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KA WAI OLA THE LIVING WATER of OHA OFFICE of HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS • 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 • Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813-5249 Nowemapa (November) 2008 Vol. 25, No. 11 E AHA ‘ia ANA ‘o MAUNAKEA? Kahana Valley WHAT WILL BECOME OF evictions page 04 Military seeks A proposed telescope reignites discussion of the page 16 mana‘o on future of astronomy on the piko of Hawai‘i Island consulation page 06 Hawaiians making waves in film page 07 Nihoa, an island frozen in time page 12 Ku¯paoa: Young duo shines in debut CD page 20 Hula Photo: fests! Courtesy page 18 of Marnie Weeks www.oha.org An ‘ahu at the summit of Maunakea reflects Native Hawaiian reverence. - Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom THE OHA MA¯ LAMA LOAN % 5.0 0 APR ~ LOW FIXED RATE ~ FIXED TERM for 5 YEARS ~ LOAN up to $75,000 PLUS, EARN UP TO The OHA Ma¯lama Loan Program through First Hawaiian Bank is 5,000 CASHPOINTSSM exclusively for Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian organizations. 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FHIB-14434 R5_9-25x11_v2.indd 1 5/16/08 11:15:07 AM Ad Number: FHIB-14434 R5 Ad Subject: OHA Malama Loan NSP Ad Size/Color: FP, 9.25" x 11" / 4C Publication: Ka Wai Ola o OHA, June 2008 HAwnU¯AHOUiiAn • • n EnglisEWs H Nowemapa2008 | 3 the projector as well as the laptop Nämu‘o unveils CCN, the to somebody who says, ‘I’m will- ing to host a meeting.’ The only Community Consultation Network requirement is that you must have an Internet connection.” By Blaine Fergerstrom The first initiative tackled via Board of Trustees Ka Wai Ola staff the CCN will be a discussion on nation building. ffice of Hawaiian Affairs Other components of the CCN Administrator Clyde are the Nä ‘Öiwi ‘Ölino radio Haunani Apoliona, MsW ONämu‘o unveiled OHA’s network; OHA’s web site, oha. Chairperson, Trustee, At-large plans for better communicating org; OHA’s Ho‘oulu Lähui Aloha Tel: 808.594.1886 with constituents, which he out- television show; Pacific Network Fax: 808.594.1875 lined during the Oct. 23 keynote TV, an Internet television net- Email: [email protected] address at the Association of work; and Ka Wai Ola newspaper, Hawaiian Civic Clubs convention which, Nämu‘o announced, will Walter M. Heen Vice Chair, Trustee, O‘ahu on Kaua‘i. “We will use all media soon begin publishing a monthly Tel: 808.594.1854 venues at our disposal” to commu- OHA Administrator Clyde Na¯mu‘o introduces remote video conference guests in the OHA board- electronic edition. nicate with our Native Hawaiian During his speech, Nämu‘o also Fax: 808.594.0210 room during a demonstration of the CCN at the 49th annual Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Email: [email protected] beneficiaries, said Nämu‘o. convention held on Kaua‘i in October. - Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom discussed other OHA initiatives. The new initiative is called He announced that “100,000 peo- Rowena Akana the Community Consultation people in their homes. Where are up remote meetings between OHA ple have signed up for Kau Inoa, Trustee, At-large Network, or CCN. “When we we most comfortable? Where can officials and the Hawaiian commu- more or less.” want to contact our constituents we really speak our minds?” he nity via video conferencing over Nämu‘o also talked about the Tel: 808.594.1860 Fax: 808.594.0209 across Hawai‘i and on the conti- asked. “Where we live.” the Internet. During the keynote state of OHA’s limited liabil- Email: [email protected] nent, it hasn’t always been easy,” “If you live in Waimänalo and on Kaua‘i, Nämu‘o held a live vid- ity corporations and the properties he said. “Community meetings you want to have a video confer- eoconference with a group in the they manage, Makaweli Poi and Donald B. Cataluna don’t always bring out everyone,” ence meeting or conversation, OHA OHA boardroom in Honolulu. Waimea Valley. He explained the Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau so the agency came up with CCN. will help set it up,” Nämu‘o said. “We will actually mail equip- See