Ka Wai Ola O OHA – the Living Water of OHA Kepakemapa (September) 2004

Vol. 21, No. 09

Ka Wai Ola o OHA – The Living Water of OHA Kepakemapa (September) 2004

Honolulu mayoral race leaders square off on Hawaiian issues See Q&A on page 6

hoever becomes the next mayor of the City version – a process that is passionately opposed by with the mayoral front-runners, Duke Bainum and and County of Honolulu will be in charge Hawaiian trusts who use lease revenue to serve their Mufi Hannemann, to discuss their positions on issues Wof the municipality that has more Native beneficiaries. This long-running issue has heated up affecting Hawaiians. We also talked to longtime former Hawaiian residents than anywhere else in the world. again with a new bill in the City Council that would mayor and perennial candidate Frank Fasi, who recent So never mind that Hawaiian issues are usually repeal Honolulu’s forced conversion law. polls have placed a distant third in the race. considered to be more the kuleana of the state and Because of issues like this, it is important that federal governments — whoever wins the mayor’s Kanaka Maoli voters on O‘ahu take the candidates’ On page six of this issue is an in-depth question and race on O‘ahu will be making decisions that positions on Hawaiian issues into consideration when answer forum featuring mana‘o from mayoral candi- impact the lives of a great many Hawaiians. they make their choice for mayor. To help with this dates Bainum, Fasi and Hannemann. Read on ... One example is the issue of forced lease-to-fee con- process, Ka Wai Ola staff recently sat down separately NASA releases draft EIS for Mauna Kea project

Public comments being tradition and is now home to 12 telescopes, an antenna, a visitor station and a lodge.

According to oral traditions, the summit was Ferrar Derek Photo: accepted through Sept. 13 the meeting place of the gods Wäkea and Papahänaumoku, ancestors of the Hawaiian people and the islands themselves. By Sterling Kini Wong “We support astronomy on Mauna Kea,” says Kealoha Pisciotta of Mauna Kea Anaina ASA has released a draft of its envi- Hou, a community group that monitors the The summit of Mauna Kea, considered one of the most sacred places in ronmental impact statement for the mountain. “But enough is enough. No more Hawaiian tradition, is now home to 12 telescopes, with more planned. agency’s controversial Outrigger development on the summit.” N ment for the project. After the judge ruled Telescope Project planned for Mauna Kea. According to the draft EIS, on-site con- that the assessment had to be revised, NASA The draft EIS concludes that, while the struction and installation of the proposed decided instead to do the more comprehen- Outrigger Project by itself is unlikely to have telescopes would begin in 2005, and opera- sive EIS. a substantial negative effect on the mountain, tion would start in 2007. The telescopes The draft EIS for the project is the first to when the project is considered in the context would work in tandem with the W.M. Keck examine the cumulative impacts of over 35 of past and future astronomy developments, Observatory’s two existing 10-meter tele- years of astronomy development on Mauna the cumulative impacts to cultural and bio- scopes, which are the largest in the world, to Kea and all new developments slated until logical resources are adverse. search for planets around nearby stars. The 2033, when the University of Hawai‘i’s lease Native Hawaiian and environmental report also provides the island of La Palma in for the science reserve expires. groups have opposed the $50-million project, Spain’s Canary Islands as an alternative site In addition to the outrigger project, the which would involve building four to six 1.8- to Mauna Kea. draft EIS lists ten other proposed astronomy meter telescopes on the 13,796-ft. mountain NASA’s decision to initiate the EIS projects on Mauna Kea to be completed summit. They believe further development process stemmed from a U.S. district judge’s before the university’s lease expires, threatens the environment and cultural 2003 ruling in a lawsuit filed on behalf of integrity of Mauna Kea, which is considered OHA that, in part, challenged the space Results Pg. 16 one of the most sacred places in Hawaiian agency’s less rigorous environmental assess- See NASA on page 9 IN THIS ISSUE Ka Wai Ola o OHA Three Hawaiian organizations have filed Office of Hawaiian Affairs a federal lawsuit to stop the Army from 711 Kapi‘olani Blvd., Ste. 500 creating a Stryker Brigade Combat Team Honolulu, HI 96813-5249 PAGE in Hawai‘i without first considering alter- 9 native sites. See story on page 9. In mid-August, Hilo hosted the Olympics of outrigger canoe racing, when paddlers from around Polynesia and the world came together at the World Sprints. PAGE See story on page 11. 11 Aloha mai käkou e nä ‘öiwi Hawai‘i: All you need to register is verification of your Hawaiian ancestry through documents such as a photocopy of a If you are Native Hawaiian, now is the time to step forward certified birth certificate showing Hawaiian parentage, or and “kau inoa” – place your name to take part in the by prior verification through programs such as the process of self-determination. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Operation ‘Ohana and Hawaiian Today, the establishment of a new Native Hawaiian Registry. government is on the horizon and can be achieved with the will and support of the Hawaiian people. There is no blood-quantum minimum or age requirement.

The process is open to all indigenous Hawaiians, no mat- Make your voice heard. Kau Inoa to build a strong ter where you live. This community-driven effort is being Hawaiian nation. Kau Inoa registration forms are available moved forward by a broad-based coalition of Hawaiian from Hawai‘i Maoli Inc., a nonprofit arm of individuals and organizations with a wide variety of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, P.O. Box 1135, perspectives on Hawaiian nationhood. Honolulu, HI 96807, 808.394.0050, or online at www.OHA.org. The Kau Inoa registration is separate and unrelated to the provisions of the federal-recognition “Akaka Bill” now Mahalo! before Congress. PlaceYour Name

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR KA LEO KAIÄULU

DHHL evictions do with the proposed question but Then simply fill out the Kau Inoa instead praises the bill exclusively. application and become part of the Board of Trustees I take offense to the comments Would we lose nothing through this official list of Hawaiian voters shared by Linda Dela Cruz regard- bill? I don't know if this website is which will be used only for Haunani Apoliona ing evictions on Hawaiian Home meant to give Hawaiians a clear, building the nation and assessing Chairperson, Trustee, At-large Lands (KWO, Aug 2004). I find her true view of what this bill would national needs. comments demeaning to those imply or if it is a politically moti- The Hawaiian Coalition, Tel: 808.594.1886 homeowners who pay their mort- vated voice-box for the speedy Hawaiian organizations and indi- Fax: 808.594.1875 gages and taxes in a timely manner. acceptance of a largely misunder- viduals who have been meeting to Email: [email protected] The Department of Hawaiian Home stood and complicated issue! establish the steps in nation-building and have fiercely upheld John D. Waihe‘e IV Lands does not evict anyone with- Vice Chair, Trustee, At-large out first trying to work out a Lopaka Luis Ulumaheihei Purdy Hawaiian rights, will monitor the payment plan. We have to teach our Waimänalo, O‘ahu Kau Inoa process which is Tel: 808.594.1838 people to be responsible adults, not maintained by Hawai‘i Maoli. Fax: 808.594.0208 “leeches.” Wherever you live, either Kau Inoa is an act of self-deter- Email: [email protected] rent or mortgage has to be paid. The Lomilomi book mination, birthed and controlled by Rowena Akana owner or the entity holding the Hawaiians. On the other hand, Trustee, At-large mortgage has the inalienable right A book about Native Hawaiians delaying registering may mean to collect their due. This is not a who practiced lomilomi in the 18th, Hawaiians will be dictated to by the Tel: 808.594.1860 world of freebies. 19th and 20th centuries is being provisions of the Akaka Bill or Fax: 808.594.0209 If we taught our people to be compiled from Hawaiian language manipulated by power and Email: [email protected] responsible people, they would newspapers, the Bishop Museum money–hungry persons with private Dante Keala Carpenter become independent and able to archives and other published political agendas – instead of by the Trustee, O‘ahu help others. A good start is to take a sources. Topics include pule, grassroots who want to uplift all course in finances. Hawai‘i ho‘oponopono, massage, bone-set- Hawaiians. Tel: 808.594.1854 Community Assets has and contin- ting, diagnosis, cleansing, family Nevertheless, if you want to Fax: 808.594.0210 practice, physical therapy, body maintain the status quo; or if you Email: [email protected] ues to sponsor seminars for homeowners and potential homeowners. molding and legal status. believe in the Akaka Bill and its Donald B. Cataluna Let’s be more akamai and teach As editor of the book, I am indigenous native status; or if you Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau our people rather than make seeking old books, pamphlets, believe in independence; or if you excuses for them. films, mele, articles, stories, letters, are still unsure, join Kau Inoa. Let Tel: 808.594.1881 manuals or other documents with us unite, educate ourselves on all Fax: 808.594.0211 information about these topics. the options and decide for ourselves Allen H. Ai Email: [email protected] Also needed is any information our form of government and, more Pukalani, Maui Linda K. Dela Cruz about Emma Akana Olmstead (or important, our future. Trustee, Hawai‘i Omsted) who lived in Häna, Maui, Recognition inquiry in the 1930s and who was an infor- Lela M. Hubbard Tel: 808.594.1855 mant for the Bishop Museum. ‘Aiea, O‘ahu Fax: 808.594.1883 I am a young Hawaiian student Please contact me on O‘ahu at Email: [email protected] who recently visited the OHA site 282-2743, or mail to P. O. Box Colette Y. Machado concerning federal recognition. I 1835, Kailua 96734, or email Trustee, Moloka‘i and La¯na‘i have many questions and worries [email protected]. OHA reserves the right to edit all concerning the proposed federal letters for length, defamatory and libelous material, and other objec- Tel: 808.594.1837 “recognition” of Native Hawaiians. Makana Chai tionable content, and reserves the Fax: 808.594.0212 One of my most pressing questions Kailua, O‘ahu Email: [email protected] right not to print any submission. is, “What would the Hawaiian peo- All letters must be typed, signed and Boyd P. Mossman ple lose with the passing of this not exceed 200 words. Letters can- Trustee, Maui legislation?” I was happy and Kau Inoa not be published unless they are surprised to find “What do signed and include a telephone con- Tel: 808.594.1858 Hawaiians stand to lose?” on the Want to help create the Hawaiian tact for verification. Send letters to Fax: 808.594.1864 Ka Wai Ola o OHA, 711 Kapi‘olani Email: [email protected] site. I was, however, very frustrated Nation? Want to uphold the legacy by the answer OHA provides to this of our ancestors? Want to act Blvd., Ste. 500, Honolulu, HI Oz Stender question. The answer has nothing to instead of talk, talk, talk? 96813, or email [email protected]. Trustee, At-large

Tel: 808.594.1877 Fax: 808.594.1853 Email: [email protected] L EKA Kälele KWO FOCUS LETTER

Ka Wai Ola o OHA “The Living Water of OHA” Küpuna bridge generations

Published monthly by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Grandparents, through the generations, have gener- scenario is rare. This doesn’t mean, however, that fam- 711 Kapi‘olani Boulevard, Ste. 500, Honolulu, Hawai‘i ally played an important role in society. As older ilies don’t keep in touch, or interact with grandparents. 96813. Telephone: 594-1980 or 1-800-468-4644 ext. relatives, grandparents often serve as teachers, friends Today, I have 17 grandchildren, ranging from five to 41888. Fax: 594-1865. Email: [email protected]. World Wide Web location: www.oha.org. Circulation: and beacons in a child’s life. When I was young, my 26, and nine great grandchildren. This brood includes 64,000 copies, 58,000 of which are distributed father’s mother was a role model in my ‘childhood biological, steps, and blends – very much a 21st cen- by mail, and 6,000 through island offices, state and life.’ Grandma spoke Hawaiian and broken English, tury family – about a dozen nationalities through the county offices, private and community agencies and and she was a lauhala weaver. She taught me so much family’s various veins. I love every one of them as if target groups and individuals. Ka Wai Ola o OHA is about values and love and a lot of the Hawaiian they were my own. We gab, gallivant, goof around, printed by RFD Publications, Inc. Hawaiian fonts are provided by Coconut Info. Graphics are from Click language. Prayer/religion, attending church was give-and-get from one another often, even though we Hawaiian Art, 1996 Varez/CI. Advertising in Ka Wai always a must. are separated by lots of miles. Ola o OHA does not constitute an endorsement of Growing up on an island where intergenerational Through sharing, grandparents help subsequent products or individuals by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. interaction is very much valued and a viable part of generations to love, laugh, learn and live. They also the island lifestyle and tradition, I determined early on help to pass on legends and lore of a family and Ka Wai Ola o OHA is published by the Office of to do my very best to be one of the greatest grand- society – mai hanauna i hanauna (from generation to Hawaiian Affairs to help inform its Hawaiian mothers around. I wanted very much to be an impor- generation). To God I give all the glory, honor and beneficiaries and other interested parties about tant part of my grandchildren’s lives. praise for the ability to write. Mahalo ke Akua. Hawaiian issues and activities and OHA programs and efforts. Events of interest to the Hawaiian community It used to be that many family members literally are included in the Calendar on a space available basis. went “over the river and through the woods” to grand- Maile Kinimaka Inclusion does not constitute endorsement or validation mother’s house. With today’s mobile society, that Lïhu‘e, Kaua‘i of the event or the sponsor by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

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and the second loan is up to 3 percent Contact Moloka‘i OHA Office, 808- NMAI opening of the purchase price. This allows bor- Ocean resources 560-3963 or 808-560-3611; rowers to finance costs associated with • Läna‘i – Wed. Sept. 29, Läna‘i Sept. 21 will mark the opening OHA, working in partnership with their home purchase. Public and School Library, 6–8:30 of the National Museum of the the Association of Hawaiian Civic The maximum term for the first p.m. Contact Joelle Aoki, 808-565- American Indian (NMAI) in Clubs, will be sponsoring community mortgage is 30 years, and 15 years for 6043; Washington, D.C. As part of the open- conversations in September and the second. The mortgage will cover • O‘ahu – Wai‘anae, Honolulu, ing festivities, native communities October to integrate traditional and most closing costs and is guaranteed Käne‘ohe, Hale‘iwa – dates, times and from throughout the Western cultural knowledge into the Hawai‘i by OHA. locations TBA. Contact Apolei Hemisphere will participate in a pro- Ocean Resources Management Plan For more information on the OHA Bargamento, 594-1961. cession on the National Mall. The Update. The meetings, scheduled for 103 Loan Program, please call 594- procession will be followed by the each island, will allow the community 1926. museum’s opening ceremony and a to share concerns and knowledge O‘ahu coalition reps six-day Festival of the First Americans. about ocean and coastal issues specific OHA is planning a Hawai‘i recep- Hälau Lökahi bus to each island. The Native Hawaiian Coalition rep- tion in Washington, D.C., on Sun., Issues raised at these meetings will resenting all islands and the continent Sept. 19. Native Hawaiians from At a ceremony in early August, stu- be incorporated into the Hawai‘i has been meeting to establish a process Hawai‘i and abroad who plan to dents and staff at Hälau Lökahi charter Summit-to-Sea 2004 conference that will provide the Hawaiian people attend the NMAI opening are encour- school received the keys to a much- scheduled for Dec. 6-8 at the Sheraton with a mechanism for achieving self- aged to call the Office of Hawaiian needed mini-bus that will transport Waikïkï Hotel, as well as follow-up governance through self-determina- Affairs at 808-594-1888, so that we kumu (teachers) and haumäna (stu- workshops that will integrate Native tion. may keep in contact with you. dents) to outdoor learning sites around Hawaiian resource-management Moku O Käkuhihewa members of Information on the NMAI opening O‘ahu. OHA and Bank of Hawai‘i knowledge throughout the revised the Native Hawaiian Coalition have can be obtained online at teamed up to provide a combined Hawai‘i Ocean Resources chosen interim representatives for the www.AmericanIndian.si.edu, or by $35,000 toward the purchase of the Management Plan. six moku‘äina of O‘ahu until perma- calling toll-free at 877-830-3224. bus. “The community’s input will be nent leadership is established. invaluable for assuring the Participation by Känaka Maoli of the Homeowner program protection and incorpora- respective districts is invited for the tion of Native Hawaiian purpose of outreach and organization for O‘ahu as a part of the Native Native Hawaiians hoping to pur- values and knowledge into Hawaiian Coalition. chase a home in the state should be the current practices that Contact the following moku‘äina aware that the OHA 103 Loan Program impact ocean and coastal representatives if you wish to partici- still gives eligible Hawaiians access to resource management,” pate: a mortgage program designed to pro- said OHA Native Rights • ‘Ewa: Lela Hubbard, 487-2311 and vide 103 percent financing that will Advocate Heidi Kai Guth. Toni Lee, 455-3985. eliminate the need for a downpayment The meeting schedule is • Ko‘olaupoko: Mel Kalähiki, 236- and minimize closing costs. as follows: 3636 and Sol Naluai, 235-4958. Created in May 2002, the OHA 103 • West Kaua‘i and • Ko‘olauloa: James Woolsey, 234- Loan Program, a partnership between Ni‘ihau – Mon. Sept. 13, 6282. the agency, Bank of Hawai‘i, First Kekaha Neighborhood OHA and Bankoh officials present the new school bus to • Kona: ‘Umialiloa Sexton, 942-0905 Hawaiian Bank and Fannie Mae, was Hälau Lökahi students and staff. Photo: Sterling Kini Wong. Center, 6-9 p.m. Contact and Roy Benham, 593-0691. allocated $135 million in financing to Kaua‘i OHA Office, 808- Hälau Lökahi serves 100 students • Waialua: Bill Haole, 792-4460. offer Native Hawaiians mortgage loans 241-3390 or 808-651-2527; from grades K-12, infusing Hawaiian • Wai‘anae: Hailama Farden, 383-5868 and informational workshops. • East Kaua‘i – Tues. Sept. 14, culture, values and language into its and Arthur Kaleikini, 696-8258. Homes eligible for mortgages under Kapa‘a Public Library, 6-9 p.m. curriculum. The school is currently Chosen as interim chair and vice the program must be located within the Contact Kaua‘i OHA Office, 808-241- based at Pälama Settlement, but is chair were Annelle Amaral and Elmer state and can be new or existing sin- 3390 or 808-651-2527; looking for a permanent home. Ka‘ai. gle-family residences and approved • Hilo – Mon. Sept. 20, Komohana Hälau Lökahi Director Laara Allbret townhouse or condominium units. The Agricultural Complex, 875 Komohana said, “We are very blessed with OHA home cannot be on DHHL land and Ave., 6:30-9 p.m. Contact Hilo OHA Kawaiaha‘o kahu and Bankoh to come to our aid. [Our must be the loan recipient’s primary Office, 808-920-6418; students] attend community events all residence for the life of the loan. • Kona – Tues. Sept. 21, evening, Kawaiaha‘o church ended a 14- the time and generally walk every- Fixed-rate mortgages are available location TBA. Contact Kona OHA month search for a new kahu in July, where. This bus will be a welcomed for homes up to $451,050. Interest Office, 808-329-7368; when it named Rev. Curtis Kekuna as respite.” rates are set according to the current • Maui – Wed. Sept. 22, Maui its new senior pastor. OHA awarded a $25,000 administra- market rates offered by Bank of Community College Student Lounge, Members of Hawai‘i’s oldest tor-approved grant for the bus, which Hawai‘i and First Hawaiian Bank. 6-9 p.m. Contact Maui OHA Office, Christian church had no problem was purchased from AJA Bus Sales, Borrowers receive two loans for 103 808-243-5219; choosing Kekuna as its new senior who also painted and provided signage percent of the home value. The first • Moloka‘i – Fri. Sept. 24, Külana pastor, with 106 of 117 voters backing for the vehicle. loan is 100 percent of the home value ‘Öiwi Conference Room, 6:30–9 p.m. him. Kekuna now assumes a position

