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T a k i n g P r i de i n t h e P r o ce s s

Aloha mai ka ¯kou,

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here’s a loud crack of the bat and a baseball soars majestically through the air and lands beyond the fence for a home run. It’s a thing of beauty. But to have a winning season, you can’t rely only on home runs. You are better off hitting singles and doubles and sometimes bunting. In fact, you can win a lot of games without hitting very many home runs if you take care of the fundamentals, get timely hits, field the ball cleanly and pitch well. Everyone loves a home run. But I take a lot more pride in the process — the singles and doubles that set the foundation so when we do hit a home run, we score two, three or even four runs at once. When I think about what we’ve been able to accomplish at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs over the past few years, I think about these base hits that are beginning to set the foundation for a very bright future. For instance, we recently passed a policy on water, which guides the way for how we advocate and engage the community. It also sets the foundation for how OHA deals with water on our properties. It demands we find the most culturally appropriate, cutting-edge technologies to cut down on the amount of water we need to use. Where we engage in construction, we will pursue LEED water efficiency. The way we treat water can become a model for everyone so we can ensure Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices are respected, while allowing for the responsible use of water. In addition, we fought to get the state to promote traditional Hawaiian farming systems and traditional crops such as kalo, ‘uala and ‘ulu.

Taken together, these are laying the foundation for a thriving Hawaiian community and a thriving Hawai‘i community. In the area of finances, we are taking our Mälama Loan programs to the next level. We just got approval for our three-year business plan from the federal Administration for Native Americans. If we are successful, in two years we will have the opportunity to go independent from the federal government. We were also able to get the state to set up a process to negotiate for increased payments for the state’s use of Public Land Trust land. It sets the stage to allow us to do much more for the Hawaiian people. When I decided to take on the challenge of being the Pouhana of OHA, it was my intent to elevate us as an institution so we would look less like a state entity and more like a Hawaiian institution, that is an institution founded on Hawaiian values and beliefs. I wanted to provide strong pono leadership and bring renewed hope and vision. We have set a strong foundation and in the weeks, months and years to come, you will see the fruits of our labor. ¢ ‘O au iho nö me ke aloha a me ka ‘oia‘i‘o,

Kamana‘opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D. Ka Pouhana/Chief Executive Officer

mea o loko table of contents Kamana‘opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D. Ka Pouhana, Chief Executive Officer Community Engagement

Nicole Mehanaokala¯ Hind Director Digital and Print Media

Francine Murray Communications Specialist

Nelson Gaspar Communications Specialist

Treena Shapiro Communications Specialist Email/Websites

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Iulai | July 2016 | Vol. 33, No. 7

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‘A¯ina | land and water

Hawaiians have long history of civic engagement Page 12

Ho¯ku¯le‘a arrives in the Big Apple Page 7

By Francine Kananionapua Murray

¯ina movement, From the Ku‘e petitions to Home Rule and the Aloha ‘A Native Hawaiian role models have demonstrated how civic engagement can bring people together to advocate for change. In preparation for the 2016 elections, see how some community-focused individuals inspired others to band together for the betterment of their people.

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Young Hawaiians find a sense of community at the United Nations Page 5 By Dave Dondoneau

Two undergraduates from the Kamakaku¯okalani Center for Hawaiian Studies delivered five-minute speeches at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May.

By Leslie Lang

The Ma ¯lama Honua Worldwide Voyage reached the East Coast in June, making its way to New York City in time to deliver messages of hope during the United Nations observation of World Oceans Day.

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Unity through ‘Awa Page 17 By Lindsey Kesel

The new ‘Aha¯ ‘Awa and Storytellers series adds a modern touch to the traditional kapu ‘awa ceremony with monthly events that pay respect to Hawaiian ancestors and build community as storytellers share personal tales.

Published monthly by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96817. Telephone: 594-1888 or 1-800-468-4644 ext. 41888. Fax: 594-1865. Email: kwo@OHA.org. World Wide Web location: www.oha.org. Circulation: 64,000 copies, 55,000 of which are distributed by mail, and 9,000 through island offices, state and county offices, private and community agencies and target groups and individuals. Ka Wai Ola is printed by O‘ahu Publications. Hawaiian fonts are provided by Coconut Info. Advertising in Ka Wai Ola does not constitute an endorsement of products or individuals by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Ka Wai Ola is published by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to help inform its Hawaiian beneficiaries and other interested parties about Hawaiian issues and activities and OHA programs and efforts. ©2016 Office of Hawaiian Affairs. All rights reserved.

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Schatz asks Obama to expand marine monument By Ka Wai Ola Staff

P To restore pono and ea, Native Hawaiians will achieve self-governance, after which the assets of OHA will be transferred to the new governing entity.

Hikianalia at Nihoa, the largest of the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. More than 80 cultural sites have been found on the island, which was believed to be home to as many as 175 people between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1700. Photo: ‘O¯iwi TV/Kaipo Kı¯‘aha

apahänaumokuäkea Marine National Monument (PMNM) could become the world’s largest marine protected area, if President Obama accepts the recommendation of U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz. Schatz sent a proposal to the president that would expand the monument surrounding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to 582,578 square miles, more than four times its current size. The proposal, which reflects input from stakeholders across the state, would also protect existing fishing areas for Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau residents and elevate the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to co-trustee status. “The best available science indicates that expanding the PMNM will strengthen an ecosystem that sustains tuna, swordfish, sharks, — U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz seabirds, sea turtles and Hawaiian monk seals,” Schatz wrote in his recommendation. “The expanded region contains significant biocultural resources and archaeological sites that further justify the use of the Antiquities Act.” Within the coming months, President Obama is expected to decide whether to use the 1906 Antiquities Act to unilaterally expand the monument, which was created 10 years ago by then-President George The Hikianalia crew performs an oli at Nihoa. - Photo: ‘O¯iwi TV/Kaipo Kı¯‘aha W. Bush. As a co-trustee, OHA would be on equal foot- Hawai‘i. Kamana‘opono Crabbe, OHA’s Ka Pouing with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the hana, thanked the senator for recommending the U.S. Department of the Interior and the State of agency have an elevated status, which is in line

with a position recently adopted by OHA’s Board of Trustees. “We thank him for his recognition of the need to protect the cultural and environmental assets within the monument,” Crabbe said in a statement. “The monument is a special place for Native Hawaiians. By becoming a co-trustee, OHA will ensure that Native Hawaiian interests are represented at all levels of management of the monument.” In honor of PMNM’s 10th anniversary, Gov. David Ige declared June

The best available science indicates that expanding the PMNM will strengthen an ecosystem that sustains tuna, swordfish, sharks, seabirds, sea turtles and Hawaiian monk seals.”

The ‘Iwa, or frigate bird, is one of the 22 seabird species that breed and nest at Papaha¯naumokua¯kea. - Photo: Brad Kaaleleo Wong 15 Papahänaumokuäkea Marine National Monument Day in Hawai‘i. He also offered input on Schatz’s recommendation. “Like the Polynesians who first settled these islands, we can balance the management of this unique natural habitat and its historic artifacts with the needs of the human population,” Ige stated. “Sen. Schatz has addressed many of the concerns I’ve heard about the expansion of the Papahänaumokuäkea Marine National Monument and has proposed reasonable accommodations for local fishers who are helping to feed our families. I look forward to the public process as it moves forward.” The monument is home to more than 7,000 marine and terrestrial species, many of which are found nowhere else on earth. The protected area is home to at least 90 percent of the remaining Hawaiian monk seals and Hawaiian green turtles, as well as a number of native seabirds. ¢

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Young Hawaiians find a sense of community at the United Nations By Dave Dondoneau

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hen it comes to the struggle of maintaining traditions, the language and the ‘äina, Hawaiians can sometimes feel as if, well, they’re alone on an island when fighting their battles. “It’s tough sometimes because we’re isolated in the middle of the Pacific but then you come here and realize there is a huge network of indigenous people willing to collaborate from all over the world and you realize we’re not going at it alone,” said Jacob Aki, 21. “This is the type of work you have to be consistent at and keep at it. You have to be in this for the long run to make a difference.” The “here” Aki was referring to is in New York at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues that was held May 9-20. Aki and 20-year-old Hau‘olihiwahiawa Moniz were the youngest members of a delegation from the University of

Front Row (L to R): Iwalani Kuali‘i-Kaho‘ohanohano, Hau‘olihiwahiwa Moniz, Jacob Bryan Ka‘o¯makaokala¯ Aki, Kameha‘iku¯ Camvel, Amy Kalili. Back Row (L to R)- Christopher Kuaiwa, Keali‘i Gora, Adrian Kamali‘i. - Courtesy Photo Hawai‘i Kamakaküokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. It was the first experience with the United Nations for both, and each made an impact with their five-minute speeches, which also left them impacted by the overall experience. “It was mind-blowing to meet all these people from places I’ve never even imagined or heard of,” Moniz said. “I met people

from totally different walks of life but found out we share so much in common with what we’re all going through with many of the same issues. It’s a big world, but you realize how small it is, too. I just loved it. I felt like I was among family.” For the past 15 years the annual forum has brought indigenous peoples from around the world together and this year’s

main theme was “Indigenous Peoples: Conflict, Peace and Resolution.” Other pertinent topics for indigenous peoples were covered as well. Moniz gave a passionate speech regarding the need for traditional modes of learning for Hawaiians who want to raise their keiki in Hawaiian culture and language. She requested the Special Rapporteur come to Hawai‘i to view the lack of accessibility to traditional teachings, and they got to meet with her following her speech. “To be honest her speech was one of the best of the two weeks we were there,” Aki said. “She spoke with such passion it moved me.” Many of the speakers talked of de-colonization and the right for indigenous peoples to control their own decisions. Moniz was passionate about wider access to learning Hawaiian culture and language in public schools. “When I speak I look at the seven generations before me and the seven generations after and how it will affect them,” Moniz said. “What do I want for my nieces and nephews? What did my parents want for me and how heartbroken were See United Nations on page 19

Homeless relocated from longstanding Wahiawa¯ encampment By Ka Wai Ola Staff

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fter two years of outreach to homeless individuals trespassing on Office of Hawaiian Affairs land in Wahiawä, OHA and social service providers started removing illegal campsites and tons of debris last month. At least 17 campsites were scattered throughout OHA’s 511-acre property, creating a health and safety hazard on the former agricultural land. In addition, the encampment was located near the Kükaniloko birthing stones, an ancient cultural site where royal babies were birthed.

Illegal campers had been informed ahead of time about the upcoming sweeps, so by June 15 more than half of the campsites had been abandoned and only about five people remained. In addition to tents, the homeless encampment included some elaborate multi-room structures, some with rusting and tattered furnishings and outfitted with makeshift doors. One even had a tunnel connecting two of the rooms. Clearing everything out of the area was expected to take a week, with approximately two tons of debris removed on the first day alone, much of it the pallets and fencing used as the foundation for some of the structures.

Although the structural debris could not be salvaged, campers can retrieve other property removed from the encampment. Although some of the dislocated people told news crews they plan to set up camp elsewhere, OHA and social service providers visited the site repeatedly in the two weeks leading up to the sweep to warn campers about what was coming up, either in person or in posted notices. Outreach workers from the Kalihi-Palama Health Center and the Institute for Human Services encouraged those displaced to move to shelters or pointed campers toward other See homeless on page 19

OHA’s library of the future to open By Meredith Desha Enos

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ale Noelo, OHA’s “library of the future,” will open its doors July 5. Noelo means “to delve or seek,” and the center focuses on providing document digitization, the ability to record oral histories and access to resources related to genealogy, including online, subscription-only services, such as Ancestry.com. In conjunction with external resources, Hale Noelo utilizes OHA’s Papakilo Database and other sites, including the Kïpuka Database and the Native Hawaiian Data Book, to create an unparalleled “institutional repository of Native Hawaiian knowledge,” said Kale Hannahs, Hale Noelo’s coordinator. At Hale Noelo, people can both access resources and also contribute to the overall body of knowledge. One service Hale Noelo provides is consultation and research assistance for landowners who are seeking a tax exemption for their kuleana land grants. Passed in the City and County of Honolulu in 2007 and other counties shortly thereafter, the tax exemption is given to current-day landowners who can prove they are directly descended from the person who originally received title to the land. In addition to consultation, OHA also provides verifying documents the landowner can submit to county tax offices. In addition, Hale Noelo has a partnership with Storycorps, a national, non-profit organization that helps people record, share and store their oral histories. These oral histories can be submitted to the Library of Congress. One project on the horizon is recording manaleo Hawaiian speakers, talking about their lives and interacting with a new generation of ‘ölelo Hawai‘i speakers. They are also looking forward to an educational component to their efforts. “We can educate the community on how to preserve their personal collections,” such as genealogies, photographs and significant documents, says Hannahs. Coming to Hale Noelo also gives rise to the “opportunities for discussion, if they want to submit their personal collections to us, or at least give enough education and knowledge of the benefits of this resource.” Hale Noelo is currently staffed by Hannahs and Luci Meyer, genealogy research specialist, and is open by appointment only. To make an appointment, visit the website: www.oha.org/ halenoelo. “This is a pretty unique resource that is going to be able to help the community meet a multitude of needs,” says Hannahs.

