Ka Wai Ola O OHA – the Living Water of OHA Nowemapa (November) 2003

Vol. 20, No.11

Ka Wai Ola o OHA – The Living Water of OHA Nowemapa (November) 2003

Royal society members join trustees on historic D.C. trip

Ali‘i descendants help lobby for passage of federal recognition bill

Photo: Richard Pezzulo

Royal society members Marguarite Kealanahele, Margaret Stafford and Edward Akana talk in a Senate hallway with a staffer for Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont. By Naomi Sodetani

n 1897, Queen Lili‘uokalani traveled to Washington, D.C., to protest Hawai‘i’s annexa- Ition before the U.S. Congress. For the first time since her journey, descendants of Hawaiian ali‘i walked the halls of Congress in September to make a similar personal plea. Dressed in their impressive flowing regalia, nine members of royal societies, including the Royal By Derek Ferrar Order of Kamehameha, ‘Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu, Hale O Nä Ali‘i O Hawai‘i and the Daughters and Sons ccording to the results of a telephone survey recently released by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, of Hawaiian Warriors, visited the offices of all a solid majority of both Native Hawaiian and non-native Hawai‘i residents support federal 100 senators, urging them to support legislation Arecognition for Hawaiians and the continuance of federally funded programs benefiting people of that would establish a process to extend U.S. recog- Hawaiian descent. Nearly three-fourths (71 percent) of the Hawaiians who responded to the survey also said nition to a Hawaiian governing entity. they would be willing to register for a roster of Native Hawaiians, which would be a key component in the During the same week, undeterred by Hurricane formation of any native representative body. Isabel’s sweep through the eastern states, Office of Eighty-six percent of the 303 Hawaiians who responded to the survey said they think that Hawaiians Hawaiian Affairs trustees and staff also met with should be recognized by the U.S. government, “similar to the special recognition given to Native Americans key lawmakers, leading minority organizations and and Alaska Natives” — a sentiment that was shared by 78 percent of non-Hawaiian respondents. members of the Hawaiian community. The trustees’ When asked whether they believe that the more than 100 federally funded programs that benefit Native fourth trip to the nation’s capital this year focused Hawaiians should be continued, 93 percent of Hawaiians said yes, joined by 82 percent of non-Hawaiians. on moving the issue of Hawaiian recognition “I think those numbers represent a strong statement from the community,” said OHA Chairperson onto the Congressional calendar for a floor debate

See POLL on page 3 See DC TRIP on page 3

ne fact that has become clear addiction to crystal methampheta- Hawaiians hit in all the recent discussion mine, or “ice,” at state-funded health Oabout “ice” is that centers in the past five years are of Hawaiians, who make up about 20 Hawaiian ancestry. In addition, hardest by percent of the general population, Hawaiians suffer the highest rate of are being disproportionately affected incarceration as a group in the by the drug epidemic, topping nation. “When you look at the stats drug epidemic statewide statistics as both victims on Hawaiians, the official number and victimizers. is 40 percent in prison,” says According to the state Department political science scholar RaeDeen of Health, the majority of people M. Keahiolalo Karasuda, who is By Naomi Sodetani who have sought treatment for researching the disproportionately See ICE on page 5 IN THIS ISSUE Ka Wai Ola o OHA Office of Hawaiian Affairs Q&A with Micah Käne, Hawaiian PRESORTED 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 STANDARD Homes Commission chairman and U.S. POSTAGE Honolulu, HI 96813-5249 PAID PAGE Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Honolulu, Hawaii 7 director. See interview on page 7. Permit No. 298

Federal No Child Left Behind Act creates serious repercussions for Hawaiian charter, immersion schools. PAGE See story on page 12. 12 www.OHA.org

H A K M ‘ ? HA OU ANA O HE AHA KOU MANA‘O? WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WhatWhat doesdoes HawaiianHawaiian nationhoodnationhood meanmean toto you?you?

Hopefully we can get independence one day. Whatever the Hawaiian people decide, I’ll be satisfied. As long as it is Hawaiians making our own decisions for ourselves, not someone else telling us who we gotta be. — Kalani Lee-Kwai, Kuli‘ou‘ou

I am definitely a sovereignty supporter. I’m not Hawaiian, so it’s not up to me to pick the model. But I believe that there are many Hawaiian voices that can be put together. The movement has been coming along for so long, and the answer is there. The time is very ripe. I feel it in the air. — Mary Osorio, Pälolo

I’ve been out of touch because I was in the service for a long time. But I think it is within the people, as a nation-within-a-nation, to get our heritage back. I think we need to stand up so people will notice us as a nation, not just those people in grass shacks over there on another island. — Paul Kekuewa, Kunia

What Hawaiian nationhood means to me is that those who have the blood, they have that sense of independence, they have that sense of sovereignty. All of those injus- tices that were imposed on us as Hawaiians should now be rectified. And I think we have the opportunity to do that, with all the talents and skills that we have as a people and a nation. — Dirk Soma, Honolulu

Photos: Derek Ferrar

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H ‘ ‘O OHUI HANA HO‘OHUI ‘OHANA FAMILY REUNIONS

Akuna/Piianaia – Our first family email. You can contact Kalani via like to be involved with the planning Moloka‘i High School Class of reunion pot luck picnic well be held email at [email protected]. of this reunion, please contact Kimo 1954 – A reunion lü‘au is being Sat., Nov. 1 at the Wai‘anae Army Keli‘i (O‘ahu) at 668-7650/696- planned for the Memorial Day Recreation Center Picnic Cove. We Ho‘opi‘i — I am trying to do my 0321, email [email protected] weekend on May 29 at the school. are hoping to attract descendants of genealogy on my great-grandfather's or Paulette Kahaunaele-Ferreira We would like to have the past and Goo Shin Akuna and Kalilioku family. Any information will be (Kaua‘i) at 808-822-0627, email present classmates to join us on our Piianaia to a family gathering to see greatly appreciated. He was born [email protected]. 50th class reunion on the island of and meet ‘ohana old and new and David Nakuauna Ho‘opi‘i at Moloka‘i. For more information, those we have never met before. Waiahole, O‘ahu on Jan. 14, 1882 Kanuha — The Kanuha ‘ohana of call Flora Mangrobang Jumawan at Surnames include Akuna, Black, and died April 13, 1956. After his Kailua-Kona are seeking descen- 808-553-4422 or write P.O. Box Ching, Cornette, Davis, Hanohano, marriage to his first wife Hi‘iaka dants for the 2003 family reunion 1379, Kaunakakai, HI 96748. Harvest, Kahawaii, Kahoalii, Aweau, he lived on the Aweau’s Nov. 7-9. Surnames are: Malulu, Kaleikilo, Keliiaa, Kalima, Kaiama, property at 356 Kam Highway, Makaulii, Naholua or Naheeholua, Naho‘opi‘i - Decendants of Kahoalii, Kauanoe, Kealoha, Kim, Ka‘a‘awa until his passing. His sec- Kainoakahu, Kekumaku, Kalua, Pa‘ahao, Hosea and Komela Kuni, Lasco, Makanui, Morgado, ond wife Malia Aweau was a cousin Ho‘opiiaina, Kamaokalani or Naho‘opi‘i are holding a family Nakila, Piianaia, Seto, Tassill, and to his first wife. After the death of Kealoha, Auna, Ke‘ohookalani, reunion on Sept. 3-6, 2004 (Labor many more. For information please Hi‘iaka and Malia, he married Keliikauikainea, Paiwa or Paiva, Day weekend) at One Ali‘i Park, on call or email: File Keliiaa 696-0396, Elizabeth Mahelona. I understand Kekekauliinea, Kaninau, Kahaialii, the island of Moloka‘i. For more [email protected], Edie Hanohano, that the Ho‘opi‘i Brothers were his Hoopai, Kaaialii, Kepano, Nahale‘a, information of meeting dates and 341-1199, [email protected], ‘ohana. Please call at 677-7336 or Lewi or Levi, Kumuhone, Kupaka, times call 808- 553-9803 or email Renwick Tassill, 536-9125, write Leina‘ala Aipia 94-107 Kahikina, Kahananui, or any other [email protected]. Provide us with [email protected], Danny Pupuole Pl. #B, Waipahu, HI 96797. Kanuha not listed here. If you have your email address and we will send Black,7540120, hawaiianpho- any information or like to be you all minutes, and agendas of past [email protected]. Kahanaoi/Pomaikai — Our ‘ohana involved with the reunion, please and future meetings. Your participa- reunion is scheduled for Sat., Nov. contact Junior at 808-325-3209. tion in the planning and attendance Crowell/Kekumu — I am organiz- 15 at Zablan Beach Park, Nänäkuli, is welcomed. ing our first family reunion next across Nänäkuli Ranch (look for year. But before I can plan this banner/signs). Potluck picnic from 9 Lincoln — A first family heritage Nänäkuli High Class of 1983 — event, I need some genealogical a.m.-6 p.m. Flyers sent out recently. reunion is happening on the Big Our 20th high school class reunion information. I am researching for Genealogy book, photo displays, Island of Hawai‘i in Kona on Nov 8, is set for Fri., Nov. 21, 2003. For anything on John Matthew Crowell door prizes etc. await your atten- 9, 10. The main event Hawaiian- more information call Jeff 368- and Mary Kekumu. If anyone can dance. For more information, con- theme buffet dinner on Sunday will 5957, Frank 216-4474, Tammy 330- help with finding anything on Mary tact Jeanne Kahanaoi, 696-5002. recognize their Hawai‘i genealogist 6538 or Ruby 277-2849 or send e- Kekumu especially, a response and mainland historian, sharing mail to Ruby at rellinohana@veri- would truly be appreciated. I Kahaunaele/Moka — A reunion is words-of-wisdom for the next gen- zon.net. am also researching Hugh B. being planned for the ‘ohana of John eration as descendants of Samuel Montgomery and Malia Kane and Kahaunaele Sr., married to Maha Lincoln, “the weaver” of Hingham Waikïkï Neighbors Reunion — any other relatives from Kauai Any Moka. We are seeking the descen- Mass. to Lyman Putnam Lincoln of Waikïkï neighbors of the 1930s, 40s information on them as well dants of their marriage by way of Ho‘okena, Kona. Origins dating and 50s will reunite once again on would be great. You can contact their four children: John Kahaunaele back to England, this reunion Sat., Nov. 29, at Paradise Park Tree Kalani, 808-230-0524 or email Jr. (m: Annie Ha‘aheo), their six promises to be a memorable event Tops Restaurant. The weekend [email protected] children John III, Abel, Mabel, from information-sharing to keiki- brunch buffet will be served from 10 Rose, Helen and Jimmie; James day at Ho‘okena Beach Park! a.m.-2 p.m. Cost for adults is $15.50 Carter/Montgomery — I am plan- Kahaunaele (m: Annie Ka‘ai), their Family group sheet updates of and for children 4-12 years $8. ning our first family reunion some- two children Charles and Joseph; Howard, California; Abbie Please contact Maile Lorch time next year. Before I can plan the Emily Kahaunaele (m: Papapa (Hanson), Ewa Beach; Arthur, Duvauchelle at 833-8842 or email event, I need some help in research- Holualoa), their three children Kona; Harry, Hilo is an ongoing [email protected] for your reserva- ing my family in Hawai‘i. I am Elizabeth, Victoria and Rachel; and process.Family members are tion and information as soon as pos- searching for any relatives of Kalei Luika Kahaunaele (m: Thomrad Von encouraged to forward information sible. We hope to see another great Montgomery from Kauai and Ellen Madyski), their three children to the Lincoln ‘Ohana Reunion attendance as there were 110 at last Carter from the Big Island. I am Annie, Alice and Rudolf (m: Hee Committee 2003, c/o 314 Andrews year’s gathering, where many shared seeking for any descendants and Wong), their three children, Agnes, Ave.; Hilo, HI 96720 or brief email stories and photos, and the Kalima family members. If you have any Louisa and Patrick. If you have any (no attachments) to lincolno- family provided terrific impromptu information please let me know by information on this family or would [email protected]. kanikapila. ■ extraordinary lifetime contributions leadership that are consistent with Iona “Papi” Teri‘ipaia and Mama Pu deemed an under-represented group. to the Hawaiian community will be the spirit of Princess Bernice Pauahi Tetua Tihoni, Tahiti; Tui‘one The thrust behind the reclassifica- honored with Order of Ke Ali‘i Bishop. Pulotu, Tonga; Epanaia Christy, tion stems from a 19-year-old Pauahi Awards in a Nov. 5 ceremo- The public is invited to attend the Aotearoa; Pierre “Papi” Kimitete, Native Hawaiian student from ny at the Hawai‘i Theatre. 7-9 p.m. ceremony. Tickets are $10 Marquesas; and Paramount Chief Kailua-Kona, James Kawika Riley, The six award recipients embody - $25 and can be purchased at the Letuli Olo Misilagi, Samoa. who is studying political science at a wide range of community service box office, or by calling 528-0506. In addition the festival will fea- the University of Northern and accomplishment in the fields of ture artisans, musicians, crafts and Colorado. Riley said that the old science, art, culture and political Maohi Cultural Fest cultural demonstrations. For infor- classification system kept scholar- activism. Botanist Dr. Isabella mation, call 234-5664. ships dispersed by the federally Aiona Abbott is a foremost limu On Nov. 14 and 15, the First funded McNair Postbaccalaureate expert. Dr. Noa Emmett ‘Auwae Annual Maohi Native Cultural Scholarship eligibility Achievement Program out of the Aluli, one of the founders of the Festival will celebrate the lineage hands of Native Hawaiians for Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana, is chief that connects all Polynesian cul- Thanks in part to one resilient stu- years, and he felt compelled to act. of staff at Moloka‘i General tures, and honor eight cultural prac- dent, Native Hawaiians are now eli- Riley’s research led him to a Hospital. Winona Kapuailohia titioners from around Polynesia. gible to receive scholarships from directive requiring all federal agen- Desha Beamer is an educator, com- The theme of the free, two-day federal programs designed to bene- cies to separate Native Hawaiians poser and writer. Pualani event at the Windward Mall Center fit under-represented ethnic groups. and Pacific Islanders from the Kanaka‘ole Kanahele is a kumu Stage Arena is the he‘e, or octopus, Until recently, the U.S. Dept. of Asian-American classification. hula, writer and cultural consultant. which is a consistent symbol in oral Education grouped Native With help from U.S. Sen. Daniel Ret. Col. David Merritt Peters is a histories throughout Polynesia. Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Akaka, the DOE policy was revised. trustee for the Queen Lili‘uokalani According to event organizers, the together with Asian Americans, pre- Named after NASA astronaut Trust. Matsuo Takabuki was former he‘e’s tentacles represent the voyag- venting them from being eligible for Ronald McNair, who died in the 1986 trustee of Kamehameha Schools. ing courses ancient navigators federal scholarship programs Challenger tragedy, the McNair pro- In honor of the six awardees, the used to travel across the Polynesian designed to financially assist indi- gram provides students interested in OHAboard of trustees passed con- Triangle, showing that all viduals from under-represented eth- pursuing doctoral studies with men- gratulatory resolutions on their Polynesian cultures are united nic groups. But in July, the DOE, in toring, tutoring, summer intern- behalf at the Oct. 16 board meeting. through their ancestors. compliance with a federal directive, ships, research opportunities and Since 1956, the Ke Ali‘i Pauahi The eight cultural practitioners created a new racial classification assistance in securing financial aid. Foundation has honored individuals being honored at a ceremony on for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Last year, the DOE allocated over who have demonstrated the values, Nov. 14 from 4-9 p.m are: Malia Islanders, separating them from $38 million to 156 colleges that car- vision and qualities of character and Craver and Genoa Keawe, Hawai‘i; Asian Americans, who are not ried the McNair Program. ■