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NEWSBRIEFS NÜ HOU that as been vacant for all but 18 months thrive,” said master navigator Chad Kälepa since the departure of Rev. William Kaina Baybayan. “It is grounded in the mauli, that in 1997. cultural foundation which is a feature of This search, however, was not without [‘Aha Pünana Leo] programs.” controversy. Last year, Rev. Kaleo Baybayan said that the canoe is a unique Patterson failed by just four votes to addition to the voyaging family in that it’s receive the two-thirds majority needed to the first to be made out of composite mate- become senior pastor, making him the first rials, including foam and fiberglass, which McDonald Carol Photo: nominee in the church’s 160-year history were chosen for easy maintenance and who was not approved by its members. increased safety. Höküalaka‘i is also the Kekuna, 56, has had a long affiliation first in the family to be made from a mold, with Kamehameha Schools, having gradu- which will enable others to make future ated from the school in 1966 and worked as canoe hulls easier and faster. a chaplain there since 1980. For the last Construction for the mold began in 2001, year, he served as senior chaplain at the with some of the most respected Hawaiian Sen. Daniel K. Inouye shares a moment with Patricia M. Zell, Esq. school’s Kea‘au campus on Hawai‘i Island. canoe builders and voyagers contributing to Kekuna received his master’s degree in its design, including, among others, Herb youth ministry from Fuller Theological Käne and Ben Finney, both original Senate Staffer Dr. Patricia M. Zell, Esq. Seminary in California in 1973. founders of the Polynesian Voyaging honored in grand Hawaiian style Society, traditional koa canoe builder Wally Pünana Leo canoe Froiseth and master navigator Nainoa n Aug. 20, more than 400 people gathered to honor Thompson. Dr. Patricia M. Zell, Esq., long-time congressional In August, ‘Aha Pünana Leo launched the Ostaffer on the Senate Committee of Indian Affairs, newest member in the venerated family of LCC classes who will be leaving her post at the end of the year. For more Hawaiian long-distance voyaging canoes. than two decades, Dr. Zell has advocated for a myriad of Höküalaka‘i (guiding star) is a 58-foot Leeward Community College has programs benefiting American Indians, Alaska Natives and double-hulled canoe that will be used as a announced its 2004 fall schedule of non- Native Hawaiians. classroom for students of ‘Aha Pünana credit classes that focus on Hawaiian topics. “Patricia Zell has her ‘fingerprints’ on many programs Leo’s Hawaiian-language immersion Originally, LCC’s Native Hawaiian Hawaiians enjoy today,” said Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, referring schools. The canoe has equipment that will Education program was offered tuition-free to Pünana Leo, the Kamakaküokalani Center for Hawaiian allow students to access the Internet and for Native Hawaiians through a federal Studies, Alu Like Inc. and many more. Among the formal email on board, and was also designed to grant. However, when the grant expired, ho‘okupu presented to Zell was a Hawaiian name, be easy enough for a group of young adults organizers decided to continue the program “Kaleikaumakaikahano” (the beloved person who is looked to sail. and open it for the whole community. The upon with love, dignity and respect). “Höküalaka‘i is a floating honua, or cul- “I am truly overwhelmed,” said Zell in closing remarks. “I will take this aloha and mana with me and cherish ture environment, where our language will See BRIEFS on page 23 it always.”

Kepakemapa 05 ll 10 candidates for Mayor of Honolulu will face off in the primary election on Sept. 18. If any candidate receives more Athan 50 percent of the vote in the primary, he or she wins the nonpartisan election outright. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters will face off in the Nov. 2 general election. A Star-Bulletin/KITV poll published in early August showed Duke Bainum leading the race with 39 percent, ahead of Mufi Hannemann at 32 percent and Frank Fasi at 12 percent. However, with 17 percent of respondents saying they were still undecided, the race is far from over. On separate days in mid-August, Ka Wai Ola staff interviewed Bainum and Hannemann about their stands on issues impacting Compiled and photographed Hawaiians. We asked the candidates six identical questions; their by Ka Wai Ola o OHA Staff answers are presented here side-by-side to help compare their positions. Some answers have been edited for length.

A bill now before the City Council would repeal the law that Mark Edmund Duke Bainum allows the city to force mandatory lease-to-fee conversion in was born in Maryland in 1952 and Q: condominiums. If a repeal measure such as this were to reach raised part time there and part-time your desk as mayor, would you sign it or veto it, and why? on his grandmother’s farm in Arkansas. When he was young, his I will sign Hannemann: Bainum: I served two terms in parents, originally a plumber and a the bill. My preference has the state House and two terms in the teacher, built a small motel on the always been that property A: City Council representing Waikïkï and Maryland seashore. Eventually, the owners should not be surrounding neighborhoods, one of extended Bainum family grew dictated by government when to sell the most densely populated areas of wealthy in the motel-chain business, and how much their property is worth. condos that face conversion. I believe a a family fortune that has enabled On the Council, I expressed those representative’s job is to represent Bainum to subsidize his mayoral concerns, but when the Ninth Circuit those who elected you, so I have campaign with personal loans totaling Court ruled that it was the law of the supported mandatory leasehold about a million dollars. land, I voted to uphold the law. conversion. I believe in people’s right After graduating from medical In 1998, John DeSoto, Donna Kim, to own a home. At the same time, I school in Maryland, Bainum settled myself and Rene Mansho unsuccessfully understand and appreciate the in Hawai‘i in the early 1980s after he fully tried to repeal the law, but we nature of the Native Hawaiians’ legacy came here to do a surgical residency. He has been married three times, cur- could only find four votes. When we to future generations, and so, clearly, rently to the former Jennifer Toma from Hawai‘i island. lost, I said, you know what – my job these are highly emotional issues and Once in Hawai‘i, Bainum soon became involved in politics. After serving again is to uphold the law, and there- have been all along. as a staffer for Sen. Bert Kobayashi in the state Legislature and a stint on the fore I voted accordingly. I’ve always thought, though, that McCully-Mö‘ili‘ili Neighborhood Board, he was elected as a Democrat to the My position today is that if a bill to the city’s proper role is to be a conduit state House of Representatives in 1990, representing Waikïkï. In 1994, he was repeal hits my desk as mayor, I will do for leasehold conversion, not an advo- elected to the Honolulu City Council, where he served until his two-term what my preference has been all along cate, and many people feel the city limit ran out 2002. and sign it. I really believe that we has crossed that line. Under a Bainum need to maintain the sanctity of administration we will be exactly that the trusts, like Lili‘uokalani and — a neutral conduit. We will not be that all of O‘ahu receives the same kind Äliamanu is once a month. Waikïkï is Kamehameha Schools, which were set out there encouraging conversion. of benefits that certain parts received once a week. If you live in Leeward, up to ensure that the legacy and future That being said, I would still veto Bill during his tenure in office. Central or Windward O‘ahu, or the of Hawaiian children are safeguarded. 53 (the Council bill to repeal I think it’s also important to have a North Shore, you have to call and make In my mind, this is what is pono, and forced conversion). mayor who doesn’t just come to an appointment, and the city may come this is what I want to do. Wai‘anae, Waimänalo or Nänäkuli dur- and pick it up in four to six months. ing election season, someone who has- That will end with Mufi Hannemann as Many people who live in areas with a high percentage of Native n’t had experience working with these mayor. It doesn’t matter where you Hawaiians feel that the level of city services in their neighbor- communities, as I have had through reside, you should be entitled to the Q: hoods is inadequate in comparison to other areas. Do you see these years. Whether you live in same benefits that anyone else receives. this as a problem, and if so, what action would you take to Wai‘anae, whether you live in Another example: As mayor, I would address it? Waimänalo, Papakölea or Nänäkuli, never have only one Council district you can be assured that, as mayor, Mufi have a private trolley service as you see Hannemann will make sure that now between Kaimukï, Kapahulu and Bainum: I think almost secondary access road into the whatever other areas are receiving in Waikïkï. We as taxpayers are subsidizing everyone on O‘ahu feels Leeward coast. It’s not only a terms of benefits and services, you are over a million dollars so that one A: like they’ve been under- convenience; it’s a necessity. entitled to that also. Council district can have that kind of served in basic city Landfill is another issue. First of all, My campaign platform talks about trolley service, which runs on the same services, and in fact they we need to extend the lives of our making sure that our roads are existing line as our present bus service. have. That’s why the underpinning of landfills, and we do that by recycling resurfaced, our sewers are maintained, What about a trolley service for our campaign is honest change, which and everything else we can do. Second, our parks are taken care of, waste man- Wai‘anae and Nänäkuli, to take our means to break the cycle of illegal we need to be looking at new technology. agement, public safety ... these are seniors to places that they need to go campaign donations for city contracts, I am on record against the Kailua issues that will also be addressed to? What about a trolley service for a practice which, in my opinion, has landfill. Why? There is a reason that in outlying areas, especially areas Papakölea? I really believe we have lead to millions and millions of dollars you put landfills in dry areas, because that have strong Native Hawaiian strayed from making sure that everyone being wasted, besides the fact that it otherwise you have all that rain and all populations. who lives on O‘ahu, and especially our has lowered the faith of people in their that seepage. That doesn’t mean I want I’ll give you an example: Right now Native Hawaiian community, gets the elected officials. to put that landfill in Nänäkuli; I am we have a policy that says that bulky same kind of benefits that we see going The result will be the city saving opposed to that. What we need to be item pickup from East Honolulu to elsewhere. millions of dollars that we can spend doing is looking at new long-term on services. That means making sure technology solutions so we can minimize In what other ways do you think the county could help with such we have enough police, firefighters, our use of any land. problems as Hawaiians’ historically low health, economic and ambulance drivers and lifeguards who Another issue is bus service. We Q: education statistics? are well-equipped and well-trained to have a great bus system, but we have to help protect our lives and property. It maintain it. More importantly, we need means coming up with a transportation a long-term, affordable, environmen- Hannemann: First of all, with OHA, partnering with Alu Like program that really works. It means tally sound light rail system. We cannot I think we should not look and other nonprofit organizations that better maintenance of our roads and maintain our economy unless we A: at those responsibilities as are helping Hawaiians. fixing our sewer system. It’s not just address our transportation problems. A state responsibilities, to say I am going to be a mayor that knows short term; it’s long term solutions. ferry is fine, but that is going to that it’s the state’s job to how to get federal grants. I have a Certainly, to me, one of the areas that maybe help a thousand people a day. address the social and health needs of federal background that speaks to four needs a lot of help is the Leeward We’ve got 6,000 people pouring out the Native Hawaiian community. Since different presidential administrations, coast. When I was chair of the from Pearl City alone in the morning O‘ahu is where 80 percent of the state and I’m going to rely on that back- Council’s Transportation Committee, I rush hour. population resides, and where 80 ground to go and get grants that might was one of the leading advocates of an percent of the taxes are collected, it just be applicable for our Native Hawaiian emergency access road. That’s okay, Hannemann: I think Mayor Harris makes sense for the mayor of the largest community. And I’m going to have a but it’s not the long term solution, by a spent a lot of time beautifying Waikïkï county in the state to step up and be strong follow-through mechanism at long shot. What we need is a road that and Chinatown. I see my job as mayor more proactive in resolving these issues City Hall that will work with Native goes through the pass – a true as making sure that there is a balance, and concerns. So that means partnering Hawaiian groups to bring about a better

06 September Important dates Primary election: Sat. Sept. 18 The Fasi Factor General Election: Tue. Nov. 2 ounding out the top three in fire protection, traffic control and Registration information: The registration deadline for the primary election the Honolulu mayor’s race everything else. That’s what room is 84-year-old Frank Fasi, taxes are supposed to be for. That’s has already passed. The registration deadline for the general election is Mon. R who knows a thing or two about the one of the changes I want to make, Oct. 2. For information, call 453-8683 from O‘ahu or toll-free from the neighbor job, having served six terms total- so all of that money can ing 22 years as mayor between benefit all of us – especially people islands at 800-442-8683, or visit hawaii.gov/elections. 1968 and 1994. While polls indi- who don’t have anything.” cate he is running significantly • Exploring the possibility of behind Bainum and Hannemann, it building a casino on Midway Muliufi Francis Hannemann was appears that Island: “Do you born in Honolulu in 1954, soon after his Fasi could at know how many parents came to Hawai‘i from American least be enough tens of millions of Samoa. Raised in Kalihi, he attended high of a factor in dollars would come school at ‘Iolani, where he was an acade- the race to pre- into the state from mic and athletic standout. He then went on vent either of that? I’m opposed to Harvard on an academic scholarship, the top two to any kind of casi- where he majored in government and let- candidates no gambling or tered in basketball before graduating cum from getting lottery on the main laude and receiving a Fulbright scholar- more than 50 islands, but if the ship to study in New Zealand. percent of the money is there, why In the late 1970s, Hannemann joined the vote in the not look into it? I administration of Gov. George Ariyoshi as Sept. 18 prima- don’t even know if a special assistant. Soon after, he left for ry. That would it’s possible, but if Washington, D.C., to work on Pacific force a run-off it is, let’s go after Island affairs in the Carter administration. between the top it.” Subsequently, he served in various federal two primary • Pursuing the capacities under presidents Reagan, Bush (the first) and Clinton. While in vote-getters in the Nov. 2 general sale of Aloha Stadium (which was Washington, he met congressional aide Gail Mukaihata; they married in 1992. election. built during his second term as In the’80s, Hannemann worked as VP for marketing and public affairs at C. In a recent conversation, Fasi mayor): “In 1992, the Mall of Brewer before joining the Waihe‘e administration, first as the head of the Office emphasized his impoverished America offered us $500 million of International Relations, then as the director of Business, Economic upbringing during the Depression, for that rustbucket. That stadium Development and Tourism. sounding his longtime theme of belongs to the City and County Hannemann twice ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives championing society’s underdogs. taxpayers; why aren’t we going as a Democrat. In 1994, he was elected to the Honolulu City Council from the “I’m for the little guy, whoever he after that money?” 8th District (Fort Shafter to Waipi‘o Gentry) and served one-and-a-half terms, is,” Fasi said. “I don’t care if it’s Asked about the possibility of including serving as Council Chairman. In 2000, Hannemann resigned from the Hawaiian, or Chinese, or Japanese, repealing mandatory leasehold Council and ran for mayor unsuccessfully against incumbent Jeremy Harris. or whatever. If people need help, conversion, Fasi said, “I’d have to balance than what we see now. Some of homeless, many of whom are Hawaiian. you’ve gotta help them, whatever it know all of the factors, which we these issues remain unresolved because And it means high crime rates, many of takes. If you look at my record, if don’t know right now. If the of benign negligence on the part of the which are in areas where we have high something is unfair, I’m there to majority of the people agree and government, and I want to be much more densities of Hawaiians. help. I haven’t forgotten that I think this is the direction we proactive in addressing these concerns. Finally, we need to do more on health come from the ranks of the little should go in, whether I agree with issues, and we can do it in a lot of guy; I know what it is to be cold, to it or not, who am I to say ‘oh no, I Bainum: As a physician, I know well different ways. It’s not just diet, it’s be hungry and have nothing.” don’t want to go in that direction.’? that the Native Hawaiian community has psychological; its all about getting back Fasi said his first priority would Eventually, the bottom line is, it’s the lowest life expectancy of any other to Hawaiian healing practices that work be to repair city infrastructure that got to be adjudicated by the courts. group in Hawai‘i, three times the amount the best. We have got to encourage that he said has been neglected under I say, hey let the law take its of heart disease, cancer, diabetes. These any way we can, whether it’s zoning the administration of Jeremy course. Let’s find out what’s the are deplorable statistics, so anything and change, the permitting process, getting Harris (who was managing director best and fairest direction to go in.” everything the city can do to improve federal funds. in Fasi’s last administration.). He Regarding issues of Native that, like partnering with the private And lastly, the city administration said he would find the funds to pay Hawaiian rights in general, Fasi sector, the state and the feds, we must do. needs to reflect Honolulu. I think it’s out for such improvements said, “I don’t want anybody left For example, the weed and seed of kilter. That’s why I am on record that without raising taxes by “going out or discriminated against. I’m programs have made tremendous I am going to have women make up at after the money where it is.” for everybody – Hawaiians or advances in fighting crime and ice, and least 50 percent of my cabinet, directors, “You make me the mayor, and I whoever.” He added: “Sometimes I we need to make sure that they deputy directors, boards and commis- guarantee we aren’t going to raise think if I had been born Hawaiian, continue – and in fact they need to be sioners. Our cabinet has to reflect the taxes, we’re going to reduce taxes, I would be fighting like hell for my expanded. The federal government is Native Hawaiian community as well, and because I know where the money ancestors too. I know how they cutting back on its funding, so we need I think that has been sorely lacking. That is,” he said. feel, because if I were Hawaiian, to step up to the plate. We get about is going to be corrected under the Among his proposals: I’d feel the same way. So what $16-18 million a year in federal Bainum administration. There are many • Fighting to shift the bulk of you’ve got to do is to make Community Development Block Grants. well-qualified Native Hawaiians. They hotel room-tax revenue from state sure – under the system that we Those funds need to be focused on the will all do great jobs and be great role coffers to the county: “All over the have – that you don’t forget who neediest populations, which means the models for our young Hawaiians. world, except here, room taxes are originally settled these islands. I collected to help pay for police and haven’t forgotten.”