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Traditional practices help Moloka‘i communities shape a better future By Cheryl Corbiell

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To maintain the connection to the past and a viable land base, Native Hawaiians will participate in and benefit from responsible stewardship of Ka Pae ‘A¯ina O Hawai‘i.

esource management helped our ancestors to not just survive, but thrive,” said Kauwila Hanchett, Ka Honua Momona International’s executive director. “Traditional wisdom does not mean we follow in our ancestors’ footsteps, but we need to walk the path they walked.” Kelson “Mac” Poepoe, founder of Hui Mälama o Moloka‘i, said, “A hundred years ago, we used traditional resource management, but we stopped. Today, resource management using traditional practices is our future.” Dozens of Hawai‘i communities are planning to protect ocean resources using proven Hawaiian traditional practices. “Resource protection is protecting our food supply,” said Poepoe. “We need to ensure our children can depend on the ocean for food.” The first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) at Hä‘ena, Kaua‘i, was announced last year. Kevin Chang, Executive Director of Kua‘aina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA), said, “Since 1994, the work by Mac Poepoe on Moloka‘i and Hä‘ena paved the way for Hawai‘i communities to protect their ocean resources using traditional practices.” KUA helps communities improve their quality of life by assisting as they care for their natural and cultural heritage and encouraging learning networks throughout Hawai‘i. Hui Mälama o Moloka‘i has sought the CBSFA for the marine waters off the northwest coast of the island for 20 years. In 2013, Poepoe submitted a draft management plan to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). The plan includes a moratorium on lobster harvesting and puts a halt on night diving and commercial activities, among other restrictions. “Effective resource protection needs to be area specific versus statewide because one size fits all doesn’t work,” said Poepoe. “Our ancestors learned about their local resources to manage them effectively. Long-term observation means we can project when a species is headed to the threatened stage and intervene,” said Poepoe. Although Poepoe has studied the north shore resources all his life, he has kept paper

restocked species; removed 20 tons of gorilla ogo and rebuilt 750 linear feet of fishpond walls. “The heart of the restoration is rebuilding two 15th century fishponds along Moloka‘i’s south shore, Ali‘i and Kaloko‘eli,” said Hanchett. “The fishponds are both classroom and teacher, while the lessons learned are grounded in culture, stewardship, and Kua‘aina Ulu ‘Auamo volunteers kuleana.” In 2015, the Office after an ogo removal session. of Hawaiian Affairs awarded - Photo: Courtesy of KUA KHM $200,000 to assist in the community-based restoration. KUA has a network of 40 community-based fishpond restoration projects statewide, including KHM, which has adopted adaptive management strategies such as building fishpond walls higher in anticipation of sea level rise, accelerating restoration efforts to decrease vulnerability to climate change and planning the restoration of the entire ahupua‘a with increased community partnerships. “Watershed restoration is a massive task because 6,000 tons of sedimentation yearly flows to the ocean,” said Hanchett. KHM offers a year-round paid internship program to young adults ages 18 to 24. “Interns learn about fishpond restoration, data tracking and monitoring, working with visiting groups, engaging in community outreach activities, and to grow their own capacity as leaders. More than 100 youth interns, both year-round and summer, have gone through KHM’s internship program,” said Hanchett. Ka Honua Momona is focused on restoring a Moloka‘i fish“KHM youth learn new tools to complement pond. - Photo: Courtesy Ka Honua Momona their traditional practices, ” added Josh Pastrana, intern team leader. records since 1993. “Traditional resource manKaylor Bishaw, an intern since January 2016, agement works if given a chance,” said Poepoe. said, “The fishpond needed help from humans to Ka Honua Momona International (KHM) is a heal itself. The sediment was knee-deep and now Moloka‘i organization using traditional wisdom is mid-calf. The shoreline was muddy and now is to protect and nurture fisheries, ancient fishponds, sandy. Mullet spawns in the fishpond and native native forests and landscapes. Founded in 2003, limu is growing. Once again the fishpond is proKHM holds the license for two Department of ducing food.” Hawaiian Home Lands fishponds along with a 1.5 Another intern, Kalehiwa “Kale” Dudoit, said, acre site, which includes a small office, a rest- “I’m learning work values and life lessons. A room with toilets and showers, a large 20 foot by work day doesn’t feel like a job because I enjoy 40 foot traditional thatched hale, a 20 foot by 30 the work, and I can see progress.” foot outdoor kitchen area, a 40 foot storage con“More communities are walking the resource tainer and a large grassy area dotted with gardens management path using traditional practices. and native plants. The facilities are 100 percent Ancient wisdom is alive and well,” said Poepoe. ¢ powered by solar and wind energy built by youth volunteers. More than 10,000 volunteers hand-reCheryl Corbiell is an instructor at the University moved 3.5 acres of mangrove from the fishponds; of Hawai‘i Maui College - Moloka‘i and coordinator cleared shoreline areas, which they continue to for TeenACE and ACE Reading programs. maintain; reclaimed native species habitats and

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Ho¯ku¯le‘a arrives in the Big Apple By Leslie Lang

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sure-to-be-iconic photo of the Höküle‘a sailing past the Statue of Liberty captured just one of many historic moments the Polynesian voyaging canoe has had on its journey around the world. The Höküle‘a arrived in New York City on June 5th for a two-week stay, having sailed 26,000 nautical miles through five oceans, 14 countries and 70 ports since departing from Hilo in May 2014. The crew arrived in time for the United Nations’ June 8th observation of World Oceans Day, a global event focused on ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future. This year’s theme is “Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet.” It was a perfect match for a crew whose worldwide voyage is called Mälama Honua, or to care for our island Earth. Höküle‘a is traveling around the world to bring attention to the critical need to protect the Earth’s natural resources by connecting with cultures and communities, sharing island wisdom and discovering environmental and indigenous stories of hope around the world. The crew was welcomed ashore at North Cove Marina in Manhattan by local officials as well as Native Americans, who welcomed them with chants. Höküle‘a crewmembers chanted in return. Pwo (master) Voyager Nainoa Thompson said they sailed to New York “to share these stories of great navigators and bring to light the issues facing our oceans and people.” He added, “We are sailing to deliver declarations from people and places that are dedicating themselves toward action and commitment.” At Gantry Plaza State Park, Thompson produced declarations of ocean protection and messages of hope they collected on their voyage from numerous countries. He presented them to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Gyan Chandra Acharya, who is UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States; and Palau President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr. “Captain Nainoa, I wish you and your entire crew a wonderful return journey,” said

We are sailing to deliver declarations from people and places that are dedicating themselves toward action and commitment.” — Nainoa Thompson, Pwo (master) Voyager Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who sailed on Höküle‘a in Apia, Samoa, back in 2014. “I count on your leadership and commitment as we carry out our plans to make this world safer and more sustainable for all. On World Oceans Day, let us renew our resolve to protect these

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“and you’re also not going to protect it if you don’t care.” He called their voyage “meshing indigenous ancient wisdom with technology and science and bringing it together.” “If you went around in 1976 and tried to collect declarations of protecting the world’s oceans,” he said, “you’d probably come up Ho¯ku¯le‘a sailed into New York City in with zero. People wouldn’t even know what time for the United Nations celebrayou were talking about. But today, climate tion of World Oceans Day. - Photos: change, and the health of the oceans, have Courtesy of ‘O¯iwi TV/Bryson Hoe got to be one of the top, most important issues that islanders face, collectively.” And, he says, there has been some progress. “Science is saying you’ve got to get at least 30 percent of the oceans protected. When we began this voyage, the estimate was that 2.5 percent of the world’s oceans were under so-called protection. We’ve almost doubled that already,” he said. “That’s highly significant.” The crew gave free canoe tours and participated in educational outreach programs while in New York. Some crewmembers also climbed into an outrigger canoe to participate in the Hawaiian Airlines Liberty Challenge, one of the world’s most competitive outrigger canoe races. Fittingly, Nainoa Thompson, pwo (master) navigator of the Höküle‘a, was Höküle‘a’s steersman. The Mälama Honua Worldwide Voyage is roughly at its midpoint. To date, more than 200 volunteer crewmembers have helped sail Höküle‘a and they have interacted with more than 5,000 people At left: Polynesian Voyaging Society President Nainoa Thompson greets UN Secretary-General in communities across the Ban Ki-moon. Bottom right: The New York visit included a traditional ‘awa ceremony. South Pacific, marine treasures for generations to come.” Tasman Sea, Thompson joined Remengesau and rep- Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribresentatives of the Federated States of bean Sea, including Samoa, Aotearoa (New Micronesia for a talk-story session on the Zealand), Australia, Indonesia, Mauritius, UN’s Ocean Agenda and goals. They also South Africa, Brazil, the U.S. Virgin Islands discussed developments regarding the nego- and Cuba. tiation of a new legally binding instrument Before arriving home in Hawai‘i in June to protect biodiversity in marine areas in the 2017, the canoe will cover more than 60,000 high seas. nautical miles, 27 nations and 100 ports. ¢ Thompson said the worldwide voyage’s purpose is to learn more about the earth and to Leslie Lang is a freelance writer/editor who visit people who care. “You will never protect often writes about Hawai’i's culture, business something you don’t understand,” he said, and travel.

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OHA in the community from leaders to our king

Hundreds gathered in front of Ali‘io¯lani Hale in Honolulu to honor King Kamehameha with a lei draping ceremony, including representatives from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, who participated in cultural protocols and presented a lei made of Pala‘a¯ ferns. The June 10 ceremony was part of the 144th annual King Kamehameha Celebration, which also included events and floral parades on several islands. Pictured: OHA Trustee Lei AhuIsa, OHA Trustee John Waihe‘e IV, OHA Ka Pou Nui Lisa Victor and OHA Community Engagement Director Nicole Mehanaokala¯ Hind. - Photos: Nelson Gaspar

Hanafuda Na¯ Pua

of endemic plants including ‘öhi‘a lehua, ‘iliahi, ‘ilima, limu, and häpu‘u, as well as suits of canoe plants: hala, kalo, kï, ‘ulu, and kukui. Cards By Lynn Cook also illustrate birds, ocean life animals and he ancient objects, including the Japanese ‘iwa, pueo and ‘a‘ama. card game Ulua, pulelehua, ‘ïlio, Hanafuda is pua‘a and kapa, pahu all new, all and ki‘i pöhaku are Hawaiian and all ready also featured. The art is to grow memories for a so attractive that indinew generation. vidual prints have been Helen Nakano, a suggested and will be dedicated teacher, available at the Louis mother and grandPohl Gallery. mother, premieres her Growing up in a new Hanafuda Nä Pua Hawaiian-Chinese Hawai‘i set at gift stores family in ‘Ewa, Charstatewide this month. lie Chong remembers Special classes and family and neighbors demonstration games Helen Nakano’s passion for reviving interest in Hanafuda is a family affair. Pictured left to right, playing the game for will be offered on July George, Gregg Nakano, Arielle Spivack, and Helen Nakano. - Photo: Courtesy Jason Nakano hours. Now retired, 9 at Nä Mea Hawai‘i Chong is one of NakaHow to Hanafuda and the Louis Pohl Gallery. no’s first instructors — or as she calls If you’re local, there’s a good chance them, “sensei.” He will be teaching at the Taught by Helen Nakano and her you remember parents and grandparents Pohl Gallery on July 9, telling his story Sensei sitting on the porch playing Hanafuda at of watching and learning the game. “I Free classes the end of the workday, a unique clicking know that we identified the cards not by July 9; 11 to 2 at Pohl Gallery; 3 to 5 at sound punctuating their moves as they the Japanese names but by the pictures on Nä Mea. slapped down thin wooden cards. Kept the cards. Our neighbors had different verJuly 11; 10 to 1 at Nä Mea in wooden boxes with sliding tops, the sions depending on if they were Hawaiian, July 12; 10 to 12 at the YWCA 48-card decks were divided into 12 suits, Korean, Japanese, Chinese or haole.” His each with four cards. With points for suits enthusiasm for the cards is catching. “Like July 13; 12 to 3 at Nä Mea and points for combinations, the fasttrumps, Hanafuda is a matching game that July 19; 6 to 8 pm at Nä Mea paced game could be mind-boggling until requires quick recognition,” he says. “It July 21; 10 to 1 at Nä Mea the rules became clear. Observant keiki keeps the brain working.” often picked up the rules and played after Chong is one of many sensei recruited school. Among adults, betting was some- wanted something more. She says, “It isn’t by Nakano. “My bank teller, friends from times involved. But, like many things from often that a retired person over 70 starts a the Mänoa Heritage Center, senior centers “small kid days,” longer work hours, two- company and an all-new career but I didn’t and neighbors, my plan is to gather multicareer families and the internet edged out want the Hanafuda tradition to fade into ethnic, multi-age groups to learn and play the porch-time, along with the century-old distant memory. The game made me do against each other,” she says, suggesting game called Hanafuda. this.” that if Hanafuda wasn’t part of your childNow Helen Nakano has brought the Nakano says she is on a mission to gen- hood, now is the time to make your own game of Hanafuda back with a new Hawai- erate a new fan base for the game, starting memories of the sound of Hanafuda cards ian style. In 2010, after a successful career with her now 13-year-old granddaugh- hitting a table. as an educator and a mom, as well as living ter. Her artist son, Jason, agreed to work Check the web site www.hanafuaround the world as the wife of military on a Hawaiian version, Nä Pua Hawai‘i. dahawaii.com for a full schedule of officer, Nakano returned to Hawai‘i to lead The two consulted a diverse group of demonstrations and classes and details Mälama O Mänoa, the heritage preservation respected leaders in the Hawaiian com- of a tournament at Ward Centre. Find organization. Spending time with her then munity including Maile Meyer of Nä Mea the card sets at Louis Pohl Gallery, Nä five-year-old granddaughter, Nakano realized Hawai‘i; scholar Manu Meyer; practitioner Mea Hawai‘i, Bishop Museum, Honohow much heritage was slipping away. of kapa, Kaiulani de Silva; ‘Anela Iwane lulu Museum of Art, Hakubundo, Kailua She began teaching Hanafuda to grand- from Hawaiian charter schools; Kaholo General Store, Japanese Cultural Center of daughter Arielle, which led to writing a Daguman, a farmer from Laupähoehoe Hawai‘i, Nä Makana at Paradise Park and little instruction booklet. That grew into a and more. on the website. ¢ larger book and in 2010 she founded HanaChanges and adjustments were made. fuda Hawai‘i to produce a new version of Jason Nakano says, “We went through 14 Lynn Cook is a local freelance journalist the traditional cards. The updated decks versions of the cards before we settled on sharing the arts and culture of Hawai‘i with were an immediate success but Nakano our final results.” The cards include suits a global audience.

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Motion to approve second reading of a policy on trespassing and illegal camping on OHA property as an amendment to Series 3090 Land Acquisition and Management of the OHA Board of Trustees Executive Policy Manual.

Motion passes with seven AYES and two EXCUSED.

Motion to approve an OHA Board of Trustees position in conditional support of the proposed boundary expansion of Papaha ¯naumokua ¯kea Marine National Monument (PMNM) provided that: 1. OHA is elevated to a Co-Trustee position; 2. The cultural significance of the expansion area to Native Hawaiians is recognized; and 3. There is no boundary expansion southeast towards the islands of Ni‘ihau and Kaua‘i.

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MO‘OLELO O MOANALUA Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival By Lynn Cook

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t’s a two-day event like no other in Hawai‘i. The 39th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival at Moanalua Gardens is the oldest and largest non-competitive hula festival in the islands. Relaxing on the lawn in the shade of giant monkeypod trees watching graceful hula is a bit like stepping into a French Impressionist painting. Prince Lot Kapuäiwa reigned as King Kamehameha V from 1863 to 1872. In spite of the prohibitions against hula in the mid-19th century, Prince Lot kept the hula culture alive, offering hula and mele at his pa‘ina. What the Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17th, free Prince Lot

Hula Festival event delivers – in addition to great hula presentations – is awards and musical performances, good food, booths filled with fine artisans and crafters and ample parking. Cultural activities will be provided by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, so stop by for a ku‘i ai demonstration, a game of ulu maika or to learn about OHA’s new initiatives. This annual festival is a chance to step back in time to enjoy hula as the royals did. Many hälau have danced at the festival many times. Kumu hula Vicky Holt Takamine and Jeffrey Kanekaiwilani Takamine’s dancers will perform as the only hälau that has danced for 39 consecutive years. Also returning is Takamine’s hula sister, Mäpuana de Silva and her Hälau MĂśhala ‘Ilima. Another festival regular, Kumu Hula Michael Pili Pang will welcome his first-time entrant and haumana, Lelehua Maunahina Bray of Hälau Hula Maunalei

from Hawai‘i Island. Pang’s The $3 park entrance Hälau Hula Ka No‘eau will fee is waived for the also be performing. Making weekend. Beach towels her first appearance at the fesand mats are suggested for tival is Kumu Niuli‘i Heine, the great lawn. Low-back daughter of the late Leina‘ala chairs are allowed at the Kalama Heine with Nä Pualei back of the lawn. Parking O Likolehua. is available at Moanalua The festival opens with Middle and Elementary the Royal Order of KameHaÂŻlau Hula Ka No‘eau, led by Kumu Hula Michael Pili Pang, will schools, on Moanalua hameha receiving honors perform at the Prince Lot Hula Festival again this year, at 11:40 Park Road and the First and a special citation on their a.m. on Saturday, July 16. - Photo: Courtesy Moanalua Gardens Hawaiian Bank Mapu150th anniversary. They will napuna parking lot with a Foundation be joined by other royal socifree shuttle. Bus directions eties, escorting in the Malia Kau munity College, he sang for Aunty and a schedule for hälau presentaAward recipients to receive their Maiki’s Hälau and continues to sing tions can be found on the web site, awards from the Moanalua Gardens for Miss Coline’s hälau. www.moanaluagardensfoundation. Foundation. The first is Coline Aiu, On Saturday, the awards will be org. The festival is sponsored by The daughter of Maiki Aiu Lake who followed by music from the Kame- Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Mayis often called “the Mother of the hameha Alumni Glee Club. Their or’s Office of Culture and the Arts, Hawaiian Renaissance.â€? closing song will be the mele of Matson Navigation, Queen’s MediThe second award will be pre- Moanalua composed by Glee Club cal Center, Royal Hawaiian Center, sented to Kimo Kealuana of Lei Director Aaron Mahi. Kamehameha Publishing, Honolulu Hulu School of Hula. Immersed in At 10 a.m. on Sunday Raiatea Star-Advertiser and MidWeek. ¢ culture from an early age, he comes Helm, multi-Hoku-award winning from a family with cultural wealth, singer from Moloka‘i, will make Lynn Cook is a local freelance populated with composers and musi- her first appearance at the festival journalist sharing the arts and culture cians. A hula, Hawaiian language — appropriate because her family of Hawai‘i with a global audience. and music teacher at Honolulu Com- tree reaches back to Prince Lot.