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Manu Boyd Derek Ferrar Public Information Public Information NÄ KAMA from page 11 LANDGRAF from page 13 Director Specialist Lee also finds inspiration in Hilo, his to confront colonization, “to look at the loss of Hawaiian Michael McDonald ‘Aukai Reynolds Publications Specialist/ Media Production favorite place to visit. “‘Ku‘u Pua Lehua’ rights.” Sorrow and anger jump from the emulsion of photo-col- Graphic Design Specialist came to me when I was at the Merrie lages and mixed-media sculptures juxtaposing historical and Monarch Festival a few years ago,” he said. original photographs. In one surreal historical image, a Bishop Naomi Sodetani Leialoha Lono‘ae‘a Publications Editor PIO Secretary “With so many Hawaiians all together and a Museum archaeologist and his wife stand smiling amid thou- real hula feel, the song (about the ‘öhi‘a sands of bones excavated from the sand dunes of Mökapu. Both Sterling Kini Wong Charles Ogata Writer Volunteer lehua blossom abundant in Hilo) came to are holding skulls like trophies or spoils of war. me,” he said. Other works explore the gradual toll of assimilation. In one Published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs You can look for Nä Kama promoting photo, the viewer gazes through the keyhole-like opening of a Public Information Office “Come and See Hawai‘i” around the islands warrior’s helmet — “as if you’re looking out,” Landgraf Notice to Readers in November and December. A Christmas explains — at familiar landmarks like the Moana hotel in compilation scheduled for release this Waikïkï and Royal Elementary, both built over the sites of Ka Wai Ola o OHA will accept for consideration month by Pacific Hawaiian Distribution will destroyed heiau. news releases and letters to the editor on topics of feature Nä Kama, Weldon Kekauoha and the Landgraf’s emerging works mark her evolution from being a relevance and interest to OHA and Hawaiians, as Tapa Groove, the ‘Opihi Pickers, and others. mere observer to an impassioned advocate asserting a long-sup- well as calendar events and reunion notices. Ka Wai Ola o OHA reserves the right to edit all material for Eric and Brian will perform “Christmas in pressed Hawaiian viewpoint. “I was more naive when I first length and content, or not to publish as available the Islands” by Kamehameha Schools started,” she says. “Now, as I get older, I want to go all out and space or other considerations may require. Ka Wai Performing Arts Director Randie Kamuela risk being more political, more in your face, not so subtle like Ola o OHA does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Deadline for submissions is the eighth day of every Fong. the landscapes,” she says. month. Late submissions are considered only on a Check out Nä Kama around town this hol- Landgraf hopes her work “helps breaks walls and reveal injus- space-available basis. iday season, or visit online at www.na- tices. I like the idea of challenging people and making ■ ■  2003 Office of Hawaiian Affairs. All rights reserved. kama.com. them think.”

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H ‘ ‘ ONA AUAO HO‘ONA‘AUAO EDUCATION

Kü Kahakalau, director of Kanu o Ka ‘Äina New Century Charter School on Hawai‘i island, said that the standardized tests undermine the success and intent of the charter and immersion schools. Pointing out that Native Hawaiians are the most undereducated ethnic group in the state, Kahakalau said that Hawaiian charter schools were created to prove that culture-based curricula can achieve educational success where the Department of Education has failed. Currently, there are 14 schools in Nä Lei Na‘auao, the Native Hawaiian New Century Public Charter School Alliance, which

Photo: Naomi Sodetani Naomi Photo: serve about 1,000 students, 90 percent of whom are Native Hawaiian. In addition, there are about 1,600 students (90 percent are Native Hawaiian) enrolled in 22 Hawaiian-language immersion schools (five of which are also Students, parents and teachers of Hälau Lökahi (foreground, seated) and representatives from all of the Hawaiian charter charter schools). schools lobbied legislators in 2001 for much-needed funding to sustain the schools. Keola Nakanishi, administrator of Hälau Kü Mäna Charter School in Mänoa, said that charter schools have a commitment to academic No Child Left Behind Act growth, but he doesn’t believe that accountability standards need to be federally mandated. “I never felt impacts Hawaiian charter, something dictated 6,000 miles away without our input should solely guide our academic plan, much immersion schools less our spiritual and cultural journey,” he said. “Things like esteem; sense of self, family and place; By Sterling Kini Wong relationships; cultural grounding — these are things not even on he federally mandated No the map.” Child Left Behind Act Charles Naumu, principal of T(NCLB) has triggered a Änuenue immersion school in collision of two worlds of educa- Pälolo, described NCLB as a tional thought in Hawai‘i, pitting double-edged sword. On one side, the culture-based curricula of he said, it raises academic aware- Native Hawaiian charter and ness, but he questioned whether it immersion schools against a was fair to test third- and fifthgrade Western-based evaluation model of Hawaiian immersion students when academic success. formal English training is not intro- The NCLB Act, which was duced in immersion schools until signed into law by President Bush the fifth grade. on Jan. 8, 2002, requires that each state set annual proficiency targets “I never felt some- to indicate academic progress. The measure places high standards of thing dictated 6,000 progress on all schools nationwide, miles away without and schools that fail to comply face a variety of sanctions. our input should In Hawai‘i, compliance with such solely guide our aca- academic standards is measured by the Hawai‘i State Assessment, a demic plan, much series of tests administered each less our spiritual and spring to students in grades 3, 5, 8 and 10. Grades 5, 6 and 7 will be cultural journey.” added in the 2005-’06 school year. —Keola Nakanishi, adminis- The results of these tests determine whether a school meets the trator of Hälau Kü Mäna Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standard), which is the deciding This spring, several immersion factor in whether a school is schools piloted a third-grade math deemed to be in compliance with test that was a Hawaiian translation NCLB requirements. of the state standards assessment. While educators at Hawaiian Next year, translated versions of charter and immersion schools the state standards assessment for agree that schools should be held third grade reading and writing and accountable for their students’ aca- fourth grade math, reading and demic progress, they say that the writing will be available. However, success of their schools’ culture- none of these Hawaiian-language based curricula cannot be properly tests are accepted to satisfy the assessed by the western-based NCLB requirements. standardized tests mandated by the NCLB. Continued on next page

12 November

P PÄHEONA ART IN HAWAI‘I

Forbidden places: Photographer Kapulani Landgraf explores loss of sacred sites, native rights and identity

By Naomi Sodetani remote areas throughout the islands hauling her mastering in fine arts at Vermont College. Her large-format camera gear. ethnographic instincts, in fact, remain evident or photographer Anne “I feel really fortunate to have been to these places throughout her body of work. Kapulani Landgraf, the that no one has been to for so long,” she says. Since the 1970s, Landgraf, along with her former Fcamera is a tool to “When you have the whole place to yourself, you Windward College photography instructor Mark explore and document her can see the relationship that our ancestors had with Hamasaki, has also documented community struggles, culture — and also to defend the land, how mountain peaks and underwater ko‘a from resistance to the H-3 freeway to Waiähole taro it. “I use photography as shrines aligned. I was in awe.” farmers’ fight for water. Her lens offers witness to pre- a weapon,” she patently Landgraf has long documented Hawaiian arts and cious landscapes under siege, while honoring surviving declares. traditional practices for the Native Hawaiian Culture traditional practices inextricably bound with nature. One of our islands’ most exceptional kanaka maoli artists, Landgraf is a soft-spo- ken woman with short- cropped black hair and a calm, piercing gaze. Her award-winning photographs and mixed- media sculptures honor ancestral connections to ancient landscapes. They also probe the legacy of colonization that destroyed these places and eroded modern Hawaiians’ identity as nä po‘e ‘äina, the first people of this land. Landgraf’s new book, “Nä Wahi Kapu o Maui,” will be published next month by ‘Ai Pohaku Press, designed by Barbara Pope. The book launch coincides with a solo photographic exhibit at Kapulani Landgraf (top) documented hundreds of sacred places Aupuni Artwall at Nä Mea on Maui, including Kanahä (above), Kanakakaloloa (top rt), Nu‘u Missionary Party Hawai‘i and Native Books at (middle) and Kawaialoa. Her photo-collage “ ” (at right) comments on the legacy of the 1893 overthrow, including the Ward Warehouse that runs exploitation of native culture and lands. from Dec. 6 through Jan. 10. Inspired to find and visit Hawai‘i’s wahi kapu, and Arts Program and other Hawaiian forbidden sacred places, Landgraf has documented arts and educational organizations. prominent geographical, cultural and archaeological Widely exhibited, her work has been rec- features throughout the islands. Her first book, “Nä ognized with a bevy of prestigious visual Wahi Pana o Ko‘olaupoko,” explored the sites of arts awards in Hawai’i and abroad. This Windward O‘ahu, where she lives and works. fall, Landgraf began teaching Windward “Nä Wahi Kapu o Maui” features text written by Community College’s first course in the photographer and others that relate to these Hawaiian visual arts. In a recent one-woman exhibit at the Honolulu sacred places. Over the course of the seven-year pro- Inspired by the work of the treasured cultural his- Academy of Arts, “ku‘u ewe, ku‘u iwi, ku‘u koko” ject, supported in part by an OHA grant, Landgraf torian Mary Kawena Püku‘i, the ’84 Kamehameha (my umbilical cord, my bones, my blood), Landgraf shot hundreds of sites, arduously trekking into Schools graduate majored in anthropology before says she wanted the mostly non-Hawaiian audience See LANDGRAF on page 18

