of a comprehensive information system 22 to inventory and maintain information about the lands of the public land trust as described in 23 section 5(f) of the Admission Act and article XII, section 4 of the Hawaiʻi State Constitution; 24 and 25 26 WHEREAS, due to resource issues, the Department of Land and Natural Resources 27 (DLNR) requested and received an extension to launch the Public Land Trust Information 28 System (PLTIS) by December 31, 2014, and DLNR has been working with a consultant to 29 develop a Public Land Trust Information System to satisfy the requirements of Act 54; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the PLTIS will be a GIS-based system and aims for a complete inventory of 32 all state-owned and county-owned lands, as well as a complete inventory of encumbrances issued 33 by State and County agencies over these lands; and 34 35 WHEREAS, to date DLNR has failed to launch PLTIS more than six years after the 36 passage of Act 54 and nearly three years after the extended deadline DLNR requested has 37 passed; and 38 39 WHEREAS, all State and County agencies that hold title to land were required to submit 40 their entire parcel inventory, regardless of the public land trust status, whether or not there are 41 any encumbrances on the land, and whether or not revenue is being generated on the land to be 42 entered into the PLTIS, in order to have a central record system of all State-owned and County- 43 owned land represented in the PLTIS; and 44

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1 WHEREAS, the PLTIS, and its ability to allow for the management and accountability of 2 the lands that are a part of the public lands trust, is critical for the long-term health and prosperity 3 of the Native Hawaiian people, for whom the public lands are to be held in trust; and 4 5 WHEREAS, a fair and accurate accounting of all lands in the public lands trust is 6 necessary to determine the accuracy of ceded land revenue due the Native Hawaiian People via 7 the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). 8 9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 10 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 11 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and 12 Natural Resources to report on the progress made in implementing the Public Land Trust 13 Information System and to study and thereby to clarify the amount of revenue accrued, received, 14 and/or owed from ceded lands belonging to the public land trust; and 15 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 17 the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 18 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State 19 Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 20 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 21 and all County Mayors. 22 23 24 INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development) 25 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘oilina Ali‘i (Benefits and Trusts Committee) 26 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-Z 4 5 AFFIRMING ARTICLE XII, SECTION 5 OF THE HAWAI‘I STATE CONSTITUTION 6 REQUIRING THAT THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN TRUSTEES BE ELECTED 7 8 WHEREAS, Article XII, Section 5 of the Hawai‘i State Constitution states: 9 “There is hereby established an Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The Office of 10 Hawaiian Affairs shall hold title to all the real and personal property now or 11 hereafter set aside or conveyed to it which shall be held in trust for native 12 Hawaiians and Hawaiians. There shall be a board of trustees for the Office of 13 Hawaiian Affairs elected by qualified voters who are Hawaiians, as provided by 14 law. The board members shall be Hawaiians. There shall be not less than nine 15 members of the board of trustees; provided that each of the following Islands 16 have one representative: , Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii. The board 17 shall select a chairperson from its members. [Add Const Con 1978 and election 18 Nov 7, 1978]; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) was created as an independent 21 agency built on the goal of Native Hawaiian autonomy and self-determination; and 22 23 WHEREAS, this is best articulated by the 1978 Constitutional Convention Hawaiian 24 Affairs Committee in its Standing Committee Report No. 59 that outlines the primary principle 25 which committee members wanted to ensure through its creation of OHA was the right of 26 Hawaiians to elect their Hawaiian leaders and Hawaiian control of Hawaiian trust assets as a 27 seeming response to the overthrow of the lawful government of Hawai‘i in 1895 by the United 28 States; and 29 30 WHEREAS, while it is true that in February of 2000, the United States Supreme Court, in 31 the Rice v. Cayetano decision struck down the State of Hawai‘i’s provisions restricting OHA 32 elections to those of Hawaiian ancestry on the grounds that it violated the Fifteenth Amendment 33 to the United States Constitution, nevertheless, taking away the voting power of Native 34 Hawaiians further erodes their self-determination; and 35 36 WHEREAS, elected trustees over past decades have moved OHA from a fledgling entity 37 to a multi-faceted agency that provides beneficiaries with an array of programs and services in 38 such areas as health, housing stability, economic well-being, education, land and culture. 39 40 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 41 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 42 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, affirming Article XII, Section 5, requiring that the 43 Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees be elected; and 44 45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 46 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House

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1 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 2 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 3 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 4 5 6 INTRODUCED BY: Kalihi-Palama Hawaiian Civic Club 7 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘oilina Ali‘i (Benefits and Trusts Committee) 8 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AA 4 5 ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO EXPEDITE 6 THE PROCEDURE TO AMEND THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT AS 7 REQUIRED UNDER 43 CFR 48.15 TO ENABLE ACT 80, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 8 2017, TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF 9 THE INTERIOR BY DECEMBER 27, 2017 10 11 WHEREAS, House Bill 451, H.D.1, S.D. 2. C.D. 1, entitled “A BILL FOR AN ACT 12 RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION” reduces the minimum blood 13 quantum requirement of successors to lessees of Hawaiian Home Lands from one-quarter to one- 14 thirty-second and was signed into law by Governor Ige on July 5, 2017, and is enacted now as 15 Act 80, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017; and 16 17 WHEREAS, 43 CFR Part 48, which implements requirements of the Hawaiian Homes 18 Commission Act, 1920, the State of Hawai‘i Admission Act, 1959, and the Hawaiian Home 19 Lands Recovery Act, 1995, sets forth the policies and procedures for (1) Review by the 20 Secretary of the Interior of amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act proposed by 21 the State of Hawai‘i, and (2) Determination by the Secretary whether the proposed amendment 22 requires congressional approval; and 23 24 WHEREAS, 43 CFR 48.15 delineates the responsibilities of the Chairman of the 25 Hawaiian Homes Commission in submitting proposed amendments to the Secretary of the 26 Interior, to wit: 27 (a) Not later than 120 days after the State approves a proposed amendment to the 28 HHCA, the Chairman must submit to the Secretary a clear and complete: 29 (1) Copy of the proposed amendment; 30 (2) Description of the nature of the change proposed by the proposed 31 amendment; and, 32 (3) Opinion explaining whether the proposed amendment requires the 33 approval of Congress. 34 (b) The following information must also be submitted: 35 (1) A description of the proposed amendment, including how the proposed 36 amendment advances the interests of the beneficiaries; 37 (2) All testimony and correspondence from the Director of the Department 38 of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaiian Homes Commissioners, 39 Homestead Associations, HHCA Beneficiary Associations, and 40 beneficiaries providing views on the proposed amendment; 41 (3) An analysis of the law and policy of the proposed amendment by the 42 Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Hawaiian Homes 43 commission; 44 (4) Documentation of the dates and number of hearings held on the 45 measure, and a copy of all testimony provided or submitted at each 46 hearing;

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47 (5) Copies of all committee reports and other legislative history, including 48 prior versions of the proposed amendment; 49 (6) Final vote totals by the commission and the legislature on the proposed 50 amendment; 51 (7) Summaries of all consultations conducted with the beneficiaries 52 regarding the proposed amendment; and 53 (8) Other additional information that the State believes may assist in the 54 review of the proposed amendment; and 55 56 WHEREAS, while the enactment of Act 80 into law has been the cause of rejoicing for 57 Hawaiian people as a positive step toward permanently reducing the Hawaiian blood quantum 58 requirement of certain successors to lessees of Hawaiian home lands, all of the same challenges 59 still remain so that many descendants of lessees of Hawaiian home lands do not qualify as 60 successors because interracial marriages and blended families produce descendants who are less 61 than twenty-five percent Hawaiian creating undue hardships of displacement and interference 62 with families’ abilities to maintain the equity of their homes and businesses; and, 63 64 WHEREAS, the urgency of the situation continues to escalate as time passes as lessees 65 and proposed successors who would qualify under the amendment reducing the Hawaiian blood 66 quantum requirement await the outcome of the process enumerated under 43 CFR 48.15; and, 67 68 WHEREAS, it is imperative that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands timely 69 expedite each element under 43 CFR 48.15 to provide the Secretary of the Interior the greatest 70 opportunity to consider this crucial amendment to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. 71 72 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 73 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 74 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, encouraging the Department of Hawaiian Home 75 Lands to expedite the procedure to amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act required under 76 43 CFR 48.15 to enable Act 80, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to be submitted to the Secretary 77 of the U. S. Department of the Interior for consideration by December 27, 2017; and 78 79 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 80 the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Chair of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, the 81 Chair of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homelands Assembly, the President of the 82 Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands, and Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as 83 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 84 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 85 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 86 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 87 88 89 INTRODUCED BY: Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club 90 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘oilina Ali‘i (Benefits and Trusts Committee) 91 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AB 4 5 ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY AND BEQUEST OF QUEEN LILI‘UOKALANI 6 7 WHEREAS, Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha was born September 2, 8 1838, to Analea Keohokālole and Caesar Kapaʻakea at Pu‘uowaina, Oʻahu; and 9 10 WHEREAS, at birth she was hānai to Abner Paki, kāne, and Laura Konia, wahine, 11 parents of Bernice Pauahi; and 12 13 WHEREAS, after a short engagement to William Charles Lunalilo, Lili‘u married John 14 Owen Dominis in 1862; they had no birth children but she hānai three children: Lydia Aholo, 15 Joseph Ae‘a and John ‘Aimoku Dominis; and 16 17 WHEREAS, lying on his deathbed December 11, 1872, Lot Kapuaiwa offered the throne 18 to his cousin Bernice Pauahi Bishop, but she declined the offer and he passed without naming an 19 heir; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Lunalilo, as the first elected King of Hawai’i became the People’s King, the 22 popular vote, held on January 1, 1873, was unofficial, he won by a large majority; and 23 24 WHEREAS, Lunalilo reigned for one year and 25 days before succumbing to 25 tuberculosis, and he never married and never named a successor; and 26 27 WHEREAS, David La‘amea Kalākaua and Queen Dowager Emma Rooke, wife of 28 Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha IV, faced off in a bitter election campaign in which Kalākaua 29 prevailed, on February 12, 1874, by a vote of 39 to 6 in the legislature and touched off the 30 Honolulu Courthouse Riot when supporters of Queen Emma (known as Emma-ites) attacked the 31 supporters of Kalākaua and caused the landing of American and British sailors and marines to 32 quell the violence and allow Kalākaua to take the oath of office; and 33 34 WHEREAS, Kalākaua, in 1877, named his sister Liliʻuokalani as his heir apparent; and 35 36 WHEREAS, on January 18, 1891, King Kalākaua fell into a coma and he died two days 37 later, and when word of his death reached Hawai‘i on January 29, 1891, Liliʻuokalani took the 38 oath of office and before the cabinet minister and Supreme Court Justices, and swore to uphold 39 the constitution of the kingdom; and 40 41 WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani presided over the longest legislative session in 42 Hawaiian history, 171 days, as four political parties, the National Reform Party, 43 Missionary/Reform Party, National Liberal Party, and Independents, battled for a majority; and 44 45 WHEREAS, immediately upon her accession, Queen Liliʻuokalani was engaged in 46 discussions for a new constitution and received petitions from the citizens to promulgate a new

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1 constitution, the McKinley Tariff Act created an economic crisis by removing the tariffs on 2 imports of sugar from other nations, Hawaiian sugar lost its economic advantage; and 3 4 WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani notified the legislature and her cabinet that she would 5 be proposing a new constitution co-written with two legislators, and William 6 Punohu White, that would restore voting rights to Hawaiian citizens and restore power to the 7 monarchy, created a constitutional crisis; and 8 9 WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani dismissed her cabinet and put the legislature in recess, 10 and Minister John L. Stevens caused marines from the USS Boston to land and support the 11 takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the Committee of Public Safety, made up of American 12 businessmen; and 13 14 WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani was deposed on January 17, 1893, by the Committee of 15 Public Safety, she relinquished her throne to the superior power of the United States, on 16 February 1, the Kingdom was proclaimed a protectorate of the United States, and a provisional 17 government was set up; and 18 19 WHEREAS, in November 16, 1893, Minister Albert S. Willis was sent by President 20 Grover Cleveland to propose that the throne could be returned to Queen Liliʻuokalani if she 21 agreed to amnesty for all involved in the overthrow, Willis reported to the Secretary of State that 22 Queen Liliʻuokalani was intent on killing the culprits; and 23 24 WHEREAS, on December 18, 1893, Queen Liliʻuokalani changed her position on the 25 punishment for the conspirators and Willis demanded that the provisional government return the 26 Kingdom to Queen Liliʻuokalani, but the provisional government refused; and 27 28 WHEREAS, the U. S. Senate investigation, the Morgan Report, absolved all parties 29 except Queen Liliʻuokalani for responsibility for the overthrow; and 30 31 WHEREAS, on July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaiʻi was proclaimed and Sanford B. 32 Dole became its president; and 33 34 WHEREAS, on January 16, 1895, Queen Liliʻuokalani was arrested after a failed 35 rebellion by Robert W. Wilcox and Samuel Nowlein, she was tried by the military commission 36 of the Republic and found guilty of misprision of treason, knowing of treason and not reporting it 37 to the authorities, sentenced to five years of hard labor, and fined $5,000; and 38 39 WHEREAS, while she was imprisoned she abdicated her throne in return for the release 40 of her jailed supporters, and six were sentenced to be hanged including Robert Wilcox and 41 Samuel Nowlein; and 42 43 WHEREAS, her sentence was commuted on September 4, 1895, to imprisonment in a 44 bedroom at the ‘Iolani Palace, attended by her lady-in-waiting; and 45

