Vol. 19, No.5

Ka Wai Ola o OHA – The Living Water of OHA Mei (May) 2002 Photos/composite: Manu Boyd Manu Photos/composite:

OHA Grants Program Specialist Nancy Holt, Trustees and Colette Machado along with Administrator Clyde Nämu‘o assist with the check presentation. BLNR Chair Gilbert Coloma-Agaran and OHA Chairperson Haunani Apoliona sign the memorandum of agreement to fund Kïkala-Keökea subdivision infrastructure. Kupuna Mazie Roberts tells of the community’s patience and faith as Trustee Machado stands by. KÏKALA-KEÖKEA Association, said, “It is because of OHA commits $1.35 million for Kalapana God that we are here today. I wanted so much to be at the last legislative hearing, but at that point, it was in community, signs agreement with DLNR God’s hands. It’s expensive to fly to , and we have plenty of work (1991) under the Department of Land “When we started trying to get to do right here. We’re building a By Manu Boyd and Natural Resources (DLNR) to money together for our village back in nation. Kïkala-Keökea is for our keiki. relocate those displaced Kalapana 1989-90, we had no idea it would take “When you go back to the his is really a day of cele- families. Leases were subsequently so long. We figured it would take two Legislature – when it comes to infra- bration,” said OHA awarded to 48 families, but a stipula- or three years,” said former Kalapana structure and Hawaiians, we’re in the Chairperson Haunani tion requiring completed infrastructure resident Kau‘ilani Almeida, described back of the line. That’s been the histo- “TApoliona as trustees and staff gathered before any building was a huge set- as a catalyst in the community’s ry,” said Trustee Colette Machado in last month with dozens of steadfast back. A decade later, with the passage efforts. “At OHA, we’ve been through an earlier conversation with Kalapana residents displaced by the of Act 144, OHA and DLNR have so many trusteeships, and priorities Peleiholani and Almeida. “But I made devastating Kïlauea lava flow of 1983. formed a partnership through a memo- changed. Same thing at the a promise to find a way to make this “This is a result of hana like and alu randum of agreement, and the design Legislature, except some of the ones happen, and I don’t like to make a like – working together,” she said. and construction of infrastructure – who were there for us in the beginning promise and not deliver because you “You had faith in us and gave us a lit- including water lines, drainage and like Sens. Chong and Levin have get hard luck after that. I told Tootsie tle more time.” roads – will commence. gained seniority and power and have and Kau‘i hold your heads up high,” On April 15, OHA and the Board of OHA’s $1.35 million is now trans- ongoing understanding of our cause. she said. Land and Natural Resources signed a ferred to a trust fund with $1.75 mil- But it was Rep. Helene Hale who real- “If it wasn’t for Rep. Helene Hale, long-in-coming memorandum of lion from the DLNR, which is respon- ly championed the bill. She would not Sen. Russell Kokubun, this couldn’t agreement committing a combined sible for procurement and expenditure let it die and fought for us all the way.” have happened. My heart was sore sum of $3.1 million to Kïkala-Keökea, of OHA’s funds, as described in the Tootsie Peleiholani, vice president See KALAPANA on page 9 a subdivision created by Act 314 agreement. of the Kalapana Community

OHA is helping re-build Kawänanakoa Gymnasium in Keaukaha By Manu Boyd $667,000 to Pat Englebrand of the Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation, The once dilapidated Kawänanakoa Gym at marking the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for Photo: Nancy Holt Nancy Photo: the corner of Desha and Baker avenues on the East Hawai‘i community. The new facility, Hawaiian home lands was not safe or adequate a partnership between OHA, Hawai‘i County for the throngs of volleyball and basketball and the State Legislature, is scheduled for players. And after years of the Hawai‘i completion in October, and is significantly County’s stalling and pleas from the communi- larger than its predecessor, with all the ameni- The new Kawänanakoa Gymnasium in Keaukaha is scheduled ty for support, the Board of Trustees of the for completion this October. Office of Hawaiian Affairs presented See GYM on page 18

IN THIS ISSUE Ka Wai Ola o OHA, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500, Honolulu, HI 96813-5249

To protect most valuable Hawaiian cul- PRESORTED STANDARD tural resources, OHA sues NASA for U.S. POSTAGE PAID PAGE Mauna Kea EIS. See story on page 3. Honolulu, Permit No. 298 03

Pat Nämaka Bacon receives the Mary Kawena Püku‘i Award named for her PAGE mother. See story on page 5 05 www.OHA.org

K L K A EO AIÄULU

KA LEO KAIÄULU LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

‘Ohana search rewrite the illegal overthrow and gassed, maced, stripped naked and Board of Trustees annexation of the Kingdom of humiliated. The cops then huddle We are searching for any infor- Hawai‘i. and ‘high-five,’ like a bunch of bul- mation regarding the family, sib- My compliments also to the fine lies who have stolen candy from a Haunani Apoliona lings, etc. of Keali‘i‘aukai Pi‘ilani, editorial of Trustee At-large child. Chairperson, Trustee, At-large born in 1836, in Kaupö, . He Rowena Akana in your March issue. This is just the tip of the iceberg. married Kamalama of Kaupö. A It appears to me as a Mainland How long must we tolerate this Tel: 808.594.1886 son, Mikele Pi‘ilani, born in Kaupö Hawaiian that the OHA Trustees abuse? At what point will the Fax: 808.594.1875 should grow-up and quit fighting Hawai‘i Dept. of Public Safety stop Email: [email protected] in 1856, is my grandfather. Any information would be greatly among themselves like children ignoring our cries? I ask, “E aha Linda K. Dela Cruz appreciated. Write to P.O. Box especially in such a public place as ana läkou? ‘Ole!” And they reply, Vice chair, Trustee, Hawai‘i 1368, Hanalei, HI 96714, or call the Hawai‘i State Legislature! As a “‘A‘ole hiki ke ‘alo a‘e.” To the 808-826-9859. Mahalo nui loa. 40-year resident now of Arizona people of Hawai‘i, to our family Tel: 808.594.1855 with the largest number of Indian and friends, we need your kökua. Fax: 808.594.1883 reservations in the nation, I’ve Remember I am one voice of many. Email: [email protected] Peter Kepano Pi‘ilani Hanalei observed the socio-economic-polit- E kala mai ia‘u i këia ho‘oluhi. Rowena Akana ical benefits of these native Trustee, At-large American tribes of living together, Leroy K. Wright Comedy of errors working together and prospering Kaunakaka‘i, Moloka‘i Tel: 808.594.1860 together through the formation of Florence, Arizona Fax: 808.594.0209 At first glance I thought an article the Arizona Native American Email: [email protected] written by Mary Adamski Gaming Commission. Be pono Donald Cataluna (Honolulu Star Bulletin, 17 March) Perhaps OHA, the State of Hawai‘i, and the elitist, reactionary Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau was an intellectual dissertation on To all kanaks: We have been descendants of the New England the subject of sovereignty. standing strong – let not your hearts Tel: 808.594.1881 missionary-types, can move for- However, as I read further, I saw the be filled with shame. We are what Fax: 808.594.0211 ward into the 21st Century and article as an attempt at humor, since we are, a proud people. In the spirit Email: [email protected] resolve their petty differences for her analogy of Hawaiian sovereign- of our ancestors of these lands; in the greater good of the people of Clayton Hee ty compared to the Palestinians’ the roots of our ways; we will sur- Hawai‘i. Trustee, O‘ahu was pure fiction, since she could vive. We must survive — the lands, not be more off-the-mark. the oceans, our children. We must Tel: 808.594.1888 William Afong Kaipo Kuamoo The further I read, the more con- teach them the ways of old, so they Fax: 808.594.1864 Scottsdale, Arizona vinced I was that the writer of the may be pono. I as well as many like Email: [email protected] Kailua, Kona, Hawai‘i article tried her best, since I fin- me who are in prisons are kanaks Colette Y. P. Machado ished the article with a chuckle. I and have not that freedom to make Trustee, Moloka‘i and La¯na‘i look forward to Adamski’s contin- pono for our children’s ways. Too ued attempts at what can only be Hana ‘ino many broken families, too many Tel: 808.594.1837 described as a “comedy of errors.” broken dreams, not enough love. Fax: 808.594.0212 Aloha nö käkou! ‘O Leroy For you who are free, teach them Email: [email protected] Kealohapilimau Wright ko‘u inoa. Walter Akimo well. Love to all my kanaks, from a No Kaunakakai, Moloka‘i mau au. Charles Ota Hilo peaceful place in time – Miloli‘i. Trustee, Maui I am writing from Florence Correctional Center in Arizona Kudos Richard Ke‘oke‘o Taylor Tel: 808.594.1879 where I am housed in segregation Fax: 808.594.0210 Hälawa My compliments to a recent for an indefinite time. My options Email: [email protected] KWO Focus letter entitled “History are limited, but this won’t stop me OHA reserves the right to edit Oz Stender Subverted” by Rod Ferreira which from ‘barking up their tree.’ Trustee, At-large encapsulates the true motivation of To the people of Hawai‘i, espe- all letters for length, defamatory the U.S. minions in the past to cially the family and friends of and libelous material, and other Tel: 808.594.1877 annex/subjugate the sovereign those incarcerated in Mainland pris- objectionable content, and Fax: 808.594.1853 Kingdom of Hawai‘i. As with the ons, e ‘olu‘olu e ho‘olohe! Email: [email protected] thinly-veiled German-Nazi and I have experienced and witnessed reserves the right to print. All let- abusive power trips while in segre- John D. Waihe‘e IV Japanese Imperialist post-World ters must be typed, signed and not War II efforts to revise WWII his- gation, raging through barred win- Trustee, At-large exceed 200 words. Send letters to torical cause-and-effect of the dows, but am helpless. Guards’ Tel: 808.594.1838 Jewish Holocaust, Bataan Death unprofessional actions include: ver- Ka Wai Ola o OHA, 711 Fax: 808.594.0208 March, etc., to more favorably be bally provoking and ‘flipping the Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500, Email: [email protected] viewed by future generations – so it bird,’ ignoring their cries for med- Honolulu, HI 96813 or email to is with the Twigg-Smiths, Judd's, ical assistance, the list goes on and Ka Wai Ola o OHA Conklins & Burgesses attempt to on. When inmates react, they are [email protected]. “The Living Water of OHA”

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02 May

N H Ü OU

NEWS NÜ HOU

OHA sues NASA, UH over Mauna Kea telescopes

By Naomi Sodetani Land and Natural Resources, seeking to block NASA’s Conservation District Use Application. ‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani, KAHEA, Mauna Kea Anaina HA has filed a federal lawsuit against the Hou, and the Royal Order of Kamehameha I also National Aeronautics and Space cite NASA’s need to complete an EIS to mitigate Administration and the University of

Photo courtesy IFA/CARA courtesy Photo potential impacts on burials, archaeological sites, OHawai‘i’s Institute for Astronomy to compel an groundwater, and natural environment in an area environmental impact statement before it can pro- traditionally revered as the holy juncture between ceed to build telescopes on Mauna Kea. the heavens and earth. The lawsuit, filed on April 22 in U.S. District “We’re delighted that OHA is helping to cham- Court in Honolulu, seeks an order to halt the fed- pion this cause to protect Mauna Kea,” said eral agency’s plans to fund, construct, install and Kealoha Pisciotta, founder of the Mauna Kea operate six outrigger telescopes at the existing Anaina Hou, which has long opposed further W.M. Keck Observatory at the summit of HOW IT WILL LOOK — A computer graphic rendering of NASA’s proposed outrigger telescopes at Keck. development on the summit. The group repre- Mauna‘Kea, island of Hawai`i. sents cultural practitioners including those whose OHA asks the court to force NASA to fully media. “It is one of our most sacred cultural ancestors are buried on Mauna Kea. assess the impacts on cultural and natural resources. The community has repeatedly told The fight over NASA’s project is seen as a test resources resulting from its proposed develop- NASA that its project will have very damaging case for future projects on the mountain. One ment before proceeding with building “outrigger” effects on this treasured resource, but NASA has telescope three times the size of Keck is now telescopes six feet across that connect with, and simply ignored us. We felt we had no choice but being designed at UC Santa Cruz and may be extend the viewing capability of, the 33-ft.-wide to file legal action, placing NASA and IFA on headed for Mauna Kea. NASA’s is the first pro- Keck telescopes. The Outriggers Telescope official legal notice that an EIS is required.” posed under the new UH Mauna Kea Master Plan Project is part of NASA’s $45 million “Origins Apoliona said OHA has “grave concerns” about adopted in June 2000 by the UH Board of Project” which is looking for life on planets out- the Institute for Astronomy using “NASA’s inad- Regents over broad community opposition. side our solar system. equate environmental assessment for IFA purpos- The UH plan provides for the further expansion OHA Chairwoman Haunani Apoliona es,” to entrench its foothold on the 13,746 ft. high of Mauna Kea by at least 21 telescopes. expressed disappointment regarding NASA’s summit and further its activities through millions Since 1968, the UH has held a dollar-per-year refusal to complete an environmental impact of dollars in contracts for research and technolo- state lease for use of 11,270 acres of ceded land statement of its own volition. OHA’s lawsuit fol- gy development hinging on NASA’s project. encompassing the massive Mauna Kea Science lows NASA’s recent publication of a final envi- OHA is one of the 7 Native Hawaiian organiza- Reserve. A 1998 state audit report strongly criti- ronmental assessment that the project will have tions that NASA consulted with in the Section cized the UH and DLNR for poorly managing “no significant impact” on Mauna Kea. 106 consultation process mandated by federal Mauna Kea lands and recommended that a full “The Native Hawaiian community has clearly historic preservation law. Last month, four of the environmental impact statement be done. spoken on the issue of Mauna Kea,” Apoliona participating Hawaiian groups petitioned for a said in a statement to the local and national See MAUNA KEA on page 18 contested case hearing with the Department of