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Letters written in Hawaiian banned at Arizona prison Submitted by the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

Arthur continued, “It is especially wrong this time because the prison allows inmates to use other languages, like Spanish.” On June 2, 2016, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation filed a lawsuit on behalf of Vinhaca, asking a state court judge to strike down a discriminatory English-only correspondence policy that wrongfully prevents families from communicating in the Hawaiian language with prisoners in any DPS prison, including Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona. The Hawaiian language is one of the state's two official languages. Moreover, traditional and customary practices, like communicating in the Hawaiian language, are protected by the state constitution. Sharla Manley, Arthur Vinhaca’s attorney, noted, “Because ‘ölelo Hawai‘i was in danger of becoming a dead language like Latin, the State of Hawai‘i amended its constitution to protect and revive the language. The prison’s English-only policies run afoul of these important safeguards for the revitalization of this language.” Ms. Manley also noted that Arthur’s grandmother, Katherine Kalaulahauole Nakaula, along with other kumu, played an integral role in the revival of ancient hula and chants. The regressive English-only mail policy impacts families who rely on mail to communicate with men

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rthur Vinhaca is a native Hawaiian man currently incarcerated thousands of miles away from his homeland in an Arizona prison. His mo‘opuna and niece, young Hawaiians and students receiving their educations in Hawaiian immersion schools, have been writing to Arthur in Hawaiian. These letters offer him a great opportunity to engage in his culture with family members despite being currently separated. Unfortunately, however, the Department of Public Safety for the State of Hawai‘i and the forprofit prison system known as the Corrections Corporation of America have been enforcing their English-only mail policy to prohibit Arthur and other prisoners from receiving letters written to them in the Native Hawaiian language (‘ölelo Hawai‘i). Several such letters addressed to Arthur have been confiscated. For Arthur, this is a sad and constant reminder of how similar his current situation is to that of his ancestors, who were prohibited by law to write in and speak their native tongue. “I remember when we were forbidden from speaking Hawaiian at school when I was growing up,” Arthur said. “Now, Hawaiian is an official language and it is still being banned.”

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Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell established Hui Aloha ‘A¯ina for Women and gathered signatures for the Ku¯‘e¯ Petitions. Pictured with her ‘ohana. - Archive Photo

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Hawaiian role models inspired ¯ ina, civic engagement and voting Aloha ‘A

By Francine Kananionapua Murray As the Ho ¯ku ¯le‘a navigates the world without instruments, guided by the wisdom of its crew who read the heavens like celestial maps and feel the water move as if it is part of them, the iconic vessel suggests memories of the rich and vibrant culture that thrived in Hawai‘i — a self-sustaining large population with sophisticated land management practices, laws, religion, medicinal practices, and detailed technical and mathematical skills. During the reign of King Kala ¯kaua, the literacy rate was extremely high by world standards — almost every Hawaiian could read and write, with many educated in colleges abroad through the monarch’s foreign study program. A knowledgeable and advanced people with a community-focused civilization rooted in civic engagement, citizens at all levels actively worked to better conditions for the community as a whole. That sense of community and caring for one another is what helps people to excel through both the good times and the challenges.

❡ There were many Native Hawaiian role models who worked diligently to maintain our Hawaiian sense of community, among them Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell (1858-1908), the daughter of John Maipinepine Bright and Mary Kamai Hanaike. Born of royal Hawaiian blood from Maui, Abigail Kuaihelani Bright married James Campbell, an American businessman. Their children became heirs to the throne (ancestors to the living royal family). ❡ After the overthrow, two Hawaiian organizations were founded to support the Queen – Hui Aloha ‘Äina for Men and Hui Aloha ‘Äina for Women. After U.S. President McKinley signed the treaty of Annexation, Hui Kälai‘äina, a Native Hawaiian political group established after the Bayonet Constitution, joined the two Hui Aloha ‘Äina groups. United, they formed the Hawaiian Patriotic League in an effort to oppose annexation. ❡ Honorable and educated people themselves, the members of the Hawaiian organizations believed if the U.S. government knew that the majority of Hawaiian citizens opposed annexation then justice would prevail and the throne would be restored. This is when the Kü‘ë Petition drive began. Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Emma Aima Näwahï traveled on the interisland ship, stopping at every port with petition sheets for each Hawaiian community to sign. They were greeted with lei, gifts and deep appreciation, returning with thousands of signatures. ❡ Mrs. Campbell served as president of Hui Aloha ‘Äina for Women for as long as the organization existed. Often caring for underprivileged Hawaiians, she was remembered fondly for her many charitable acts.

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Hui Aloha ‘A¯ina o Na¯ Ka¯ne. - Archive Photo

❡ Hui Aloha ‘Äina worked to secure civil and political rights for Hawaiians. Concerned that the Democratic and Republican parties would not represent them well, the two Hui Aloha ‘Äina organizations merged, creating the Home Rule Party. David Kalauokalani became the party president. Party meetings were often held in Hawaiian and members encouraged Hawaiians to participate in civic activities and run for office to maintain some political power over how the people of Hawai‘i were governed. ❡ David Kalauokalani served as a senator in the territorial legislature, and a member on the Board of Health. ❡ A member of the Home Rule Party, Robert Wilcox was elected Delegate to the U.S. Congress, without voting rights (1899-1902). Prince Jonah Kühiö Kalaniana‘ole also joined the Home Rule Party and served as the nonvoting Territorial Delegate to Congress (1903-1922). In Congress, Kühiö secured appropriations for the territory, lobbying congressmen behind the scenes to fund new public buildings, the dredging of Honolulu Harbor, and the building of Hawaiian lighthouses among other benefits for the islands. ❡ In 1918, out of deep concern for the Hawaiian community, Kühiö established the Hawaiian Civic Club as a way to remind Hawaiians of their inherent civic pride.

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¯ ina ——— ——— Aloha ‘A ——— Robert William Wilcox ——— ❡ Two rebellions – both to restore the power of the monarchs – were led by Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox (1855-1903), the first with 300 men in 1888 over the Bayonet Constitution, and second in 1898 to restore Queen Lili‘uokalani. Wilson was sentenced to death for his treason, but later pardoned. He continued to work to better conditions for the Hawaiian community and advocated for Hawaiians during the drafting of the Organic Act, which created the governing legislation for the Territory of Hawai‘i.

Robert William Kalanihiaapo Wilcox was the first Delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Territory of Hawai’i, lobbied for the Hawaiian community in the U.S. after failing to get the Queen reinstated locally. - Archive Photo

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❡ After the overthrow, prolific writers and artists emerged and Hawaiian language newspapers grew, becoming a valued resource for sharing oral traditions, mo‘olelo (stories) and politics, such as the work and mission of the Home Rule Party. Love of the land, Aloha ‘Äina, came to be the Hawaiian equivalent of patriotism, amplified by the old Hawaiian concept of how people are born of the land and are related to it like family through mother earth – in Hawai‘i her name is Papahänaumoku, who gave birth to these islands. Thus, caring for the environment provides for the individual, families, the community, and future generations. ❡ Today there is a resurgence of Aloha ‘Äina, coupled with Mälama ‘Äina as many return to their roots by returning to the land. Be inspired by the stories of Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell who traveled the state gathering signatures for the Ku‘e Petitions, Robert William Wilcox and Prince Kühiö who fought to restore the Queen and the passion that fueled their work to better the lives of the lähui by doing what they could within the system of their time. Let them move you. Let Aloha ‘Äina move you, as it did our ancestors, to engage civically this election year – to get involved and vote.

According to the Civic Club website it “was dedicated to the education of the Hawaiian - young and old, to help elevate and promote their social, economic, civic and intellectual status, all while promoting the principles of good government as they themselves became outstanding citizens, leaders in their communities and take an active part and place in the civic progress of Hawai‘i and its people.” ❡ In 1919 he secured $27 million in federal funds for improvements in Hawai‘i, and endorsed a territory bill for woman suffrage. ❡ With a strong desire to preserve the Hawaiian people, whose numbers were dwindling, in 1921 Kühiö was instrumental in helping to pass the Hawaiian Homes Prince Jonah Ku¯hı¯o Commission Act, a Kalaniana‘ole. - Archive Photo homestead program which provided land grants to Hawaiians who wanted to return to farming or ranching on parcels large enough to raise a family and for commercial production. He also lobbied for funds for the leper colony at Kalaupapa, and for federal monies for public schools.

❡ In 2015, the state of Hawai‘i faced numerous tumultuous issues like rising housing prices, homelessness, pollution, construction, traffic and the ever-increasing cost of rail. The added issues of gun control, health care, minimum wage and immigration were also in the news. Concerns over these issues have left many feeling helpless or frustrated. ❡ Change can happen if people get involved. Voting in the state and county elections can have a great impact on local issues, laws and regulations. Exercise your patriotism. Let your voice be heard by voting for candidates who align with your beliefs. If elected officials do not do what they promise, voice your disapproval with your vote. ❡ Your voice matters and every vote counts. In 2010, Marilyn Lee won the State Legislature House of Representatives District 38 race with only 16 votes. You can make a difference in the next local election. ❡ Voting is easy. Now registration can be done from the convenience of your home, online at the Office of Elections website: https://olvr.hawaii.gov. ❡ To vote from home, you can register Permanent Absentee from the same website. If you are already registered to vote, the deadline to register absentee is seven days before the election. If you are a first time registrant, the deadline is 30 days before the election. ¢

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he news article caught my eye. Its topic was one that we and our friends, families, workmates, as well as the media, discuss several times a week. Usually, it’s a new diagnosis or operation, but sometimes it’s about losing someone ‌ to cancer. We lament the news with genuine concern and sadness. But, what is there to do? The information in this article comes from the highly respected Journal of American Medical Association Oncology (cancer). It reported on the “four

keys to countering (beating) cancer.� The keys are: 1) quit smoking, 2) cut back on drinking (alcohol), 3) maintain a healthful weight and 4) get 150 minutes of exercise each week. In this column, we always include a fifth key and that is to eat more vegetables and fruit daily for their cancer-fighting nutrients. So, why don’t more of us heed this message? Cancer is an illness that we must all try to prevent – every day. The “keys� are simple enough, except for the smoking one. The only “quit� in the list is smoking. Even smokers know the very high risk for them and their loved ones related to cancer. So, what is it that keeps us from making changes? Most of us can do it, as changing a habit takes some effort and attention. The first step is to recognize your personal risk(s). That is, do you smoke? Do you consume alcohol, are you overweight and do you

quit smoking! Drink watch less! weight! gotta exercise! Keys to combatting cancer include smoking cessation, limiting alcohol consumption, maintaining a healthy weight, getting 150 minutes of exercise each week and eating more fruit and vegetables. - Photo: Thinkstock exercise? Then, agree with yourself on steps you will take to lower or eliminate the risk. Make a short list of the steps you commit to take. Learn about writing small notes to yourself and putting them wherever you will see or read these promises to yourself, several times a day. Put a note on the bathroom mirror

to read while brushing your teeth, or shaving, or doing your hair. Put notes on the fridge and pantry doors. Put notes in your wallet, on your desk, your calendar, phone, and the house or car keys to remind yourself, many times a day, of your promises. Take on the four keys, plus one (eating vegetables and fruit) ‌ one at a time. I can attest that this method works and you can be successful. Habits develop over time, but they can be changed with a little time, determination and effort. Mary Kawena Pukui wrote in “Polynesian Family Systems In Ka‘u, Hawai‘i,â€? “Rigorous concern

for soundness of body is a primary consideration throughout physical life, especially before and during infancy,â€? (p.75). We descend from Hawaiian ancestors who learned not to squander or waste any resource. Before arriving in Hawai‘i, these ancestors had traveled for hundreds of years, settling many communities and surviving in many places in the Pacific. They were self-reliant and knew that paying attention to life and health everyday meant survival of the lähui. They brought the foods and herbs that were important to good health to Hawai‘i. They protected fresh water, planted crops, and fished the streams and ocean to feed their families. They worked hard, physically, every day. Our ancestors were lean, muscular and healthy. As descendants, we possess the same intelligence, determination, and strength to change habits that detract from our health. Take the challenge! Show “rigorous concernâ€? for the soundness of your body. E Ola Mau e Ka Lähui! ¢

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e are currently in the malama named Hinaia‘ele‘ele, which is July 4 to Aug. 2. This is the name commonly used on Hawai‘i Island, but additional names for this malama on other islands include Ikiiki (Maui), Nana (Moloka‘i), Mahoehope (O‘ahu), and Mahoemua (Kaua‘i). The name Hinaia‘ele‘ele in particular speaks to the dark (‘ele‘ele) nature of the malama, in terms of dark heavy clouds, dark mature leaves, and dark ripe fruit. You’ve probably noticed that many things were ripening during Ka‘aona – mountain apple, mango, lychee – and this will continue in Hinaia‘ele‘ele.

