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Volume 12 Number 6 lune {June) 1995 OHA to the DOE: DHHL settlement passes "E ·ike ana iii 'oe i ka hale ho:okolokolo" $30 million-a-year payments for 20 years ("See you in court', by Deborah L. Ward bility in meeting this future oblig- trust that are not specified in the ation - for example, the state has bill. OHA sues state school The Hawai'i state Legislature the right to prepay amounts owed, The settlement concludes eight has passed a historic bill resolv- and to transfer land into the trust years of negotiations between an system over immersion ing breaches of the Hawaiian that is of equivalent value at the administration task force made up home lands trust since statehood. "fair market" value at the time of of representatives from DHHL, by Jeff Clark "These idiots make laws, and One of its mo t ignificant transfer. the Office of State Planning, and then they don't have the back- aspects i the creation of a Critics have said the $600 mil- departments .of the Attorney The OHA Board of Trustees bone to carry (them) through. Hawaiian home lands trust fund lion settlement is a compromise General, Transportation, and has announced plans to file a law- They make excuses: not enough into which a 600 million pay- that falls short of an estimated Land and Natural Resources. An suit to force the Department of teachers, not enough room, .. . it ment to DHHL will be deposited $900 million to $1.2 billion in independent representative for Education (DOE) and the Board all comes down to money." The at a rate of 30 million annually lost value in land and revenue. homestead beneficiaries was of Education (BOE) to make trustee suggested that there are over a period of up to 20 years. The settlement also bars future appointed in the last months of Hawaiian language immersion other programs that could be cut The bill does allow the state flexi- claims for past breaches of the the negotiations as a result of a education available to every pub- in order to keep resources avail- suit filed by Hawaiian homestead- lic school student who wants it. able for Hawaiian, programs that, ers. The suit will also seek to com- unlike Hawaiian education, aren't " Public invited to HSEC meeting The settlement avoids potential pel the DOE to allow native required by law. "Band is not costly and lengthy litigation for speakers of Hawaiian lacking constitutionally mandated," he June 3 on future of plebiscite separate claims. More important- teacher certification to teach noted. immersion students. The DOE is not only violating The public and Hawaiian agencies and organizations are invited ly, it will provide DHHL a steady The state Constitution mandates the state Constitution, but is run- to attend a meeting of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council funding stream to make needed in Article X, Section 4 a ning afoul of federal law as well, on Saturday, June 3 at 9 a.m. at the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's improvements to home lands "Hawaiian education program Hee said. The Native American Center, 1301 Hatona St. in Honolulu, to give input on the future infrastructure. This in turn will consisting of language, culture Languages Act states that the pol- plans for the plebisicite on Hawaiian overeignty. HSEC council allow accelerated development of and history in the public schools." icy of the United States is to "pre- members, concerned by the continuing delay of the relea e of the home lands and awards to But the waiting list to get into the serve, protect and promote the HSEC funds by the state, will present their best options for either native Hawaiians. Kula Kaiapuni (immersion rights and freedoms of Native continuing with the plebiscite this year or delaying the vote until Calling it "a momentous event school) program is long, and the Americans [including native next year. See story page 13. in the history of Hawai'i," the DOE has at times resorted to a Hawaiians] to use, practice, and continued on page 7 lottery to decide who gets to develop Native American lan- attend. guages." In the past the DOE has cited Hee noted that the DOE's poli- lack of money, space, and teach- cy on immersion education cites ers as reasons why Kula Kaiapuni the state Constitution and the can't accommodate everyone Native American Languages Act, wanting to enroll in the program. and added that the board's action "As Hawaiians we can no was in part precipitated by the longer accept boilerplate excuses DOE's practice of using a lottery such as not enough classrooms, to decide who participates in not enough teachers, and not immersion education. "The chil- enough money," said OHA chair- dren will no longer be divided by man Clayton Hee. "We have to be a lottery like cattle," he vowed. bold and take risks and fmd a way Said Kealoha, "They should to respond to these excuses. And make a lottery for English class, we cannot, as Hawaiians, accept and eliminate all the other foreign the Department of Education languages - French, Spanish, using those boilerplate excuses to Japanese, Chinese: eliminate j ustify holding lotteries which 'em." divide Hawaiian people into DOE Deputy Superintendent groups of lucky versus unlucky, Stan Seki said he has been haves versus have-nots, and us advised by the Attorney General versus them. We cannot accept to not make any comment on the Hundreds of Hawaiians and their supporters took part in the April 29 Waikiki-to-Pali that - and that is the basis of proposed suit because the matter Lookout midnight march honoring the 200th anniversary of the conquest of O'ahu and the OHA's lawsuit." may in fact wind up in litigation. uniting of the islands by Kamehameha the Great. Ceremonies along the Pali Highway com- Trustee Samuel L. Kealoha, Jr. Seki would say, however, that memorated Battle of NU'uanu. Said Mel Kalahiki, one of the organizers, "Walking was even more direct. Gesturing the department is "going to try to up that long hili, I thmk everyone was physically drained, but the spiritual high gave us a lift toward the capitol district, where accommodate everyone who' s to the top." Captured here: sunrise ceremonies conducted at the Nu'uanu Pali Lookout. the Legislature meets, he said, Photo by Mack Kaltihiki continued on page 7 'Ao'ao 'Elua (page 2) Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA lune (June) 1995 A lJ date Education trengthening family life i required to Development Corporation the possibility Administration allow family member to excel in their of an agency-to-agency working relation- This month' Aha 'Opio bring together Deputy administrator Linda Colburn has educational pur uit . It hoped that the hip where HFDC would provide assis- 60 high chool tudent to learn leader hip been appointed to the Barbers Point Naval kill by participating in a mock legi la- program will in the future develop into a tance in planning and developing the pro- Air Station Redevelopment Commission, ture. The public is invited to attend the mentoring program. ject. opening ceremonies at 9 a.m. on Monday, 'Aha Kiipuna, OHA 's annual convoca- OHA is co-sponsoring a Land Use Tools which is tasked with making recommenda- June 19 in St. Andrew's Cathedral, and the tion of Hawaiian elders, is being planned Conference June 5-6 in Honolulu, which tions on the future use of that leeward closing at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 23. for late September on Maui. Watch future will address land trusts and other coopera- O'ahu parcel, which totals 3,700 acres, issues of Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA for details. A new program, Ka Ha Naupaka is tive approaches for land development and following the closure of the air station in involving 12 couples on a "journey to stewardship. Open to the public, the con- 1997. explore their roles as cultural transmit- Housing ference is being coordinated by the Office The commission is advised by six task ters," says Rona Rodenhurst, education The current phase of OHA's Waimanalo of State Planning (OSP) and co-sponsored forces which include members of the officer. Twelve kupuna couples will Kupuna housing project involves explo- by Hawai'i's Thousand Friends, the Trust explore their own resources, share com- ration of the tricky wastewater treatment broader community and which will review for Public Land, and Campbell Estate. mon ideas, talk about childrearing, and is-s ue. Housing. officer Stephen Morse reuse proposals. The commission's next di cuss how they've been able to maintain plans to bring in consultants to assist with OHA deputy administrator Linda Colburn public meeting is June 13 at 7 p.m. in the their marriages - and their Hawaiian iden- the project, including a development coor- and former housing division consultant James Campbell Building in Kapolei. For tity. The program was initiated by Betty K. dinator, architects, engineers, legal James Severson are scheduled to speak. information, call Colburn at 594-1928 or Jenkins, kupuna team alaka'i, out of a experts, and someone to conduct market For registration forms and more informa- the commission's executive director, Paul desire to create statewide cadres of kiipuna analysis. In addition, Morse is discussing tion, call the OSP's Scott Derrickson at O'Connor, at 587-2843. and a realization that stabilizing and with the Hous ing Finance "and 587-2805. Hui e na hui! OHA looking for native Hawaiian organizations OHA' planning and research office is collecting organizations and help native Hawaiians become vey forms to those they have identified. Groups that information On native Hawaiian organizations for an more aware of these groups and the services they have not received a survey form and would like to upcoming Directory of Native Hawaiian offer. be part of the directory should call OHA's Honolulu Organizations. The purpose of the-directory is to OHA is interested in locating and contacting as office at 594-1888 or any of OHA's neighbor island improve communication between native Hawaiian many organizations as possible and has mailed sur- community affairs coordinators. Internet Update Native Hawaiian Data Book online can now begin to do so virtually with the press of a button. OHA' ative Hawaiian Data Book i now on the Information about the program is located on OHA's web OHA 80 RD OF TR Internet. This comprehensi e research publication feature ite; to get an application sent to their home all Internet users need do is e-mail their name and address directly from Clayton Hee tatistics on the current status of native Hawaiians in Chainnan & Trustee, 0 'ahu Hawai'i and j an inill pensable tool for anyone intere ted the ire. (For those not connected to a web browser pro- braham Mona in undersLanding or tudying Hawaiian i ue . gram, OHA's e-mail addressis:([email protected] ) Vice-Chair & Trustee, Maui The data book has eight chapter: population, housing, Internet users can do the same to learn more about the Moanike'ala Akaka education, health, human services, land, crime, and income Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund. Information Trustee, Hawai'i about the program is located alongside the Operation Rowena Akana and employment. Statistical information comes from a vari- T rustee-At-Large ety of state and federal government sources and is presented ' Ohana information. Billie Beamer in a user-friendly format on OHA's worldwide web Trustee-At-Large (WWW)site. Ka Wai O[a online beats the post A. Frenchy DeSoto In addition to the statistics provided, the book also Tired of waiting weeks for the Ka Wai Ola to appear at Trustee-At-Large your doorstep? Look no further than OHA on-the-net. Boyd Kamali'i includes background to the issues involved as well as pro- Articles from the latest issue appear online at the same time Trustee-At-Large jections for the future. Moses K. KeaJe, Sr. The data book is accessible from OHA's home page: Ka Wai Ola goes to print. Trustee, Kaua 'i & Ni'ihau (http://hoohana.aloha.neti-ohaiindex.h tml) Samuel L. KeaJoha, Jr. For more information about OHA online call 594-1981. Trustee, Moloka'i & Lana 'i Operation 'Ohana information available To get online yourself check out Hawaii Online at 533- Dante K. Carpenter Hawaiians wishing to enroll in OHA's Operation 'Ohana 6981. Administrator Sesnita A. Moepono Linda M. 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Bellows return to be involved (but) except for sents the residential, agricultural The Commander-in-Chief's OHA, they did not speak at the and pastoral lessees in the areas Pacific forum held at Waimanalo meeting. Where were they? of Pu ' ukapu (11,979 acres), School on May 9 on his Draft Who is representing all the peo- Kamoku-Kapulea (3,529 acres), E nvironmental Impact ple of Hawai' i in these land- Waikoloa-Wai'ale'ale (1 ,295 Letters to the editor are gladly acept- Statement on Bellows Air Force issues? Who is ensuring our acres), in Nienie (7,134 acres), Station was an administrative federal laws are respected on the and Pauahi (600 acres), all in the ed for publication on a space-available fa rce. Belt Collins Hawai'i, the return of unneeded lands? north-central portion of basis. Letters shall be: prime contractor, had more than Hawaiian home lands on the Big • specifically addressed to Ka Wai Ola one year to prepare their thick Ad hoc committee of " Old Island. This represents a region- OOHA; Draft EIS u ing 20 sub-contrac- Soldiers" al total of 24,749 acres contain- tors. But each speaker had only John Ching, Col. USA, Ret.; ing 149 residential lessees, 104 • legibly signed by the author; and fi ve minutes to respond to the Frederick Holck, Col. Aus., agricultural lessees and 239 pas- • accompanied by an address and/or document. Impossible. Ret.; Peter Kama, Lt. Col. , toral lessees. telephone number for verification pur- All spoke against the Navy's USA, Ret.; Kalani Smith, Navy Our new slate of directors and poses. retention of Bellows. The Draft vet. officers are: Daniel K. Kaniho, EIS says hold the 500 homes for Jr. , president; Michael OHA reserves the right to edit all let- now. As for recreational needs, Waimea homesteaders Hanohano, vice-president; ters for length, defamatory and libelous one speaker said the military's The members of the Waimea Michaela Aiona, secretary; Ethel material, and other objectionable con- Hale Koa Hotel at Waiklki H awaiian Homesteaders ' Andrade, treasurer; and direc- tent, and reserves the right to print. If serves over one million cus- Association have changed their tors Thelma Kaniho, Teddy Bell, tomers a year. With 262 more association ' s structure to a Curtis Chong and Irene Torrey. you do not want to see your letter cut, beach/vol cano resort cottages native Hawaiian homestead We look forward to working be sure it does not exceed 200 words th roughout the state, CINCPAC communi ty-based socio-eco- coope ratively and with your and that it is typewritten and double- is improperly in the tourist busi- nomic development organization support for the betterment of our ness, using state-owned lands known as the Waimea Hawaiian community. Mahalo. spaced. Send letters to Editor, Ka Wai tax-free at Hawai' i' expense. Homesteaders' Association, Inc. Ola 0 OHA, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Strong defense? Yes! (WHHA). WHHA, Inc. will be Michaela Aiona Suite 500, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813. Exploitation? No! for the benefit of all native Kamuela, Hawai'i Last, training. A speaker aid Hawaiians under the the Navy can use the Marines' Hawaiian Commission Kane'ohe Bay with its two miles Act to operate exclu- of beach for amphibious train- s ively for charitable, ing. Convert the adjacent golf conservation, literacy The HERITAGE cour e for shore training and and educational purpo - yo u have an area bigger and bet- es within the meaning of Series ter than Bellows. Give up a golf section 501 (c)3 of the cour e? Ye , because the mili- Internal Revenue Code ta ry control one-fourth of them of 1954. on O' ah u for only seven percent The Waimea Hawaiian of the population. Home s t ea ders ' Our government official need A ociation, Inc. repre-