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Mei 03

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NÜ HOU NEWSBRIEFS

impacts of military training activi- Oct. 4 consent decree that also OHA award Scholarship ball ties at Mäkua Military Reservation. requires the Army to complete its Concerns expressed included: EIS by Oct. 2004. Mälia Petersen received the Leimomi Khan, president of the ensuring the preservation of archae- The Army will accept written Office of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, ological sites, flora and fauna, tak- comments sent to Calvin Mashita, Hawaiian language award at the announced that their club’s annual ing fail-safe precautionary mea- Project Manager, U.S. Corps of Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo Holokü Ball scholarship fund raiser sures during transport of explosives Engineers, Attn: CEPOH-PP-E April 4. The $1,000 cash prize is is set for June 1 at the Royal and live-fire training exercises, and (Mashita), BLDG 230, Ft. Shafter, presented to the Miss Aloha Hawaiian Hotel. assessing the current and long-term Hawai‘i 96858-5440, Tel: 438- contestant who “Hawaiian Souvenirs – He impact of explosive chemicals on 8417, Fax: 438-8865, Email: scores highest Makana Hi‘ipoli Makamae” (a pre- ground and offshore water [email protected] in the oli cious gift held close to the heart) is resources. y.mil (chant) catego- this year’s theme. Outstanding com-

Photo: Manu Boyd Manu Photo: The “scoping meetings” to obtain ry, as deter- munity members will also be hon- public participation in the Army’s See NEWSBRIEFS on page6 mined by the ored including , EIS process were mandated under a contest judges. musician, composer, and official of Petersen also the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame; won the overall Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Mälia Petersen title of Miss genealogist, kumu hula and cultural OHA Legislataive update Aloha Hula 2002, resource; as well as two long-time and is a member of Hula Hälau o club members: Katherine Farm and On April 26, the Hawai‘i State Legislature took action on the follow- Kamuela under the direction of Sarah Kauka. ing OHA bills. Look for a full review of Hawaiian-related bills in the Kumu Hula Paleka Mattos. Tickets for the formal dinner June issue of KWO or log on to www.OHA.org. event are $75, a portion of which is Maui business course tax deductable. For tickets and HB 2400/SB2476 Relating to Interim Revenues for the Office of information, call Holokü Ball Chair Hawaiian Affairs Provides for interim revenues for fiscal year 2002- Patricia Dela Vega at 239-1637, or SmartStart Business Readiness 2003 to extend lapse date of funds previously appropriated; provides HCCH Vice President Luana Salä at further instruction for the legislative auditor on its efforts to establish courses are being sponsored on 523-6280/671-1637. Maui by the OHA’s Native the information system under Act 125, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000. Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund, Status: and will be run by the Samoan Mäkua EIS meetings Service Providers Association. HB 2400 Allows the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to award grants. Classes are held all day Saturdays, Representatives of the 25th Appropriates funds as interim revenues to the Office of Hawaiian May 25-June 29, at Maui Infantry Division (Light) and U.S. Affairs. Community College. Army Hawai‘i met with members of Status: the Nänäkuli and Wai‘anae commu- Orientation will be May 11, 9-11 nity on April 9 and 13 . SB 2478 Allows trustees of OHA to participate in and receive the a.m. at MCC. $5 orientation fee. For In four-hour meetings , more than same retirement benefits as other state elected officials. Such bene- additional information, call 594- 100 residents commented on the fits will be paid for by trust funds, not general fund revenues. 1924 (OHA O‘ahu), 808-243-5219 issues they want the Army to Status: (OHA Maui) or 808-842-0218 address in its preparation of an envi- (SSPA). ronmental impact statement on the

Board actions support education, businesses By Ryan Mielke and Naomi Sodetani

awai‘i education and businesses Center for Hawaiian Studies will receive Hawaiian-owned businesses can call OHA at received major funding as OHA $1.525 million over five years ($305,000 594-1888. trustees approved measures to support annually) to assist staff expansion and student April 16 board decisions: Hcharter schools, the University of Hawai‘i scholarships to work on various projects, • Selection of Native Hawaiian Health Task Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian including a ceded lands inventory. Force members: Dr. Thomas Au, Kim Birnie, Studies, and businesses adversely impacted by “Today was a great day,” said the center’s Elizabeth Geisting, Dr. Claire Hughes, the national tragedy of Sept. 11. director, Lilikala Kame‘eleihiwa. “I feel very Richard Jackson of Queen’s Hospital, Hardy At the April 4 board meeting, the trustees humble and grateful and proud to be part of a Spoehr and Na‘u Kamali‘i from Papa Ola approved OHA’s five-year strategic plan by historic moment now because OHA is sup- Lokahi, Kirk Lange, Pi‘ilani Pang, Mary approving the first-year course of action. porting the training of young people.” Rydell, and Paul Tom; OHA Chairwoman Haunani Apoliona laud- The Waimea charter school Kanu o ka Aina • Authorizing the Legislative and ed fellow trustees and administrative staff “for received $110,250 in OHA funding for an Government Affairs Committee to seek an making history and doing some very positive evaluation project to measure the impact of amendment to the provisions of Sec. 10-11 things for our beneficiaries. OHA now has a native-designed and controlled education that Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, to uncap the strategic plan that addresses 12 years of con- is culturally driven, family oriented and com- Administrator’s salary and seek the advice of cerns by audit reviews,” she said. “This plan munity-based on native student performance. the Attorney General on the matter; will focus OHA’s resources and allow us to be OHA trustees also passed a resolution urging • Supporting legislative resolutions on the accountable as we continue our work for the future funding of the charter schools be pro- development of public school fishpond-relat- betterment of our beneficiaries.” vided by the Department of Education and the ed curriculum; a cruise ship industry task After months of community meetings, Hawai‘i Legislature. force; Dept. of Land and Natural Resources deliberations and planning, the first-year Trustees approved $1.5 million for a prioritization of ocean and coastal areas; des- action plan launches the implementation of Hawaiian Entrepreneurial Loan Program, also ignation of August 2002 as Duke OHA’s five-year strategic plan that focuses on known as HELP. This program provides busi- Kahanamoku Ho‘olaule‘a Month; develop- 10 key goals: advocacy-native rights, culture, nesses a loan facility to help weather the ment of more transitional housing and social economic development, education, environ- adverse impact of the Sept. 11 tragedy on welfare facilities on O‘ahu; requesting a full- ment-natural resources, nationhood, policy, Hawai‘i’s economy. The loans, provided at a impact study of Mauna Kea and halt on fur- social services, land & housing, and health. fixed rate of 2 percent, will be for a maximum ther development until the study is completed; (See www.OHA.org for an abridged copy of $100,000 each and focused directly on calling on DLNR to seek reasonable compen- the action plan.) Hawaiian-owned businesses. The HELP pro- sation for the use of Mauna Kea lands for Beginning July 1, the UH Kamakaküokalani gram will be available for 1 year. Interested astronomical purposes. ■

04 May

O LAKINO

YOUR HEALTH OLAKINO He inoa ‘ala ‘A fragrant name,’ said of a chief whose reputation was good Mary Kawena Püku‘i, “‘Ölelo No‘eau”

hospitality, kindness and considera- her Ka-ipukai-lä‘ï-a -Kamehameha. given to commemorate an event By Claire Hughes, Dr. P.H., R.D. tion he had received. After This second story stresses the and, on occasion, to remember a Department of Health Kamehameha conquered O‘ahu, he importance Hawaiians placed on good deed. These names gave great ntil the late 1800s, the made an unannounced trip over the being a considerate host, always honor to the child and family. plains at the base of the Nu‘uanu pali. His purpose was to being prepared to serve, and the Bestowing a name on a child within Nu‘uanu pali were named personally view and evaluate the value of cleanliness and sanitation the family was a significant under- Ufor a beautiful woman. Hala trees conditions of the farms in the taking. Naming of the first covered the plains and the fragrance area. child was a genealogical from the blossoms and ripe nuts Kamehameha stopped at a process that required a family scented the entire area. Songs and house in Kekele to rest and council. chants referred to it as the sweet refresh himself. The man of the Some names may strike us

land of fragrance and perfume. It house immediately prepared Graphics Guava Image: as curious today, such as the became known as Kekele. food for the ali‘i. However, he name Kamaka‘eha (sore eye), A mo‘olelo is told of the beauti- was concerned that the dishes of which was given to Queen ful Kekele, who lived there with her his modest household were not Liliu‘okalani. The story goes husband, Kaulu. The description of appropriate to serve that her aunt was being treat- her beauty reveals the ancestors’ Kamehameha. He quickly gath- ed for a stubborn eye infec- sense of beauty: “Her breath and ered ti leaves and skillfully tion when the future queen skin were as sweet as ‘inamona.” folded the leaves into a platter, was born. She was a very quiet woman. Her on which he served the pig for On occasion, names were He inoa pili iä Kamehameha — Many favorite flowers and vines were the the great chief. This special given to remind family and attention and consideration old Kama‘äina families were given friends of a broken bond with- hala, maile, ‘ie‘ie and other fragrant names that relate to Kamehameha I leaves. She was always adorned pleased Kamehameha. Noticing a because of his aloha for the people, in the family or of an unkind with these lei, and even slept with pregnant woman nearby, he asked and the people's profound respect and remark made about a chief. These admiration for him. her hala lei when she retired at the man who served him whether names were constant reminders of night. The hala were planted for her the woman were his wife. When he the problem and offense. Over time, and they grew and flourished. learned that this was so, surrounding food preparation and a name could be altered to a more Another mo‘olelo tells of a Kamehameha instructed the couple meals. pleasant one. It is an interesting woman who lived in Kekele and to name their baby for the nice ti In ancient times, children were pastime to translate Hawaiian was named by the great warrior leaf platters. The King knew that often given the names of their names and learn about family histo- chief. The mo‘olelo recalls how his naming of the child would be kupuna, inoa kupuna. In special cir- ry. Unfortunately, many of the sto- considered a great honor by the man cumstances, they were named by ries explaining and relating to Kamehameha the Great conferred ■ this great honor in return for the and his wife. When their daughter chiefs (as in the tale of Ka-ipukai- names have been lost. was born, the parents proudly called lä‘ï-a-Kamehameha). Names were

for Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians), I am delight- ed to introduce the honoree,” he said, continuing with a recitation of the translated text of a chant for protection: “O gods dwelling in the wood- Pat Nämaka Bacon lands, hidden away in the mists, in the low-lying rainbow; O beings sheltered under the skies; clear Mary Kawena Püku‘i Award recipient our paths of all that may trouble us. Protect us from all that hinder us on our way. Laka, goddess of the hula, inspire us, her followers.” By Manu Boyd In his rich introduction, Wong recaptured a life- time of cultural nurtur- or years, the West Honolulu Rotary Club ing through the learning has acknowledged outstanding Hawaiians and sharing of hula. in the community with its David Malo Bacon’s teachers were Award,F named for the 18th century-born recalled: Keahi Luahine, Hawaiian scholar who preserved in writing many Kapua and Joseph ancient practices and beliefs. And in honor of that ‘Ïlälä‘ole, who shared award’s first recipient, Mary Kawena Püku‘i, a with both her and new award marking the club’s 50th anniversary Kawena dances and has been established honoring non-Hawaiians styles particular to who have made significant contributions to the Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i, and Hawaiian community. And in truly serendipitous whose rituals assured grace, poise and fashion, Püku‘i’s hänai daughter, Patience Elmay Photo: Bishop Museum Nämakauahoaokawena‘ulaokalaniikiikikalaninui Boyd Manu Photo: strength for the young Wiggin Bacon, became that award’s first recipi- student. The hula pahu Ho‘oilina aloha — Mary Kawena (drum dance) traditions ent, April 19. Püku‘i (above), her mo‘opuna, In 1920, a two-month old child of Japanese La‘akea Suganuma and hänai, of Hattie Lua ancestry born at Waimea, Kaua‘i, was orphaned, Pat Nämaka Bacon (right). McFarlane were also and taken as a hänai by Pa‘ahana and Henry imparted on Mrs. Wiggin, whose household also included their Püku‘i and her hänai, daughter and her husband, Mary Kawena and At the award presentation, an impressive group making the honoree “possibly our only source Napoleon Kaloli‘i Püku‘i. Although she would of hula practitioners, family members, musicians today of Mrs. McFarlane’s hula tradition.” carry the Wiggin name of Kawena’s and admirers gathered. Honoree Pat Nämaka A sense of aloha and connectedness filled the Massachusetts-born father, Nämaka would be Bacon, 82, was eloquently introduced by long- event with the presence of those touched by both raised as Kawena’s own. Faith, another hänai, and time Püku‘i associate, student and dear friend, Bacon and Püku‘i. Kahauanu Lake, renown musi- Pele, who Kawena bore, would be raised together Ka‘upena Wong, himself a cultural treasure. cian, composer, arranger and teacher presented steeped in traditions – largely centered around the “Albeit disappointed that there still seems to be a See PAT BACON on page 18 hula lifestyle. need for separatism (referring to separate awards

