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‘Born and Raised’ Page 21

By Mary Alice Ka‘iulani Milham

Ian O’Sullivan was a marine science major when he discovered his true calling – classical guitar. The Yale School of Music graduate performs Feb. 16 at the University of Hawai‘i’s Orvis Auditorium Courtesy: Ian O’Sullivan

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

Ke¯haunani Abad, Ph.D. Director Communications

Garett Kamemoto Manager

Lisa Asato Communications Specialist

John Matsuzaki Communications Specialist

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Inouye – a promise kept Page 16

By Lisa Asato

The late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye’s commitment to Native Hawaiian programs stretched for decades – and was built upon a promise he made to his mother

Francine Murray Communications Specialist

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Former Makaweli Poi mill running again page 5 The first batches of poi are produced as Hi‘ipoi LLC transfers Makaweli Poi to Lehua Poi Co.

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OHA’s advocate in D.C. Page 7

By Lisa Asato

With lessons in Hawaiian leadership learned from his former boss U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, 29-year-old Kawika Riley takes on his new role heading OHA’s D.C. Bureau

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Vet to Farmer program graduates its first class Page 9

By Karin Stanton

The inaugural class of 14 students, all Waimea homesteaders, receive their diplomas from a pilot program the governor hails as “leading the way toward food security in Hawai‘i”

Veteran to Farmer graduate Ramona Dudoit Noa. - Photo: Karin Santos

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Justice task force urges broad-based changes

By Harold Nedd

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.

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he comeback trail for a repeat offender doesn’t often run through the kitchen of a coffee shop in Waikïkï.

But an $8-an-hour job there baking pastries such as pumpkin and banana bread has provided the stage for convicted felon Shirley Kaupe to make an unlikely bid for redemption, nearly 21 years after a meth addiction sparked her life’s spectacular nose dive.

“After I became a drug addict, my life hit rock bottom,” said Kaupe, 50, a mother and grand- Michael Broderick, chair of the Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force, spoke at the Kaupe mother who is preparing Dec. 27 press conference. He was joined by five other task-force members, includfor life after prison in a ing OHA CEO Kamana‘opono Crabbe, seated at left, state public defender Jack Tonwork release program for woman operated aki and Honolulu city deputy prosecuting attorney Tricia Nakamatsu.- Photo: Nelby TJ Mahoney and Associates on O‘ahu. son Gaspar “I don’t want my grandchildren to visit me in prison no more. I decided that it was time to grow YMCA Honolulu. “With its findings and recommenup. I’ve chosen a better path.” dations, the task force has laid the groundwork for Kaupe, who grew up on the North Shore of O‘ahu, real change. But for anything significant to change, is among the real people who are behind the numbers all of Hawai‘i must take responsibility to address this in the findings and recommendations that the Native unacceptable and sad reality.”

Hawaiian Justice Task Force presented to the Hawai‘i Kamana‘opono Crabbe, vice chairman of the task Legislature during a Dec. 27 news conference. force and chief executive officer at the Office of HawaiThe 48-page report reflects the perspectives and ian Affairs, added: “There is no looking away from this insights of more than 159 people who participated in issue. The task force’s recommendations provide an various community meetings across the state in July opportunity to take meaningful action. We no longer and August. have an excuse not to try.”

The meetings prompted the task force’s 48 findings As for Kaupe, her first conviction for welfare fraud and 38 recommendations for addressing longstanding came with a three-and-a-half year prison sentence. The concerns about the disproportionate number of Native same crime, she said, earned her a four-year prison Hawaiians who are in prison in Hawai‘i and the U.S. sentence the second time. mainland.

But the difference this time around, she said, is the Included in the findings is a lag in efforts to give job training that has allowed her to meet the demands Native Hawaiians a fighting chance when they get out of her employer, a national coffee retailer in Waikïkï, of prison. Among the key recommendations that repeat where her eight-hour shift as a baker begins at 5 a.m. offenders like Kaupe wholeheartedly agree with is the It took her about three weeks to find the job as part of need to give tax incentives to businesses that hire ex- a work-release program intended to reduce the rate of cons. recidivism and give inmates hope for their future.