Followup workshops scheduled on 999 year homestead leases Informational workshops for 999 year homestead lessee are planned this month to inform lessees and their families about the Legislature's bi ll that provides a genealogy arbitration program to determine the rightful lease holders. In the interest of designing a fmancing program that would enable Ie sees to purchase their leases or fund construction and impro ements, a urvey of household fmancial information will be conducted at the workshops. Attendees will also hear general information about the 999 year lease program and the Offi ce of Hawaiian Affairs. Workshops are scheduled for 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. on June 1 at the Kapa'a Library Conference Room, and June 29 at OHA's Maui office. ark your calendar for 12:30 p.m. on the last For more information, call OHA housing counselor Leona Kalima at M Sunday of this and every month! That's when 594-1902. Bank of Hawaii explores the rich cultural heritage of Hawaii and its people. KCCN 1420 AM is your guide and Keaumiki Akui is your host. Learn secrets of the past, walk the land and meet the people who made and are making history. Coming soon, in 'talk story' and Hawaiian mele, you'U discover archaeological treasures, travel around the islands, learn how the Hawaiian language is being preserved and feel the musical heartbeat of Hawaii's unique entertainers. Bank of Hawaii is pleased and honored to share with you the fascinating heritage of our islands. For o Easy to use pol and kulolo grinders your convenience, we'U repeat the program at 7:30 p.m. o FREE In-home demonstrations o Make poi at home with your very own grinder on the Wednesday 10 days after the original broadcast. o Taro In halflfull bags with FREE O'ahu delivery We hope you enj oy these programs as much as we enjoy bringing them h Call: O'ahu 293-1721 to you. Jill I Kaua'j 822-7583 Hawaj'j 776-1655 Bank of Hawaii Are you tired of the high price ofpoi? MEMBER FDI C HAWAIIS BANK 'Ao'ao 'EM (Page 4) Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA Iune (June) 1995 OHA's bare-bones biennium budget .approved by Jeff Clark amount to $293 ,000 in matched no-growth budget, but did ask agency 's response to the needs of well , in my general and trust funds. The them to fund 15-and-a-hal f new the community. We are a grow- vie w. Other QHA's OHA's biennium budget for chairman receives $37,000 per positions established by the ing agency, and that's because state depart- budget fi cal years 1996-97 and 1997-98 year; the other eight trustees each Board of Trustees. The our constituents' requirements ments lost I was passed by the Legislature at get $32,000. Legislature denied the positions have grown." millions of dollars. In a fiscally annual funding roughly equal to Part of the annual increase was because it had not previously The positions include secre- austere time like we are in, it's that of FYI995-96. The annual offset by cut totalling $175,851 approved them. taries, clerks, a legislative assis- my view that the lobbying team operating budget in each fiscal that vary from division to divi- OHA administrator Dante tant, and a second deputy admin- and the administrator did year totals $7,453,521 , an sion, but which generally include Carpenter said the Legislature istrator. Some positions are filled remarkably well. We should be increase of $117,149 from this expenditures such as travel, com- vi ewed the creation of the posi- by longtime OHA employees grateful to the Legislature, as fiscal year. This reflects addi- puter maintenance and overtime. tions and the subsequent request moved from other positions. A well." tional expenditure for trustees' The exception was matching for funding as an affront. "They position for a budget analyst OHA's administration will be salaries, said Martin Wilson, funds for grant awards and the feel it is a presumption on our planner has been approved by the returning to the board with an OHA's administrative services education division 's Maui-based part and an invasion of the power board but has not yet been filled. augmentation budget request officer. early education program. that they have," he commented. Said OHA Chairman Clayton from trust funds, including a Trustee salaries, which the OHA had asked lawmakers to But, he counters, those positions Hee, "In comparison with other request to continue the positions Legi lature approved in 1994, approve what was essentially a were created "in deference to the state departments, OHA fared not funded by the Legislature. _ "Special" vs. "trust" - More than a matter of semantics

by Jeff Clark OHA has been funded, and this for Hawaiians who are less than Hawaiians at a ratio of seven trust asking for a handout. We come, in enables OHA to fully and freely 50 percent blood quantum, is dollars for every general fund dol- the spirit of cooperation, asking When state auditor Marion Riga provide services to Hawaiians of funded by legislative appropria- lar. This is far in excess of the you to help OHA fulfill its man- reported on the Office of 50 percent or more blood quan- tions from the State 's general general fund appropriations we date - the betterment of condi- Hawaiian Affairs last year, one of tum. The second trust, however, fund. At present, OHA services propose today, so we do not come tions of all Hawaiians." her chief concerns was the agency's and the state's practice of referring to OHA's trust funds - total ing one-fifth of the state's revenue from the use of ceded lands - a "special" funds. Higa aid thi income should be referred to as trust funds, to distin- gui sh it from state special funds over which the Legislature has control. The Legislature has no "Pauahi's vision authority to tell the OHA board or it tru tee how to expend tru t empowered me to give back to my community" funds, Riga aid. The only restric- tion on the funds is that they be u ed for the betterment of nati e Kamehameha alumna Kaui Tanaka believes that Hawaiians, those Hawaiian with 50 percent or more Hawaiian together, a community can accomplish anything. blood. However, when OHA goes to That's why this Kaua'i government leader the Legislature with its budget request seeking general funds with works hand in hand with local businesses which to operate, it has always included in its budget request both and organizations. Kaui's commitment general and trust funds. Carpenter said that's because OHA is to the of her community is her "bound by the format" of budget submittal and is following general philanthropic gift to the people of Hawai'i. guidelines followed by state agencies. The inference drawn by the It was 100 years ago that the Kamehameha School Legislature is that they have authority over trust funds. for Girls was opened by the estate of Bernice OHA's mandate is to better the conditions of Hawaiians. It can Pauahi Bishop and the vision of that remarkable service only native Hawaiians (those with 50 percent or more woman was realized. Hawaiian blood) with trust funds; As we celebrate the it must match trust funds with general funds, which are provided sary of this milestone, we take by the state Legislature, to service the rest of the Hawaiian popula- time to recognize the recipients tion. Since 1993, when OHA received a settlement of $134 mil- of Pauahi's legacy and their lion in trust funds from the state, it has had an unprecedented oppor- contributions to our island communities. tunity to service native Hawaiians. However, the agency needs to expand its operations in order to do so, and since trust funds can be used only to service native Hawaiians, they cannot be used to operate the agency. KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE Trustee A. Frenchy DeSoto, A L EGA CY OF EDUCATION head of OHA's legislative lobbying team, told the House Committee on Finance back in January, "A large portion of one of the two trusts established for •

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Legislation passed by the '95 session State Supported by OHA Provides the necessary appropriations struction and improvement 95 and authorizations for the operation of loan program for the residents of Maunalaha S.B. 828 / H.B. 1313 - Relating to the Office of Hawaiians Affairs for the (O'ahu). Authorizes the homestead leases. 1995-1997 fiscal biennium. Department of Land and Legislature E tabti hes a genealogy program within Natural Resources to com- OHA to aid those with an interest, or S.B. 1828, HD2, SD 1, CD1- mence discussion with presumed interest in homestead lands Resolves alleged breaches of the OHA regarding the transfer (not Hawaiian Homes) created by chap- Hawaiian Home Lands Trust by pro- of the Maunalaha subdivi- exhange of 2.87 acres of private land ter 171 and commonly referred to as viding a Hawaiian Home Lands Trust sion to OHA. for five parcels of public land situated Fund and requires the state to make 20 999-year homestead leases. at Hanalei, Kaua'i for the expansion of annual deposits of $30 million into the Opposed by OHA Hanalei School. trust fund. H.B. 1780 - Relating to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Biennium Budget. S.B. 596 - Establishes a home con- S.B. 75 / H.B. 131 - Authorizes the Held bills which will carryover to session '96 H.B. 976 - Make an appropriation for the S.B. 1698/ H.B. 2152 - Changes the sent Kaua'i. Hawaiian Sovereignty Election Council. S.B. 102 - Requires the Department of composition of the OHA Board of Trustees Education to establish a task force to study by requiring that, of the nine board mem- S.B. 374 - Establishes a ban on the H.B. 2071 - Requires OHA's pro rata and make recommendations to the ber , one board member shall reside on the exchange, transfer, sale, or encumbrance of share of ceded lands revenue be 20 percent Legislature on establi hing a ingle ceded lands by state agencies for public of the public land trust revenue les 20 i land of Moloka'i or Uina'i and represent Hawaiian immersion campus system for all federal, or other non-Hawaiian uses. percent of the cost of capitol improvement Moloka'i and one member shall reside on grades. projects. the island of Kaua' i or Ni' ihau and repre- Legislature wraps up on good note for Hawaiians A ti ght fi cal environment meant cur- fiscal year 1995-1996 to spend the money. Also getting nowhere in the session was cedural error, the Legislature had called a tailed expectations but OHA and Hawaiians (Because the Governor had held up the S.B. 374 - legislation supported by OHA - special session to revote on budget- and generally got through the 1995 Legislative unspent half of the first year's funding, the that would have banned the exchange or money-related bills. These include ion wi thout hav ing to take too many council would not have been able to pend sale of ceded land by state agencie for hi ts. all of it - mostl y for their educational and public, federal or other non-Hawaiian u e . Hawaiian-relared legislarion such as Important for OHA was the passage of its information campaign - by the end of the (Editor's note, At press time, due to a pro- OHA 's budget and the DHHL settlement.) bie nn ium budget. While not completely this fiscal year.) spared the Legislator's axe, most of the The Legislature also office's current operati onal co ts we re fund- passed Senate Bill 596, ed. authori zing the Waiahole: who gets to use the water? "In the final analy i , we did quite well ," Department of Land and ,Who will get to use the water from Waiahole the Waiiihole Irrigation Ditch, with the remainder say OHA government affairs officer Scotty atural Resource to tart Stream? The state Commission on Water Resource (12-14 mgd) returned to Waiahole Stream. OHA Bowman. di scussion regarding the Management determined at its May 17 meeting that supported extending this mediated agreement However, orne Alu Like projects and the transfer of the Maunalaha 24 parties will have standing to be heard in a con- beyond its June 16 deadline. Water commission Wai'anae Diet - programs that get moneys subdivision in Makiki to tested case hearing, tentatively scheduled for mid- staff, however, have recommended an additional .• from both the tate and OHA - did receive OHA. The bill arose from July on O'ahu. mgd be allocated to the ditch in some cuts. (See story page 4.) complaints by tenants that Those petitioners determined by thecoDJmission increased summer needs. The commission de Other OHA legislation that pa ed wa the state wa not being to have legally protected interests include: decision on this issue to its May 25 meeting. Se nate Bill 828. This will establish a very responsive to tenant • major agricultural landowners (such as Amfac, In the belief that traditional and contemporary genealogy program within OHA to help requests for housing and Waiahole Irrigation Co., Campbell Estate, Hawaiian rights to water need to be protected, those who believe they have a claim to infrastructure improve- Robinson Estate, Dole/Castle & Cooke) ORA has requested a water reservation of 11 mgd la nds commonly referred to a 999-year ments. The bill, however, • state Department of Land and Natural Resources for present and future uses of water for traditional homestead lea e . only authorizes the start of • Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate and customary agriculture on ceded lands in the The most important legislati on for native di cussions; it does not • the Hawai'i Farm Bureau Waiiihole watershed. OHA has also filed a petition Hawaiians as a whole was the pa age of allocate any money. "If • Office of Hawaiian Affairs to amend the mterim instream flow standard fOl. an H.B. 1828/S.B. 1629 which, in its final OHA is willing, it can put • community organizations including the Kahalu'u windward O'ahu stream flows impacted by fo rm , appropriates 30 million a year over 20 in the infrastructure" says Neighborhood Board #29, the Waiiihole-Waikane sions of water to the Waiahole Ditch. This.wijuItt ye ars to resolve tate breaches of the Bowman, "But the burden Community Asociation and the Hakipu'u 'Ohana. lead to increased taro cultivation, help Ha waiian homelands trust. (See story page is on OHA." Government agencies with jurisdiction over the "ecological vitality" of the streams, and alloWtfor I. ) The legislation also pro- land or water involved will also have standing, such the gathering of traditional foods such as 'o'opu, The fmal bill - up ported by OHA - was vides that the Maunalaha as the Department of Agriculture, Department of hlhlwai and 'opae ironed out in conference committee and subdivision be exempt Hawaiian Home Lands, and the City and County of OHA also has expressed objections to the water- resem bled a settlement bill first proposed from all state and county Honolulu planning department and board of water use permit application ftIed by Dole Food Co., and by the Senate. A House propo aI to increase subdivision and housing supply. to a water reservation requested by Bishop Estate. the state excise tax by 1 percent to pay for development standards. Also granted standing were applicants with a OHA believes that the amounts requested will the settlement was rejected. Significant legislation "substantial interest," including water-use appli- exceed the sustainable yield of the Waipahu- Legi lation that would maintain funding that didn't make it through cants: the Department of the Navy, Halekua Waiawa aquifer which is now fed by the Waianole fo r th e Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections the Legislature included Development Corp., Pu'u Makakilo, West Beach stream water. In addition, OHA also objects to· the Co un ci l for another year also got through H.B. 2071 , whi ch would Estates, and groups with long-range, statewide KS/BE application which claims that it owns the the legislature. HSEC legislation was even- have required OHA to pay interests such as Hawai'i's Thousand Friends and ground water flowing through and percolating from tua ll y tagged on to H.B. 1909 (A general 20 percent of the cost of the Land Use Research Foundation. its lands, and does not acknowledge that water is spending bill) and extended the time the state capitol improvement Since no commission decision is expected on the part of the public trust. The commission has indi- sovereignty coun cil had to use unspent projects on ceded land , a long-term allocation of water from the Waiahole cated that resolution of the controversies over mo neys -approximately half of its appro- proposal that eventuall y Ditch until at least November this, the commission o ahu waters will demand meeting in contested priation - from funding provided by la t would have bankrupted had adopted a six-month interim plan which case hearings for three days a week over the next year's Legislature. Under the legislation, OHA ' s portion of the allowed 8 million gallons a day (mgd) to flow in six months. the council will be given until the end of ceded lands trust. 'Ao ao 'Eono (page 6) Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA lune (June) 1995