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VOCABULARY Kaulana mahina - The position of the moon Mahina - Moon Malama - Lunar month Anahulu - A period of 10 moon phases E pua ana ka ‘öhi‘a ‘ai a hö‘umeke i ka malama o Hinaia‘ele‘ele. The mountain apple blooms and fruits form in the month of Hinaia‘ele‘ele. (Kep, 93). Clockwise from top left: Hinaia‘ele‘ele is typically stormy. Last year, hau buds were abundant and starting to bloom in ‘Öla‘a, and fruit capsules of ‘a‘ali‘i were bursting with color in south Kona. Although albizia is a nuisance, it is also good to learn its patterns to

effectively prevent it from spreading more. ‘Ulu is supposed to be ripening soon, but at least on O‘ahu, we have seen and heard observations of fruit being too small right now. We wonder if this is unique to particular areas and if others are experiencing the same with their trees? In Ka‘aona, we saw occurrences of moi spawning and nehu juveniles reaching shallow waters, so in Hinaia‘ele‘ele, you may also see lots of pua in the ocean – perhaps moi, manini and nehu. Mahalo to our küpuna who left us with generations of knowledge, as well as the guidance to continue the essential practice of kilo. References: K ep. Beckwith, Martha W., ed. (1932). Kepelino’s Traditions of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 95. Honolulu. p93. P ukui, M. K., & Elbert S.H. (2003). Hawaiian Dictionary. Retrieved from http:// wehewehe.org.

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Hawai‘i State Farm Fair July 9-10, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hawai‘i Farm Bureau’s 54th annual fair is a fun way to support local agriculture. Popular attractions include the 4-H livestock tent; watermelon eating, corn husking and chili pepper eating contests; Kamehameha School’s Country Market and Plant Sale, as well as keiki rides, bouncers and food booths, some featuring fresh grown produce. $5 for adults, free for children and students with valid I.D. Kualoa Ranch, www.hawaii statefarmfair.org. MÄlama Kapolei July 9, 3 to 7 p.m. Join Ulu A‘e Learning Center in celebrating the rededication of Pä Hula and new signage at Pu‘u O Kapolei. The Royal Hawaiian Band performs at sunset. Free. Kapolei Regional Park, Diamond Head end, 864-0013, uluaelearningcenter@ gmail.com. Prince Lot Hula Festival | I Mana Ka LÄhui July 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; July 17, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In conjunction with the Prince Lot Hula Festival (page 10), OHA Community Outreach Coordinator Kaimo Muhlestein will be on-hand to answer questions and share a little

Hawaiian hospitality and fun. Stop by and enjoy a ku‘i ai demonstration, a game of ulu maika (Saturday only) or learn about OHA’s new initiatives. Free. Moanalua Gardens, moanaluagardensfoundation.org. Talk Story and Demonstration with Umi and Leinaala Kai July 15, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn about making traditional Hawaiian tools, weapons and lauhala weaving from respected Native Hawaiian artists from Kai Kompany and Ulupono Designs. Umi Kai has been crafting traditional Hawaiian tools and weapons for more than 45 years, while his wife Leinaala is a skilled weaver. Free. Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, www.huinoeau.com. (Note: Leinaala Kai will offer a Peahi Lauhala ‘workshop at the center on July 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is $20 and supplies are $12.) Hula Kahiko with HÄlau Ola o Ka Lani July 16, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Kumu Hula Kaho‘okele Crabbe and his hälau will perform in a unique outdoor setting at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park’s kahua hula, or platform. The performance will be presented authentically, rain or shine with no electronic ampli-

41st Annual Queen Lili‘uokalani Keiki Hula Competition July 21-23 Delight in the hula of the youngest competitors with the solo Miss and Master competitions on Thursday and the group Kahiko competition Friday, both at 6 p.m. Enjoy the modern hula as seen through the eyes of the youth in the ‘Auana competition Saturday starting at 1 p.m. at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Arena. Tickets available at the box office. Presented by the Kalihi-Pälama Culture & Arts Society, and sponsored in part by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The event will be televised on KFVE in August. ¢ 46th Annual ‘Ukulele Festival July 17, 10:30 2015 Queen Liliuokalani Keiki Hula Winner, a.m. to 5 p.m. Faith Paredes. - Photo: Courtesy A popular summer tradification. Guests are encouraged to tion, the annual bring sun and rain gear and sitting ukulele festival is the biggest of its mats. Following the performance, kind, showcasing the ‘ukulele’s cultural specialist Loke Kamanu and sophistication with performances her ‘ohana will present a hands-on by guest artists and a ukulele demonstration of instruments, orchestra of more than 800 students. implements and lei styles used by Free. Kapiolani Park Bandstand, hula practitioners at the Volcano Art www.ukulelefestivalhawaii.org. Center. Free, but park entrance fees apply. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Koloa Plantation Park, www.volcanoartcenter.org. Days Rodeo July 22, 5 to 9 p.m. NÄ Mele Aloha – You’ll find bulls, barrels, bustAloha Hooipoipo ing, barbecue and beer at the 17th July 16, 5:30 to 8 p.m. annual rodeo on Kaua‘i, along Experience an exploration of with country music, two-step and romantic love through mele hooi- a “food truck frenzy.” $8 general, poipo, including some songs that free for children 17 and under. openly reveal those involved in CJM Country Stables, 1.8 the relationship and others that miles past the Grand use kaona or hidden meanings to Hyatt, www.cjmstaobscure the details. $30 in advance, bles.com. $35 at the door. Hawaiian Mission Museum, www.missionhouses.org. Art Lunch: Mahi La Hawai‘i AllPierre Collectors Show July 26, noon July 17, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Hawai‘i’s largest collectible and Learn about antiques show and sale features 180 ‘ükëkë, a musibooths and a huge selection of vintage cal bow and and antique Hawaiiana, including the only indigjewelry, art, beads, aloha shirts, koa enous Hawaiian furniture and more. $5 general admis- stringed instrusion, $20 for early entry from 9 a.m. ment from Mahi Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, www.uku- La Pierre, who lele.com. makes and plays the

instrument. Free, and attendees are welcome to bring a lunch or buy one from Artizen, HiSAM’s café. Hawai‘i State Art Museum, sfca.hawaii.gov. Mele KulÄiwi: Songs of our Native Land July 30, 3 to 7 p.m. Waimea Valley’s Summer Concert Series continues with performances by Kapena, Raiatea Helm, Brother Noland, Mailani Makainai, Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes & Ka Lä ‘Önohi Mai o Ha‘e Ha‘e. $15 for adults, $10 for children and seniors. Waimea Valley Main Lawn, www.waimeavalley.net. Wildest Show in Town Wednesdays in July, 4:35 to 7:30 p.m. The Honolulu Zoo’s summer concert series continues in July, with keiki activities, ‘ukulele giveaways and other prize drawings and performances by popular local musicians starting at 6 p.m. Admission is $3 and free for keiki under 2. > July 6: Rolando Sanchez and Salsa Hawai‘i > July 13: Willie K > July 20: Ohta San with Nando Suan > July 27: Kapena Visit www.honolulu zoo.org/wild for more information. ¢

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Mea Hawai‘i and most recently at the outdoor lounge area of the IBM Building to accommodate growing attendance. Kahuanui-Paleka serves as ‘awa ka‘i for the ceremony, first leading the circle of guests in a pikai, or cleansing ritual, with an oli kähea (permission chant) and an oli komo (acceptance chant). A seven-foot tall bamboo stalk delivers the wai or wai niu to the kanoa ‘awa (carved wooden bowl), where he strains the root in a mesh bag to create the drink. After the blessing and ceremonial presentation of ‘awa, three storytellers offer their personal tales of happiness, change and hope with a raw vulnerability that momentarily intertwines a room full of strangers. You might hear artists, musicians, historians, activists and travelers speaking on a variety of topics, from the roles they play in the perpetuation of indigenous culture to insights on following their dreams from idea to fruition. Between speakers, ‘awa from the community bowl is presented to each participant in an ‘apu, a half-coconut shell cup. The ‘awa ka‘i then offers a chant making the setting noa, or free, and opens dialogue to the group. No two events are alike, since the creators infuse the element of surprise through acoustic sets, ha‘akoa (warrior dance), hula and other performances. A holistic guide, lä‘au lapa‘au practitioner and cultural event planner, San Agustin discovered her love for event planning while brainstorming ways to help clients develop more rich human connections. As her debut series, See ‘awa on page 19

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E kala mai In April’s issue of Ka Wai Ola, the reprint of the draft Native Hawaiian Convention’s preamble on Page 4 should have ended “UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘ÄINA I KA PONO.” We regret the error. ¢

Nainoa Thompson received the National Geographic Society’s oldest and most prestigious honor, the Hubbard Medal, for his outstanding contributions to exploration and conservation from Jean Case, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Geographic Society, at the National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 2016. - Photo: Randall Scott/National Geographic Society

Nainoa Thompson honored by National Geographic Polynesian Voyaging Society President Nainoa Thompson received the Hubbard Medal, National Geographic’s oldest and most prestigious honor, during June’s 2016 Explorer Awards ceremony. The award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to scientific research, exploration and conservation. Thompson, a master navigator in non-instrument “wayfinding,” was honored for reviving ancient Polynesian voyaging techniques while advocating for ocean conservation and sustainability. Paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey also received a Hubble Medal.

Conservation internships available on Maui A new college internship program on Maui is available for students

Guam passes festival torch to Hawai‘i

Hawai‘i, which will be hosting the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture next year, received the official festival flag from Guam at the close of the 12th annual ceremony. Vicky Holt Takamine, Hawai‘i’s festival director, received the flag from Guam Governor Calvo. State Senators Kalani English and Brickwood Galuteria were present for the ceremony, as was Office of Hawaiian Affairs Ka Pouhana Kamana‘opono Crabbe, who expressed his gratitude and anticipation in ‘o¯lelo Hawai‘i and English. - Photo: Courtesy interested in natural resources management and protection and invasive species management. The Nä Hua Ho‘ohuli i ka Pono program, funded by Hau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation, designed the program to help develop Maui’s next generation of conservation leaders. The program will work in partnership with state agencies and Kupu, a nonprofit that links youth with conservation organizations. Two positions are available and require a 19-hour a week commitment from Oct. 3 through May 26. Interns will be selected through a formal application process that includes a criminal history check and interview. Interns will earn a biweekly living allowance of $475 and may also be eligible for an AmeriCorps Education Award. Applications are due by 4 p.m. on July 18. For more information and to obtain an application packet, visit www.Facebook.com/NHHPHawaii or email Serena Kaldi at Serena. NHHP@gmail.com.

chy in 1893. ‘Iolani Palace, home to King Kaläkaua and his sister Queen Lili‘uokalani, is the first stop and features a tour through the first floor state rooms and second floor private quarters. Guests are then taken to Bishop Museum for lunch, followed by tours of the museum’s 3,900 exhibits that detail the trials and triumphs of the ali‘i. Pickups are available at seven different Waikïkï locations. Admission is $109 for adults and $89 for children. Visit www.bishopmuseum. org for more information or make a reservation by calling 847-8234.

New tour explores the history of the Hawaiian monarchy

Vintage aloha shirts from Kahala, McInerney’s, Andrade Honolulu and other designers will be on display at Ala Moana through Aug. 25. “Aloha Made: A Snapshot of Hawai‘i Fashion” is the first of three exhibits honoring Hawai‘i’s iconic fashion scene that Ala Moana will host in collaboration with Hawai‘i

A new tour taking visitors from ‘Iolani Palace to Bishop Museum offers a unique glimpse at how Hawai‘i’s ali‘i lived prior to the overthrow of the Hawaiian monar-

Learn more about the iconic aloha shirt

Fashion Incubator. Dale Hope, author of the “The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands,” has offered up his collection of vintage aloha shirts from Hawai‘i’s fashion boom in the early 1950s to the 1990s. He and Deb Mascia, owner of Mu‘umu‘u Heaven, curated the exhibit, which will also include photos, including portraits of Duke Kahanamoku and the original Waikïkï Beach Boys. From July 1, shoppers are invited to view the complimentary exhibit on Mall Level 2, Mauka Wing daily from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hope’s book, originally published in 2000, was recently updated and published by Patagonia in June. Drawing from interviews, news archives and his personal memorabilia – and illustrated with hundreds of full-color and vintage photographs – Hope takes readers through the history of the splashy Hawaiian shirts, from right after the Great Depression through today. The 240-page coffee-table book is available through booksellers and at www. patagonia.com.

New law recognizes unpaid family caregivers Hawai‘i’s new CARE Act will

make it easier for unpaid family caregivers to receive the tools they need to keep their ailing and aging family members and friends at home, instead of in expensive institutions. Hawai‘i hospitals will now have to adopt updated federal regulations that require them to explain and demonstrate the medical and nursing tasks that might be expected from caregivers after the patient returns from the hospital. The CARE act also ensures the caregiver’s name is recorded when the patient is admitted to the hospital, that the caregiver is notified when the patient is transferred or released and that the caregiver receives instruction on medication management, injections, wound care and other needs the patients may have.

Hawai‘i Forest Legacy Program accepting applications As part of its effort to protect important working forest lands, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources is accepting applications for conservation assistance. Working with private landowners, state and county agencies, and conservation groups, the program seeks to protect forests from conversion to other uses, while also promoting sustainable practices. About 66 percent of Hawai‘i’s forest lands are privately held, with most owners interested in keeping them intact. The federal Forest Legacy Program has already protected 47,000 acres in Hawai‘i. The DLNR program accepts both the fee title and conservation easement acquisitions, allowing landowners an alternative to selling the forest areas to developers. The application deadline is Aug. 10. Applications are available at http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/lap/ forest-legacy.

Hawaiian homesteaders advocate for telecommunications A group of 13 Hawaiian homesteaders met with Federal Communications Commission officials during Hawaiian Week in

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Washington, D.C. in May. Of particular concern was the Sandwich Isles Communications (SIC) fiber optic network, which has been jeopardized by the personal tax evasion conviction of Albert Hee, founder of Waimana Enterprises, SIC’s parent company. The FCC has started an investigation and audit of SIC, which the homesteader group urged the agency to complete so they can move forward with providing telecommunications service to Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries. Robin Danner, chairwoman of a statewide coalition of homestead associations and a member of the delegation, pointed out that SIC is an autonomous company that receives federal funds to provide phone and internet service to home-

steaders, particularly those in hard-to-reach areas. “The SIC network is our lifeline today, but even more so for our unborn keiki in the future that will come into a world that mandates high speed access to have a fighting chance to survive,” she said in a release.

Program helps schools plant shade trees A cost-share grant program is helping schools cool their classrooms by planting shade trees in strategic locations on school campuses. The “CoolYour School” program offered by the Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Program and the Department of Forestry and Wildlife, offers funding for schools to plant trees on campus, as well as technical support for care and

United Nations Continued from page 5 they that they couldn’t get the schooling they wanted for me? “The biggest thing I took away was a sense of community. There were people from places I never heard of and battling the same challenges I face. It made me feel re-energized and like my soul was refreshed.” Aki broke his speech into two parts. He first proposed that the Forum work with UNESCO on the expansion of schools that utilize indigenous language immersion and culture-based curricula, but he ended with a rousing plea to protect Mauna Kea, which made the Forum’s final report. “The goal when you come is to get into that final report and after I spoke I had people coming up and asking for copies of my speech,” Aki said. “It was just an amazing experience. You have world leaders and regular people all there. It was such an honor and I can’t wait to go back next year.” Both Aki and Moniz are entering their senior year and looking to get into law school at UH so they can continue to fight for Hawaiian rights.

maintenance. Studies show that by blocking direct sunlight and reducing ambient temperatures, trees can cool a classroom by up to 10°F. For a pre-proposal form and additional application information visit dlnr.hawaii. gov/forestry/lap/kaulunani/ grants.