From previous page cations without receiving sufficient additional funding. In addition, the state’s requirement According to the results of the 2003 under NCLB that every teacher be Hawai‘i State Assessment, released in licensed is increasing pressure on September, 64 percent of Hawai‘i’s charter and immersion schools. Many public schools (180 of 280) failed to teachers in charter schools are not able meet AYP. Many, however, missed by to continue to teach and enter teacher just one benchmark out of 37. It is for certification programs concurrently. this reason that the state DOE, in a Because of this, Kahakalau said, about Sept. 18 press release, said that “label- 80 percent of her teachers were forced ing all schools that do not meet AYP as out of the DOE and had to be hired ‘failing’ is both inaccurate and unfair.” back independently by the charter In light of these statistics, Knudsen school. For the immersion schools, the said the challenges facing Hawaiian ongoing problem of finding enough charter and immersion schools are the teachers who are fluent in Hawaiian same as those facing every other public has now been compounded by the school that is trying to meet the “diffi- state’s stricter licensing requirements. cult and demanding” academic stan- However, charter and immersion dards of NCLB. But, he added, “There schools are not the only ones that are may be more pressure on charter struggling with the NCLB require- schools because people are saying that ments. State DOE spokesman Greg they are the answer.… if their approach Knudsen said that every public school is not effective, people will ask in Hawai‘i is having difficulty raising why are we investing so much into proficiency levels and teacher qualifi- charter schools.” ■

Nowemapa 13 Kaläkaua, Queen Lili‘uokalani, Kumu Hula Sonny Ching and his Princess Miriam Likelike and award-winning Hälau Nä Mamo O Prince William Pitt Leleiöhoku. Pu‘unanahulu return to Maui in The program will feature oli and another stunning performance of mele composed by “the four chiefs” the most ancient traditions of performed by Hälau Nä Mamo O Hawaiian culture: oli (chant), mele 2003 Pu‘uanahulu; Hälau o ke ‘A‘ali‘i (song) and hula. Maui Arts & Kü Makani; Hälau I Ka Wëkiu, Nä Cultural Center, Castle Theater, Pualei O Likolehua and musical 7:30 p.m. $10-$35, half price for performances by some of Hawai‘i’s kids 12 and under. For information, top talents. $15.50-$20.50. Hawai‘i call 808-242-7469. Theatre. 3 p.m. For information, call 676-0056. Sat., Nov. 22 — NOWEMAPA Blaisdell Kekuni Photo: E Ho‘oulu Aloha Concert NOVEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sun., Nov. 16 — A King’s Birthday Fundraiser features performances Events of interest to the Hawaiian community are included in the calendar Celebration by Uluwehi Guerrero, Lei‘ohu on a space-available basis, and do not constitute endorsement or validation Ryder, Richard Ho‘opi‘i and guests. Hula, arts and crafts, museum tours, of the events or the sponsors by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Hawai‘i’s Lomi practitioner Kapono Souza sounds the pü (conch) to open Makahiki cere- The Friends of ‘Iolani Palace silent auction, raffle drawings and monies held at Mökapu last November. invite the public to participate in area code, 808, is only included in non-O‘ahu phone numbers. ‘ono food booths. Bailey House our annual commemoration of King Museum in Wailuku, Maui, 9 a.m.- Festivities include lomi massage Competition Kaläkaua’s Birthday, with the 3 p.m. Free. For information, call demonstrations and talks sharing palace decorated to recreate his 808-244-3326. ■ Hälau I Ka Wëkiu famous jubilee. Free. the spiritual beliefs behind the four- Four days of keiki and küpuna (at left) performs in month season of peace dedicated to Midnight performance of No Ka Nahele and hälau hula competing for scholar- the Kumulipo genealogical Nä Lani ‘Ehä con- the god Lono. Public is invited to ships and prizes at the Hilton chant. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. For certs. the opening ceremony, 6-8 p.m, Nä Waiköloa Resort, Hawai‘i. Wed- information, call ‘Iolani Mea Hawai‘i and Native Books, Fri., 6 p.m. and Sat., 1 p.m. Call Bond, Karen Keawehawai‘i, the Year of the Palace at 522-0832. Sat., Oct. 25- Ward Warehouse. Free. For infor- 929-8700 to enter, or pchang@heku- Sun., Nov. 30 — Ku‘uipo Kumukahi, Lorna Lim, Hawaiian Forest. mation, call 596-8885 or 258-2735. Maryann Lim, Nani Lim Yap and Experience the la.org for info. $10 per event. Ka Wehena Art Exhibit Thur., Nov. 20 — Owana Salazar. Mamiya Theatre, beauty of nature Wed., Nov. 23 — 3-6 p.m. $30. For information, call through pageantry, Sat., Nov. 15 — Na Lei Na‘auao Nä An exhibition of contemporary Karen Aiu at 949-0242. mele oli and hula Willie Nelson and Kula Kaiapuni ‘O Ali‘i Hou Concert Hawaiian art by Ka Maka O Ka Ihe, Concerts honor King Kaläkaua’s Nov. 16 birthday by four award- Friends Benefit Concert and Queen Lili‘uokalani ‘s Nov. 11 passing. the Hawaiian student art organiza- Thurs., Nov. 6 - winning hälau: Änuenue Senior Lü‘au Enjoy an exhilarating tion of the University of Hawai‘i at Sat., Nov. 8 — Hälau Nä Mamo o The American legend jams in evening of powerful hula, chant Mänoa. Free. Aupuni Artwall at Nä The Senior Class of Kula Fri., Nov. 7 - Sun., Nov. 9 — Pu‘uanahulu, Hälau I Ka Wëkiu, Waimea with top Mainland and and other cultural performances by KWO CALENDAR Mea Hawai‘i and Native Books, 12th Annual World Kaiapuni ‘O Änuenue are hosting a Mälamalama Hawai‘i and Pua Ali‘i local artists, including Hawai‘i’s students representing 14 Hawaiian- Ward Warehouse. Mon-Sat, 10 Hula O Nä Keiki Hawaiian day of ‘ono Hawaiian Invitational Hula ‘Ilima. Hawaiian choral music by own Ledward Ka‘äpana, Leabert focused public charter schools. Ka Wai Ola o OHA a.m.-9 p.m./Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. food, entertainment and crafts. Kawaiolaonäpükanileo under the Lindsey and Smitty. Proceeds go to Proceeds help support the Nä Lei accepts information on special For information, call 596-8885. Festival Hula students from around the Änuenue School in Pälolo Valley, direction of Nola Nähulu. Hawai‘i benefit the Paniolo Preservation Na‘auao — Native Hawaiian events throughout the islands that state will gather at Kä‘anapali O‘ahu. Contact Lynette at 988-0602 Theatre, 7 p.m. Tickets: $13-48. For Society and completion of a statue Charter School Alliance. Queen are of interest to the Hawaiian Hälau hula from around the world Beach Hotel for Maui’s only chil- for info or to buy your $10 Sun., Nov. 2 — information, call 845-4652 or of Hawai‘i’s most famous cowboy, Kapi‘olani Hotel, ‘Äkala Ballroom, community, such as: fund-raisers, join with hälau from Hawai‘i to dren’s solo hula competition. For Hawaiian plate tickets. 528-0506. Ikua Purdy. Parker Ranch Arena, 6-8 p.m. $5. For information call benefit concerts, cultural activities, Mali‘o, a Hawaiian share the love of ancient and information, call 808-667-0101. 12-4 p.m. $50 tickets available at 808-960-5272 or email dkaiu- sports events, etc. Please submit modern hula, Hawaiian culture and Music Concert of Women Thurs., Nov. 13 through Feb. regular ticket outlets. For informa- Sun., Nov. 16 — [email protected]. information and color photos by language. Waikïkï Shell, 6-9:30 Sat., Nov. 8 — tion, call 808-885-1011. Nä Lani ‘Ehä Concert the 15th of the month prior to the p.m. This year’s festival, hosted by No Ka Nahele — Year Makahiki Celebration__ date of your event. The Maiki Aiu Foundation honors Nälani Olds and Poni Kamau‘u, Ka Wai Ola o OHA Wed., Nov. 12 - Fri., Nov. 15 — In their annual fundraising con- Sat., Nov. 22 — the women who sing and play honors noted cultural icons Pat of the Hawaiian Forest Lomi practitioners Kapono 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 cert, Kumu Hula Leinä‘ala Kalama

Hawaiian music from times past. Nämaka Bacon and Edith Souza, Keohokalani Lewis and ‘Iolani Luahine Keiki Hälau Nä Mamo O Honolulu, HI 96813-5249 Heine and the Ladies of Nä Pualei

Featured guest are Darlene Ahuna, McKinzie. For information, call The ‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani Coalition Manu Suganuma help usher in the [email protected] Hula Scholarship O Likolehua pay homage to King Pu‘uanahulu Haunani Apoliona, Leilani Rivera 735-7950. presents a concert in celebration of opening of the Makahiki season.

H K M ‘A ANANA ÜIKAWÄ ILANA HANANA KÜIKAWÄ MELE ‘AILANA SPECIAL EVENTS FEATURE ISLAND MUSIC SCENE

Hawaiian Civic Clubs convene on Kaua‘i, seek increased membership ‘Come and See Hawai‘i’ with Nä Kama’s second CD in five years

By Manu Boyd year’s convention host. “E issues have been drafted by clubs and will be By Manu Boyd that time, I was living in a dorm at U.H. Mänoa, big radio hit. What gets a lot of airplay these days Mälama i ka Maluhia o nä deliberated in committee and in plenary sessions. and we got a wake up call to evacuate because of from their number two disk is “Nani Wai‘ale‘ale,” aua‘i is the perfect site for Känaka o ka ‘Äina” (preserv- A brand new club is scheduled to be chartered he sound is definitely Hawaiian, and the the storm. After another Kaua‘i tune about the island’s famous the 44th Convention of the ing peace and tranquility at this year’s convention, bringing the number of instrumentation is hot, but Nä Kama — the Kaua‘i was hit, I mountain, the fragrant mokihana and laua‘e, KAssociation of Hawaiian among the people of our land) clubs to four dozen. Led by Lynette Hi‘ilani Tduo of Eric Lee and Brian Mersberg — pictured how the and the resounding waters of Civic Clubs (AHCC) since the move- is this year’s theme. The con- Cruz, the Ka Lei Maile Ali‘i Hawaiian Civic Club introduces a bit more hapa haole on its island looked before Nämolokama in Hanalei. ment’s founder, Prince Jonah Kühiö vention is set for Nov. 10-16 is being established in honor of Queen second recording project, representing a change and after the storm, That Nä Kama track, and several others, Kalaniana‘ole, was born at Po‘ipü on at the Radisson Kaua‘i Beach. Lili‘uokalani, and will be chartered pending in focus. and how we features Mäkaha Sons bassist John “Ham” the island’s southern shore in 1871. AHCC convention chair association approval. “‘Come and See Hawai‘i’ is a sampling of should appreciate Koko, known for his riveting bass action. In In 1918, Prince Kühiö established Harriet Roxburgh, also associ- “We encourage more Hawaiians to join the many of the songs we sing regularly. We do a lot the beauty of fact, Nä Kama has been compared to the the Hawaiian Civic Club (now the ation director from the O‘ahu Hawaiian Civic Club movement,” said Roxburgh, of gigs with the HVCB (Hawai‘i Visitors and Hawai‘i and not Sons — quite a compliment since the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu) to Council and first vice presi- who helps staff the AHCC’s non-profit Hawai‘i Convention Bureau), both individually and as a take it for grant- legendary group has been around for 27 encourage education, leadership dent for the Prince Kühiö Maoli office. “We have members of all ages, and group,” explained Lee, noting the inclusion of ed. You gotta years and is going as strong as ever. development and civic involvement Hawaiian Civic Club, promis- each club offers something that will be of interest such malihini favorites as “Aloha Week Hula” and take a step back “About a year-and-a-half ago, we decided among Native Hawaiians. Eighty- Prince Jonah Kühiö es an array of activities for to you and your families.” “I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone.” and appreciate to do this project,” said Lee. “We recorded five years later, 47 clubs counting convention attendees, includ- AHCC President Charlie Rose added that, Lee also performed for nearly five years with the life.” about 20 selections at Kit Ebersbach’s Pacific more than 2,200 members make up the associaion ing cultural workshops, political discussions, a “Prince Kühiö’s objectives in 1918 in fostering Ka‘ala Boys known more for island music and Kaua‘i seems Music Productions, then we picked a dozen we which extends beyond Hawai‘i to Alaska, panel of Kaua‘i küpuna, a Kia‘i ‘Äina Ceded education, leadership and community involve- reggae stylings, illustrating his versatility and to be a Nä Kama inspiration. On thought went best together,” he explained. With California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. Lands Inventory Project update and an ‘aha mele ment are even more critical today.” knack for various genres of music. their previous project, “Ke Ala Hou” (1998), “Nä another eight cuts “in the can,” we should Lionel Kaohi of the Kaumuali‘i Hawaiian Civic choral singing competition among participating Call Hawai‘i Maoli Inc. at 394-0050 for infor- “I wrote ‘Come and See Hawai‘i’ back in ‘93, Hala o Naue,” the name song for Queen Emma expect a third CD in much less time than the last Club also heads the Kaua‘i Council, and is this clubs. Dozens of resolutions on myriad Hawaiian mation on how to join a Hawaiian civic club. ■ after Hurricane ‘Iniki hit Kaua‘i,” said Lee. “At hailing the hala groves on northern Kaua‘i, was a one. See NÄ KAMA on page 18 10 November Nowemapa 11