Federal update Oems, GOP agree on cuts; Clinton expected to veto A joint House-Senate conference committee on HR 1158, the Supplemental Appropriati ons and Rescissions bill for FY 1995, has reached agreement on proposed cuts to federally-funded programs. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, a participant in the conference, said that much of the funding for Hawai'i program previously zeroed out or dra ti- cally reduced in an earlier ver ion by the House of Repre entative wa re tored. The mea ure mu st be pa sed in both the House and Senate before it can be ent to the President. However, the $ I 5.4 bitIion bi ll was expected to be vetoed by President Clinton. The president opposes the bill 's deep cuts because it would have a direct and immediate effect on programs and projects he supports. This veto would force Congress to reconsider the mea- HENRY KAPONO &. GABBY PAHINUI, ure, which retroacti vely rescinds (cuts) funds that were approved in FRIENDS PRESENT FAMILY & FRIENDS, 1994 and earlier years, but which have not yet been pent. SOVEREIGNTY - THE PAHINUI The rescission package cut $3 million from Native Hawaiian edu- A CELEBRATION OF LIFE BROTHERS I'anini Record, calion, as compared to a propo ed cut of $12 million. This leaves $9 REGULARLY$18.69 REGULARLY $18.69 ' NOW ON SALE $14 NOW ON SALE $1499 99 million for FY 1995, an increa e over the FY 1994 level of $8.224 FOR ONLY FOR ONLY million. The package also cuts $188,000 from native Hawaiian health pro- Henry K.;tpono, a nativt: Hawa ii an ami one This video presents a visual and musical look of Ihe Island's moSI loved and prolific al Hawa;" i's slack key legend. Gahoy I'Jltinui. grams, compared to a proposed cut of $3.122 million. This takes pro- Singer/ Songwrilers lakes you Ihrough a wilh family and addilion. Gaooy's gram fu nding back to the FY1 994 level of $4.336 million. pictorial history of the Ha waiians love:: for sons Cyr il. Marlin and Bla are fil med making Ihe land. Ihe i1 1eg;J 1 overthrow of lhe Iheir aloum. T7Je PlIIJilllli BrotlJers. wilh spe· Other Hawai' i programs faced reductions, however, including the HawJiian Kingdom and lite pn:sent day cial musica l guesls Ry <.(Jouer. [)a\'id Lindley Pac ific Ba in health care program and the National Under ea '--___-'---'--'--_--' Sovereignty moveme n!. and j im Kdlner. Re earch Program. Economic development monies were everely cut back ($3.5 million). There will still be $2.5 million in disaster relief fu nding available, but Hawai' i will face fierce competition for these funds from other di saster-stricken states, Inouye said in a press release. Funding ($1.5 million) was rescued for the Center for Applied Aquaculture in Hawai'i, to construct facilities on O'ahu, Moloka' i and the Big I land. Conferees also restored $5.2 million in cuts for a This is the firsl of a series of recorded In 1972 Gallby I'dhinui ",emerged into works oy Ihe Gallby I'Jhinui Hawai ian popularilY wilh his sons and friends to Hawai'i project under the Farmers Home Administrati on rural rental Band, kJluring Gallby and his sons Cyril forge a sound in Hawaiian nlll'iic th aI .nd Bla, Sonny Ch illingworth. Alia rurJI . spontaneous , emuti onal and housing program. Funds will be used to build a 56-uni t hou ing pro- Isaacs. Manual -j ot Gang- Kupahu. Randy rich in spiri!.The Gahh)' Band include his ject in Kapolei for low-income and elderly re ident . Loct:nzo and Rv Coodtr. It Mo< m:ord<:d sons Bl a, Cyril, Marlin and Philip. and in 19 4 in orlh Kon:I 00 the isl.nd of rriend< Alia Isaacs. Son ny Chillingworlh. Hn... ii. The founoIlnd' "'" G.hb( 12 <. x)(ler. suing guiru and uniquely l1

Review Panel can be borrowed from OliA's Honolulu and neighbor Tbe if'll/mea Music: Festival was n:conJ· R ecorded live al Ihe Waikiki Shdl.lhe i cd li,'e in 1974 al I'Jniolo I'Jrk in Monarch Roo m of the R()\'"JI H:1W"J iian land offices. Informational brochures on the claims proce s are also Kamuela on Ihe island of Hawa;" i. II fea· 1·IOId in Waikiki and OI her 1000Jlions. available. lures perform ances by G3bhy Alia Isaacs. Sonny Chllingworlh,Aunlie Do,,'t miss tbe Brothers CIlzimero a/ The Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Individual Claims Review Panel Genoa Kt:'"we,The Su mlav Manoa, Fn:d Ibe Bishop Museum's Hall'ailan I'unahou, Na Leo 0 Nu' u'anu and The Hall on Wednesda)', Thursday and was established to help beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands Waimea Hawai ia n Civic Cl uh Ladies. Sunday. For more ;'I/ormal/on call Originallj' released as a douhle alhum. (808) 847·6353. Trust who believe they have uffered actual damages or Josses caused (his is the first lime lhis c1as,;;i c record by employees of the pepartment of HawaiianH-ob,le Lands. has been " -Jilaok on cn or eJ.'seUe. For more infonnation, call 586-2826. NeigIj,bor islanders can calf toU-free, 1-800-381-0800.

A truly classic rt'cordi ng, lIokule'o W"olS Firsl recorded in Seplember of 195 Wai'anae Diet ",Ie.. in 1/1 honor Ihe spiril and and compleleu in '1,)(>1 hy j ack DeMello.

After six years of serving the Wai 'anae community and helping other Hawaiian communities to better health through nutrition, the Wai'anae Diet Program is holding a retreat to share with the public the benefits of this diet program. An intensive two-day weekend program is Henry Kapono's mus ic has alwaj's been on Ihe CU lling edge. Firsl oj' cap· turing tht' spirit of Hawaiian music for his own l>t:Ople , and then introduc- planned at the Sheraton Makaha Resort, June 16-17. ing illU Ihe Slales oy inlerpreling popular adull conlemporJrj' slyk s wilh an island flavor. Spirit Dmu.:f!r 12 UO'Jcks hy Kapollo Featured speakers include Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell, Helen Kanawaliwali and j oe Thomas.

O'Connor, Claire Hughes and Jimmy Lewis, Dr. Terry Shintani and Don'l miss Kapono wllb Gle,m Medeiros allbe Pol)'lIesian Palace, other guest speakers. Traditional Hawaiian food will be provided at ,row u"III]lme 14. LookJor Kapono allbe Big Island's Waikll Mllsic Feslillal on]lme 17. lunch and dinner. Sessions cover the Wai 'anae Diet Program recipes and foods, the ancient Hawaiian diet, kalo and the ahupua'a system, ho 'oponopono, Hawaiian hi 'uwai (water purification ritual), and more. To sign up call the Wai'anae Diet Program at 696-1530. Conference HAWAIIAN MUSIC! HONOLULU fee is $175. Accommodations may be reserved at the Sheraton Makaha BEST SELECTION IN KAHALA· AIEA (yes, it's still open) at $65 per night per room by calling 1(808) 695- THE ISLANDS! 7505. SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC! ·WAIKIKI lune (June) 1995 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'Ehiku (Page 7) DHHL settlement opens new era for homesteading Jrompage I Highlights of the settlement: of up to 200 acres; and highways; • Compensation of $2.39 million for all • Settlement of all remaining claims filed with legis lative conference committee • A Hawaiian home lands trust fund will be remaining confimed uncompensated public the Task Force through establishment of a set- acknowledged the work of many established with the requirement that the state uses of Hawaiian home lands; tlement trust fund; people over many years to make 20 annual deposits of $30 million. The • A $2.3 million payment for advance rent for • Continued pursuit of Hawaiian home lands re olve the long-standing contro- authorization allows for optional forms of use of land under Nanaikapono Elementary trust claims against the federal government; versy relating to the trust. payment with Hawaiian Homes Commission School from 1996 to 2002. • Payment of $1.54 million on DHHL's 30 The bili follows most recom- approval, discounted advance payments, and • Land exchanges to end the uncompensated percent entitlement for the use of Hanapepe, mendations set forth in a Dec. I, interest for funds due and not paid. A total of use of Hawaiian home lands for state roads Kaua'i public lands fOlmerly under lease fo r 1994 memorandum of under- $60 million was appropriated, in cash and sugarcane cultivation; and standing between the Office of general obligation bonds, for fiscal • Reaffirmation of all land patent State Planning, the Department of biennium 1995-1997 payments grants issued on lands affected by the Attorney General, DHHL and into the fund. What's next for DHHL? the Hawaiian Homes Commission the Independent Representative • The settlement assures DHHL its Act, to bring certainty to all titles of Hawaiian Home Lands regular and undiminished entitle- Hawaiian Homes Commission chairman Kali Watson will be the and to quiet title to lands no Beneficiarie . ment to funding under the state featured guest on the June 14 State Report program on KGU radio longer in the trust but in the hands The bill does not eek to resolve constitution Article XII, section 1. 76 AM. The State Report is a live call-in non-title claims against the feder- of public and private owners. This • All disputes involving 39,000 show that airs every Wednesday between al government, but does release assures all affected land owners acres at Waimanalo, O'ahu and at 6-8 a.m. Among the topics Watson will be the state from liability for claims that their title is free and clear. Anahola, Kamalomalo and discussing are: new lands for Hawaiian that might be made by the federal Moloa'a on Kaua'i will be settled home lands; the implications of the DHHL government against the state. by transfer of lands and mutual land claims settlement bill; and direction Because the state budget was withdrawal of claims. In partial for DHHL during the next four years. delivered to the Governor's remedy of the Waimanalo claims, O 'ahu listeners may call in questions at office late, the Legislature ha to upon return to the state of any 296-7676. Neighbor island listeners can 'Olelo suit go into special ession to revote ceded lands at Bellows Air Force call toll-free at 1(800) 472-7676. jrompage I all bills with money attached to Station, DHHL gets first selection interested in being in the program." But, he added, the program has fou r requirements: students, facil iti es, certified teachers, and , as the program's lead class heads toward high school, fluent speakers with the ability to Good news for use Hawaiian to teach physics, chemistry, algebra, and calculus. Seki said there are c urre ntly awaiian Homesteaders about 10 uncertified teachers - some of them kupuna and all of them native speakers - teaching in Kula Kaiapuni, but stressed the looking to buy or need for qualified, certified instructors: "I think the bottom line is we want a quality program," he said. improve a home. Hee and the DOE have been communicating often since late April when the board announced its intention to s ue. "Since it became clear that we were seri- Hiki no ii mikou! ously looking at filing, it's as if an epiphany has occurred," Hee (Yes we can!) said. "All of a s udden, the Department of Education has said that lotteries won't happen and that (the) language has a place in the curriculum." But, he asserted, the suit will be filed anyway. "History tells us that the state is a better respondent when judge- ments are rendered by the court," he reasoned. Hee emphasized the importance of '6lelo Hawai'i. "All things Hawaiian begin with the lan- /fyoUre a l-lawaiian Homesteader looking to buy or improve a home, you may be eligible for a special program now available guage. The language embodies through First Hawaiian Bank. It's called the Hawaiian Homesteaders Loan Program. And it offers two loans that can help you. the essence of being Hawaiian. If The first loan is for Hawaiians who are eligible for Hawaiian homestead land and a mortgage, but cannot afford a large aloha is our spirit, the '6lelo is down payment The maximum loan amount is $20,000 at 6-7/8% based on a 2O-year amortization over a IO-year period. our soul. The second loan enables Department of Hawaiian Home Lands lessees to make home improvements. The maximum loan amount is $.5D,CXXJ at 6-7/8% based on a 2O-year amortization over a /O-year period. "If we are to survive and flour- To qualify for either loan, you must be a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands lessee. You must plan to live in the home ish as Hawaiian people, our lan- you buy or improve. And you must meet the annual household income limits. In Honolulu County, guage - the element that identi- the limit for families of three or more is $69,800; for families of less than three it's $59,800. In all fies us as a distinct and unique other Hawaii counties, the limit for families of three or more is $54,600; for families of less than people - must also survive and three it's $47,500. Also, your credit should be good. flourish. Therefore, in difficult This special $20 million revolving loan program has been made possible through the efforts of economic times, we must be vigi- the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and First Hawaiian Bank. lant in our efforts to have a will To find out if you qualify, call our Residential Real Estate Service at 525-6386 in Honolulu to find a way. or visit any branch of First Hawaiian Bank. Yes you can. ® "Hawaiians should no longer look at themselves as beggars at the king's table, but rather as a people who are trying to regain ... State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands what they were forced by non- Alnao HaMlari A Ina H o'oplllllpllla A IM Aloha A Member FDIC Hawaiians to lose - their mother tongue." -

'Ao 'ao 'Ewalu (page 8) Ka "'ai Ola 0 ORA lune (June) 1995 King Kamehameha Day Celebrations scheduled statewide