Task force members see this as a way to increase She has had the job since July 21, 2012. And after public safety by stopping the revolving door of repeat four months on the job, she saved $1,000. offenders and releasing them with desirable job “I cried in the bank when I realized that I had saved skills. that much,” said Kaupe. “I had never made that much “It is a tragedy that in their homeland, Native Hawai- money legally and it was a wonderful feeling. It makes ians are over-represented at every stage of the criminal me feel good to know that I can have a future. And it justice system,” said Michael Broderick, chairman of makes me feel good to do something that makes me the Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force and CEO at happy and feel responsible.” ¢

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Report The Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force Report makes 38 recommendations to address the disproportionate number of Native Hawaiians in the criminal justice system. Some of the key recommendations to the state are: > Mandate ongoing training regarding implicit, unconscious bias for all employees who have contact with individuals in the system. > Offer a tax credit to businesses that hire ex-offenders. > Direct resources toward programs for children of incarcerated parents to break the cycle of imprisonment. > Make the return of inmates from non-state facilities on the continent a top priority. > Support community and grass-roots efforts integrating indigenous cultural practices in rehabilitation. > Bring mental-health services in all state correctional facilities to constitutionally required levels.

To read the report, visit oha.org/ nativehawaiianjusticetaskforce.

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sidiary Hi‘ilei Aloha LLC – for the transfer, as well as for the support in helping get the mill up and running. “They’re really there for us. They’ve been terrific. It would have been way more difficult without them,” he says.

Along with making poi, the workers at Lehua Poi Co. are perpetuating the Hawaiian language. In fact, Arquette had to step outside the mill to take a phone call in English. “We only speak in Hawaiian in the factory, as soon as they step foot in here, it’s only Hawaiian,” Arquette explains.

On top of that, a portion of the poi mill’s profits will go to the nonprofit Supporting the Language of Kaua‘i Inc., which devised the business plan that allows Waimea-based Lehua Poi Co. to operate the mill. Supporting the Language of Kaua‘i plans to use these proceeds to establish a grants program and collaborate with Hawaiian-language and other culture-focused charter schools and organizations.

“Supporting the Language of Kaua‘i has Gathered at the Jan. 13 dedication of the poi mill under new operator Lehua Poi Co. are Lehua Poi owner Nakulu ambitious but realistic plans to expand poi Arquette, left, Kahu Dana Ka‘ohelauli‘i and operations manager Oliwa Kamala. - Courtesy: Lehua Poi Co. production while diversifying into other taro-based products,” said Kamana‘opono Crabbe, a Hi‘ipoi manager and OHA’s chief executive officer. “We are confident they will be a success and will give back to both the keiki and küpuna on Kaua‘i.”

The groups will be promoting taro as a staple food and encouraging schools to incorporate poi into their

By Treena Shapiro menus.

Another Hi‘ipoi manager, Aedi‘ipoi LLC is transferring its ward Los Banos, explained why it Makaweli Poi mill to a nondecided to transfer the poi factory profit organization in a move it acquired in 2006. The original that could increase taro offerintent was to support taro farmers, ings in the islands, as well as but rather than elevating taro to a support Hawaiian language on Kaua‘i. staple in the Hawai‘i diet, it became Nakulu Arquette, owner of Lehua Poi a money-losing proposition. “We’re Co., found a few minutes to share his not poi producers. We’re not kalo hopes for the future in the midst of his guys. We’re sitting in an office in first production run for the first shipHonolulu,” said Los Banos, who is ment of 30 bags of poi to Honolulu in also OHA’s chief operating officer. mid-January.

However, rather than just close Although the nonprofit is starting the mill, Hi‘ipoi listened to the with regular poi, as well as a honeycommunity groups that lobbied to sweetened version from Arquette’s own keep it open and decided to transfer beehives, Lehua Poi Co. has other prodit as a catalyst for taro-making and ucts in mind: hummus made with taro kalo production, Los Banos said. could appear in a couple months, külolo Hi‘ipoi looked for – and found – a in time for graduation season and taro Lehua Poi produced its first batch of poi in January. - Photo: Capsun Poe community group that could sustain flour to follow. poi production and support Hawai“There’s a lot that we want to do with cream, he says. ian language in the school system. the taro,” Arquette says. “There’s so many Other ideas on the table include taro and “The poi company has a very, very good things we can do.” potato fries and hash browns and poi dogs shot at it,” Los Banos predicts. ¢

By July, Arquette hopes to perfect “taro- (think corn dogs). “With taro flour, you can nilla swirl” ice cream. The goal is to figure make anything,” Arquette notes.

Treena Shapiro, a freelance writer, is a out how to keep the taro from hardening Arquette repeatedly thanked Hi‘ipoi LLC former reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bultoo much when mixed with the vanilla ice – which manages the mill under OHA’s sub- letin and Honolulu Advertiser.