As mayor, how would you work to protect archaeological sites and awareness of those issues. It was When I was on the City Council, I natural resources that come under your jurisdiction? What might something I will never forget. As was the councilmember who brought you do to improve shoreline access and traditional access rights Q: mayor, I will make sure that every up the issue that the iwi were being for Native Hawaiians? department will be sensitive, and disturbed in Waikïkï. I took that issue Bainum: I have always not seem like much, but each one of these if the city ever does anything before the city and the state Historic been a proponent of native needs to be protected, because that is wrong, we will take corrective action Preservation Division and said that A: access rights and beach a vital part of the way of life we must immediately. maybe what we should do at the city access rights. That’s why one guarantee and promote. At Hanauma level is set up a mechanism similar to of the last things I did when I was on Bay, I’ve always supported Native Hannemann: I think that’s all part what Maui had done, which was to the City Council was work on Hawaiians’ right to worship there with of what makes this place special, make sure that the county was much the Kö ‘Olina access issue. I was not free access. Down at Kühiö Beach, there by recognizing the rights of the indige- more proactive and diligent in successful, but when I am mayor I will was the issue of the iwi being uncovered. nous people, the host culture. And making sure that we were not disturbing revisit that issue. I have the word of the It started off as a very bitter situation, but that’s very much imbedded in the fact archaeological sites or heiau in areas developer that they will work with us to we spent hour after hour, meeting after that I was born and raised here. Having that are very important to the Native assure that access. meeting with all sorts of folks to correct grown up here, I think you have a Hawaiian community. I was there for the Portlock beach it, and turned into a very healing process. much deeper appreciation and sensitiv- In terms of gathering rights and access issue, where a guy wanted to put What I learned from that was that ity to the importance of conditions in access to the beaches, that will not be up a fence through the walkway. It may we need to have the most sensitive the Native Hawaiian community. See INTERVIEW on page 8

Kepakemapa 07 INTERVIEW from page 7 Hawaiian populace what has always been part of the culture, part of the Setting the record straight a problem with Mufi Hannemann as tradition – to have unlimited access to mayor, because I understand how areas that deal with their culture and On recent attacks against the Akaka Bill important it is not to deny the Native the environment of Hawai‘i. By OHA Chairperson Alumni Association, the Royal Order of Kamehameha, the Haunani Apoliona, on behalf Association of Hawaiian Civic of the Board of Trustees Clubs and the State Council of What does “a Hawaiian sense of place” mean to you, and Hawaiian Homestead Associations. Editor’s note: This article origi- what would you do to promote it through city planning? Among the national groups in nally appeared in The Honolulu Q: How might you include Native Hawaiians in such a process? favor of Senate Bill 344 are the Advertiser on Aug. 3, in response to National Japanese American a letter attacking the Akaka Bill Citizens League, the Organization written by Thurston Twigg-Smith, Hannemann: Native (non-Hawaiians) are all guests – which of Chinese Americans, the Alaskan former Advertiser owner and Hawaiians have to be a comes with a sacred obligation to be Federation of Natives, the National descendent of overthrow architect A: part of the definition, the sensitive and respectful. Congress of American Indians, the Lorrin Thurston. Twigg-Smith’s meaning and the imple- And certainly, how can you have a NAACP, the National Council of La article quoted extensively from the mentation of a Hawaiian sense of Hawaiian sense of place unless you Raza, the League of United Latin July 2004 issue of the “Reservation place. It is often used now to describe know what that is from the Hawaiians? American Citizens and the Mexican Report,” a media newsletter that he how we should promote tourism, but to That is why we need to promote our American Legal Defense and conceded is “admittedly biased me it’s much more than that. It’s a way advisory commission on culture and Education Fund. They support the against the growing political power of life that should be part of everything the other boards that we have to get the purpose of the Akaka Bill, which of Indian tribes.” we do here, whether it’s tourism-related best and brightest experts and have simply extends official recognition or not. So you can be assured that with them share their wisdom with us. to Native Hawaiians as an indigenous me as mayor, küpuna and Native Great cities of the world have certain hame on Thurston Twigg- people, with rights and entitlements Hawaiian experts will be a part of what things in common, and one of them is Smith for claiming the comparable to those of Native the city does in encouraging a cultural festivals where they highlight S“Reservation Report” will American and Alaska Natives, and a Hawaiian sense of place. what makes them special. We have help residents understand the Akaka process for federal recognition. To me, it’s an attitude as much as it great culture and the arts, which need Bill. The report he cites is old and Hawaiians are deserving of the is cultural design, architecture, music to be packaged. And with the rich laced with many flaws, starting with recognition the two other indigenous or entertainment. It’s a feeling that diversity of Hawaiian culture, we are simple errors like the wrong bill groups in the United States already enjoy. very much will permeate throughout missing a tremendous opportunity. numbers. Then there is the ridiculous In recent weeks, readers of The my administration as the leader of the Also, we need to keep creating assertion that federal recognition Advertiser have witnessed a vigorous 11th largest city in the Unites States. community gathering places. The threatens to “jeopardize Hawaiian assault on the Akaka Bill. These When people who are visiting us here Kapi‘olani bandstand has become a statehood.” That paranoia serves to letter writers blast the reputable come off the plane, I want them to magnet; go there any weekend, and feed those who continue to defend work of pollsters who time and recognize that the aloha spirit is not you really see what I think is best the wrongs committed during the again find that the “silent majority” just a phrase; it’s how we live, it’s how about Hawai‘i – people sharing their 1893 overthrow. Mr. Twigg-Smith of both the Hawaiian and non- we interact with each other, it’s a frame cultures. We need more of these places, knows the vast majority of Hawaiian community support of mind. and not just in Waikïkï – why not all Hawaiians want to remain proud and federal recognition. Now they That’s what I want to do, and you over this island? The Waialua loyal Americans. He knows most in attempt to further divide those can only do that if the Native Hawaiian Bandstand is a perfect example. It has the non-Hawaiian community communities by instilling fear that populace and our küpuna are part of restored a sense of pride in that support justice for Hawaiians. statehood is being jeopardized and coming up with the strategy and the community. Old people, young people, In the interest of disclosure, Mr. that “militant Hawaiian descen- implementation for what we need to do local people, visitors, all gathering Twigg-Smith should reveal he is dants” are seeking a “divorce from to move us closer to a Hawaiian sense there on a regular basis – it’s wonderful. a plaintiff in Arakaki v. OHA, all other Americans in the state.” If of place. That is an example of the city stepping ongoing litigation that seeks to the Akaka Bill passes and a nation- forward and saying, listen, its impor- dismantle the state’s homestead to-nation relationship is established Bainum: There is nothing more tant to have that rich cultural context, program and the Office of Hawaiian with the United States, it would important than having a Hawaiian and we need to provide venues in Affairs. If successful, the lawsuit serve as a shield to thwart the sense of place in Hawai‘i. Hawaiians which they can be displayed. will also attempt to cut off tens litigious, well–financed and prolific are our host culture, and we of millions in federal dollars that forces who seek to tear down pro- annually flow into the state to grams that help many Native benefit Native Hawaiians. Hawaiians become active and con- What are your thoughts about the movement toward political The anti-Akaka groups are vocal, tributing participants in the growth of self-determination for Hawaiians? but they do not represent the majority Hawai‘i and the rest of the United States. Q: opinion on this issue. The Akaka Amidst all the emotions and Bill enjoys substantial bipartisan rhetoric involving the events that Bainum: I think it’s exactly what it is that they want, support, including our governor, our occurred more than a century ago, wonderful. I am on record within the framework of the United congressional delegation and our and the ongoing battles in our courts A: as supporting the Akaka States Constitution and government. Legislature, along with dozens of and Congress, there are two old Bill, for many reasons. Then it’s my job as mayor, working prominent groups, both locally and sayings that come to mind: Justice First, I think it once and for all with our government leaders, to bring nationally. Among the Hawaiian delayed is justice denied, and those removes any room for misinterpreta- to fruition their desires, their hopes and organizations supporting federal who forget history are doomed to tion of the relationship between the aspirations. recognition are the Kamehameha repeat it. federal government and the Native The Akaka Bill is something that I Hawaiian community. And it certainly have said in the past that I support, and would help protect the Hawaiians’ certainly if that is our best option ability to receive federal dollars for available now in the Congress, I’m Native Hawaiian programs. In 2002 ready to lend my support to it by – POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT – alone, that was $70 million – money calling on my Republican and we need desperately for health, Democratic friends in Washington. As DickieNelson education and all the other programs mayor, I will have much more clout to that we talked about. do that – and I plan to, given the fact Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee Also, and very importantly, it finally that I want to be involved in the Candidate for the Island of Hawai‘i lays the groundwork, for reconciling federal process of how grants are given 225 years of history. And it will finally to our community. So I want to work provide, hopefully, a self-governing with OHA and other Native Hawaiian • Empower Hawaiian I am running in this time of great peril – it vehicle for Native Hawaiians to leaders, as well as Senator Akaka and Communities is also an opportunity for our people, we either stand together or fall because of our address their own issues. I look Senator Inouye, to bring these things • Self-determination divisions. The paradox is that we are a forward to a day when the city under about. diverse people. There is great strength in the Bainum administration will be a I’ll do whatever it’s going to take to • Accountability diversity if it is channeled properly. We good partner in dealing directly with ensure that Native Hawaiians are treat- each have something to contribute, both the (Hawaiian governing) entity. ed better than they have been in the small and large. What is critical to OHA’s past. We need to correct the injustices effectiveness is gaining the trust of the Hannemann: I think first of all that of the past, and we need to make sure www.dickienelson.com Hawaiian community. Dialogue follows the it has to be decided by our Native that if other native communities emergence of trust between OHA and its Hawaiian community; I don’t think it’s throughout the United States (have Paid for by Friends of Dickie Nelson beneficiaries. Dialogue allows collaboration P.O.Box 2245, Kealakekua, HI 96750 right for anyone who is not Hawaiian federal recognition), then why not our to occur. Collaboration bears fruit. to influence that. I think the Native Native Hawaiian community. Hawaiian populace needs to tell us

08 September

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NEWS NÜ HOU

Lawsuit seeks to halt Stryker plans

By Sterling Kini Wong to the EIS, the will cut us off from these resources, project would these sacred sites, which are vital to hree Native Hawaiian organi- include training the perpetuation of the Hawaiian zations have filed a federal at five existing culture.” Tlawsuit to stop the Army military loca- Attorney David Henkin of the from creating a Stryker Brigade tions, and call environmental law group Earthjustice, Combat Team in Hawai‘i without for the expan- which is representing the Hawaiian first considering alternative sites. sion of Schofield plaintiffs, said in a written state- The Hawaiian organizations – by 1,400 acres ment that the alternative-location ‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani Coalition, Nä ‘Imi and Pöhakuloa analysis is considered the heart of Pono and Kïpuka – are challenging Training Area on the EIS, “the key to informed deci- the Army’s environmental impact Hawai‘i Island sion-making, the basic goal of the statement for the Stryker Brigade, by 23,000 acres. National Environmental Policy which was released in May. The On July 7, the Act.” groups are requesting an injunction Army released a be placed on the project until the “record of deci- Several Stryker vehicles were displayed to the public during “Whether you think Stryker is a an Army demonstraton in July. Photo: Sterling Kini Wong Army completes an EIS that fully sion” to go for- good idea or not,” he said, “you examines other possible sites. ward with the tems, and prevent the exercise of have to agree that, before the Army The proposed project would Stryker Brigade, which is expected traditional cultural practices carries out a project like transfor- transform the 2nd Brigade, 25th to be operational by 2007. “Native Hawaiians have a unique mation – which it admits will be Infantry Division (Light) at The lawsuit says that the Army spiritual relationship to the ‘äina, environmentally destructive – it Schofield Barracks to a Stryker did not consider alternative loca- and as a result a kuleana to preserve should at least look at its options to Brigade Combat Team. The brigade tions despite the fact that their EIS and protect the natural and cultural be sure that Hawai‘i is the best would be a fast-strike unit that acknowledges that creating the resources of Hawai‘i for future gen- place to do it. That is what both would utilize the eight-wheeled, 19- Stryker Brigade in Hawai‘i would erations,” ‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani’s presi- common sense and the law require, ton Stryker vehicle to transport sol- destroy Native Hawaiian cultural dent Vicky Holt Takamine said in a and what the Army failed to do diers to areas of conflict. According sites and endangered native ecosys- written statement. “Transformation here.”

NASA from page 1 However, the draft EIS says that because the number of cultural sites on the mountain including road construction, the expansion State probes removal prior to development is unknown, the impact of the visitor station and the installation of of 35 years of astronomy and other activities numerous antennae and telescopes. One of on Mauna Kea is unclear. of Wal-Mart remains the proposed telescopes would be the 30- The document does say that development meter Next Generation Large Telescope, has adversely affected Kükahau‘ula – the which would be the largest in the world. area of the summit’s three cinder cones – By Sterling Kini Wong According to the draft EIS, two areas that which is eligible for listing on the National the outrigger project could have impacts on Register of Historic Places and has already he state’s attorney general is investigating are cultural resources and the habitat of the been designated as a traditional cultural possible criminal and civil penalties for the wëkiu bug, which is only found on the sum- property. The proposed Outrigger Project Timproper removal of one of the two sets of mit of Mauna Kea and is a candidate for would be built on Pu‘u Hau‘oki, one of the human remains found in July at the Wal-Mart listing as an endangered species. Kükahau‘ula cinder cones. However, the development site on Ke‘eaumoku Street. The draft EIS states that the proposed pro- document says that because the Subaru and The two sets of bones were found within the ject would destroy .019 acres of wëkiu Keck telescopes are already there, the con- same week. When the first set was found July 17, habitat that was already disturbed by previ- struction of the outrigger telescopes add Wal-Mart’s contract archaeologist removed the ous astronomy development. To reduce this only a small increase in impact. remains without notifying any of the proper impact, the EIS says, a Wëkiu Bug OHA Native Rights Advocate Heidi Kai authorities. State law requires that when develop- Mitigation Plan has been developed that Guth said that while the increase in damage ers discover remains, construction must stop and calls for a scientist to monitor the wëkiu may seem small in comparison to what has the State Historic Preservation Division and police population monthly and for the restoration already occurred on the mountain, “the must be contacted. of habitat that is three times the size of the increase is just that – an addition to the Moses Haia, an attorney for the Native Hawaiian area that was impacted by development. cumulative impacts. The purpose of examin- Legal Corp., told local press that the archaeologist’s According to the draft EIS, the wëkiu ing the cumulative impact of a project is not actions were “a blatant violation of burial law.” population decreased by 99.7 percent to subtract previous impacts from the equa- According to state law, violation of burial proce- between 1982-1998, with climate change, tion, but to show what the sum total will be dures could bring a maximum fine of $10,000 and astronomy development and other human with the addition of the potential future the prohibition of violators from participating in activities being possible contributing fac- impacts.” state or county construction projects for ten years. tors. The document also states, however, that NASA held six public meetings on the The Wal-Mart project has been under heavy there is not enough information to determine draft EIS in August and early September and scrutiny because of the discovery at the site of which factor was most detrimental to the is accepting written comments on the docu- numerous human remains, despite an archaeologi- wëkiu population. ment until Sept. 13. The document can be cal survey completed by Wal-Mart prior to the start While no archaeological and burial sites viewed online at planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/ of development that determined no remains were have been identified in the area of the pro- Outrigger/outrigger_index.html. Written likely to be found at the site. Since construction posed project, mitigation measures have comments should be addressed to Dr. Carl began in December 2002, 44 sets of remains have been developed that acknowledge that these B. Pilcher and sent via email to been unearthed at the site, most of which are sites do exist elsewhere in the Mauna Kea [email protected], or mailed to: believed to be from an 1853 smallpox epidemic. Science Reserve, according to the report, Wal-Mart officials said they have been cooperat- which outlines procedures in case sites are Office of Space Science, Code SZ ing with the attorney general’s investigation and discovered during construction. No Burial NASA Headquarters resumed construction at the site the weekend after Treatment Plan has been drafted yet, 300 E Street, SW the second set was found, following the notifica- however. Washington, DC 20546-0001 tion of state officials. The Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club In a 20-year study of Mauna Kea, an superblock is expected to open in mid- to late archaeologist identified 93 cultural sites, October. along with one confirmed and four possible For more information, call NASA toll-free burial sites, within the science reserve. at 877-283-1977.

Kepakemapa 09

K ÜKÄKÜKÄ

KÜKÄKÜKÄ DISCUSSION FORUM

Why leasehold conversion should be repealed

By Bob Moore the city pay all legal costs – its own Chapter 38 threatens almost half of the Queen and those of the landowner. The Editor’s note: Bob Moore is a Lili‘uokalani Trust’s Waikïkï assets. Losing this city’s failed condemnation attempts retired electrical engineer who is have cost Honolulu taxpayers over actively involved in the Hawaiian income would have a devastating effect on a $775,000 to date, and the city still community. The views expressed in owes Kamehameha Schools this community discussion column program that directly served over 1,500 orphans $459,100 on another failed case. are those of the author and do not The costs to taxpayers continue to necessarily reflect the views of the and 7,500 destitute children in 2003 alone. rise. Office of Hawaiian Affairs. How you can help n Aug. 11, the Honolulu public understand the importance of Chapter 38 threatens almost half of repeal Chapter 38 City Council heard testimo- this issue. QLT’s Waikïkï assets. Losing this To help repeal Chapter 38, please Ony on a bill that would income would have a devastating support the passage of Bill 53 by repeal Chapter 38, the law that effect on a program that directly doing the following: allows the city to use its powers of What is Chapter 38? served over 1,500 orphans and • Call, e-mail or write your City condemnation to force lease-to-fee Adopted in 1991, Chapter 38 7,500 destitute children in 2003 Councilperson and tell him or her conversion in condominiums. allows the City and County of alone. you support the passage of Bill 53 Representatives from the Queen Honolulu to condemn the private As for small landowners, they to repeal Chapter 38. Lili‘uokalani Trust (QLT), land of leasehold condominiums were encouraged by the city • Write a letter to the editor of Kamehameha Schools and and to transfer its ownership to the decades ago to develop their prop- your local newspaper to express ‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani, along with stu- lessees of the buildings. Simply put, erty in leasehold. Today they face your support for the repeal of dents from Hälau Lökahi Charter it allows the government to con- devastating, long-term losses when Chapter 38. School, marched peacefully from demn land from one private their property is condemned. • Tell family members and friends Kawaiaha‘o Church to Honolulu landowner and give it to another. Because they tend to be small fami- about this issue and ask for their Hale to show their support for the The intent of Chapter 38 was to ly trusts, they do not have the help, too. repeal measure, Bill 53. assist owner occupants to achieve money to defend their title in court • Attend public hearings on Bill More than 40 people testified at fee simple ownership, but the law is and are usually forced to sell, with 53 as they are scheduled. For hear- the hearing in support of the repeal not needed. Of the 104,000 condos severe tax implications. ing dates and times, check the City bill. There were also a handful of on O‘ahu today, only 23,000 are Another important aspect of Council’s website at www.co.hon- testifiers against Bill 53, including leasehold condominiums, and only Chapter 38 that is often overlooked olulu.hi.us/council/ccl.htm. several real estate agents and 1,170 of those owners qualify under is the cost to the taxpayers. Not one • Join other supporters of the lessees from the Discovery Bay Chapter 38. Very few people gain Chapter 38 condemnation proceed- repeal of Chapter 38 in a demon- condominium. In the end, the City by the existence of this law. ing has been successfully complet- stration of solidarity to be held Council voted in favor of sending So who is Chapter 38 hurting? ed by the city. All the completed Mon. Sept. 6, beginning at 9 a.m. at Bill 53 forward for a committee It’s hurting small and large transfers from leasehold to fee sim- Saratoga Rd. and Kaläkaua Ave. in action by a vote of 7-2. No date yet landowners, as well as charitable ple have been voluntary. Many con- Waikïkï. has been set for the committee hear- groups who depend on the lease demnation attempts have been dis- For more information on how you ing, but a grassroots awareness rents as a regular source of income missed by the courts as improper, can help, call 753-9773 or 845- campaign is underway to help the for their families and beneficiaries. and the courts have mandated that 4652, or go to www.ilio.org.