For the 123rd time, the people Kamehameha the Great on a of Hawai'i will celebrate the life float created by the Prince Kiihio and accomplishments of the leg- Civic Club. endary warrior king who united Henry Ku'ualoha Giugni, a the islands: Kamehameha the federal lobbyist and the only Great. The celebration will be Hawaiian to ever erve a held June lOon 0' ahu, Sergeant-at-Arms in the U.S. Moloka'i, Kaua'i and in Kailua- Congress, will serve as the grand Kana: Maui' celebration will be marshal. Shirley Kukana held June 7. Kawehiwehionalani The King Kamehameha Day Brenner is the Pa'ii Queen. Celebration was established by Demonstrations and display King Kamehameha V in honor of of traditional Hawaiian arts and his grandfather and was first held crafts can be seen at Kapi'olani on June 11 , 1872. Park from 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The statewide theme, "Keali'i Entertainment and a parade Pauahi no Kamehameha: A awards ceremony will take place Legacy Remembered," is a trib- at the Kapi'olani Park bandstand. ute to Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and her vision. Give "The Lonely One" a lei On O ' ahu, the 79th annual Lei mea uring more than 26 King Kamehameha Celebration feet long will be draped on the Floral Parade will begin at 9:30 statue of Kamehameha the Great a.m. at the intersection of King in front of 'Ali' iolani Hale in and Richards Streets. It will pro- downtown Honolulu. All organi- ceed Diamond Head on King zations, Hawaiian and non- Street. rna kai on Punchbowl Hawaiian alike, are encouraged Street, and Diamond Head on to bring strung-but-untied lei to Ala Moana Boulevard. then the statue on the morning of June merge onto Kalakaua A enue 9. Loose flowers, especially and end on Monsarrat in Queen plumeria. may be dropped off for Kapi'olani Park. The parade will stringing by volunteers. Anyone include mounted units, five wishing to help tring lei can marching bands from the stop by between a.m. and I Mainland, decorated vehicle. p.m. Ceremonie will include floral floa . and militaI) unit. mu ical pre entations, and the Matthew Kaho'ohele Mokiao, chance to watch the tatue 'come a deputy heriff as igned to the alive" with beautiful floral trib- governor's office, will portray ute . King Kamehameha Hula Competition set for June 23 - 24 at NBC Arena Photo courtesy Photopfant The King Kamehameha Hula Competition, Hawai

As------a home owner, you may qualify for The Original International hula competition featuring outstanding halaufrom California, Japan, Maui, Kaua 'i and O 'ahu Ohana zoningl which allows a second living unit when normally only one is permitted. Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena Call me... Friday, June 23, 1995---6:00 p.m. Kent V.K. Ka'ahanui ASSOC. AlA Saturday, June 24, 1995---1:00 p.m. Tickets: $7.25 $7.75 $8.25 $10.25 $15.25 Per Day Phone Available at the Blaisdell Box Office and all Connection outlets beginning on June 15. (808) 293-1846 Ph. 521 -2911 for ticket information lune (June) 1995 K a Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'Eiwa (page 9) Loan fund recipient heals with his hands by Patrick Johnston are all in the same field," he Kahue does most of his explains. "We do things naturally work with his hands and To many in Hawai'i, chiro- with no medicine. However, with the help of some mod- practors seem to have a bit of an lomi lomi concerns itself with ern technology that has identity problem. In some ways tissue. We take into account the helped make a trip to the they resemble medical doctors - human spine." chiropractor a much less they require extensive education Kahue points out that pain intimidating affair than it and usually run their practice out often results from out-of-joint used to be. Neck and back of tidy offices that look very bones putting pressure on nerves. "cracking" - a process that much like tho e of general prac- He says his job is to put those helps realign bones but also titioners. But they're also a lot bones back in place. "The whole releases noisy pockets of like traditional healers, focusing process of chiropractic is to nitrogen gas - has been on external, hands-on treatment realign bones, to take the pres- replaced by far less trauma- and massage rather than on sure off the nervous system." tizing but equally effective surgery or modern drugs. Most people's bones - either treatments using mechanical Li terally, chiropractor means through years of bad posture or a and electronic devices. hand doctor. serious accident - get out of line. Chiropractic treatment can Native Hawaiian Revolving For many this does not cause any be a drawn out affair. Kahue Loan fund recipient Dr. Michael discomfort although it might pre- explains that it takes a while Kahue does nothing to dispel vent the body from working as to remind bones and mus- these seemingly conflicting efficiently as it should. Some cles how to align themselves images. people, however, do develop properly in the body after a Kahue owns and operates pain. Increasingly this is becom- lengthy period out of place. Plaza Chiropractic, a clinic on ing a problem for office workers "The body returns to its bad the flr t floor of Kukui Plaza in where hours in front of a com- habits quickly," Kahue says. downtown Honolulu. If it puter can lead to back problems "For that rea on it is good to weren't for the rumbling of a and to a debilitating ailment have regular appointments back massage machine - and the known as carpal tunnel yn- at the beginning and then noticeable lack of any strong drome - a condition where blood space them out as the body chemical sme ll - hi office circulation to the hands is cut off corrects itself." could easily be confu ed for that by extended periods of keyboard Part of Kahue' treatment of a pri ate M.D. typing. involves getting new Talking to Kahue, however it The chiropractor's job is to patients familiar and com- becomes clear where hi priori- correct the e problems. "After a fortable with chiropractic lie lie. 'Chiropractic lomi few adjustments, they can get medicine. Before beginning lomi, and hiat u practitioners incredible relief," Kahue says. treatment he offers patients The focus of his treatment: Chiropractor Dr. Michael Kahue the opportunity to sit down shows off a backbone model. Photos by Patrick Johnston and watch videos about his treat- Kahue's practice is part of pe rcent off on follow-up ment so they can understand Operation 'Ohana companies appointments. what he i going to do and the offering discounts to Hawaiians To learn more about P laza benefits that will result from it. with an Operation 'Ohana card. Chiropractic calJ 538-7771. For "You have to work on people Kahue says he offers Operation information abo ut the Native psychologically. ... help them ' Ohana members a 50 percent Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund feel comfortable, get rid of ten-disc ount for the first visit - o r the Operation ' Ohana sion," he says. which involves x-rays and other Hawaiian ancestry enrollment Kahue opened his doors three diagnostic treatment -and 20 project calJ 594-1888. months ago after fo ur years of chiropractic training and two years working for another chiropractor. He is helped out by his wife Sheryl and his mother-in- law. "There's is nothing like running your own practice," he says. "That is where is OHA has come Kahue and his wife Sheryl in his Kukui Plaza office. in and helped out. " Tourism 'ohana meets 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu TH 01 MAN Tour driver/guides who are members of Ka celebrates 90 years 'Ohana Aloha for Tourism continue to gather The' Ahahui Ka'ahumanu Ke Po'o Chapter I, a 682-1 at Kawaiaha'o Church's Likeke Hall for Hawaiian benevolent society founded in memory of 'ohana ession to share and exchange infor- Kuhina Nui Ka 'ahumanu, celebrates its 90th anniver- mation on Hawai'i' cultural heritage. The sary thi s month. The public is invited to attend a ban- ' Ohana admini ters an exam so that quet on Saturday, June 17 from 6-10:30 p.m. at the Ala driver/guides can receive certification in an Moana Hotel Hibiscus Ballroom. Tickets are $40 per effort to ensure that visitor are provided cor- person and reservations may be made in advance by rect information about our i lands. For infor- calling Mary Ann Hutchinson at 1(808) 949-8317. mation about Ka 'Ohana Aloha for Tourism The society was originally founded on Aug. 8, 1864 at call Grace Kupuka'a at 239-7084. Kawaiaha'o Church by Princess Victoria Kamamalu . Upon her death, the society was disbanded. It was rein- stated in 1905. Nanaikapono Scholarship Lu'au OHA Trustee KIn a'u Kamali 'i, a member of the society, described the 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu as "providing a ' Ono food, no-host cocktails and continuing link within families and within the larger entertainment by Genoa Keawe, Nil community. Hawaiians once compared their family Wai 'Eha 0 Puna, Kanelau, and lines not to the branches of a tree," she said, "but to a Hapa. $18 for adults, $9 ages 3 - 11. walking back and forth on the same path." Today, mem- Noon until 4 p.m. Call 668-8711 for bers of the 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu, as well as other benevolent societies, continue to walk that path. tickets. ------

'Ao'ao 'Umi (Page 10) Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA lune (June) 1995 Nil Holo Moana voyagtJ•

by Deborah L. Ward islands, and naming the winds of Mauloa of Hawai'i. All were E fafa fia miikou e hofokele hou. fAfohe hiiliiwai m O'ahu to bring them fair sailing. represented at the Ke'ehi festivi- uWe are challenged to sail once again. horizon Under blue skies and with a Each canoe brought a pohaku ties. Other Pacific Island nations JVO friendly trade wind, voyaging from their island to place on a - Aotearoa (New Zealand), the canoes from Hawai'i, Aotearoa, special ahu dedicated to naviga- Cook Islands, and French and the Cook Islands entered tion located in Kualoa Regional Polynesia - have also been Ke'ehi Lagoon O'ahu May 13 to Park. A lavish pa'ina followed. inspired to build and sail their the cheer , chants and songs of Speaking at the public home- own voyaging canoes. thousand. coming at Ke'ehi Lagoon, A significant highlight of the For the double-hulled voyaging Randie Fong, master of cere- journey was the gathering, for the canoes Hawai'iloa, HokUle'a and monies, noted that, "As we rec- first time in 600 years, of ' Makali'i, it represented a tri- ognize the successful efforts of Polynesian. canoes -at the marae umphant homecoming after a the crew members, organizers, (temple) of Taputapuatea, at three-month, 6,000 mile voyage families, volunteers ... we also Opoa, Ra'iatea. Their participa- to Tahiti, the Marquesas Islands recognize the canoes of the past, tion in the reopening and rededi- and back, accompanied by those who made it here, and cation of the marae symbolized canoes from the Cook Islands those who tried, but did not suc- solidarity among the peoples of and New Zealand. It was the ceed ... As w.e those the great ocean. It was also the fifth voyage for the Holctile'a and victorious landfalls, we connect first time in many centuries that the inaugural voyage for both the with what all of this means, ... Hawaiian canoes sailed to and Hawai'iloa and the Makali'i. life and culture flourishing from the Marquesas Islands, from The canoe actually arrived in today." which early Hawaiian settlers Hawai'i the pre v ious week, in Indeed, the voyages of the may have come. time for a private welcoming cer- Hokiile'a have inspired a canoe For the near future, the emony by family members at renaissance. Now there is a fami- Hawai'iloa and the HokiHe'a will Kualoa Regional Park. There, ly of voyaging and coastal canoes be visiting the west coast of the the 'ohana of Hakipu'u, home of in Hawai'i - the Hawai' iloa, the U.S. mainland this summer. the ancient navigator Kaha' i, Mo'olele of Lahaina, Maui; the E Shipped by Matson to Seattle, the greeted the crews with chants 'Ala of the Wai' anae coast, Hawai 'iloa will sail to about the creation of these O'ahu; and the Makali'i and Vancouver, British Columbia and