Public schools offer World Conservation Congress lesson plans In anticipation of the World Conservation Congress, which convenes in Hawai‘i this September, the state Department of Education has created resources to help educators and students participate in the global gathering. An online resource bank provides grade-specific lessons on themes relevant to

Adrian Kamali‘i, president and chief consultant for Pae ‘Äina Communications, was part of the contingent that represented the Hawai‘i group. He was also at the first forum and said he likes what he saw at the latest one. “I am so impressed with Jacob and Hau‘olihiwahiwa,” Kamali‘i said. “They were committed to representing the Pacific in the International Youth Caucus. Everyday they were working on something, building relationships and connections. While progress at the United Nations may be slow at times, the benefit of diplomacy is a unique ability to build and grow relationships. “Fifteen years ago I attended the very first United Nations’ Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, I am content in knowing there continues to be young, smart, capable and committed individuals. Jacob and Hau‘oli worked very hard to include relevant and important information to Hawai‘i and Känaka Hawai‘i into interventions presented by both the Pacific Caucus and the International Youth Caucus.” ¢ Dave Dondoneau, a freelance writer, is a former editor and reporter for the Honolulu Advertiser.

WCC and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The lessons address biodiversity, food and water security and climate change and can enhance place-based science education. “Our curriculum staff have created resources for schools statewide to create innovative lessons around this momentous event,” said DOE Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi. “This is an exciting opportunity for our schools to supplement what is already being taught and shaped by our students to stress the importance of sustainability and natural resource management.” Some of the resources available online include NOAA’s Sea Earth Atmosphere Curriculum, Project Aloha ‘Äina, Navigating Change, and an ‘Öhia Project Curriculum. ¢

homeless Continued from page 5 resources to ultimately lead them to permanent housing. The Hawaiian Humane Society was also present to help take care of the campers’ pets, while deputy state sheriffs enforced the trespassing violations. Once the considerable amount of debris has been removed, the area will be cleared so it will no longer be possible to create a hidden encampment on the property, which will be regularly monitored by security patrols. ¢

hawaiian letters Continued from page 11 imprisoned at Saguaro. Although in-person visits are permitted, it is difficult and costly for all family members to travel from Hawai‘i to Arizona to visit their loved ones. And while phone calls are permitted, they are also costly. As a result, written correspondence has become the primary means by which prisoners and their families communicate with each other. ¢

Cultural Stewards RFQ – Luluku, O‘ahu The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hälawa-Luluku Interpretive Development (HLID) Project, has selected the Luluku Farmers’ Association and Aloha ‘Aina Health & Learning Center (LFA and AHLC) as a partnership for steward of the Luluku HLID project area located on State lands managed by the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation. Selection took place in a fair and objective manner as prescribed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. HLID-2016-01. The original RFQ is provided on the OHA

‘awa Continued from page 17 ‘Aha ‘Awa and Storytellers was intended to create an environment for people to relate with one another while furthering their own personal growth. She often holds private sessions with the storytellers prior to each event to help them tap the inner sources of wisdom that might leave the most impact on their audience. Raised in Palolo Valley, Kahuanui-Paleka is a cultural practitioner, actor and performer who holds a sublime appreciation for ‘awa and uses it in his daily ritual to achieve clarity and focus. “My vision is to have ‘awa available to everyone in ceremonies and celebrations to sustain Hawaiian culture and promote peace,” he says. “It’s about having people sit down, enjoy a cup or two and start a dialogue of how we can go about creating change.” The storytellers are diverse in ethnicity and trade, but share the common characteristic of influencing

iulai2016 19 website, www.oha.org/ solicitations. Steward appointment is for no monetary compensation. If there are any objections to OHA selecting the LFA and AHLC partnership for stewardship of the HLID Luluku project area, then we encourage anyone to provide a protest in writing to the HLID Project Coordinator, Lance G.M. La Pierre at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy., Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 96817, Attn: HLID Stewardship RFQ Protest, within ten (10) working days of this posting. Any questions are directed to mahil@oha.org or 594-1782. ¢

positive change in the community. “People’s guards come down when they hear deeply personal stories, and that gift of storytelling encourages real empathy and the desire to contribute,” says San Agustin. ‘Aha ‘Awa and Storytellers succeeds in bridging traditional values with modern times by creating a symbiotic session where speakers and guests can gain nourishment, both of the body and spirit, through the sharing of knowledge and ‘awa. Whether or not you walk away with a newfound taste for ‘awa, you’re sure to appreciate the specialness of the intimate setting and take home some food for thought. ‘Aha ‘Awa and Storytellers is held on the first Saturday of every month at various locations. The event is $10 for Hawai‘i residents, or $15 for visitors, and includes unlimited ‘awa. Visit www.coalescenceproject.com to learn more about the event or to volunteer to be a storyteller. ¢

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2016 Legislative End of Session Highlights of Bills that Passed which will affect all of us…

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ahalo for last month’s Ka Wai Ola’s report on Native Hawaiian/OHA bills, but I would like to add other Bills that passed that affect Education, Health, Homeless, Keiki, and Kupuna, among others that are awaiting the Governor’s signature.

> Inflationary Adjustment for Longterm Care Facilities - Provides $1,553,599 to increase reimbursement rates for long-term care facilities by providing an inflationary adjustment used to reimburse facilities for the long-term care of Medicaid recipients. HB1943

HEALTH Leina‘ala EDUCATION > Food Production Tax > Preschool Education Credit Establishes an Organic Ahu Isa, Ph.D. Foods -Production Appropriates $10,000,000 for Tax Credit Preschool Open Doors, which applicable to taxable years Trustee, At-large would increase the number of beginning after December 31, children served from about 2016, and ending December 1,200 to 2,000. HB1700 31, 2021. HB1689 > Technology in Schools > Protection from Dengue Supports digital learning and the use of Fever and Other Health Threats - Protechnology in public schools by defin- vides $1,270,120 and adds 20 positions for ing curricular materials to include both management of the Dengue Fever outbreak printed and digital material and clarifying and newly emerging public health threats, that monies for curricular materials can be such as the Zika virus. HB 1700 used for digital formats. HB2267 > Health Insurance Coverage for Sex> Essential Services for Keiki - Appro- ually Transmitted Diseases - Requires all priates additional $5,215,919 for increased insurers to provide insurance coverage for electricity costs, an additional $6,984,689 annual screenings for sexually transmitted for public school transportation ser- diseases, including screenings for human vices and $16,984,791 for school needs immunodeficiency virus and acquired (Weighted Student Formula.) HB1700 immunodeficiency syndrome. HB1897 > Concussion Program for Student > Prescription Contraceptive SupAthletes - Appropriates $450,000 for a plies - Expands access to prescription “Concussion “ monitoring and awareness contraceptives by requiring insurers to program for youth athletics, and admin- cover reimbursements for prescription isters concussion testing to high school contraceptive supplies intended to last up student athletes. SB2557 to a 12-month period for an insured patient. > High School Credit for Keiki - SB2319 Recognizes American Sign Language as a language that allows public school HOMELESS > Homeless Services - Provides $12 students who pass this course to receive credit toward their language requirement millon for various homeless programs. HB1700 for graduation. SB2981 > Homeless Shelter Requirements KUPUNA - Implements performance measure require> Kupuna Care - Funds $3,000,000 for ments for homeless shelters. SB2559 Kupuna Care elderly services. HB1700 > Mental Health Services - Appropri> Unannounced Inspection of Care ates $500,000 for treatment and care of Homes - Requires the Department of homeless individuals with serious and perHealth to conduct unannounced visits sistent mental health challenges to enable and inspections, including those required them to reside in a permanent dwelling or for relicensing or recertification of cer- homeless facility. SB2560 tain state-licensed or state-certified care …and, last but not least… facilities, such as site-based day facilities, > The Penalties for Animal Abanresidential care facilities, and long-term donment - Establishes penalties for the facilities for adults. SB2384 offense of pet animal desertion. Imposes > Funds for Elderly Services - Appro- a fine of $1,000 for the desertion and a priates $1,700,000 for aging and disability fine of $2,000 for recklessly causing the resource centers to provide services and death of or substantial bodily injury of the referrals to the state’s elderly and aging abandoned pet animal or equine animal. population. HB1878 SB2512 > Care Act - Requires hospitals to adopt and maintain written discharge policies and Me Ke Aloha Pumehana, A hui hou, provide discharge instructions to caregiv- Trustee Leina‘ala ¢ ers. HB2252

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no‘ai kakou… As the get information. longest serving Trustee, We could easily increase the amount it saddens me of Trustees providing overthat OHA is sight over the Administration no longer the by going back to the five proactive advocate for our committee system. Subject beneficiaries that it once matters included (1) Land, was. When I was first (2) Policy & Planning, (3) elected to the board in 1990, Program Management, (4) OHA was at the forefront Legislative & Government of many issues involving Affairs, and (5) Budget & Rowena native rights, housing, eduFinance. Bringing back cation, and health. these five committees would Akana Past Trustees were actively instantly double the amount involved, spearheading major of Trustees overseeing the Trustee, At-large projects, and holding OHA’s Administration from three Administration accountable. to six. Now everything seems, for The increased oversight want of a better term, “stagnant.” While over the Administration would finally I’m sure the Board Chair can produce a put an end to the frequent complaints long list of “great” things happening at by Trustees that they are not being OHA, to me it’s just all public relations kept in the loop or getting regular fluff. Make no mistake – This is not the updates on important issues. OHA of old that used to get results. I’m As many of my long time readsure that every Trustee would agree that ers know, this is not a new proposal. I OHA could do more for our beneficia- pushed for this change last year but the ries. Much more. current Board Chair decided to go in the So what’s the solution? It’s simple: opposite direction. He actually got rid Restore the Board’s oversight over the of the Land and Property committee! Administration. Right now, there are OHA is simply too big for three only THREE Trustees that are hold- Trustees to control the organization. ing the Administration accountable: And, as a result, crucial information (1) The Asset & Resource Man- is able to stay hidden. For example, agement Committee Chair, who under the old five committee strucoversees all of OHA’s fiscal, policy, ture, the Budget & Finance committee economic development, land, and chair actually had the time to take our administrative matters; budget out to the community for com(2) The Beneficiary Advocacy & ments and suggestions. Every line Empowerment Committee Chair, who item of the budget was presented and has responsibility over federal and none were hidden in “cost centers.” state legislation, on-going programs in Nothing could stay hidden in the health, housing, and education; and budget with that much scrutiny. (3) Last, but not least, the Board So this election, seek change and Chair, who basically just acts as the elect new blood! Ask OHA candiliaison between the Administration dates what they think about how and the Board instead of providing OHA is run. Question them on their oversight and direction. In fact, the ideas to improve the office and the CEO has BANNED Trustees with- services we provide. Vote wisely out committees from having direct or we’ll continue to be stuck in the contact with Administrative staff. same stagnation for years to come. All requests for information must Our beneficiaries deserve better! go through the Chair’s office. Aloha Ke Akua. ¢ So basically, the rest of the Trustees have to depend on the three Interested in Hawaiian issues & Trustees above for updates and OHA? Please visit my website at www. reports at the board table – There rowenaakana.org for more information are no other opportunities for us to or e-mail me at rowenaa@oha.org.

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“The Hawaiian Nation has a constitution!” Trustee’s note: Brendon Kaleiaina Lee, who penned this column by invitation, is the presiding officer of the historic ‘Ahä that produced a Hawaiian constitution. I believe his voice needs to be heard as a matter of thoughtful leadership. — Peter Apo

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one-by-one each participant stepped to the microphone as their name was called and proudly spoke about their genealogy, ‘ohana, keiki, küpuna and cast their vote. After 20 days of listening, really listening to one another, the ‘Aha had taken this momentous leap of faith and with 88 voices roared to the world “The Hawaiian Nation has a constitution!”

s the chair of ‘Aha 2016 I am often asked what was it like trying to keep Where do we go from here? Well all those Hawaiians the path has been laid before us. It in line. It’s funny, that’s never is now up to the Lähui to take up Peter how I saw it. From my perspecthis palapala and stand as one to tive at the podium I was privy tell the world “We, the indigenous Apo to something truly amazing. It peoples of Hawai‘i, descendants of was what I had always hoped to our ancestral lands … join together Trustee, O‘ahu see in my lifetime with regards to affirm a government of, by, and to the Sovereignty Movement, for Native Hawaiian people to perand that is actual movement. petuate a Pono government and Never before had I seen Hawaiians come promote the well-being of our people and together, put aside personal agendas, and the ‘äina that sustains us. We reaffirm think of the Lähui. Now, today, in this the National Sovereignty of the Nation. moment in time and space I saw a true We reserve all rights to Sovereignty and microcosm of our Hawaiian community Self-determination, including the pursuit at-large being played out on that hallowed of independence. Our highest aspirations ground in Maunawili: a small but loud are set upon the promise of our unity and minority, thinking only of their personal this Constitution.” agendas, trying to shout over the majority trying to move our people forward for Go to hawaiiannation.com. Read our the first time since 1978. They used their Constitution and Declaration. Make sure usual tactics of spewing distortions of you, your family and friends are registered historical fact and flat out lies to try and and verified at kanaiolowalu.org. Donate to pull at participants’ emotions to keep the help our people at alohalahui.com. Schedstatus quo in place. To my absolute aston- ule a talk story to share the story of the ishment, it did not work. For this moment ‘Aha. The story of how in February 2016 in our history, our people stood together, at Maunawili, against incredible odds, held each other’s hands and took a giant Hawaiians did what they all said could step toward self-determination. It was the never be done; worked together and decided proudest moment of my life. I watched as what they wanted. The rest is up to us. ¢