in 1993; by a panel of international legal experts in the 1993 Kanaka Maoli Tribunal Komike; and Occupation powers by the continuing native resistance against impe- rialism, from the Hui Aloha ‘Äina and Hui Kälai‘äina in the 19th century to the modern are the real ‘squatters’ movement and organizations for self-determination. The State of Hawai‘i has no just and righteous By Marie Beltran / Kaleo ‘Ohana tion to this day. The State of Hawai‘i does not control of this homeland. The state, rather, is a have ownership, nor jurisdiction to this ‘äina; the houseless squatter, occupying our country’s lands Editor’s note: Marie Beltran and her ‘ohana state constitution itself says that the lands should and disturbing our national peace and tranquility. have been waging a long-running battle with the be used for the benefit of Känaka Maoli, as well The illegality of this occupation has created a sit- state, county and military over the family’s occu- as for educational and health needs. State court uation in which numerous people are ‘squatting’ pation of land in Mokulë‘ia. The views expressed cases have also affirmed “hoa‘äina” rights of on Hawaiian land: tourists which illegally tres- in this community discussion column are those of Känaka Maoli to our native land. pass and squat on sovereign territory; American the author and do not necessarily reflect the We are Känaka Maoli, and we are citizens citizens who, lacking clear title to property fol- views of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. under duress of the independent country of lowing the illegal overthrow of 1893, are presently Hawai‘i, exercising our rights to live on and care squatting on native land; and the U.S. military, law has been adopted recently by the for our land. These facts have been affirmed in which has maintained a century-long occupation State of Hawai‘i which criminalizes numerous ways: of our homeland, and which seeks to expand its A‘houseless squatting,’ as they call it. The through the Blount toxic and endangering colonial occupation. law, Act 50 SLH 2000, says that living on state- Report; by former We call for these homeless squatters to imme- controlled land is trespass in the second degree, U.S. President Grover diately remove themselves from our native land. with fines as high as $1,000, or one month in Cleveland; by Public The U.S. must end its illegal occupation of our prison. This act is being used to punish my fami- Law 103-150, signed land, including the incarceration of our küpuna, ly for its twelve years of living on and caring for by President Clinton mäkua, and ‘öpio in foreign jails, and the abuse the land of Mokulë‘ia, and for being steadfast in of our lands through ignorance and arrogance. We our rejection of attempts to remove us from Marie Beltran in a are a free and sovereign people, and U.S. foreign this land. garden she grew in intervention in our affairs and self-determination We are not homeless. Hawai‘i is our perpetual Mokulë‘ia. The gar- is unwelcome and an abrogation of international home, for thousands of generations. The land on den was recently law. which we are living as stewards belongs to the bulldozed by the Our ‘ohana, through the perseverance of an state. independent government of Hawai‘i, which was indomitable spirit and the strength of Akua, shall illegally deposed by the United States in 1893, Photo: Courtesy of Marie maintain its peaceful and lawful stewardship on and which remains under illegal military occupa- Beltran this ‘äina.

10 September Outrigger Olympics International paddlers gather, Tahiti dominates at the outrigger World Sprints in Hilo

from teaching to with Team Hawai‘i pulling ahead at help with the the finish for a close win. Afterward, sprints. “We’ve always all the paddlers received medals, and been so isolated; it’s amazing there were beaming smiles all around. to have the world come here.” “That was the best canoe race I’ve The biggest foreign delegation, with ever been in,” said top-ranked Hawai‘i about 400 competitors, came from paddler Mike Judd, who assisted in the Story and photos by Derek Ferrar Aotearoa, which will host the next exhibition. Organizers of the adaptive World Sprints in 2006. Other teams race said they hoped the demonstration hile the Olympics were (double-hull) canoes. The competition, brought just a handful of paddlers to will help get the sport into the 2008 getting under way in Athens which first started in 1984, had not compete in the worlds for the first Paralympics in Beijing. time. “It’s a great experience to be one Wlast month, Hilo Bay was been held in Hawai‘i since 1988, when To be sure, the Sprints had their of the new countries here,” said playing host to its own gathering of Honolulu played host. share of logistical glitches that had Nicholas Bourlon from Brazil’s Rio international athletes. The 2004 Hilo The six-day event turned Hilo’s many paddlers grumbling, including Va‘a club. “You can see the sport is World Sprints – the world champi- normally tranquil bayfront beach into computer problems, delayed races and really exploding.” onship of short-distance outrigger a multinational tent city, with a lots of rules protests, along with a As the finals approached, virtually canoe racing – brought together some paddler’s U.N. of team flags fluttering current that favored the two inside every race came down to the wire, 1,800 paddlers from 20 international along the black sand. Race announce- lanes on the 500-meter course. But and everyone agreed that the level of regions, ranging from powerhouses ments rang over the loudspeakers in such stresses aside, paddling mentor competition was sky high. “You’ve got like Tahiti, Hawai‘i and Aotearoa English and French, while paddlers John Kekoa, whose Kekoa Foundation the best in the world here,” said (New Zealand) to tiny island teams from every corner of Polynesia and far organized the event, looked happy, if a William Cawlins, whose Niue team like Niue, Rapanui and Wallis and beyond laughed, strummed guitars and little worn out, at the final awards was making its first trip to the worlds. Futuna, as well as teams from as far relived races with one another across ceremony. away as Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, the language barrier. In the evenings, “So you have to push yourself harder Australia and Brazil. festivities included a Parade of and harder.” Held in a different location every Paddlers and a culture night when In Tahiti, paddling is both a national MEDAL TALLY two years by the International Va‘a teams shared the songs, dances and passion and a professional sport, and Foundation, the World Sprints features chants of their homes. the Tahitians brought their very best, competition in a range of age brackets “It feels like our little town has been looking to repeat their G S B Total – from teens to seniors – in one- internationalized,” said Lane Ueda, a victory at the last World Sprints in person, six-person and 12-person local paddler who took a week off Bora Bora. In the end, the powerful Tahiti 27 18 12 57 Tahitian teams were able to dominate Hawai‘i 9 12 18 39 even on Hawai‘i’s home turf, winning gold in 27 of 44 events, and 57 medals Aotearoa 3 13 11 27 overall. Hawai‘i was a distant second, Australia 4 0 1 5 with nine golds and 39 medals total. Aotearoa was third with 27 medals, N. Caledonia 0 1 1 2 including three gold Pacific NW 1 0 0 1 “We are very happy that we really have something to take home and Canada 0 0 1 1 show,” said Team Tahiti manager Gordon Barff, who added that Tahiti’s “I just wanted a canoe race, to give government paid half the cost of something back to Hilo for bringing about 200 paddlers to the supporting our clubs over the years,” Sprints. “For us to do so well here, it said Kekoa, who founded Hilo’s feels good in the heart.” Kamehameha Canoe Club. “It went a One special highlight of the event little beyond what I thought it would was an adaptive-paddling exhibition be, but long story short, I wanted a race, in which paddlers with disabilities canoe race, and that’s what I got. The teamed up with non-disabled volunteers and the people of Hilo have crewmates in 12-person double-hull just been unreal, and we have had canoes. The race – a first for the World people from twenty countries here, get- Clockwise from top left: Puna craftsman Ray Bumatai shows off a canoe he made Sprints – included teams from from albesia wood in just two-and-a-half weeks; Tahitian teammates share a joke; ting along as brothers and sisters.” a Tahitian TV reporter films a winning crew; Canadian competitors feel the heat. Hawai‘i, Italy, the U.S. and Canada,

allows people who don’t have time to attend formal of the language and how to build sentences. The third CD set teaches ‘ölelo Hawaiian courses to learn the language at their own CD-ROM is a vocabulary builder that employs picture pace. The $30 set, which is produced by Topics association and other memory activities to expand the Entertainment, a leading publisher of language learn- student’s knowledge of Hawaiian words. Also includ- By Sterling Kini Wong ing software, builds on the success of Hawaiian lan- ed in the package is a set of eight audio CDs devel- guage immersion schools. oped by university professors and linguistic experts, new software and audio CD set is expanding The software package seeks to gradually introduce which teach the fundamental principles of the lan- the Hawaiian language revitalization move- people to ‘ölelo Hawai‘i by immersing the user in the guage and basic everyday greetings. Ament by making it easier for people to learn language and culture while encouraging them to The software set has been selling at a rate of 25,000 the native language of the state, which just 20 years speak Hawaiian on an everyday basis. The first two copies a month, with most sales coming from Hawai‘i, ago was considered nearly extinct. CD-ROMs in the set guide students through the Washington State, California and Las Vegas. “Instant “Instant Immersion Hawaiian,” a package of three beginning and intermediate levels of Hawaiian using Immersion Hawaiian” is available at Costco and CD-ROMs and eight audio CDs released in January, quizzes, games and stories to teach the user the basics Borders stores, and online at www.topics-ent.com.

Kepakemapa 11 Saratoga Road and Kaläkaua women of 200 pounds or more. Avenue and ends at Kapi‘olani Entrants will be judged on inter- About our new KWO Calendar format Park. Rally and concert to follow at views, community participation, the Waikïkï Shell. Free. 8 a.m. - 4 talent and holokü wear (a dress, In response to comments recieved from our readers’ survey p.m. For information, call 845- flattering to all figures, worn by regarding timeliness of delivery, we are adjusting our calendar 2004 4652. island women in formal settings). $5 admission. 6 p.m., cocktails; 7 format to run mid-month to mid-month (i.e., Oct. 15th to Nov. p.m., contest. Waiköloa Beach 15th). To make the transition, this month’s calendar only Fri., Sept. 10 – Marriott. For more information, call reflects six weeks of events, from Sept. 1 to Oct. 14. We 808-885-7786 or email: info@alo- hope the new format will be more useful. Mahalo! KEPAKEMAPA~‘OKAKOPA Aloha Festivals hafestivals.com. Downtown Ho‘olaule‘a For information, call (808) 885- SEPT-OCT CALENDAR OF EVENTS In the heart of Honolulu’s busi- Sat., Sept. 11 - Sat., Sept. 11 – Aloha Festivals Kaua‘i 7786 or email info@alohafesti- ness district, Bishop Street will Great Waiköloa vals.com close as Hawai‘i residents and visi- Ho‘olaule‘a tors dance in the streets to the tunes Ho‘olaule‘a To the left and below - Participants in the September of contemporary Hawaiian enter- A fun-filled day of Hawaiian cul- Fri., Sept. 24 – 2003 Kü I Ka Pono March and Rally wore red,sounded tainment, and enjoy food booths Splendid pageantry kicks off the ture for the entire family, the Hula Pälua, Couples conch shells and waved Hawaiian flags in support of and crafts. Free admission. 6:30–10 Ho‘olaule‘a with the arrival of the Ho‘olaule‘a will be held at Center Hula Competition justice for Hawaiians on a number of critical issues. p.m. Bishop Street to Aloha Tower. Royal Court by wa‘a (canoe) and a Stage and features Hawaiian and 2004 march organizers are hoping to double the esti- For information, call 589-1771 or formal ho‘okupu ceremony. Center International foods, arts, crafts and This unique hula event debuts at the mated 9,000 participants in last year’s march. visit www.alohafestivals.com. stage comes alive with narratives Hawaiian music by Sidekicks Band, Big Island’s “E Hula Mai Käua” hula describing Hawaiian culture as Rohoto to Polynesian Review, competition featuring couples express- related by various hula perfor- ‘Opihi Pickers, and performances ing their song while dancing towards Sat., Sept. 11 – mances. Enjoy hands-on Hawaiian by Hälau Kaleimokihana O their partner. Judging is on entrance, activities such as lauhala weaving, Leinä‘ala and Kuni Goto Hula interpretation of the song through Sat., Sept. 4 – Lomilomi. Free admission. Kea‘au Aloha Festivals Floral wood carving, Hawaiian games and Hälau from Japan. Free admission. hula, expression, posture, precision of Shopping Center. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For delicious Hawaiian-style foods. Puna Festival of Parade 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Kukui Grove dancing together, hand gestures, foot information, email amoon@bigis- Noon to 7 p.m. Waiköloa Kings’ Shopping Center. For information, and body movements, exit, appropri- land.com or call 808-933-9772. Shops. For information call (808) Aloha A cascade of flowers, along with call 808-245-8508, or email: ateness of costume to mele, adorn- 885-7786. thousands of participants, will float [email protected] ments, grooming and overall perfor- Celebrating “The Treasures down Kaläkaua Avenue for mance. Free. 5-9 p.m Keauhou and Talents of Puna,” enjoy free Mon., Sept. 6 – Hawai‘i’s most famous parade. Shopping Center. For information, live Hawaiian music with Kü I Ka Pono March Procession will include pä‘ü riders, Sun., Sept.12 - call 808-324-1621 or 808-883-9005. Bruddah Smitty of Sons of floral floats, hälau hula and march- Aloha Festivals Falsetto Hawai‘i, keiki hula performances ing bands. Free. Begins at Ala The ‘Ïlio‘ulaokalani Coalition is Contest on the Big See CALENDAR on page 14 with Hälau Hula Ka Makani Hali among groups holding its third Kü I Moana Park and ends at Kapahulu Island ‘Ala O Puna and activities, ‘ono Ka Pono, Justice for Hawaiians, Avenue. 9-11 a.m. For information, food, arts, crafts, plant sales March and Rally. Wear red and call 589-1771 or visit www.alo- Big Island-style falsetto is perpet- KWO CALENDAR and demonstrations of Hawaiian bring Hawaiian flags, conch shells hafestivals.com. uated in this competition honoring healing with Nä Lima Aukahi and signage. The march begins at the island’s nationally-recognized Ka Wai Ola o OHA living treasure, Clyde “Kindy” accepts information on special Sat., Sept. 11 – Sproat. Enjoy the falsetto styling events throughout the islands that 12th Annual Aloha of guest artist and last years’ are of interest to the Hawaiian winner Matthew Sproat. $10 with community. Fund-raisers, benefit Festivals Ms. Aloha Aloha Festivals ribbon. 2 p.m. concerts, cultural activities, sports Nui Contest events and the like are what we’d like to help you promote. Send Aloha Festivals Ms. Aloha Nui 2003, information and color photos to This one-of-a-kind beauty Mabel Tolentino, left, with Ms.

