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Economic Development A. Government Corporate Model B. Economic Development and ‘Āina 1. Institutional Economics 2. ‘Āina’s Rules of the Game C. Economic Entry Point VI. Conclusion 1 Ho‘oulu lāhui is a Hawaiian phrase that means “to increase and preserve the nation.” Mary Kawena Pukui & Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary 341 (1st ed. 1971). 2 Post-Juris Doctor Research and Teaching Fellow, 2009–11, Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. I. Introduction For Native Hawaiians, nation and land are bound in ways that go beyond spatial and political logistics. ‘Āina3 carries genealogical, ontological, and historical significance that upends classifications of it as simply prop- erty or assets. Beginning with mo‘olelo4 that speak of a direct kinship between Native Hawaiians and their natural surroundings and moving on to the contemporary political and legal battle over rights to and use of ‘āina, land is an enduring theme in Hawai‘i’s larger narrative. The principle of aloha ‘āina, which translates to mean “love of the land,”5 captures the revered position that land occupies in a Native Hawaiian worldview. Aloha ‘āina is often used interchangeably with environmental stewardship, but focusing on the idiom’s literal meaning ignores its rich etymology. The expression outgrew its pastoral subtext when it surfaced as a political pronouncement during the struggle over power in the 1890s. Anti-annexationists adopted the phrase under the banner of Hui Hawai‘i Aloha ‘Āina, an organization formed to protest the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.6 Along with a sister organization for women, the group petitioned, protested, and lobbied for restoration of the crown.7 In this context, aloha ‘āina communicated a “resistance to loss of land, identity, culture, and political power.”8 This interpretation reemerged in the 1970s during Hawai‘i’s cultural renaissance, which renewed political activism in the Native Hawaiian community, particularly over matters concerning land.9 Attention and en- ergy coalesced around the island of Kaho‘olawe and the U.S. military’s use of it to stage combat exercises.10 Stories and memories of Kaho‘olawe’s history, preserved by kūpuna,11 gained wider exposure and revealed the island’s spiritual significance to the larger public.12 In light of these revelations, many saw the govern- ment’s occupation as desecration – a sacred island battered, stripped bare, and littered with shrapnel and unexploded ordnances.13 Out of the ensuing struggle to terminate the bombings, Kaho‘olawe emerged as a rallying point, triggering a groundswell of consciousness on issues of environmentalism, spirituality, ances- try, and sovereignty – all under the ethos of aloha ‘āina.14 Activism during the 1970s continued on to the present day in various forms, and those efforts bring Native Hawaiians ever closer to a mode of formal self-governance. With self-governance will come the 3 ‘Āina is the Hawaiian word for “land.” Id. at 10. Pukui & Elbert, supra note 1, at 10. ‘Āina and land are used inter- changeably throughout the article. 4 Mo‘olelo is the Hawaiian word for “story” or “tale.” Id. at 234. 5 Id. at 19. 6 Noenoe K. Silva, Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism 130 (2004). 7 See id. at 130-31. 8 Noenoe Silva, Translations of Articles from the Hawaiian Nationalist Newspaper Ke Aloha Aina, in 2 ‘Ōiwi: A Na- tive Hawaiian Journal 118, 119 (D. Māhealani Dudoit et al. eds., 2002). 9 See Davianna McGregor-Alegado, Hawaiians: Organizing in the 1970s, 7 Amerasia J. 29, 41 (1980). 10 Haunani-Kay Trask, Native Social Capital: The Case of Hawaiian Sovereignty and Ka Lahui Hawaii, 33 Pol’y Sci. 375, 376-77 (2000). 11 Kūpuna is plural for “grandparent” or “relative of the grandparent’s generation.” Pukui & Elbert, supra note 1, at 171. 12 See Pualani Kanaka‘ole Kanahele, Ke Au Lono i Kaho‘olawe, Ho‘i (The Era of Lono at Kaho‘olawe, Returned) 7 Manoa 152, 155-57 (1995). 13 See Davianna Pomaika‘i McGregor, Engaging Hawaiians in the Expansion of the U.S. Empire,