Mei 05

P ‘ Ä OIHANA

PÄ‘OIHANA BUSINESS IN HAWAI‘I OHA builds Quality Homes

By Naomi Sodetani strict standards,” said Quality $200,000,” Watson said. between Hawaiian organizations for Homes Chairman Kali Watson, On Sept. 6, 2001 the OHA board the benefit of Hawaiians, particular- HA’s first community-ori- attorney, former Hawaiian Homes voted to invest $500,000 in Quality ly homesteaders, the venture ented economic develop- Commission chair, and president of Homes in return for a 50 percent involves cooperation between OHA, ment venture took major the non-profit Hawaiian Commun- majority share of the company. Quality Homes, Habitat for stridesO last month toward the goal ity Development Board. Trustees responded to a critical Humanity, labor union members, of helping Hawaiians achieve The company is contracted to need for affordable housing and low and Alu Like. homeownership. Quality Homes of Native Hawaiian worker trainees the Pacific, LLC recently launched at the plant are pre-building steel operations in its new ‘Ewa facility truss house systems from floor to roof, complete with cabinets, appli-

and has begun producing high-qual- WatsonKeali‘i Photos: ity, affordable steel-framed homes. ances, walls and doors, directly On Feb. 15, Quality Homes began onto steel-framed joist systems leasing its new 80,525 sq. ft. manu- bolted to wheeled trailers. The pre- facturing plant in Barber’s Point built sections will then be towed or and has completed the first model shipped throughout the state, to be unit for its first Department of joined on-site and completed in as Hawaiian Home Lands contract. little as two weeks. At full capacity, The former aircraft hanger is the plant will produce 500 homes abuzz with activity, as workers use per year with a work force of at cranes and machines to pre-build least 100, Watson said. the company’s first two model The trustees recently appointed homes for the DHHL’s new Kapolei five members of the Hawai‘i busi- ness community to represent OHA’s housing project. Hawaiians building homes for Hawaiians. OHA holds majority interest in interests on Quality Home’s board the Hawaiian-owned manufactured of directors: Frank Brandt, land- homes company conceived with a scape architect and chairman of focus on producing affordable deliver 45 units constituting Phase 3 rate of homeownership among PBR Hawai‘i; David Hulihe‘e, pres- homes for , partic- of DHHL’s Kapolei subdivision, Hawaiians and trustees’ desire to ident of Royal Contracting ularly on homestead lands. which is a modified self-help hous- help Hawaiians take occupancy on Company Ltd.; Louis Kau, real Last month, the U.S. Housing and ing project. The 960 sq. ft. units are homestead lands by offering low- property developer and manager Urban Development certified the priced at $70,000. All units include cost, high-quality manufactured and president of Kamehameha plant and the company’s building a enclosed two-car garage, land- homes that can be assembled quick- Investment Corporation; Leatrice plans, materials and assembly meth- scaping, fencing, and sprinkler sys- ly on-site, minimizing labor costs. Kauahi, assistant vice president ods. HUD representatives have tem. Adjacent units in the same “This project will deliver homes with City Bank specializing in resi- closely monitored the plant’s DHHL subdivision are valued at to the Hawaiian community at very dential and project loans; and Gary assembly process “to ensure that $140,000, while non-DHHL units affordable rates with high quality," Yee, architect and director of the our construction quality meets their that add infrastructure and land said Trustee Oswald Stender. American Institute of Architects, costs are selling at “easily over Forging a unique partnership Honolulu Chapter. ■

NEWSBRIEFS from page 4 the Hyatt Waikiki Regency Learning Dept. has recently Tuition is $330. Ballroom. launched an online Hawaiian lan- High school students interested in Video programs on both meet- The ‘Ö‘ö Award is a symbol of guage program entitled “Kuläiwi” pursuing a culinary arts career or ings will air on ‘Olelo on Ch. 53: recognition and excellence for (native land). The hour-long hospitality industry can apply to the • Nänäkuli meeting - May 2, 8:30 Hawaiian business professionals episodes featuring Leeward Career Explorations Academy. The p.m.; May 5, 10 a.m.; May 6 at 9:30 who have demonstrated skill, cre- Community College Instructor culinary arts session will run June a.m.; May 12, 10 a.m. ativity, motivation and industry — Ekela Kanï‘aupio Crozier will 13 through July 24; tuition is $365. • Wai‘anae meeting - May 8, 9:30 key ingredients for survival and introduce viewers to Hawaiian lan- The hospitality program runs June a.m.; May 8, 12:30 p.m.; May 9, success in ancient and modern guage basics. The first 12 shows of 13 through July 24; tuition is $200. 8:30 p.m.; May 13, 9:30 a.m.; May Hawai‘i. the series can be accessed at Register for both courses by May 10 14, 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.; May Proceeds from the annual event http://ksdl.ksbe.edu. or until classes are full by calling 15, 1 p.m.; May 16, 8:30 p.m. will provide partial college grants to “Kuläiwi” aims to reach an audi- 842-8761. Financial assistance Hawaiian students. ence in Hawai‘i as well as on the based on need to students of Mäkua assessment Mainland. The show can be viewed Hawaiian ancestry. Lua workshop with RealVideo Player, which can be downloaded free. College workshops The Wai‘anae Coast community’s For those without computers, participation is requested in the Ka Pä Ku‘i A Holo, a school of the traditional art of Lua (hand-to- KSDL will make tapes and All high school students and par- completion of an assessment that statewide cable access available by looks at the impacts of military hand fighting), is holding a two- ents are invited to a free family day, 48-hour workshop over three this fall. For information, call workshop on attending and afford- training on Traditional Cultural Henry Meyer at 1-800-842-4682. Properties in Mäkua Military weekends: May 25-26, June 1-2; ing college. The workshop is pre- Reservation. A questionnaire for the and June 8-9 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. sented by College Connections assessment has been placed at the Participants must be Hawaiian, at Summer programs Hawai‘i and GEAR UP. Wai‘anae Library. Contact Dana least 21 years of age, and able to Kailua High School, St. George’s Kimbrough-Nunes at 216-2594 for attend all six days. Cost is $125. is offering Church Hall, April 23, 6:30 p.m. further information. Attendance is limited. Registration three six-week summer programs in Moloka‘i High School Cafeteria, must be received by May 18. For performing arts, culinary arts, and April 24, 2:30 p.m. ‘Ö‘ö Awards information, contact La‘akea hospitality industry. Kapa‘a High School Chorus Suganuma at 377-5611 or email The Performing Arts Academy Room, May 1, 6:30 p.m. [email protected]. instructs in band, choir, orchestra, McKinley High School Hawaiian artist and historian dance, hula, drama and Hawaiian Auditorium, May 2, 7 p.m. Herb Kawainui Kane and Charles ensemble, as well as guest artist Scott Ho‘olulu May, business and Hawaiian online performances and lectures. The pro- community leader, were honored at gram runs from June 13 to July 24. Health screening the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Want to learn Hawaiian language Students who have completed Free mammograms, pap smears, Commerce’s 26th Annual ‘Ö‘ö but don’t have the time to take grades 6 through 11 may register by Award Banquet held on May 3 at classes? Just log onto the Web. May 24 by calling 842-8782. Kamehameha Schools Distance See NEWSBRIEFS on page 8

06 May

H ‘ ‘ O ONA AUAO

EDUCATION HO‘ONA‘AUAO

‘Aha ho‘ona‘auao Hawai‘i – Native Hawaiian Education Association holds its 3rd Annual Convention

By David Sing Department of Education. Each Hawaiian and Alaska Native educa- American Indian Education, shared panelist addressed the question, tors throughout the U.S. This fall their ideas, publishing experience ore than 400 educators “What can be done in the area of the Native Hawaiian Education and hopes to see more publications from Hawai‘i and the con- training to help prepare teachers to Association will formalize its part- by Native Hawaiian authors. tinent attended the 3rd be more effective in teaching nership with NIEA at the annual MAnnual Native Hawaiian Education Hawaiian youth?” Their dialogue NIEA Convention in Albuquerque. “The networking was incredible,” Association Convention at Leeward engaged stimulating interaction Along with ratifying the constitu- said PREL’s Tommy Ka‘ai‘ai, “hav- Community College March 26 ing the opportunity to meet partners through 28, to share ideas for our program work with throughout improving education for Hawaiians. the state under one roof.” The first evening’s activities fea- PREL’s Sonja Evensen was “par- tured OHA’s Ke Kukui ticularly moved by the passion and Mälamalama Educators of the Year the ingenuity of the charter schools presentations. Honored for their programs. It spurred a lot of ideas exceptional contributions to the about how to reach those keiki and education of Hawaiians were ‘opio who fall through the cracks. I Pualani Kanaka’ole Kanahele, hope that our Native Hawaiian Safe Malia Craver, Darrow Kanakanui and Drug Free program will be able Aiona, and Kahu David Kaupu. to connect with those programs and The speech contest, Ho‘okükü provide another level of services to Ha‘i ‘Ölelo, sponsored by the reach Hawaiian youth.” ‘Ahahui ÿÖlelo Hawai‘i, featured Ke Kukui Mälamalama Award winners — Kahu David Kauweloa Ka‘upu, Pualani “The theme, liko a‘e, meaning talented student participants from Kanaka‘ole Kanahele, Mälia Craver and Darrow Kanakanui Aiona. emerging forth, couldn’t have been Waiau Elementary, Farrington better for such an uplifting confer- High, Moloka‘i High, Kapa‘a High, ence,” said Joylynn Oliveira of and Kamehameha who competed in with the audience. tion, NHEA members voted to sub- NOAA, Hawaiian Islands storytelling, dialogue, demonstra- A wide array of exhibits provided mit a bid to host the annual NIEA Humpback Whale National Marine tion speaking, chant, and drama. detailed information on the oppor- Convention in 2007. Sanctuary. “The conversations and Day Two included a panel discus- tunities provided through respective One of the featured workshops contacts gained during the three sion by three distinguished educa- programs. Craft vendors also shared focused on the publication of days, verified that the work that I tors: Dr. Randy Hitz, dean of the traditional and new, unique crafting. Hawaiian educational material. am doing with educating the public College of Education at University For the second year in the row, Mähealani Dudoit, editor of ‘Öiwi, about the Hawaiian cultural impor- of Hawai‘i at Mänoa, Keiki the National Indian Education A Native Hawaiian Journal, Dr. tance of whales in Hawai`i is mean- Kawai‘ae‘a, director of Hale Association (NIEA) was represent- Maenette Benham, author and acad- ingful to our community and helps Kuamo‘o at UH-Hilo, and Andrea ed by their president, Kerry Bird emic faculty member at Michigan us continue to emerge forward.” Kaumehe‘iwa, retired teacher and and board members. NIEA repre- State University, and Dr. Denis Viri, For information about the NHEA, ■ administrator at the state sents over 4,000 Indian, Native co-editor of the Journal of log onto www.nhea.net.

UPDATE Arakaki v. Cayetano: OHA asks court to dismiss

By Naomi Sodetani prevail as “the supreme law of the motion for preliminary injunction whose members would be directly land.” Political issues “can only be on July 24. affected by a ruling that could n April 29 Federal Judge addressed and resolved by the polit- On June 10 the court will hear a potentially spell the demise of the Oki-Mollway heard OHA’s ical branches of the federal govern- separate OHA motion asking for homestead program. motion to dismiss Arakaki, ment and is thereby inappropriate judicial notice, a partial summary The plaintiffs want the court to etO al v. Cayetano, et al, which essen- for judicial examination,” Broder judgment, or dismissal on the basis permanently preclude the DHHL tially seeks to dissolve the Office of said. that the plaintiffs failed to identify from issuing any new leases or fur- Hawaiian Affairs and the Dept. of In March, the court had granted or prove any personal “or direct ther acting to carry out the Hawaiian Home Lands. (Press time the plaintiffs taxpayer standing, but pocketbook injury” suffered by Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. preceded court decision.) dismissed their bid to temporarily them as a consequence of OHA’s or Existing Hawaiian homestead leas- Honolulu attorneys H. William halt programs funded for Hawaiians DHHL’s mandate to improve the lot es can be converted by the state to Burgess and Patrick Hanifin repre- at OHA and the Dept. of Hawaiian of Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. fee ownership for existing home- sent 16 Hawai‘i residents in a tax- Home Lands. If Arakaki v. Cayetano succeeds, steaders to acquire at no cost or at a payer lawsuit contending that pro- OHA and the state had argued both agencies will become defunct, reduced cost. grams administered by the two that taxpayer status was not justi- as all monies, investments, lands “We want to sink those two ships agencies violate the U.S. fied as the group’s pro rata share of and property of any kind, and all of government racial discrimina- Constitution because participation taxes used to run the two agencies is earnings thereon held by OHA or tion, but we also want to rescue the is limited to people of Hawaiian almost too small to calculate. DHHL will be conveyed to state passengers,” Burgess said. ancestry. Deputy Attorney General Girard general funds as the property of the The Plaintiffs are: Earl F. OHA Attorney Sherry Broder Lau stressed that the “vast majori- State of Hawai‘i. Arakaki, Evelyn C. Arakaki, argued that Mollway should not ty” of funds used to pay OHA’s and The plaintiffs want the court to Edward U. Bugarin, Sandra Puanani decide the case, citing the “political DHHL’s operating costs derives make all of the public assets of Burgess, Patricia A. Carroll, Robert question doctrine.” from ceded land revenues, not the OHA and DHHL available to the M. Chapman, Brian L. Clarke, OHA’s motion noted that state state general fund. He noted that 80 state to be used for “non-discrimi- Michael Y. Garcia, Roger and federal statutes cited in prior percent of the money earned from natory” purposes benefitting all Grantham, Toby M. Kravet, James court decisions have abundantly ceded lands goes to benefit all state Hawai‘i residents. I. Kuroiwa, Jr., Frances M. Nichols, underscored the trust relationship residents, not only Native Mollway has granted intervenor Donna Malia Scaff, Jack H. Scaff, between Native Hawaiians and the Hawaiians. status to the State Council of federal government, and so should Mollway will hear the plaintiffs’ Hawaiian Homestead Association, See ARAKAKI on page 8