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history, justice, retribution and the future. Their sages creatively woven together with dominating By Manu Boyd By Manu Boyd with the greatest community impact, including weeks in September and debut, “Simple Island People” focuses on the reggae, a touch of R&B, poignant oratory and a the Downtown, Waikïkï and Neighbor Island October. State funding through plight of Hawaiians over the past 225-plus years sprinkling of ‘ölelo Hawai‘i. Neo-traditional hat do you get when you bring togeth- n its 58th year of what has become the largest Ho‘olaule‘a, floral parades and falsetto singing an appropriation from the since Western contact, chant stylings give distinct color to the project, er a landscaper, an attorney, a life- statewide cultural festival in the nation, contests. Hawai‘i Tourism Authority con- and the hope for the rise almost creating a new genre or expression of oli. Wguard, a bank officer, a refuse Aloha Festivals – previously “Aloha Week” – “We are so fortunate to have this kind of tributes approximately $300,000 truck driver, a of the “seventh genera- “I love traditional Hawaiian, but kids today I is moving forward despite fiscal woes. The festi- kökua from Hawaiian Airlines,” said 2004 festi- to the festival coffers. Beyond tion.” don’t get to that until they’re a little older,” said teacher/actor/chanter vals’ ‘belt tightening’ has scaled back statewide val president Leolani Kini. “We depend heavily state, county and corporate sup- According to group member and co-producer Kevin Chang, and a Hawaiian studies events and downsized the administrative office, on corporate sponsors and appreciate every dol- port, festival merchandise, Kupa‘äina, the sev- who also practices entertainment and business professor? An unlikely but the show goes on with a lot of help from hun- lar we receive. Aloha Festivals gives us the including T-shirts and ribbons, is enth generation since law. “We want to make the youth inquisitive grouping of “simple dreds of volunteers and generous community opportunity to share our culture, good nature, depended upon heavily. the overthrow of about who they are, where they live, their culture island people” with support. vibrations and aloha. We have the Each year, an event theme inspires artwork 1893 – today’s ‘öpio and history.” full-time careers who This year, and through 2006, Hawaiian best love to share, not that is featured on merchandise sold at festival – is the generation Partners in the project, along with Kupa‘äina, also share a common Airlines has stepped up to the only with our commu- events. Hawai‘i’s youngsters are the focus this destined to perpetu- are Kototama Productions of which Chang is a commitment to making plate as the festivals’ title nity and visitors, but year, with the theme: “No nä Kamali‘i” (For the ate and revitalize part, and Hälau Kü Mäna New Century Charter their own unique brand of sponsor, committing with the world.” Children). “I’m a mom, and I love kids,” said the Hawaiian cul- School, the Mänoa-based alternative education island music. $150,000 in each of the Aloha Festivals Kini. “I see a lot of potential in Hawai‘i’s chil- ture and political entity that focuses on Hawaiian culture, values, Meaning “those familiar three years in marketing operates with an dren, especially through education.” institutions. language and the environment. Chang said that with the land,” Kupa‘äina services, in-kind contribu- annual budget of Festival ribbons sell for $5, but contribute a Kupa‘äina hopes Hälau Kü Mäna will receive all royalties from is a diverse, multigenera- tions and cash support. about $1 million, great deal in events designed for kama‘äina and to inspire that tional ensemble with a pas- See KUPA‘ÄINA on page 14 Especially benefiting from the producing scores of malihini alike, including block parties, parades, generation with mes- sion for their homeland, its Hawaiian Airlines sponsorship are the events cultural events statewide over several See ALOHA on page 14 12 September Kepakemapa 13 KEPAKEMAPA~‘OKAKOPA2004 SEPT-OCT CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Continued from page 13 cultural and intellectual property given the structure Kilinahe, Kupa‘äina, Ernie Cruz Jr. with MC Bruddah of existing Western intellectual property law and the Sam and Lina Girl. Free admission. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. existing structure of Native Hawaiian protocol, and to Lyon Arboretum. For information, call 988-0464, or Sat., Sept. 25 – move toward establishing an effective and recognized visit www.kavafestival.org. Hälau Kawaihoa Hö’ike system for the protection of Native Hawaiian traditional knowledge. $250. Fri., 4-9 p.m., Sat., 8 a.m.-8 Help support Hälau Kawaihoa at their hö‘ike with p.m., Sun., 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Radisson Prince Kühiö Sat., Oct. 9 – entertainers Makana O Laua‘e, Hälau Hotel. For information, go to www.ilio.org, or call “Eö e Emalani i Alaka‘i” Keolakapuokalani and Hälau Kawaihoa. Bid on items 845-4652. in the silent auction or buy goods from the bake sale. The 16th Annual Emalani Festival will feature Dinner provided by Outback Steakhouse Hawai‘i Kai, Hawaiian craft demonstrations, exhibits, hälau hula, beverages by Paradise Beverages. $10-15, presale. Sat., Oct. 9 – scholars, school children, küpuna and Hawaiian musi- $20 at door. Kaiser High School Cafeteria. 4-8 p.m. Aloha Festivals Maui Makahiki cians including falsetto singer Nick Castillo, David For information, call 292-2738 or email hula@kawai- Kaua‘i and Friends, and Manulele Clarke. Free. 10 hoa.org Facinating cultural demonstrations and makahiki a.m.-4 p.m. Köke‘e Natural History Museum, Kaua‘i. For information, call 808-335-9975. Wed., Sept. 29 - Fri., Oct. 1 – games, all-day entertainment, crafts and food booths. Culture demonstrations: koa jewelry-making Nä Kumu Hula Workshops Hawaiian net throwing, coconut and lauhala weaving, ti-leaf cape making, poi pounding, lei making and Sat., Oct. 9 - Sun., Oct. 24 – Kumu Hula Kapi‘olani Ha‘o will lead you through outrigger canoe rides. Makahiki: moa and the pahe‘e Lua: A Way of Life workshops touching on mo‘okü‘auhau, mo‘olelo, (dart sliding); ulumaika (Hawaiian bowling); haka mana‘o, e hula mai, ho‘opuka, and pani (hula lineage, moa (contact wrestling); hakoko (Hawaiian Exercise the mind, body and storytelling, understanding the thought behind the wrestling); ‘o‘o ihe (spear throwing); könane spirit through lua by learning dance, hula basics, choreographed dance, and spiritu- (Hawaiian checkers). Free admission. Ka‘anapali about the meaning, philosophy, al well-being). $250. Bishop Museum. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Beach Hotel, Lü‘au Grounds.10 a.m. - 2 p.m. For origin, battle formations, five For information, call 847-8291 or visit www.bishop- information, call 808-870-8047. basic strikes, protocol, weapons, museum.org. lomilomi and haka. Must be a Sat., Oct. 9 – minimum of 21 years old, of Hawaiian ancestry, in good health, Fri., Oct. 8 - Sun., Hawai‘i Pacific Islands Kava Festival open minded, have a great attitude and Oct. 10 – not be a member of any other lua orga- Ka ‘Aha Pono Listen to special guest speakers discuss kava safety nization/group. Attendees must attend and kava-related hepatoxicity. Featuring kava in tra- three weekends of the workshop. $15. 8 ditional, contemporary and novel forms, as well as a.m.-5 p.m. Nu‘uanu Elementary This conference seeks to food, culture, education, ‘awa (Hawaiian kava) plants School. Register by Oct.1. To register, increase informed discus- and other native plants. Enjoy the kava taste testing call 737-7219. sion on the issue of pro- kitchen and kava creations by Hawai‘i chefs and tecting Native Hawaiian musical entertainment by Kakamu, Kauha‘a,

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the “Seventh Generation” cut to benefit the school. Powerful cover art features recent Pünana Leo O Kawaiaha‘o graduate Kahiau Freitas set behind a chain link fence with “keep out” sign in the background. According to Chang, the concept was to reach Hawaiian and local youth on issues affecting the well-being of Hawai‘i while seeking justice for past transgressions. The image speaks to oppression, but seems to offer hope for freedom and a better future. “Simple Island People” illustrates “hana like” (working together) and lökahi (unity). “Self-produced, self-funded, self-determined, do-it-yourself entities” is how project promoters describe Kupa‘äina, Kototama Productions and Hälau Kü Mäna, three entities that share a common purpose: “to express great love of this place and its people, of its contribution to our growth and our common soul source through rhythm and rhyme. Music touches the souls of people across cultures.”

ALOHA from page 13 children’s days, concerts and more. This year, ribbons may be purchased at 7-Eleven stores, Hilo Hattie’s, Bank of Hawai‘i and Safeway stores. Ribbons, T-shirts and other merchandise will be available at events beginning in mid-September. Festival President Kini has served on the festivals’ volunteer board of directors for more than a decade. “I remember attending the investiture of the O‘ahu Royal Court years ago,” she said. “That’s what got me hooked. I had such a feeling of cultural pride. Aloha Festivals made me appreciate my roots and culture. Aloha Festivals helps to nurture our collective spirit; it’s another reminder that we have much to be proud of.” Festival dates vary from island to island, and sometimes overlap or run concurrently. Some pre-festival events occurred in August, like the impres- sive investiture of the Hawai‘i Island Royal Court at Halema‘uma‘u. This year, Kaua‘i is first up with events from Sept. 9-16. O‘ahu and Hawai‘i island will run concurrently from Sept. 10-19. Läna‘i’s abbreviated festival runs from Sept. 15-18. Maui events span over three weeks from Sept. 24- Oct. 16, and Moloka‘i’s week-long celebration is from Sept. 29-Oct. 2. For a detailed schedule of events, check out the program guide available with your ribbon purchase, or visit on-line at www.alohafestivals.com, or www.hawaiianairlines.com. To become a valued Aloha Festivals member, or for additional information, call 589-1771.

14 September Chicago ‘ukulele club spreads aloha

By Carol Iwata their intent was to learn the ‘ukulele; however, as with Hifumi Sato the years have passed, they’ve come to cherish the friendships they’ve made and the fellowship the ecently, after performing on a local televi- group provides in their lives. sion show, several members of the Nä As Helen tells everyone (and the group will RKüpuna ‘Ukulele Club stepped into a park- agree), the glue of this group is Calvin B. Lee Jr., ing garage elevator. In walked a Sikh gentleman. their instructor. Calvin, 65 years old and half- With a smile, he said, “Aloha.” Several hours later, Hawaiian, was born and raised in Kaka‘ako, outside a restaurant, a Latino man pushing his O‘ahu. Although his father was a musician, mother in a wheelchair smiled and said, “Aloha.” Calvin never learned the ‘ukulele growing up. It is this kind of warmth and friendliness that The ‘ukulele club at the opening of Millenium Park. Wanting to see snow, he came to Chicago in 1961 the Nä Küpuna ‘Ukulele Club engenders from the and has made it his home since. people of Chicago whenever they’re out and 50 through word of mouth, they moved to their When he arrived in Chicago, other Hawaiians about ... just walking down the street or perform- current location at the Japanese American who performed in the area kept asking him if he ing. With their aloha attire, friendly smiles and Service Committee building where practice is sang and played the ‘ukulele. After being used as wonderful playing, singing and dancing, people every Wednesday ... rain, snow or shine. a “prop” in local Hawaiian shows, he decided to are naturally drawn to them. As the group learned to play through Calvin’s guid- learn the ‘ukulele. Asking his father to send him Who are the Nä Küpunas and how did they get ance and as they gained confidence and advanced in a chord chart, ‘ukulele manuals and songs, he started? It all began with a woman named Helen their learning, many bought Kamaka ‘ukuleles; a few self-taught himself into a very good player. It is Kuwashima. She was born and raised on the already had Martin ukes. Several female members this self-taught knowledge that he brought to the mainland and married a Maui boy, Hiro. found that they also had another talent, hula dancing, Nä Küpunas, along with his endless patience and Currently in her early 70s, Helen attended a which has become a part of their act. good humor. Calvin epitomizes the essence of the birthday party in 1997 where some of the party- With their baritone, tenor, concert and soprano Hawaiian spirit, and having him as the focal point goers sang Hawaiian, Japanese and American ukes, the Nä Küpunas have graduated from an of the group brings them such legitimacy. songs accompanied by the ‘ukulele. She enjoyed untrained group of seniors to polished performers. Many of us Hawai‘i expats spread our aloha it so much that she discussed the possibility of They have added a guitar, harmonica and ipu heke spirit in different ways. The Nä Küpunas have getting together to learn to play with a few peo- to the mix. Their first performance was at the Kona done it in the most wonderfully public way: by ple. They contacted Calvin Lee, who volunteered Kai Marriott Hotel in 1997. Since then, they have sharing their music. to teach the group. performed at many venues and are a great hit wher- Carol Iwata, the self-designated “mascot” of Thus, on April 1, 1997, the Nä Küpuna ever they play, especially at senior centers. They the Nä Küpuna ‘Ukulele Club, is originally from ‘Ukulele Club of Chicago was born in a church have been featured in the local PBS series “Wild Kaua‘i. She has lived in Chicago since the early gym, with a small group made up of retired Chicago,” a Chicago version of “The Hawaiian 1970s. Hifumi Sato, also from Kaua‘i, has lived in seniors from Hawai‘i, Sämoa and the mainland. Moving Company,” and have been written up in the Windy City since 1952. The majority of the group, who had never played several local papers. Recently, they were honored If you are a Hawaiian on the continent with an the ‘ukulele before, came with cheap, plastic by being picked as one of 21 acts to open the new interesting story to tell, or if you know of one, please ‘ukuleles. As membership increased to more than Millenium Park in Chicago. Most in the group say contact OHA Outreach Coordinator Aulani Apoliona when they joined the Nä Küpuna ‘Ukulele Club, at 808-594-1912, or e-mail [email protected].

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Kepakemapa 15 KWO SURVEY RESULTS

n June and July, we published our periodic Ka Wai Ola o OHA island had the third most respondents, with 12 percent. readership survey seeking input from our readers on the kind of We were gratified that more than 60 percent said Ka Wai Ola is Ijob KWO has been doing and how we might improve it. We are their main source of news about Hawaiian issues. By and large, the deeply grateful to all those who took the time to answer. Although paper received high marks for coverage and appearance, but there are this was by no means a scientific survey, it enables us to judge how still a number of areas in which respondents said we could be doing well we are serving our readers. better. (See selected comments on opposite page.) In particular, more As in past years, the largest number of respondents were female than half said they would like to see more coverage of education, küpuna with more than 50 percent Hawaiian blood quantum. health, native rights and Neighbor Island issues. We will try to better Nearly half of those who responded said they live on O‘ahu, while a address these topics in the future. substantial number, 28 percent, reside on the U.S. continent. Hawai‘i Mahalo nui for your input.

1. Where do you live? 10. Where do you usually get your copy of 18. Do you agree with this statement? 1. Hawai‘i island 12% Ka Wai Ola? Trustee columns offer adequate coverage of 2. Kaua‘i 2% 1. In the mail 91% the trustees’ activities and views. 3. Läna‘i 1% 2. From a public building or other dist. point 3% 1. Strongly agree 13% 4. Maui 8% 3. Online at www.oha.org 2% 2. Agree 52% 5. Moloka‘i 2% 4. Other 3% 3. No opinion 23% 6. O‘ahu 47% 4. Disagree 10% 7. On the continent 28% 5. Strongly disagree 2% 11. Which of the following would you describe as your main source of OHA-related news? 1. Ka Wai Ola 76% 2. What is your gender? 2. Daily newspapers 11% 19. Do you agree with this statement? 1. Female 60% 3. Local magazines 1% I want to personally become more involved with 2. Male 40% 4. Television 5% political and community issues that affect Hawaiians. 5. Internet 4% 1. Strongly agree 26% 6. Other 3% 2. Agree 37% 3. What is your age? 3. No opinion 31% 1. Under 18 1% 4. Disagree 6% 2. 19-28 2% 12. Which of the following would you describe as 5. Strongly disagree 0% 3. 29-36 3% your main source of Hawaiian news in general? 4. 37-47 12% 1. Ka Wai Ola 64% 5. 48-60 30% 2. Daily newspapers 18% 6. Kupuna (61 and over) 52% 3. Local magazines 2% 20. In the chart below, indicate how much coverage 4. Television 6% you think future issues of Ka Wai Ola should 5. Internet 6% devote to the following subjects: 4. What is your education level? 6. Other 4% 1. Not a high school graduate 6% 2. High school graduate or equivalent 22%

3. High school graduate with some college 43% 13. Do you agree with this statement? More coverageAbout the same Less coverage 4. College graduate (BA/BS degree) 18% Ka Wai Ola does a good job of covering important No opinion 5. Master’s degree or higher 12% Hawaiian issues. 1. Strongly agree 33% 2. Agree 54% 5. What is your Hawaiian blood quantum? 3. No opinion 9% Sovereignty/ 1. 50 percent or more 51% 4. Disagree 4% Hawaiian governance 48% 7% 40% 5% 2. Less than 50 percent 36% 5. Strongly disagree 0% 3. None 13% Politics 49% 10% 26% 16%

Education 63% 2% 32% 3% 14. Do you agree with this statement? Ka Wai Ola’s appearance is appealing Health 66% 4% 27% 3% 6. What is your annual household income? 1. Strongly agree 28% 1. Less than $25,000 25% 2. Agree 56% Native rights 2. $25,001 - $50,000 38% 3. No opinion 12% & legal issues 70% 2% 25% 3% 3. $50,001 - $75,000 17% 4. Disagree 3% 4. $75,001 - $100,000 10% Business 37% 11% 43% 9% 5. Strongly disagree 0 5. More than $100,000 8% OHA news 37% 8% 50% 5%

15. Do you agree with this statement? Non-OHA news 11% 23% 43% 23% Ka Wai Ola’s layout is easy to navigate. 7. How would you describe your command of the 1. Strongly agree 27% OHA trustee activities 28% 21% 44% 8% Hawaiian language? 2. Agree 61% 1. Native speaker (Hawaiian first language) 2% 3. No opinion 10% 2. Fluent 0% 4. Disagree 2% OHA editorials 29% 15% 49% 7% 3. Moderate 16% 5. Strongly disagree 0% 4. Limited 67% Community editorials 35% 11% 45% 8% 5. None 15% 16. Do you agree with this statement? Ka Wai Ola’s calendar of events is useful to me. Neighbor islands 55% 4% 38% 3% 1. Strongly agree 30% Culture, music & art 51% 3% 42% 4% 8. How much of Ka Wai Ola do you usually read? 2. Agree 48% 1. 75% - 100% 55% 3. No opinion 15% Calendar of events 42% 5% 50% 3% 2. 50% - 75% 33% 4. Disagree 6% 3. 25% - 50% 4% 5. Strongly disagree 1% 4. Less than 25% 8% Profiles & personalities 40% 7% 46% 8% Hawaiian language 49% 5% 41% 5% 17. In general, do you think Ka Wai Ola articles are: features 1. Too long 9% 9. How many people other than yourself usually read 2. About the right length 75% Q&A interviews 48% 6% 38% 8% your copy of Ka Wai Ola? 3. Too short 4% Average readers per copy: 2.4 4. No opinion 12% KWO SURVEY COMMENTS