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1 WHEREAS, on October 13, 1896, the Republic granted her a full pardon with all her 2 civil rights restored; and 3 4 WHEREAS, in July 1898, Hawaiʻi was annexed by joint resolution, the Newlands 5 Resolution, to the United States; and 6 7 WHEREAS, on August 12, 1898, at ‘Iolani Palace the flag of the Republic of Hawaiʻi 8 was lowered and the flag of the United States was raised in its place; and 9 10 WHEREAS, Liliʻuokalani wrote of her imprisonment and abdication of the throne, in her 11 memoir, “Hawaiʻi’s Story By Hawaiʻi’s Queen”: “For myself, I would have chosen death rather 12 than to have signed it; but it was represented to me that by my signing this paper all the persons 13 who had been arrested, all my people now in trouble by reason of their love and loyalty towards 14 me, would be immediately released. Think of my position, — sick, a lone woman in prison, 15 scarcely knowing who was my friend, or who listened to my words only to betray me, without 16 legal advice or friendly counsel, and the stream of blood ready to flow unless it was stayed by my 17 pen;” and 18 19 WHEREAS, Liliʻuokalani was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, the link to 20 our history and continuity and the symbol of our nation 21 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 23 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 24 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, acknowledging the history and bequest of Queen 25 Lili‘uokalani; and 26 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 28 all Hawaiian Civic Clubs, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State 29 Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on 30 Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian 31 Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County 32 Mayors. 33 34 35 INTRODUCED BY: Maunalua Hawaiian Civic Club 36 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 37 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AC 4 5 REQUESTING PLACEMENT ON THE ADVISORY HUI OF THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN 6 EDUCATION COUNCIL 7 8 WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs is to 9 actively encourage and assist in furthering the education and leadership development via Native 10 Hawaiian designed and controlled models of education; promote greater sensitivity from 11 educational institutions for the special needs and values of NH students; and promote Native 12 Hawaiian culture, language and traditions for all; and 13 14 WHEREAS, in 1988, the Native Hawaiian Education Act (NHEA) was enacted by the 15 United States Congress to address the uniquely identified educational needs of Native 16 Hawaiians; and funded six supplemental programs in five distinct areas: family-based early 17 childhood education, elementary curriculum development, higher education, special education 18 and gifted and talented programs; and 19 20 WHEREAS, in 1994, the NHEA was reauthorized and amended to extend curriculum 21 development to include secondary education and teacher training and recruitment; and added 22 funding for community-based education learning centers; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the 1994 NHEA reauthorization also established the Native Hawaiian 25 Education Council (NHEC) and five island councils, to provide guidance and direction of Native 26 Hawaiian education resources to government agencies; and was initially composed of 25 NHEA 27 grantees, various Native Hawaiian serving organizations, including the Association, and island 28 council representatives; and 29 30 WHEREAS, the statutory responsibilities of the NHEC are to coordinate, assess and 31 report and make recommendations on the: effectiveness of existing education programs for 32 Native Hawaiians; the state of present Native Hawaiian education efforts; and improvements that 33 may be made to existing programs, policies and procedures to improve the educational 34 attainment of Native Hawaiians; and 35 36 WHEREAS, the 2001, NHEA reauthorization expanded the funding priorities to include 37 services that addressed beginning reading and literacy, needs of at-risk children and youth, 38 Native Hawaiian underemployment and Hawaiian language instruction; and changed the 39 composition of the NHEC to ten Native Hawaiian education providers, ten Native Hawaiians or 40 Native Hawaiian education consumers, and one Office of Hawaiian Affairs representative, and 41 island councils were expanded from five to seven; and 42 43 WHEREAS, in 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law, the Every Student 44 Succeeds Act, which contained the reauthorized NHEA as Title VI, Part B, and authorized 45 charter schools as an eligible entity for direct funding; and expanded the Council’s activities to

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1 include provision of technical assistance to current and potential grant recipients and conducting 2 community consultations on each island in place of island councils; and 3 4 WHEREAS, the 2015 NHEA reauthorization changed the composition of the NHEC to 5 15 state and county elected officials, public agency heads, private funders, and various Native 6 Hawaiian serving organizations, including: the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i; the Mayor of 7 the County of the Hawai‘i; the Mayor of the County of Maui; the Mayor of the County of 8 Kaua‘i; the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu; a representative from the island of 9 Molokaʻi or the island of Lānaʻi; the President of the University of Hawaiʻi; the Superintendent 10 of the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education; the Executive Director of the Hawaiʻi Charter 11 School Network; the Chairperson of the Office of Hawaiian Affair; the Chairperson of the 12 Hawaiian Homes Commission; the Chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Workforce Development 13 Council; the Chief Executive Officer of Kamehameha Schools; the Chief Executive Officer of 14 Queen Liliʻuōkalani Trust; and an individual representing one or more private grant-making 15 entities; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the NHEC recently established an Advisory Hui to provide a community- 18 based mechanism for the continued engagement and guidance of the NHEC; 19 20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 21 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 22 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting placement on the Advisory Hui of the 23 Native Hawaiian Education Council; and 24 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 26 the United States Department of Education; the President of the University of Hawaiʻi; the 27 Superintendent of the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education; the Executive Director of the 28 Hawaiʻi Charter School Network; the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; the 29 Chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Workforce Development Council; the Chief Executive Officer of 30 Kamehameha Schools; and the Chief Executive Officer of Queen Liliʻuōkalani Trust; the Native 31 Hawaiian Education Council as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the 32 State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 33 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 34 Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 35 Affairs, and all County Mayors. 36 37 38 INTRODUCED BY: Prince Kūhiō Hawaiian Civic Club 39 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘ona‘auao (Education Committee) 40 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AD 4 5 URGING THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT A LAW ENSURING 6 THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO 7 APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND FOOD SERVICE 8 9 WHEREAS, the State administers federal funding that subsidizes free breakfast and 10 lunch for needy students in Hawaiʻi; and 11 12 WHEREAS, one in five Native Hawaiians live in poverty today according to the White 13 House initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; and 14 15 WHEREAS, in Hawaiʻi in 2015, 90,000 children lived below 200% of poverty per The 16 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Hawaiʻi Children at a Glance 2017”; and 17 18 WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014, NHIS 19 Survey, Native Hawaiians — descendants of Hawaiʻi’s original Polynesian settlers — are in 20 worse health than many other Americans; and 21 22 WHEREAS, Papa Ola Lōkahi and White House Initiative on Asian Americans and 23 Pacific Islanders 2011, research and data indicate that Native Hawaiians suffer some of the worst 24 health inequities in the State of Hawai‘i; and 25 26 WHEREAS, all charter schools in Hawaiʻi are chartered by the Board of Education and 27 are considered public schools, are public schools that are not allowed to charge tuition, are open 28 to all who wish to attend, and are subject to elevated state and federal performance standards; 29 and 30 31 WHEREAS, there are 34 charter schools in Hawaiʻi of which over half are committed to 32 Hawaiian epistemology (the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, 33 and scope, the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion); are community 34 designed and controlled, and reflect, respect and embrace ‘ōlelo Hawaiʻi, ‘ike Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian 35 cultural values, philosophies and practices; and 36 37 WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (DOE) assesses the free and reduced 38 lunch applications of all public school students and determined in the 2016 Title 1 Status Reports 39 that 70% of the student population of Hawaiian charter schools is considered economically 40 disadvantaged and qualifies for federal food subsidies; and 41 42 WHEREAS, there are nearly 12,000 charter school students in Hawaiʻi, all of whom 43 should have equal access to appropriate facilities and food subsidies as do all other public school 44 students, but this is currently not the case; and

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1 WHEREAS, there are two types of charter schools in Hawaiʻi, start-up charter schools 2 with no kitchen facilities and conversion charter schools with existing DOE kitchen facilities; 3 and 4 5 WHEREAS, some charter schools, especially those in rural areas of Hawaiʻi, are denied 6 access to National School Lunch Program subsidies because there are no appropriate United 7 States Department of Agriculture (USDA) certified kitchens besides those existing in DOE 8 public schools; and 9 10 WHEREAS, since 2000, the inception of start-up charter schools in Hawaiʻi, the charter 11 school Commission has repeatedly requested the legislature appropriate facilities funding for 12 charter schools but none has been approved; and 13 14 WHEREAS, without USDA appropriate kitchens in charter schools, low income families 15 are not able to receive federal free and reduced food subsidies that are provided to all other 16 traditional DOE families; and 17 18 WHEREAS, without USDA appropriate kitchens, Hawaiʻi is losing millions of dollars in 19 food subsidies for low income families per year; and, 20 21 WHEREAS, although Hawaiʻi charter school statutes, Section 302D, Hawaiʻi Revised 22 Statutes, ensures that charter schools and traditional public schools enjoy the same per pupil 23 general funding amounts and access to state and federal financing, or parity in funding, it is 24 ironic that Section 302D-29.5, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, makes plain that charter schools alone 25 are solely responsible for their facility building costs and maintenance; and 26 27 WHEREAS, the lack of appropriate free and reduced food service severely burdens and 28 adversely impacts charter school families as a result of the State’s decision prohibiting students 29 from purchasing USDA lunches under the National School Lunch Program; and 30 31 WHEREAS, beginning 2012, the DOE decided that charter schools would no longer have 32 access to the nearest existing DOE food service which effectively resulted in the denial of access 33 to qualified families receiving federal subsidized meals under the USDA National School Lunch 34 Program; and 35 36 WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature has the authority and power to enact a law that 37 ensures that all public students have access to appropriate educational facilities and food service. 38 39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 40 its 58th annual convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 41 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawaiʻi State Legislature to enact a law 42 ensuring that all public school students have equal access to appropriate educational facilities 43 and food service; and

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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, urge the 2 BOE and DOE of the State of Hawaiʻi to immediately provide school breakfasts and lunches to 3 charter school students who qualify at no additional expense to the school or students, and the 4 State legislature provide equitable facilities support to charter schools; and 5 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 7 Chair of the Board of Education, the Executive Director of the Charter School Commission as 8 well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 9 House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Education, Chair of the State 10 House Committee on Education, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, 11 Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 12 the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 13 14 15 INTRODUCED BY: Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club 16 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘ona‘auao (Education Committee) 17 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 – AE 4 5 URGING SUPPORT FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED BY THE 6 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE REPORT ON NATIVE AMERICAN 7 LANGUAGES USED AS PRIMARY LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION 8 9 WHEREAS, in 1987, a resolution was passed by the Hawai‘i State Legislature calling 10 upon the State of Hawai‘i Department of Education to implement the 1986 law removing all 11 legal barriers to allow for the use of Hawaiian language as a medium of instruction in the public 12 schools, and also calling upon the U. S. Congress to develop and enact legislation in support of 13 the survival of Hawaiian and other Native languages; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs adopted resolution 2016-19 which 16 urged all policy makers at all levels of government to make distinct provisions for Native 17 Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and Native American language programs; and 18 19 WHEREAS, on November 20, 2014, members of the U. S. Congress requested that the 20 American Academy of Arts and Science undertake a new study to examine the nation’s current 21 capacity in languages and how a greater attention to language training can improve education of 22 citizens and thrive in a multicultural society; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the request noted that the percentage of the world’s population that speaks 25 English as a first language is declining rapidly; and 26 27 WHEREAS, the American Academy of Arts and Science has the ability to provide 28 critical assistance in this effort to assess the national impact of language learning; and 29 30 WHEREAS, American Academy of Arts and Science was tasked to answer the question 31 of how language learning influences economic growth, cultural diplomacy, the productivity of 32 future generations, and the fulfillment of all Americans, and 33 34 WHEREAS, four recommendations were proposed in the report developed by the 35 American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 36 1. Increase the number of language teachers at all levels of education so that every 37 child in every state has the opportunity to learn a language in addition to English. 38 2. Supplement language instruction across the education system through public- 39 private partnerships among schools government, philanthropies, business, and 40 local community members. 41 3. Support heritage languages already spoken in the United States, and help these 42 languages persist from one generation to the next. 43 4. Provide targeted support and programming for Native American languages as 44 defined in the Native American Language Act. 45

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 2 at its 58th annual convention at Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging support for the recommendations presented by 4 the American Academy of Arts and Science report on Native American Languages used as 5 primary languages of education; and 6 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs will support 8 the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) in its continued efforts to advocate with the 9 U. S. Congress and the U. S. Department of Education on the priorities of Native American 10 Languages, including building upon the recommendations and full implementation to increase 11 support for Native American Languages in Education; and 12 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 14 U. S. Senator Brian Schatz, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U. S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa, 15 U. S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, National Indian Education Association, National Coalition 16 of Native American Language Schools and Programs, and ʻAha Pūnana Leo, as well as the 17 Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 18 Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 19 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 20 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 21 22 23 INTRODUCED BY: ʻAhahui Siwila ʻo Ke Aloha ʻĀina 24 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘ona‘auao (Education) 25 ACTION: ______