Maori crew members of the Te 'Aurere perform a traditional haka. Photo by Deborah Ward. Alaska, to thank the Haida and built by Na Kalai Wa'a Moku 0 Tlingit tribes who 'donated the Hawai' i and funded by the Big tree trunks that became its hulls. Island community and Office of Following a Seattle welcome, the Hawaiian Affairs. Hokiile' a will sail south to The 1995 voyage was spon- Portland, San Francisco, Los sored by the Polynesian Angeles and San Diego, where it Voyaging Society and the Bishop is expected to draw a million vis- Museum Native Hawaiian itors in cultural events sponsored Culture and Arts Program. by local Hawaiian communities. Corporate support was provided Coming ashore: The crew of the Te 'Au 0 Tonga disembarks. Photo by George Vincent Future projects for each of the by Outrigger Hotels Hawai'i and Hawai' i canoes will revolve American Hawai'i Cruises. around education for the community Some books about canoes and students. The The following books and exhaustive study on canoes of Hawaiian Canoe-Building Hawai' iloa voyag- videos are available through the Pacific, large and small. Traditions , by Naomi N.Y. ing canoe is a pro- local bookstores or from the pub- Bishop Museum Press, $45. Chun, illustrations depict canoe ject of the Bishop lishers. Mail orders may also be Hawai'iloa, by 'Aha Piinana building, various types of canoes. Museum Native made through Native Books, Leo. This story for young chil- Includes notes on the voyages of Hawaiian Culture (808) 874-8949. dren, in the Hawajjan language, the Hokiile'a, and the construc- and Arts Program, An Ocean in Mind, by Will tells of the chief Hawai' iloa, who tion of the Hawai' iloa and the in cooperation with Kyselka, examines the naviga- discovered the Hawaiian islands. Mauloa. Good for children and the Polynesian tor's art. Includes dialogues with 'Aha Piinana Leo, $6.95. adults. Kamehameha Schools Voyaging Society. navigators Mau Piailug and In the Wake of our Ancestors, a Press $9.95. NHCAP is funded Nainoa Thompson. UH Press, 30-minute video on the building Voyage from the Past, by Julie through a coopera- $14.95. of the Hawai'iloa voyaging Stewart Williams. Tells the story tive agreement with Arts and Crafts of Hawai'i, by canoe. Chevron/Gail Evanari of Polynesian canoe voyaging the National Park Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck) (VHS), $29.95. from the navigational methods of Service. Holctile' a is provides information on canoe Polynesian Canoes and the early Polynesian explorers a project of the varieties, religious ceremonies, Navigation, by Judi Thompson and the discovery of Hawai' i Hawai'i Maritime canoe construction and related and Alan Taylor, describes through to the 1976, 1980 and Center in coopera- information. Bishop Museum canoes and navigation techniques 1985-87 voyages of Hokiile'a. tion with the Press, $7.95. common throughout Polynesia. Kamehameha Schools Press Polynesian Canoes of Oceania, by A.C. Institute for Polynesian Studies. $7.95. Voyaging Society. Haddon and James Hornell, an $4.95. The Makali' i was HokUle'a crew members join in a greeting chan i 4 !(O@iCfi KLt ------,----:-...= - lune (June) 1995 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'Umikiimakahi (Page 11) tg families of the vast ocean reunite The Canoes of the Gathering lS Hawai'i1oa (Hawai'i) Hawai'iloa was the chief who discovered Hawai'i. The 57-foot canoe hulls were made from two pine trunks donated by the Indians of Shelikof, Alaska. Other parts are from local timbers, and koa, hau and 'ohi'a. Riggings and a set of sails are made of natural fibers (nape, purau, pandanus). Since last year, young Hawaiians have been learning to navigate on board. It carries a crew of 12. Makali'i (Hawai'i) ______---. Makali'i, meaning "The Eyes of the Chief," was a great seafarer. It is also the name of the Pleiades, a star cluster used in navigation. The canoe was built in traditional form with modem materials by former Hokule'a crew members and Big Island families. This was her inaugural voyage. Length of hulls: ____ ...... ______=:....J 54 feet. Draft: 3 feet. Total surface of sail: 500 sq. ft. Tonnage: 6.5 tons after loading. Carries a crew of 10. Te 'Aurere (New Zealand) Leading the protocC?1 challenge to arriving crews was Matthew Kamana'opono Crabbe Te ' Aurere means "The Moving of a Mist Cloud." Its 57-foot hulls were of the Pa Ku'i a Lua Hawaiian fighting arts group. Photo by Deborah Ward carved out of 100-year-old kauri tree trunks. Its first voyage was in 1992 to the Cook Islands and back to New Zealand. It is dedicated to the training of young Maori crew in traditional sailing. Beam: 16 ft. Height of hulls: 4 ft. Height of rail: 10 ft. Tonnage: 8 tons after loading. Carries 10 crew members. Te 'Au 0 Tonga (Cook Islands) Te 'Au 0 Tonga means "The Southern Mist." It was named for the canoe of Karika, a Samoan chief who settled in Rarotonga 600 years ago. It is built out of wood and plywood, after the model of the ancient tipaerua, with a flat plank at the front of the hulls and slender vertical carvings at the end. Length of hulls: 72 ft. Draft: 2 f1. Tonnage: 10 and 12 tons after loading. Carries 18 crew members. Takitumu (Cook Islands) Takitumu was the name that Tangiia, chief of Rarotonga, gave to his canoe 600 years ago. It means "the burden is taken off." Present at the Maire Nui in 1992 in Rarotonga in 1992 and made a return voyage to Tahiti in 1993. Rigged like a Fijian ndrua, built of wood and plywood. Assymetrical hulls, 53 ft. and 49 ft. long. Draft: 2 ft. 3 in., 7-8 tons in loading. 10 crew members. Hokiile'a (Hawai'i) HokUle'a (Star of Gladness) is the name of the zenithal star of Hawai'i (Arcturus). Built with· modem materials, she has sailed for 20 years. 1976, 1980, 1992: Society Islands. 1983: 12,000 miles, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Aotearoa, Samoa and back. Over 10,000 pupils have followed her voyages. Length of hulls: 62 ft., 4 in. Draft: 2 ft. , 6 in. Total surface of sail: 540 sq. ft. Weight: II tons after loading. Carries 10 crew members.

Editor's note: Two traditional canoes from French Polynesia, the Tahiti Nui and the 'Aa Kahiki Nui, were unable to make the voyage to Hawai'i with the Te 'Aurere, from Whangarei, Aotearoa. Photo by George Vincent other canoes as originally scheduled.

Cover photo: Hawai'i's pride, the HokUle'a arrives at Ke'ehi Hawai'iloa, Hokiile'a Lagoon. Photo by Scotty Bowman to visit West Coast The voyaging canoes Hawai' iloa and Hokule' a are visiting the West Coast on a tour sponsored by Bishop Museum, the Hawai'i Maritime Center and the Polynesian Voyaging Society. The canoes will be joined by artisans, cultural pecialists, educators and musicians in sharing the culture of Hawai' i. Native Hawaiians Living on the West Coast are assisting in planning the tour through civic clubs, canoe paddling teams, hiilau hula and other volunteer organizations. The canoes will return to Hawai' i in late July. The canoes were shipped by Matson Navigation Co. to Seattle in mid-May. Following participation in National Maritime Week, and late May events in Seattle and Tacoma, the Hawai'iloa is headed north to: * British Columbia - June 13-July 25 * Alaska - June 25-July 11 * Juneau, Alaska - July 12. While in Alaska, the Hawai'iloa crew will thank the Haida and Tlingit tribes who donated the 400-year old spruce logs that formed the twin hulls of the canoe. This month and next, the HokUle'a and its crew will be visiting: * Portland, Oregon - June 16-20 * San Francisco, California - June 29-July 3 * Santa Barbara, California - July 10-11 * Long Beach, California - July 12-20 at Queen Mary Seaport * San Diego California - July 21-26 Hawai'i1oa: Ka 'Imi 'Ike, the seeker of knowledge. Photo by Deborah Ward Photo by George Vincent -_. - -- _. - -

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Vol... :n..t:eers n..eeded for Sovereign..t:y Vot:e Regist:rat:ion.. Effort: by Debbie Lee Behm At the time of training, volunteers will be asked to Voter Education Coordinator fill out a Volunteer Profile to choose which activities they would like to assist with or which Volunteers are vital for the plebiscite vote to be position they would like to fill. completed with success. The Council has already Community outreach requires a vast network of recruited volunteers statewide, but hundreds more volunteers to assist at special events, work are needed across the state and in the Mainland. community booths, and conduct presentations for The plebiscite is a first step statewide agencies and in a Hawaiian process which organizations, schools and will have an impact on For a Presentation unIOns. generations to come. or Training Volunteering means working Through the Hawaiian flexible hours which can be Sovereignty Elections information please modeled after your own Council (HSEC) Volunteer call our office: schedule. Any time that can be and Internship Program, devoted is much needed to anyone interested in getting further voter education and in on the ground floor of (808) 587-2834 awareness. Help and assistance planning for the future of na 1-800-958-6837 is needed in the following areas: Kanaka Maoli and Hawai 'i nei . coordinating special events, can get involved and make a genealogy and verification, voter difference. hotline and information services, among others. Making a difference begins with an orientation Non-paid internships are also available for career about HSEC history, goals, policies and development in the following areas: Accounting, procedures. Trainees will become knowledgeable Education, Research and Marketing. about the plebiscite process and the events that For more information about an internship, could follow if Hawaiians vote "yes" to the becoming a volunteer or to arrange a presentation plebiscite question. Valuable presentation skills for your 'Ohana, club or organization please call will be learned as well. the HSEC office at (808) 587-2834. lune (June) 1995 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'UmiIa1makolu (page 13) Can plebiscite roll as scheduled? HSEC funding extended into FY96

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tiWe Filed a Clainl. You Should, Too. 17 • • In 1956, David W. Pohina applied for a Waimanalo • If you are a beneficiary of the Hawaiian • homestead with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) • HOllle Lands trust, then you too have the • and was given a "Priority 2" status. • right to file a clailll if: • During the 1960s, • "My husband had so many • • You were wronged or mistreated by the Department appl icants who appl ied for • problems getting bis • of Hawaiian Home Lands or another state agency bomestead ... " Waimanalo homesteads after • • in the disposition of Hawaiian home lands; • Mr. Pohina were awarded • • homesteads. Mr. Pohina received no award. • • This wrong occurred between August 21, 1959 • Then, in 1971, DHHL mailed two letters intended for • and June 30, 1988; and • Mr. Pohina. But the letters were mislabelled, which meant he was • • • You suffered loss as a result not notified of critical information concerning his application. • of the wrong . ... • Mr. Pohina finally received a Waimanalo homestead in 1985. • • However, he cou ld not move onto his homestead ri ght away because • YOll,MUStFILE A WITH • no infrastructure existed for the subdividision. • BY AUGUST 31, 1 • Mr. Pohina filed a claim with the Hawaiian Home Lands • • Contact the • Trust Individual Claims Review Panel because he felt that the • Office for furthjf informa and assistance. • Department of Hawaiian Home Lands breached its trust duties to • Videotapes explainthg these are also available. • him. Unfortunately, Mr. Pohina passed • Call 586-2826 on Oahu, or toll-free 1-800-481- • away before he was able to move onto • 0800 from the neighbor islands. Informational • his homestead. • workshops will also be held on Oahu : • • As Mr. Pohina's designated • KANEOHE-Tuesday, June 6, 6:30-9:00 p.m. • successor, Mrs. Barbara Pohina • King Intermediate School Cafeteria • succeeded to his right to bring his claim • • MILILANI-Wednesday, June 14, 6:30-9:00 p.m. forward and move onto the homestead. • • Mililani High School Cafeteria • • • HONOLULU-Tuesday, June 20, 6:30-9:00 p.m. The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation helped • • Palama Settlement, Room 206 the Pohinas present their claim to the Panel. • 'Ao'ao 'Umikiimaha (page 14) Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA lune (June) 1995 Hawaiian ethnobotany course aHA honors volunteers OHA held its at UH-Manoa Summer Session annual Volunteer Luncheon last A Hawaiian ethnobotany class will be offered at the Uruversity of Hawai'i-Manoa's Summer Session. month, honoring, a Botany 105 - Ethnobotany looks at kalo, ' uala, mai'a 'ulu, yams, 'awa, niu, ki, kukui, ipu, ko, and limu, group of hard and the ways these plants influenced culture and were used by the Hawaiians. Non-food uses and stories working and often associated with the plants are incorporated into the class material, and there will be field trips to Lyon under-,appreciated Arboretum and the Bishop Museum. The instructor is Alvin Keali'i Chock, and the textbook is Lii 'au Hawai'i, by Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott. members of the Classroom hours are 10:30 - 11:45 a.m., Monday through Friday, June 26 - Aug. 4. Tuition for residents OHA 'ohana. is $225; it's $390 for non-residents. For enrollment information, contact Summer Session, University of Over 100 Hawai'i-Manoa, P.O. Box 11450-REG, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96828-0450. The number for telephone regis- teers, ranging from tration is 296-6723. For more information, call 956-7221 or drop by the information window at Krauss individuals who 101, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. helped staff com- mittees to envelope stuffers for Opera- New book a vital link in la'au lapa'au tion 'Ohana, were awared certificates Must We Wait in Despair, a book recently published in paperback by First People's Productions, is a never before published account of the respon e by native Hawaiian to the uffering and death of the at the luncheon. Hawaiian population in the 1860s. With little confidence in the ability of the Board of Health to stem the Outstanding vol- tide of foreign diseases and death, especially in rural areas lacking doctors, they que tioned what could be unteer awards went done to save themselves. A group of trained professionals openly met to find a re ponse to thi tragic situ- to kupuna ation. Their decision was to found the 'Ahahui Ui'au Lapa'au of Wailuku, Maui. Elizabeth Ellis, for The 'Ahahui La'au Lapa'au interviewed kahuna (traditional healing practitioners) living on the i land of her work with the Maui 0 they could demonstrate the authenticity, safety and professionalism of traditional medicines as a 'Aha Kupuna means of aving their own people. Their work heralded the passage of the first laws to license kahuna in Planning the Kingdom of Hawai' i. Committee, and Must We Wait in Despair, translated and edited by Malcolm aea Chun, provide a vital link in the study Richard Lum fo'r of traditional Hawaiian medicine and healing practice . It i the 1867 report of the' Ahahui La'au Lapa'au his many hours on native Hawaiian health, and contains 21 interviews with kahuna. The fir t half of the book i the original text in Hawaiian, with the original illustrations. The second half is the English tran lation. Each kahuna logged for interviewed tell where and when he was born, who his teachers were, and about the method of diagnosis Operation 'Ohana. and treatment he was taught. Descriptions of illnesses by their Hawaiian name, their treatment and chants 'Aha 'Opio - and prayers used are presented. OHA's legislative The author notes that "the work of the 'Ahahui La'au Lapa'au brings forth ' new' information, once leadership program thought to have been lost, and with comparisons to other published materials, perhaps a better understand- for high school Top: OHA's Outstanding Male ing of the history and the practice of traditional native Hawaiian healing may be obtained." tudents - won this MUSI We ail in Despair i a ailable at Border Honolulu Book Shop, or via mail order from ative Volunteer, Richard Lum. Above: year s Outstanding Book (phone 845-8949), or from First People's Productions, 1620 Halekoa Dr., Honolulu, Hawai' i OHA's Outstanding Female Volunteer, 96821-1127. Sugge ted retail price i $20, plus $3 for priority po tage. Project Award. Elizabeth Ellis.