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uring our May 26th Board of What informed my vote on May 26th, howTrustees Meeting, we were faced ever, was the fact that when asked, I learned with the debate of supporting that only 5 percent of long-line catch comes the expansion of the Papahän- from Papahänaumokuäkea. As supporters aumokuäkea Marine National informed us, this preservation area will Monument. It had recently come force many to re-evaluate the viato our team’s attention that Presibility of current fishing practices dent Obama may be considering so that we can fish in a sustainable taking action to expand the existmanner – just as our küpuna did i ing boundaries of the monument ka wä kahiko. We must preserve in his final months in office. I also and create abundance in the area grew to understand that this was not only for Hawai‘i, but as means a very nuanced and complicated to set an example for the world. debate among our communities. Likewise, the expansion of PapWhile there is significant research Carmen “Hulu” ahänaumokuäkea will create the highlighting the environmental largest conservation area in the Lindsey and cultural significance of the world. area, there are also many others Supporters also point to several Trustee, Maui who fear intrusion on their fishing groundbreaking aspects of this practices. movement. For arguably the first After hearing many hours of time, natural and cultural resources testimony from both those in support and are seen as one in the same, integrating train opposition, the OHA Board of Trustees ditional and contemporary sciences where approved conditional support of the expan- Federal and Native Hawaiian researchers sion of Papahänaumokuäkea Marine National and practitioners are working together. This Monument with a provision that OHA is ele- partnership honors our ‘ike as känaka, carvvated to the status of Co-Trustee. Furthermore, ing out space for its inclusion in science. OHA urges viewing Papahänaumokuäkea as Currently, OHA sits on the Monument a significant cultural area and also encourages Management Board with Keola Lindsey as that the expansion does not include southern the head of OHA’s Papahänaumokuäkea areas near Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau. Program. OHA’s current official Board posiThis conversation brought back many tion highlights the elevation of OHA as the fond childhood memories to mind when 4th Co-Trustee of the Papahänaumokuäkea I would go spearfishing with my Uncle. It Marine National Monument; garnering supwas my responsibility to be the “bag girl” port from the Governor and various other – pulling the floater along with all the fish agencies. OHA’s involvement in this capacwe had caught! Little did I know at the time, ity allows more oversight and contribution that this is what the manö would come after! to the management of the area. In all the times I was “bag girl,” I was never While there will certainly be sacrifices to harmed; I was probably protected by my be made for the expansion of Papahänau‘aumakua. It was through experiences like mokuäkea, the space will also undoubtedly these that I now continue to understand the preserve resources. This expansion also importance of the ocean as a resource to highlights the partnership of culture and sustainability. science in a non-intrusive manner; urging In times of over-fishing for commercial both local and federal agencies to cooperate use, I recognize the importance of creat- to fulfill a mission. I would like to take the ing spaces where we can ensure that these time to mahalo all those who work tirelessly resources are not only available for our use to research, protect, and advocate for our today, but also for the future generations. ‘äina and resources and engage in partnerI understand the concern for impeding on ships advocating for our people. My sincere subsistence and commerical fishing needs. mahalo to each of you. ¢

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E na- ‘ohana Hawai‘i: If you are planning a reunion or looking for genealogical information, Ka Wai Ola will print your listing at no charge on a space-available basis. Listings should not exceed 200 words. OHA reserves the right to edit all submissions for length. Send your information by mail, or e-mail kwo@OHA.org. E ola na- mamo a Ha- loa! 2016 AKAU – We are having a family reunion in Waimea, Hawai‘i, June 10 – 12, 2016. We need a head count no later than May 20, 2016 so we know how much food to prepare for the 5:00 p.m. on Sat. June 11. Hui ‘Ohana ‘o Akau are descendants of Ching Sen/Kamakahema Awa: William P.M. Akau/Kealoha Kalaluhi - Abraham Akau/Alice Ahina, Eunice Akau/Solomon Kuahine, Elizabeth Akau/Mack Kalahiki, Theodore Akau/Mary Keawe; William P.M. Akau/Lydia Awaa - John Akau/Rose Lokia, Apitai Akau/Margaret Arthur, Lydia Akau/ Andrew Ako, Alexander Akau/Mary Ako, Caroline Akau/Samuel Kaleleiki, David Akau, William Akau, Barbara Chock; Pekina Akeni/Goo Kim Seu - Ah Sing KimSeu/Hattie Kauwe, Arthur KimSeu/ Martha Coelho, Amoe KimSeu/Robert Naeole, Allen KimSeu/Alice Nahakuelua, Ernest KimSeu/Mary Kahookano, Abby Goo/Daniel Bush & Ernest Chang, Mabel KimSeu; Apitai Akeni/Kahana Maluwaikoo -

Annie Apikai/Solomon Kuahine, John Apitai/Adeline Young. Contacts: Solomon Kuahine 808-382-9525 or 808-455-8102, Arthur Akau 808-780-6085. FOSTER-KEPOO – Descendants of James Enos Foster Kepoo wife Helen Kahelemauna Waipakealohapauole, ‘Ohana Sarah, Rodger, Mary, Henery, Enos, Jack, William, Arthur, Frank, Virgina, Helen, Roy and James. We will be having a reunion Sept. 2–4, 2016, Maile Beach Park, Wai‘anae, O‘ahu. Potluck. Cost of permit for those days is $25 to include 20 pop tents, (2) 20x40 canopies and 20 parking stalls. Balance will be used for this special event. One time donation of $25 per household family is requested. Cook-off contest Saturday night. More activities planned. Contact Lovey Toki – mom Sarah 808-961-4988 and Momilani Dando – dad Enos 808-242-1408. We are spearheading this event. Please plan now. We would truly love to see all of you there. Mahalo. Send payment to: Lovey Toki 38 Kilua Road; Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720. – E kala mai – in the March issue the KaWai Ola printed the incorrect price per household. The correct price is $25.

GOOMAN/KAHANU/KAIANUI/KONA/ LONG – Descendants of Kanialama & Kaohuaino plan a Statewide Family Reunion on MAUI July 8-10, 2016. All events at Tante’s Island Grill, 100 W. Kaahumanu Ave, Kahului. Group Room Rates at Maui Seaside Hotel 808-877-3311 under “Pukana o Kanialama”. Wear your family colors Gooman=Purple, Kahanu=Green, Kaianui/ Kona=Blue, Long=Pink, FRI July 8th, 6 -9pm MEET N GREET; SAT July 9th, 9am-3pm GENEALOGY/ CULTURAL DAY, 6-9pm OHANA DINNER/HOIKE; SUN July 10th 9am to noon WRAP UP/ALOHA/ PASSING OF LAMA TO 2018 KAUAI. For more info: http://www.pukanaokanialama.com or call 808.781.7263. KAINA – Henry & Sarah Kaina Ohana Reunion - Our first Henry & Sarah Kaina Family Reunion will be held on July 8th, 9th, and 10th, 2016 at the Kihei VFW Hall on Maui. The deadline for the attendance and payment forms is April 30th, 2016. If you have not received them or would like more information, please contact Diane at (808) 760-8965 or email me at deeshay6@aol.com.

KAUAUA – Reunion July 16 & 17, 2016 at Kahana State Park. Come one come all descendants of KAUAUA to KAUAI-O-KALANI KANAE. We hope to see all our ohana. For questions and registration application please contact Don Flaminio at 808-523-1048 KAUHOLA KAPAHI – Ohana Reunion. Aug. 5-7, 2016. Maui Island. “A‘ohe Hana Nui Ke Alu ‘ia.”We invite all Kauhola ‘Ohana. Accepting family dues now through May 2016. Families include parents and children 17 and under. All adult children 18 and older must pay separate dues. Please contact Momilani and Charles Thompson at 808-572-9079 or POB 790534 Paia, HI, 96779 for all inquiries. Also please visit us on www.facebook.com/Kauholastrong for upcoming family reunion information. KEKAUOHA-KAI-O – The 'Ohana of Hosea Kekauoha and Nalia Kai-O would like to announce our family reunion on June 20 -25, 2016 at Hukilau Beach Campgrounds Laie, Oahu. This reunion includes anyone related to the Kekauoha's as well as Nalia Kai-O's siblings and their descendants. All details including registration ($30 per family) can be found on our website at kekauohaohana.com. Also Kekauoha-Kai-O Gear is available online. Orders must be in by May 15th. Any questions or concerns can be emailed to PJ Meatoga or Lilia Tollefsen at kekauohaohana@gmail.com. Updates can also be found at our Kekauoha Ohana Facebook page. KEOHOKAPU – The descendants of Theresa Kelekia & Joseph Keoua Keohokapu 'Ohana will be hosting a reunion from Oct. 6-10, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nev. Come and join us for a time to remember our loved ones gone ahead and build relationships with the next generation. For more information and getting involved in the planning visit Facebook-It is under Keohokapu Vegas Gathering 2016. Aloha & a Hui hou.

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PAIAINA – Family reunion in Kona, Hawai‘i two days, July 30, 2016 Hale Halawai, and July 31, 2016 Kahaluu Beach Park Pavilion. Both start around 9 a.m. Potluck $5 per event per family to pay for venue. All descendants of Nalua Paiaina, from two wives 1) Kaaihaha and 2) Paahao: Keawe Paiaina, Mileka Paiaina Duarte, Maika Paiaina, Abigail Paiaina, 1) Hookaea 2) Hoalilo 3) Paia, Moses Kahalewai Paiaina, David Paiaina, David Pau Paiaina, Helen Paiaina 1) Kinimaka, 2) Kahele. I am selling Paiaina shirts. Contact for any questions email ilvmiegles@gmail.com, text 808-798-0529. Mahalo Brenda Pimentel. VICTOR – The Victor ‘Ohana reunion for descendants of Kamukai Wikoli and Amelia Akoi will be held on O‘ahu from Fri. 19 through Sun. 21 in August 2016. For details please see the ‘ohana website at www.victor-ohana.org or the ‘ohana Facebook page at www.facebook.com/The.Victor. Ohana. For more information contact Dwight Victor at dwight@victor-ohana.org, (808) 688-2349, or P.O. Box 970700 Waipahu, HI, 96797. WILHELM – Descendants of Ernest Edgar and Abigail Pahukula AhPoo Keawe will meet for their Ka Wilhelm Ohana 2016 Summer Reunion Picnic on July 23rd @ 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. @ Ala Moana Beach Park keyhole area #19 & 20. Also save the date of July 2017 for a reunion on Maui No Ka Oe. More information to follow. Planning and dates are in the works. Stay tuned at www.kawilhelmohana.org; e-mail KWOcontact@gmail.com or call president Ululani Kanoho Luis @ (808) 358-2659 & or Jean Wilhelm Kanoho @(808) 348-5239. Mahalo nui loa!!! 2017 KINIMAKA – Kinimaka Ohana Reunion 2016 Postponed to 2017. Kinimaka Ohana reunion will be July 2 thru 5, 2017, same place–Kona, Hawai‘i Island. Contact Kaniu Kinimaka-Stocksdale at email: kaniu@coconutwoman.me or call 808-313-1598 for more info. ‘O wau no me ka ha‘a ha‘a. ‘IMI ‘OHANA - FAMILY SEARCH AKAU – Looking for information on my greatgrandmother Akula Inez Akau. Her son John Piilani Kailikea and husband Kalama Kailikea. She also married Joseph K. Woodward. Please call me, Nathan Piilani Kailikea, at cell 381-8658 or email natepiilani@gmail.com. Thank you very much. NAEHU / SAFFERY – Descendants of Captain and Judge Edmund Saffery (1806-1874) and wives Kupuna Naehu and Waiki Kawaawaaiki Naehu (18281900) of Olowalu, Maui, are in the beginning stages of planning a family reunion for Labor Day weekend, 2017 on O‘ahu and Maui. We are looking for representatives of their combined 14 children to help planning and communicating information to the rest of their line. Their children include Fanny (John Kaiaokamaile); Edmund Jr. (Emalia Wallace); Henry (Kahua Kaanaana); Caroline (Frank Rose); William (Emily Cockett and Jennie Makekau); John (Lucy Kahalelio and Rebecca Nahooikaika); Thomas (Mary Luna Kina); Mary (Daniel Palena); Emma (William Pogue); Anna (Joseph Kealoha and Daniel Nahaku); Julianna (Antoine Freitas); Charles (Emily Hawele and Catherine Kauhi); Helen; Emalia (Lai Ernestberge, George Conrad and Nelson Kaloa). If you’re interested in joining the planning committee or are interested in more info, please visit www.Saffery Ohana.org. Facebook Group: www.facebook/com/ groups/EdmundSafferySrOhana Or contact: Naomi Losch, 261-9038, nlosch@hawaii.rr.com or Kulamanu Goodhue, 689-4015 safferyohana@gmail.com. Ortogero – Looking for information on Ko‘u küpuna, Fred Ortogero, who once owned a boxing gym in Honolulu. Once married to Mary (Del Carmen), both buried in O‘ahu. Their daughter Charmaine Lee (Paliotta). Grandfather once won the McDonald’s lottery in O‘ahu back in the '80's. That’s all I can recall of Ko‘u ‘ohana. Ke olu olu, contact me at: Gilbert Paliotta (#46244), Ely State Prision, P.O. Box 1989, Ely, Nevada 89301. Mahalo nui loa. Ma luna o ‘oukou auane ‘i ka ho‘omaika‘i ‘ana o iëhova. ¢

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E ho ¯‘ike mai ana ka la ¯‘au a ke kia manu.

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Empower your voice The stick of the bird catcher will tell. We know how successful one is by what he produces. One knew whether a bird catcher was successful by counting the birds on his ¯ lelo No‘eau 287 la ¯‘au, or gummed stick. – ‘O

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the OHA Board of Trustees chose the lei hulu as a symbol of their office because of the many meanings it held. A symbol of Hawai‘i’s rich culture, the feather lei it represents painstaking, detailed and precise work. It also represents high rank. But most significantly, the hundreds of feathers connected in the lei create something better as a whole than when they are apart, something amazing. Bound together, these individual feathers are representative of people coming together – united for the betterment of the Hawaiian community. The image on the cover of this election guide is of last election’s OHA lei hulu. Like the bird catcher in the Hawaiian proverb, the successes of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and its Board of Trustees are measured by results as seen in the OHA Annual Report, OHA Strategic Plan results, audits and other reports. OHA was born during the 1978 Constitutional Convention and the first Board was elected in 1980 to govern the office. The state agency was created to better the conditions of Hawaiians and is responsible for the performance, development and coordination of programs and activities relating to native Hawaiians and Hawaiians. OHA enhances Hawaiian well-being by collaborating with various organizations to strengthen our community’s resources, providing millions in grants annually. Native Hawaiian students receive more than $800,000 in scholarship money from the office annually, and more than $34 million in loans over the past 10 years have helped Native Hawaiians start businesses, improve homes, consolidate debt and continue their education. In addition, we have awarded an estimated $16 million to various organizations aiding Hawaiians, including Hawaiian-focused charter schools, Papa Ola Lōkahi and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. People are curious to know were the candidates stand on the hottest Hawaiian issues. Every election the Ka Wai Ola drafts questions for the candidates to answer in the special election section, but this year we asked members of the community to ask the questions. They are below.

What opportunities to do you see for OHA and its Board of Trustees to help improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health of our la¯hui?” – Aukahi Austin Seabury, Ph.D. Psychologist, Executive Director

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What is your strategy for achieving nation building?” – Vicky Holt Takamine Kumu hula

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Many of the most pressing issues facing the la¯hui—such as climate change, and health and wealth disparities—are a part of global dynamics. How do we use our mana and ancestral values to help solve these contemporary, complex and pressing issues?” – Kamuela Enos Sustainable agriculture and indigenous enterprise advocate

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What opportunities to do you see for OHA and its Board of Trustees to help improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health of our la¯hui?” – Aukahi Austin Seabury, Ph.D. Psychologist

OHA TRUSTEE hawai‘i KAHUI, Bo V. (CRAIG)

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What is your strategy for achieving nation building?” – Vicky Holt Takamine Kumu hula

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Many of the most pressing issues facing the la¯hui—such as climate change, and health and wealth disparities—are a part of global dynamics. How do we use our mana and ancestral values to help solve these contemporary, complex and pressing issues?” – Kamuela Enos Sustainable agriculture and indigenous enterprise advocate

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LINDSEY, ROBERT K., JR. (BOB)

➤➤ Q1 response: Education is ➤➤ Q1 response: Health is one of our best opportunity to help improve our OHA’s six strategic priorities. COLLOphysical, mental, and spiritual health of BORATION is the path OHA must take our Lāhui. We must embrace many of our going forward. Why? The needs of our Kūpuna teachings to further our underlāhui exceed OHA’s current resources to standings of our identity. To this end, provide for these needs. My hope is that native Hawaiians can begin the process OHA will continue to work to find ways to of healing and faithfully select a pathway partner with our Ali‘i Trusts: The Queen’s to the resurrection of Lāhui. While simplistic, Health System, Kapi‘olani Children’s Hospieducational forums, Hawaiian doctrine- placed- "It's time to embrace the next Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust and tal, Kamehameha Schools, generationLunalilo of leadership for OHA based education, secondary and post-secondary Hawaiian Home. Other potential partners to enjoin: Papa Ola and for Hawaiians. That's why I educational platforms must include the revisionist history Lokahi and its satellite centers, our Hawaiian focused charter ask you to join me in supporting of Hawai‘i if we are to improve who we are as a people and schools, faith-based organizations and our Hawaiian churches. Kama." as Lāhui physically, mentally, and spiritually. 