Mei 07

K ÜKÄKÜKÄ

KÜKÄKÜKÄ DISCUSSION FORUM

Höküli‘a project up in air with court’s ruling

measures to ensure preservation of Kippen Colin Photo: Judge finds luxury South prime agricultural land, and when Kona project bypassed investigation shows that a proposed subdivision in an agricultural dis- state zoning laws trict will in all likelihood not be used for agricultural purposes and may be an attempted circumvention MILLION-DOLLAR VIEW from Hokuli‘a clubhouse deck. By Mähealani Kamau‘u of the land use district amendment procedures and controls ..., the and resort to the courts. to us as a living source of physical n a ruling issued on April 7, county should disapprove the subdi- The personal and financial toll is and spiritual nurture. Circuit Judge Ronald Ibarra said vision.” great. For example, PKO members When a developer carelessly that the 1,540-acre Höküli‘a NHLC Attorney Alan Murakami face some opposition in their own allows project runoff to destroy Idevelopment planned for South said the decision sends a clear sig- community because of the tremen- fishing grounds; when he dynamites Kona violated state land use laws nal to developers who attempt to dous economic impact such a pro- sacred places to create an artificial because it is an urban development avoid the appropriate approval ject exerts. landscape; when he bulldozes buri- in an agricultural district. process. Attorneys representing various als; when he continues to obliterate The $645 million project includes “Our clients have been saying all parties spend countless hours revered places; the injury suffered more than 700 luxury residential along that this project was really an researching, writing and reviewing by Hawaiians as a people becomes lots, a golf course, lodge, club- impermissible urban development thousands of documents to prepare increasingly acute and irreparable. house, pavilion, tennis courts and in an agricultural district,” he said. for trial. The corrosive effects and long other amenities. Lot prices range The trial will now deal with the Oceanside, and by extension the history of these continuing harms from $750,000 to $2.6 million. issue of whether Oceanside has Hawai‘i economy, risks losing mil- have severely undermined our abili- The judge indicated the County of vested rights which would allow it lions of dollars. ty to be a community. The aloha Hawai`i made a mistake when it to continue the project. At the root of these problems is spirit has been steadily and palpably allowed developer 1250 Oceanside Other issues to be decided include the now familiar clash between eroded. Partners to obtain its land use per- alleged destruction and disturbance Hawaiian and Western values too For many complex reasons, native mits from the County instead of of burial sites as well as the alaloa often played out in the courts. wisdom, perspective and judgment going through the more rigorous (ancient trail). The developer previ- The traditional Western view of are underrepresented, mistranslated, and comprehensive state Land Use ously settled another lawsuit with land as a commodity for wealth- misunderstood, marginalized and Commission process. Kona residents who complained that building that can be bought, sold, largely absent when important deci- Judge Ibarra's order sided with muddy runoff from the project site developed, or leveraged as collater- sions are made in this state. the Protect Keöpuka ‘Ohana (PKO), had severely damaged water quality al contrasts sharply with the tradi- Until we resolve to address this as whose members took legal action to and reef life in adjacent shoreline tional Hawaiian belief that land is a community, our state will fail in prevent further damage to burials areas. our ancestor. For Hawaiians, land is its potential for greatness. and an ancient trail bulldozed by the The Höküli‘a case is yet another an unbroken link with our kupuna; developer. unfortunate illustration of the heavy to be cared for as we have been Mähealani Kamau‘u is the execu- According to the judge, “The toll exacted when developers and cared for by our kupuna; and that tive director of the Native Hawaiian ■ counties must take before-the-fact members of the community are when it is cared for, it reveals itself Legal Corporation. unable to resolve their differences

NEWSBRIEFS from page 6 toward teachers of Hawaiian students. and pelvic exams for women “We want to recognize par- ‘Survivor’ Hawaiian style age 50 to 64, uninsured or ents and küpuna as the most underinsured, who meet important, life-long teachers oung Hawaiian men income-qualifying guidelines. of their children,” said wave farewell as the By appointment only at St. Executive Producer Diane ship that has dropped Francis Medical Center Liliha Hina Kahanu. Ythem off on Jarvis Island pulls Campus or St. Francis The video can be recorded away — leaving them to fend Medical Center West Campus by tuning-in to ‘Olelo the elements on their own for in ‘Ewa. Call for qualifying Channel 52: at Noon, May 11, two months. guidelines and information, 18, 25; at 9 a.m., May 13, 20, The panalä‘au (“colonists”) 547-6798. 27; and at 9:30 p.m., May 14, survival experience is now 21 and 28. presented in Bishop Museum Kumu training For more information, call exhibit that opens May 18. Diane Kahanu at 590-2382. (See Calendar.) A video has been produced ■ From 1935 to 1942, the U.S. in Wai‘anae that is geared government sent 60 Kamehameha Schools stu- dents to occupy remote desert- ARAKAKI from page 7 ed South Pacific islands as Republican gubernatorial part of the war efforts. The candidate John Carroll and Allen H. Teshima, and Hawaiians were chosen for Patrick Barrett, whom Thurston Twigg-Smith. Only their ability to excel in harsh, Hanifin had also represented. Sandra Burgess and Evelyn arid conditions and rely on Judge David Ezra had thrown Arakaki are part-Hawaiian. their subsistence skills while out both lawsuits citing their Named as defendants are gathering meteorological data. failure to prove personal ■ the governor and the direc- injury or denial of benefit, as tors of the various state agen- the federal courts require. cies, OHA trustees, DHHL Joining forces, Carrol and Top, Aki Kini Pea, Joe Kim, Victor B.S. Kim and Edward Young. chairman and Hawaiian Barrett consolidted their Shown below on Baker Island: Homes commissioners, and cases and their appeal goes Theodore Akana, Eugene Burke, the federal government. before the 9th circuit cout on Gabriel Victor and Ah Kin Leong. Broder said the lawsuit May 9 at 9 a.m. ■ resembles those filed by

08 May

P ÄHEONA

ART IN HAWAI‘I PÄHEONA Lei ‘ilima ‘Aunty Honey’ Ka‘ïlio strings tradition

Story and photos by Manu Boyd become the trademark flower of Ko‘olaupoko, O‘ahu, whose cool climate is ideal for the plant. “The flowers bloom white, and if left on the tree, ‘ ll her life, Emelia Lam Ho Ka‘ïlio, known Ka ulu ilima to many as “Aunty Honey,” has greeted change to yellow, then light orange, and finally, the day gathering flowers. “I was born in dark orange,” she explained, gesturing to heaps of AWaikäne, and raised at Ka‘alaea. When I was in leis on the table for a special order. “Yesterday, grade school at Waiähole, we would wake up we strung 54 kenikeni leis,” she said. These days, early and pick flowers for our mother who was a Ka‘ïlio picks and chooses her orders based on lei-seller in town. We grew all kinds of flowers: availability of flowers and time. “We don’t sell to ‘ilima, pua kenikeni, green rose, ixoria, but the shops anymore. We just make what we can.” Maunaloa was her specialty. Can one surrounded by so many sweet flowers “I remember Lei Day pageants at Waiähole. have a favorite? “Ginger,” she said. “I like white One of my best friends was lei queen twice. All ginger strung the old Hawaiian way or sewn dou- the parents would make lei for the children. The ble with two strings,” she said, noting that she’s ‘ ‘ older kids would go up the mountains in Waiähole not too fond of the trendy Micronesian style. Ka ako ilima “Ginger reminds me of the mountains. I love the and pick maile and other greens. I’m a country ■ girl all the way. Our cousins in town used to call mountains.” us ‘country jacks’,” she chuckled. 70 years later and four miles down the road, Aunty Honey, along with husband David, sister Inga and a number of family helpers, cultivates a tradition she inherited from her mother. “This area is known as ‘Päkole,’ and was my husbands family land,” she explained. And on her incon- spicuous lot on Kamehameha Hwy., she grows many of the same flowers that her mother loved. ‘ ‘Ilima, the native blossom once reserved for Ka pua ilima ali‘i and the hula deity, has become a specialty of Ka‘ïlio, and requires patience and love, charac- teristic of the Ka‘ïlio ‘ohana. “It takes up to 700 ‘ilima blossoms to make one lei, she remarked, as she and sister Inga loaded up several lei needles to push onto one string. “The most ‘ilima lei we ever made in one day was 41 strands (28,700 blossoms). Imagine that!” Honey Ka‘ïlio is also know for her lei of pua kenikeni or “ten cents flower,” because when it was first introduced from the South Pacific, ‘ admiring kama‘äina would pay up to a dime, just Aunty Honey and her ‘ohana string lei every Ke kui ilima to enjoy its aromatic perfume. Pua kenikeni has morning at their home at Päkole, O‘ahu.

KALAPANA from page 1 (Did you Know?) Ua ‘Ike Anei ‘Oe? because they have been struggling for over a “When did May Day become Lei Day in Hawai‘i?” decade. Ke aloha ‘äina o Kalapana. But somehow, when you do things correctly ... we thought we were going to have problems with the agreement because DAGS (Department of Accounting and n 1928, Don Blanding, an American General Services) wanted this and DLNR wanted poet, dubbed May 1 “Lei Day” in that, OHA couldn’t release the funds; all that aside, Hawai‘i – a celebration of island flora, it has happened,” Trustee Machado said. Imusic and culture. Pageants throughout the As the ceremony came to an end with the pule islands presented island princesses and Lei ho‘oku‘u, Kupuna Mazie Roberts offered poignant Day Queens festooned in flowers and col- mana‘o. “This has been so long in coming, but we ors specially selected. For more than 70 kept the faith. We must work together as a commu- years, this “modern” tradition has influ- nity and help one another. Namunamu is the very enced song writing, hula costuming and worst thing we can do to one another. “You all overall design in Hawai‘i. remember our beautiful home – I built every bit of The lei and colors of each island, as it with my own hands,” said the 85-year-old assigned in 1928, are: Hawai‘i, red, ‘öhi‘a kupuna. “And I can still swing a hammer. I can saw lehua; Maui, pink, lokelani (Maui rose); wood.” O‘ahu, yellow, ‘ilima; Kaua‘i, purple, “We now know that this whole process will take mokihana; Moloka‘i, green, kukui; Läna‘i, a long time. But many of the lessees and others orange, kauna‘oa; Ni‘ihau, white, püpü o from Kalapana have passed away, waiting to relo- Ni‘ihau (Ni‘ihau shells); and Kaho‘olawe, cate back to Kalapana,” Almeida said. “We need to gray, hinahina. ■ continue planning and working, keeping our focus 10 years down the road. If things happen sooner, The crimson ‘öhi‘a lehua blossom represents the island of Hawai‘i, though its association with that’s maika‘i.” ■ that island reaches back to ancient lore relating to Pana‘ewa forest, and several akua including Kü, Pele, Hi‘iaka, Höpoe and Laka.

Mei 09 2002 MEI MAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Events of interest to the Hawaiian community are included in the calendar on a space-available basis, and do not constitute endorse- ment or validation of the events or the sponsors by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Hawai‘i’s area code, 808, is only included in non-O‘ahu phone numbers.

Fri., May 3, 17 — the haumäna o Pünana Leo o Fri., May 10 — a.m.-4 p.m. Pü‘öhala School, 45- Moloka‘i and nä keiki o ke kula 223 Kulauli St. Free. For infor- Kuleana: a Hula Drama kaiapuni. Live entertainment, Kü i ka Mäna Concert mation, call 433-0480 or 233-5667. crafts, clothing, ‘ono food including Kanu o ka ‘Aina Charter School’s a kole plate lunch and an auction. Hälau Kü Mäna New Century Sat., May 11 — hula drama, performed and staged 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oneali‘i Park. For Charter School presents their fund by the students will occur twice in information, call 808-567-9211, or raiser – a star-studded concert fea- Hawai‘i Secondary May, at the Outrigger Waikoloa email [email protected] turing Aunty , Amy Schools Hula Kahiko (May 3), and at Kahilu Town Hall Hänaiali‘i, Nä Palapalai and more. (May 17). Titled “Kuleana” Sun., May 5 — 6:30-9:30 p.m. Hawai‘i Theatre. Competition (responsibility), the students will $30, $25, $20. For information, call describe four school-wide projects, Sonny Ching’s 7th 945-1401 or 386-1363. For tickets, Twenty schools compete in high Pu‘upülehu, Makahiki, Kawaihae Annual Family Fair call 528-0506. school and middle school division and Makali‘i, and will also explore in hula kahiko. Sponsored by the Kalihi-Pälama Culture and Arts both traditional and modern kuleana Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and Sat., May 11 — Society Inc., the event strives to to the land, the sea, freshwater and Hälau Nä Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu pre- ‘Imi Pono benefit foster school pride while pro- the spiritual world. 6:30 p.m. for sent their annual ‘ohana day with, moting opportunities to learn both the Waiköloa and Waimea per- ‘ono food, community information This annual fundraiser for Ke such cultural practices as formances. For information, call booths, keiki rides, crafts and more. Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Pü‘öhala in hula, oli, lei-making and 808-887-8144. Entertainment by ‘Ale‘a, ‘Opihi Käne‘ohe is a family fun day with more. 10 a.m. Kapolei Pickers, Nä Palapalai, Mähiehie, crafts, community service booths, Middle School cultural Sat., May 4 — Believe and more. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. exhibit booths, an auction, petting mound. Tickets are $6, and Ke‘ehi Lagoon DAV Hall grounds. ‘Aha Mele Ho‘omau ma zoo and ‘ono food. Entertainment may be purchased at the Free. For information,visit online at

by Kawika Kahiapo, Nä Käne Nui, gate. For information, call Moloka‘i www.sonnyching.com.