K KÜKÄKÜKÄ DISCUSSION FORUM

Q &A with Micah Käne Chairman of the Hawaiian Homes Commission and director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

By Naomi Sodetani lots, turnkey lots. Also something called undivided the rest. So we’re aggressively trying to generate interest, where you set aside a parcel of land, and more funds, whether through federal dollars or ine months ago, Micah Alika Käne took people become part of the development process. general leases on the two percent of lands we’ve the helm as director of the Deptartment of And we have a pilot rent-to-own project in identified as income-generating properties. Hawaiian Home Lands – and, with it, the Kapolei that’s fairly successful. N Historically, DHHL has often been neglected onus to fulfill Gov. Lingle’s campaign promise to We’ve got to find as many partners as possible by the state. How is it now? do what has been beyond the power of every willing to help us, because we can’t do it alone. If administration since statehood: move thousands counties or developers need to meet their It’s the first time the department has truly got of Hawaiians off the wait list and onto the land. the support of the administration. The governor Since its inception, the public trust has come feels very strongly about fulfilling commitments under fire from Hawaiians as a promise unful- to Hawaiians and has assured us the resources to filled; from the federal government as a “broken accomplish our goals. trust”; from the state auditor as a quagmire of The combination of Gov. Lingle, a Republican inefficiency; and, recently, from enemies of administration and seniority of our senators gives Hawaiian entitlements as a racist institution. us tremendous opportunity to bring home federal In 1999, a group of Hawaiians brought a housing dollars. We can be a major catalyst for “breach of trust” suit against DHHL for failing this state, to be an economic engine in rural to complete the work of the individual claims communities where economic activity has been panel established by the Legislature in 1992. And quite slow. Because all our lands are classified last March, 16 plaintiffs sued DHHL and the rural, we can attract federal dollars to bring infra- Office of Hawaiian Affairs in Arakaki v. Lingle, structure, jobs and water into remote areas that alleging that the programs are unconstitutionally otherwise would not be economically feasible for “race-based.” business to go in. Say we put up a wastewater Luckily, Käne is a hard-working optimist who treatment center in Ka‘ü — that will benefit both believes adversity brings opportunity. As former native and adjoining non-native communities. government liaison for the Building Industry Do you see the Home Lands as a starting land Association, he represented the construction base for the Hawaiian nation? industry’s interests. Coming from a Democratic That’s for the Hawaiian people to decide. It family, he rose to become chair of the Republican makes sense, though, that the land base begin Party during Lingle’s earlier run for governor in with the department’s inventory. Basically, we’re 1996, and was among the first appointees she a small government already. We generate funds, tapped after her election. All eyes were on the we issue land, we manage lands, we manage 34-year-old Kamehameha grad with an MBA, roads, maintain our areas. We get a very small wondering how he could whip DHHL’s house into portion of our operating income from the general order, when so many had tried and failed. fund, the majority we generate ourselves. KWO: Do you really think you can end the wait How will you address the individual list in five years, as the governor has promised? claims suit? MK: It’s an extremely ambitious goal, but We’re committed to bring closure to this, and we’re working very hard to achieve it. We’ve we’re weighing various options. Though reinstat- accelerated our efforts to provide every Hawaiian ing the panel would allow claimants whose cases on the waiting list homeownership opportunities were not heard the opportunity to have their or some form of land stewardship. Our goal is to claims considered, this route is lengthy and offer them something they can afford. Nearly 50 expensive. We’re open to considering all ideas to percent of our people are low income; they fall resolve the pending claims, whether through below 80 percent of the median income, so they the panel, appointment of a special master, or don’t qualify for market loans. another solution. We just passed the largest development budget in the history of our department: $220 million What are the prospects for DHHL if the Arakaki over the next two years. We have some 30 suit against Hawaiian entitlements prevails? projects that are planned for the next five years They won’t prevail. I really believe that that represent thousands of awards for us. And succeeding is our only option, because the alter- there are major infrastructure commitments made native is unthinkable. Federal recognition is in prior years that we need to fulfill. essential to protect our trust. What some people As of Dec. 31, there were 20,300 homestead perceive as preferential programs, it will be applicants. Since then, we’ve awarded 7,298 etched in stone that, no question, they’re legal. leases and 42,112 acres for homesteads. So, What legacy would you like to leave at minus estimated duplication, there are probably DHHL? 11,000 to 15,000 now. Then we have a bunch of affordable housing requirement, we’ll do it on people on our list not qualified as 50 percent our land, they’ve just got to pay us for it. They To do my part to fulfill Prince Kühiö’s vision of native. There’s also an estimated 20,000 to need to provide homes for people who fall under giving the Hawaiian people the best opportunity 30,000 Hawaiians who haven’t applied yet. that 80 percent median income — and so do we. for rehabilitation. I went to Nänäkuli Elementary So rather than duplicate, we’ll work together. a couple months back, and all the kids in the class How will you meet that need? We’re aiming for self sufficiency. We get $30 were homestead kids. It was pretty emotional We’ll give out land in several ways. Sometimes million of settlement money every year to 2013. realizing how much of a responsibility we have that means just a vacant lot that maybe they’re Right now, we generate about $8 million a year and what kind of role we play in the future of not going to live on but can pass on to their chil- from our land management division that helps to these kids. It was a pretty humbling reflection. I dren. We have people right now who are living in fund our operations. The state general fund wake up every day excited about coming to work, tents, building their homes, and it works for money that comes to our department represents I really do. I get paid to help our people. It’s a them. We’ll give out rural lots, improved vacant only 10 percent of our income, and we generate great honor, and I take it to heart. ■

Nowemapa 07

M ‘ OLELO MO‘OLELO HISTORY Stewardship, kuleana guiding values in everyday lives

E mälama i ka iki kanaka, i ka nu‘a kanaka. ‘O käkou nö këia hö‘akua. Take care of the insignificant and the great man. That is the duty of us gods.

By Claire Hughes Dr.PH., R.D. men. The princess loved to bathe in the spring, is filled with large koi, and the mo‘olelo is no and she would frequently go to the pond at night longer told. with her guardians. tewardship, a key Hawaiian value, means Känewai was a large underground pool in the taking care of all things — our ‘ohana, our While she bathed, her retinue would chant present quarry area of the University of Hawai‘i. Scommunity, as well as our environment. songs of love to the accompaniment of gourd Known as healing waters of Käne, the water was The ‘ölelo of the title tells us that we are expect- highly prized for its therapeutic powers. Early ed to provide this care because of our direct Hawaiians believed there was a connection connection to the gods. Respect and responsibili- between this pool and the ocean. Stories talk of ty for the land, aloha ‘äina, begins with knowing fish swimming upstream, mauka from the ocean. about an area and its history. When the fish saw fishermen preparing to go fishing, they would swim to alert the other fish in Much knowledge about cultural sites has been the ocean. lost. With their history forgotten, these sites become neglected. An example is Pu‘u Pueo Another mo‘olelo is set shortly after the arrival heiau in Mänoa. Huge banyan trees have been on O‘ahu of Hi‘iaka and Wahine‘öma‘o, as they allowed to grow up between the rocks on the were taking Lohi‘au to Pele on the island of front face of the heiau and the roots will soon Hawai‘i. They left their canoe at Waikïkï and destroy the last remnants of the ancient structure. walked mauka. A heavy gust of wind blew, and Other sites have been obliterated and forgotten, Wahine‘öma‘o and Lohi‘au felt their ears being due to construction of highways, homes, hotels, pulled by hands they could not see. They asked and businesses. Hi‘iaka for help, who realized that this was the handiwork of Kamöi‘li‘ili, the giant mo‘o. The area called Kamö‘ili‘ili by early Hawaiians — known as Mö‘ili‘ili today — was protected by Hi‘iaka told Wahine‘öma‘o and Lohi‘au to fol- the giant mo‘o, Kamö‘ili‘ili. It was rich with Sodetani Naomi Photo: low behind her as they continued to move for- cultural sites. One site was Kumulae spring with ward. Soon, they were met by Kamö‘ili‘ili, who its healing properties. The pond formed around was poised to fight. Hi‘iaka removed her outer the spring was a source of clear fresh water in the skirt, which held forks of lightning, and delivered arid plain of Kamö‘ili‘ili. The stream that flowed a lethal blow that cut Kamö‘ili‘ili’s body into from the pool teemed with edible fish. Years ago, pieces. These pieces were transformed into a low during the building of a home on the site of hill across from Kühiö School. The former body Kumalae spring, stone medicine bowls and of this lizard god is now covered with business implements used to prepare lü‘au were found, Kühiö Elementary students Faafetai Lucio, Data and residential buildings, and the H-1 freeway providing evidence of healing performed in Sananap and Luke Lucio play on a sculpture repre- runs through it. earlier times. The specific area of the pond that senting the mo‘o Kamö‘ili‘ili. According to legend, the giant mo‘o was slain by the goddess Hi‘iaka near healers used to immerse their patients in the the site where the school now stands. Restoration of cultural sites is not a reasonable healing water was obvious. expectation. Keeping our cultural mo‘olelo alive implements. Among the artifacts found at the site and honoring them within the Hawaiian Kumalae spring was a favorite bathing place were hand-carved ki‘i. One of these wooden community is more than a reasonable hope; we for a beautiful princess. Men were forbidden to carvings, the new owner believed, was the like- should make it a goal. Sites that need to be gaze upon her. The princess had many ness of the princess herself. Even though I have cleared and given regular care are wonderful ser- protectors, who were also beautiful women and eaten at the restaurant that now occupies the site, vice projects for organized groups of Hawaiian who shielded the princess from being viewed by I had never heard this mo‘olelo. Today, the pool adults and youth. ■ Award-winning program offers Wai‘anae students real-world multimedia experience

By Sterling Kini Wong Last year, thanks to a $400,000 Housing and Urban Development grant, the program’s class- igh school students dream of picture-per- room was renovated and became the Wai‘anae fect vacation days like this: an endless Coast Telecommunications Center, a joint project Hblue sky and light tradewinds gently between ‘Ölelo Community Television, Leeward rolling across the Wai‘anae Coast. Community College, Wai‘anae High School and Yet while most of his friends are sleeping in or several other organizations. The center is fully planning a trip to the beach or mall, senior Chad loaded with new computers, a studio set and Brown sits in a Wai‘anae High School classroom, video equipment. fixated on his computer, diligently editing a The students use the facility to produce a vari- video that his multimedia program was contract- ety of multimedia productions that include: Ka Leo o Wai‘anae, the school’s eight-page newspa- ed to produce for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Photo: Sterling Kini Wong Brown’s program, Wai‘anae High School’s per; “Searider News,” a 30-minute newsmagazine Searider Productions, is the most accomplished Searider Productions instructor John Allen III shows show that airs on ‘Ölelo on Sundays at 8:30 p.m.; program students some tricks of the trade. high school multimedia program in the state, “SPTV,” a variety show that will follow the winning numerous state and national media “Searider News” later this year; and the school’s awards over the years, and instilling a passion for encompassing multimedia program that now yearbook and web page. The students also multimedia in the over 200 students currently includes journalism, graphics and web design. produce music videos, documentaries, commer- enrolled in the program. “We wanted to teach students tools they can cials and public service announcements. Coordinator Candy Suiso said the program use for the rest of their lives, not just technology The 20-minute OHA video Brown was working started in 1993, focusing on video production, tools, but life skills such as teamwork and respect but since then it has “snowballed” into an all- for self and others,” Suiso said. See SEARIDER on page 16