Ke ao nani by Patrick Ching Naturally Hawaiian artis tJ environmen talis t The wonderful Hawaiian horse Few ight are as breathtakingly beautiful they have become an integral part of island name taken from the Spanish word iola," a derivation of the word Espanol, as that of a proud horse, coat aglow with living for many of Hawai'i's people. "mesteno" meaning wild livestock. The meaning "Spaniard" or "Spanish." Today the morning sun , grazing in an open pas- Horses were fir t brought to Hawai' i Hawaiians called the horse "lio" which was the word is often pronounced "paniolo," to ture on the slopes of a Hawaiian hillside. from California in 1803 by Capt. Richard J. either derived from the world the dismay of many old- Horses are not native to the Hawaiian Cleveland aboard the H.M.S. Lelia Byrd. 11'0, which means fiery-eyed timers. The Hawaiians quick- Islands. However, since the early 1800s, These horses were called "mustangs," a and restless, or from the word ly learned the art of riding 'Ilio, meaning dog. and roping as well as the art Cleveland presented the of constructing saddles, ropes horses to King Kamehameha, and tack. Soon many who at first did not seem Hawaiians were living the overly impressed with the lifestyle of the paniola. animals, though he later Eventually a unique type of became the first Hawaiian horse was bred which was ever to ride a horse. especially suited to handle A fter the death of 1--- the rugged Hawaiian terrain. Kamehameha the Great, his youngest son This stout animal known as the "Hawaiian Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III) realized the horse" was preferred by many ranchers and potential for using horses to gather wild trail men who valued them for their excep- cattle that had been introduced to Hawai' i tional working and "keeping" abilities. by Capt. George Vancouver in 1793. The Today the role of the horse in Hawai'i king sent one of his high priests to has taken many new directions. Horses are California, which was then a part of not only being used on the range, but they Mexico, to invite Spanish vaqueros (cow- are being ridden in parades, polo matches, boys) to come to Hawai'i and teach the breed shows and dressage competitions as Hawaiians how to ride, rope and manage well. The military trains many people to livestock. In 1832 three vaqueros came to work with horses as do 4-H clubs and Hawai'i and began teaching the Hawaiians many riding stables throughout the state. the art of roping cattle in an area which Perhaps the most popular use of horses would later become the town of Waimea today is for the sheer pleasure of viewing '''lima,'' the artist's favorite ride, grazes on a Kaua'i hillside. (Kamuela) on the island of Hawai' i. the Hawaiian countryside from the back of Art by Patrick Ching The Hawaiians called the v,aquero "pan- a beautiful beast. Iune (June) 1995 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'UmikfunaIima (page 15)

By Ellen Blomquist OHA Board Business Public Information Officer Nil kuleana a ka Papa Kahu waiwai

APRIL 26 requesting organ izations had in the Pai ' Ohana appeal at the tracted for two years at $55,000 in g) that OHA file a water reser- A special meeting of the Board exhausted all possible fu nding same time that the request to file per year. The board also unani- vation of 11 million gallons per of Trustees was called to order by sources (specifically federal as a friend of the court was made. mously approved a contractual day (mgd) from the W aiahole Chairman Clayton Hee monies and grants from 'Aha The board concurred. secretarial position to assist the Ditch to support traditional agri- Wednesday at II am. All mem- Plinana Leo) before relying on Ackerman case. The board analyst. culture on Windward O 'ahu bers were pre ent except for OHA funds. agreed to withdraw OHA's inter- RFP for a Native Hawaiian ceded lands. The water reserva- Trustee Rowena Akana, who was The board approved grants to est in a kuleana parcel in favor of Revolving Loan Fund (NHRLF) tion is being made in preparation excused. The agenda, the min- Ka'ala Farm, Kaua'i Habitat for a Hawaiian beneficiary. Orientation Video. In its capaci- for OHA seeking standing to par- utes, chairman's correspondence Humanity and Bishop Museum. Announceinents. The chair- ty as chief procurement officer for ticipate in contested case hearings report and administrator's report Ka'ala Farm received $28,529 man announced a special board OHA, the board un animously before the Commission on Water were all approved. toward renovations of' their meeting for May 3, held at the approved using the competitive Resource Management; the deci- · Lawsuit Against DOE and Cultural Learning Center in request of Trustee Kina'u Boyd sealed proposal method to pro- sion on standing is scheduled to BOE on Hawaiian Immersion. Wai'anae. Kaua'i Habitat for Kamali'i, for the board to recon- cure video production services to be made May 17 . The 11 mgd The board approved 7 - 1 (Trustee Humanity received $52,500 for sider OHA' s water reservation create a video that will orient coupled with the 13 mgd reserva- Billie Beamer dissenting) the fil- general operating expenses (s up- prior to the Commission on Water prospective loan applicants to the tion for interim strean1 flow previ- ing of a complaint against the port for a construction supervisor Resource Management's meeting NHRLF. ously approved by the board rep- Department of Education and the and baseyard improvements). May 5 to determine tanding. Resolutions. The board unani- resents the total previously divert- Board of Education to compel Bishop Museum received $28,465 The board al 0 deferred con ider- mously approved two resolutions, ed to Central O' ahu. Trustee one honoring the Hawaiian voy- them to offer Hawaiian to continue a cultural intern pro- ation of a re olution honoring DeSoto expressed grave concern aging canoes Hoklile' a, Immersion education to any tu- gram begun with OHA operating Mau Piailug and a inoa that the water needs of Hawaiians Hawai'iloa, and Makali'i as well dent in the public schools who monie. The purpose of the pro- Thompson to that meeting. living in Leeward O'ahu be con- as the companion canoes from the wants it (see story page 1). The gram is en uring that native sidered. Trustee DeSoto urged Hawaiians acquire curatorship South Pacific and the other honor- that the needs of all Hawaiians be complaint al 0 require the DOE MAY 3 ing Mau Piailug and Nainoa skills so indigenous collections considered when it comes to to allow native peakers to teach The special board meeting was Thompson as "Chiefs of the can be handled by the indigenous water rights. Trustee Kamali' i in the immer ion program without convened at 10 a.m. with all Canoe," the highest honor accord- people themselves. (See tory thi said they were working on it in teacher certification. The deci- member present. The agenda, ed master navigators. The board page.) committee but had to deal with sion on whether to file the com- minutes, and chairman' corre- al 0 unanimously approved a res- Wai 'ahole first because of complaint in state or federal court i Evaluations. The board spondence report were a ll olution honoring Kupuna peting interests and impending still pending. approved requests for proposals approved unanimously. Apollonia Day, with Trustee to evaluate 'Aha Opio, OHA's decision making. Kamali' i said Ka Wai Ola shortfalls. The Budget Planner Analyst. The Kina' u Boyd Kamali' i speaking that their top priority was to board approved 7 - 0 (Tru stee youth legislature, and to evaluate board unanimously approved a of the kupuna ' service to the assure that Hawaiian rights were Sam Kealoha absent) an appropri- the Hig her Education, contractual position of budget community and the community's considered and protected in the ation of $20,000 in Ka Wai Ola Recruitment and Retention pro- planner analyst to assist the loss of a "grand lady." law and that water rights were as ad revenue to make up hortfall gram. Committee on Budget, Finance OHA Water Reservation. The important to the future of a in the printing, mailing and Native Hawaiian Historic and Policy in its investment deci- board approved 6 - 3 (Trustees Hawaiian nation as securing po tage budgets. Preservation Council Appoint- sions and budgetary considera- Abraham Aiona, A. Frenchy lands. Grants. The board deferred ment. The board approved the tions. The services will be con- DeSoto, and Clayton Hee dissent- consideration of grant requests selection of Roland Ahi Logan to from Hale Kuamo'o, 'Ahahui flll a pot on the Council vacated 'Olelo Hawai'i, and Wai'anae by Walter Ritte. Intern sought for museum training High School. II reque t per- Pai 'Ohana Amicus Brief. tained to Hawaiian language The board' attorney, Sherry The Conservation Services department at Bishop Museum, in conjunction with Office of Hawaiian instruction and promotion and the Broder, recommended that the Affairs, and with funding from OHA, seeks applicants for a full-time (40 hours a week) one-year intern- board wanted to ensure that the OHA board file the amicus brief hip, from July 1995 through July 1996. The internship is targed at native Hawaiians of at least 50 percent Hawaiian ancestry, to develop native curators and to foster partnerships between native communi- tie and museums. The internship is designed to strengthen understanding between the Hawaiian community and the staff of the museum. Bishop Museum recognizes the inherent interests of the Hawaiian GreRt New Book! people in the care and control of their spiritual and cultural property. The intern will work with several museum departments to become familiar with museum practices and procedures, and with the conservation staff to learn the preservation requirements of individual objects and the steps which are taken to maintain collections. In turn, the intern will communicate rele- vant information regarding community concerns and practices to museum staff. The internship will include attendance at professional museum meetings and study at a museum outside Hawai'i. CPcmrnGd[;)D@&3 Applicants should have a strong interest in Pacific culture and be able to demonstrate prior communi- [)rncD [P[ffiOOdG@0 ty involvement contemplating careers in museums or cultural programs are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be willing to work with different staff on a variety of projects, and to undertake by Luis A. Manrique directed and independent activities pertaining to museum practices. The intern must meet occupational physical requirements and must be able to traveL A monthly stipend based on $17,658/year, medical The main objective of this book is to present a comprehensive benefits and other museum privileges are provided. review of all management aspects of lowland and upland taro To apply: send resume and/or a letter of interest and two letters of recommendation by June 15 to production. The book provides up-to-date, in-depth coverage of Bishop Museum, Attention Carol Higa, Personnel, P.O. Box 19000-A, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817-0916. topics such as taro-growing soils and environments, fertilization , crop management, disease and pest control, and post-harvest technology. The book is an essential source reference for farmers, agronomists, scientists, extension workers, students wee summer institute highlights Hawaiian, Polynesian studies Windward Community College once again offers its two-week summer institute, beginning this month and anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the taro crop. with courses by master teachers in Hawaiian and Polynesian Studies. Seven innovative courses emphasize the cultures, languages and performing arts of Hawaiians and Polynesians. In addition, special cultural and To order, send money orders, purchase orders or checks for educational events are planned to further this unique learning opportunity. $36.00 per copy (add $3.00 for shipping and handling) to: Courses offered are: • Curriculum development in Polynesian studies, by Kalani Meinecke and staff Itanrjque • Introduction to Hawaiian Chant and Hula, by Edith McKinzie Internatjonal • Polynesian Music and Dance, by Kalani Meinecke and staff • Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (Intermediate), by Ron Loo Aarotech • Hawaiian Steel Guitar, by Jerry Byrd P.O. Box 61145 • The Marquesas: Past & Present, by Dr. Robert Suggs Honolulu, Hi. 96839 • New Zealand Maori Language and Culture: Challenge and Response to Change, Wiremu Kaa and staff Phone (808) 533-0391 Students, educators and community members are encouraged to enroll early. Enrollment is limited and restricted in several courses. Special discount for registering and paying for courses by June 5. For additional information call the WCC Office of Community Services at 235-7433. --

'Ao'ao 'UmikiiInaono (page 16) Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA lune (June) 1995

(This column is open to all OHA trustees to express their individual OHA Trustee's Views views and does not necessarily represent the official position of the Board of Trustees. Since these are individual opinions, OHA does not ' Ka mana '0 0 nil Kahu Waiwai pakahi take responsibility for their factual accuracy.) Polynesian Renaissance