Kamalani, Le‘a kai and nä keiki o 521-6905. Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Pü‘öhala. 9 This annual fundraiser supports

H K ANANA ÜIKAWÄ

HANANA KÜIKAWÄ SPECIAL EVENTS FEATURE

‘The Caz’ mark silver Lei Day: what’s next?

By Manu Boyd “Putting the concert together starts right after Christmas. Robert, Roland and I talk out loud, ome things never change. Scores of and things just start falling into place. Sometimes dancers, musicians, surprise guests; the it comes together a week before. Luckily, we hula artistry of ‘Ala (Leinä‘ala Kalama have no shortage of great music.” SHeine); boxes of lei of pua kenikeni, ‘ilima and Robert, the bass and piano-half of the duo who ginger hand-delivered from the Windward side; directs everything on stage, says that this has and an excited duo of Robert and Roland been the easiest year yet. “We’re doing a lot of Cazimero handling final details, getting a relax- fun things – favorites of ours over the years that ing lomilomi and charging for the 7:30 curtain we think people will enjoy,” he said. And, as the call: a party with 8,000 friends. Twenty-five saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” the years of packed audiences – that’s nearly 200,000 mix will include dancers from Robert’s Hälau Nä tickets sold! Kamalei, ‘Ala’s Nä Pualei O Likolehua, guest What does it take to produce the legendary Lei artists galore and magic that only the Caz can Day extravaganza? create. “A couple of aspirin,” says The Mountain Roland K.anoeokalani and Robert Uluwehi Cazimero And what of next year? “We’re not thinking of Apple Company guru Jon de Mello, “and a lot of the 26th. We’re starting all over again, fresh, with courage. Sometimes, as artists, we’re afraid that Sometimes at the concert, I’m behind the scenes number one: what we put forth may not be equal to or better at the light board, and I find myself watching “May Day is Lei Day in Hawai‘i, garlands of than what we did before. We hate to be stagnant. everything very carefully and designing for the flowers everywhere. All of the colors in the rain- ■ We want to find a new approach with fresh ideas. following year. bow, maidens with blossoms in their hair...”

10 May RECENT RELEASES BY ISLAND ARTISTS

Tony C – “Nä Hulu Welo” Songs TOA – “TOA” The Ali‘asa brothers: Norm: “I Belong 2 U” This mostly reg- John Keawe: “Aloha Kaikua‘ana” reflecting his Kona ‘ohana are beau- Norris, Kalili, Donny and Steve, are gae fare features a number of origi- Dedicated to his brother Steve, this CD tifully performed in Tony’s multi- solid in their musical debut. nals. Produced by Patti and Bob St. enchants with sweet Kohala slack-key faceted style. Produced by Brother Contemporary/Sämoa mix. John and Rob Onekea for Neos guitar. Produced by John and Hope Noland for MGC Records. Produced by Sean Na‘auao for PPR. Productions In. Keawe for Homestead Productions.

Sat., May 18 — ries, photographs, objects and pro- Kumu Hula Näleialoha grams celebrating the achievements Näpaepae-Künewa and her Hälau o Kupulau Aloha VI: Nä of these Kamehameha Schools stu- kaleiho‘ohiehie o Kona perform at Ali‘i o Hawai‘i dents. Bishop Museum. 9-5 p.m. the Volcano National Park’s pä hula, $7.95 museum entrance fee. For and will be joined by Kumu Hula Kumu Hula Ku‘ualohanui Kauli‘a information, call 847-8231. Kaho‘okele Crabbe, Keli‘i Tau‘ä and Ka Pä Kü Kaiaulu’s fund and Puna Dawson in this premier raising luncheon will fea- May 24 — performance by the Lökälia ture the music of Del A Night In Old Hawai‘i Montgomery Foundation. 10:30 Beazley, Clyde Lono a.m. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Free. (Park entry fee may and Hawaiian The Honolulu Academy of Arts apply. For information, call 808- Paradise, the Lei celebrates its 75th anniversary, and 967-8222. ■ Pakalana Trio and Nä Mele o Hawai‘i series presents the hälau. 11 Genoa Keawe in an evening of a.m.-3 p.m. music and memories of Hawai‘i’s Likeke Hall, most famous beach. 7:30 p.m. Kawaiaha‘o Honolulu Academy of Arts. $15. Church. $15 pre- For information, call 532-8768. sale, $20 at the door. KWO CALENDAR For information, call Fri., May 24-Sun. May 26 — 387-5639 or 479-2480. 2nd Annual Kaua‘i Ka Wai Ola o OHA Polynesian Festival accepts information on special Sat., May 18-Sun., June 16 — events throughout the islands that “Panalä‘au: The dances of Tahiti, Aotearoa are of interest to the Hawaiian and Sämoa come alive at the cele- community. Fund-raisers, benefit Hawaiian Colonists bration and cultural exchange spon- concerts, cultural activities, sports of the South Seas” sored by the Kamanawa events and the like are what we’d Foundation. Kukui Grove Park and like to help you promote. Send Bishop Museum’s exhibit Pavilion, Lïhu‘e. For additional information and color photos to tells the story of how 60 information, call 808-335-6466 or young Hawaiian men were 808-335-5765. Ka Wai Ola o OHA sent to occupy remote desert- 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 ed islands in equatorial Sat., May 25 — Honolulu, HI 96813-5249

Pacific as part of the war Nä Mea Hawai‘i Hula

efforts in the Pacific. The exhibit will include oral histo- Kahiko Performance

M ‘A ELE ILANA

ISLAND MUSIC SCENE MELE ‘AILANA

Moe Ke‘ale remembered as a gifted composer, singer

By manu Boyd think he had it in him to compose, but he did it, Hi‘ialo.’ He did the music pretty quickly, but and did it beautifully. didn’t share it with me for three months. When he he airwaves were somber April 15 as dee- “When I wrote “Kapalai‘ula” for my daughter, finally came over, he said, apologetically, ‘I tried jays throughout the islands announced the I gave it to him. He had the song for a long while, to make this a hula song, but it came out as a passing of one of Hawai‘i’s favorite sons. and couldn’t come up with a melody. One day he waltz. I’m so sorry.’ I told him then that when I MoeT Ke‘ale, Honolulu-born keiki of a Ni‘ihau came over to the house and played with baby for wrote the lyrics, I had a waltz tempo in mind. family who got his musical start decades ago with awhile. He went home, and with- “He had a gift. His music and the Sons of Hawai‘i, passed at in half an hour, he had the music presented words as I imagined age 62. Best known as an actor and entertainer, done. they’d be presented,” de Silva performing recently at the Sheraton Waikïkï and Ke‘ale also put the melody to said Duke’s Canoe Club, Ke‘ale also collaborated on Kahikina’s “Hanohano ‘o Maui,” Moe Ke‘ale lives on in his dozens of mele, adding his simple, heartfelt he said referring to a song com- numerous recordings and Hawaiian touch. posed by his eldest daughter. songs, and continues as a main- Kïhei de Silva, the composer/scholar and Moe was in line at the supermar- stay in the music industry. He resource to wife Mäpuana de Silva’s Hälau ket and just as he approached the is survived by wife, Carol; son Möhala ‘Ilima, reflects. “What I remember most cashier, the melody came to him. Nälani, who performed with about Moe was his ability to take poetry and put He told her, ‘I’ll be right back’, his father regularly; sister music to it that was not distracting. Some people ran to the car for his ‘. Momi; and many others. say they get inspiration from above or from with- When the song was pau, he went in. That was Moe. ‘Hanohano Wailea’ is the first back in for his groceries. Aloha nö e Ke‘ale ë i hele loa ■ of a dozen or songs we did together. He didn’t “I wrote a song for my mom aku i ka poli o ke Akua. (Lorna de Silva), ‘Aia i Hi‘ikua i Moe Ke‘ale, 1939-2002

Mei 11 TRUSTEE MESSAGES Leo ‘Elele

Arakaki v. Cayetano: no injury to plaintiffs; Haunani Apoliona, MSW OHA, state move for dismissal. Chairperson Trustee, At-large

e aloha mai e na ‘öiwi o in Hawai‘i. Plaintiffs seek to stop Report (11/30/2001) as totaling disbursing tax revenue based on Hawai‘i. This 17th article in the State of Hawai‘i (the “State” or $337,985,289; D) To restrain the race, in violation of the Fourteenth a series of 48 provides con- “Hawai‘i), the Hawaiian Homes State, HHL, DHHL, and OHA from Amendment. Because the court Ktinuing highlight to Arakaki et al v Commission (“HHC”), the issuing any further bonds or other- finds standing on at least one claim, Cayetano et al, Civil No. 02— Department of Hawaiian Home wise borrowing any further money the court turns to the second part of 00139. My April KWO article pro- Lands (“DHHL”), and the Office of for HHC, DHHL, or OHA; E) To its analysis, an inquiry into whether vided detail about the Plaintiffs and Hawaiian Affairs (“OHA”) from restrain the State from making any Plaintiffs show that they are entitled Defendants and Intervenors continuing what Plaintiffs charac- further payments to or for HHC, to a restraining order. The answer, (SCHHA and Tony Sang Sr.) in this terize as raced-based actions. DHHL or OHA; and F) To restrain at least on the present record in this case being heard in the Federal Specifically, Plaintiffs, some of OHA, HHC, and DHHL from expedited proceeding, is “no.” District Court of Judge Susan Oki- whom are of Hawaiian ancestry, expending any further public funds Plaintiffs fail to show that they are Mollway. The information in this seek to stop the provision of exclu- for lobbying, advertising, or other in danger of suffering any irrepara- May 2002 article is extracted from sive benefits to persons of Hawaiian advocacy of the allegedly racially ble injury during the time that any the public record on this case that or native Hawaiian ancestry. On the discriminatory goals of OHA and restraining order would be in effect. provides rationale and logic for present Motion for Temporary DHHL.” The introductory remarks Because the present record contains denial of the Temporary Restraining Restraining Order (the “Motion”) continue, “The court’s analysis of no evidence that there is anything Order sought by the Plaintiffs. In Plaintiffs ask the court: A) To the Motion is divided into two that this court needs to restrain dur- Judge Oki-Mollway’s “ORDER restrain HHC and DHHL from issu- parts. The court begins by looking ing the period that could be covered GRANTING PROPOSED DEFEN- ing any further homestead leases at whether Plaintiffs have standing by a temporary restraining order, DANT-INTERVENORS STATE and from expending or encumber- to bring the claims they assert. the court denies the Motion.” COUNCIL OF HAWAIIAN ing any further funds from the Standing is a constitutional require- Mahalo e ke Akua a me nä HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION Hawaiian Home Lands trust fund; ment, and it is Plaintiffs’ burden to ‘aumakua. Court date upcoming, AND ANTHONY SANG, SR.’S, B) To restrain the State from show that they meet this require- April 29, 2002, hearing before MOTION TO INTERVENE; depositing any further funds into ment.” Judge Oki-Mollway contin- Judge Oki-Mollway on (1) OHA’s ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ the Hawaiian Home Lands trust ues, “With respect to most of the Motion To Dismiss, and (2) State of MOTION FOR TEMPORARY fund; C) To restrain OHA from relief they request, Plaintiffs, on the Hawaii’s Motion To Dismiss. RESTRAINING ORDER”, dated expending or encumbering any part present record, fail to satisfy their OHA’s motion for Judicial Notice March 18, 2002, introduction state- of the accounts or assets presently burden. The only claims that or in in the alternative summary ments advise: “Plaintiffs identify held in the “Total Fund Equity” Plaintiffs establish standing to judgement has been set for June 10. themselves as individual taxpayers referred to in the OHA Financial assert are claims that the state is E maka‘ala käkou. ■

Who’s behind the latest lawsuit against Rowena Akana OHA and DHHL? Trustee, At-large