08 November

P ‘ OIHANA PÄ‘OIHANA BUSINESS IN HAWAI‘I

Hawaiian handcrafters’ cooperative expands services

Hale Kü‘ai offers added producers are appre- Mea Hawai‘i crafts store in down- hensive about over- town Honolulu, and in September of assistance in marketing charging for their 2003 they opened a venue in the Nä goods, and as a result Mea Hawai‘i and Native Books they undercharge. She store in Ward Warehouse. Testing and distribution WongKini Sterling Photo: explained that one of the Waikïkï market, Hale Kü‘ai also the main goals of the opened a kiosk in the Royal By Sterling Kini Wong project is to educate Hawaiian Shopping Center for two producers on pricing weeks in September. Hau‘ula cooperative is so that they are more expanding its services to comfortable asking As a consumer cooperative, Hale for fair market value Kü‘ai is owned by each of its more Native Hawaiian producers Shoppers were able to browse a variety of Hawaiian- A made products at the Native Hawaiian Producers for their products. than 230 members. As owners of the in order to ease the pressures of Conference sponsored by Hale Kü‘ai in July. manufacturing and distributing their Joyce Uyemura, who cooperative, members determine sells flowers through what to do with the profits generated handcrafted products. to them to tell us what their added Hale Kü‘ai, is just one producer from the store after expenses are Hale Kü‘ai, a consumer coopera- needs are. If we don’t have the who has benefited from the paid. Each of the 60 cooperative tive specializing in products made answers to their questions, we will cooperative’s expanded services. producers is required to be a mem- by Native Hawaiians, was created help them find someone who does.” She said that Hale Kü‘ai’s Hawaiian ber, and each member receives a 10 years ago as an economic Hale Kü‘ai entered into a partner- Producers Conference, held in July, 10 percent discount on all products initiative of Ka Lähui Hawai‘i, ship with the Ko‘olauloa Hawaiian clarified how to price her products in the store. a Native Hawaiian sovereignty Civic Club, which was awarded a and helped her better understand the organization, to perpetuate Native two-year, $450,000 grant from the importance of labeling products so Matsuzaki explained that Hale Hawaiian values, self-sufficiency U.S. Administration for Native consumers can identify her company. Kü‘ai is successful because people and self-determination for indige- Americans to administer “The Uyemura, who doesn’t have a believe in the cooperative’s mission nous peoples. Products featured at Native Hawaiian Producer Project.” computer, said she was also able to of encouraging Native Hawaiian Hale Kü‘ai range from pahu to Hale Kü‘ai will carry out the access the Internet through Hale entrepreneurship and economic clothing to food products. project and use the money, Kü‘ai to shop around for the best self-sufficiency. Hale Kü‘ai Executive Director along with an 18-month, $20,000 price of cow skins for her husband, “We are not in it for the money. Carol Matsuzaki said that as a result Hawai‘i Department of Economic who uses the skins to make pahu We are in it to promote Native of acquiring two new sources of Development and Tourism grant, to that he sells through Hale Kü‘ai. Hawaiian-made things and to help financing, refocusing its mission provide producers with services Uyemura said that she is grateful Hawaiians,” Matsuzaki said. “If statement and adding two venues, such as training in business, market- for Hale Kü‘ai’s support and Hawaiians are self-sufficient, Hale Kü‘ai, is becoming a “support ing, label and packaging design, as explained that, “for us every little everybody wins.” center” for Native Hawaiian pro- well as access to such necessities bit helps.” ducers, many of whom work by as the Internet, childcare and a themselves in creating their products. certified kitchen. In order to reach a larger market Hale Kü‘ai operates independently “We are bridging the gaps for Cathleen Mattoon, president of and to increase visibility, Hale of Ka Lähui Hawai‘i, but con- Native Hawaiian producers,” Ko‘olauloa Hawaiian Civic Club, Kü‘ai in October 2002 began dis- tributes one percent of its gross Matsuzaki said. “We’re really looking said that many Native Hawaiian playing featured products at the Nä sales to the organization. ■

ICE from page 1 issue from both sides. She says she confidence and feelings that they treatment options, and also a whole is alarmed by the “hysterical” tenor have all this power and are in web of services — educational high arrest and incarceration rate of the current call for a “war on ice” control of their circumstances when opportunities, skills training, among Hawaiians. “But the reality and fears that Hawaiians will be they are not.” housing,” Brady emphasizes. is it’s more like 80 percent, when unfairly targeted if the issue, now Pam Lichty, president of Drug “Otherwise, you can give somebody you talk to anybody who’s been in high on the political agenda, results Policy Forum Hawai‘i, says that the best treatment in the world, and the facility. What does that say in a “get tough” focus rather than on demonizing drug users doesn’t if they don’t have a place to live, a about our society, if Hawaiians are healing communities. “Our society work, but instead just perpetuates job and hope for the future, believe only 20 percent of the population at has to decide,” she says. “Is drug what she calls the “dark side of me, they’re going to go back to large, but 80 percent in prison?” abuse a public health problem or a ‘ohana” — a vicious cycle of poverty, what they know.” One well-known Hawaiian who penal problem?” unemployment, domestic violence, Some community-based treat- has come to embody the tragedy of ment centers have incorporated ice addiction was Bryant “Mackey” “This drug is so seductive to people who have been mar- Hawaiian cultural practices into Feary Jr., lead singer of the popular their recovery programs. Nonprofit 1980s group Kalapana, who com- ginalized. It gives them energy, improved feelings of con- programs like Ho‘omau Ke Ola mitted suicide in prison four years fidence and feelings that they have all this power and are Mau in Wai‘anae and Hale ago after being sentenced to 10 Ho‘oküpa‘a on Moloka‘i both inte- years for a parole violation stem- in control of their circumstances when they are not.” grate Hawaiian values and practices ming from a drug relapse. “Let the — Alice Dickow, researcher for the like ho‘oponopono and working in world know how unfair the state of taro lo‘i to restore inner harmony to Hawai‘i is to those of us with our Methamphetamine Treament Project reconnect addicted clients with the specific type of medical problem,” ‘äina and their community. he wrote in his suicide note. One of the most important tasks, criminal activity and imprisonment Programs like these approach Mackey’s sister, Dancetta Feary, experts say, is to address the under- that has devastated many Hawaiian issues like self-esteem from a says her brother was one of count- lying causes that have made families. cultural perspective, Ho‘omau Ke less Hawaiians who “got lost along Hawaiian communities so vulnerable Pointing out that the state’s prison Ola Mau director James Siebert told the way. Nobody grows up to say, to devastating drug and alcohol budget rose 164 percent from 1985 The Honolulu Advertiser: “The ‘Well, I think I’ll be a drug addict.’ addiction. “This drug is so seduc- to 2000, Kat Brady, coordinator of question is: How do you build Everyone wants to excel in some- tive to people who have been the Community Alliance on Prisons, that back up? From a cultural thing, but when you don’t feel good marginalized,” says Alice Dickow, says that without treating the under- perspective, it’s building their sense about yourself, sometimes this is principal Hawai‘i researcher for the lying social factors that give rise to of identity, who they are as a the only thing you think you can do.” federally funded Methamphetamine drug abuse, taxpayer dollars are Hawaiian.” A former Honolulu police detec- Treatment Project, which has being wasted that are desperately “To me, there has to be the tive who was prompted by her tracked socioeconomic factors and needed for education, social ser- cultural component to treatment brother’s death to lobby for more treatment outcomes among ice users vices and other areas that strengthen and services,” adds Brady, humane responses to drug addic- in eight cities. “It gives them ener- communities. “because you need to reach people tion, Feary has experienced the gy, improved feelings of “We have to provide a variety of where they are.” ■

NowemapaMonth-Hawaiian 00 05

K KÜKÄKÜKÄ DISCUSSION FORUM

Economic impact of federal recognition uncertain

‘O ke kahua ma mua, ma hope ke kükulu. First the foundation, then the building.

While domestic-dependent status affirms the Native Claims and Settlement Act. The Alaskan ∆What kind of economy political relationship between indigenous peoples Natives formed corporations and issued eligible and the U.S. federal government, it also severely village members equity shares. In this way, the are we seeking? Questions constrains the economic possibilities. Alaska Native villages were able to circumvent some of the difficulties arising from holding land about the economic founda- Land holdings under in trust status. domestic-dependent nation status A drawback to fee simple land holding is that tions of a Native Hawaiian There are primarily two ways in which federally in a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Alaska v. recognized Native American and Alaska Native Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government domestic-dependent nation governments hold land in the United States: trust (1998), the court concluded that fee simple lands status and fee-simple status. are not considered “Indian Country” and that under the Akaka Bill Alaska Village corporations cannot tax non- By Randy Kekoa Quinones Akee Trust lands natives doing business on these lands. Thus, a The lands of federally recognized Native potentially large source of tax revenue may be Editor’s note: Randy K. Quinones Akee, a American tribal nations in the 48 contiguous lost from holding fee simple lands. former OHA economic development employee, is states are held in trust by the U.S. federal The Akaka Bill (S.344, Native Hawaiian completing his doctoral program in political government. Title transfers of these lands are Recognition Act of 2003) does not specify how economy and government at Harvard University. subject to the approval of the secretary of the lands will be held for the Native Hawaiian Department of the Interior. This means that trust government. This should be a significant concern lands held by the U.S. federal government cannot to both supporters and opponents of federal ative Hawaiians have discussed the polit- recognition. ical and legal foundations of Native NHawaiian sovereignty for decades. Our Unanswered questions history and identity are clear: Native Hawaiians Rushing into a dependent Will a new Native Hawaiian government that is are indigenous peoples, and the illegality of the federally recognized be subject to federal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i is an estab- approvals on internal matters? Waiting for lished fact acknowledged by Congress. What has relationship with the approvals from federal bureaucrats (officials who been sorely missing is the discussion about the are appointed by the president and are not elected underlying economic system we desire. United States without a or appointed by the Native Hawaiian government Exactly what kind of economy do the people of or electorate) located in Washington, D.C., would Hawai‘i, both native and non-native, envision clear understanding of the entail a serious loss of economic autonomy, for a Native Hawaiian government? What are the efficiency and expediency. sources of revenue that will support the The Akaka Bill specifically prohibits certain programs, services, and operations of a Native inherent limitations on the types of economic development such as gaming Hawaiian nation? Should a Native Hawaiian activities. Have Native Hawaiians as a group government be dependent on federal and state economic structure of agreed to this arrangement, or has it been entered funding, generate its own revenues through into the bill simply because it is politically government-owned businesses, or raise revenues advantageous? through taxation and fees? How would citizens that relationship is fool- and members of a Hawaiian nation participate in Next steps the economic structure of the domestic-depen- hardy. Looking to our past, we see that the average dent nation? Would they be entrepreneurs, work- Native Hawaiian did not approve the overthrow, ers, or merely beneficiaries? annexation, or statehood; it was imposed upon Once the political foundations have been laid, us. Are we repeating the same error today? In it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to be mortgaged (much like Hawaiian Home 1897, our küpuna vehemently opposed any con- change the economic system. Rushing into a Lands), creating significant impediments to nection to the United States government in the dependent-status relationship with the United investors looking to secure their investments. Petition Protesting Annexation, Palapala States without a clear understanding of the inher- Ho‘opi‘i Kü‘ë Ho‘ohui ‘Äina. Perhaps we should ent limitations on the economic structure of that consider their wisdom and examine all the options Fee simple lands relationship is foolhardy. before we make an irreversible decision. There are approximately 332 Native American An alternative to holding land in trust status tribes and 229 Alaska Native villages that are would be the outright ownership of Native already federally recognized; their varied experi- Hawaiian government land. For example, the The views expressed above are those of the ences serve as models of what Native Hawaiians Alaska Native villages hold fee simple title to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of can expect for their government and economy. land that they were awarded in the 1971 Alaska the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. ■