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1 ‘AHAHUI SĪWILA HAWAIʻI 2 3 ʻŌLELO HOʻOHOLO HELU 2017 - AE 4 5 E PAIPAI ANA I KA ʻAHAHUI SIWILA O HAWAIʻI E KĀKOʻO I NĀ MANAʻO I 6 HĀPAI ʻIA E KA AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MA KA 7 MOʻOLELO KOMIKINA MA NĀ ʻŌLELO ʻŌIWI ʻAMELIKA ʻO IA KA ʻŌLELO 8 HOʻONAʻAUAO 9 10 ‘OIAI, ma ka MH 1987, ua holo kekahi ‘ōlelo ho‘oholo ma ka ‘Ahaʻōlelo o Hawai‘i e koi 11 ana i ka ‘Oihana Ho‘ona‘auao o Hawai‘i e ho‘okumu mai i mau kula kaiapuni Hawai‘i e kū ana i 12 ke kānāwai o ka MH 1986 e kāpae ana i nā alaina kūʻē kānāwai no ka ho‘ohana ‘ia o ka ‘ōlelo 13 Hawai‘i ma ke ʻano he kaiāʻōlelo ho‘ona‘auao ma ia mau kula aupuni, a e paipai ana i ka 14 ‘Aha‘ōlelo Pekelala o ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘Ia e haku i nā kānāwai pekelala e kāko‘o ana i ke ola o 15 ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i a me nā ‘ōlelo ‘ōiwi ‘Ilikini; a 16 17 ʻOIAI, ua ʻāpono ʻia ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo 2016-19 e paipai ana i nā poʻe kau kulekele e 18 hāpai i nā kānāwai kikoʻī ma nā pae a pau o ke aupuni e kākoʻo ana i nā papahana ʻōlelo o ka 19 poʻe ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi, ka poʻe ʻĀlaka ʻŌiwi, a me nā Poʻe ʻIlikini ʻAmelika; a 20 21 ʻOIAI, ma ka lā 20 o Nowemapa, 2014 ua noi ʻia ka American Academy of Arts & 22 Science e nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia e alakaʻi i ka noiʻi ʻana a me ke kālailai 23 ʻana i ka nuiʻie o nā ʻōlelo me ka hōʻike pū, pehea e hiki ai ke pā pono ka naʻauao o nā lālā o 24 ʻAmelika ma ke kālele hou ʻana i ke aʻo ʻōlelo a pehea e māhuahua hou aʻe ai ia mau lālā ma ke 25 kaiapili laulāhui; a 26 27 ʻOIAI, ma ia noi i hōʻike ʻia ai ke emi ʻana mai o ka pākēneka o nā kānaka o ke ao 28 holoʻokoʻa nona ka ʻōlelo Pelekānia ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo mua; a 29 30 ʻOIAI, mākaukau ka American Academy of Arts and Science ma ka hana i kēia ʻano 31 noiʻi a kālailai e pā ana ke aʻo ʻōlelo o ke aupuni holoʻokoʻa; a 32 33 ʻOIAI, ua hoʻokohu ʻia ka American Academy of Arts and Science e pane i kēia nīnau; 34 Pehea e pā ai ke aʻo ʻōlelo i ka ulu o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka makakau moʻomeheu, ka ʻauamo 35 kuleana ʻana o nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, a me ka hauʻoli a maluhia o nā poʻe a pau o ʻAmelika; 36 a 37 38 ʻOIAI, ua hāpai ʻia he ʻehā manaʻo paipai ma ka Moʻolelo no ke Komikina: 39 1. E hoʻonui aʻe i ka nui kumu ʻōlelo ma nā pae a pau o ka hoʻonaʻauao i hiki i nā keiki 40 a pau ke aʻo i kekahi ʻōlelo ma waho aʻe o ka ʻōlelo Pelekānia. 41 2. E hoʻoulu hou aʻe i ke aʻo ʻōlelo ma ka ʻōnaehana hoʻonaʻauao ma o nā kuʻikahi 42 aupuni me ke nā hui kūʻōkoʻa ma waena o nā kula, nā hui ʻauhau ʻole, nā pāʻoihana, 43 a me nā lālā kaiāulu. 44 3. E kākoʻo i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoilina e ʻōlelo ʻia nei i kēia manawa ʻānō ma ʻAmelika Hui 45 Pū ʻia a e kōkua i ia mau ʻōlelo e ō mau mai kekahi hanauna a i kekahi hanauna.

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1 4. E hoʻolako i nā mea e pono ai ke kākoʻo i nā ʻōlelo ʻŌiwi ʻAmelika e like hoʻi me ka 2 ʻōlelo ma ka Native American Language Act. 3 4 NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO ʻIA E Ka ʻAhahui Sīwila Hawaiʻi ma kēia, ka ʻaha 58 o 5 kākou ma Seattle, Wakinekona, i ke kau ʻana o Māhealani ma ka malama ʻo ʻIkuwā ma ka lā 04 6 o Nowemapa 2017, e paipai ana i ka ʻAhahui Siwila o nā Hui Siwila Hawaiʻi e kākoʻo i 7 nā manaʻo i hāpai ʻia e ka American Academy of Arts and Science ma ka Moʻolelo Komikina 8 ma nā ʻŌlelo ʻŌiwi ʻAmelika ʻo ia ka ʻŌlelo Hoʻonaʻauao; a 9 10 NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO HOU ʻIA, e kākoʻo ka ʻAhahui Siwila o Hawaiʻi i ka 11 National Indian Education Association (NIEA) ma ko lākou paʻu mau ʻana e hana pū me ka 12 ʻAhaʻōlelo Pekelala a me ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao ma luna o nā pono o nā ʻŌlelo ʻŌiwi 13 ʻAmelika, a me ke kūkulu ʻana ma luna o nā manaʻo paipai i hāpai mua ʻia a me ka hoʻokō piha 14 ʻana i ulu aʻe ke kākoʻo no ka Hoʻonaʻauao ma o ka ʻŌlelo ʻŌiwi ʻAmelika. 15 16 NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO HOU ʻIA, e hoʻouna ʻia ana i kope o nei ʻōlelo hoʻohoʻolo i 17 ke Kenekoa o Hawaiʻi ʻo Brian Schatz, Ke Kenekoa o Hawaiʻi o Mazie Hirono, Ke Luna 18 Makaʻāinana o Hawaiʻi ʻo Colleen Hanabusa, Ka Luna Makaʻāinana o Hawaiʻi ʻo Tulsi 19 Gabbard, ka National Indian Education Association, ka National Coalition of Native American 20 Language Schools and Programs, ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo, ʻAhahui Siwila ʻo Ke Aloha ʻĀina, pēia 21 pū me ke kiaʻāina o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, 22 ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ka Hale o Nā Luna Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke 23 Kōmike Kuleana Hawai‘i o ka ‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke Kōmike Kuleana 24 Hawai‘i o ka Hale o Nā Luna Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho ‘omalu o Ka Papa Kahu 25 Waiwai o ke Keʻena Kuleana Hawaiʻi, a nā Meia o nā Kalana o Hawai‘i. 26 27 28 INTRODUCED BY: ʻAhahui Siwila ʻo Ke Aloha ʻĀina 29 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Hoʻonaʻauao (Education) 30 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AF 4 5 CONGRATULATING KUPU FOR TEN YEARS OF SERVICE 6 7 WHEREAS, Kupu is a Hawai‘i-based 501(c) (3) non-profit organizations that bridges 8 three areas: young adults, environmental service learning, and job training/readiness; and 9 10 WHEREAS, Kupu’s mission is to empower youth to serve their communities through 11 character-building, service-learning, and environmental stewardship opportunities that encourage 12 pono (integrity) with Ke Akua (God), self, and others; and 13 14 WHEREAS, in 2007, Kupu established itself as a non-profit organization in Hawai‘i to 15 run and expand the Hawaiʻi Youth Conservation Corps (HYCC) programs; and 16 17 WHEREAS, in 2011, Kupu expanded its program offerings with Sustainability Initiatives 18 fellowships and HYCC Community Programs for under resourced youth; and 19 20 WHEREAS, in 2013, Kupu launched Environmental Education Leadership Program in 21 partnership with the State of Hawai‘i Department of Education (DOE) schools; and 22 23 WHEREAS, Kupu’s programs provide positive, life-changing experiences for youth and 24 young adults throughout Hawai‘i and the Pacific, and pre- and post-testing and program 25 evaluations consistently show that Kupu program participants deepen their appreciation for 26 Native Hawaiian culture and increase their knowledge of natural resource conservation issues in 27 Hawai‘i; and 28 29 WHEREAS, a majority of its alumni go on to pursue higher education or careers in the 30 green job sector, and many acquire jobs with Kupu partners including the United States Fish and 31 Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, State of Hawai‘i 32 Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife 33 (DOFAW), and the O‘ahu Invasive Species Committee; and 34 35 WHEREAS, Kupu provides opportunities for participants to learn about conservation in a 36 collaborative group setting, participants work full-time in teams over a two to five month period; 37 and 38 39 WHEREAS, Kupu also provides youth and young adults team-based programs ideal for 40 youth ages 16-24 who are eager to spend time outdoors participating in hands-on environmental 41 restoration efforts with a variety organizations, while gaining job skills and learning about 42 Hawai‘i’s rich natural and cultural resources; and 43 44 WHEREAS, Kupu also offers the opportunity to earn academic support in the form of 45 college credits, educational stipends, and alternative high school classes that can lead to

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1 completion of a secondary education certificate earning college credit and/or an AmeriCorps 2 education award; and 3 4 WHEREAS, kupukupu fern, Nephrolepis cordifolia, is a hardy fern indigenous to 5 Hawai‘i, is one of the first plants to appear on lava fields after a lava flow, and is in the sword 6 fern family and is also called sword fern, narrow sword fern, tuberous sword fern, fishbone fern, 7 and in Hawaiian, ‘okupukupu and ni‘ani‘au; and 8 9 WHEREAS, Kupu celebrates its 10th year anniversary, having engaged more than 3,250 10 youth and young adults in environmental service-learning internships and professional 11 fellowship. 12 13 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 14 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 15 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, congratulating Kupu for ten years of service; and 16 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 18 the Chief Executive Officer of Kupu, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor 19 of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 20 Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 21 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 22 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 23 24 25 INTRODUCED BY: Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 26 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘ona‘auao (Education Committee) 27 ACTION: ______

2 1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AG 4 5 URGING THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS 6 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TRADITIONAL CULTURAL 7 EXPRESSIONS IN OUR FASHION INDUSTRY TO PROMOTE PRODUCTIVITY, 8 COMPETITIVENESS, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 9 10 WHEREAS, Hawaiʻi’s fashion industry generates more than $750 million in annual 11 sales, $20.4 million in tax revenue and 3,630 local jobs; and 12 13 WHEREAS, economic benefits of this industry have attracted investment dollars from 14 both the State of Hawaiʻi and City and County of Honolulu at approximately $170,000; and 15 16 WHEREAS, Hawaiʻi’s fashion industry is an emerging creative industry sector with 17 capacity to create job opportunities across the entire production cycle and distribution channels; 18 and 19 WHEREAS, fashion and designs created by Native Hawaiians and inspired by ʻōlelo 20 noʻeau, native plants, natural dyes, and traditional moʻolelo, motifs, natural fibers and techniques 21 can be classified as Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs); and 22 23 WHEREAS, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) identify that these 24 expressions may encompass music, dance, designs, art, names, signs and symbols, performances, 25 ceremonies, architectural forms, handicrafts and narratives or many other artistic and cultural 26 expressions integral to the culture and societal identities of indigenous and local communities; 27 and 28 WHEREAS, identified TCEs receive protection under Intellectual Property (IP) regional 29 laws such as the authentic indigenous arts trademark by the Maori Arts Board in Aotearoa, Te 30 Waka Toi; and 31 32 WHEREAS, in 2003, Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners, artists, and kūpuna 33 convened for the Ka ‘Aha Pono Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Rights Conference and 34 produced the Paoakalani Declaration to assert self-determination rights of Native Hawaiians over 35 our TCEs and advocated for a system to empower Native Hawaiians to do so; and 36 37 WHEREAS, the 2004, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature adopted the Paoakalani Declaration; 38 and 39 40 WHEREAS, Intellectual Property (IP) rights and innovation are primary drivers of job 41 creation and Hawaiʻi’s economic growth; and 42 43 WHEREAS, according to a 2012 economic study by the U. S. Department of Commerce 44 that ties employment and value-added numbers to IP-intensive industries found that IP-intensive 45 industries pay their workers 42% higher wages than non IP-intensive industries; and 46

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1 WHEREAS, IP-intensive industries account for $5.8 trillion in private sector output 2 measured by gross domestic product; and 3 4 WHEREAS, protecting and enforcing rights of Native Hawaiian TCEs and IP-businesses 5 are critical to advancing global economic advancement, propelling competitiveness and 6 increasing export growth and creating high-quality jobs; and 7 8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 9 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 10 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to support 11 indigenous intellectual property rights and traditional cultural expressions in our fashion industry 12 to promote productivity, competitiveness and economic development; and 13 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 15 PAʻI Foundation, Hale Kuʻai Study Group, Ka ‘Aha Pono as well as the Governor of the State of 16 Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of 17 the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, 18 Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 19 Affairs, all County Mayors. 20 21 22 INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Piʻolani Hawaiian Civic Club 23 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 24 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AH 4 5 URGING THE HAWAIʻI STATE LEGISLATURE TO AUTHORIZE A TOURISM AND 6 CULTURAL FUND THAT INVESTS RESOURCES TOWARDS COMMUNITY 7 INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVES THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF NATIVE 8 HAWAIIANS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN-OWNED BUSINESSES, AND SETS ASIDE 9 RESOURCES FOR A NATIVE HAWAIIAN GOVERNING ENTITY 10 11 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs passed Resolution 16-12 to assess 12 the state and needs of cultural, traditional knowledge, and intellectual property rights of the 13 Native Hawaiian people, and through Resolution 16-12 it recognizes the use of Native Hawaiian 14 cultural, traditional knowledge and intellectual property by the visitor industry for a commercial 15 benefit to that industry; and 16 17 WHEREAS, according to the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), approximately 8.9 18 million visitors came to the State of Hawai‘i in 2016, a three percent increase from 2015, and 19 visitors further increased in the first half of 2017 by 4.3 percent to 4,604,976 compared to 2016 20 numbers, boosted by growth in arrivals both by air (up four percent to 4,534,893) and by cruise 21 ships (up nearly 24 percent to 70,083); and 22 23 WHEREAS, according to the HTA, on average, there were about 220,000 visitors in the 24 state on any given day in 2016; and 25 26 WHEREAS, according to the HTA, visitors in the first half of 2017 spent a total of $8.4 27 billion in the state, an increase of over eight percent compared to the first half of 2016; and 28 29 WHEREAS, many visitors come to Hawaiʻi to experience the islands’ natural beauty and 30 world-renowned Aloha Spirit of our host-culture, exemplified by the many ambassadors who 31 welcome thousands of visitors to the State each day; and 32 33 WHEREAS, use of Native Hawaiian Traditional and Cultural practices throughout the 34 State of Hawaiʻi and especially in the visitor industry is essential to the marketing of the Hawaiʻi 35 experience; and 36 37 WHEREAS, use of Native Hawaiian cultural practices, such as, hula, oli, moʻolelo, 38 Native Hawaiian music, food preparation, and references to our Native Hawaiian pre-contact 39 religious practices constitute the essence of a visitor’s Hawaiʻi experience (without which 40 Hawai‘i is just another tropical beach); and 41 42 WHEREAS, the perpetuation of authentic Native Hawaiian cultural practices is best 43 protected by the healthy economic and social well-being of the Native Hawaiians and the Native 44 Hawaiian community and ultimately a sovereign Native Hawaiian government; and 45 46 WHEREAS, according to a State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic 47 Development, and Tourism (DBEDT)-commissioned study, nearly one in every four jobs depend 1