CCN on page 10 Tel: 808.594.1881 “This CCN is an attempt to reach One goal of the CCN is to set ment from O‘ahu that includes Fax: 808.594.0211 Email: [email protected] appealed to the nation’s high court, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court ruled Robert K. lindsey Jr. U.S. Supreme Court to asking it to overturn a unanimous correctly,” said OHA Chairperson Trustee, Hawai‘i January ruling by the Hawai‘i Haunani Apoliona. “We firmly Tel: 808.594.1855 Supreme Court that barred the stand behind the state Supreme Fax: 808.594.1883 hear ceded lands case state from selling ceded lands Court’s opinion, which says the Email: [email protected] OHA, attorneys until Native Hawaiian claims to state should keep the ceded land those lands have been resolved. trust intact until Native Hawaiian Colette Y. Machado confident law is In its decision, the state Supreme claims to these lands are settled.” Trustee, Moloka‘i and La¯na‘i on their side Court relied heavily on the 1993 She added, “OHA will continue Tel: 808.594.1837 Apology Resolution, passed by its tireless efforts to protect and Fax: 808.594.0212 By lisa Asato Congress and signed by then-Pres- defend the rights and entitlements Email: [email protected] Public information specialist ident Bill Clinton – apologizing of its beneficiaries – the Native Boyd P. Mossman Osorio Bennett for the United States’ role in the Hawaiian people.” ith oral arguments in illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian A ruling is expected by June Trustee, Maui a ceded lands case Kingdom in 1893. The case stems 2009. Tel: 808.594.1858 Wheaded for the U.S. are resolved. “I have a lot of faith from a 1994 lawsuit to stop the In a statement issued Oct. 1, state Fax: 808.594.1864 Supreme Court likely in January in our attorney, (William) Meheula. sale of two parcels on Maui and Attorney General Mark Bennett Email: [email protected] or February, Jonathan Osorio, one And I have faith in the justice of Hawai‘i Island of about 1,500 said Congress did not bar the sale of four individual plaintiffs in the our position. Those lands are ours. acres of ceded lands. of ceded lands in the Apology Bill. Oz stender 1994 case along with OHA, reaf- Ceded lands are stolen lands.” Ceded lands refer to lands taken “Congress had expressly granted Trustee, At-large firmed his belief that the state Osorio, a professor at from the Kingdom of Hawai‘i Hawai‘i that right in the 1959 Tel: 808.594.1877 should not sell ceded lands. the University of Hawai‘i’s following the overthrow, which Admission Act,” he said. Fax: 808.594.1853 “If the U.S. Supreme Court Kamakaküokalani Center for eventually made their way into “Hawai‘i’s ceded lands are held Email: [email protected] decides to hear a case, they’re Hawaiian Studies, said he hopes state control. The Admission Act, by the state for the benefit of all going to hear a case, and what we to fly to Washington, D.C., to which admitted Hawai‘i as a state, of Hawai‘i’s citizens, and for a John D. Waihe‘e iV need to do is prepare ourselves,” attend the court’s review of the spells out that 1.4 million acres of number of purposes, including for Trustee, At-large Osorio said, following the high case. Other individual plain- ceded lands be held in trust by the the betterment of the conditions of Tel: 808.594.1876 court’s Oct. 1 decision to hear a tiffs in the case are Pia Thomas state for five purposes, including native Hawaiians,” Bennett said. Fax: 808.594.0208 case regarding the state’s ability Aluli, Charles Ka‘ai‘ai and Keoki the betterment of the conditions of “We believe that prudent man- Email: [email protected] to sell ceded lands before Native Kamaka Ki‘ili. Native Hawaiians. Hawaiians’ claims to those lands Earlier this year, the state “We continue to believe that See COURT on page 10 4 | Nowemapa2008 nU¯HOU • nEWs Inaction on Kahana Valley evictions spurs to jubilation – at least for a day By liza simon discuss the state’s position with of preservation, the state purchased Public Affairs specialist the families of Kahana Valley, who the land from a private owner in hunt, fish and farm the lushly veg- 1970 and established Ahupua‘a O ust after dawn on Oct.