06 November LeoTRUSTEE MESSAGES ‘Elele

Colette Machado Holomua e nä ‘öiwi Hawai‘i

Trustee, Moloka‘i and Läna‘i

“Faith is the bud that feels poised to be a stronger political factor. “Across the country, more and more websites of the different Hawaiian the light and sings when In a recent USA Today article Indian tribal forces are seeing poli- groups and organizations. Regardless the dawn is still dark.” titled “The newest kingmakers: tics as a way back in.” of the philosophical and political Indian tribes,” published in an Oct. The first step for Hawaiians is to differences between some of the — From George Helm’s journals 2, 2003 edition. Author Kathy maka‘ala (to be wide awake) with groups, they all advocate for the 1976-1977 Keily writes about Native eyes wide open. Do your homework perpetuation of our survival in our Americans becoming key con- and educate yourself and your home land. hree decades ago the words stituencies in several states. ‘ohana. There’s a frenzy of commu- A simple topic search of the “Hawaiian” and “politician” “Today, politicians are scrambling nity informational meetings being phrase “native Hawaiian politics,” Twould seem out of place if to get the Indians on their side. In held across the state. Native will yield over 11,000 results. It is they were found in the same sen- state after state, Native Americans Hawaiian organizations who are hoped that you become aware of at tence, let alone stand side by side as have proved they have the money service providers, State agencies, least one new fact relating to our a heading or a title. By nature, and the votes to be kingmakers.” and community development groups “racial preference” status as it is Hawaiians have been slow to evolve Native Americans, after decades are taking charge. Find a meeting in being interpreted by the seventeen from our symbiotic and passive of being pushed around and your community and show up! Arakaki plaintiffs. Their efforts to beginnings, especially in the politi- ignored, are now participating in the Ho‘olohe (listen) and be ni‘ele (ask vacate DHHL and OHA programs cal arena. political system. The article goes questions) that will help you will affect all Hawaiians. The Today, politicians in Hawai‘i and on to talk about how American become more aware of these pend- more you know about the situa- on the U.S. Mainland are taking Indians were the last to be granted ing issues tion, the closer you are to making Native people much more seriously. the right to participate as citizens of The local media has been very an informed decision and actively Here at home in Hawai‘i, it is safe America in the electoral vote effective in providing coverage of participating. to say that the Hawaiian constituen- (in 1924) as mandated in the recent events like the Kü i ka Pono After being immersed with cy has increased significantly and Constitution of the United States. march held Sept. 7 through Waikïkï, information, make the effort to has been credited for the election of Keily states that two major factors and all subsequent pending litiga- begin sharing your knowledge a Republican governor. emerging from the Native American tion against OHA, DHHL and with someone else. As our fami- Here in Hawai‘i the motivating electorate are the increases in polit- Kamehameha Schools. There are lies are educated on the issues, factors behind the recent political ical contributions by tribes and the weekly community dialogs being they begin to relate to and under- rallies are slightly different but the close divide in the American elec- aired on the ‘Ölelo Community stand the importance and the stakes are the same. Until recently, torate. Due mostly in part to gam- Television channel. Discussions on urgency of what the future could Hawaiians haven’t been the most ing interests, Native American Hawaiian issues, often featuring unfold. The more informed our politically educated or motivated contributions have risen significantly Hawaiian leaders and scholars with community becomes the less like- population, but that may soon since 1990. The close divide varying perspectives are very infor- ly we are to let our entitlements change. With the recent attacks on between Democrats and Republicans mative. disappear. ■ entitlements and lawsuits threaten- on the Hill (Congress), gives even The Internet is a resource full of ing all ali‘i trusts, Hawaiians are small constituencies a lot of weight. information from legislation to

SEARIDERS from page 8 everyone’s perceptions,” Lee said. BRIEFS from page 4 Hawai‘i island. Keoni Fernandez, a 2003 gradu- In a controversial 1998 decision, communities. on during his school vacation is just ate of Wai‘anae High School and a the museum gave the artifacts “on Filimoe‘atu and Feiteira will one of several commercial projects former student in the program, loan” to the claimant group Hui receive $100,000 to advance their the program has been hired to com- said that the program helped him Mälama i nä Küpuna o Hawai‘i Nei, work and an additional $15,000 for plete. They are also doing three 30- focus on school. He said that when which then sealed the artifacts in the supporting activities over the next second public service announce- he got involved with video, he cave complex from which they were two years. The program also ments for the Hawai‘i Medical realized the necessity of having first removed a century ago by includes a multi-year collaborative Service Association and commer- good writing skills, so he stopped anthropologist David Forbes. research initiative that works with cial spots for the Hawai‘i State sleeping in his classes and began Twelve other Native Hawaiian awardees to explore how leadership Teachers Association. Danielle paying more attention to his organizations also have a claim to is created and sustained. Lum, the communications special- grades. the collection of burial artifacts and Through HCA, Feiteira and ist for HSTA, said she is very “If it wasn’t for this program, I human remains, which could be Filimoe‘atu have helped to increase impressed with the quality of the would be hanging out with the worth millions of dollars. the percentage of homesteads students work. wrong crowd, I wouldn’t have Hawaiian Homes Commission awarded to Native Hawaiians and “The people in the industry better even thought about going to col- Chairman Micah Käne said that out organizing a coalition that chal- watch their backs,” she said. “These lege,” he said, shortly before he of respect for the ancestors, the lenged federal banking regulators, students will take your jobs because left last month to attend the Art commission would not allow resulting in the largest-ever lending they do it better and cheaper” Institute of California in Los entrance into the caves, which lie on commitment to Hawaiians. As a nonprofit, Searider Angeles. Hawaiian Homes land, unless the The LCW is a program of The Productions uses the money it earns John Allen III, the program’s commission is convinced it is neces- Ford Foundation, an independent, to benefit the students. Money gen- technology advisor and a former sary. nonprofit grant-making organiza- erated from past projects have pro- cameraman at KGMB, said that In May, a federal Native American tion, in partnership with the vided stipends for the students and the students are always hanging Graves Protection and Repatriation Advocacy Institute in Washington, funded college scholarships for out in the classroom during lunch, Act review committee said that the D.C., and the Robert F. Wagner graduates, as well as allowing the after school and on weekends. repatriation process for the Graduate School of Public Service class to attend national multimedia They even slept over one night Kawaihae artifact collection was at New York University. competitions on the continent. trying to make a deadline. incomplete. The committee placed OHA Deputy Administrator Nani And with the program moving the burden of completing the Lee said that the success of the stu- into its new $1.4 million building Cave artifacts process on Bishop Museum, and dents in the program is becoming a in November and commercial pro- said that the process should be open rallying point for the Wai‘anae jects lining up, the students can By an 8-1 vote, the Hawaiian to all claimants for consultation. community, shattering the stereo- probably expect to be there on Homes Commission has rejected types of youth from that area. many more late nights and beauti- Bishop Museum’s request to Pauahi awards “These students are challenging ful vacation days. ■ retrieve 83 Hawaiian artifacts from the Kawaihae Cave complex on Six individuals who have made

16 November

N H OU NÜ HOU NEWSBRIEFS

Kaho‘olawe transfer completely demobilize from the island by March 12, 2004. On Nov. 12, a noon observance Alaka‘i Maka U‘i will be held at ‘Iolani Palace to Ceded lands Profiling today’s young mark the historic transfer of control workshops over Kaho‘olawe from the Hawaiian leaders U.S. Navy to the State of Hawai‘i’s Researchers with the Kia‘i ‘Äina Kaui Nani‘ole Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission Ceded Lands Inventory Project will (KIRC). The public is welcome share information gathered to date Born: March 3, 1981, Hilo to attend. in workshops to be held in O‘ahu, Education: Ke Kula o Näwahïokalani‘öpu‘u, The return of Kaho‘olawe repre- Maui, Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i island 1999. Psychology major, University of Hawai‘i sents a homecoming of the sacred communities this month. at Mänoa; expects to graduate in fall 2004. island to the Hawaiian people after The public is invited to attend three decades of struggle. While the workshops: Kaua‘i — Nov. 12, Resume: Chairperson, Ke Au Hou Hawaiian youth group. Volunteer or ganizer, ‘Aha the transfer of control “marks a Association of Hawaiian Civic ‘Öpio o OHA youth legislature since 1998, when she was a participant. Taught at major milestone,” said KIRC Clubs Convention, 9-11 a.m. (see Acting Executive Director Stanton Punana Leo o Kawaiaha‘o since 2001. Volunteered at Punana Leo o Hilo since junior page 10); O‘ahu — Nov. 15, year. Enomoto, it is “not the final chap- Kälama Beach Park, Kailua, 9 a.m.- ter... We’re looking at a number of 1 p.m.; Waimea, Hawai‘i — Nov. Career goals: Would like to pursue a career in politics or counseling. ways that the remainder of the 22, Kühiö Hall, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; island can continue to be cleaned Maui — Nov. 25; Hilo, Hawai‘i — Viewpoint: “There are a lot of young Native Hawaiian leaders just waiting to be up in the future.” Nov. 29. tapped. Being in Ke Au Hou, I meet so many youths eager to get involved in helping After a decade of work, the The Kia‘i ‘Äina project is co- to form a Hawaiian government. It’s just about getting them to take the next step and Navy’s $400 million cleanup of sponsored by Ka Lähui Hawai‘i and offering them support.” unexploded ordnance left over from Pono Kaulike, and is funded with decades of bombing practice has grants from the Office of Hawaiian cleared the surface of less than 70 Affairs, Administration for Native Hearings set in Arakaki, Kamehameha suits percent of Kaho‘olawe’s 29,000 Americans and University of Hawai‘i. acres, and buried ordnance has been hree hearings on lawsuits brought on behalf of an unnamed Some locations are still being challenging the existence of non-Hawaiian plaintiff who was removed from only about nine finalized. For information on work- percent of the island. The Navy will TOHA, the state Department turned down by Kamehameha. shops in your area, call project of Hawaiian Home Lands and The second case, which involves- coordinator Malia Ka‘aihue at 945- Kamehameha Schools’ Hawaiian- seventh-grader Brayden Mohica- 1403, or visit www.kiaiaina.org. preference admissions policy are Cummings, whose acceptance to More workshops will follow in February. scheduled for Nov. 17 and 18. Kamehameha was rescinded when On Nov. 17 at 9 a.m., U.S. the school discovered that he was not Leadership awards District Judge Susan Oki Mollway of Native Hawaiian descent, will be will consider whether the plaintiffs Two Native Hawaiian community in the Arakaki v. Lingle case, which heard by U.S. District Judge David leaders have received the national challenges the constitutionality of Ezra on Nov. 18 at 9 a.m. In both Ford Foundation’s prestigious OHA and DHHL, can force the fed- cases, motions for summary judg- “Leadership for a Changing World” eral government into the litigation. ment have been filed, asking the award. Këhaulani Filimoe‘atu and The two other hearings will be judges to rule without having to go to Blossom Feiteira, both of the on separate lawsuits challenging trial. Photo: Gerald Honda Wailuku-based nonprofit Hawaiian Kamehameha School’s admissions The ‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani Coalition, a Community Assets, are the first Networking for nationhood policy, claiming it violates an 1866 Hawaiian political-action alliance, is Hawai‘i residents to win the award. civil rights law that was intended to At a recent ho‘olaule‘a in Las Vegas, planning a three-day series of demon- OHA Trustee Rowena Akana met with They are among 17 LCW awardees remedy the effects of discrimina- strations in connection with the hear- Democratic Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, recognized this year for working to tion against former slaves. In the who has signed on as a co-sponsor of ings beginning Nov. 16 at 3:00 p.m. the Hawaiian federal recognition bill. bring positive social change to their first hearing, on Nov. 17 at 9:30 For more, see Akana’s trustee column a.m., U.S. District Judge Alan Kay at Mauna ‘Ala. For details, call 845- on page 14. See BRIEFS on page 16 will hear arguments in a suit 4652, or visit www.ilio.com. ■ Standing together for justice

he following groups, entities and individuals from around the islands and across the nation have pledged their support for federal legislation extending official Trecognition to Native Hawaiians as an indigenous people, with rights and entitlements comparable to those of Native American and Alaska Native peoples:

Hawai‘i Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona Hawai‘i State Legislature Leadership Conference on Civil Rights ‘Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu League of United Latin American Citizens Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Daughters and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors — National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Mämakakaua National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development Department of Hawaiian Home Lands National Congress of American Indians Hale O Nä Ali‘i O Hawai'i National Council of La Raza Hui Käko‘o ‘Äina Ho‘opulapula National Organization of Pacific Islanders in America I Mua Group Organization of Chinese Americans Kamehameha Alumni Association National Association of Social Workers—Hawai‘i Chapter Office of Hawaiian Affairs Royal Order of Kamehameha I Individuals State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, Hawai‘i Japanese American Citizens League (Honolulu Chapter) U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawai‘i U.S. Rep. Ed Case, Hawai‘i U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, Hawai‘i National & Regional U.S. Rep. Eni Faleomavaega, American Sämoa Alaska Federation of Natives Gov. Linda Lingle, Hawai‘i Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations Mayor Alan M. Arakawa, Maui Governors’ Interstate Indian Council Joe Shirley, President, Navajo Nation Japanese American Citizens League (National) Gov. Howard Dean, Democratic Candidate for President