elow are a variety of comments from the KWO readership newspapers whose journalists are and Mississippi? survey responses. We appreciate your compliments, and will bound by a strict code of ethics. Still, do our best to address your concerns. Ka Wai Ola provides information for • Would like Hawaiian recipes on B Hawaiians by Hawaiians. food, snacks, and desserts. Teach about healthy foods for our over- One particular area of dissatisfaction had to do with late delivery, • Arrives late on Neighbor Islands; especially to our subscribers on the Neighbor Islands. Readers who weight adults and children. Teach too often calendar events are pau simple Hawaiian words for our chil- receive the issues late in the month also complained that it often already. means that events in the calendar have already passed by the time dren. • Please mail KWO sooner. they get their copy. • This is a great newspaper! I would Sometimes it arrives 20-30 days into like more of the küpuna’s stories of the month. Mahalo! Earlier this year, we began sending Ka Wai Ola to our subscribers the ancient days back when. Also the on the U.S. continent via airmail; hopefully that has reduced their • I receive the Ka Wai Ola too late to Ho‘ohui ‘Ohana Section is very delivery time considerably. In the near future, we will be working important and useful. with the Post Office on an expedited delivery system that will get take advantage of the events listed. Ka Wai Ola sooner to our subscribers outside O‘ahu. Also, begin- • Not enough stories about other • How about a “must-read” list – not ning with this issue, we have adjusted our calendar to start on the islands necessarily new books but books any 15th of each month (see pages 12-13), so hopefully fewer events Hawaiian should have read to under- will be missed. (See page 11) • I don’t like OHA trustee columns stand what went down 1778-1959, when they write negative comments plus before and since. Thank you again for your suggestions. We will take them to heart about their fellow OHA trustees. It and endeavor to serve our readers as best we can. shows a lack of professionalism. • How about a page for children — They could disagree about issues simple Hawaiian phrases, crossword –Ka Wai Ola staff without faulting each other. puzzles asking for simple Hawaiian words, a far-out picture to identify. • Trustees should work together and not write about negative things in • Would like to see expanded OHA destruction of land, ancient artifacts paper about other trustees. Work it business successes, more calendar of and grave sites. out. We hear enough of Hawaiians events, how is OHA helping in edu- LIKE pulling each other down. You are cation activities, OHA hotline for • I like the sovereignty/Hawaiian there to benefit us. business assistance, native law line. governance, native rights and legal • Trustee columns not needed at all— • You publish a good news source. issues, OHA news, OHA trustee • A section should be dedicated to waste of time. Incorporate it into sto- Thanks. activities. You are doing a very good addresses and numbers of those help- ries that the readers would be inter- job in improving the Ka Wai Ola o ing the Hawaiians that are in poverty ested in. I suspect they waste too • Overall, I am very pleased with the OHA newspaper. Keep up the good and the inmates who are coming out of much of their time on it! Ka Wai Ola. It has been my way of work. prison. being ‘connected’to Hawaiian issues and news! • The legislative report in April was • Trustee opinion/editorial pieces are too much: fewer trustees each issue, • Would like to read more about suc- extremely important, I’m glad to see cessful Hawaiian young people, their • I am glad to be receiving Ka Wai or ONLY one page for one or two it! I’m glad to see articles on geneal- accomplishments, those who receive Ola in a more timely manner— trustees would be adequate. OHA has ogy. It is an integral part of increas- honors due to hard work and effort in thanks for the air mail to the conti- a credibility problem in terms of ing knowledge of the families of school. nent. Hawaiian ancestry, and it teaches “what do you do with all your money?” appreciation of each individual’s • Some of the things that I feel Ka • I love everything about it! involvement in the culture of Wai Ola is not covering is how well • I just received my first issue – so Hawai‘i. SUGGESTIONS some of our young ones are doing both in education and sports achieve- much information, there’s no com- • Boyd Mossman’s article on Hawaiian parison I’ve seen yet! ment. Also some of our Hawaiian- society: emotion v. law was excellent! owned businesses – you have only • I like the mo‘olelo column by Claire He shows wisdom and high integrity. • I would love to see more Native covered those that have gone for Hughes, information on the reunions Thank creator for a person with such Hawaiian business advertisements in loans that you offer. and family genealogy, information on clarity. the paper. This way we could support land for sale on the Hawaiian and sustain these business ventures • Seldom are there articles on envi- • I enjoy reading this paper. It makes ronmental issues, which I think is Homesteads here on O‘ahu and the me feel less homesick for my island and have more Hawaiians in the outside islands. power seat unfortunate, given that our health, and families there. prosperity, and livelihoods all ulti- • I commend Ka Wai Ola’s efforts to • Being away from Hawai‘i, Ka Wai • Perhaps minimize the ads to a less- mately depend on the environment. be a respectable source of informa- Ola keeps me updated on a lot of er space and devote more of the Please highlight efforts to reduce, tion and education, and that it invites issues happening back home. paper to pertinent news and informa- reuse, and recycle as well as alterna- its readers to be participants in what tion. I’d like to see less of the tive energy; home gardening, com- goes on not just in OHA, but in • Hawaiian news not accessible from trustee’s messages. Instead of having posting, bicycling as a viable form of Hawai‘i. continent media – mahalo nui! messages from all, you could rotate transportation and non-toxic and non between the trustees with two or mechanized home, garden and lawn • I like the Nü Hou, Calendar, Mele • I left Hawai‘i for the mainland five three contrasting viewpoints. care. ‘Ailana, and Ho‘ohui ‘Ohana. years ago, mostly out of frustration – nui waha; ‘a‘ole hana. I once asked • Layout might be livened up a bit — • I’d like to see more of ‘ölelo • Like: Letters to the Editor because OHA to drop me from the rolls. I am awfully gray. Looks rather academic Hawai‘i articles, history, language, people can express their opinions on thankful I was not. Ka Wai Ola has — not reader-friendly to those with- etc. issues. Like: legislative issues and been valuable to me in staying con- out college degrees. But I do love • I would like to read more about old bills going to Legislature. Like: nected to my roots. this publication and am grateful for Hawaiian history and old legends! Ho‘ohui ‘Ohana to see which fami- the insight and news it gives of the • “No Ka Moku Honu” (Hawaiians How names of streets came about lies are planning reunions. You are people I love. doing a great job keeping us on the continent). Good touch. and their meaning. I really don’t care informed. for the politics! We can read about it • Thank you for your commitment to • I would like to see more excerpts from scholarly publications relating in our daily papers. • Ka Wai Ola is my main source of our people. I’m proud to be a to Hawaiians — such as diet, social Hawaiian news in general besides the Hawaiian and appreciate the atten- • I would like to read about more structure, values, customs, religion T.V. The ‘ohana reunion section is tion that works towards our growth. myths and legends of Hawai‘i. You and socio-economic interactions. I one I particularly like – lots of infor- Imua! Keep up the good work. need to “lighten-up” somewhat! The do not believe we (everyday mation issues are so heavy! Hawaiians) know enough about our • I like it most when you send KWO NO LIKE rich culture. • I am part-Hawaiian, but I do not to my loved ones who are on the con- know much of the Hawaiian lan- tinent. It’s important for them to be • Teaching in three O‘ahu prisons, I guage. Would it be possible to trans- knowledgeable of Hawaiian issues. • Less “wala‘au”—more “nitty grit- feel KWO should be in the hands of late the phrases in parenthesis after it ty” facts! each inmate who wants one. Simply is written in Hawaiian? If you do, • I appreciate very much your contin- dropping some off at the entrance this paper will be much easier to ued coverage of bureaucratic misuse • Many of the stories have an agenda rarely results in circulation. What are read. of the natural environment and the and are not as balanced as traditional you doing with inmates in Oklahoma

O LAKINO

OLAKINO YOUR HEALTH

By Claire Hughes Dr.PH., R.D. Low-mercury reef fish part of healthy diet

awaiian reef fish are an excellent source of market fish choices and poke are the large deep sea awa from Ka‘elepulu would appear in Kuapä. When low-fat, high-quality protein and should be varieties. These large fish are high in mercury con- the mullet reappeared, the awa would disappear. In Hpart of a healthy diet. Akule, awa, moi, mul- tent. ancient times, Laukupu, a mo‘o guardian lived at the let, ‘öpelu and other small fish, as well as squid, octo- Early Hawaiians built walled fish ponds along pro- Koko Head end of Kuapä. She took care of the fish for pus, scallops and shrimp are considered best in a tected shorelines around all of the islands. These her high chief and his people. healthy diet. ponds assured a steady and dependable supply of From the time that it was built Hawaiians used Warnings about the mercury content of fish are choice reef fish for the table at all times. Gates on the until the 1800s, Kuapä various methods to made because mercury can harm the developing brain makai side of the rock walls could be opened to allow covered 523 acres. By catch nutritious of infants and children. All fish contain mercury. fish to enter the pond. Small fish could swim in or out the mid-1950s, Kuapä reef fish. However, because large fish eat many smaller fish, of the pond. However, as the fish grew in size, they had dwindled to less large fish quickly attain higher levels of mercury. would be trapped within the walls of the pond and than a fourth of its Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and young remained to grow large enough for consumption. In original size. Then, children should NOT eat Pacific blue marlin (kajiki), old Hawai‘i, most large fishponds belonged to ali‘i. most of the pond was shark, and swordfish (shutome). Eating ‘ahi, ono, and Today remnants of ancient fishponds remain in only a filled in for develop- opah should be limited to twice a month (once every few places along Hawai‘i’s shorelines. ment of the Hawai‘i two weeks). Aku, canned tuna, butterfish (cod), Cultural experts indicate that Hawaiian fish farming Kai subdivision. grouper, halibut, mahimahi, striped marlin (nairagi), demonstrated a high level of civilization. Raising fish Today, Kuapä Island orange roughy or pollock should be eaten only once a and animals for consumption is seen in advanced civ- is an upscale resi- week by pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and ilizations, as opposed to hunting and fishing for dential and retail young children. immediate consumption. area. The name Early Hawaiians preferred eating fish and sea crea- Kuapä was a very large fishpond on Maunalua Bay Kuapä means fish- tures caught on or near the reef. They used many dif- in what is now called Hawai‘i Kai. A ka‘ao about pond wall. ferent kinds of nets, hooks and traps to catch fish. Kuapä fishpond tells how menehune came one night Their nets varied from small hand-scoop nets to large and completed construction of the partially-built pond hukilau nets. Hawaiians knew that reef fish were tasti- before daybreak. One curious thing about the fish- er because of their diet of seaweed. pond was that it was said to be connected by an Hawai‘i still has a great variety of fish. The season- underground passage to the Ka‘elepulu pond in al running of fish offers an abundance of many differ- Kailua (Enchanted Lakes). From time to time, the ent fish every year. Today, restaurants tend to serve great mullet population in Kuapä would disappear and filets of large, deep sea fish. In fact, a lot of super- be found in Ka‘elepulu pond. At the same time, the

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18 September TRUSTEE MESSAGES Leo ‘elele

September marches in Honolulu and D.C. Haunani Apoliona, MSW significant for ‘those of aloha’ and the world Chairperson Trustee, At-large

loha e na ‘öiwi ‘ölino, nä change.” of September 2004, on the 6th, Museum of the American Indian pulapula a Häloa, mai In this year’s anniversary month, Native Hawaiians and those of and the opening of the Native AHawai‘i a Ni‘ihau a puni ke September 2004, Native Hawaiians aloha will again assemble and Hawaiian collection at the ao mälamalama. Aloha e nä küpuna and those of aloha will once again march through Waikïkï along Smithsonian Museum of Natural kahiko, näna e ho‘oulu mai nei iä assemble and march as we did in Kaläkaua. On the 21st of History. We will refocus our collec- käkou e holopono, a loa‘a e ka lei September 2002, when hundreds September, Native Hawaiians and tive spirit and energy in pursuit of lanakila. E hana käkou me ke walked ma uka to ma kai, from those of aloha will assemble and 21st century partnership and collab- ahonui, a pili me ka hä a ke aloha, Mauna ‘Ala in Nu‘uanu (the Royal march in Washington, D.C., the his- oration among indigenous people, ‘oiai e külia i ka nu‘u, a kau i ka ‘iu Mausoleum) to the rotunda of the toric source of 19th century injus- for a better Hawai‘i, for a better o luna. Aloha mai käkou. State Capitol chanting the resolve to tice to Native Hawaiians and a 21st United States, and for a better On Sept. 2, Native Hawaiians and seek fairness and justice for Native century source for fair reconcilia- world. Whether in Hawai‘i or away those of aloha will once again honor Hawaiians. In this year’s anniver- tion and restoration of justice to from our shores, Native Hawaiians the memory of Queen Lili‘uokalani sary month September 2004, Native Native Hawaiians. We will assem- and those of aloha should join with on the anniversary of her birth. Hawaiians and those of aloha will ble and march on the National Mall, us this September 2004, in Hawai‘i Each year we recall the time of her once again assemble and march as 20,000 plus strong. Native or on our nation’s National Mall. governance of the Hawaiian we did In September 2003, when Hawaiians will join American Whether in Hawai‘i or in the Kingdom, the business, governmen- more than 9,000 strong, we assem- Indians, Alaska natives and other Capitol of the United States, Native tal and political acts of the United bled and marched through Waikïkï, indigenous people of the world to Hawaiians and those of aloha will States that ended her government, along Kaläkaua and ending the remind the nation of our collective chant the resolve of Lili‘uokalani to her two decades of struggle with march with families gathering at resolve of indigenous people to seek fairness and justice for Native resolve toward the United States to Kapi‘olani Park for a day of unified seek fair and just treatment from the Hawaiians while recognizing our reconcile its unlawful actions effort, chanting the resolve to seek United States. We will assemble role among the family of native through fairness and justice, and her fairness and justice for Native our collective strength to celebrate nations and nations of the world in final recognition in 1917, that “I Hawaiians. our ancestors and our cultural lega- this and every September to follow. could not turn back the political In this year’s anniversary month cy with the opening of the National 46/48

Let down by legislative leaders Rowena Akana

Trustee, At-large

no‘ai käkou. Before you bill being killed in this fashion. I intellectual engagement, social educational welfare of Hawaiian head to the ballot box in later learned that an attorney for the growth, and other aspects of a qual- children and not for political rea- ‘A the coming elections, I’d County of Hawai‘i called the chair- ity education that provide the keys sons. But that explanation wasn’t like to share with you two experi- man of the Senate Judiciary to lifetime opportunities and fulfill- good enough for the House ences I had in the past legislative Committee and got the bill killed. ment. Democrats. They wanted payback. session. In the meantime, Hawaiian families With local school boards, the OHA introduced Senate Bill 1155 on Kuleana Lands continue to Hawaiian community will have a to help trustees receive proper ser- State Senate: suffer. more direct say in how educational vice credit for retirement purposes. One of the bills that I really opportunities are provided to The bill seemed all set to pass out pushed hard for at the Legislature State House: Hawaiian students. We could also of the House Finance committee. this past session was Senate Bill On April 1, 2004, OHA’s Board develop culturally appropriate Then, shortly after OHA took its 2759, relating to Kuleana Lands. of Trustees voted unanimously to learning models that will allow position supporting the governor’s Many Hawaiian families who have support Gov. Linda Lingle’s pro- Hawaiian students to achieve plan for educational reform, the bill been caring for their Kuleana Lands posals to reform the public educa- greater success. suddenly died. Coincidence? Not a for generations face the loss of their tion system in Hawai‘i. The board Most people know that OHA is a chance. The committee chose to legacy as well as the potential for took this position because of OHA’s non-partisan entity. The trustees punish the trustees for supporting homelessness because mainland and constitutional mandate to work for would never support the Governor’s the governor’s position on local foreign entities are building luxury the betterment of the conditions for proposal based on politics. school boards. homes and shopping malls on the Native Hawaiians and the findings Unfortunately, the Democrats in I encourage everyone to careful- adjacent property. This causes their in Kamehameha School’s PASE the state Legislature didn’t see it ly consider the candidates’ stand on property value and taxes to skyrock- (Policy Analysis and System this way. issues important to the Hawaiian et. Things are getting so bad that a Evaluation) Report. In an April 2, 2004 Honolulu community. It’s time to help our family has asked OHA to take cus- The PASE Report found that Advertiser article, Sen. Norman friends and “crush” our enemies, tody of their Kuleana Lands until rather than helping underprivileged Sakamoto, D-15th (Waimalu, regardless of their political affilia- they were able to save up enough students, the current system has Airport, Salt Lake), questioned tion. We must collectively show all money to pay off their back taxes. compounded social and economic whether OHA trustees even under- elected officials that Hawaiian votes SB 2759 passed all of its Senate disadvantages through its unequal stood the governor’s proposal and count by making our voices heard! committees and looked set to cross distribution of educational and joked about creating more than one I mua e Hawai‘i nei … over to the House when it was teaching resources. A large number Office of Hawaiian Affairs. abruptly “recommitted,” or sent of underprivileged children are not Our Board chairman sent a letter For more information on impor- back to its original Senate commit- getting the help they need. As a to the editor (Honolulu Advertiser, tant Hawaiian issues, check out tee. In all my years of lobbying the result, Hawaiian children are too April 16, 2004) clearly explaining Trustee Akana’s website at Legislature, I have never heard of a often deprived of opportunities for that OHA took its position for the www.rowenaakana.org.

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Dante Keala Carpenter Participatory democracy prerequisite for a Aka‘ula School opens on Moloka‘i Colette Machado Trustee, O‘ahu Native Hawaiian government Trustee, Moloka‘i and Läna‘i

loha mai käkou. On Dec. Moreover, the group also decided recently, at the Board of Trustees step forward we take, we have to 29, 2003, the OHA Board of through a very lengthy discussion community meeting in Kapa‘a, take time to bring the new faces up proud group of Moloka‘i officials plan to expand slowly to involved in the community. Parents laboration with Ke Aupuni Lökahi, ATrustees voted to support that its name should be changed to Kaua‘i, we heard from beneficiaries to speed so they can get to the same teachers, parents and local eventually accommodate 160 stu- of students are required to volunteer their governing board. A grant from the formation of a Native Hawaiian the Native Hawaiian Coalition and who feel that there are individuals level of understanding of the NHC Aofficials celebrated the dents in grades five to eight. ten hours each quarter and will be Ke Aupuni Lökahi provided the Governance Advisory Council. The its purpose was stated as “…to out there who have already gone group. This is all part of the opening of Moloka‘i’s newest edu- Currently more than 70 percent of asked to assist with after-school school with money for start-up Advisory Council’s purpose? To establish a process that will provide through processes beyond the level process called “participatory cational endeavor – Aka‘ula School. the students are Hawaiian or part- homework help, cleaning class- expenses. “We are very proud serve as a guiding body to provide the Hawaiian people with the mech- that the NHC is currently working democracy.” Guided by its motto, “Learning and Hawaiian and about 25 percent have rooms, and working in the front of that partnership,” said constructive effect to the communi- anism for achieving self-gover- through. The trustees collectively As mentioned earlier, if you are Leading Together,” the school special learning needs. office. Parents are active partners in Vicky Newberry. Other contributors ty voice, assure an open and respon- nance through self-determination.” urged these community people to interested in attending the NHC observed opening ceremonies on The curriculum at Aka‘ula com- the school which helps build the include: Tides Foundation, sive process, establish policy and To date, there have been four join in the effort and share their meetings, please call OHA’s Aug. 13, 2004. Parents prepared a bines traditional teaching with pro- school family. Aka‘ula also offers Alexander and Baldwin, Watamull ensure that procedures are devel- meetings of the Native Hawaiian mana‘o and knowledge with Governance Hale at 594-0219. I lü‘au for the occasion and students gressive techniques. They cover an after school program that Foundation, student tuition ($1,000 oped for the efficient implementa- Coalition (NHC). The NHC has the NHC. urge everyone to come to at least sang their theme song filled with reading, writing, mathematics, sci- includes homework help, special per student per year), a founder’s tion of the nation-building process. continued to grow in number and is one of these NHC meetings to see words that reflected a deep aloha ence, history, art, music, languages interest clubs and enrichment program, and individual contribu- open to anyone interested in parti- Do you want to participate in the what other members of our commu- for Moloka‘i and its beauty. (a quarter of German, Hawaiian, activities. tions. The school has also been gift- Formation of the Native cipating in whatever way they are NHC? That is the question! nity are sharing as it pertains to Spanish), and physical education. A special program offered to stu- ed with many used items including Hawaiian Coalition. most comfortable. If you are inter- The question of who can partici- nation building and the future of a Aka‘ula School is located in The signature of the school is the dents is an in-school employment twenty-two computers, which were However, at its first meeting on ested in the minutes of the NHC pate is not at issue, more important- Hawaiian governing entity. Kaunakakai town, at the Kahua award-winning PRISM Project, service complete with application upgraded and connected to the Feb. 28, 2004, invited members of meetings, contact OHA’s ly the question is – do you want to As always, my staff and I invite Building “in a way, you could say which is an environmental science process, interviews and evaluations Internet by a parent. The rest of the the Native Hawaiian Governance Governance Hale at 594-0219 to participate? For now, the NHC is your comments on the above or any we are an ‘urban’ school,” said program that investigates and evalu- on job performance. Students also money will be raised through signa- Advisory Council and other inter- request copies. The NHC meeting open to everyone who wants to par- other concerns within our purview. Head of School Vicky Newberry. ates environmental issues and participate in community programs ture events; a silent auction and din- ested parties came together and minutes are also printed in the Ka ticipate. At each meeting we have My OHA access numbers are: Several food establishments located actions. Through this curriculum, and projects like attending ‘Aha ner, an annual drive, and perhaps a made it quite clear that they did not Wai Ola o OHA. new faces and no one is turned phone 594-1854, fax 594-0210 and nearby have developed lunch spe- students select and investigate an Ho‘okumu — Moloka‘i’s Native golf tournament. want the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Who can participate in the NHC away. The whole purpose of holding email address – [email protected]. cials for the students, adding to the environmental issue on Moloka‘i. Hawaiian Education Island Council to control the group but rather to meetings was a question raised at a these meetings is to get as many A hui hou, malama pono. local economy. The investigation includes collect- meetings. School officials believe Congratulations to Aka‘ula provide logistical support and fund- recent Board of Trustees community individuals involved as possible. At Currently, the school has an ing and analyzing data, and writing in and try to incorporate “Nä Honua School’s Board of Trustees, admin- ing towards achieving its purpose. meeting in Waimea, Hawai‘i. More times it may seem that for every enrollment of 46 students in grades action plans based on the data. Most Mauli Ola,” Hawai‘i Guidelines for istrators, parents and students. Best five through eight. More than half of the investigations also touch on Culturally Healthy and Responsive wishes as you work with the com- of the students are in the sixth and cultural concerns. Past PRISM Learning Environments. munity to build a tradition of educa- seventh grades. The school employs investigations have provided data Aka‘ula School has received tional excellence on Moloka‘i in a three full-time teachers and one on fishponds, hunting, and solid funding from a number of different way that is culturally and environ- education assistant. Students were waste. resources. The school is a project mentally sensitive. Donald B. Cataluna accepted on a first-come first-serve At Aka‘ula, the focus is on pro- of the Moloka‘i Enterprise The treasures of Kaua‘i basis for each grade level. School ject-based instruction and getting Community and works in close col- Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau

Editor’s Note: This month, Jordan Oligo. Director of the pro- Beniamina, Mary Kanahele, Carol Kaua‘i Community College for the Trustee Cataluna’s column was gram was Dr. Leila Nitta; Leah Naka‘ahiki, and Rose Vaivao. afternoon program for keiki. authored by his wife, Dorothy Atua Pereira was the coordinator. The Then, on Mon., July 19, we trav- The special chairs for each com- Akaka Bill detractors fuel the permanent loss Boyd P. Mossman Cataluna. four teachers were: Linda Ibara, eled to the eastside of Kaua‘i to puter were donated by community Renee Takahashi, Estrellita Castillo Anahola. The Anahola community individuals – many were dedicated Trustee, Maui loha käkou mai ka moku ‘o (EA) and Yvette Naka‘ahiki (EA). came together to celebrate and ded- to the memory of parents and grand- of funding for vital Hawaiian programs Kaua‘i! Last month on Billie Smith, principal of Kekaha icate a new building at the Anahola parents of the individual donor. The Kaua‘i, I had the privilege Elementary School, allowed the use Community Center. Once again, the State Community School for adults A loha all. As the Board of this objective of “Hawaiians help- OHA and its funds will not be now existing. Pro-Independence of attending with my husband, of the school library. focus was on the youngsters and the will provide computer literacy pro- Trustee Donald Cataluna, two com- Funding for this reading program adults of Anahola. Reverend Frank grams for küpuna. Trustees visits each island, ing Hawaiians” and thereby the rest around to offer to preserve these opponents of the bill will not be munity events. was provided by OHA with the help Puni officiated at the blessing and A very special part of the after- Aas we hear from the few of the state. What we fail to lands and protect them from non- deprived of the opportunity to con- The first was at Kekaha where the of Trustees Oswald Stender and the untying of the maile lei. noon was when an Anahola resi- souls who take the time to attend acknowledge as we recognize recip- Hawaiians with their money and tinue arguing in the international Hawaiian community came togeth- Donald Cataluna. The building is named: “Ka Hale dent, Kainani Kahaunaele came to our community meetings, as we ients of grants and aid from OHA is their own agendas. courts for their independence for er. The event was entitled Pilipa‘a By incorporating the ‘öpio of the Pono ‘Ohana Education Center.” entertain the gathering. Kainani is a give of our time to hear community that we stand a good chance of los- And so, instead of nitpicking the whatever that may be worth. o Kekaha hosted by the Kekaha summer reading program, each stu- Sen. Daniel Inouye was instrumen- student at the University of Hawai‘i members give their mana‘o to us, I ing future funding for the better- Akaka Bill, Hawaiians should be Finally, the bill can be amended, Hawaiian Homestead Association. dent had the privilege to recognize tal in getting this project underway. Hilo campus. She is currently have noticed a recurring theme from ment of Hawaiians should we fail to picnicking on a feast of the positive and will be many times hereafter, as The evening was to honor küpuna each honored kupuna with a The children of Anahola will be preparing for a master’s degree in Hawaiians who attend: we don’t secure our existence as an indige- effects the bill has for Hawaiians Hawaiians seek to perfect it each who lived in Kekaha and Ni‘ihau, short talk about the honoree. able to use the seventeen computers Hawaiian studies. She encouraged need Akaka so let us go back to nous people via act of Congress. and on Hawai‘i. First and foremost year. acknowledging all they did for the Entertainment was provided by situated in the new building after the youth to attend school and to where we were in 1893. My purpose Lands such as Mü‘olea Point in is the positive effect it will have in benefit of the community. This time musicians formerly from Ni‘ihau. school hours with instructors to aid seek higher education. Kainani is a in continuing to write this column is Häna with a rich and cultural our argument against the Arakaki Though one senator has been a was also to showcase the accom- U‘ilani Ka‘ohelauli‘i is the group’s them. 2004 Nä Hökü Hanohano award to focus on the other side, which is Hawaiian history which are still case plaintiffs. A win in the significant obstacle to passage of plishments of the students of the leader. They are Independence Hoa The project was many years in the winner for female vocalist of the for the most part silent at public undeveloped and pristine will not Supreme Court is absolutely neces- the Akaka Bill in Congress up until summer reading program. Küpuna Ka‘ohelauli‘i, Dana Ka‘ohelauli‘i, making. Participants included year and other honors. meetings of Hawaiians. have a chance of being preserved sary for the survival of the now, if ever the bill were to make it, honored were Benjamin Naka‘ahiki Eli Ka‘ohelauli‘i, Ronnie Ka‘ohe- Kaua‘i Community College The intent of both communities for the benefit of Hawaiians and Hawaiians as a people and Akaka the time is now, with our senior sen- Sr., Minnie Keolamau Takahashi lauli‘i, and Nawai Ka‘ohelauli‘i. Chancellor, Peggy Cha, who repre- was focused on helping their youth I appreciate my colleagues on the Hawai‘i but will be lost forever to gives us the edge. Next is the voice ators in place and able to aptly Naka‘ahiki, Thomas Takahashi, The sound system was provided by sented the lead agency in getting the succeed. It was about how the board recognizing individuals and landowners who will do what they we will be given in our nation’s maneuver bills. This is a window of Margaret Feliz, Sam Fong and Kay Ehu Kanahele. building located next to the Anahola küpuna and the young mothers and programs benefiting Hawaiians so desire and will preclude us from government and the assurance of a opportunity we must take advantage Emalia Pualeinani Nï‘au Licayan. Kekaha Hawaiian Homestead Clubhouse built and furnished. fathers come together to better the since that is a key role OHA plays experiencing the Hawai‘i of our focus upon the needs of Hawaiians of and vigorously pursue. Failure is The state libraries summer read- Association officers are: Richard Cathy Simao of Queen lives of their children. in seeking to improve life for ancestors. Even today, there are by the birth or our own Hawaiian not an option to a proud people ing program participants were: Kanahele, President; Marlene Kali, Lili‘uokalani Children’s Center Hawaiians. I am appreciative of the those Hawaiians who believe that government. A consolidation of whose very existence depends upon Wilson Kauakahi, Wesley Schmidt, Vice President; U‘ilani Ka‘ohe- spoke. Computers were obtained Ua lökahi ke kaiaulu me ke aloha funding OHA has provided for so this is not something for OHA to Hawaiian agencies into one govern- their recognition and acceptance as Love Kelley, Happy Nï‘au- lauli‘i, Secretary; Leah Pereira, through the HUD rural-develop- no ka pono o käkou a pau! many programs and situations for seek to preserve, but for others. ment will be a benefit to all an indigenous people of America the benefit of Hawaiians, and I hope Without federal recognition, there is Hawaiians and be unique in the and the host culture of Hawai‘i nei. Kanahele, Joanna Borja, Maile Treasurer; Lu Koerte, Sergeant-at- ment project. Albarado, Chalani Kawaihälau and arms. Directors are: Kanani OHA trustees provided a grant to to be able to continue to assist in not even an argument to be had: scheme of indigenous governments

20 September Kepakemapa 21 TRUSTEE MESSAGES Leo ‘elele

Aka‘ula School opens on Moloka‘i Colette Machado

Trustee, Moloka‘i and Läna‘i

proud group of Moloka‘i officials plan to expand slowly to involved in the community. Parents laboration with Ke Aupuni Lökahi, teachers, parents and local eventually accommodate 160 stu- of students are required to volunteer their governing board. A grant from Aofficials celebrated the dents in grades five to eight. ten hours each quarter and will be Ke Aupuni Lökahi provided the opening of Moloka‘i’s newest edu- Currently more than 70 percent of asked to assist with after-school school with money for start-up cational endeavor – Aka‘ula School. the students are Hawaiian or part- homework help, cleaning class- expenses. “We are very proud Guided by its motto, “Learning and Hawaiian and about 25 percent have rooms, and working in the front of that partnership,” said Leading Together,” the school special learning needs. office. Parents are active partners in Vicky Newberry. Other contributors observed opening ceremonies on The curriculum at Aka‘ula com- the school which helps build the include: Tides Foundation, Aug. 13, 2004. Parents prepared a bines traditional teaching with pro- school family. Aka‘ula also offers Alexander and Baldwin, Watamull lü‘au for the occasion and students gressive techniques. They cover an after school program that Foundation, student tuition ($1,000 sang their theme song filled with reading, writing, mathematics, sci- includes homework help, special per student per year), a founder’s words that reflected a deep aloha ence, history, art, music, languages interest clubs and enrichment program, and individual contribu- for Moloka‘i and its beauty. (a quarter of German, Hawaiian, activities. tions. The school has also been gift- Spanish), and physical education. A special program offered to stu- ed with many used items including Aka‘ula School is located in The signature of the school is the dents is an in-school employment twenty-two computers, which were Kaunakakai town, at the Kahua award-winning PRISM Project, service complete with application upgraded and connected to the Building “in a way, you could say which is an environmental science process, interviews and evaluations Internet by a parent. The rest of the we are an ‘urban’ school,” said program that investigates and evalu- on job performance. Students also money will be raised through signa- Head of School Vicky Newberry. ates environmental issues and participate in community programs ture events; a silent auction and din- Several food establishments located actions. Through this curriculum, and projects like attending ‘Aha ner, an annual drive, and perhaps a nearby have developed lunch spe- students select and investigate an Ho‘okumu — Moloka‘i’s Native golf tournament. cials for the students, adding to the environmental issue on Moloka‘i. Hawaiian Education Island Council local economy. The investigation includes collect- meetings. School officials believe Congratulations to Aka‘ula Currently, the school has an ing and analyzing data, and writing in and try to incorporate “Nä Honua School’s Board of Trustees, admin- enrollment of 46 students in grades action plans based on the data. Most Mauli Ola,” Hawai‘i Guidelines for istrators, parents and students. Best five through eight. More than half of the investigations also touch on Culturally Healthy and Responsive wishes as you work with the com- of the students are in the sixth and cultural concerns. Past PRISM Learning Environments. munity to build a tradition of educa- seventh grades. The school employs investigations have provided data Aka‘ula School has received tional excellence on Moloka‘i in a three full-time teachers and one on fishponds, hunting, and solid funding from a number of different way that is culturally and environ- education assistant. Students were waste. resources. The school is a project mentally sensitive. accepted on a first-come first-serve At Aka‘ula, the focus is on pro- of the Moloka‘i Enterprise basis for each grade level. School ject-based instruction and getting Community and works in close col-

Akaka Bill detractors fuel the permanent loss Boyd P. Mossman of funding for vital Hawaiian programs Trustee, Maui

loha all. As the Board of this objective of “Hawaiians help- OHA and its funds will not be now existing. Pro-Independence Trustees visits each island, ing Hawaiians” and thereby the rest around to offer to preserve these opponents of the bill will not be Aas we hear from the few of the state. What we fail to lands and protect them from non- deprived of the opportunity to con- souls who take the time to attend acknowledge as we recognize recip- Hawaiians with their money and tinue arguing in the international our community meetings, as we ients of grants and aid from OHA is their own agendas. courts for their independence for give of our time to hear community that we stand a good chance of los- And so, instead of nitpicking the whatever that may be worth. members give their mana‘o to us, I ing future funding for the better- Akaka Bill, Hawaiians should be Finally, the bill can be amended, have noticed a recurring theme from ment of Hawaiians should we fail to picnicking on a feast of the positive and will be many times hereafter, as Hawaiians who attend: we don’t secure our existence as an indige- effects the bill has for Hawaiians Hawaiians seek to perfect it each need Akaka so let us go back to nous people via act of Congress. and on Hawai‘i. First and foremost year. where we were in 1893. My purpose Lands such as Mü‘olea Point in is the positive effect it will have in in continuing to write this column is Häna with a rich and cultural our argument against the Arakaki Though one senator has been a to focus on the other side, which is Hawaiian history which are still case plaintiffs. A win in the significant obstacle to passage of for the most part silent at public undeveloped and pristine will not Supreme Court is absolutely neces- the Akaka Bill in Congress up until meetings of Hawaiians. have a chance of being preserved sary for the survival of the now, if ever the bill were to make it, for the benefit of Hawaiians and Hawaiians as a people and Akaka the time is now, with our senior sen- I appreciate my colleagues on the Hawai‘i but will be lost forever to gives us the edge. Next is the voice ators in place and able to aptly board recognizing individuals and landowners who will do what they we will be given in our nation’s maneuver bills. This is a window of programs benefiting Hawaiians so desire and will preclude us from government and the assurance of a opportunity we must take advantage since that is a key role OHA plays experiencing the Hawai‘i of our focus upon the needs of Hawaiians of and vigorously pursue. Failure is in seeking to improve life for ancestors. Even today, there are by the birth or our own Hawaiian not an option to a proud people Hawaiians. I am appreciative of the those Hawaiians who believe that government. A consolidation of whose very existence depends upon funding OHA has provided for so this is not something for OHA to Hawaiian agencies into one govern- their recognition and acceptance as many programs and situations for seek to preserve, but for others. ment will be a benefit to all an indigenous people of America the benefit of Hawaiians, and I hope Without federal recognition, there is Hawaiians and be unique in the and the host culture of Hawai‘i nei. to be able to continue to assist in not even an argument to be had: scheme of indigenous governments

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H ‘ ‘O O OHUI HANA

HO‘OHUI ‘OHANA FAMILY REUNIONS

E nä ‘ohana Hawai‘i: If you are planning a reunion or looking for genealogical information, Ka Wai Ola o OHA will print your listing at no charge on a space-available basis. Listings are printed chronologically and should not exceed 200 words. OHA reserves the right to edit all submissions for length. Send your information to OHA, or e-mail [email protected]. E ola nä mamo a Häloa!