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OHA extends free tax preparation program to lowincome households

By Harold Nedd

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p to 100 eligible families in four communities across the state stand to benefit from free help being offered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs this tax season, starting Feb. 6.

OHA is among a dozen agencies statewide providing free tax services through a federal volunteer assistance program.

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In 2012, through a free tax-help session organized by OHA, Aedward Los Banos, left, and Edwina Minglana with Ha¯na Spring Festival organizer Andrea “Lehua” Cosma, center, helped identify almost $10,000 in tax refunds for six Ha¯na residents. - Photo: KWO Archive OHA’s free tax assistance, over a six-week period, has the potential to help these 100 families get back more than $589,000 in combined refunds.

That comes out to about $5,891 per household.

“This potential lump sum is often the largest check these households will receive all year,” said Edwina Minglana, who is leading OHA’s efforts to offer the free service through an IRS program called Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA for short. “We are really excited about the opportunity to help eligible beneficiaries and others maximize the value of their returns or receive all the tax credits to which they are entitled.”

The effort is part of a major initiative aimed at increasing a sense of economic well-being among Native Hawaiian families. The initiative See tax preparation on page 12

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OHA’s measures address PLDC, Hawaiian language testing

By Sterling Wong

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n many ways, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ 2013 legislative package represents an attempt to wrap up unfinished work from previous legislative sessions.

Eight of the 11 proposals in our 2013 package address legislation that OHA either introduced or testified on in previous legislative sessions, including our bills attempting to improve the Hawaiian language immersion assessment and the controversial Public Land Development Corp. (PLDC). Our 2013 package also includes new proposals as well, including a resolution recognizing the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Apology Resolution and a bill to strengthen OHA’s authority to issue bonds.

Below are highlights of our 2013 legislative package. To learn more about how to support OHA’s 2013 legislative package, visit www.oha. org/legislature.

Trust. Over the years, state agencies have not reported all their Public Land Trust revenues; instead they only report the revenues they transfer to OHA. This has resulted in difficulties for OHA in determining whether the $15.1 million annual payment is an appropriate amount of the revenues generated from Public Land Trust. Our bill would authorize OHA to conduct a financial review of the state’s compliance with the revenue reporting requirements of Act 178.

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House Bill 219, Senate Bill 405 Public Land Development Corp.

Created by a 2011 law, the PLDC is charged with generating revenue for the state by developing public lands in an appropriate and culturally sensitive manner. However, it is unclear how the PLDC, which was given broad exemptions from land-use and zoning laws, will protect certain interests of OHA and our Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. Our bill would require the corporation to: (1) examine the impacts its projects will have on Native Hawaiian rights; (2) submit any proposed public land exchanges to the Legislature for review; (3) comply with all applicable laws related to OHA’s right to a pro rata portion of Public Land Trust revenues; and (4) expand the membership of the PLDC board to include an OHA representative as well as an individual with expertise in sustainable planning and resource management.

HB 216, SB 402 Act 178 Financial Review A 2006 law directs the state to pay OHA $15.1 million a year in revenues produced from the Public Land Trust. The law, referred to as Act 178, also requires the state to provide a full accounting of all revenues it generates from the Public Land

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HB 224, SB 410 Hawaiian Language Assessments The Hawaiian language community has voiced strong concerns about the translated Hawai‘i State Assessment used for Hawaiian language immersion students because of the numerous problems relating to translated tests, including cultural and translation bias, translation inaccuracies and terminology inconsistencies. Our proposed bill is almost identical to a bill that almost passed the Legislature in 2012. It requires assessments for Hawaiian Language Immersion students in grades three through six to be developed originally in the Hawaiian language.

HB 223, SB 409 ‘O¯lelo Hawai‘i Month While February has long been considered Hawaiian Language Month, this designation has never been made official by a statute. Our proposed bill designates February as ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i Month to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language. If passed as proposed, this would likely be the first law published in Hawaiian in more than 70 years. Last year, the governor vetoed a similar version of this bill because it contained complicated amendments, which are not included in our bill this year.

HB 220, SB 406 Native Hawaiian Rights Training Course The decisions made by state boards and commissions do not reflect a consistent understanding of Native Hawaiian rights or the state’s legal responsibilities under the public trust doctrine.

In some instances, this inconsistency has also resulted in costly litigation for the state, OHA and

Native Hawaiians alike. Our bill would require certain board members to take a training course – funded by OHA – on Native Hawaiian rights and the public trust doctrine. OHA proposed a similar bill two years ago that almost passed the Legislature.