Last month, I wrote about to make extinct the native people of illegal takeover of the kingdom. I am certain that William Burgess’ Arakaki v. Cayetano, the case chal- our islands? At the core of this How odd that these two should now opinions are not shared by the gen- lenging OHA and DHHL. Who issue is the fight to control our lead the fight to end Hawaiian ‘enti- eral community: Hawai‘i is unique exactly is behind this lawsuit and lands. Twigg-Smith’s attorney tlements’.” not just because of its climate, but what is their mission? summed it up clearly: “We want to This latest case requests the court most especially for its people. The plaintiffs in the case are: sink these two ships” (OHA and to find and declare that the provi- We must not grow weary of these Earl F. Arakaki, Evelyn C. Arakaki, DHHL). sions which create OHA and the lawsuits, and must continue to show Edward U. Bugarin, Sandra In a March 22 letter to the editor Hawaiian Homes Commission Act up en masse and voice our opinions Puanani Burgess, wife of attorney (Honolulu Advertiser) by Professor are unconstitutional. It is important on our entitlements. We must con- William Burgess who filed the suit, Jon K. Osorio of the University of to note that some of the litigants in tinue our fight on the Federal level Patricia A. Carroll, Robert M. Hawai‘i at Manoa, he wrote: these cases have written frivolous as well and support the Akaka bill, Chapman, Brian L. Clarke, Michael “It’s ironic that one of the plain- articles in the newspapers using SB 2899, the first bill introduced in Y. Garcia, Roger Grantham, Toby tiffs in this case is Thurston Twigg- terms like “race-based” and “tax- the Fall of 2000 by the Indian M. Kravet, James I. Kuroiwa, Jr., Smith, former publisher and owner payers’ dollars” to incite the com- Affairs Committee. This bill con- Frances M. Nichols, Donna Malia of your newspaper and the grandson munity. These people have not tinues to carry the support of the Scaff, Jack H. Scaff, Allen H. of Lorrin Thurston, who, in 1887, done their homework. Ceded land Hawaiian people and community Teshima, and Thurston Twigg- drafted the first race-based consti- revenues are NOT taxpayer dollars. leaders who had great impact on the Smith. tution in the kingdom’s history, And for the record, Hawaiians language of the bill itself. I urge all Most infamous is Mr. Twigg- which immediately deprived hun- never heard of the word “racist” of you who support Hawaiian sov- Smith who is still trying to change dreds of Chinese citizens of the until foreigners came here and ereignty to write to the Hawaiian his ancestral past. What is the right to vote and created special brought their prejudices with them. delegation and to ask them to sup- motivation for this case and who is voting privileges for the wealthy. There is no word in the Hawaiian port SB 2899, the Bill of the funding these cases? Look at the “The plaintiffs want fairness right language that describes a “racist.” I People. list of plaintiffs; who among them this moment and care nothing of the also believe that in our fair state of “Be strong and of good courage, has the finances to continue this mockery made of democracy and Hawaii, we have shown the world fear not, nor be afraid of them.” legal assault; who among them has fairness by the ancestors of Twigg- that all nationalities can coexist and Deuteronomy 31:6 ■ continued as his ancestors did to try Smith and Freddy Rice, who led the live harmoniously with each other.

Month-HawaiianMei 13 00 TRUSTEE MESSAGES Leo ‘Elele

Donald Cataluna Thoughts on assimilation Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau

he American Heritage malasadas, sushi, manapua, kim groups do not demand or expect That is why we enjoy the beauti- Dictionary’s definition of chee, adobo, and many other ono what others have as their birthright. ful life in our islands. All have assimilation is “the process dishes. We never went empty-hand- Specific rights are granted by virtue assimilated for many generations, wherebyT a minority group gradually ed to visit someone, and our neigh- of their heritage. Hawaiians are the and all have contributed. Respect is adopts the customs and attitudes of bors would always insist that we indigenous people of this land. granted to those who have taken the majority.” take something home in return. We Hawai‘i is their homeland! this path. Hawaiians are the indige- It all started when the people of didn’t have a lot, but we always had It disturbed me greatly when I nous people. Hawai‘i is their home- other lands became guests in our enough to share with our neighbors. read in the Advertiser on March 24, land! homeland. We welcomed them, Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, 2002, the article, “TAP INTO OHA, However, all ethnic groups are shared with them and learned from Hebrew, Buddhist, Shinto, it didn’t LEAVE HURRICANE FUND aware that Hawaiians have special them as they learned from us. All matter; we respected each other’s ALONE” written by Patricia A. rights granted to them because the contributed. Our neighbors came way of worshiping. We communi- Carroll, one of the Plaintiffs in the intervention of the United States in from all parts of the world – Japan, cated through a language all our Arakaki v. Cayetano suit. the internal affairs of an indepen- China, Portugal, Philippines, own – pidgin. We have adopted, I want to set the record straight, dent nation was illegal under the Samoa, United States, Great adjusted and integrated the culture the 20 percent that OHA receives United States Constitution as well Britain, Korea, Mexico, Greece, and customs of all people who live from the Public Land Trust (ceded as as the International Law. Russia, Scotland, Germany, Poland, here…all have contributed. lands) is not taxpayers’ monies. It Hawaiians are the indigenous peo- Spain, Puerto Rico – just to name a All of our ethnic groups maintain is derived from lease rentals on ple, Hawai‘i is their homeland. few. Hawaiians are the indigenous and practice cultural traits of our ceded lands. Of those proceeds, 80 He ‘öiwi ka Hawai‘i no Hawai‘i people, and this is their homeland! heritage, and they have become a percent goes to the State to educate nei, a he kulaiwi ‘o Hawai‘i nona. We shared our food – poi, fish, part of our everyday life. These all of Hawaii’s children. ■

Linda Dela Cruz OHA will continue to register Hawaiians

Trustee, Hawai‘i

loha käkou! History is we will survive. admit we did forget a few important of you that came to register, stood repeating itself! By this Mahalo a nui loa to all the people items to complete the registration. in the line so long, brought your time, we should all know that participated in the Hawaiian For example: In Hilo, we forgot the source documents, and patiently Aabout the overthrow of the monar- Registry Project that started on the copy machine to make copies of filled up the application; is what chy. Hawaiians, if you don’t know, Prince Kühiö Day Celebrations. your birth certificates to verify that made it a huge success. pick up a book and read about it. Prince Kühiö said 1/32 blood quan- you are Hawaiian; we did not have After 80 years of the Hawaiian tum and Congress said, 50 percent. the code to match the computer and OHA is working on a time sched- Homes Commission ACT, created This was the beginning of a divided the camera to take your picture; and ule to continue the Hawaiian by Congress and 80 years of being a Nation. It is ironic that on his birth- we didn’t even have the cards for Registry. As soon as we figure out divided Nation; again the po‘e day, we begin the Hawaiian your picture. At Kapi‘olani Park, where we will go next, we will let haole (white people) are trying to Registry to re-unite our people. we had almost the same pilikia you know. In the meantime, if you take away the only two valuable One race, one nation, me ke aloha (problems) except we had the copy are having a celebration, let us assets we have left to our name: the pumehana no nä kamali‘i – for the machine, the codes for the comput- know and if it’s ok, we will try to Hawaiian Homes Commission Act love of our children. er and camera to take your picture. go to your celebration to register and the 5(f) Section of the Hawai‘i At OHA, we have the audacity to Hawaiians. State Admissions Act. Oh yes, we We at OHA, hurried to meet the say it was a huge success. Mahalo nui loa, a hui hou. ■ still have our pride and dignity; and Kühiö Day deadline and I must Why was this a huge success? All

Charles Ota Homeless and helpless Trustee, Maui

A homeless Hawaiian in his Another sad, sad situation would The parameters to help the (1/64) opment. Twenty percent of the native land is a sad, sad, situation. A be for OHA to do nothing to allevi- Hawaiian housing program exists developed subdivision should be number of individuals and families ate and help the homeless and the with low cost housing, and 100 per- allocated for qualified homeless or have been living on the beaches and Hawaiian (1/64), I would call it a cent financing, only land is missing. first time buyers; those with fami- streets; constantly harassed by gov- travesty of human negligence. How ironic, the Hawaiian is claim- lies but cannot rent or purchase ernmental agencies and private In my April newsletter, I had ing the return of all Crown and because of minimal income wages. landowners. A greater number are emphasized that the Native Government land of 1.2 million Also the group should include the living in crowded low rent housing, Hawaiian (50 percent) would be acres, yet not a single acre of land single parents. And the “profession- a step away from being homeless. taken care of by the Hawaiian has been returned. ally unemployed,” who love to live Hawai‘i of old had always provided Homes Commission (HHC) with OHA should immediately negoti- on the beach, and the drug addict a homestead for every Hawaiian to low cost housing furnished by the ate with the State for part of these can also be accommodated. live on and claim as his own. The Quality Homes of the Pacific, with vast acres for housing. If it is not I will devote most of my time as a Native American (Indians) fare excellent financing and available possible then OHA should purchase trustee to this housing project. It is much better. He can simply pitch HHC lands. Housing for the native needed land. my hope that this article will give his tepee on a reservation and live Hawaiian would experience unpar- OHA should initiate a pilot subdi- some spark and lots of visibility to peacefully, forever if he wishes. alleled growth. vision; a 100 lot zero lot line devel- support this project. ■

14 May TRUSTEE MESSAGES Leo ‘elele

Indigenous Christian gathering will inspire Oz Stender

Trustee, At-large

ku i luna i mälamalama – extraordinary gathering that pro- actions of the early missionaries. In nating with indigenous cultural arise and shine. For your vides an opportunity for each group the name of Christ, this is an effort praise entertainment; light has come, and the glory to share their unique culture as well to reclaim indigenous Hawaiian • An arts and crafts fair at the ofE the Lord has risen upon you as their love of God. beliefs, values, and traditions that Kapi‘olani Bandstand featuring the (Isaiah 60:1-2). This is the theme The goals of the Honolulu gather- were compromised with the discov- wares of participating countries; for the 4th World Christian ing are: ery of our islands in the late 1700s. • Outreach to various local churches Gathering on Indigenous People • To encourage diversity of cultural More than 2,300 people from 30 on by visiting dignitaries and that is slated for Oct. 5-9 in Hilo, expression in worship among different countries attended the first their ministry teams; and Oct. 11-17, 2002 in Honolulu. indigenous people; gathering in 1996 in Rotorua, • A Windward cultural praise at Aloha Ke Akua (God is Love), • To continue reconciliation through Aotearoa (New Zealand). In 1998, Waimänalo Beach Park; presented to me by Kalani Po‘omai- constructive exploration of indige- the Lakota Sioux hosted the second • General sessions featuring healani, Helene Waihe‘e and Sandi nous history and the issues related gathering in Rapid City, South renowned speakers such as Tony Oguma began in 1992 with a few to injustice; Dakota. In the year 2000, delegates Campolo and Shelley Mecum; people who had a passion to see the • To effect change through educa- from six continents attended the • Cultural workshops and praise Hawaiian people come to Christ in tion; third gathering in Sydney, Australia. sessions. the fullness of who God made them • To discover how to effectively live Events planned for the Honolulu Event discount incentives are to be. as indigenous people and contem- gathering include: being offered to encourage early I am taken by the fact that in these porary Christians; • A grand opening ceremony wel- registration. For a full listing of very troubled times around the • To bring the light of Christ to all. coming the indigenous dignitaries events, schedules, on-line registra- world, people of all origins will Indigenous Christians throughout and delegations of each nation in tion, and general information, visit gather together in dance, song, and the world will have an opportunity attendance followed by a traditional www.wcgiphawaii.com or contact worship. No matter what your reli- to celebrate their faith while reinte- lu‘au to include indigenous cultural John Carpenter at 808-921-0364 or gious preference, I truly believe that grating their rich native heritage. entertainment; Helene Waihe‘e at 808-261-0559.■ this gathering provides a venue to This is an unparalleled time to heal • A prayer march down Kaläkaua bring all people together and is an wounds inflicted by the insensitive Avenue to Kapi‘olani Park culmi-

Accomplishments far outweigh petty diatribe John D. Waihe‘e IV

Trustee, At-large

“The Office of Hawaiian Affairs trolled, community-based educa- In a time when OHA is often crit- Ka Wai Ola. I have decided not to has made history today with its tion, on Hawaiian student perfor- icized for doing nothing, the actions specifically cite the article in ques- grant to the Kamakaküokalani mance (Action Item#PM-06), and taken at that committee meeting are tion nor defend its numerous false- Center for Hawaiian Studies, • the initiation of a Hawaiian even more affecting considering hoods, as doing so would merely because this funding makes possible Entrepreneurial Loan Program that they occurred while OHA’s drag the matter down to its defama- for the first time in over 100 years, (HELP) which would provide up to ceded-land payments and our abili- tory level of putrescence. I feel that the training of a new generation of $100,000 in low-interest loans to ty to disperse grants had been the positive facts speak loudly for Hui Konohiki: Hawaiian Land Hawaiian-owned businesses suffer- unceremoniously brought to a halt. themselves, and that’s where I’d Managers, especially with regards ing from the economic downturn like to keep the focus. to the Kia‘i ‘Äina Ceded Lands primarily resulting from the My experiences have My experiences as a trustee for Project, where Center for Hawaiian September 11th national tragedy the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Studies students will learn to define (Action Item#PM-04). also taught me that for especially following that last and manage the future lands of the The passage of these action items Committee on Program Hawaiian Nation.” held a special significance for me, those people who know Management meeting, have taught Those were the words of Dr. as they were the latest that had what they are working me many sad truths. In politics, Lilikala Kame‘eleihiwa on April 4, received board approval of those people you’ve considered heroes in response to the OHA board’s which came out of my last commit- for and are able to keep and friends will let you down, and approval of $305,000 a year for the tee meeting as programs manage- even turn on you. People will make next five years to the University of ment chairman. Of the nine items their focus, undeterred hurtful statements and even stoop to Hawai`i Center for Hawaiian moved out of that committee meet- by the obstructionists, lying. People will sacrifice the Studies (Action Item #PM-05). The ing, seven have passed board, greater good for personal motives, money would provide the depart- including the increase in the Native the opportunities to rise and even do everything in their ment with the necessary resources Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund power to beat whatever spirit and to develop several new courses ceiling amount from $75,000 to above it all and do passion you might have out of you. including one mapping the Ceded $250,000 (Action Item# PM-03). But my experiences have also Lands inventory, as well as a new An eighth action item which would amazing things do exist. taught me that for those people who master’s degree. A few other establish a partnership with Fannie know what they are working for and actions taken by the board that day Mae to provide down-payment or are able to keep their focus, unde- worth mentioning were: closing cost financing opportunities Therefore it is disheartening to terred by the obstructionists, the • An appropriation of $110,250 to to Hawaiians for the purchase of a me that such a committee meeting, opportunities to rise above it all and the Nä Lei Na‘auao Native home (Action Item#PM-09), is cur- arguably the most productive since do amazing things do exist. Hawaiian Charter School Alliance rently under counsel review and the last election, would be so So do the opportunities to even to aid their efforts in measuring the expected to pass the board some- unjustly criticized and fallaciously make history. ■ impact of native-designed and con- time in the near future. maligned like it was in last month’s