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K L K EO AIÄULU KA LEO KAIÄULU LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Remember 11-11! need to take control of our own they have carried on with their Board of Trustees destiny and not rely on shibai. policies. Her Majesty, Beloved Queen Again, mahalo nui loa for the Kamuela Kuali‘i Lindsey Lydia Lili‘uokalani died on Nov. opportunity Ka Wai Ola has afforded Haunani Apoliona Honolulu us to express ourselves through Chairperson, Trustee, At-large 11, 1917. Remember 11-11 as your day to recommit to her and your this forum. ancestors. Justice must be served! Bring back Breeze Tel: 808.594.1886 Beverly H.S.L.A. Muraoka Fax: 808.594.1875 Ea! Kü‘ë! Email: [email protected] "The Breeze" on KHUI 99.5 FM Kapa‘a George Kahumoku Kalua Flores was a perfect radio station — play- Donald B. Cataluna Äliamanu ing high-quality Hawaiian music Vice Chair, Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau with dignity, and very much appreciated since its inception. Now it Mäkua madness Tel: 808.594.1881 has been abruptly cancelled, with Fax: 808.594.0211 Lingle-Bush visit no explanation, and replaced with Email: [email protected] This Bill Prescott represents the yet another rock music station! Just true meaning of haole (no spirit and Rowena Akana So Republican Governor Lingle what we DO NOT need. People no soul). This guy must have a steel Trustee, At-large met briefly with George Bush while come from all over the world to plate loose in his head or his ‘okole, Bush transited Hawai‘i. hear Hawaiian music, and we had whichever one he speaks through. Tel: 808.594.1860 Lingle has publicly stated that she the perfect radio station for about Fax: 808.594.0209 His last sentence in his letter supports some form of sovereignty a year. Email: [email protected] about the “Mäkua misperception” for Hawaiians. She campaigned on Who is responsible for destroying (“Letters,” Oct. Ka Wai Ola), reads, Dante Keala Carpenter the promise to meet with the feds to such a treasure and how can we get quote: “Doesn’t it make more sense Trustee, O‘ahu support a sovereign Hawaiian entity. it back? Call the station at 591-9369 to mälama ‘life’ rather than a damn Don’t believe it. What’s in it for to voice your complaints. plant or snail?” I’m 52 years old Tel: 808.594.1854 Lingle? She will lose power over us and I met some idiots in my life, but Fax: 808.594.0210 if we have our own sovereign lands, Nancy Bey Little Email: [email protected] this guy is in the top three. One laws and government. She will lose Makiki more thing, Mr. Prescott, what the Linda K. Dela Cruz money. Once sovereign, many of United States is doing in Mäkua is Trustee, Hawai‘i our people will be subject to our killing life, and practicing to kill laws. Haole control? more. You need to learn how to Tel: 808.594.1855 At least Cayetano was up front. pray. It will help you to understand Fax: 808.594.1883 We knew he did not like us because Thank you for the invitation to Email: [email protected] life, Mr. Prescott. Maopopo? I ‘ole he told us so. Lingle is more sneaky have our thoughts or feelings ‘a‘ole maopopo? Colette Y. P. Machado than that. She is the wolf in the red expressed regarding the Hawaiian Trustee, Moloka‘i and La¯na‘i sheep’s clothing. recognition bill currently before Gaby Gouveia Jr. Do not believe her lies. She has Congress as well as the people Makawao Tel: 808.594.1837 lied to us about prison reform. She of Hawai‘i. Fax: 808.594.0212 is still sending us to mainland jails. How did the name “Stevens” get Email: [email protected] If she had a chance, she would send added to this bill? This once again Boyd P. Mossman all of us to prison on the mainland. shows that we cannot be indepen- OHA reserves the right to edit all Trustee, Maui Her interest is to take all that we dent of the influence of a haole. letters for length, defamatory and have left. They have been trying to Moreover, if we want to deal with libelous material, and other objec- Tel: 808.594.1858 get rid of us for 100 years. the federal government, is the tionable content, and reserves the Fax: 808.594.1864 right not to print any submission. Lingle no doubt told Bush in Department of Interior pono? May Email: [email protected] All letters must be typed, signed private to tell those Hawaiians to we have an audit of the entire and not exceed 200 words. Letters Oz Stender suck an egg. That’s the way it has department? We need to know how cannot be published unless they are Trustee, At-large been, and that’s the way it is. “clean” and how valued is the signed and include a telephone White supremacist Bush and integrity of that department. For contact for verification. Send letters to Ka Wai Ola o OHA, 711 Tel: 808.594.1877 Lingle want all people of color put that matter, any federal government Fax: 808.594.1853 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500, away to make room for their department should be audited! I Email: [email protected] Honolulu, HI 96813, or email friends. Wake up, Hawaiians, we think we will discover how horrific [email protected]. ■ John D. Waihe‘e IV Trustee, At-large

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02 November

N H OU NÜ HOU NEWS

POLL from page 1 the sentiment that the greater number Advertiser’s “Hawai‘i Poll” in of non-Hawaiians carry in their 2000. Among the comparisons: Lingle, Bush discuss Haunani Apoliona. “This poll con- hearts for Hawaiians.” ❃ There was no statistical firms what we’ve seen before: that change from 2000 to 2003 in the recognition bill there is a Hawaiian ‘silent majori- percentage of both Hawaiians and In other poll findings: ty.’ I think the community at large non-Hawaiians supporting federal uring President Bush’s ❃ Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians has been waiting for OHA to take recognition, with over 85 percent of recent stopover in generally agree that Hawaiians responsible steps, and I think we Hawaiians and over 70 percent of Hawai‘i, Gov. Linda are doing it.” have a right to self-determination D non-Hawaiians saying they were in Lingle spoke with him about with regard to their lands, beliefs The survey, conducted for OHA favor in both polls. pending federal recognition leg- and culture. Eighty-five percent of in July by Ward Research, was ❃ There was no change in the islation for Native Hawaiians. Hawaiians and 79 percent of non- based on telephone interviews level of support among Hawaiians Many believe that the presi- Hawaiians said they believe with 604 Hawai‘i residents, half of for the formation of a Hawaiian dent’s support is key to the Hawaiians have a right to make whom reported that they were of governing entity, with 72 percent passage of the measure, which these their own decisions on such Native Hawaiian ancestry and half saying they were in favor in has been stalled in the Senate matters. said they were non-native. The both surveys. The number of by opposition from some ❃ Nearly three-fourths (72 poll’s margin of error is plus or non-Hawaiians supporting the Republican members. percent) of Hawaiians and just over minus 5.6 percent. creation of such an entity increased Lingle told the press that the half of non-Hawaiians (53 percent) Apoliona said that OHA commis- slightly from 2000 to 2003, from 45 issue was not near the top of said they agreed that a Hawaiian sioned the survey to provide “a base percent to 53 percent. the president’s agenda, as he governing entity should be created line, a sense of where the communi- ❃ More of both Hawaiians and wrestles with such issues as Iraq to represent the Hawaiian people in ty is at, especially on the issue of non-Hawaiians now feel that and the economy. “But I did their dealings with the state and the federal recognition as being some- Native Hawaiians deserve “special raise it to him,” she said, “and federal government. thing that is well deserved by support” than felt this way three now it may become something ❃ The overwhelming majority of Hawaiians.” years ago. When asked whether that he takes a closer look at.” Hawaiians (86 percent) were Apoliona said she thought one of they believe Hawaiians are entitled In other news of the bill, opposed to efforts by some to force the most positive findings of the to special government support, 70 Presidential candidate Howard Kamehameha Schools to admit survey was that a majority of non- percent of Hawaiians and 51 Dean, a frontrunner among the non-Hawaiian students. Among Hawaiians supports both federal percent of non-Hawaiians said yes Democratic hopefuls, has non-Hawaiians, 57 percent dis- recognition and Hawaiian pro- in 2003, compared to 64 percent declared his firm support for agreed with efforts to compel the grams. “I believe that there is a and 31 percent in 2000. federal recognition for Native majority of fair-minded and just school to admit non-Hawaiians, 39 Hawaiians. non-Hawaiian people in Hawai‘i percent agreed, and four percent In a letter to Hawai‘i Rep. who really want to see Hawaiians said they didn’t know. Neil Abercrombie dated Oct. 8, Read a question-and-answer succeed in our efforts to determine In addition, some of the survey the former Vermont governor interview with OHA Chairperson our future,” she said. “I think the results compared the recent vowed that he would “work Haunani Apoliona and view small group of people such as those responses to those given to actively for passage of the expanded coverage of the survey at behind the lawsuits attacking identical questions asked by Ward Akaka Bill” and, if elected The Honolulu www.oha.org. Hawaiian programs do not reflect Research as part of president, would direct the Justice Deptartment to “vigor- ously defend the legislation, as well as existing Hawaiian programs,” in the courts. “I wholeheartedly support the Akaka bill (H.R. 665 and S. 344),” Dean wrote. “Native Hawaiians, through their cultural values and traditions, should determine their own way of life and the proper use of their land and resources.”

DC TRIP from page 1 “We don’t do this kind of thing, but we feel it’s our responsibility not to be silent ... We felt it was before the full Senate. time to express our mana‘o on preserving our cul- “This is really the full court press,” OHA ture, our programs, to show who we are as a peo-

Administrator Clyde Nämu‘o said. “Our commu- Pezzulo Richard Photo: ple.” Though the Akaka-Stevens Bill “is not a nity needs to know the trustees are very much cure-all, it’s not a perfect thing,” Souza said, he committed to making this happen. Having OHA believes “it’s a first step we need to move things there as a constant reminder, which is really what forward.” the visits are all about, is to let the lawmakers The Hawaiians, many among them küpuna, know that we’re still interested, we want to see split into teams of three, turning heads as they walked through the three Senate office buildings. this bill passed.” Royal society members, OHA Trustees and National The trustees and royal society members met Museum of the American Indian staff gather by a “It’s very important that people begin to realize with representatives of national minority organi- statue of the great Nez Percé leader Chief Joseph. that we actually exist,” said Eirayna zations, including the National Association fot Kaleipolihale Adams, a member of the Daughters the Advancement of Colored People, the to be accorded this status based on historical, and Sons of Hawaiian Warriors. “If they can rec- Japanese American Citizens League, the National legal and constitutional grounds,” NOPIA ognize us by seeing us, perhaps they will recog- Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium and Chairperson Celestin Aguigui wrote in a letter of nize us on paper.” the National Organization of Pacific Islanders in support endorsing the Akaka-Stevens legislation. “The momentum of support in the Senate is America, an umbrella group comprised of organi- OHA Chairperson Haunani Apoliona called the building,” Apoliona said. But with an agenda full zations representing Asian and Pacific Islander Hawaiians’ visit “a blessed mission” undertaken of pressing economy and global security concerns, groups. by groups founded by the ali‘i and steeped in tra- she acknowledged, “We know the road is long.” The groups’ response was “overwhelmingly dition. “It’s the first time the royal societies have By lining up the support of other indigenous positive, very supportive,” Nämu‘o said. “As stepped forward in voicing their support for the people and minorities, Nämu‘o explained, “Our minorities, they understand the issue of social recognition bill,” she said. strategy is to show the administration and injustice. They also understand the distinction Ali‘i Sir William Souza, protocol officer for the the White House that, ‘Look, there is wide between indigenous and minority rights, which is Royal Order of Kamehameha, said the royal soci- support among all the different minority an important distinction, and more importantly, ety members traveled to Washington at their own groups and indigenous people, and that Native the need to correct historic injustice.” expense, prompted by a sense of urgency. Hawaiian recognition is something they “We believe that Native Hawaiians are entitled “It was truly a diplomatic mission,” Souza said. all support.’”