1 on visitor spending in diverse sectors such as accommodations, restaurants, retail, entertainment, 2 amusement, and recreational services; and for every dollar spent in Hawai‘i by visitors, 30 cents 3 is on hotels, 14 cents on air travel, 11 cents is on trade, and another ten cents is for restaurant 4 meals; and 5 6 WHEREAS, despite this dependency of the State’s economy on the tourism industry the 7 island faces numerous challenges from environmental factors, aging infrastructure, and 8 consistently increasing number of daily visitors in the State; and 9 10 WHEREAS, according to DBEDT, between 2011 and 2015, an average of 37,386 Native 11 Hawaiians worked in the tourism intensive industries per year, accounted for 16 percent of the 12 total workers in these industries, and 35.3 percent of the Native Hawaiian workers in all the 13 industries; and 14 15 WHEREAS, according to the U. S. Census Bureau data, in 2012, Native Hawaiians are 16 more active in the art, entertainment, and recreation industry, where 17.1 percent of the firms in 17 the state are owned by Native Hawaiians; and 18 19 WHEREAS, there exists an economic injustice because Native Hawaiian-owned firms 20 were smaller in terms of employment size, lower annual average wage, and lower annual sales 21 per firm as compared with state averages; and 22 23 WHEREAS, State funding for Native Hawaiian business development can help to correct 24 the economic injustice against Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses in the 25 tourism industry and establish the infrastructure necessary for a healthy Native Hawaiian 26 economy. 27 28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 29 at its 58th annual convention at Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 30 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to authorize a 31 tourism and cultural fund that invests resources towards community infrastructure, improves the 32 economic situation of Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, and sets aside 33 resources for a Native Hawaiian governing entity. 34 35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 36 the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 37 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State 38 Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 39 Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 40 Affairs, all County Mayors 41 42 43 INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 44 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 45 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AI 4 5 URGING ACTION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM AND 6 RELATED DEVELOPMENT ON NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ʻĀINA TO 7 BENEFIT THE ECONOMY OF HAWAIʻI AND NATIVE HAWAIIANS 8 9 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs passed Resolution 16-12 to assess 10 the state and needs of cultural, traditional knowledge, and intellectual property rights of the 11 Native Hawaiian people and through Resolution 16-12 it recognizes the use of Native Hawaiian 12 cultural, traditional knowledge and intellectual property by the visitor industry for a commercial 13 benefit to that industry; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the tourism industry is an important part of the economy of Hawaiʻi; and 16 17 WHEREAS, Native Hawaiians are directly impacted by the tourism industry, having 18 approximately 16 percent being employed there between 2011 and 2015 and approximately 10 19 percent of the firms were owned in 2012; and 20 21 WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian culture and ʻāina is intertwined with Hawaiʻi’s tourism 22 industry; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the leading government report on said impact was produced by the 25 Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism in 2004 named Planning for 26 Sustainable Tourism; and 27 28 WHEREAS, that study was unable to clarify the measurable impacts on Native Hawaiian 29 culture and ʻāina stating that it “preclude[ed] a comprehensive impact analysis model employing 30 sophisticated analytical tools and technologies that might meet higher standards of fact-finding.”; 31 and 32 33 WHEREAS, it is the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs’s belief that a healthy Hawaiʻi 34 tourism industry is directly related to a flourishing Native Hawaiian culture and ʻāina; and 35 36 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 37 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 38 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging action to better understand the impacts of 39 tourism and related development on Native Hawaiian culture and ʻāina to benefit the economy of 40 Hawaiʻi and Native Hawaiians; and 41 42 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 43 the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 44 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State

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1 Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 2 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 3 and all County Mayors. 4 5 6 INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 7 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 8 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 17-AJ 4 5 STRONGLY URGING THE HAWAI‘I TOURISM AUTHORITY, 6 THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION, AND THE 7 OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH AND FUND A WORKING 8 GROUP TO FORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS ON NATIVE HAWAIIAN 9 TOURISM FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 10 AND THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN UPDATING THEIR 11 MANAGEMENT PLANS ON TOURISM 12 13 WHEREAS, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives adopted S. 1679, the 14 Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act on September 12, 15 2016; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the President of the United States signed S. 1679 into law; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the purpose of S. 1679 is to enhance and integrate Native American tourism, 20 empower Native American communities, increase coordination and collaboration between 21 Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural tourism opportunities in the United 22 States; and 23 24 WHEREAS, S. 1679 requires the U. S. Department of Commerce, the U. S. Department 25 of the Interior, and federal agencies with recreational travel or tourism functions to update their 26 management plans tourism initiative to include Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native 27 Hawaiian Organizations; and 28 29 WHEREAS, the plans must outline proposals to improve travel and tourism data 30 collection and analysis; increase the usability of public information and federal websites; support 31 national tourism goals; identify programs that could support tourism infrastructure in Native 32 American communities; develop visitor portals and assets that showcase and respect the diversity 33 of Native Americans; share local Native American heritage through the development of bilingual 34 signage; and improve access to transportation programs for building capacity for Native 35 American community tourism and trade; and 36 37 WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Commerce and the U. S. Department of the Interior 38 must work with a facilitator to provide technical assistance to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, 39 and Native Hawaiian Organizations regarding participation in the tourism industry and report on 40 departmental efforts supporting such participation; and 41 42 WHEREAS, federal agencies must (1) support Indian tribes, tribal organizations and 43 Native Hawaiian organizations in showcasing their history, culture, and continuing vitality, 44 enhancing or maintaining their distinctive cultural feature, and providing authentic and respectful 45 visitor experiences; (2) assisting in interpreting the connections between Native Americans and 46 the national identity of the United States; (3) enhance efforts to promote understanding and

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1 respect for diverse cultures in the United States and the relevance of those cultures; and (4) 2 ensure that travelers at airports and ports of entry are welcomed in a manner that both showcases 3 and respects the diversity of Native American communities; and 4 5 WHEREAS, grants relating to travel, recreation, or tourism for which Indian tribes, tribal 6 organizations, or Native Hawaiian Organizations are eligible may be used to (1) support their 7 efforts to present their story and culture, (2) revitalize Native American communities using the 8 arts and humanities, and (3) carry out this Act; and 9 10 WHEREAS, during the first six months of 2015, the U. S. Department of Commerce 11 estimated there were over 36 million overseas travelers to the United States; and 12 13 WHEREAS, one out of 18 Americans is employed by a travel or tourism related 14 business; and 15 16 WHEREAS, in 2014, tourism in the United States was a $221 billion industry; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development & 19 Tourism (DBEDT) expects that visitor arrivals will reach 8.8 million in 2016, a 1.9 percent 20 increase from 2015; and 21 22 WHEREAS, visitor spending is projected to increase by 3.2 percent to $15.6 billion; and 23 24 WHEREAS, Hawaiians and Part-Hawaiians comprise 23.2 percent of the state’s 25 population; and 26 27 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian community has observed assaults on its sacred sites, 28 examples of which include vandalism of Kaniakapūpū in June 2016, and on the Kamehameha 29 statue in Honolulu in that same month; and 30 31 WHEREAS, the last time that DBEDT did a study on the socio-cultural impact of 32 tourism on Native Hawaiians was in July 2004, Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism in Hawai‘i – 33 Impacts on Native Hawaiians prepared by John M. Knox and Associates. 34 35 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 36 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 37 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, strongly urging the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, the 38 Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and 39 fund a working group to formulate recommendations on Native Hawaiian tourism for 40 consideration by the U. S. Department of Commerce and the U. S. Department of the Interior in 41 updating their management plans on tourism; and 42 43 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the working group include participation by Native 44 Hawaiian organizations such as the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs (AHCC), Native 45 Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NaHHA), Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Native 46 Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce (NHCC), Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands

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1 Assembly (SCHHA), Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), Native Hawaiian 2 Legal Corporation (NHLC), University of Hawai‘i Department of Ethnic Studies, Hawaiian 3 Canoe Racing Association (HCRA), Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA), 4 Kamehameha Schools, Kapi‘olani Community College, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian 5 Studies, MA‘O Farms, PA‘I Foundation, Native Hawaiian Cultural Directors of Royal Hawaiian 6 Center, Marriott Hotels, and Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association; and 7 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hawai‘i State Legislature appropriate funds for 9 DBEDT to update the study Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism in Hawai‘i – Impacts on Native 10 Hawaiians to inform decision making and to leverage the study to enable improvement in the 11 tourism industry; and 12 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 14 the U. S. Department of Commerce, the U. S. Department of the Interior, the State of Hawai‘i 15 Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, 16 and the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, as well as the Governor of the State of 17 Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of 18 the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, 19 Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 20 Affairs, and all County Mayors. 21 22 23 INTRODUCED BY: Kalihi-Pālama Hawaiian Civic Club 24 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 25 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AK 4 5 STRONGLY URGING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO 6 ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF STILLBIRTH IN ADDITION TO A CERTIFICATE OF 7 FETAL DEATH 8 9 WHEREAS, for Native Hawaiians the cycle of life begins from conception, on to birth, 10 death and beyond; and 11 12 WHEREAS, we honor all mothers who have given birth to a child whether they were 13 born live or still; and 14 15 WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2013, approximately 16 24,000 stillbirths were reported in the United States; and 17 18 WHEREAS, a stillbirth is the death or loss of a baby before or during delivery and is 19 referred to as a fetal death; and 20 21 WHEREAS, in 2012, in the California Law Review it states that “Stillbirth is a 22 devastating obstetric outcome—a reproductive moment that at once combines birth and death;” 23 and 24 25 WHEREAS, the loss of a baby due to stillbirth remains a sad reality for many families 26 and takes a serious toll on families’ health and well-being; and 27 28 WHEREAS, the mother carried the baby from conception, endures natural childbirth, has 29 milk in her breasts, leaves the hospital without their child and later deals with the burial of their 30 child; and 31 32 WHEREAS, having only a certificate of fetal death is a troubling and oppressive 33 reminder of a woman’s failure to produce a healthy, living baby; and 34 35 WHEREAS, respect should be shown for both the birth and death of the baby; and 36 37 WHEREAS, in Hawai‘i, upon the loss of a baby due to stillbirth, parents complete the 38 same forms as others and instead of receiving a birth certificate they are only issued a certificate 39 of fetal death; and 40 41 WHEREAS, reporting requirements and completeness of reporting for fetal death data 42 vary substantially among states; and 43 44 WHEREAS, according to the M.I.S.S Foundation website (www.missfoundation.org), 45 there are currently 34 states in the United States that have passed legislation to issue a certificate 46 of stillbirth which began in 2001 in the State of Arizona; and

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1 2 WHEREAS, the Chapter 338, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Relating to Vital Statistics has 3 two sections that refer to fetal deaths and these sections are 338-8, Compulsory registration of 4 deaths and fetal deaths, and 338-9, Filing and preparation of death and fetal death certificates. 5 6 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 7 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ‘Ikuwā and the rising of 8 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, strongly urging the State of Hawai‘i Department of 9 Health to issue a certificate of stillbirth in addition to a certificate of fetal death; and 10 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon request from the mother or father, a certificate 12 of stillbirth shall be issued by the department for any fetal death previously filed with the 13 department; and 14 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the fee for issuance shall be the same as the fee for a 16 birth or death certificate issued by the department; and 17 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the certificate shall include, but not be limited to, 19 the following: 1) Name of the stillborn child, 2) Date of delivery, 3) County of delivery, 4) 20 Mother’s name and birthplace, 5) Father’s name and birthplace; and 21 22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 23 the Director of the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health, Chair of the Senate Committee on 24 Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, Chair of the House Committee on Health & 25 Human Services, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, 26 Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian 27 Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, 28 Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 29 30 INTRODUCED BY: Kaumuali‘i Hawaiian Civic Club, Waikīkī Hawaiian Civic Club 31 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Mālama Ola (Health and Human Services Committee) 32 ACTION: ______

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ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AL

COMMENDING DR. LANDON KA LAUʻAE NAʻI I NĀ LĀ INO OPUNUI, ND FOR BEING THE FIRST NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR TO BE ADDED AS A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN PROVIDER TO THE HAWAI‘I MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION

WHEREAS, Dr. Landon Ka lauʻae naʻi i nā lā ino Opunui ND, is the son of Richard and Dianne Storaasli; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui, growing up in Hawaiʻi as an ocean enthusiast, competitive outrigger paddler and five-time Ironman triathlon finisher, strives to be a model of healthy behavior; and

WHEREAS, learning of his Hawaiian grandmother’s premature passing due to chronic disease at the age of 50 motivated him to live a healthier lifestyle; and

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiians are at high risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer, which are common causes for Native Hawaiians mortality ; and

WHEREAS, these issued motivated Dr. Opunui to take a proactive role in his health and gravitated him towards a self-empowering natural form of health and healing; and

WHEREAS, Dr, Opunui graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama in 2004; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui chose to pursue a career in medicine to support the health needs of the Native Hawaiian people; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui was accepted to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in natural science; and

WHEREAS, after receiving his degree, Dr. Opunui continued his education to earn a doctorate degree in naturopathy at Bastyr University in San Diego, California; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui has chosen a to pursue a medical path similar to the Native Hawaiian practice of la‘au lapa‘au; and

WHEREAS, after earning his doctorate in naturopathy, Dr. Opunui return home to Hawaii in 2013 and completed a one-year post-doctorate residency program at Lokahi Health Center in Kailua-Kona, where he studied cancer treatment outcomes which utilize adjunctive and integrative natural medical approaches; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui joined Manakai O Mālama an Integrative Healthcare Group and Rehabilitation Center in 2014; and WHEREAS, on July 1, 2016, Dr. Opunui became Hawaii Medical Service Association’s (HMSA) first ever Naturopathic Doctor to be added to its Primary Care Physician provider network; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui has recently joined Nā Pu‘uwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System on Moloka‘i, and its mission is to improve the health status of the Native Hawaiians and the communities of Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i with respect to cultural beliefs and practices; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui flies to Moloka‘i twice a month from Honolulu to see patients at Nā Pu‘uwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System; and

WHEREAS, Dr, Opunui is an ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei scholarship recipient and the members of ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei are honored to have assisted him in his educational endeavors.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending Dr. Landon Ka lauʻae naʻi i nā lā ino Opunui, ND for being the first Naturopathic Doctor to be added as a Primary Care Physician provider to the Hawai‘i Medical Service Association; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs commend Dr. Opunui for returning home to Hawai‘i to help heal and improve the health of Native Hawaiians: and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to the ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Storaasli, Manakai O Mālama, Nā Pu‘uwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System. as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors.

