Get Your Child Off To A Good Start Children begin learning at birth. That's why Kamehameha chools offers Hawaiian families a variety of early education services. The Parent-Infant Program shows new Center-Based Preschools prepare parents ways to he their baby's first and children for kindergarten and future best teacher. school success. The Traveling Preschool Program gives For information on how to enro ll in these toddlers formal learning experiences twice weekly at neighhorhood sites. At the programs at a site near you, please call same time, th ir caregivers learn Kame/tameha IS Early Education Division teaching methods to use at home. at 832-3025 or 832-3026. KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS/BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP E TATE • Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS BULK RATE 711 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 500 US POSTAGE PAID Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Honolulu. HawaII Perm,t No 298 ... - -- F OFFICE OF HAWAHAN AFFAIRS DIaD OJjf\ ..1_ ..... 1992 Advisory committee says Native Hawaiian civil rights violated by Ann L. Moore In "A Broken Trust" the Hawai'i Advisory sovereign nation recognized by the United States The Hawai'i Advisory Committee to the Committee has addressed the possible violation and many other nations. As a result thay have United States Commission on Civil Rights has of the civil rights of Native Hawaiians. That not been able to secure control of lands, enjoy released" A Broken Trust, The Hawaiian Native Hawaiians have been "effectively denied self-governance or eligibility for federal pro- Homelands Program: Seventy Years of Failure the right of judicial redress" or the right to sue in grams for Native Americans. Congress must of the Federal and State Governments to Protect federal court under the Hawai'i Admissions Act enact legislation to remedy both situations. the Civil Rights of Native Hawaiians." and the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. • The U.S. is occupying Native Hawaiian A free copy of the report is available by send- The advisory committee's findings state: homelands under questionable legal authority ing a request to: Commission on Civil Rights, • The United States has failed to exercise its and paying negligible compensation, and has Western Region, 3660 Wilshire Blvd., Suite trust obligations and abandoned any interest in refused to exchange lands, provide compensa- 810, Los Angeles, Calif., 90010. Be sure to protecting the trust thereby violating the civil tion or return the valuable lands, thereby show- specify a return address. rights of Native Hawaiians. Congress should ing a callous disregard of Native Hawaiians. The Advisory committees to the Commission on enact legislation establishing a clear federal trust "Quiet Title Act" should be amended by Civil Rights are in every state. They provide the as this is fundamental to any meaningful federal Congress and that compensation, exchange or commission with all relevant information on corrective action to repair the trust. return of the lands be undertaken as part of the matters within its jurisdiction and initiate and • The Hawaiians have no political relationship continued page 18 foreward advice and recommendations. with the U.S. even though Hawai'i was a Golf report calls for more planning by Ann L Moore ture activities has been based on the soil classifi- for landscaping and that developers should be A draft report containing policy recommenda- cation for golf course sites and fails to consider "encouraged" to use landscaping with zerotropic tions about golf course development in Hawai'i other productive agriculture activitias. plants which use little water. The report says the was distributed in November at public meetings The report states that golf courses are an Honolulu Board of Water Supply has a strong by the Office of State Planning. Copies of the inappropriate use for agriculture land as the pur- zero tropic program and gardens which should report are available through OSP by calling 587- pose of an agricultural district is to protect lands serve as a basis for identifying appropriate 2846 on O'ahu. valued for cultivation. They are also inappropri- plants. Habitat to encourage native fauna, The draft report delineates the characteristics ate for conservation lands and on former cane including use of anchialine ponds, should be of different types of golf courses; profiles com- or pineapple land since "If they (current sugar considered. munities in which golf courses are located or are and cane lands) were to be planned as land use, Concerning archeology, the report recom- being proposed; details planning and environ- given our present knowledge regarding ground- mends continued preservation of significant sites mental factors related to golf courses; discusses water, erosion and runoff, air pollution from and provision for adequate community input into social impact; reviews the economics of the golf cane burning, and many other issues, such crops the archeological review process. industry of Hawai'i; and considerations concern- would probably