HB 221, SB 407 Island Burial Councils Over the years, several island burial councils have not been able to meet regularly because of confusion over quorum and composition. By clearly establishing the composition and quorum for each island burial council, our bill will ensure that these councils can meet regularly to fulfill their important kuleana of caring for the remains of our küpuna.

HB 218, SB 404 Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force The Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force was created by a 2011 law to propose policies to eliminate the disproportionate representation of Native Hawaiians in Hawai‘i’s criminal justice system.

In December, the task force submitted its report, which contained 48 findings and 38 recommendations, to the Legislature. Our bill would continue the work of the task force by adding an OHA representative and an individual with corrections and Hawaiian culture expertise to the Corrections Population Management Commission. This commission is charged with improving overcrowding and re-entry issues in Hawai‘i’s criminal justice system.

HB 222, SB 408 Budget Bill This budget bill requests $7 million in state general funds to support OHA’s budget plans for the next two fiscal years. This bill proposes matching OHA trust funds with state general funds to support OHA operations and initiatives and programs that directly benefit OHA and its beneficiaries.

House Concurrent Resolution 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 Kuleana Lands Recognition The 1848 Mahele provided an opportunity for Native Hawaiians to gain ownership of their family lands during a time of significant social and political change in Hawai‘i. Today, kuleana land ownership represents a physical and symbolic connection between Native Hawaiians and the values and cultural practices of their ancestors.

However, despite their determination to continue preserving these ancestral lands, kuleana land owners face numerous challenges in maintaining

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ownership of their lands, particularly given the ever-escalating land values in Hawai‘i. This resolution recognizes the historical, cultural and ancestral importance of kuleana lands to Native Hawaiian families and urges the counties to support the continued ancestral ownership of these lands.

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HB 217, SB 403 OHA Bond Authority In recent years, OHA has accumulated various lands throughout the state in furtherance of its mission to protect and defend the interests of its beneficiaries.

However, OHA’s financial needs to steward these lands and ensure their proper management have also increased. This bill strengthens OHA’s statutory bond authority to enhance OHA’s options in meeting its growing financial needs.

HCR 6, SCR 2 Apology Resolution Commemoration In 1993, the United States Congress passed the Apology Resolution, confirming the involvement and culpability of United States agents in the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The Apology Resolution also recognizes the unrelinquished claims of Native Hawaiians to their ancestral lands and inherent sovereignty. Our resolution commemorates the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Apology Resolution, recognizes the progress that has been made toward Native Hawaiian sovereignty and self-determination, and urges state and federal lawmakers to continue supporting reconciliation efforts with the Native Hawaiian people.

For more information or to share your mana‘o on our 2013 Legislative Package, please email publicpolicy@oha.org or call (808) 594-1756. ¢ Sterling Wong is the Public Policy Manager at OHA.

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Interviewed by Lisa Asato

n the nation’s capital, proximity to power brokers is key. As OHA’s new Washington D.C. bureau chief, Kawika Riley’s office is a stone’s throw from Capitol Hill. “Proximity is important. It’s just one of the ways that we can make ourselves available to be partners with the congressional delegation as they represent all of Hawai‘i and look to represent Hawai‘i’s first people,” says Riley, 29, whose work experience ranges from being an intern and a fellow at OHA’s D.C. Bureau to being a national spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration based in Pentagon City, Virginia.

Riley, who lives in D.C. with his wife, Lorinda, and 14-month-old son, Kümakani, grew up in Kohala and Kona and has been living on the continent since graduating from Kealakehe High School in 2001. He spoke to KWO in December.

particularly how people who are opposed to Native Hawaiian rights can exploit the general lack of knowledge in Congress about Native Hawaiians. Because most members of Congress and their staff know very little about Native Hawaiians – they may be smart people, but they don’t understand us – extremists who oppose Native Hawaiian rights can exploit them and convince them that if you respect the rights of Native Hawaiians, it will lead to terrible things. They convinced people that supporting Hawaiian rights was racist, and that World War II veterans like Sens. Akaka and Inouye must be unpatriotic if they support Hawaiian rights. Additionally, they convinced otherwise intelligent people that giving Native Hawaiians the option of federal recognition would “unravel” our country, even though it’s been done over 560 times for different American Indian and Alaska Native peoples.

KWO: Your new post is a homecoming of sorts. You’re now heading the bureau where you served as an intern and later a fellow. What do you remember most from your previous stints with the bureau?