INTRODUCED BY: ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei REFERRED TO: Kōmike Mālama Ola (Health and Human Services Committee) ACTION: ______

1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AM 4 5 RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS 6 FOR ITS PUBLICATION OF “KĀNEHŌʻĀLANI: TRANSFORMING THE HEALTH 7 OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN MEN” 8 9 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs urges its clubs to “promote health 10 education, early detection screening and healthy lifestyle changes to reduce the native Hawaiian 11 health disparities (AHCC Resolution 09-39); and 12 13 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs has played an active role in 14 bringing cancer and diabetes awareness to Hawaiians through partnerships with Papa Ola 15 Lōkahi; and 16 17 WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian men were a vital component in Hawaiian culture, yet 18 today, kāne experience various health disparities across different generations of keiki, mākua, 19 and kūpuna; and 20 21 WHEREAS, in 2014, the State of Hawaiʻiʻs Native Hawaiian male population was 22 148,295 or 20.7% of the entire male population in the State; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) unveiled “Kānehōʻālani: 25 Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men” in June 2017 on its website; and 26 27 WHEREAS, “Kānehōʻālani: Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men” is the 28 first publication focuses exclusively on Hawaiian menʻs health, that looks at medical data, 29 physical health, chronic diseases, behavioral health and some of the socio-economic challenges 30 from a cultural lens”; and 31 32 WHEREAS, the report uses the Kūkulu Hou Methodology, which was developed by Dr. 33 Kamanaʻopono Crabbe in 2008 and is rooted in the Native Hawaiian cultural practice of umu 34 hau pōhaku (rock-wall masonry); and 35 36 WHEREAS, some of the intergenerational health outcomes of kāne found in the study 37 were: 45% obesity, 33% hypertension, 10% diabetes, second highest rate of contracting cancer 38 but die from it with the highest mortality rate, and kāne are less likely to participate in cancer 39 prevention and treatment trials and 40 41 WHEREAS, the report came with twelve specific recommendations to promote 42 advocacy, expand research assessment and evaluation, support various health programs and 43 funding, and employ policies and strategic planning to incorporate indigenous ways of knowing 44 into state policy planning; and 45 46 WHERAS, OHA is currently working on a health study of Hawaiian wāhine.

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 2 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, recognizing and congratulating the Office of 4 Hawaiian Affairs for its Publication of “Kānehōʻālani: Transforming the Health of Native 5 Hawaiian Men”; and 6 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 8 Dr. Kamanaʻopono Crabbe, ʻAha Kāne, Papa Ola Lōkahi, the Department of Native Hawaiian 9 Health, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of 10 the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, 11 Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 12 the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 13 14 15 INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu 16 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Mālama Ola (Health and Human Services Committee) 17 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AN 4 5 URGING THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE HAWAIIAN 6 RAILWAY SOCIETY 7 8 WHEREAS, in 1885, a 21-year-old sailor by the name of Benjamin Franklin Dillingham 9 was aboard the ship Whistler that sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu, while on shore leave 10 one day, he went out horseback riding and fell off his horse and broke his leg; and 11 12 WHEREAS, while in the hospital recovering, his ship left port, he fell in love with his 13 nurse and decided to make Hawai‘i his home, and soon after that he became quite wealthy and 14 influential in the early Honolulu community with his various business ventures; and 15 16 WHEREAS, Dillingham believed the ‘Ewa Plain was an excellent location for settlement 17 despite the lack of water and the difficulty to access the region, and leased land in the ‘Ewa Plain 18 from James Campbell to start a business or two; and 19 20 WHEREAS, Dillingham approached King David Kalakaua in September 1888, to get a 21 charter and soon after organized the Oahu Railway and Land Company (OR&L); and 22 23 WHEREAS, the charter granted Dillingham the right to purchase, own, develop, sell, and 24 deal in lands along and near the railway, and OR&L was granted permission to build 12 miles of 25 railroad that would connect Honolulu and the Pearl River Lagoon; and 26 27 WHEREAS, on November 16, 1889, the same day of King David Kalakaua’s birthday, 28 OR&L officially opened for business and treated 4,000 people to free round-trip rides on the 11 29 trains that ran that day; and 30 31 WHEREAS, after World War I, the OR&L passenger traffic dropped while freight traffic 32 increased requiring the conversion of some older passenger cars into “Can Cars” or “Pineapple 33 Cars” that carried empty cans from the dock to the canneries, as well as the full cans back to the 34 docks; and 35 36 WHEREAS, when World War II broke out, there was increased demand in both 37 passenger and freight traffic, and OR&L entered into a number of military contracts; and 38 39 WHEREAS, OR&L hauled military troops, military cargo, munitions, livestock, oats and 40 hay, oil products, molasses, bagged sugar, products of all kinds and even garbage, and in 1943 41 alone more than 2.5 million people rode the train; and 42 43 WHEREAS, due to wartime material shortages, OR&L could only do emergency repairs 44 on its equipment and by the end of the war the tracks and trains were in poor condition and 45 OR&L had to increase its rates in order to pay for repairs; and 46

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1 WHEREAS, in 1946, a tsunami struck the north shore on the island of O‘ahu wiping out 2 a large section of tracks, and almost immediately crews from the OR&L and neighboring 3 plantations banded together to repair the tracks and got the job done in just under two weeks; and 4 5 WHEREAS, the condition of the tracks and equipment caused the business to decline, 6 and on New Year’s Eve of 1947, the OR&L had one final passenger ride going from Kahuku to 7 the depot in Honolulu (located at Iwilei Road and North King Street); and 8 9 WHEREAS, when passenger operations ceased, the railway sold off most of its 10 equipment for scrap and right-of-way of the track; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the U. S. Navy bought some of the equipment, and continued to run trains 13 on that right of way; and 14 15 WHEREAS, in 1950, the U. S. Navy purchased the track and right-of-way from West 16 Loch at Pearl Harbor to Lualualei Ammunition Depot Access Road in Nanakuli for $1.00 in the 17 name of “National Defense” and maintained the track until 1980 when it was ceded back to the 18 State of Hawai‘i; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the OR&L continued serving the docks and a scaled-back system serving 21 the pineapple canneries, slaughterhouses, and few other industries until the end of 1971 and the 22 U. S. Navy stopped running trains in the mid 1970’s; and 23 24 WHEREAS, the OR&L was the backbone of transportation on O‘ahu for almost 60 25 years; and 26 27 WHEREAS, one particular OR&L locomotive helped launch the Hawaiian Railway 28 Society; and 29 30 WHEREAS, Engine WACO #6 served the plantation from 1919 to 1952 and weighed 25 31 tons, and was considered a liability and was to be scrapped; and 32 33 WHEREAS, in 1971, a few railroad buffs got permission to move Engine WACO #6 34 from Waialua to Lualualei Ammunition Depot for restoration with spare and extra order of 35 Baldwin train parts and they formed the Hawaiʻi Chapter of the National Railway Society; and 36 37 WHEREAS, in 1975, the Hawaiʻi Chapter of the National Railway Society was able to 38 get the last stretch of track from Ewa to Nanakuli to be placed on the National Register of 39 Historic Places; and 40 41 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society is an educational, non-profit organization 42 with a two-fold mission: to save, restore, and protect as much of the old railroad equipment as 43 possible given its limited resources and to dedicate and keep this page of Hawai‘i’s history alive 44 through perpetuating this cultural history; and 45

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1 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society has restored 6.5 miles of track and works to 2 restore more, and has also restored several vintage diesel and steam locomotives to operation; 3 and 4 5 WHEREAS, the famous Dillingham parlor car has also been restored and is available to 6 passengers on the weekly rides; 7 8 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society provides rides on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and 9 Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., and passengers ride and listen to a narration about the 10 Hawaiian Railroad and its effect on the culture and history of Hawai‘i; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society operations are run mostly on volunteer work; 13 and 14 15 WHEREAS, some of the tracks used by the Hawaiian Railway Society and the train rides 16 are threatened by certain proposed developments and projects that will cross the train tracks; and 17 18 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society is in need of support to continue its 19 operations. 20 21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 22 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 23 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to support the 24 Hawaiian Railway Society; and 25 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 27 the Operations Manager for the Hawaiian Railway Society, Ewa-Pu‘uloa Hawaiian Civic Club, 28 ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor 29 of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 30 Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 31 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 32 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 33 34 35 INTRODUCED BY: ‘Ewa-Pu‘uloa Hawaiian Civic Club, ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei 36 Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 37 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 38 ACTION: ______39

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AO 4 5 SUPPORTING THE FRIENDS OF ‘IOLANI PALACE AND ITS EXCLUSIVE USE OF 6 THE GROUNDS TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND 7 PRESERVATION OF THIS SACRED AND CELEBRATED PLACE 8 9 WHEREAS, ‘Iolani Palace is a living restoration of a proud Hawaiian national identity, a 10 registered National Historic Landmark and the only palace of official royal residence in the 11 United States; and 12 13 WHEREAS, while the Palace itself is of great importance, the significance of the land 14 around the Palace stretches back to antiquity when it is said to have served as a heiau poʻo 15 kanaka with the associated name of Kaahaimauli; and 16 17 WHEREAS, heiau poʻo kanaka were considered the greatest class of ancient temples that 18 were built between the shoreline and the mountain ranges, hosting rituals to increase the 19 population, enhance public health, preserve peace, and ensure success in battle; and 20 21 WHEREAS, during the period from 1820 to 1840, the land surrounding the intersection 22 of Punchbowl and King Streets attracted an impressive concentration of hale mua (chiefly 23 compounds) displaying the social, political, and economic power of the owner to other chiefs and 24 missionaries; and 25 26 WHEREAS, these houses, built from stone and wood, were Western in design and 27 featured Euro-American and Asian furnishings, and belonged to prominent historical figures 28 such as High Chief Kalanimoku, British missionary William Ellis, Queen Kaʻahumanu, and later 29 High Chiefs Charles Kanaʻina and Kekāuluohi; and 30 31 WHEREAS, upon the deaths of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamāmalu, whose 32 bodies were brought back from London in 1825, Kalanimoku designated the area surrounding his 33 residence as the Royal Cemetery complete with the construction of a new stone mausoleum; and 34 35 WHEREAS, from 1825 to 1865; the area surrounding the royal mausoleum, clearly 36 delineated as a quadrangle, took on the name Pohukaina, and all reigning monarchs and their 37 consorts as well as the great majority of the highest chiefs were laid to rest here; and 38 39 WHEREAS, O‘ahu Governor Mataio Kekūana‘ōa built a new wooden palace named 40 Hanaialoia in 1845 for his daughter, Princess Victoria Kamāmalu, only to be taken as the new 41 official royal residence by Kamehameha III when he moved the capital from Lahaina to 42 Honolulu, thereby shifting the seat of political power to the western end of the archipelago and 43 just outside of the old Pohukaina boundaries; and 44 45 WHEREAS, in 1863 would formally change the name of Hanaialoia to 46 ʻIolani Palace in honor of his predecessor and brother, Kamehameha IV; and