not be sited in their present day On grubbing, grading, and land clearing, the ing impact fees and mitigation measures. locations. " recommendations are to not allow construction The report says protection of prime agricul- The report recommends use of native species continued page 11 Indigenous message voiced on films · by Christina Zarobe er panelists at the program. Meleanna Meyer actually began working on "It's this whole notion of 'persistence of "Puamana," a documentary about her beloved vision.' I had a dream, a vision to do this piece," aunt Irmgard Farden Aluli , years ago as an she explained. "This whole notion of vision is attentive child. very important to me, and how to share it. " "For my whole life I watched quietly in the Directed by Les Blank and edited by Chris background. I watched this woman bring us Simon, "Puamana" is a portrait of Auntie together," she said during a panel discussion at Irmgard, one of 13 children in the Farden fami- the first annual Indigenous Voices in Film pro- ly. During the past 55 years, Auntie Irmgard has gram last month. written over 300 songs. She performs in the The process of bringing her aunt, a prolific film along with the musical group Puamana. songwriter, to the screen began in 1984 when Meyer has embraced filmmaking with an infec- Meyer took some 40 hours of oral history from tious enthusiasm, describing people in the indus- her aunt. Yet, she remembered, "This person is try as "compelling." She admitted, however, that larger than this. How can I share her?" filmmaking is a "shared process," a method that "She's got so much to give and so many of is not readily taught in schools or the work envi- the elders do." ronment where succeeding is emphasized. Already a painter and photographer, Meyer Meyer acknowledged her limited experience in said she has always found film to be an intrigu- filmmaking , calling herself "a newcomer but a ing art form. "Film had always been a fascina- committed soul to art. I'm delighted to have got- tion for me but it was off limits. " ten the bug." Yet the driving force behind the Stanford Sponsored by the Hawai'i International Film University graduate's documentary was a power- Festival, the first annual Indigenous Voices in ful motivator, one mentioned repeatedly by oth- Irmgard Farden Alull con ti n ued page 11 L. NEXT ISSUE by Ann Moore February 1 ORA Board Business NEWS & ARTICLES DEADLINE: =:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=:::::::::::::=:::::=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=:::=:::::::::=:::=:=:=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=:=:=:::::=:::=:=:=:=:::::=:=:::::::=:=:=:. January 10 The Board of Trustees for the Office of Home lands, procedures for initiating connec- Pleasa submit articles I Hawaiian Affairs held its board meeting in the tion to the computer records report system of well In advance of . '- OHA board room on Friday, Nov. 22, in the state Office of Information Practices, results news deadline to: 4' 'I( Ka Wal Ola 0 OHA • i. Honolulu. Chairman Clayton Hee presided. of votes cast in the 1990 elections, proposed 711 Blvd, constitutional amendment on Hawaiian Present were trustees Aiona, Akaka, Akana, Suite 500 DeSoto, Kanahele, Kaulukukui and Hao. Trustee sovereignty by the state Senate, request for Honolulu, HI 96813 Moses Keale Sr. was excused. attendance at the Nov. 15-17 Assets Planning Capacity Building Conference, transmittal of ADVERTiSiNG DEADLINE Chairman's Report journal vouchers distribution of 20 percent of January 10 The chairman reported on various items ceded land trust fund receipts to the account To advertise In Ka Wal Ola 0 OHA, including: an Aloha Week report by Trustee established for OHA, analysis of Act 221 of the call Dave Chun at Kanahele, archaeological report by Dan Ide, an 1990 Sessions law, request for copies of testi- Innovation, 943-8599 Ocean and Coastal Management Forum by mony by OHA at any City Council hearings on for ad rates and Trustee DeSoto, the Hawaiian Civic Clubs the homeless villages, copy of letter to Deloitte advertising particulars! Advertise In Ka Wal Ola 0 OHA Convention, final audit report by Ernst & Young, & Touche on examination of financial state- reburial of a single Hawaiian skull, a grant ments for OHA by the Hawai'i Department of Support Our Advertisers request from lunalilo Home through Trustees the Attorney General, copy of a letter sent.to Deloitte & Touche on examination of financial Akaka and Aiona, presentations to the board Announcements statements for OHA by Carismith, Ball, from investment companies, a letter from Sen. The deputy administrator, Stan lum, Daniel Akaka, and items proposed for the Wichman, Murray, Case, Mukai & Ichiki, request announced that Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA editor, legislative Review Committee by Trustee for confirmation of OHA flyers, transmittal of Deborah lee Ward (Mrs. larry Ward) was deliv- first program performance and expendi- DeSoto. The report was unanimously accepted. ered of a five pound baby girl, Pauola Kamaleio ture report by Alu like, acknowledgement of Kupuahone Ward, this morning.