 We need toBob poolLindsey our resources and work together to extend -Trustee Paid for by Friends of our reach. ➤➤ Q2 response: The immediate strategy for nation building requires building consensus. Over the years, OHA’s ➤➤ Q2 response: Our lāhui, when surveyed in 1978 constituency has been divided due to its quasi relationship (OHA’s founding) and recently (four months ago) have made both with the State and Federal governments. The native it clear; ‘bread and butter’ issues (education, health, housing Hawaiian communities have been polarized by OHA’s lack and jobs) are what’s important to them. It wants OHA to focus of independency and therefore nation building has been on these issues. In 2016 the majority of respondents see nation all but impossible. True consensus can only be achieved building as a bottom of the barrel issue. OHA must refocus, through a “grass-roots” initiative supplemented by varireboot and rethink its basic priorities if it is to be in alignment ous stages of educational opportunities to bring about real with the wishes of our people. I do have a nation-building changes for Lāhui. OHA’s institutional forbearance and strategy modeled around the Waimea Nui Development Projtolerance to bridge our communities will require a new paraect. I like and support it as it brings people together. digm to reach the native Hawaiian community to accomplish ➤➤ Q3 response: We have a heritage we must celconsensus and achieve Lāhui. ebrate and honor. Our ancestors knew what it meant to be ➤➤ Q3 response: Native Hawaiians are repreGREEN and live GREEN centuries ago. By taking care of sented negatively at every social economic, wealth, and the land (mālama ‘āina), our forests, streams and ocean, we health statistic. To reverse these trends, our native values would be able to sustain ourselves forever. They knew to take such as Aloha, Aloha ‘Āina, Mālama Aina, Aloha Ka Po‘e, just what they needed, when enough was enough. On the are re-established in the ‘Ohana and then manifested in our global level the Mālama Honua message being disseminated educational institutions. A monumental task but achievable by Hōkūle‘a on its worldwide voyage is truly special and a through a new vision and strategies for the implementation beacon for all. It’s a message from our kūpuna. “Take care of our ancestral values to solve our Island issues setting of the Earth and it will take care of you.” On the local level the stage for a global response. To make the point, we can (yes it starts right here at home), this September Hawai‘i will learn from the Hōkūle‘a following years of dedication of host the World Conservation Congress. This is our opporour ancestral navigational wayfinding and building the tunity to showcase the specialness and uniqueness of our “Wa‘a.” Recent, global response to mālama honua “through cultural and natural assets, to boast in a quiet and humble experiential educational programs that inspire students and way what our ancestors knew centuries ago which so many their communities to respect and care for themselves, each are just coming to know at a time when our Good Earth is other, and the natural and cultural environments” set the new in jeopardy because of industrialization, urbanization and vision and platform for change. ¢ rabid consumerism. Yes, environmental issues are global and overwhelming. Nonetheless in our small way in our isolated corner of the world’s biggest ocean we can be part of the solution. Enlist in a local aloha ‘āina initiative in your community, participate in a beach, stream or graffiti cleanup. Adopt a Highway (section of). Recycle. Be (and stay) informed about coral bleaching, rapid ‘ōhia death, and invasive species. Join the Outdoor Circle, Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, some worthy conservation cause. ¢

TRASK, MILILAni B. ➤➤ Q1 response: Initiating a program for Health & Wellness that integrates healthier practices in all 3 areas is a good beginning point. It should include education on the causes of poor health and how to take corrective measures (Dietary changes, exercise, regular check-­‐ups) as well as understanding Mental Health needs (stress, fear, anger, violence) and corrective measures (Counseling, medication, anger management etc.) Spiritual support comes from ceremony, prayer and church affiliation. This program needs to be pursued in conjunction with other groups providing services in these areas. Partnerships increase expertise and provide for cost sharing. We Hawaiians with Health expertise, Kama Hopkins | P.have O. Box many 61872 | Honolulu, HI 96839 and today we have a Hawaiian Healthcare System that can interface with OHA on all islands.

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➤➤ Q2 response: Nation building can only be achieved by and through a statewide educational effort on our historical right to self-­‐determination. Hawaiian educators should be tapped to spearhead this effort. In order to be legitimate, Hawaiians and need to voluntarily enroll in this effort and democratic procedures need to be followed. (i.e. voluntary enrollment by 51% of peoples residing on the ‘āina, democratic elections of representatives, and majority ratification by the peoples themselves of any governing document. The initiative must arise from the peoples themselves, not the State Legislature or a State Agency like OHA. The current process stemming from Kanaiolowalu and Na ‘I Aupuni excluded the Hawaiian people and came from the State. No Democratic election of delegates occurred, nor is there any verified roll of Hawaiian residents of our State. ➤➤ Q3 response: We need to think globally and act locally to address climate change. Hawaiian traditional knowledge can & should be applied to provide solutions. For example, mitigation the impacts of saltwater intrusion may require planting more salt tolerant species of traditional foods. Also, we need to integrate conservation practices (use less water, use water catchment, recycling and desalinization) into our daily lives. For Health – See answer to question 1. The application of Hawaiian Values is the appropriate way to live our lives whether we are addressing climate change or wealth & poverty disparities. Wealth & Poverty disparities may arise from unemployment, lack of critical skills or lack of education. There are many things that OHA can support including job training, supplemental skill building; literacy and basic accounting that would help unemployed Hawaiians find jobs. Hawaiian values are now being applied everywhere, recently I read about a book called “Managing with Aloha” that applies Hawaiian cultural values in the business arena. ¢

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All candidates were asked to submit responses up to 450 words. Their unedited responses are presented in their entirety and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

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What opportunities to do you see for OHA and its Board of Trustees to help improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health of our la¯hui?” – Aukahi Austin Seabury, Ph.D. Psychologist

OHA TRUSTEE moloka‘i

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What is your strategy for achieving nation building?” – Vicky Holt Takamine Kumu hula

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Many of the most pressing issues facing the la¯hui—such as climate change, and health and wealth disparities—are a part of global dynamics. How do we use our mana and ancestral values to help solve these contemporary, complex and pressing issues?” – Kamuela Enos Sustainable agriculture and indigenous enterprise advocate

candidates

FLOWERS, JERRY (manuwa) ➤➤ Q1 response: My vision for OHA and its Board of Trustees is helping and advocating for the Hawaiian people and our counterparts. In our lāhui we are struggling and I feel the reason for this is a lack of communication. Our communication needs to advance in order for the voices of the islands of Moloka‘i and Lana‘i to be heard. When communication is effective, our lāhui can grow in physical, mental, and spiritual health. ➤➤ Q2 response: For the Hawaiian people and our counterparts, my strategy is to rely on the experiences of our Hawaiian leaders of the past and how they were with the people. Our leaders would keep the people informed whether the information was good or bad. Also, they would Mālama the ‘Āina and the kūpuna as a whole, while nourishing and embracing all that were in need. Our Hawaiian People needs to know that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is not a dance party, but an entity within the State and Government that is there for the people and not the paycheck. ➤➤ Q3 response: The use of our mana and ancestral values was always done by everyone working for the better. Our past Leaders were very fundamental and educated in the details of our counterparts--yes our Beloved Queen was overthrown, but this was done to not allow bloodshed to our people. We must love ourselves and the people to move forward in this day and age. OHA and the people of Hawai‘i needs to come together and form a unity that will allow us to tackle the climate, health, wealth and any other pressing issues in our community. ¢

HANAPI, ALAPAi ➤➤ Q1 response: Stop the Memorandum of Agreements between OHA, the State of Hawai‘i. We the people need to consensus the issues and concerns of our Lāhui. Memorandums of Agreement destroy the physical, mental and spiritual fabric of our Kanaka Maoli Culture, customs and traditions. ➤➤ Q2 response: Total Independence and Sovereignty comes from us, not the State or Federal level. Recognition is there, stop the illusion! Trust is necessary because without trust we cannot move forward. ➤➤ Q3 response: Living on Kuleana kai we have personally experienced neglicient permitting by the government and the non enforcement of the non-permittees who have destroyed our life giving environment and it continues. We live on an island 32 miles long and 10 miles wide at its widest. Whatever happens mauka affects the kai/moana immediately. Who's enforcing the Clean Water Act and all it's grey areas pertaining to Hawaii nei? If we cannot save and protect our own immediate environment how can we think or act on global. It's like our people. If we cannot take care of the one, how can we take care of the many? Health disparities are a sad fact. If you have wealth most likely you will have good health. The rest of us will have to accept whats given. Disparity of wealth deserves a forum of it's own. There's all kinds of wealth according to each worldwide Culture and I'm not going to comment on it at this time. Our Queen Liliuokalani once said “Aloha is for our Lāhui, ano ai is for everybody else.” As the indigenous people of these islands called Hawai‘i nei, we have shared our custom and belief in Aloha to everyone else. However, if we pertain it to a global issue we must have our own sovereign nation. We need our seat back at the United Nations table! Our Mana, Our Ancestral values and standards can only be shared in that way. Not by the State of Hawaii or the United States of America. What is ours is ours, what is theirs is theirs. In conclusion, I say, look to the past to protect our future! ¢

MACHADO, COLETTE (pipi‘i) ➤➤ Q1 response: Your Board of Trustees must establish a strong fiscal sustainability plan to accommodate unplanned expenditures that provide on going services to its beneficiaries. Trustees must pledge to assure a strong and healthy organization along with a solid bottom line in order to insure that our constitutional and statutorily rights are acknowledged and upheld by the State of Hawai‘i. Diminishing resources both at the State and Federal level places an undue burden on services to Hawaiians. OHA will be asked to fund unplanned expenditures. This includes litigation incurred in lawsuits resulting from OHA’s perceived involvement. ➤➤ Q2 response: Stay the course! OHA was established by the 1978 Constitutional Convention to be a trust vehicle to act on behalf of Native Hawaiians until a Native Hawaiian governing entity could be reestablished. Prior to and since OHA’s inception, Native Hawaiians have fought for State and Federal recognition to protect our traditional and customary rights. There has been a few successes however, the pursuit of self governance and federal recognition has endured. Act 195, 2011 Hawaii Session Laws (Act 195) was created to recognize Native Hawaiians as the only indigenous, aboriginal, maoli population of Hawai‘i. In Act 195, the State of Hawai‘i made clear that it supports not only recognition, but also the self governance of Native Hawaiians. “It is....the States desire to support the continuing development of a reorganized Native Hawaiian governing entity and ultimately, the federal recognition of Native Hawaiians”. ➤➤ Q3 response: Rely on ancestral knowledge and communal practices. Treasure your kūpuna. Keep your hands down, Hana kalima, building safe shelters classrooms and Hana ka ‘aina, plant food to nourish the ‘ohana. Aloha Ikekahikekahi, love one another. In Hana, Maui, Maka Hana Ka ‘Ike (In Working One Learns), has developed community based, culturally relevant programs. These young people who are turning to ‘ike kūpuna to make life better for everyone from school age keiki to the kūpuna while improving their quality of life for their community. Also integrated into this program is a building program that has already constructed, 15 school buildings, 35 kūpuna cottages and much needed repairs and accessible improvements for the handicapped. Mahele Farm, sustainable ‘āina to feed the community produced 24,000 lbs. of produce annually. All of which is distributed with aloha to those in need. Another connected component is the Ku‘i Club which gathers ever Thursday with membership up to 35-40 students that prepare and pound their own fresh pa‘i together. ¢

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All candidates were asked to submit responses up to 450 words. Their unedited responses are presented in their entirety and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

What opportunities to do you see for OHA and its Board of Trustees to help improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health of our la¯hui?” – Aukahi Austin Seabury, Ph.D. Psychologist

OHA TRUSTEE kaua‘i candidate

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What is your strategy for achieving nation building?” – Vicky Holt Takamine Kumu hula

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Many of the most pressing issues facing the la¯hui—such as climate change, and health and wealth disparities—are a part of global dynamics. How do we use our mana and ancestral values to help solve these contemporary, complex and pressing issues?” – Kamuela Enos Sustainable agriculture and indigenous enterprise advocate

OHA TRUSTEE at-large candidates

AHUNA, DAN

AKINA, KELI‘I

ANTHONY, DANIEL K.

➤➤ Q1 response: Our strategic plan at OHA includes an initiative called “Mauli Ola.” This initiative is an ongoing effort to indentify numerous determinants of health as such as socio-economic conditions and access to healthy foods, as well as numerous other factors that lead to ailments such as obesity and diabetes. Part of our effort is to decrease the number of obese Native Hawaiians by 2018. It is clear that poor physical health is directly related mental and spiritual health as well. So this initiative is a work in progress in which we identify numerous factors and directly support programs and organizations that address those factors through our grants program.

➤➤ Q1 response: In its master­plan, OHA has identified great opportunities for advancing native Hawaiians, and I commend OHA for the goals in this document. Unfortunately, the trustees have fallen short of ensuring that these goals are met. According to the State Auditor: “Ineffectual oversight bars OHA from ensuring grants achieve intended results…” Additionally, tens of millions of dollars have been wasted on political agendas such as the push for federal recognition. The solution is to stop wasting trust money on politics and, instead, to spend it on solving homelessness and meeting the real needs of Hawaiians for housing, healthcare, jobs, and education. OHA does not lack the resources to help the Hawaiian people. Rather, it needs to manage them in an accountable and non­political way. If elected Trustee, I will work hard to reform OHA so that it provides opportunities Hawaiians need.

➤➤ Q1 response: The role of OHA is to inspire and empower our lāhui to work to be healthy. One of the best ways to do this is for OHA to become a physically, mentally and spiritually healthy organization. I have a unique perspective of Hawaiian health to bring to OHA. It started as a child at the Wai‘anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, in the office of my grandfather Dr. Fred Dodge. It extends from there out to the deep seas where I spent much of my youth with my father Vince Dodge who was an ‘ōpelu fisherman, into some of the last lo‘i kalo (taro patches) at my Papa Eddie Poe’s kuleana farm in Wai‘anae Valley, up into the back of the valley at Ka‘ala Farms, where my father learned to pound kalo and make boards and stones from Anakala Eddie Kaanana, Walter Paolo and Eric Enos, across the ahupua‘a to Makaha Elementary and Hoa‘aina o Makaha with Uncle Gigi, and all the while I was living next to Uncle Joe and Aunty Margie Perreira, the most amazing pig farmers. In these places, I learned what a healthy lāhui can look like.