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1 2 WHEREAS, after the construction of the new mausoleum in Nuʻuanu called Mauna ʻAla, 3 King Kalākaua in the 1870s ordered that the former Royal Tomb site be raised as a mound in 4 remembrance; and 5 6 WHEREAS, construction of the current ʻIolani Palace, with its cornerstone laid on 7 December 31, 1879, with full Masonic rites, was completed in 1882 to better represent Hawaiʻi’s 8 standing within the “Family of Nations” and allow the head of state to hold official functions and 9 royal balls, receive dignitaries and luminaries from around the world, and conduct international 10 diplomacy; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the entire enclosed grounds of the Palace complex became known as Pā 13 Aliʻi during the reign of Kalākaua; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Friends of ʻIolani Palace (“Friends”), via a lease with the Department of 16 Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) - General Lease S-5504 commencing on July 1, 1995, and 17 most recently extended on June 30, 2015, for a period of 20 years, has the kuleana of managing 18 various premises including a historic monument and cultural site for the benefit of Native 19 Hawaiians, the people of Hawaiʻi and the world; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the Friends does not receive any financial subsidy from the State of Hawaiʻi 22 for operational support, and as such the development of cultural exhibits and events which 23 educate people about the Hawaiian monarchy and instead must rely solely on ticket and shop 24 sales, donations, and special events held on the Palace grounds; and 25 26 WHEREAS, under paragraph 55 of this lease (Admission fees; additional rents.) 27 specifically states that with prior approval of the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural 28 Resources, the Friends may generate revenue for “a commemorative, historic, or educational 29 nature on the Palace Grounds, provided that all revenues are used for Palace projects, programs 30 or operations;” and 31 32 WHEREAS, The Friends seeks support to uphold paragraph 55, thereby preventing other 33 organizations and entities from conducting any revenue-generating activities for their own 34 benefit or profit. 35 36 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 37 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 38 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, supporting the Friends of ‘Iolani Palace and its 39 exclusive use of the grounds to support the ongoing maintenance and preservation of this sacred 40 and celebrated place; and 41 42 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs opposes 43 any rule change or adoption by the Board of Land and Natural Resources that would allow for 44 the issuing of a permit to another organization other than The Friends of ʻIolani Palace that 45 includes commercial activity, selling directly to the general public, and any other generation of 46 revenues; and

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1 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs opposes 3 any legislation seeking to allow commercial activity and direct-selling to the general public on 4 the Palace grounds by any organization or entity that is not The Friends of ʻIolani Palace; and 5 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 7 the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi, the Chairperson of the Board of 8 Land and Natural Resources, the President of the State Senate, the Speaker of the State House of 9 Representatives, the Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, the Chair of the 10 State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, and Hawaiian Affairs, the Chair of the 11 Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Mayors of each County, and the 12 President, 1st Vice President, and Executive Director of The Friends of ʻIolani Palace. 13 14 15 INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee), 16 Hui Hawai‘i O Utah Hawaiian Civic Club 17 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 18 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AP 4 5 URGING GOVERNOR DAVID IGE AND THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO 6 REQUIRE A LEVEL OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AS A MINIMUM 7 QUALIFICATION OR SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE 8 POSITION OF INFORMATION SPECIALIST I-IV OR PUBLIC INFORMATION 9 OFFICER 10 11 WHEREAS, the position description of an INFORMATION SPECIALIST I-IV of the 12 State of Hawai‘i states, “The work does require the ability to present material in a style, manner 13 of presentation and format that is best suited to the needs of the audience for whom the material 14 is intended;” and 15 16 WHEREAS, the minimum qualifications for INFORMATION SPECIALIST only 17 specifies, “writing materials for presentations, publications, or news releases using accepted rules 18 of standard English grammar, syntax, sentence structure, punctuation, etc… to best reach target 19 audiences;” and 20 21 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian language is also an official language of the State of Hawai‘i; 22 and 23 24 WHEREAS, the target audiences of many of the state’s public information materials are 25 speakers and readers of the Hawaiian language and use Hawaiian language public media; and 26 27 WHEREAS, it is important for INFORMATION SPECIALIST and PUBLIC 28 INFORMATION OFFICERS to pronounce and spell Hawaiian proper names and Hawaiian 29 place names correctly to avoid ambiguity and confusion in times of emergencies; and 30 31 WHEREAS, an INFORMATION SPECIALIST and PUBLIC INFORMATION 32 OFFICERS should be able to also use accepted rules of standard Hawaiian grammar, syntax, 33 sentence structure, punctuation, etc…to best reach the target audience of speakers and readers of 34 the Hawaiian language; and 35 36 WHEREAS, the ability to speak, translate, and interpret the Hawaiian language, in 37 addition to understanding cultural differences, is vital to effectively providing accurate public 38 information to the Hawaiian community; and 39 40 WHEREAS, there are already many positions in the state of Hawaiʻi government that 41 require a special language proficiencies, such as ABSTRACTORS and VISITOR 42 INFORMATION PERSONS; and 43

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1 WHEREAS, the state of Hawaiʻi Department of Human Resources Development 2 (DHRD) already has policies and procedures to establish minimum qualifications and selective 3 certification requirements for languages (Policy Number 200.005); and 4 5 WHEREAS, completion of an oral and written Hawaiian language proficiency course 6 recommended by DHRD comparable to one year of college level Hawaiian language course may 7 be set as the qualifying language proficiency requirement by DHRD. 8 9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 10 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 11 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging Governor David Ige and the Hawai‘i State 12 Legislature to require a level of Hawaiian language proficiency as a minimum qualification or 13 selective certification requirement for the position of Information Specialist I-IV or Public 14 Information Officer; and 15 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 17 James K. Nishimoto, Director of the State fo Hawai‘i Department of Human Resources 18 Development, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, 19 Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian 20 Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, 21 Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 22 23 24 INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Piʻolani Hawaiian Civic Club 25 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 26 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AQ 4 5 REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO 6 SUPPORT THE MAKAHIKI SEASON AT THE SAGUARO CORRECTIONAL 7 CENTER LOCATED IN ELOY, ARIZONA 8 9 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Club has adopted resolutions at previous 10 Annual Conventions that addressed the incarcerated Native Hawaiians at the Saguaro 11 Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona; and 12 13 WHEREAS, an important part of Hawaiian Culture is the Makahiki Season; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiians incarcerated at the Saguaro Correctional Center in 16 Eloy, Arizona have celebrated Makahiki season with a Kahu; and 17 18 WHEREAS, this Kahu has passed away and will likely not be replaced; and 19 20 WHEREAS, a cultural expert, a Kahu, should be assigned to support and provide 21 traditional Makahiki protocol for our incarcerated Native Hawaiians; and 22 23 WHEREAS, a Kahu can help with repair of hula implements, share and teach oli, help 24 inmates become proficient in ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, and teach hula kahiko; and 25 26 WHEREAS, in May 2017, members of Nā Lei Makalapua, the Mainland Council of the 27 Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, visited the Saguaro Correctional Center and shared mele 28 and hula, and at the last pod visit a Native Hawaiian inmate ended the visit with Ka Pule A Ka 29 Haku (The Lord’s Prayer). 30 31 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 32 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the Mālama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 33 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawai‘i Department of Public 34 Safety to support the Makahiki season at the Saguaro Correctional Center located in Eloy, 35 Arizona; and 36 37 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State of Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety 38 provide funds for a Kahu at the Saguaro Correctional Center and consult with the Association of 39 Hawaiian Civic Clubs on the replacement of the Kahu; and 40 41 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 42 the Correctional Corporation of America Warden Thomas at Saguaro Correctional Center in 43 Eloy, Arizona, ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, Lau Kanaka Hawaiian Civic Club, 44 Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi Hawaiian Civic Clubs, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 45 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State 46 Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine

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47 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 48 and all County Mayors. 49 50 51 INTRODUCED BY: ‘Āinahau O Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, ‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O 52 San Diego, Hui Hawai‘i Tenesi O Hawai‘i Hawaiian Civic Club 53 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 54 ACTION: ______

2 1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AR 4 5 SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIVE HAWAIIAN RADIO 6 PROGRAM AND GLOBAL RADIO NETWORK 7 8 WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Hawai‘i, “Article XV, State Boundaries; 9 Capital; Flag; Language and Motto,” under “OFFICIAL LANGUAGES,” Section 4, states, 10 “English and Hawaiian shall be the official languages of Hawai‘i, except that Hawaiian shall be 11 required for public acts and transactions only as provided by law”; and 12 13 WHEREAS, in 1978, The Constitution of the State of Hawai‘i was amended to recognize 14 the Hawaiian language as one of the two official languages of the State; and 15 16 WHEREAS, while the Hawaiian language revitalization movement has made major 17 strides in the last thirty years, for ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i to not just survive, but to also thrive, more 18 people need to speak Hawaiian; and 19 20 WHEREAS, from around 1949 to the present day, there has been a gradual increase in 21 attention to and promotion of the language; and 22 23 WHEREAS, recognizing the need to respond to the growth of the Hawaiian language, 24 respecting the language of the indigenous people of Hawai‘i, and incorporating its use in our 25 daily lives, the non-profit, The Friends of Ka Leo Hawai‘i Media, has proposed to institute a talk 26 format radio program; and 27 28 WHEREAS, Ka Leo Hawai‘i radio program will elevate the cultural experience for those 29 who live and visit Hawai‘i by making the native language prominent in everyday 30 communications; and 31 32 WHEREAS, Hawaiian language speakers exist in pockets across Hawai‘i, nationally, and 33 worldwide ; and 34 35 WHEREAS, radio and a companion web presence would serve as a central resource to 36 weave the pockets together, by having local, national, and global reach; and 37 38 WHEREAS, production costs are low, and through archiving and simple playback 39 methods, listeners can access information live, and/or on their own schedules; and 40 41 WHEREAS, mass media is a significant force in modern culture, and in Hawai‘i there is 42 an absence of equity in the exposure and use of the Hawaiian language versus English and other 43 languages in our community; and 44 45 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Constitution, Article II, Purpose 46 and Objectives, Section 2e, states, in part, “The objectives of this organization are: To honor,

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1 fulfill, protect, preserve, and cherish all sources, customs, rights, and records of Native Hawaiian 2 traditions, including but not limited to oli, mele, mo‘olelo, mo‘okū‘auhau, cemetery and/or burial 3 areas and the historic sites of the Native Hawaiian people; to actively encourage the teaching, 4 learning and use of ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i; generational and traditional resource practices as handed 5 down through traditional and customary practices; and to protect the endemic and indigenous 6 floral and fauna of Hawai‘i nei.” 7 8 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 9 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 10 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, supporting the establishment of a Native Hawaiian 11 radio program and global radio network; and 12 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 14 Friends of Ka Leo Hawai‘i Media, ‘Aha Punana Leo, as well as the Governor of the State of 15 Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of 16 the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, 17 Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 18 Affairs, and all County Mayors. 19 20 21 INTRODUCED BY: Kalihi-Pālama Hawaiian Civic Club 22 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 23 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AS 4 5 COMMITTING TO SUPPORT AND BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, 6 IMPLEMENTATION, AND CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR OF THE HAWAIIAN 7 (JUNE 2018 TO JUNE 2019) 8 9 WHEREAS, it has been nearly thirty years, or approximately one generation, since over 10 40,000 Native Hawaiians came together at Aloha Stadium on January 23, 1988, to celebrate their 11 shared culture, kinship, and connection to the ‘āina in a celebration called “The Year of the 12 Hawaiian” (Ho‘olako); and 13 14 WHEREAS, the Senate of the Twenty-Ninth Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i, Regular 15 Session of 2017, passed and adopted a 13-page single-spaced Senate Resolution Number 74, 16 Senate Draft 1 (S.R. NO. 74, S.D.1) detailing some of the many successes and accomplishments 17 of Native Hawaiians over the intervening 30 years and requests that the governor issue a 18 proclamation to designate June 1, 2018, to June 1, 2019, as the Year of the Hawaiian; and 19 20 WHEREAS, Senate Resolution Number 74, Senate Draft 1 (S.R. NO. 74, S.D.1) further 21 requests the Office of Hawaiian Affairs study and recommend a plan to celebrate, commemorate, 22 and fund the Year of the Hawaiian and to submit their plan and any proposed legislation required 23 to the Hawai‘i State Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular 24 Session of 2018; and 25 26 WHEREAS, Senate Resolution Number 74, Senate Draft 1 (S.R. NO. 74, S.D.1) further 27 requests the Office of Hawaiian Affairs “coordinate, collaborate, and communicate with the 28 Native Hawaiian community to organize, plan, and raise funds for the celebratory events and 29 commemoration activities that will occur over the course of the Year of the Hawaiian in various 30 venues and locales yet to be determined”; and 31 32 WHEREAS, in the last 30 years Native Hawaiians have made significant achievements in 33 education, in law, in medicine, in music, in hula, in sports, in film, in literature, in natural 34 resource management and stewardship, in civic engagement, in preserving and perpetuating the 35 Hawaiian language, in business and economic development, in politics and community 36 organizing, in traditional canoe building, navigating, and voyaging, and in increasing the role 37 that Native Hawaiian culture, language, traditions, and values play in defining the laws, rules, 38 procedures, and policies by which we live in Hawai‘i; and 39 40 WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, the mother club, was founded on 41 December 7, 1918, and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 1918; and 42 43 WHEREAS, since 1918, the civic club movement has grown to 64 clubs located 44 throughout the United States and within Hawai‘i; and 45 46 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs is an organization which has much 47 to offer the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in its efforts to plan, implement, and celebrate the Year of