by Moanike'ala Akaka stopped along the way to gather Ka' ie ' ie, also shared ho'okupu. The whole village Hawaj'i. The Makali'i was built primarily Trustee, Hawai'i awa, ti leaves, palapalai and more for the turned out. I was to tay with Tupuna by grassroots efforts of Big Island resi- send-off ceremonies of the canoes the next Tautini who have names like Lili'uokalani dents, school children, kupuna as well, The Polynesian Renai ssance, born of the day ; this was not done for a thousand and Kamehameha in her ' ohana, much who raised over $100,000 on their own Art and skills of celestial navigation is a years. This spiritual event included chants aloha shared. and contributed much hard labor. Once the pride to all, not only Polynesian - but to to gods Kanaloa, Ku, Kane and Lono that While HokiHe'a has been sailing since voyage is over, Na Kalaiwa'a will contin- all who can grasp the historic evolution of have been passed down from our ances- '76, this was the maiden voyage for the ue their educational sessions in the human-kind and his achievements on the tors for generations. Kumu Keli ' i Tau 'a Makali ' i and Hawai' iloa as well as Cook schools, for this canoe was built for the planet and most recently researched the ceremonie Island canoes Te 'Ao 0 Tonga and kamali'i (youths) of this island. All thl! beyond. Amongst the greatest and genealogical chants over Takitumu and New Zealand's Te 'Aurere. canoes will be excellent outdoor class- achievements must be count- several years, presented by Thanks to the Hokule'a which took the rooms for our youth as tbey learn to ed the feats of Polynesian he and his haumana (OHA first and subsequent voyages to the appreciate the feats of our Polynesian navigators who guided their helped pay for haumana Central and South Pacific there has been a ancestors, as well as math, science and great canoes acro s thou- preparation). This group rep- renewed sense of unity amongst Pacific celestial navigation. ands of miles to tiny islands resented us Hawaiians hon- Islanders whose peoples are bound It is my hope, and I believe this is shared in the vast and seemingly orably; as did the students through ancient genealogies. We are by all who aloha the 'iiina - that just as endless Pacific Ocean. from Kamehameha Schools, renewing those links with 'ohana. we found our way across the unknown I was honored to be in who had been in French We are proud of all the canoes as they oceans in the past, we shall regain our uku Hiva, Marquesas mid- Pol ynesia for weeks haring arrive in Hila. Te 'Au 0 Tonga first, fol- knowledge and mana and add these riches April at a gathering for the ong and dance under the lowed by Makalj' i, and tbe rest of the to the potential advantages technology return of the Polyne ian canoe to direction of teacher Randie Fang. The canoe afe at home after weeks at sea appropriately applied, offers us. In so Hawai'i, an hi storical event halted for Marquesa ns led by their much loved sailing north from the Marquesa . A job doing we will be helping all the world, its hundreds of years as colonialism et into mayor of Taiohae had practiced the dances well done to all those who had a part and habitants and environs. This is our aloha our Pacific domain. From the airport it for months, including the pig dance, (after supported this historic achievement. I am to all and the highest praise to the was almost three hours of bumpy, unpaved all , Kamapua' a came from the especially proud OHA gave $89,000 for Almighty Creator. road by truck to Taiohae Bay. Ride was Marquesas), for this auspicious event, the Makali 'i; she represented us well as Malama pono. Ua mau ke ea a ka 'aina i hared with Halau Maui ui 0 Kama. We while Cook Islanders, Maori and Tahitians did th e other canoes that came from ka pono. OHA on TV: Renewal of Hawaiiqn Unity by Rowena Akana out of general funds, the House tried to pass the interactive show continues Trustee-at-Large buck back to the Hawaiian people and force them to take all of the political heat for the Education and culture i the planned foc u of the econd In spite of Governor Cayetano' pledge to, sup- in tallment in OHA's interactive cable television erie, "aHA's port the Hawaiian HtmieLarid "settlement during Calllo the People: E (5 Mai. The program will air Ii e June 27 hi State-of-the-State addre s in January, the at 7 p.m. on Channel 24 (Channel 21 in Hawai'i Kai). Legi lature did not eem to hare The interactive program allow members of the public to call his enthu iasm for passage of pro- r-__ in and a k que tions of the panelists, usually aHA trustees and gressive legislation empowering the taff and experts in the field being discussed. Hawaiian people. In fact, the Senate side in an eleventh hour con- Rebroadcasts of aHA committee meetings, E (5 Mai and the prospects looked pretty dismal dur- ference committee, allowing for full Onipa a video are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. every Friday and at 7 ing the beginning of this year's funding for the next fiscal biennium Le&islative session, particularly in in the amount of $60 milljon. p.m. on Tue day on Channel 24. light of two measures that were The climate in the eighbor i land viewer should check local listings for broad- coming out of the House of changed Vlarkedly .towards' the end cast date and times. Representatives. These two initia- tbe,session becaus 1Hawaiian tive coming from the House " . were able their included House Bill 2071 and '--___------' .. differences and differli"ig ;ylsionsfor' House Bill 1828. Credit for halting the future to band togetfiertofight OHA Newsline: these two initiatives should be shared and all of these attacks on Hawaiian fupds. This enjoyed by all Hawaiians, who set aside their dif- renewal of Hawaiian unity may prove 1995 to be For an up-to-date recorded ferences and rallied together to protect Hawaiian a watershed year for our people. We shoUld all be message of scheduled OHA entitlements. proud of OUI; ability to frod common ground, sup- House Bill 2071 "Relating to Public Lands" portimpo,t1ant legislative measures and work Board of Trustee meetings, was introduced by House Finance Chair Calvin together fQrP9t:ntnon goals. It is my hope that , Say and would have reduced ceded land entitle- this sp'" 'P .. 'l-1okahi may continue to ggidegsS' call the OHA Newsline at ment due to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to throug rest of this important,year, alia whatever scrap (if any) were-left over after the inform our participation in tb.e":soyereignty 594-1979. Office of Hawaiian Affairs contributed to 20 per- plebiscite to be held at the end of the year. I cent of all capital improvement projects (CJP) wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate developed on ceded lands. This would have all of the Hawaiian who raised their voices this effectively wiped out all of the Office of year at the Legislature, of whom we should be so Weaver wins OHA's Hawaiian Affairs' roughly $18 million ceded proud. land revenues. Next month, I will continue with parfthree of Merrie Monarch A similarly disastrous measure for Hawaiians my ongoing attempt to keep you informed about was House Bill 1828, which would have raised what is going on with the Office of Hawaiian the State's general excise tax by 1 percent for Affairs' money managers. My next column will 'olelo Hawai'i award two years to generate the $600 million settle-focus on an item of concern shared by all nine ment. Adding to Hawai'i's already burdensome money managers, the fact that the Office of Ho'omaika'i (congratulations) to Noelani Weaver, who cost of living by raising the excise tax didn't sit Hawaiian Affairs has no coherent plan about won OHA's Hawaiian language award during the Merrie well with small businessmen and everyday work- how it wants to expend its investment earnings. Monarch Hula Festival's Miss Aloha Hilla competition. ing people, to say nothing of Hawaiians, who Without such a spending plan, the managers said Weaver, who received a cash prize from the Office of would have been the recipient of public outrage at a recent Budget, Finance and Policy meeting, Hawaiian Affairs, dances in the California-based Halau against the idea. By refusing to make the hard they cannot"be sure as to whether .or not their budget choices necessary to fund the settlement trategy is appropriate or Hula 0 Lilinoe; her kumu is " lune (June) 1995 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'Umikiimahiku (page 17)

(This column is open to all OHA trustees to express their individual OHA Trustee's Views views and does not necessarily represent the official position of the Board of Trustees. Si nce these are individual opinions, OHA does not Ka mana '0 0 na Kahu Waiwai pakahi take responsibility for their factual accuracy.)

Senate Bill 1336 creates a haven for our caretakers, Hui Imi, the self appointed incestuous alii nui group

by Billie Beamer Billion Asset portfolio, pends only $75 2. Alulike Inc., the mother subsidiary THE 93,000 ELIGIBLES. Trustee-at-Large million for it meager 3,000 students boasted a '93 federal budget of 12 million. 10. IMI NUl'S pompous magnanimity (43,000) in public chools, and are cavalier Still the Legislature was cajoled to appro- allocates OHA but one seat to their tired 1MI NUl' S political gamesmanship with the estate's non-profit sanctity. priate $659,847 from OHA's budget of 9 GOD playing socialistic board .. resulted in $40,000 and quarters in the Lt. • This entourage of sycophants (hangers- million. OHA's funds paid for Alu Like's 11. Since the Imis can only operate under Governor's office. on) justify that we, their admini trative salaries and consultant fees, the Aegis or cape of the State for its The Legislature, the dependent, "derelict, destitute, 50% of its expense. AUTHORITY, Governor, the Office of dumb darlings," need their 3. E OLA MAU A D PAPA OLA • Representation in this august body Hawaiian Affairs, the Dept. saving socialism. LOKAHI, Health entities received more includes State Administrative and of Human Services, are all • These money raker culti- than 13 million. Legislative bodies. dis ingenuou ly (craftily) vate politician to guarantee 4. NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE • Again the IMIS circumvent the included among the selective its bureaucratic influence. AND ARTS, AT THE BISHOP MUSEUM Constitutional Authority proclaiming OHA group in rMI NUl'S bill to • Sub idiary foundations gleaned 5 million. to be self governing oversee public and private concei ved by Trustee 5. THE KAMEHAMEHA ALUMNI • Article XII be damned, the imis know services for Hawaiians. Thompson were chartered to ASSOCIA TION, the estate's prime what's good for us. The paternalistic rMI NUl, collect Federal funds defender will do anything to assure accep- IMI'S concept of self-sufficiency and with an added "PONO" to its • A UWE, WHERE HAS tance of their ohana into the school. They sovereignty is to teach us to write grants, as name panders to a Bi hop ALL THE MONEY GONE? accuse the public of thieving our Hawaiian they have lived off others to survive. trustee's design to control every develop- None has issued an audited financial state- assets. Ironically the FOX is in their own DEPENDENCY IS PREFERRED TO mental aspect of the exploited needy ment. coop. SOVEREIGNTY. Hawaiian for purpo es of tapping govern- • The e un-elected elf-perpetuating 6. THE TIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL rMI SAYS, "BOLD ADVANCES AND mental aid. boards on the dole, claim an Alii ui right CORP recei e: more than one million from CHANGES ARE LONG OVER DUE." 1. Their Benefactor, quander an to rule all thing Hawaiian, even OHA. OHA. Its principals play musical chairs to • AND, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE partake of the federally funded FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, WITH entities like the Native Hawaiian THEIR MULTI-MILLIONS IN GRANTS? Yale symposium Advisory Board's $900,000; Hui • REMEMBER, THIS SAME GROUP by Kina'u Boyd Kamali'i Hawaiian self-determination, the students Naauao 's $990,000; and th e FORMED THE NUCLEUS OF THE Trustee-at-Large were e po ed to the entire gamut of choice Elections Council's $] .8 million HHLS TASK FORCE TO PRESCRIBE now being debated and discussed. funded by OHA and the State. ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR CATA- Ho 0 golden daffodil welcomed us to Perhaps it was the difference from 7. The financially defunct STROPHIC BOLD STEPS. 2500 the ale campus in New Haven, Hawai'i or the opportunity to be together Lunalilo home, received $200,000 AWARDS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND Connecticut. It was early April, and the alinost constantly, but the Hawaiian cOlJtin- from OHA, now qualifies for mem- WERE GIVEN. flower prematurely announced the coming eYent - often seen at odd at home - bership to oversee OHA, the help- TEN YEARS LATER, THE of spring even as the last reminder of wi,n- became a kind of family in .N:ew Haven. ing hand. AWARDEES STILL WAIT FOR THE ter brought temperatures in the .-----....,.,--=".., ::;.." ...... ;.-.., Our differences over'the mod- 8. DHHL, with a growing impa- INFRASTRUCTURE. 30' and a late nowfall. els of sovereignty were tient constituency, built only 500 WHILE THEY BROADCAST HOW At the invitation of Nil Keiki dwarfed by our common com- homes in the last 8 years, received DESTITUTE WE ARE, WE ARE YET Ke Aloha, an undergraduate mitment to the goal of a elf- 20 million in loan guarantees from TO RECOVER FROM THE STIGMA OF group of outstanding Yale determined choice by the OHA of which only 76,000 has THEIR SOCIALISTIC PATERNALISM. been drawn .. Univer ity tudents from Hawaiian people. Our differ- OHA 'S TRUSTEES MUST STAND UP 9. Liliuokalani's small Trust is a TO THESE ENVIOUS USURPERS. Hawai'i, we had come ix ence over the strategies to compliant political follower. WE MUST ASSERT OUR ELECTED thou and miles to participate achieve sovereignty were over- 10. The Civic Clubs boast 2,500 MANDATE FOR WHICH ONLY OHA IS in a Hawaiian Sovereignty whelmed by our common bond members, and flaunt their 2.5% of ACCOUNTABLE, NOT THE IMIS. Symposium . As encouraged by as Hawaiians. the 93,000 Hawaiians over age 18. WATCH TV CHANNEL 22, WED. 2-3 the university, the tbree-day Those feelings did not erase OHA ' S TRUSTEES ARE P.M. AND FRI. 7:30-8:30 P .M. FOR symposium stressed the oppor- our differences, but set them in ELECTED BY A BODY OF MORE. tunity for learning and offered different perspective. It was and is possible to pre- 55,000 VOTERS OR 60% OF modes of sharing - an infonnal setting for sent and discu deep differences in ideas 40 students and faculty at the Alumni with respect and mutual regard. This same House which included dinner, a panel pre- courtesy was even extended to Thurston sentation before an auditorium audience of Twigg-Smith. frOID about three hundred participants; and rotat- Tbe higbest and deepest values of our News Alu Like ing one-and-a-half bour workshops invoIv- community - indeed, the sense of commu- The Alu Like Entrepreneurship Training Program is a six- or ing about twenty-five peopJe per session. nity itself - is drawn from the Hawaiian seven-week (depending on location) course that teaches Invited as presenters were Dr. Kekuni culture. Aloha and tbe spirit of aloha can Hawaiians how to start or expand a business. Entrepreneurship Blaisdell (Ka Pilkaukau, the Sovereignty only exist -like respect and decency - in Working Group), Dr. Lilikala Kame'eleihi- a relationship of sbaring. If we fail to training has been expanded to include courses in leeward and wa (Ka Lahui Hawai'i), and myself for the understand and support that reciprocity, windward O'ahu communities. Another addition to the pro- Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). then nothing else can succeed. gram is an intensive half-day workshop in Honolulu on mar- Participating only in the panel presentation The best recent example of this sharing keting. was Thurston Twigg-Smith, the former eru- W'llS the Yale Symposium. Considerable Subjects covered include business attitudes, marketing, orga- tor of the Honolulu Advertiser and descen- credit and appreciation must be given to Nil dant of missionary Asa Thurston and over- E.:eiki!Ce Aloha for the plann'ing, determi- nization, financial management and business planning. The throw leader Lorrin Thurston. nation and commitment required to make schedule for the start dates of the upcoming entrepreneurship Also participating in the symposium Were the symposium a success. Most notable was training and workshop area as follows: Keoni Agard (Hui Na

'Ao'ao 'Ulllikiimawalu (page 18) Ka Wai 01a 0 ORA lune (June) 1995 Your Ticket to

"WE ARE FAMILY" - the ON TARGET Profile Get On Target Try it - the next time you're feeling stressed better. Come with On and Laugh have a really good laugh and you 'll see how Target to Kaua'i as much better you feel right away. Karen says, we visit the Hanalei Yourself Healthy "Life is a situation comedy! We need to think of firefighters, who are ourselves as a pressure cooker. In order for us not only saving lives Karen Keawehawai'i to cook properly and tenderize, we need that but setting an excel- is a busy woman. She pressure release valve on the top to let out lent example for is a mom, an enter- steam !" Humor is Karen's release valve; She health and well- tainer, and a volun- says, "It's my source of strength and how I keep ness. They exer- teer for many impor- my sanity." cise and eat fresh tant community healthy food that organizations. How does Watch July 2nd. Get On Target and Meet they grow themselves. Make Karen deal with the stress that her busy Hanalei's Healthy Firefighters! sure to watch On Target on KITV July 2 at 4 schedule places on her life? Well apart from All around the State of Hawai'i communities are p.m. and see what 'ono food the Hanalei fire- making music, Karen laughs her stress away. working together to make their quality of life fighters have cooked up!