Mei 15

H ‘ ‘O O OHUI HANA

HO‘OHUI ‘OHANA FAMILY REUNIONS

Ah Wai Young — We are updating the Ko‘amokumokuohe‘eia. Family names genealogy and mailing list for Ah Wai Kuahua / Ka‘au‘a — The descendants include Akona, McCabe, Jones, Scott, Maunakea/Alapa‘i — A Maunakea Young, Lillie Saffery and Kalei Aping of Kuahua (w) born about 1831 and Rowan, Adams, Wong, Pekelo- reunion is planned for July 27-28 at the Tung Loo. children were Tim, Willie, Ka‘au‘a (k) born about 1829 in Kekaka, Kahana‘oi, Fuller, Kaho‘okele, Lee, Wai‘anae Army Recreation Center. The Robert, Samuel Young and Rachel Kauai and their children Haliaka, Oliwa Yuen, Pa, Ka`akua, Kanae, Kahinu, children of James Maunakea and Lilia (Waiolama) Kahauolopua. Other ‘ohana Alapa, Wahahulu-Walea, Kaluaiki and Aki, Kahaku, Chock, Farley, Joseph, Alapa‘i were William, James, include descendants of Elizabeth Young Kuahua will be having a planning meet- etc. In preparation for our 2003 reunion, Joseph/John and Elizabeth Wainonaula Lunsford, Rachel Ha‘o-Paiaina, Moses ing for our 2003 ‘ohana reunion. Please meetings are usually on the last Sunday Kawaihae and Elizabeth Rycroft Konia, Salome Young and Lucille meet ‘ohana at the Iosepa Memorial of each month at the Käne‘ohe home of Keli‘iho‘omalu. Other descendants are Keli‘i. For contact information, see Weekend Celebration (in Tooele Kawaikapu Hewett, family elected luna Hekekia, Kuikahi, Joachin Silva, Maunakea/Alapa‘i listing. County, Utah), Fri., May 24, 2002, for noho and kahuna nui. For information, Kalawe, Matthews, Beazley, Figuiera Potluck Dinner Meeting. Our Eighth email Keoho Fujimoto at and more. All families are encouraged Cummings — A reunion will be h eld ‘Ohana Reunion will be held in [email protected] or call 247-4131. or to call Ruby Maunakea at 668-9440 or Aug. 2 in Honolulu for the descendants California Oct. 15-18, 2003. write to Nä Pulapula o Komomua,Inc. write to 89-081 Kïhonua Pl, Wai‘anae, of Thomas Booth Cummings whose off- at P. O. Box 5253, Kaneohe, HI. 96744. HI 96792-3813. spring are Caroline (Cummings) Dutro, Keaonaona/Maoauwaa Pa‘auhau — William Humphrey Cummings, Thomas The descendants of Keaonaona and Kupono/Nakuihaaweawe/ 1st Wife: Nihipali — The annual Nihipali Cummings, Amy Ho‘ola‘ai Maoauwaa Pa‘auhau are having a Calling all descendants of: KAIAMA: reunion is being scheduled for July 19- (Cummings) Sheldon, Jonah Booth reunion July 4-7 at Miloli‘i Beach Park Hainoa: Livia; Hekekia; Kamaka: 21. Our next meeting is coming up Cummings, Joseph Elijah Cummings, in South Kona. The children included, Kaleo Pupuka; Hattie Lincoln; and soon: Please call Leona at 293-1587, Parker Andrew Cummings and Hannah 1st: Milika‘a, Kekuanoni, Hala‘i, Anne Moku: KANEHAILUA: Deanne a 247-0457 or Charlene and Rachel (Cummings) Sheldon. For infor- Kahulanui, Kaipo. 2nd: Milika‘a, Wahinekapu; Kauinui; Mokihana 622-7795 for more information. All mation, contact Andrea (Cummings) Agnes, Kekuewa, Kinoiki, Pahipahi, Keawe: KAUKALIINEA: Paiwa: families related to the Nihipalis are Hamilton, 1550 Kaminaka Dr., Kapi‘olani; 3rd: Milika‘a, Lono, Olivia;Lilinoe; Nalei; Naea Kaimuloa; welcome. Honolulu, HI 96816, email ahamil- Leleahana Kekahuna, Kahalekula, Kalua Kaninau: Kealii; Wahinekapiula; ton@sacred hearts.org, or call 732- Kahula, Kamana‘o and Joseph. For Keawe Hawaii; Pika; Namakaokalani; Paauhau — The descendants of 3470. information, contact: Shirley Casuga, Kauahi; Moakuaikai; Daniela Repeka: Keaona and Maoauwaa Paauhau are P.O. Box 6101 Ocean View, HI 96737, Lo‘e Kaholi: Kailipakalua; Luahine; having a family reunion July 4-7 at Kahauolopua — We are updating 808-328-9780; Lucy Akau, 41-792 Kauokalani; Nalei; Maluhiluhi; Kealii; Miloli‘i Beach Park in South Kona, genealogy information and mailing list Kalaniana‘ole Hwy., Waimänalo, HI Haili; Kaholi; Mele; Hakuole: Kahalau Hawai‘i. Their offspring are (1st) for the family of Joseph Kahauolopua 96795, 259-5222; Sarah K. Kahele 144 Kahananui: Sam K; Penikala Aipia; Milikaa, Kekuanoni, Halai, Kahulanui, and Kealohakaumai. Their children Ka‘ie‘ie Pl., Hilo, HI 96720, 808-959- David H; Joseph K; Makaokalani; Kaipo; (2nd) Milikaa, Agnes, Kekuewa, were Joseph, Jack, James, Eben, 1607; Mary Cachero, 15-2708 He‘epali George K; Kaholi; Mileka; Ana Kane Kinoiki, Pahipahi, Kapiolani; (3rd) Edward and Mitchel Kahauolopua and St., Pähoa, HI 96778, 808-965-7344; Paulo; Meleana Akiona: Kelii: Kahau: Milikaa, Lono, Leleahana Kekahuna, Mariah Asabedo and Lucille Veincent. Tom Garbaldi, PlO. Box 6558 Ocean Keoki: Kalua Kuhaiki; Kawainui; Kahalekula, Kahula, Kamana‘o and For contact information, see View, HI 96737, 808-328-8187; or Moke; Miliama Mahiko: Kikaha: Joseph. For more information, contact Maunakea/Alapa‘i listing. Annie Tai See, P.O. Box 145 Kea‘au, HI Kekumano; Kealoha: Nahuina Apa: the following: Shirley Casuga, Box 96749, 808-882-8144. Aho; Kaika: Kamakee:Nahale-a: 6101 Ocean View, HI 96737, 808-328- Kalama — a reunion and tribute to Poaimoku; Loe Annie Aweau; Kaninau 9780; Lucy Akau, 41-792 Maka‘öpiopio is scheduled for May 24- Kekoa — We are seeking information Pai; John Aloano; James K.; Ben Kalaniana‘ole, Hwy., Waimänalo, HI 26 in ‘Iosepa, Utah. We hope you will on the descendants of James Ipaapuka Amina; Alice Boyd/Olipau; Rose 96795, 259-5222; Sarah K. Kahele, 144 join the family for a three-day family Kekoa and first wife, Kanoa Heleluhi, Jackson; Samuel K; Moses U.: Ka‘ie‘ie Pl., Hilo, HI 96720, 808-959- reunion As the “living” Kalama ‘ohana, and the ‘ohana from their three kamali‘i PULEIMOKU: Nalei Haiha; Kaluna 1607; Mary Cachero, 15-2708 He‘epali it we honor the woman who began the (each with the last name Kekoa): Emily Haleamau; Kinoulu (m) Keloi: St., Pähoa, HI 96778, 808-965-7344; or chain of gospel generations that we now Keliiahonui, William Kapuhili and Pakapaka. Tom Garibaldi, Box 6558, Ocean View, enjoy today. Activities inlude temple Joseph Keaweopala. Descendants of Kupono/Kealoha 2nd Wife calling all HI 96737, 808-328-8187. sessions, talent show, luncheons, ban- James Kekoa and his second wife, Mary descendants of: NAKAULA (m) Panila quets, recreation etc. To register, log on Kaailaau Hoopi‘i (each with the last : KENAO (m) Kikila: Naeole (m) Pahukoa — A reunion will be held July to www.kalamaohana.org, or call Lance name Kekoa) are planning a reunion Keanini; Kanoho: 4-7 for the Pahukoa ‘ohana at the TeNgaio, 801-785-0855, or write 370 E. Aug. 9-11 on O‘ahu, the last of which Ohana gathering planned for June 2002. church hall in Ke‘anae, Maui. Camping 1640 N., Pleasant Grove, Ut 84062, or occurred 25 years ago. Following are Contact for information Richard is available. For information, call email [email protected]. Registration the names of their 10 kamali‘i: Edward (Nahale-a) Jackson 808-488-1725 and Morris Bissen, 247-1544 or Meleana deadline: April 15. Ipaapuka, James Kainoa, George Adon Nahale-a 808-247-3670 or by Aloy, 456-5215 (O‘ahu); or Darrell Hoapili, Mary Keliinohopali Kekoa- email [email protected] Aquino, 248-7834, or Melissa Tau‘ä Kanehailua — An ‘ohana meeting is Kauwe, Samuel Auwa and Dorothy Mauliola at 808-572-6836 on Maui. scheduled for Sat., June 22 from 10 Papai Kekoa-Ahu (twins), Sarah Lee/Rowan — The descendants of Wai a.m.-noon. Call the following individu- Kaailaau Kekoa-Kawa‘auhau, Henry Lee and Rosaline Kaualua Rowan are Peliiwaiolama — We are updating als for meeting location and additional Hanalei Ho‘opi‘i, William Kapuhili and holding a reunion July 19-22. Friday: genealogy information and mailing list information: Ernest, 808-355-8336 Elaine Kalili Ululani Kekoa-Johnson. free day; Saturday : genealogy work- for Peliiwaiolama, Elizabeth Ahu and (Hawai‘i), email Please contact Kloh-Anne (Tiny) shop and banquet at the Pagoda Hotel; Elizabeth Ho‘okano. children were [email protected]; Charles, Kawaauhau-Drummondo) by calling Sunday: memorial service and beach Solomon Lovell; Joseph and Jeremiah 261-3165 (O‘ahu), email 808-885-1091 (Hawai‘i) so that a mail- picnic; and Monday: group golf. The Waiolama; Clarence, Able and Henry [email protected]; or Stacey, ing list may be compiled. Send photos tentative site for the picnic is Bellows Takamori Waiolama; Castle, Solomon, 668-4638 or 782-6908 (cell). and genealogy information to Diana AFB in Waimanalo.Final details will be Louis, Herman and Queen Emma Ululani Kawaauhau-Terukina at P.O. posted later on the specific site. If you Leong, Elizabeth Kamakani Palakiko Kauaua — This is a revision of the Box 1496, Kamuela, HI 96743 or by did not get your reunion notice in the Maka, Bernice and Carol Ramos. For announcement published in the last five email at [email protected] mail, call 247-4131, or write to Stanley contact information, see issues on the Kauaua 2002 reunion for Fujimoto, at 44-756 Käne‘ohe Bay Maunakea/Alapa‘i listing. Kelii-o-Nahuawai Kauaua on Maui: We Keokilele Halemanu Ukeke —On July Drive, Käne‘ohe, HI 96744. are not asking for your genealogical 13, a reunion will be held on Kaua‘i for Reservations deadline is May 12. Please Poaipuni / Pu‘upu‘u Nahuawai information. However, if you wish to the family of Keokilele whose parents include your T-shirt sizes and your Kauaua — A 2003 reunion is planned share your information with us at the were Halemanu Ukeke and genealogy book orders with your on Maui, Aug. 29-31. We are looking genealogy workshop at the reunion, we Kauahipolua. Children (with response and payment. for information on families of the would be most grateful. We understand Coggeshall): Fanny, Sarah, Eliza, and Poaipuni, ‘Aipu‘upu‘uimuaona- that your genealogy is a private and per- Mary; (with Malina): Harriet, Uilama, Mahi‘ai — A reunion is being planned keolana-ali‘i-Kauaua (a.k.a Pu‘upu‘u sonal treasure and that we do not have Peter, Julite, John and Kolomana. For for the descendants of Samuel Kahope Nahuawai kauaua). If you have family the right to ask anyone for this infor- information call Collen Nadarisay at Mahi‘ai, born Oct. 12, 1891, through information, we would appreciate you mation. We apologize for any miscon- 808-245-2513, Box 66-2028, Puhi, HI offspring of his two wives, Rose contacting reunion president Geri ception the prior announcements may 96766; or Luka Goo, 808-246-9152, Ka‘ililaulani Nämilimili (b. March 10, Ku‘ulei Kalawai‘a, 808-878-3420 have caused. If you have any questions Box 822, Lïhu‘e, HI 96766. 1896) and Agnes Koloa Mauna (b. (days, Mon.-Fri.), or write to P.O. Box or for information, contact Georgiana March 23, 1912). Planning meeting are 904, Kula, HI 96790. Rocha at [email protected], Komomua/Ko‘amokumokuohe‘eia — held the second Saturday of each phone 808-572-2393; or Josephine Nä Pulapula o Komomua Inc. has been month. For meeting locations, call Harris at [email protected], established by the descendants of Harriet K. Mahi‘ai at 696-7232 or 294- See REUNIONS on page 18 phone 808-244-0587. Komomua (k) and his wife, 0836 (c).