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Haunani Apoliona, MSW Ceded lands and Arakaki v. Lingle suits Chairperson Trustee, At-large call for Hawaiians to show resolve, courage

Aloha nui käkou, e nä ‘öiwi for misrepresentation and non-dis- and his administration. Motions to come of both these cases factor into ‘ölino. By the time this closure by the acts and omissions dismiss the complaint based on the building of the Hawaiian nation column is published, the Office of set forth (in more detail in the com- sovereign immunity, statute of and the empowerment of Hawaiians Hawaiian Affairs’ Oct. 22, 2003 plaint). limitations, non-justiciability, vio- pursuing self-determination and hearing in the Court of the 1st It further contends that the State lation of separation of powers doc- Hawaiian governance. Circuit, on Civil No. 03-1-1505-07, is liable to OHA for damages. Also, trine and Res Judicata/Collateral The path to Hawaiian self-deter- a complaint filed by OHA on July that OHA is entitled to a declarato- Attack have been answered in mination and Hawaiian governance 21, 2003 for declaratory and injunc- ry judgment that (1) orders the State opposition by OHA attorneys. The tive relief and damages against the to reinstate Act 304; (2) orders the outcome of this case factors into the requires us to step up, now, to first State of Hawai‘i will have occurred. State to pay airport-related revenues base of revenue and assets that will be counted as Hawaiians — an The issue relates to the 20 percent to OHA from sources other than the accrue to the Hawaiian nation, or enrollment, then to choose our rep- pro-rata portion of ceded land airport revenues; (3) appoints an Hawaiian governing entity, to be resentatives and delegates who will revenues due the Office of independent trustee to temporarily established. convene our ‘aha (our convention) Hawaiian Affairs Native Hawaiian replace the State as trustee of the On Nov. 17 at 9 a.m., Arakaki v. to formulate governing documents Trust from the airports, as yet native Hawaiian public trust with Lingle will be heard in the Federal or constitution acceptable to the unpaid. The complaint cites specif- respect to matters relating to rein- District Court of Judge Oki- majority of Hawaiians and then to ic actions and inactions by the statement of Act 304 and the pay- Mollway. The 16 plaintiffs in this elect leaders for the Hawaiian gov- Cayetano administration beginning ment of airport-related revenues case want the courts to declare erning entity from those enrolled. around the Fall of 1996. due to OHA from sources other than OHA and the Department of These elected leaders will take on The complaint charges that the airport revenues. And finally, that Hawaiian Home Lands (HHCA) the kuleana of implementing the State of Hawai‘i breached its fidu- OHA is entitled to injunctive relief unconstitutional and begin the governance design previously ciary duties as trustee of the native that bars the State and its agents, dismantling of these two public Hawaiian public trust, breached the employees and officials from Hawaiian trusts. accepted by the majority of Act 304 settlement, violated H.R.S. opposing steps to reinstate Act 304 At 9:30 a.m. the same day, in the Hawaiians. As Këhaulani Lum stated in my Chapter 10, violated Article XII, and to pay airport related revenues Federal District Court of Judge October column, “for tomorrow’s Sections 4-6 of the Constitution of to OHA from sources other than air- Alan Kay, will be heard the com- nation we must take the battlefield the State of Hawai‘i, violated the port revenues. plaint against the Hawaiian prefer- Contract Clause of the United Unfortunately, the present State today. Shall we be heroes or cower ence admission policy of the States Constitution, Article I, administration is left to defend the away?” This is no time to cower. Kamehameha Schools. The out- ■ Section 10, Clause 1, and is liable actions of former Gov. Cayetano 36/48

Rowena Akana Sen. Reid of Nevada joins Akaka Trustee, At-large in sponsoring S. 344

no‘ai käkou. Despite the Congress about the importance of represents 19 local tribes. Our pur- as a card that will offer many obstacles that may cause passing the Hawaiian Recognition Bill. pose was to solicit their support for services to those who have it. ‘A some irritation and While our trip was interrupted by our Hawaiian Recognition Bill. I would like to say mahalo nui delays in the passage of our Mother Nature, with one of the Their interest and support were loa to Nevada U.S. Senator Harry Hawaiian Recognition Bill (Senate nastiest hurricanes to ever hit the encouraging. Reid who came to the Nevada Bill 344), we should all be grateful east coast, we did manage to make Next stop was a Nevada Ho‘olaule‘a to speak to the for the many friends that we have an impact on those we were able to Ho‘olaule‘a sponsored by the Hawaiians who were there and made along the way. meet. Our Royal societies made Mainland Council of Hawaiian to assure them of his support for the A man of humble beginnings, quite an impression in the halls of Civic Clubs. The Ho‘olaule‘a was Hawaiian Recognition Bill. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada is Congress and among those they held at Lorenzi Park about 10-min- Lastly, I would like to say to all known as a champion of social spoke to. Seeing the royal capes and utes from down town Las Vegas and who read my column that if you causes and has earned the respect the ceremonial dress worn by our featured nearly 100 craft and food have any questions about whether and trust of both Democrats and ali‘i was an unforgettable experi- vendors and informational booths. or not the Akaka Bill is good for Republicans for his integrity ence for those who witnessed it. The state of Nevada is now home Hawaiians, I will be available to and fairness. Parade Magazine To explain to the people on the to over 40,000 Hawaiians and the you and your groups to explain the describes him as one of a handful of mainland about who Hawaiians are Ho‘olaule‘a drew 10,000 people. facts. Please call my office to set-up leaders in Washington who possess- and what we represent is difficult at OHA was there to register a scheduled appointment time for es integrity and guts! It goes with- best for them to imagine. But to Hawaiians for our Registry Program a presentation. out saying then, that it is a plus actually see the formal dress and to and to educate attendees about the Have a happy Thanksgiving! to have Senator Reid sign on to witness royal ceremonies speaks facts of the Recognition Bill. our bill. to volumes of historical insight that OHA’s Hawaiian Registry In late September, the Trustees of cannot be translated into words. Program is a very important OHA, along with the Royal Our trip was cut short in program. It is the first step in iden- Societies including Mämakakaua, Washington due to the hurricane, tifying Hawaiians who want to be the Royal Order of Kamehameha, but on the way home, some of us identified as Hawaiians and who For more information on impor- the Ka‘ahumanu Society and Hale o stopped in Arizona and Nevada. In want to be counted as Hawaiians. tant Hawaiian issues, check out Nä Ali‘i, traveled to Washington, Arizona, we met with the Inter- The Hawaiian Registry picture ID Trustee Akana’s website at D.C., to speak to members of Tribal Council of Arizona, which card, it is hoped, will one day serve www.rowenaakana.org. ■

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Balancing the budget to meet top Dante Keala Carpenter priorities and needs of Hawaiian people Trustee, O‘ahu

loha mai käkou. The Office the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will calling for immediate action.” mounting lawsuits, what’s the best of Hawaiian Affairs’ mis- have modified OHA’s Native So what does this mean and how remedy to satisfy all sides? These Asion statement reads, “To Hawaiian Trust Fund Spending does this affect OHA’s budget? are the issues that I often contem- malama Hawai‘i’s people and envi- Policy’s Fiscal Reserve Withdrawal Well, this fiscal reserve with its plate as your trustee. To keep the ronmental resources, and OHA’s Guidelines. On Oct. 31, 2000, the withdrawal guidelines will provide scales balanced we need to work assets, toward ensuring the perpetu- Board of Trustees adopted OHA’s an additional means of financing for towards building a nation of ation of the culture, the enhance- Native Hawaiian Trust Fund the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to strong and healthy Hawaiians so ment of lifestyle and the protection Spending Policy. If you are inter- accomplish its broad mission. The that we can be recognized nation- of entitlements of Native Hawaiians, ested in a copy of the spending Fiscal Reserve source is from previ- ally and internationally. The cur- while enabling the building of a policy, please call my office ously budgeted monies held within rent priorities of nationhood and strong and healthy Hawaiian people (594-1879) to request the docu- the Native Hawaiian Trust Fund that governance can and should be and nation, recognized nationally ment. The spending policy includes were unexpended in the prior years. balanced out with the incorpora- and internationally.” a section that establishes a new Years back, the Office of tion of Education, Culture, It is with this broad mission state- fiscal reserve informally referred to Hawaiian Affairs went out directly Housing, Health and Human ment that I begin to ponder about as a “rainy day fund.” On Oct. 9, into the communities throughout Services as co-equal priorities. the Office of Hawaiian Affair’s the Board of Trustees modified the islands to see what the priorities The 2005 supplemental budget upcoming budgeting process for the guidelines to clarify what the of the Hawaiian people were. OHA should attempt to satisfy each next supplemental year budget reserve funds can be used for and also through a telephone survey a category within the resources (Fiscal Year 2005). The current eliminated the terminology of few years ago polled the community available. biennium budget has focused a lot “rainy day fund” to be replaced by on its top priorities and needs for Finally, as always, my staff and on nationhood and governance, but “fiscal reserve”. The objective of Hawaiians. In both instances, the I invite your advice and counsel do we stay on the same path or the Fiscal Reserve will read as fol- common themes that surfaced were on the above or any other con- should we revisit priorities that lows: “OHA’s fiscal reserve fund Education, Culture, Housing, cerns within our purview. My have been somewhat set aside while is designed to provide money if Health and Human Services. With OHA access numbers are: phone in pursuit of the creation of a an ‘emergency’ exists. An emer- the many priorities at hand and the 594-1854, fax 594-0210 and e- Hawaiian governing entity? gency is defined as “an unforeseen threat of the Office of Hawaiian mail address – [email protected]. By the time this article is printed, combination of circumstances Affairs losing everything to the A hui hou, aloha pumehana. ■

OHA partners with community groups Donald B. Cataluna to help Ni‘ihau residents better themselves Vice Chair, Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau

wenty six Ni‘ihau residents together on such short notice. big trucks at Vidinha Stadium park- A warmhearted mahalo to all who received their certificates of Originally, 16 persons applied for ing lot every Saturday for six participated in making this possible: Tcompletion for a course con- funding through Alu Like but only weeks. Steven and the students have KCC — Bobbie Bulatao-Franklin, ducted at Kaua‘i Community 10 completed the applications. Alu a warm relationship. director of continuing education College (KCC), preparing them to Like paid tuition for 10 students at This groundbreaking occasion and training, Peggy Cha, chancellor, obtain a Commercial Drivers the cost of $540 per student. An was made possible through the part- Elama Kanahele, counselor and Ilei License (CDL). The ceremony took additional 20 students joined the nership of OHA, Alu Like, Ho‘öla Beniamina, assistant professor of place at the OHA Board of Trustees class and were included in the orig- Lähui Hawaii and KCC. OHA pro- Hawaiian Studies and Steven meeting held in Lïhu‘e, Kaua‘i inal payment of tuition requiring vided $5,800 to rent a truck for this Carvalho, CDL instructor. Sept. 11 at the Queen Lili‘uokalani no additional funds. The group training. Alu Like provided $5,400 Alu Like—Remi Meints, employ- Children’s Center. Members of the included multi-generations of for tuition and Ho’ola Lähui provid- ment and training coordinator, OHA Board of Trustees, Kaua‘i fathers, mothers, sons, and daugh- ed $5,940 for the physical examina- Melissa Sugai and Dora Lane, Community College personnel and ters. Built on trust and group tion for students - a requirement for employment specialists. families witnessed the awarding of participation, the very basic ‘ohana obtaining the special license. Ho‘öla Lähui Hawai‘i — David certificates to recognize the Ni‘ihau system is still intact. The people of As vice chair of OHA (represent- Peters, CEO and Sheryl Keli‘ipio, residents who completed the five- Ni‘ihau are pure, spiritual, uncom- ing Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau), it was par- RN. week course. The objective was to plicated and warmhearted. I believe ticularly satisfying for me to be a OHA — La France Kapaka- prepare them to successfully pass they are a mirror of our ‘ohana of part of this momentous occasion. In Arboleda, Kaua’i community affairs the examination conducted by long ago. my many years of working on plan- coordinator, trustees and adminis- Kaua‘i County and awarding of the Classes were held on Saturdays tations, I have trained truck drivers, tration. CDL. The license will enable them from July 31 to August 30. Steven and in my experience, the best dri- This is one small step in giving to drive mail trucks, school buses Carvalho, instructor for the course, vers were those of Hawaiian blood. our people the chance to better and large commercial vehicles. La is teaching them on his days off to They could tell by listening to the themselves and this is proof, France Kapaka-Arboleda, OHA avoid any conflicts with his job as a tone of the engine when to change without a doubt, that we can Community Affairs Coordinator for county employee. Once all the gears. Their hands are like a grace- paddle the canoe in the same Kaua‘i/Ni‘ihau, was the driving students get their licenses, he will ful hula dancer when they shift direction. ■ force that put the ceremony begin teaching them how to drive gears. The gears don’t grind!

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