Mahu — Descendants of John Kalimanui Mahu (aka Limanui) and ering Nov. 27, on the island of Hawai‘i at Wailoa State Park big pavil- who the families are. For more on the reunion and information, please Poluea Kaaualii are planning a family reunion, Sept. 3-5, at Pu‘uiki ion from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, please call Auntie Elaine contact: Chairman: Chad Kalehuawehe (808-573-1357), Vice-Chair: Pavilion, Waialua, O‘ahu. Their offspring include: Rachel Weed; at (808) 965-8074 after 8 p.m. on weekdays, or Gladys at (808) 982- Patrick Kekahuna (808-242-4729) or Edi-Ann Sanchez (808-244- Esther Hale Kauwalu Pohaku, Sarah Kaleiheana and David Mahu (aka 6764, or email [email protected]. 9859). Limanui). Contact Hyenie Weed-Sato at 259-5040 or Danielle Gora at 637-5394 for more info. Waialae/Mokulehua — An ‘ohana reunion is being planned for the Owali-Kukona — The Owali-Kukona Family reunion (Kala, Kaaihue, descendants of George Waialae, Sr., married to Julia Mokulehua. We Kaaea, Kalawaiapi, and Paoa) will be held August 11-13, 2005 in Keo/Pia — Descendants of Kahinawe Keo and John Pia are planning a are gathering information and seeking family members by way of their Kahului, Maui. For more information, call 808-871-1050 or 801-356- family gathering, Sept. 3-6, at Hanamaulu Beach Park on Kauai. All seven children: 1. Josephine Domitila (m: Charles Kopa, II); 2. 0606 or email [email protected]. Family meetings to be held on interested parties should contact: Rosie Leimomi Manner at P.O. Box Kananilehua Julia (m: Frank Kalili); 3. Maria Rose (m: Henry Young); September 10, 2004 on Maui, Kahului LDS Steake Center 4-9 p.m. and 11181, Hilo, Hawai‘i 96721 or email [email protected] 4. Elizabeth Leihulu (m: Walter Andrade, Sr.); 5. Agnes Ku‘uleialoha September 11, 2004 on O‘ahu, Waimänalo. or Joan Hall 20598 Woodmere Court, Sterling, Virginia 20165, or email (m: William Ka‘ae); 6. George Keoki (m: Minnie Nah); 7. Joseph [email protected] for more information. Kaihikapu (m: Sarah Akau). Although this reunion will focus on unit- Ua/Wilcox — A family reunion is planned for the descendants of ing the Waialae grandchildren and their families, we would also like to Keaupuni Ua and Mary Namelehookano Wilcox, who had 2 daughters: Hekekia/Kahana — A 2004 reunion is being planned for the family of invite the siblings’ families of George (Keoho‘onani, Kalua, Maria, Lizzie Kealakai Ua who md. Samuel Paalua Kipi and had these chil- Solomon “Li‘ili‘i” Huaka Kahana Hekekia, Sr., of 1865 to 1944, for- Cecilia, U‘i, Lä‘ie and Keomo Waialae) and Julia (Thomas, Kaua, dren: Henry; Samuel; Anna; Hattie; Cecilia; Dorothy who md. (# 1) merly of Honuapo, Ka‘ü, Hawai‘i. The children are Josephine, Hilda, Elizabeth, Moses, John, Ella, Sabina, Juliano, Annie and Victor Henry Aweau and (# 2) Patrick Dutro; and Hilda. The other daughter Charles, and Lydia. The event will be held on Sept. 4 (Labor Day Mokulehua) to this reunion. If you have any information about these was Lydia (Lily or Lilia) Pritchard Ua who md. William Moike and had Weekend), at Aunty Sally’s Lu‘au Hale, formerly the Seven Seas Lü‘au families or would like to be a part of the planning of this reunion, please these children: Moses Waiolama; Mary who md. Kealoha Keaupuni; House, Hilo, Hawai‘i. The event will be from 6-10 p.m. If you would contact: James Waialae 808-225-3356, email: [email protected] Cecilia who md. Danel Kaleialii; Helen who md. Hosea Kekauoha; like to be included in the family tree, please bring an updated family or Gloria Waialae 808-455-9475. Walter; Christina (Kina) who md. (# 1) Louie Hoomanawanui, (# 2) genealogy to the event, including family members that passed on. A Henry Kalima, and (# 3) Gregorio Espirito; Anna who md. (# 1) Harry second notice will be sent out at a later date with a reminder for dona- Aweau — We are planning a gathering to organize a reunion on O‘ahu. Harrison and (# 2) Larry Reano; Victoria who md. Thomas Apana; and tions, supplies items, T-shirts, visor hat fees and etc. Please call and let We need kökua to update our genealogy and form an ‘ohana commit- William. The reunion will be held on October 9, 2004 at Maile Park in us know ASAP, if you are planning to attend the reunion: Ada Kalani, tee. Contact Kolomona at 683-1146. Aweau descendants are Ioane: Wai‘anae. For more information, contact Sam Kekauoha at 293-9955 or Chairman 808-964-1655, William Kuamo‘o 808-935-4375, Wes or David, Lilia, Kahopuwaiki: Nalaieluaakamanu, John Keahiapele, Tita Kato at 696-1948. Clarissa Kahakua 808-935-4147. James Hoolulu, Joseph Kahopuwaiki, Kauhaanu, Nakuilauhulu: Haaonui, Pohue, Wahinine, Mary Irene Ailimukala, Kaui, William, Ekekela — Looking for information on Sebatianus Ezekiela Lindsey/Fay — Reunion for the descendants of Thomas John Weston Mahoe; Kalaupaina, Hinaikamalamalama: Hihikaina, Akamakiu, (Ekekela?) and Cecilia Mana, about circa 1840. They lived in Lindsey and Mary Ka‘ala Fay. Nä Mamo Aloha a Thomas John Weston Margaret Kamaha Aweau Padeken: John, Rose, Frederick, Charles, Honaunau, Hawai‘i according to the baptismal record at St. Benedict Lindsey is announcing the dates for the next reunion to be held at the Annie. These descendants trace back to about 1850 –1870. Genealogy Catholic Church. Their daughter Veronica Keawe was married to Victor Hawaiian Homes Hall in Waimea, Kamuela, Hawai‘i from Sept. 24-26. research was done by Henry Nalaielua and Larry Aweau. For more Kukua Kalua. She was born in 1867. Veronica Keawe is my grand- It is requested that all the nä ‘ohana submit changes and additions to information, visit www.Aweaufamily.com. mother. If anyone has information or know of any family with the last their family history records to the chairman, Allen Henry U‘iha Ai at 52 name Ezekiela or Ekekela, please email [email protected]. Alokele Place, Pukalani, Maui, HI 96768-8202. (Phone: 808-572-0453) Farrington High School Class of 1980 — Farrington High School no later than April 30, 2004. Please also include any deaths in your Class of 1980 is planning their 25th Class Reunion in 2005. For more Kalama — Requesting information on the families of my grandparents ‘ohana since Aug. 1999. The descendants include those of John “Poko” information or to help in planning, visit www.farrington80.com. and great grandparents: Poepoe, Kalama, Kamaka, Kamehameha, Kawananakoa Lindsey, Thomas Kamaki Lindsey, James Ka‘aluea Kumukoa, Aseu-Young, Tien-Yen, Gouvea, Goeas. Besides putting Lindsey, William Miller Pilialoha Lindsey, George Miller Seymour Brown — In preparation for the 2005 reunion of the John and together my family genealogy, also seeking family medical history that Lindsey, Albert U‘iha Lindsey and Emma Kawanalaulani Lindsey Benjamin Brown ‘ohana of Hilo, Hawai‘i, the Honolulu ‘ohana is ask- could affect my children and me. I am the son of Richard Allen Kalama Mossman/Lemon. ing for all family members to update their contact information, births, Sr. and Constancy Keala Onaona Young, origin Honolulu. My father’s deaths or marriages or share contact information about other family parents are Charles Kaanapu Kalama I and Estufania (Fannie) Gouvea, Pe‘a/Keliihoomalu — A reunion for the descendants of Kahale members. The family will be holding its reunion on O‘ahu from July 1 origin Maui, relocated to O‘ahu. My mother’s parents are Frank Aseu Charles Iaukea, Kuluwaimaka Keliihoomalu, Tutu Samuel Kahuakai -3, 2005. The ‘ohana includes the descendents of William Christopher Young (Frank Chong Fat Aseu) and Adelina Pu‘uwai Maemae Poepoe, Keliihoomalu and Kalama Pila Waiau of Kaimu, Puna Hawaii, is being Brown, Enoch Brown, Violet Nathaniel, Mealoha Anakalea, Benjamin origin North Kohala, relocated to O‘ahu. Charles Kaanapu Kalama I is formed. A steering committee is in the process of being organized. The “Tuna” Brown, Keala Kuamo‘o, Valentine Brown, Manoa Brown and the son of Samuel Kaaumoana Kalama and Kainoa confirmed dates are July 7-9 (Thu-Sat) 2005. This event is planned for Maria Hendershot. A newsletter on the reunion was sent out at the end Kanoelehuahelemamau, origin Maui, relocated to O‘ahu. Estufania Wailoa State Park, Pavillion #2 (largest one). Since we are in formation, of August 2004. All interested parties are invited to attend monthly (Fannie) Gouvea is the daughter of Joseph P. Gouvea and Eugenia it would be nice if each child of Kahale Charles Iaukea, Kuluwaimaka reunion planning meetings held the 2nd Sunday of every month. Please Goeas, origin Portugal, relocated to O‘ahu. Frank Aseu Young (Frank Keliihoomalu, Samuel Kahuakai Keliihoomalu & Kalama Pila Waiau call Ku‘uipo McFadden Shimizu at (808) 626-1645 or email browno- Chong Fat Aseu) is the son of Tien Yin Aseu and Malakina Kamaka, be represented in the steering committee. General chairperson for this [email protected]. origin North Kohala, relocated to O‘ahu. Adelina Pu‘uwai Maemae event is Aunty Barbara Kekaualua, 431 Keonaona St. Hilo, HI 96720, Poepoe is the daughter of Olopananui Akea Kalamakuikeao Gulstan (808) 959-3876. Other contacts: Lois Sanekane (808) 982-9321; Lizzie Kalehuawehe Napoka — The 3rd Family Reunion is been planned for Poepoe and Maile Mary Napuaelua, origin North Kohala, relocated to Pankey (808) 968-7093; Mabel Wilson (808) 982-7645. Please join us July 1-3, 2005 on Maui. It will be held at “Hale Nanea,” located on the Kaua‘i, then O‘ahu. Please call at home (808) 259-5502, cell: 808-753- in the planning and implementation of our very first reunion. Should beach in Kahului. We, the descendants of John Nälani‘ewalu 2910 or emailat [email protected]. you need more information on accommodations, please call Aunty Kalehuawehe Näpoka (k) and Ha‘upu ‘Ukukua (w) and their son Barbara. Näpoka Kalehuawehe aka Kalehuawehe Näpoka (k) and Ke‘elehiwa Luhia — I am seeking relatives/friends of the Puueo district of S. Hilo, ‘Ukukua (w) their children and all the heirs of: John Nälani‘ewalu II, Hawai‘i who are related or have known a, James Luhia, Sr. James Hauani‘o — John Ka‘aipa‘i Hauani‘o, Sr. and Lily Ka‘uluwehiwehi known also as “Wawalu” (k) and Lily Aulani Dart (w), John I. Luhia, Sr. was born circa 1870’s and was married to a Kaleikahua Hulihe‘e-Hauani‘o. The descendants of Emma Pi‘ilani Hauani‘o- Kalehuawehe also was nicknamed as “Wawalu (k) and Mary Aliona Mehau from Kapaahu, Puna, Hawai‘i. I am in search of anyone pro- Pestano, Harriet Rose Hauani‘o-Waltjen, John Ka‘aipa‘i Hauani‘o, Jr., Kanahele (w), Malia Kalehuawehe (w) and Joseph AhChong Akanako viding me with any source of records, pictures that you might have. Mary Mahelani Hauani‘o-Pressimone, Benjamin Kauhi Hauani‘o, aka Akanako AhChong (k), Lillian Kalehuawehe (w) and Arthur Allen, Any source of information is helpful and appreciated. You may contact Gilbert Wiliama Hauani‘o, Sr., Joseph Kaheaokalani Hauani‘o, and Jr, welcome you all to join the rest here on Maui to share stories, pho- me by email: [email protected] or by mail: Janice, 85-1164 Dorothy Leimomi Hauani‘o-Green, are having a one-day family gath- tos and update family genealogies, most of all to meet and get to know Kumaipo Street, Wai‘anae, Hawai‘i 96792.

Burial Notices

All persons having information concerning unmarked burials on a All persons having information concerning an unmarked bur- roughly 2.23-acre property (TMK: 3-7-5-09:40) in Pua‘a 2nd Ahupua‘a, ial on a roughly 6.8-acre property (TMK: 3-7-5-09:54) in ‘Auhaukea‘_ North Kona District, Island of Hawai‘i are hereby requested to contact Mr. 1st Ahupua‘a, North Kona District, Island of Hawai‘i are hereby Ali Ghalamfarsa, Ali‘i Architects, Inc. (808) 329-8777, 75-143 Hualälai requested to contact Mr. Robert Saunders, CSV Hospitality Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745, Dr. Bob Rechtman, Rechtman Consulting, Management LLC, (808) 969-3089, 551 Akala Road, Hilo, HI 96720; LLC (808) 966-7636, HC1 Box 4149, Kea‘au, HI 96749, and/or Mr. Kana‘i Dr. Bob Rechtman, Rechtman Consulting, LLC (808) 966-7636, HC1 Kapeliela, Burial Sites Program (808) 692-8037, 555 Kükuhihewa Building, Box 4149, Kea‘au, HI 96749; and/or Mr. Kana‘i Kapeliela, Burial 601 Kamökila Blvd., Kapolei, HI 96707. Sites Program (808) 692-8037, 555 Kükuhihewa Building, 601 In 1991, three burials from this same property were disinterred and Kamökila Blvd., Kapolei, HI 96707. reburied at Kahikolu Church Cemetery. Although DLNR-SHPD Burials Program undertook this action with consent of identified family members, Appropriate treatment of the remains will occur in accordance presently no records can be located indicating the family name. with HRS, Chapter 6E, respective to the burial site. The landowner Appropriate treatment of the remains will occur in accordance with HRS, intends to preserve the burial in place, following the preparation of Chapter 6E, respective to the burial site. The landowner intends to preserve a Burial Treatment Plan in consultation with any identified descen- all burials in place, following the preparation of a Burial Treatment Plan in dants and with approval of the Hawai‘i Island Burial Council. All consultation with any identified descendants and with approval of the interested parties should respond within thirty (30) days of this Hawai‘i Island Burial Council. All interested parties should respond within notice and provide information to DLNR-SHPD adequately demon- thirty (30) days of this notice and provide information to DLNR-SHPD ade- strating lineal descent from these specific Native Hawaiian quately demonstrating lineal descent from these specific Native Hawaiian remains, or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same remains, or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua‘a. ahupua‘a.

2222 June September THE MARKETPLACE Useful Addresses

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Maui 140 Ho‘ohana St., Ste. 206 Kahului, HI 96732 BRIEFS from page 5 Toward Heaven Lomilomi Burial Notice Phone: 808.243.5219 Center is presenting classes now carry a registration Foundations in Lomilomi, a Fax: 808.243.5016 fee of $10. 150-hour basic massage pro- Classes offered through the gram designed to enhance the Washington, D.C. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that program are open to all ages local community’s knowledge 1301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste.200 Archaeological Consultants of the and include Hawaiian subjects of this native healing art, while Washington, D.C. 20036 Pacific, Inc. (ACP) representing Mr. ranging from conversational simultaneously preparing stu- Phone: 202.721.1388 and Mrs. Craig and Kay Nichols, Hawaiian language to slack- dents for a career in massage has identified three burials at TMK: key guitar to lauhala weaving. Fax: 202.466.7797 therapy. Students will receive 7-1-05: 12 and 7-1-06: 129 at a Most of the classes begin comprehensive instruction, property in Pu‘uanahulu Ahupua‘a, between Sept. 1 and Sept 18 above and beyond state OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS North Kona District, Island of and will be held at various requirements, in basic anato- Hawai‘i. locations in Leeward O‘ahu my, physiology and kinesiolo- Clyde W. Nämu‘o ADMINISTRATOR Based on stylistic observations, it and at the LCC campus in Pearl gy. is believed that the remains are most City. To view the schedule of Noelani Bennett, director of likely Hawaiian and proper treatment classes, log on to Public Information Office the workshop, said that this is shall occur in accordance with www.lcc.hawaii.edu/ocet. For the first massage licensure Ka Wai Ola o OHA Staff Chapter 6E of the Hawai‘i Revised more information, call Bill preparation program in Statutes regarding burial sites. Souza at 455-0660. For regis- Honolulu to focus primarily on Manu Boyd Derek Ferrar Proposed treatment of the burials is tration, call 455-0477. Public Information Public Information traditional massage rather than Director Specialist to preserve the remains in place, Western models, such as the however, the decision whether to Michael McDonald ‘Aukai Reynolds popular Swedish techniques. Publications Specialist/ Media Production preserve in place or disinter and Palace volunteers Bennett, the daughter of Art Director Specialist/Webmaster relocate the human remains shall be singer Emma Veary and grand- Sterling Kini Wong Leialoha Lono‘ae‘a made by the Hawai‘i Island Burial ‘Iolani Palace is seeking vol- daughter of spiritual healer Publications Editor PIO Secretary Council in concert with the wishes of unteers to fill the positions of Nana Veary, also owns and Charles Ogata lineal descendants. guardians, greeters and gal- operates Hands Toward Volunteer The Council is requesting families leries or video center Heaven. She began her formal Published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs of HAWAIIANS WHO ONCE LIVED host/hostess. The next volun- training 25 years ago under the Public Information Office IN PU‘UANAHULU AHUPUA‘A, teer training will be held on tutelage of lomilomi master NORTH KONA DISTRICT, or who Notice to Readers Sat., Sept. 11, from 8-11 a.m. Auntie Margaret Machado and may have knowledge regarding For more information, call started teaching over a decade these remains, to immediately con- Lori Garcia at 522-0821. ago. Ka Wai Ola o OHA will accept for consideration tact Kana‘i Kapeliela of the State news releases and letters to the editor on topics of Classes run from Sept. 20- Historic Preservation Division at relevance and interest to OHA and Hawaiians, as Dec. 20 and are held Monday, well as calendar events and reunion notices. Ka Wai (808) 692-8037 to present informa- Wednesday and Friday, from Ola o OHA reserves the right to edit all material for tion regarding appropriate treat- Lomilomi length and content, or not to publish as available 6-10 p.m. at Hands Toward ment of the human remains. space or other considerations may require. Ka Wai For the first time in Heaven, 2065 S. King St. Ola o OHA does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Individuals responding must be Honolulu, a lomilomi work- #301. Tuition is $1,800. A Deadline for submissions is the eighth day of every able to adequately demonstrate a month. Late submissions are considered only on a shop is being offered that will deposit of $150 is required to family connection to the burial(s) or space-available basis. fulfill initial state requirements reserve a place. For more the ahupua‘a of Pu‘uanahulu. toward a massage license. information, call Hands  2004 Office of Hawaiian Affairs. All rights reserved. Starting in September, Hands Toward Heaven at 947-5003.

Kepakemapa 23 APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCT. 15, 2004

Kapälama Campus ADMISSIONS INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS O‘ahu • O‘ahu residents may apply to kindergarten and Meetings will take place from 6:00-8:00 p.m. grades 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 12. Sept. 22 – KS Community Learning Center at Nänäkuli • West Hawai‘i, Moloka‘i, Läna‘i, Kaua‘i, Ni‘ihau and Häna (87-2070C Farrington Highway) District residents may apply to grades 7, 9, 10, 11 or 12. Sept. 29 – KS Community Learning Center at Nänäkuli Hawai‘i Hawai‘i Campus Meetings begin at 6:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated Sept. 2 – KS Hawai‘i Campus/Hä‘aeamahi Dining Hall • Hawai‘i island residents may apply to kindergarten and Sept. 8 – 5:30 p.m. Keaukaha at Kawänanakoa Gym grades 6, 9, 10, 11 or 12. Sept. 9 – 5:30 p.m. at Pähoa Intermediate School Cafeteria Sept. 14 – 6:30 p.m. at Nä‘älehu School Cafeteria Maui Campus Sept. 21 – Waimea Intermediate School Cafeteria • Maui residents may apply to kindergarten and Sept. 23 – Kealakehe Intermediate School Cafeteria grades 6, 9, 10, 11 or 12. Sept. 28 – Honoka‘a High School Cafeteria Sept. 30 – Hönaunau School Cafeteria Special age requirements apply to kindergarten applicants Oct. 6 – KS Hawai‘i Campus/Hä‘aeamahi Dining Hall Oct. 7 – Kohala High School Cafeteria at all campuses. For applications and information call: Kaua‘i Kapälama Campus 842-8800 (O‘ahu) All meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. 1-800-842-IMUA x8800 (neighbor islands) Sept. 9 – Kapa‘a Elementary School Cafeteria Maui Campus 572-3133 Sept. 15 – Waimea Neighborhood Center Sept. 21 – King Kaumuali‘i School Cafeteria Hawai‘i Campus 982-0100 Maui Financial Aid is available. All meetings begin at 6:30 p.m., unless otherwise indicated Sept. 7 – ALU LIKE Office, Wailuku (1977 Ka‘ohu St.) See our website at www.ksbe.edu/services/admissions/ Sept. 8 – Lokelani Intermediate School Cafeteria, Kïhei Sept. 9 – Waiola Church, Lahaina (535 Waine‘e St.) Sept. 13 – DHHL Hall, Paukükalo Sept. 14 – Pä‘ia Community Center Sept. 15 – 6:00 p.m. at Ke‘anae School Oct. 6 – KS Maui Campus/Nämähana Dining Hall Moloka‘i Oct. 13 – 6:30 p.m. at Külana ‘Öiwi Hälau KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS Läna‘i

KS’ policy on admissions is to give preference to applicants of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law. Oct. 14 – 6:00 p.m. at Läna‘i Community Library Kamehameha is a non-denominational Protestant Christian school.