16 May Directory of community service agencies Listed here are contacts and numbers frequently requested of OHA’s Information and Referral staff.

Children’s services Employment/training, Health Care job placement E Ola Mau Domestic violence Alu Like Inc. 522-0432 535-1300 Alu Like Inc. www.eolamau.com Child and Family Services www.alulike.org 535-6720 585-2730 www.alulike.org Papa Ola Lokahi Child Care Connection 597-6550 Rental assistance 587-5266 Work Hawai‘i papaolalokahi.8m.com/ 523-4221 [email protected] Catholic Charities Head Start 537-6321 847-2400 Education Ke Ola Mamo 533-0035 Salvation Army PATCH Center for Hawaiian Studies [email protected] 845-2544 833-6866 U.H. Mänoa 973-0989 State Quest Office Substance abuse Queen Lili‘uokalani www.hawaii.edu/chs/ 587-3521 Childrens’ Center [email protected] Castle Medical Center 847-1302 Wai‘anae Comprehensive Health 263-5500 www.qlcc.org Center DOE Office of Hawaiian Education 696-4211 Ho‘omau Ke Ola 733-9895 696-4266 Elderly care Homelands Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian language Lunalilo Home 842-8211 Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands 395-1000 www.ksbe.edu 586-3840 ‘Ahahui ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i [email protected] www.state.hi.us/dhhl/ 528-5453 Food assistance Natural and cultural history Legal assistance Hawai‘i Food Bank Nä Pua No‘eau 836-3600 (808) 974-7678 Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Hawai‘i Lawyers Care npn.uhh.hawaii.edu 847-3511 528-7046 Ho‘omau Ke Ola [email protected] www.bishopmuseum.org 696-4266 Native Hawaiian Legal Corp 521-2302

OHA FINANCIAL R EPORT COMBINED BALANCE SHEET COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2002 FUND BALANCES FOR THE EIGHT MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2002

REVENUES ASSETS FUNDS ACCOUNT GROUPS State general fund appropriations $ 2,619,663 Cash in State Treasury $ 8,314,431 Public land trust 6,535 Cash in outside accounts 7,532,287 Dividend and interest income 7,805,644 Accounts/other receivables 27,955,833 Native Hawaiian Rights Fund 4,533 Notes receivable, net of allowance for doubtful Federal and other grants 1,070,614 accounts of $4,438,974 15,425,034 Newspaper ads, donations, other revenues 56,269 Interest/dividends receivable 1,955,541 Non-imposed fringe benefits 68,089 Interfund receivable 3,431,622 Hawaiian Projects Fund -0- Prepaid expenses and security deposits 343,540 Investments at FMV: TOTAL REVENUES $ 11,631,347 Native Hawaiian Trust Fund 261,881,193 Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund 16,899,100 Land/building $1,125,404 EXPENDITURES Leasehold improvements 538,405 Current programs: $ 2,159,144 Machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures 1,512,793 Board of Trustees 3,139,890 Provided for payment of: Administration Program Systems 2,602,535 Vacation benefits/comp time off 536,018 1,411,935 Estimated claims and judgments 460,026 Hawaiian Rights Operating lease rents/capital lease 26,772 $ 9,313,504 TOTAL EXPENDITURES TOTAL ASSETS $343,738,581 $4,199,418 $ 2,317,843 EXCESS (deficiency) of revenues over expenditures LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) LIABILITIES: Realized gain on sale of investments $ (9,922,776) Due to state $ 110,000 Net increase (decrease) in unrealized gain (loss) on investments held (11,397,821) Accounts/other payables 313,255 Lapse of cash to State General Fund (81,329) Inter-fund payable 3,431,622 Vacation benefits/comp. time off $536,018 Operating lease rents -0- Estimated claims and judgments 460,026 TOTAL OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES) $ (21,401,926) Capital lease obligation 26,772 TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 3,854,877 $1,022,816 EXCESS (deficiency) of revenues and other financing sources $ (19,084,083) FUND EQUITY: over expenditures and other financing uses Investments in fixed assets $3,176,602 Fund balance FUND BALANCE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD $ 358,967,787 Reserved $ 20,684,639 Designated 54,305,844 $ 339,883,704 Undesignated 264,893,221 FUND BALANCE, END OF PERIOD TOTAL FUND EQUITY $339,883,704 $3,176,602 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY $343,738,581 $4,199,418 Note: Prior year appropriation expenditures have been grouped into current office restructure. The above figures are unaudited for the Fiscal Year 2002 from July 1, 2001 through February 28, 2002.

Mei 17 Useful Addresses THE MARKETPLACE

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Kaua‘i / Ni‘ihau 3-3100 Ku¯hio¯ Hwy., Ste. C4 Li¯hu‘e, HI 96766-1153 PAT BACON form page 5 REUNIONS from page 16 Phone: 808.241.3390 Fax: 808.241.3508 honors to Bacon, and those affiliated with Santos-Lemos — We are updating of Clifton Welch and Margaret his wife, Maiki Aiu Lake, danced in genealogy information and mail- Naone are having an ‘ohana Maui Bacon’s honor: Gordean Lee Bailey, ing list for the family of Manuel reunion May 24-27 at Greater Mt. 140 Ho‘ohana St., Ste. 206 Mäpuana de Silva, Hälau Möhala ‘Ilima, Santos-Lemos and Maria Rapoza. Zion Church grounds in Hau‘ula. Kahului, HI 96732 Pili Pang, Luana Kawai‘ae‘a and more. Their children were William, Their children are May, Emily, Arthur Patrick, Marie, Sophie Margaret (dec.), Naone (dec.), Phone: 808.243.5219 Nina Keali‘iwahamana along with Mahi Maunakea, Emily Ah Nee Fred (dec.), Jerry (dec.), Dennis Fax: 808.243.5016 Beamer and Gaye Beamer performing “Kawohikükapulani” representing the Newman, Beatrice Pi‘imoku and and Lyons. This event will include Rogrigues and Beamer families also Rosa Saucedo. For contact infor- camping, photo displays, t-shirts, steeped in hula tradition. mation, see Maunakea/Alapa‘i and activities. For more informa- OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS Ka‘upena Wong brought his remarks to a listing. tion, call Bridget Welch at 293- close chanting the mele pule pale which he 1034 (O‘ahu) or write to P. O. Box earlier interpreted. Welch/Naone — The descendants 501, Hau‘ula, HI 96717. ■ Clyde W. Nämu‘o ADMINISTRATOR “I do believe that our honoree has been to the woodlands, figuratively; felt the cool Public Information Office mists; seen the low-lying rainbow. And for MAUNA KEA from page 1 Ka Wai Ola o OHA Staff all of this we are pleased, dearest ‘Maka’,” he concluded. OHA has hired the Honolulu law firm Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing to Ryan Mielke Sitting with daughter Dodie Kawena, her litigate the case. “As a federal agency, NASA must comply with fed- Programs and Information Director husband Sean Browne; nephew La‘akea eral environmental and historic preservation laws,” said AHFI attor- Manu Boyd Suganuma, his wife Momi; amidst the ‘ano ney David Forman. “The regulations clearly define impacts as inclu- Public Information Specialist/Editor (essence) of Tütü Kawena Püku‘i sweetly sive — past, present and future, how it’s all built up — to broadly permeating the room, Pat Nämaka Bacon Michael McDonald measure how a proposed development will impact resources in the Publications Specialist graciously accepted the Rotarian honor whole scheme of things.” bearing the name of the woman who con- Naomi Sodetani “Ironically, in their zeal to discover other life in the Universe,” the tinues to enrich the depth, breadth and OHA complaint notes, “the IFA and NASA are ignoring life on Publications Editor ■ magic of our beloved Hawai‘i. these islands, degrading Native Hawaiian cultural resources, and Caitriona Kearns Media Production Specialist risking the extermination of species,” including the Wëkiu bug, a candidate endangered species found nowhere else in the world. Leialoha Lono‘ae‘a NASA and UH officials declined to comment on the lawsuit. PIO Secretary ■ Charles Ogata GYM from page 1 Volunteer Published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs ties a modern gym should have. Moving? Change of name or address? Public Information Office “This will not only be for the kids and families in Keaukaha, but for all on this Notice to Readers side of the island. This family and com- Keep you subscritpion to munity gathering place at Keaukaha is an Ka Wai Ola o OHA will accept for consideration example of what can happen when OHA, news releases and letters to the editor on topics of relevance and interest to OHA and Hawaiians, as county government and the state work well as calendar events and reunion notices. Ka Wai together for our communities. Although it Ka Wai Ola o OHA Ola o OHA reserves the right to edit all material for has been a long path, I'm proud that OHA length and content, or not to publish as available will be an important part of this Native space or other considerations may require. Ka Wai current by calling 808-594-1888, Ola o OHA does not accept Hawaiian community, and that the keiki unsolicited manuscripts. and families of Keaukaha will be safe,” Deadline for submissions is the eighth day of every said OHA Chairperson Haunani Apoliona. Read Ka Wai Ola online at month. Late submissions ■ are considered only on a www.OHA.org space-available basis.

18 May SBA winners who helped Hawaiians named

Ronald A. Kawahara, a The Small Business Alan M.L. Yee, a former current member of OHA’s Native Hawaiian Revolving Native Hawaiian Revolving Association names its best Loan Fund Board Chairman, Loan Fund Board, was rec- was recognized as ognized as Acountant in business in annual “Accountant Advocate of the Advocate of the Year for Year” at the State, Region IX awards. the island of Maui. and National levels. Kawahara Yee Congratulations Ronald! Congratulations Alan!

New Ancestry Program OHA Hawaiian Registry Program Nä Mamo ÿÖiwi Hawaiÿi

THE HAWAIIAN REGISTRY PROGRAM is an Health Vital Records section, or ongoing program to register people of through research at the State Hawaiian ancestry. No specific blood Archives. For those born on quantum is required and anyone the mainland U. S. or other throughout the world may register. parts of the world, your birth However, we are asking you to pro- record usually does not vide a photo copy of your birth certifi- indicate your racial extrac- cate with “Hawaiian” stated for race as tion. Thus the necessity a supportive document. for furnishing your Hawaiian birth parent If your birth certificate does not indi- records. cate your Hawaiian ancestry, you will need to furnish additional documenta- tion from your parent(s) or grandpar- Verification documents can include: You will be ent verifying and notified of your eli- validating your gibility, and inform you Hawaiian ances- ❑ Vital records (i.e., when the Hawaiian Registry team try. The Hawaiian Applications? birth, marriage will be in your community. ID pictures Registry Progam and/or death certifi- will be taken at that time. There is no is not the same as Available at: cates) charge for this photo ID. A Nä Mamo Operation ÿOhana. Office of Hawaiian Affairs ÿÖiwi Hawaiÿi identification card will be 711 Kapiÿolani Blvd., Ste 500 ❑ Obituaries, vital mailed to you. Honolulu, Hawaiÿi 96813 A picture identifi- statistic news clip- cation card will be For Operation ‘Ohana members, Or you can download an pings. issued. For those application from the OHA please re-register. By providing your ❑ on the mainland, website at www.OHA.org. Genealogical, ÿOhana membership number, the U. S. or other family history, bap- OHA staff will be able to process your parts of the world, tismal, military, cen- new Hawaiian Registry Card faster. the procedures for sus records handling the pic- A schedule is being developed of ture identification other community activities and events have not been finalized. Your documents should accompany where the Hawaiian Registry will be your application and all applications located. Check out our website or the Your Hawaiian ancestry must be should be mailed to the OHA address Ka Wai Ola O OHA for further infor- established through your biological in Honolulu. If you decide to mail mation, or call the Information & parents…not your adopted parents. your vital records to us, send them by Referral unit of OHA at (808) 594- Their document(s) must also verify registered mail. All documents will be 1888. their Hawaiian ancestry through their returned to you. Please provide your biological parents until a connection is name, address and phone number so Mahalo for your interest in the made to a Hawaiian. we may contact you when the applica- Hawaiian Registry program. tion and ID process is in place to con- E Pülama I ko Käkou Hoÿolina – Vital records documents may be tinue the processing procedure. Cherish our Hawaiian Heritage obtained from the State Board of