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1 the Hawaiian and is an organization that should be involved to aid and assist the Office of 2 Hawaiian Affairs in its efforts to celebrate the Year of the Hawaiian. 3 4 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 5 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 6 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, committing to support and be involved in the 7 planning, implementation, and celebration of the Year of the Hawaiian (June 2018 to June 2019); 8 and 9 10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all councils of the Association of Hawaiian Civic 11 Clubs plan and organize activities on their respective islands to celebrate the Year of the 12 Hawaiian; and 13 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 15 the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 16 of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 17 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 18 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 19 20 21 INTRODUCED BY: Kalihi-Pālama Hawaiian Civic Club 22 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 23 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AT 4 5 REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND 6 GENERAL SERVICES AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I TO DETERMINE WHO IS 7 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ORIGINAL KING 8 KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT STATUE IN NORTH KOHALA, KAPA‘AU, HAWAI‘I 9 10 WHEREAS, in 1878, the legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom commissioned the 11 sculpture of King Kamehameha and this original statue presently stands in Kapa‘au in North 12 Kohala on the island of Hawai‘i, the birthplace of King Kamehameha the Great; and 13 14 WHEREAS, on May 15, 1880, the original statue was finished and on its way to 15 Honolulu, but after some delay, on February 22, 1881, word was received that the ship carrying 16 the statue, the G. F. Haendel had gone down on November 15, 1880, off Port Stanley in the 17 Falkland Islands and all cargo was lost; and 18 19 WHEREAS, as the original statue had been insured for 50,000 marks (about $12,000) 20 and with the proceeds, a replica statue was ordered again, under a new agreement with the 21 Boston sculptor Thomas R. Gould, and the replica was to cost $7,000, and he was to get $4,500 22 for four bronze tablets measuring 30 square inches for the pedestals; and 23 24 WHEREAS, in November 1881, Gould wrote the he had a promise from the Barbedienne 25 foundry in Paris to finish the replica statue by May 1882, and Gould will have both statue and 26 tablets ready in that month for shipment; and 27 28 WHEREAS, soon after work began on the tablets, Gould died on November 26, 1881, 29 and his son Marshall S. Gould, a sculptor, took upon the task of finishing the tablets; and 30 31 WHEREAS, on March 27, 1882, the British ship Earl of Dalhousie arrived at Honolulu 32 Harbor and news spread that a replica of the Kamehameha statue was aboard because the statue 33 was not due for a few months, but it actually was the original statue and it was in fair condition; 34 and 35 36 WHEREAS, the right hand of the statue was broken off near the wrist, and the spear was 37 broken, and the feather cape had a hole in it, and Walter Murray Gibson, as chairman of the 38 monument committee, quickly struck a bargain with Captain Jervis of the Earl of Dalhousie and 39 paid him $875 for the statue; and 40 41 WHEREAS, the original statue was placed near Ali‘iolani Hale and a small shed was 42 constructed around it, and because of damages caused by the shipwreck, the surface had 43 corroded badly and due to lack of materials and technical expertise to repair the surface of the 44 statue, it was cleaned and painted entirely brown in order to prepare it in time for Kalākaua’s 45 coronation ceremony; and 46

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 2 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawai‘i Department of 4 Accounting and General Services and the County of Hawai‘i to determine who is responsible for 5 the maintenance of the original King Kamehameha the Great statue in North Kohala, Kapa‘au, 6 Hawai‘i; and 7 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a report of the findings be provided to the Hawai‘i 9 State Legislature, Hawai‘i County Mayor and Hawai‘i County Councilmember representing the 10 Kohala Region, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, the Association of Hawaiian 11 Civic Clubs, and the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club; and 12 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 14 the Hawai‘i County Councilman, Herbert M. Richards, III, DVM, as well as the Governor of the 15 State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, 16 Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee 17 on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office 18 of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 19 20 21 INTRODUCED BY: Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club 22 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 23 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AU 4 5 REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 6 RESOURCES PURSUE THE RESCISSION OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 11167, 7 DATED AUGUST 15, 1964, WITH THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH SETS 8 ASIDE APPROXIMATELY 81,000 ACRES OF LAND AT POHAKULOA, HAWAI‘I 9 ISLAND, FOR MILITARY USE 10 11 WHEREAS, on August 15, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 12 11167 Setting Aside for the Use of the United States Certain Public Lands and Other Public 13 Property Located at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaiʻi Island which claims approximately 14 81,000 acres of land for military use; and 15 16 WHEREAS, there is no expiration date for the Executive Order 11167; and 17 18 WHEREAS, there are no provisions for monetary compensation to the State of Hawaiʻi 19 for the use of the lands; and 20 21 WHEREAS, there are no plans for remediation of the land upon its return to the State of 22 Hawai'i; and 23 24 WHEREAS, according to the Pohakuloa Training Area spokesperson there are at least six 25 endangered species of animals within the property boundaries of the land; and 26 27 WHEREAS, according to the Pohakuloa Training Area spokesperson there are 28 endangered plants which are found nowhere else on earth within the boundaries of the land; and 29 30 WHEREAS, the Pohakuloa Training Area currently consists of approximately 134,000 31 acres of land or 210 square miles of land which is slightly smaller than the size of the Island of 32 Molokaʻi and which consists of 81,000 acres of land taken by the U. S. Governments Executive 33 Order 11167, approximately 23,000 acres of State of Hawaiʻi Lease No. S-3849 and 34 approximately 30,000 acres of Fee Simple land purchased in 2006 from Parker Ranch and 35 known as the Keaumuku Maneuver Area at a cost of $32 million; and 36 37 WHEREAS, the entire Pohakuloa Training Area is now managed by the U. S. Army; and 38 39 WHEREAS, the State of Hawaiʻi Lease No. S-3849 lands are situated within and 40 surrounded by the 81,000 acres held under the Executive Order 11176 dated August 15, 1964; 41 and 42 43 WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is responsible for the 44 oversight of all State of Hawaiʻi public land.

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1 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 2 its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land 4 and Natural Resources pursue the rescission of the Executive Order 11167, dated August 15, 5 1964, with the U. S. Federal Government which sets aside approximately 81,000 acres of land at 6 Pohakuloa, Hawai‘i Island for military use; and 7 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and 9 Natural Resources request that the U. S. Army provide compensation for the use of 81,000 acres 10 of land held under the Executive Order 11167 until such time that the order is terminated; and 11 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners be provided 13 access to cultural and natural resources within this area and for spiritual purposes; and 14 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that adequate funds are set aside to clean, remediate and 16 render safe all unexplored ordnance, waste and debris within the approximately 81,000 acres of 17 land; and 18 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources 20 prepare and submit a report to the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Senate Committee on 21 Hawaiian Affairs and House of Representatives committee on Ocean, Marine Resources and 22 Hawaiian Affairs of the Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and 23 the Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo each January on the progress of the efforts to rescind the 24 Executive Order; and 25 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 27 the President of the United States, U. S. Senator Brian Schatz, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U. S. 28 Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, U. S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Commander of the 29 Pohakuloa Training Area, Garrison Commander of the United States Army Garrison-Hawaiʻi 30 and the Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President 31 of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 32 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 33 Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 34 and all County Mayors. 35 36 37 INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo 38 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘okūpa‘a (Native Rights Committee) 39 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 – AV 4 5 REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 6 RESOURCES TO REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO PAY A FAIR 7 COMPENSATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LEASE OF THE POHAKULOA 8 TRAINING AREA, TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL 9 PRACTITIONERS TO THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND FOR 10 SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL PURPOSES, AND TO REQUIRE AMPLE FUNDS ARE 11 PLACED IN ESCROW FOR THE REMEDIATION OF THE LAND AND REMOVAL 12 OF ALL ORDNANCE AND UNWANTED STRUCTURES UPON TERMINATION OF 13 STATE OF HAWAI‘I GENERAL LEASE NO. S-3849 14 15 WHEREAS, in 1964, the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources 16 entered into a sixty-five year lease (State General Lease No. S-3849) with the United States of 17 America for approximately 22,971 acres of Conservation Resource sub-zoned land at Pohakuloa 18 for military purposes; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the current State General Lease No. S-3849 stipulates a lease rent of $1.00 21 for the entire term of six-five years which is far below the value of the land; and 22 23 WHEREAS, there are no provisions for Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners to have 24 access to the cultural and natural resources of the area or for spiritual or ceremonial purposes; 25 and 26 27 WHEREAS, there are no provisions in the State General Lease No. S-3849 which would 28 require the United States Army to remediate environmental damage caused by its actions at 29 Pohakuloa Training Area such as unexploded ordnance, spent ammunition, warheads and 30 depleted uranium, a chemically toxic and radioactive heavy metal with a half-life of four to five 31 billion years; and to restore the land to its prior state, including cultural sites and artifacts; and 32 33 WHEREAS, despite the lack of plans for adequate compensation, no provisions for 34 access for Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners to cultural and natural resources or for spiritual 35 or ceremonial purposes, and no explicit requirements for remediation of the land and complete 36 removal of unexploded ordnance, weapons, depleted uranium and other remains upon the 37 completion of the lease, the U. S. Army is requesting an extension of the existing lease; and 38 39 WHEREAS, the U. S. Army has demonstrated their inability to complete the 40 rehabilitation of State of Hawai‘i lands that were used for military purposes such as Kaho‘olawe 41 Island, Kahului, Waiāhole and Wai‘anae Valleys due to lack of funds and resources; and 42 43 WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is responsible for the 44 oversight of all State of Hawai‘i public lands.

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1 2 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 3 its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 4 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land 5 and Natural Resources to require the United States Army to pay a fair compensation for the 6 extension of the lease of Pohakuloa Training Area, to provide access to Native Hawaiian 7 Cultural Practitioners to the cultural and natural resources and for spiritual and cultural purposes, 8 and to require ample funds are placed in escrow for the remediation of the land and removal of 9 all ordnance and unwanted structures upon termination of the State of Hawai'i General Lease No. 10 S-3849; and 11 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is 13 urged to submit a report each January to the Governor of Hawai‘i, State Senate President, State 14 Speaker of the House, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian affairs, Chair of the 15 State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Office of Hawaiian 16 Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo on the status of 17 the request; and 18 19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 20 U. S. Senator Brian Schatz, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U. S. Congresswoman Colleen 21 Hanabusa, U. S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, the Commander of the Pohakuloa Training 22 Area, the Garrison Commander of the United States Army Garrison-Hawai‘i, as well as the 23 Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 24 Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 25 House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 26 Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, all County Mayors, Chairperson of the Board of 27 Land and Natural Resources, and the Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo. 28 29 30 INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo, Moku O Keawe (Hawai‘i Island) 31 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘okūpa‘a (Native Rights Committee) 32 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AW 4 5 URGING STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF 6 MAUNAWILI VALLEY LANDS 7 8 WHEREAS, Maunawili Valley in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua is celebrated in story and chant 9 for its association with akua, ali‘i, and cultural heroes; and 10 11 WHEREAS, Maunawili Valley contains wetlands, streams and/or freshwater springs that 12 provide most of the water that flows to the Kawainui Marsh ecosystem and more than 50 springs 13 and smaller streams are present, including Maunawili Stream, the most significant stream in the 14 ahupuaʻa; and 15 16 WHEREAS, ancient and historic sites throughout Maunawili Valley include heiau, sacred 17 stones, petroglyphs, Hawaiian burials, alanui, house sites, grinding stones, irrigated and dryland 18 agricultural terraces, large ‘auwai related to extensive loʻi, and nineteenth and early twentieth 19 century structures related to agriculture and food production; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the 1994 Kawainui Master Plan recommended the State acquire the 22 privately-owned Wetland/Semi-Wetland areas in Maunawili, noting that they are hydrologically 23 part of Kawainui Marsh and separated only by the highway and that acquisition would “protect 24 the wetlands from future undesired developments” and inappropriate alteration of the landscape 25 and waterways; and 26 27 WHEREAS, the State of Hawai‘i has not secured these Maunawili lands, which remain 28 privately owned; and 29 30 WHEREAS, HRT, Ltd., owner of more than 1,000 acres in Maunawili including the 31 Royal Hawaiian Golf Course, has filed applications with the City and County of Honolulu 32 Department of Planning and Permitting to subdivide hundreds of acres of open space and 33 important agricultural lands in Maunawili Valley; and 34 35 WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to protect and conserve the Maunawili wetlands, 36 semi-wetlands, proposed Important Agricultural Lands, freshwater resources, ancient and 37 historic sites, and historic trails within the vital context of agricultural sustainability; and 38 39 WHEREAS, there is also a need to provide managed and restricted access to State trails 40 in proximity to Maunawili Historic Wetland/Semi-Wetland areas and The Queen’s Retreat; and 41 42 WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui is a group of descendants and residents of 43 Maunawili and Kailua who represent a coalition of Hawaiian cultural and environmental 44 organizations, including the Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club, who have joined together to protect 45 prime agricultural and culturally significant lands in Maunawili; and 46

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1 WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui seeks to restore the health of Maunawili so 2 that the valley can resume its vital and traditional role in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua as a source of 3 free-flowing fresh water and place of abundant agriculture and rich cultural resources; and 4 5 WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui has been increasing public awareness 6 of Maunawili’s significance, as a source of freshwater for the ahupuaʻa of Kailua with important 7 agricultural lands, and a place rich with natural, cultural and historic resources; and 8 9 WHEREAS, Governor David Y. Ige has declared a state goal to double local food 10 production by 2020, which is in line with Maunawili’s legacy as historically fertile ground for 11 the production of food crops; and 12 13 WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui has met with numerous State and City and 14 County officials and elected representatives to express the need to protect and preserve the 15 Maunawili lands and to seek both institutional and financial support toward that end; and 16 17 WHEREAS, Hui members have met with HRT, Ltd. representatives and are now 18 working in partnership with national and local trust entities that purchase and manage lands to 19 identify ways to acquire HRT properties in Maunawili; and 20 21 WHEREAS, HRT, Ltd. is the property holder for the Harry & Jeannette Weinberg 22 Foundation, whose purpose is to address the needs of children, the poor, and the disadvantaged; 23 and 24 25 WHEREAS, the mission of the Weinberg Foundation aligns with Hui Maunawili- 26 Kawainui’s collective social conscience and stated responsibility to protect and preserve the 27 natural and cultural resources of this region and the traditions associated with them, which are 28 vital to the well-being of Hawaiʻi and its people. 29 30 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 31 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 32 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging strong support for the preservation and 33 restoration of Maunawili Valley lands; and 34 35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supports 36 the efforts of the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui to protect and conserve the Maunawili lands and 37 urges HRT, Ltd. to work with the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui toward the purchase of the HRT 38 Maunawili lands to bring to fruition a larger, truly community-based vision of restoring 39 Maunawili to its vital and traditional role in the ahupua‘a as a source of free-flowing fresh water 40 and place of abundant agriculture and rich cultural resources; and 41 42 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs urges the State 43 and City and County to work with the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui in their efforts to acquire these 44 important and rich agricultural, cultural, and historic lands; and 45 46