JOIN THE ON TARGET TEAM - TAKE THE ON TARGET ON KITV ON TARGET TEAM CHALLENGE AND WIN! June 27, 7 p.m. - Stres Join the On Target Team and be Community Goal like: I Will Plant a July 2, 4 p.m. - Heart Disease eligible to win prizes including T- Garden With My Neighbors or I July 23, 4 p.m. - Teen Health shirts, caps, books, food coupons, Will Spend More Time With My July 30, 4 p.m. - Raising Kids tickets to events, trips and much Family. Get friends, family mem- August 6, 4 p.m. - Nutrition and Wellness more! To be an On Target Team bers, co -workers to join with you August 27, 4 p.m. - Cancer member just choose a well ness and help meet each others' September 3, 4 p.m. - Cancer goal and then Well ness Goals. You can also par- September 24, 4 p.m. - Exercise and Wellness send in your ticipate in our contests. Progress Winners will be Report to us picked every week. October 1, 4 p.m. - and tell us For more informa- Respiratory Illnesses October 22, 4 p.m. how you're do- tion call 923- Diabetes ing. Whenever we TEAM. Write to October 29, 4 p.m. - hear from you us at 733 Mental Health you 'll be eligible Bishop St. November 5, 4 p.m. - to win one of #170-62 , Pre-natal Care our prizes but Hono-Iulu, November 26, 4 p.m. - you're a win- HI 96813. Kupuna Health The ON TARGET hosts (left to right): We' r e ner anyway Karen Keawehawai'i, Sam Kapu, by making a waiting to Katrina Souza, ReI! Sunn, Hoku Haiku. difference. hear from Your well ness you! goal can be a SPONSORS Nutrition Goal like: I Will Eat More ON TARGET TEAM CONTEST A remarkable partnership has been formed to bring you On Target. Working together for the betterment of the community, the Queen Fresh Vegetables or I Will Eat - Tell us why we should come Less Fat; or it could be Fitness Emma Foundation, the Queen's Health Systems, Kaiser Goal like: I Will Walk Everyday or I and videotape what's in your Permanente and HMSA have joined with Papa Ola Lokahi and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to sponsor this statewide effort at Will Quit Smoking; or it could be a refrigerator! better health. Mahala to our sponsors! lune (June) 1995 Ka Wai Ola 0 ORA 'Ao'ao 'Umikiimaiwa (Page 19) He m.au hanana A calendar of events

Reservations required. Call 955- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. games and muddy work in the lo'i Hawai'i Volcanoes National park. Iune 0100. Noon. Free; sponsored by kalo. 9:30 - 11 :30 a.m. $3 for 7 p.m. at the Kilauea Visitor (June) V olcano Art Center. Call 967- members; $5 for non-members. Center Auditorium. Call 967- 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 8222. Reservations required. Call 955- 7184. "Tr ial of a Queen: 1895 0100. through June 11 Military Tribunal," play based 10 "The Art of Leimaking," 24 on the Republic of Hawai'i's trial "Songs for and of the Hawaiian Honolulu Academy of Arts exhi- 17 - 18 "Hawaiian Style," featuring the of Lili'uokalani for misprision of Monarchy," featuring composi- bition featuring lei made of feath- Waiki'i Music Festival, featur- Martin Pahinui Band and Kapono treason. Airing on 'Olelo, tions of and for the many beloved ers, flowers, shells and other ing entertainment by Martin Beamer in the final program of Oceanic Cablevision Channel 22 royal composers, sung by Nina materials. Also: historical pho- Pahinui, the Lim Family, Henry the Honolulu Academy of Arts Fridays in June at 9 p.m. OHA, Keali'iwahamana, Mahi Beamer tographs, artifacts, music and Kapono, Ho' okena, Dennis Nii Mele 0 Hawai'i program. 8 the Hawai'i Committee for the and others in the Honolulu documents celebrating the evolu- Pavao, and more. Also: arts and p.m. at the Academy of Arts Humanities and the National Academy of Arts Nii Mele 0 tion of leimaking. Hawai'i s most crafts and Hawaiian food booths. Theater. $12. Call 532-8768. Endowment for the Humanities Hawai'i program. 8 p.m. at the noted contemporary lei makers At the Waiki'i Ranch polo provided grants enabling the state Academy of Arts Theater. $12. will present workshops and grounds on the island of Hawai' i. Judiciary History Center to pro- Call 532-8768. 27 demonstrations. Free. Call 532- Call 329-5270. duce the play. Call 539-4999. "Kilauea - Still Flowing After 8741 for a schedule of related 12 All These Years," an update on events. 10 Ancient Hawaiian Ways, 20 Kilauea's ongoing eruption. Sponsored by Hawai'i Volcanoes Hula kahiko performance by Hawai' i ature Center program "Patterns of Petroglyphs in 3 Halau '0 Kekuhi, led by Kumu for children 6-8 years old and Hawai'i Volcanoes National National Park and the Hawai'i Manoa Queen's Bath Hike with ii I ani Kanaka' ole Zane and their parents. Celebrate Park," discussion on the possible Natural History Association. 7 the Hawai ' i ature Center' Kumu Pualani Kanaka ' ole . Kamehameha Day discovering relationship between worship of p.m. at the Kilauea Visitor Center Lorelei Elkins. 9 a. m. $3 for Kanahele, at the pii hula near how the ancient Hawaiians lived Lono and the piko ceremony per- Auditorium. Call 967-7184. member ' 5 for non-members. Volcano Art Center Gallery in with nature, focusing on clothes, formed at petroglyph sites in

' O hana Reunions Hekili Painting & Decorating. Commercial & residential profession- Na 'olzalla e hoiohui 'ia ana als. Telephone/fax number: 237-8545. (Lic. #C-18561). *** Ho'olehua, Moloka'i -3/4 acre residential lot no. 13 for sale with all infrastructure in. Call 1-800-578-1110 for more information. *** Pali more information, contact Monica at parade, and a lU 'au as well as the sharing Ke Ola Mamo and St. Francis Ko'olau Hawaiian Health Clinic in The descendants of the Rev. Adam Pali 456-3610 or Patti at 944-1750 (both are of genealogy and family history and pic- Hau'ulalHale'iwa for Native Hawaiian people who need medical ser- and Paao-ao Kila Poholopu and their five O'ahu numbers). tures. For information, contact William vices. Call 293-8423 for more information. children, Philip Paao-ao Pali Sr., Lilia Moses at P.O. Box 550, Warm Springs, *** , 1Zzie Pali, Mary Kawahine Haole Kaleikau, Kailiponi Oregon, 97761. Hookilci Pali and Laura Pali, will have a The descendants of Charles, Abraham, Ho'olehua, Moloka'i - Partner/investor wanted to produce flower family reunion with a potluck picnic at William, David Kaleikau and Mary Hukiku - Keulua crops and papaya on 15 acre agriculture lot. Call 1-800-578- 1110 Waimanalo Beach Park on O'ahu on Kaleikau Kailiponi are holding a family The ' ohana of Hukiku and Kapali before 3 p.m. Saturday, July 8 from 7 am. to 5:30 p.m. reunion at Ala Moana Park Magic Island Keulua will be having a reunion and *** ' Ohana members are asked to share in July 1995. For more information, con- potluck at MiI'ill Beach Park, Wai'anae, Call George Vincent at 235-2285 for information on genealogies and pictures. There will be tact Mrs. Moku Kaleikau Olszowka at O'ahu on Saturday, July 22 starting at 9 Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA's inexpensive classified advertising. talk-story time before entertainment. (510) 655-9837, or write to John a.m. Several activities will take place Connected 'ohana include Ako, Olswwka at P.O. Box 14, La'ie, Hawai'i throughout the day. The 'ohana includes Andrade, Antone, Auburn, Barboza, 96762. the offspring from their children: James Bright, Fairman, Goldstone, Gomes, Moses, Mary Kiko, Annie Flores, Jack Kakalia, Kalepa, Kalilikane, Mitchell, Naihe, Mokuiki & Ha'aheo Moses, Joseph Kaahanui Moses, Frank HAWAIIAN Salanoa, Salvadorif, Smith, Spencer, Descendants of Naihe and his two Moke, Louise Larinaga, Kalei Tisalona, Werner, and Wong. For more informa- sons, Mokuiki and Ha'aheo, will gather and Malia Santiago, as well as from the OWNED & tion contact Barbara Andrade Tachibana at Hukilau Beach in La'ie, O'ahu for a offspring of Lokalia Anakolio Holt, at 293-1618. family reunion June 29 - July 3. The James Lawrence Holt, Kaluna OPERATED reunion events will include a genealogy Keawekane, Malia Kaneaiakala, Cockett workshop, keiki activities, games for Keolas/Ahsings, and Kaahanuis. Contact The Cockett 'ohana will gather at its Dolores Levi (488-3530 on O'ahu) for $ FOR TWO NIGHTS both youth and adults, a crafts sale (bring U5 annual reunion to be held July 14-16 on your crafts and artwork), entertainment reunion information or Erik Kalani From A ROOM & CAR the lovely island of Uina'i. The Cockett ('ohana members are being called upon Flores (phone/fax 338-0229 on Kaua'i) ' ohana are descendants of Charles to share their talents), and a family feast for genealogical information. & BREAKFAST FOR TWO PERSONS Cockett, who arrived in Hawai'i about potluck (Saturday, July 1). There will be 2 Nites 3 Nites 4 Nites 1 Nite 1820 and served as a blacksmith for T-shirts available; gold for Mokuiki and Ni'ihau KONA SEASIDE HOTEL $115 $182 $230 $67 Hoapili, governor of Maui. It is said he California blue for Ha'aheo, stenciled A reunion of all family members of the HILO SEASIDE HOTEL $125 $197 $250 $72 also served as blacksmith for with the family crest (13-inch diameter Ni ' ihau, Nihau, Niheu, Kalalau and HILO-KONA COMBO $125 $197 $250 Kamehameha ill in Lahaina. Charles on back and 5-inch diameter on front). Kupanihi 'ohana will be held Aug. 17- married Elizabeth Becky Shaw of KAUAI SANDS HOTEL $125 $197 $250 $72 For more information or to offer sugges- 20. For further information contact MAUl SEASIDE HOTEL Lahaina and raised a family of nine chil- tions, contact either Harry K. Au at 293- aorni (Ni 'ihau) Ballesteros at 682-4814 $125 $197 $250 $72 dren: Joseph, William, Mary, Elizabeth, 5478 or Kela Miller (president) at 237- (O'ahu). · I 55 YEARS &OVER GET AFREE ARRIVAL George, Phoebe, Emily, Charles and 8858. SENIORS S.veCla BREAKFAST & DELUXE ROOM WIREFRIGERATOR Patrick. The theme for this Lana' i Hoomana / Holu reunion is "Lei ana Uina' i i ke Kalama MAUl SEASIDE HOTEL The descendants of Hoomana (W) and KAVAI SANDS HOTEL $49 Kauna'oa" (''Lana'i Wears the Kauna'oa The next Kalama 'ohana reunion will Holu (K) are planning a family reunion ROOMS KONA SEASIDE HOTEL Lei''). Most activities will be held at the be held at Kalama, Washington during for June 30 - July 3 at the Malaekahana ONLY HILO SEASIDE HOTEL From Social Hall in Uina'i beginning with a the town's annual Kalama City Fair State Park. Families include Hoomana, DISCOUNT AIRLINE TICKETS AVAILABLE. CAR get-acquainted social hour on Friday, weekend, July 14-16. Kalama is a small Holu, Davis, Delatore, Eberly, IN PACKAGE IS COMPACT W/AfC, FOR A MID July 13 at 5 p.m. Genealogy and craft town located along the 1-5 freeway in Kahawaiolaa, Koko, Kulaninakea, Kyle, GROUPS SIDE ADD $10; TOWN CAR OR VAN ADD $30. sessions, a tour of the island and a larger southern Washington state where Leleiwi, Liilii, McCauslin, Quemuel, CLEAN ROOMS-BEST PRICES·FRIENDLIEST dinner meeting/gathering are just a few Hawaiians settled in the 19th century and Recard, Scharsch, Young and others. SERVICE-LOCALLY OWNED activities planned for Saturday, July 14. Price includes a standard room. Rooms on this package have cable TV, 2 double beds or intermarried with the Native American Events planned are genealogy work- king bed, AlC, ceiling fans, and refrigerators. Car is 1995, AlC, compact, mileage free. Free On Sunday, July 16, special services led tribes. The whole community is looking shops, ancestry, mythology, photo parking. Hotels are on ocean, beach or by shopping areas. AIl with pools & restaurants. ses- Rooms subject to tn. Breakfast is a one time per person continental breakfast of toast, by Irene Cockett Perry will be held at the forward to meeting the Hawaiian and sions, slide shows, a photo display (old juice, and beverage. Seniors arrival breakfast value is $5.50 o(f menu, except in Hilo Cocketts' Ka L6kahi 0 Ka Malamalama where breakfast is continental. Package prices may be sligbtly higher on Holiday Indian families of Kalama The sharing times), games, swimming, and a family weekends. Special priced airCare is only available with our packages. TA 1231. Ho'omana Na'auao of Hawai'i of cultures will be an historical moment lii'au on July 1. Organizers are John "de Hotels Or Phone Directly to Hotel Protestant Church located on the K6'ele Some events being planned include par- McCauslin, 289-2829 (pager), 955-0555 Sand and Seasl MAll SEASIDE 1·800·560·5552 Lodge property, followed by an aloha ticipation in the Kalama county fair, tra- ext 436 (work); and Timmy Holu, 638- lunch at the K6'ele Lodge Hotel. For ditional dance performances, a kids' 8007. Honolulu, Hawan 96815 922 .1228 .BILO SEASIDE 1.800.560.5557 OffiCE OF HAWAIIAN AffAIRS

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