➤➤ Q2 response: I believe OHA’s role in Nation Building at this point should be to engage in more diplomacy with other Native and Pacific Island Nations, to build support for an economic development strategy that is centered on indigenous owned resources. Specifically, what can we learn from our Pacific Island cousins about a diversified ag economy? Energy production? It is time we start looking to other island nations to find models of economic development. I believe that if we developed sound economic strategies that could be implemented by a Native government, support for the Nation building effort would increase substantially. ➤➤ Q3 response: Similar to my answer in the previous question, I believe that we need to look at our traditional ways of economy and be creative in making those systems work in today’s economy. I am not saying we should commodify our culture, but we should be looking at agriculture and energy production especially and figuring out how we can build communities around projects that embrace our culture and provide a livelihood for those who are living in that community. Kalo farming and other small-scale farming are examples. These small farms are the key to diversified, sustainable agriculture in Hawaii. I also believe that OHA, the State, and NGO’s can work together to provide better capacity building efforts for traditional and small-scale farmers and rural communities throughout the State. Ultimately, more sustainable practices, such as food production, and renewable energy production are key ways to tackle climate change issues; poverty issues in Hawai‘i, and can be a catalyst for cultural re-connection. ¢

➤➤ Q2 response: I stand with those trustees who oppose the nation­building efforts by OHA that are dividing Hawaiians from non­Hawaiians and Hawaiians from each other. True Hawaiian nationhood has always included all people regardless of race. As the 1840 Hawaiian Constitution states, “Ua hana mai ke Akua i na lahui kanaka a pau i ke koko hookahi, e noho like lakou ma ka honua nei me ke kuikahi, a me ka pomaikai.” ­­ “God hath made of one koko (blood) all nations of men to dwell on the earth, in unity and blessedness.” If we as OHA`s beneficiaries continue to elect trustees who pursue a separatist, race­based nation, we will exclude our hanai keiki, many of our parents, spouses, and our beloved haole friends from citizenship. If elected Trustee, I will work hard so that OHA stops dividing Hawaii`s people and starts uniting them. ➤➤ Q3 response: This is a great question because it looks to the future. In my university classes I teach students that Hawaiian wisdom has much to offer a world seeking economic and ecological sustainability. Sadly, the current trustee board has taken actions, which interfere with promoting Hawaiian values globally. Recently, OHA withdrew its approval for the Thirty Meter Telescope and then tried to keep the telescope if its sponsors would pay higher rent to OHA! Tragically, this financial greed has contributed to the potential loss of the telescope along with the loss of millions of dollars in scholarships, jobs and economic development for Hawaiians. The ancient Hawaiians were brilliant scientists and saw no conflict between sacred and scientific. That`s why Nainoa Thompson and other Hokule`a navigators studied the stars in the Bishop Museum Planetarium as part of their sacred training. If elected Trustee, I will work hard to ensure that our keiki thrive in a world where Hawaiian values and scientific progress go hand in hand. ¢

➤➤ Q2 response: My strategy for nation building is one pōhaku at a time. The front line to nation building is the dinner table. Every family that strives to eat from the ‘āina will with each bite help to rebuild the nation from the mahi‘ai up. Before he was chief he was a farmer, and he was recognized as a chief when he could organize farmers to work collectively to ensure food security and prosperity. Our nation was and will be built with lepo and pōhaku with hands, hearts, tears and sweat of the lāhui. ➤➤ Q3 response: The answers to complex issues ultimately boil down to how we choose to live everyday and what we value. Our mana grows when ancestral values become our values. Indigenous cultures and people across the honua use technology and social media to share how their ancestral practices are the answers to complex issues. Once we recognize solutions, we must strive to implement them. There has to be space for indigenous cultures to thrive in a way that does not intimidate cultures and practices that contribute to the problem, but instead inspires them to change. It’s okay to adopt a solution from a culture different from ours. We are all of the earth, and the idea that geography, ethnicity or class can somehow separate us from global challenges is only an illusion. He moku, he wa‘a, he wa‘a he moku, he honua, he moku i ke ao holooko‘a The island is the canoe, the canoe is the island, the world is an island in the universe. ¢

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Empower your voice

All candidates were asked to submit responses up to 450 words. Their unedited responses are presented in their entirety and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

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What opportunities to do you see for OHA and its Board of Trustees to help improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health of our la¯hui?” – Aukahi Austin Seabury, Ph.D. Psychologist

OHA TRUSTEE at-large

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What is your strategy for achieving nation building?” – Vicky Holt Takamine Kumu hula

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Many of the most pressing issues facing the la¯hui—such as climate change, and health and wealth disparities—are a part of global dynamics. How do we use our mana and ancestral values to help solve these contemporary, complex and pressing issues?”

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– Kamuela Enos Sustainable agriculture and indigenous enterprise advocate

APOLIONA, HAUNANI

CRUM, DOUGLAS E.

KALIMA, LEONA MAPUANA

➤➤ Q1 response: Opportunity must be aligned with a community readiness commited to achieve accountable outcomes for positive change to occur. Physical, mental and spiritual health of our Lahui, tested over time by diverse issues, stifled collaborative solutions for common concerns. Opportunities exist now for identified and willing Native Hawaiian leaders and collective people power, resources and a shared commitment to solutions to entice Native Hawaiian leaders of two major land preservation trusts -- Kamehameha Schools and The Nature Conservancy (Hawai‘i) to collaborate with Native Hawaiians in implementing an environmental strategic plan for Hawaiian lands guiding generations to come. Opportunities exist now for OHA scholarships, educational/ community development grants to expand mentoring of leader and worker skills in planning and implementing community and nation building capabilities for state, national and global impact. Opportunities await our collaborative attention. Readiness in communities, with OHA collaborating, is the key.

➤➤ Q1 response: We must educate Hawaiians to better take care of their physical health by completing any necessary medical regime including medication, meal planning, and exercise as well as by continuing visits to their physician or physician’s assistant. Mental health is only found through happiness. Unless basic needs are satisfied, one cannot feel whole. No Hawaiian should be without shelter to sleep, food to eat, clothes to wear and self-esteem through gainful employment. Spiritual health is based in cultural beliefs. Hawaiian cultural beliefs are being slowly eroded by technology that captures the attention of our younger generations and distracts them (lures them away?) from our traditional values. It is paramount that we find ways to interest and educate our youth in the spiritual guidance provided by our heritage. If we fail so does our tradition, our culture and our heritage.

➤➤ Q1 response: Funding: Leverage funding with Federal dollars beyond the Native Hawaiian Health Act, pursuing philanthropic or other resources. Disburse funds to statewide health clinics to expand services on necessities including dental and prescriptions. Spiritual health is rooted in a belief system. That’s a powerful subject as an ordained minister researching the need for God theory. I welcome a broader discussion on this belief system. Advocate: Queen Emma’s Trust aka Queen’s Health System began with our Ali`i concerns for their people’s health and welfare. Form partnerships inclusive of aforementioned.

➤➤ Q2 response: The nation building strategy initiated in 2015 by Native Hawaiians appeared headed for the election of delegates and convening of an ‘Aha (Native Hawaiian Convention). The ongoing pursuit of nation building was forced to strategically redirect its efforts due to litigation filed by the “Grass Roots Institute” and two additional Native Hawaiians in Federal Court to halt the planned Convention. Ironically, two of the three Native Hawaiian litigants suing OHA are now running for election to OHA in 2016. A draft Constitution and Referendum by registered Native Hawaiians are planned and nation building remains a work in progress. As a current OHA Trustee I am committed to OHA’s majority-approved position. However, as a re-elected Trustee I am committed to refining existing strategies consistent with additional input we seek from the majority of Native Hawaiians.

➤➤ Q2 response: No Nation can build, grow or survive without solidarity. Last count there were over 60 groups that claimed the number 1 spot representing Hawaiians. With this continuing division and competition for 1st place, a Hawaiian Nation will never exist. At some point humility must prevail and solidarity take place. Eventually we must set aside personal agendas and create forums of peace, unity and spiritual guidance. At these forums every problem or complaint presented must include answers or solutions as well. When that happens with positive forward united thinking, a nation begins and grows.

➤➤ Q3 response: Native Hawaiian ancestors foresaw the role of our Lāhui to ensure survival of our cultural values by enabling mutual respect and peaceful collaboration among nations (and cultures) of the world. Native leaders dispatched to other global communities engaged and learned skills in readiness for impacting Hawai‘i’s future.Modern technology enables Native Hawaiians to witness peoples and cultures without even leaving Hawai‘i yet understand that person-to-person contact is the preferred medium of communication. PVS’s Hōkūle‘a world voyage (supported by OHA) is a critical base from which Hawai‘i’s impact on island nations and global survival is crucial. OHA’s decade role with Papahānaumokuākea and its global status is a catalyst for expeditiously investigating the rising ocean tides issue which gravely affects Hawai‘i and Pacific archipelagos and adds cultivation of marine resources (on land and in ocean) critical to the lifelines of island nations globally. The East-West Center and the UH Matsunaga Peace Institute provide Native Hawaiians (and Pacific islanders) an institutional arena for mediation centers to address resolving differences/disputes among island nations and global countries. ¢

➤➤ Q3 response: The current voyage of the Hōkūle‘a across Earth’s oceans is an example on our continuing effort to join and grow the global movement toward a more sustainable world with an eye on climate change and the environment. Health and wealth disparities typically arise from a lack of knowledge. Leadership must help to educate our people in financial matters and healthy food lifestyles. Neither of these is adequately addressed in our current education system. We must develop better programs for them and make these programs readily available. Personal health is measured in quality of life. Helping people find their selfworth is paramount. ¢

➤➤ Q2 response: I have a three-pronged plan in formulation, which could actually work to benefit all. To reveal this plan is detrimental given the current situation.Situation: My people are being held hostage to the whims of a few, MY way or NO way mentalist including Akina, Danners, Kauhane, Makekau, Trask, OHA (naming a few). They are manipulating the system, the process, and the facts to move their personal agendas. The “hostage situation” will continue from both federalist and independent strategist as long as “self” is the selfish intent. Examples: 1) The legal I.D. theft of over 100K signatories from OHA registries to make up the Kanaiolowalu list. Registries included vital personal information; 2) Persons in Washington D.C. advocating for Federal Recognition via a governing document – the 88 Constitution without the Native Hawaiian peoples’ permission nor ratification process; 3) Lawsuits to stop the delegate election opened the exploitation gates. My people didn’t have a chance at a democratic process via voting for delegates and constitution ratification. Is this what we deserve after 130 years of oppression--to be oppressed by our own? As a Nai Aupuni participant-it was a contrived process. More participants are realizing they were “duped.” It’s unfortunate that “foreign desires” have turned inward to personal wants; my people continually pay the price. Millions of dollars wasted in legal costs. See questions 1 & 3: Funding the needs.Again-MY way or NO way mentality. Sadly, some culprits are OHA Trustee candidates. God help us. ➤➤ Q3 response: Climate change is affecting coastal and mountain lands and its habitats: Ocean rise - No coastal development; Research, gather data, and implement proven solutions; Teach the next generation now. Health and wealth disparities are multi-leveled. Education remains vital in addressing these issues. Our mana becomes diluted in alteration while meeting daily needs. Sadly, Values have fallen on the wayside in light of social media and global dynamics. I propose OHA partner with the Native Hawaiian communities and start the conversation. Communities know best how to address their specific issues and needs. Mahalo for the great questions Aukahi, Vicky and Kamuela. The word limitation is always challenging. Please contact me. I’m sure you have your views; I welcome the discussion. Aloha No, Leona. ¢

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All candidates were asked to submit responses up to 450 words. Their unedited responses are presented in their entirety and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

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What opportunities to do you see for OHA and its Board of Trustees to help improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health of our la¯hui?” – Aukahi Austin Seabury, Ph.D. Psychologist

OHA TRUSTEE at-large

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What is your strategy for achieving nation building?” – Vicky Holt Takamine Kumu hula

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Many of the most pressing issues facing the la¯hui—such as climate change, and health and wealth disparities—are a part of global dynamics. How do we use our mana and ancestral values to help solve these contemporary, complex and pressing issues?” – Kamuela Enos Sustainable agriculture and indigenous enterprise advocate

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MAKEKAU, KEALI‘I ➤➤ Q1 response: Sadly the majority of the BOT has let economic opportunities like a medical marijuana dispensary and the development of the kaka‘ako makai properties, “which for all tense and purposes should and would yield great financial returns for the trust” purposely remained sidelined with out a master plan either do to incompetence or instructions that the new tribal entity will have the first shot at that and more. If it ever does comes about? Meanwhile reduced spending and an independent fiscal forensic audit are needed to ensure the sustainability of the trust and corpus assets to ensure OHA’s mandate is fulfilled. ➤➤ Q2 response: Question is loaded, with out merit and let alone biased!!! The only Nation that ever existed by and for Nā Kanaka the people and Hawaiians is the Kingdom of Hawai‘i, yet OHA has done every thing possible to promote, fund and continue the usurpation of the kingdom’s government while funding an extremely costly and unlawful process to reorganize the Kingdom and Hawaiians into a domestic dependent tribe. The reinstatement process of nation building has never been brought up, examined or afforded resources via symposiums, academic debate and community dialogue. Until such time as that happens justice and complete respect to the law and sprit of our ancestors will not be realized. ➤➤ Q3 response: Hawai‘i State Constitution, Article XII The board of trustees of the Office of Haw aiian Affairs shall exercise power as provided by law: to manage and administer the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of the lands, natural resources, minerals and income derived from whatever sources for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians, including all income and proceeds from that pro rata portion of the trust referred to in section 4 of this article for native Hawaiians; to formulate policy relating to affairs of native Hawaiians and Hawaiians; and to exercise control over real and personal property set aside by state, federal or private sources and transferred to the board for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians. The board shall have the power to exercise control over the Office of Hawaiian Affairs through its executive officer, the administrator of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, who shall be appointed by the board. We have to mālama Hawai‘i’s people and environmental resources, and OHA’s assets, toward ensuring the perpetuation of the culture, the enhancement of lifestyle and the protection of entitlements of Native Hawaiians, while enabling the building of a strong and healthy Hawaiian people and nation. In order to achieve our Priorities and Strategic Results, we must stay focused on the roles of advocate, researcher, asset manager and community engager to improve conditions for all Native Hawaiians through systemic change. This can only happen with new trustees so please vote! ¢

MOSSMAN, PAUL LEDWITh ➤➤ Q1 response: A response to the candidate survey was not received as of press time. ➤➤ Q2 response: A response to the candidate survey was not received as of press time.

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14 candidates

4 seats 1 Hawai‘i Resident 1 Moloka‘i Resident 1 Kaua‘i Resident 1 At-large

➤➤ Q3 response: A response to the candidate survey was not received as of press time. ¢

7 10 in

Native Hawaiians

were 18 years or over and eligible to vote in 2014

9 10 in

voters registered absentee vote

2 hours voters are entitled to take off from work to vote

Sources: State of Hawai‘i Office of Elections, U.S. Census

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