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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 2 Senator Jill Tokuda, Senator Laura Thielen, Representative Chris Lee, Representative Ken Ito, 3 Representative Cynthia Thielen, Chairperson Suzanne Case of the Board of Land and Natural 4 Resources, Chair of the Honolulu City Council, Honolulu City Councilmember Ikaika Anderson, 5 as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the 6 State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair 7 of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the 8 Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 9 10 11 INTRODUCED BY: Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club 12 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Kaiaola (Ecosystems/Environment Committee) 13 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AX 4 5 URGING THE MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT RESOURCE EXTRACTION 6 OF SAND FROM THE PUʻU ONE SAND DUNES AND ITS EXPORT FOR THE 7 HONOLULU RAIL PROJECT 8 9 WHEREAS, sand mining or beach sand mining is a practice that is used to extract sand, 10 mainly through an open pit, however, sand is also mined from beaches, inland dunes and dredged 11 from ocean beds and river beds. 12 13 WHEREAS, sand is often used in manufacturing as an abrasive, for example, and it is 14 used to make concrete; and 15 16 WHEREAS, millions of tons of sand from Central Maui dunes have been mined and 17 shipped off the island since the mid-1980’s; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the Central Maui Sand Dunes stretching from Kahului Harbor to Waikapū is 20 also known as the Puʻu One Sand Dunes; and 21 22 WHEREAS, Maui chief Kahekili met the invading warriors of chief Kalaniʻōpuʻu of 23 Hawaiʻi at the sandhills of Kamaʻomaʻo...between Wailuku and Waikapū and this 1776 Battle of 24 Kakanilua (Ahulau Ka Piʻipiʻi i Kakanilua) occurred near the sand dunes of Waikapū killing 800 25 warriors; and 26 27 WHEREAS, the Wailuku-Kahului Community Plan has determined the Puʻu One Sand 28 Dune Formation as a cultural resource and wahi pana; and 29 30 WHEREAS, a 2006 study of the Puʻu One Dunes, informed Maui County that current 31 mining/shipping rates stated the resource would be depleted by 2011; and 32 33 WHEREAS, shared ownership interests connected to Maui Lani developer Bill Mills, 34 excavation company Honolulu Construction & Draying Co. (HC&D), the sand barge Quinault, 35 Pohaku Paa and Ameron (dba HC&D) sold $30 million worth of cement in just one year alone to 36 the Honolulu rail project; and 37 38 WHEREAS, according to the Maui County Planning Director, Maui Lani and HC&D 39 have properly been issued grading permits, but because the excavation and exportation of high 40 quality sand for making concrete and other purposes meets the definition of “resource 41 extraction”; and 42 43 WHEREAS, resource extraction may require either a special use permit or a conditional 44 use permit, neither of which are currently held by Maui Lani or its partners; and 45 46 WHEREAS, the county had issued notice to Maui Lani to pause and apply for more

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1 permits; and 2 3 WHEREAS, a lawsuit brought by Mālama Kakanilua was filed in Environmental Court 4 on August 2, 2017, to halt activity at the Maui Lani site saying the mining disrupts Hawaiian 5 burials, violates county grading permits, and county zoning laws (Civil no. 17-1-03113); and 6 7 WHEREAS, the Maui Lani Partners Archaeological Monitoring Plan that has been 8 approved by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) provides “all grading activities will 9 be monitored full time…[n]o sand will be excavated directly out of the ground and loaded into 10 trucks” and the protocol requires “[o]ne archaeological monitor per piece of ground disturbing 11 equipment”; and 12 13 WHEREAS, in 2016, Maui Lani reported at least three inadvertent discoveries of burials 14 to the SHPD; and 15 16 WHEREAS, six temporary burial sites reported to SHPD by Maui Lani were considered 17 “extremely culturally sensitive”; and 18 19 WHEREAS, Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is calling for all grading to stop 20 immediately to give county and state regulators time to sort out zoning, permits and iwi 21 preservation practices; and 22 23 WHEREAS, in April 2017, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa called for a sand export 24 moratorium. 25 26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 27 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 28 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Maui County Council to prohibit the 29 resource extraction of sand from the Puʻu One Sand Dunes and its export for the Honolulu rail 30 project; and 31 32 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Honolulu City Council prohibit the importation 33 of sand from the Central Maui Sand Dunes for the Honolulu Rail Project; and 34 35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 36 Maui-Lāna‘i Burial Council, Mālama Kakanilua, Maui County Council Chair, City and County 37 of Honolulu Council Chair, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Executive Director, as 38 well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 39 House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 40 the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board 41 of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 42 43 44 INTRODUCED BY: Lahaina Hawaiian Civic Club and Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu 45 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Kaiaola (Ecosystems/Environment Committee) 46 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AY 4 5 EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF EFFORTS TO RESTORE WATERFLOW IN THE 6 HISTORIC, NATURAL WATERWAYS OF HAWAI‘I FOR TRADITIONAL AND 7 CUSTOMARY NATIVE HAWAIIAN PRACTICES 8 9 WHEREAS the ʻōlelo Hawai‘i word for fresh water is “wai” and the word for wealth is 10 “waiwai” connoting the importance Hawaiians place on having access to fresh water; and 11 12 WHEREAS, Hawaiians have traditionally depended on stream water for cooking, eating, 13 farming, and cultural and religious practices; and 14 15 WHEREAS, restoring continuous, mauka-to-makai streamflow recharges the aquifers, 16 catalyzes the spawning of native stream and near-shore aquatic species, including endemic 17 species of ‘o‘opu, ‘ōpae and other fish like ‘anae, and promotes limu growth; and 18 19 WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Constitution Article XI, Section 7 establishes that “[t]he 20 State has an obligation to protect, control and regulate the use of Hawaiʻi’s water resources for 21 the benefit of its people”; and 22 23 WHEREAS, in 1987, the Hawai‘i State Legislature established the Water Code, codified 24 in Chapter 174C of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, which manages the permitted usage of water in 25 the State of Hawai‘i, including any alterations to its streams, rivers, and other waterways; and 26 27 WHEREAS, §174C-101(c), HRS, the section of the Water Code provides that 28 “Traditional and customary rights of ahupua‘a tenants who are descendants of Native Hawaiians 29 who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778 shall not be abridged or denied by this 30 chapter”; and 31 32 WHEREAS, after decades of legal battles and advocacy from the Hawaiian community 33 and others, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court helped to restore natural streamflow to historically 34 flowing waterways on O‘ahu and Maui, citing a lack of consideration for Native Hawaiian 35 practices as among the reasons for its decision in In re Waiāhole Combined Contested Case 36 Hearing, 94 Hawai‘i 97, 9 P.3d 409, (2000) and In re ‘Iao Ground Water Mgmt. Area High– 37 Level Source Water Use Permit Applications, 128 Hawai‘i 228, 287 P.3d 129 (2012); and 38 39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 40 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 41 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, expressing support of efforts to restore waterflow in 42 the historic, natural waterways of Hawaiʻi for traditional and customary Native Hawaiian 43 practices; and 44 45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 46 the Chair of the State of Hawai‘i Commission on Water Resource Management, Director of the

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1 ʻAʻaliʻi Program at Nānākuli High and Intermediate School, as well as the Governor of the State 2 of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair 3 of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on 4 Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of 5 Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 6 7 8 INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (Oʻahu Council) 9 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Kaiaola (Ecosystems/Environment Committee) 10 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AZ 4 5 REQUESTING THE HAWAIʻI STATE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE 6 MANAGEMENT (CWRM) TO DESIGNATE A WATER MANAGEMENT AREA IN 7 WAIʻANAE BY 2019 TO RESTORE THE 2.9 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER THAT 8 ARE CURRENTLY DIVERTED OUT OF THE WAIʻANAE MOUNTAIN RANGE 9 10 WHEREAS, the meaning of “Wai‘anae” is freshwater mullet; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the word for wealth in Hawaiian is “waiwai; and 13 14 WHEREAS, the water in Waiʻanae had been capped and diverted by the sugar 15 plantations in the late 1800ʻs only to be used later for residential development; and 16 17 WHEREAS, there are at least four streams in Wai‘anae Valley - Kūmaipō, Hiu, Kalalula 18 and Nioloopua - that no longer flow year-round due to water diversions; and 19 20 WHEREAS, in 1976, Eric Enos and other community members discovered the ancient 21 abandoned loʻi terraces on the slopes of Mount Kaʻala which highlighted the importance of the 22 valley to kalo production; and 23 24 WHEREAS, students from Nānākuli High and Intermediate School brought forth a 25 resolution to the Waianae Coast Neighborhood Board meeting on November 1, 2016 to restore 26 the water that is currently being pumped out of Kunesh Tunnel near Honua Stream in Waiʻanae; 27 and 28 29 WHEREAS, the board unanimously accepted and passed the resolution that night as 30 recorded officially in the minutes; and 31 32 WHEREAS, §174C-5, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Section (3) states the Commission on 33 Water Resource Management (CWRM) “shall establish an instream use protection program 34 designed to protect, enhance, and reestablish, where practicable, beneficial instream uses of 35 water in the state,” yet this management plan has not been updated since 1988; and 36 37 WHEREAS, Waiʻanae is the only place on O‘ahu that does not have a water management 38 area designation; and 39 40 WHEREAS, at the 2016 Annual Convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 41 in Las Vegas, Princess Kaʻiulani Hawaiian Civic Club introduced a resolution on this subject 42 that was but eventually not adopted; and 43 44 WHEREAS, members from Oʻahu Council worked with the students from Nānākuli High 45 and Intermediate School to draft this resolution.

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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 2 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 3 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the Hawaiʻi State Commission on Water 4 Resource Management (CWRM) to designate a water management area in Waiʻanae by 2019 to 5 restore the 2.9 million gallons of water that are currently being diverted out of the Waiʻanae 6 mountain range; and 7 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 9 the Chair of the State of Hawai‘i Commission on Water Resource Management, Department of 10 Hawaiian Home Lands, Kaʻala Farms, Inc., as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 11 President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State 12 Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 13 Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 14 Affairs, and all County Mayors. 15 16 17 INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (Oʻahu Council) 18 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Kaiaola (Ecosystems/Environment Committee) 19 ACTION: ______

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1 ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 2 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-BA 4 5 COMMENDING THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF THE ʻAʻALIʻI PROGRAM AT 6 NĀNĀKULI HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FOR THEIR CIVIC DUTY 7 8 WHEREAS, a group of students from Nānākuli High & Intermediate School known as 9 the ʻAʻaliʻi Program started working at Kaʻala Farm in Waiʻanae Valley to learn about watershed 10 resource management and agriculture; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the students learned how Hawaiians used the water from streams that 13 flowed through the valley for traditional agriculture and fish ponds and that water had been 14 capped and diverted by the sugar plantations in the late 1800’s only to be used later for 15 residential development; and 16 17 WHEREAS, they also learned from their experience working at Kaʻala Farm and through 18 talking with Wally Ito from Ānuenue Fisheries that releasing the water into the stream will help 19 to feed our aquifers, allow the stream to flow to the ocean, and create brackish waters that will 20 allow the endemic species of ʻoʻopu, ʻōpae and other fish like the ʻanae to spawn as well as 21 promote limu growth; and 22 23 WHEREAS, there are at least four streams in Wai‘anae Valley - Kūmaipō, Hiu, Kalalula 24 and Nioloopua - that no longer flow year-round due to water diversions; and 25 26 WHEREAS, the students began to research the laws and policies on water resource 27 management as part of their experiential learning; and 28 29 WHEREAS, based on their research, they learned that the Commission on Water 30 Resource Management has the responsibility to protect the traditional and customary practices 31 and natural resources dependent on streamflow, and found Wai‘anae is the only place on O‘ahu 32 that does not have a water management area designation; and 33 34 WHEREAS, community members from the ahupua‘a of Nānākuli, Lualualei, Wai‘anae, 35 and Mākaha have expressed a desire to restore the water being diverted out of Wai‘anae back 36 into the stream, to allow mahi‘ai (farmers) who use generational and traditional Hawaiian plants 37 in Wai‘anae; and 38 39 WHEREAS, these ʻAʻaliʻi Program students attended the Waiʻanae Coast Neighborhood 40 Board meeting on November 1, 2016, and through their efforts the board unanimously passed a 41 resolution researched and written by them; and 42 43 WHEREAS, the students presented their resolution at a community meeting held in the 44 Waiʻanae Moku where a panel of expert members on water resource management were present; 45 and 46

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1 WHEREAS, the ʻAʻaliʻi students additionally attended an agriculture committee meeting 2 to prepare for this panel discussion to learn about the issues of watershed resources and to 3 propose their resolution on restoring water to the watershed for this panel to deliberate; and 4 5 WHEREAS, at the 2016 Annual Convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 6 in Las Vegas, the resolution based on the one drafted by the ʻAʻaliʻi students was introduced by 7 the Princess Kaʻiulani Hawaiian Civic Club; and 8 9 WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs recommended that the resolution 10 be deferred and that association members work with the students to rewrite the resolution; and 11 12 WHEREAS, Ke One O Kakūhihewa, the O‘ahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian 13 Civic Clubs, received the students’ resolution at its July 8, 2017 council meeting where it was 14 referred to Kōmike Kaiaola for further editing; and 15 16 WHEREAS, Ke One O Kakūhihewa has introduced a water resolution based on the spirit 17 and work of the ʻAʻaliʻi Program students. 18 19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 20 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 21 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending the students and teachers of the ʻAʻaliʻi 22 Program at Nānākuli High and Intermediate School for their civic duty; and 23 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 25 Nānākuli High and Intermediate School, Kaʻala Farms, Inc., Place-based Learning and 26 Community Engagement in Schools (PLACES), the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, as 27 well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 28 House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 29 the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the 30 Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 31 32 33 INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (Oʻahu Council) 34 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Kaiaola (Ecosystems/Environment Committee) 35 ACTION: ______

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