KR: I had the privilege of working at the OHA D.C. Bureau in 2006, which was the year that Sen. Daniel Akaka’s federal recognition bill was debated in the Senate. I learned a lot from that experience,

KWO: What was it like working for Sen. Akaka?

KR: I started working for Sen. Akaka, in 2007, after the Democrats took back the House and Senate in the 2006 election. Sen. Akaka was elevated to the role of Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. It was a powerful learning opportunity because there was so much going on at the committee. We were engaged in two protracted wars, so it was very

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important to look at how we care for our wounded warriors, what we can do to help veterans succeed in the civilian life. It’s also something that I felt a personal connection to because my father is a disabled Vietnam veteran and my grandfather died serving our country and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. … It was hard work, but it was an environment where I felt mentored and I was able to see a Native Hawaiian leader, Sen. Akaka, accomplish things in a way that was culturally appropriate but also worked in that kind of atmosphere. Under his chairmanship, Congress passed the post-9/11 GI Bill, overhauled care for wounded warriors, had record-breaking appropriations for veterans and reformed the way that veterans’ health care was budgeted. I saw him accomplish all these things without compromising who he was. That really sent a message to me as a Hawaiian – that the Hawaiian way can work anywhere, and that D.C. could use more leaders who approached things with Hawaiian values.

KWO: You also have ties to Tulsi Gabbard, Hawai‘i’s newest congresswoman?

KR: Yes. Tulsi and I worked together for Sen. Akaka. I saw her just last week and we were joking about how many years it’d been since we were working on speeches together in the Senate.

KWO: What are the D.C. bureau’s priorities for the coming year?

KR: To advocate for Native Hawaiians at the federal level and to raise the federal policymaking community’s level of understanding about who Native Hawaiians are and what our rights are. For example, senators from the other 49 states seldom realize that Native Hawaiians are also their constituents – Native Hawaiians live in every one of the 50 states.

Overall, our priorities are stronger engagement with the executive branch of the federal government; congressional advocacy, including partnering with the Hawai‘i delegation and educating all members of Congress; creating an internship program that gives Native Hawaiians experience in the federal government; establishing a pipeline to increase the number of Native Hawaiians in public service; strengthening our alliances across D.C., especially with our native peers; and conducting policy analysis in areas that will help OHA improve the lives of Native Hawaiians.

KWO: Is the Akaka bill a priority?

KR: It’s a priority of ours but it’s not the only priority. There are dozens and dozens of bills pending in Congress affecting Native Hawaiians in the areas of health, education, business opportunities, our indigenous status, and our self-determination – to mention the Akaka bill; but we can’t just look at one of those bills, we need to look broadly at the way that we can advocate and serve our community.

KWO: Are these bills in Congress exclusive to budget?

KR: Not just budget; different types of legislation. And also it’s not just pro-Hawaiian bills. There are a number of bills in Congress right now that would defund Native Hawaiian programs, that would repeal Native Hawaiian programs and so you have this unfortunate faction of one political party See riley on page 13

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Scholarships Funding is available to Native Hawaiians for full- and part-time study in colleges, universities and vocational programs. Two programs alone provide some $5 million: Liko A‘e and Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation.

The Liko A‘e Native Hawaiian Leadership Program garnered $4.7 million in September via the federal Native Hawaiian Education Program.

Ha¯na High School graduates Kamalei Pico, left, Nina Mei Thorne and Hau‘oli Kahaleuahi won coveted 2012 Gates Millennium scholarships. Pico started preparing herself to apply for the scholarship when she was in intermediate school after a cousin won the award. Pico is pursuing pediatric medicine at the University of Colorado, Kahaleuahi studies marine sciences at Oregon State University and Thorne studies business at the University of Washington. - Courtesy: Ka‘ua Woessner

Scholarship season in full swing

By Kekoa Enomoto

W To maximize choices of life and work, Native Hawaiians will gain knowledge and excel in educational opportunities at all levels.

hen Cheyenne Kamaleionalani Pico learned she had earned a four-year free ride to the college of her choice, the 18-year-old said she was “so shocked – at a loss for words at first.”

She, along with classmates Hau‘oli Kahaleuahi and Nina Mei Thorne were 2012 Gates Millennium Scholarship recipients at Häna High and Elementary School.

Pico completed her first semester at the University of Colorado at Boulder. “Now, having gone through this semester, I just feel really blessed. It’s such a weight off my mother’s shoulders and my shoulders,” she said, referring to her single-parent mom, Faith Park.

Tens of millions of dollars in scholarships and financial aid are available to Native Hawaiians for full- and part-time study in colleges, universities and vocational programs.

Joseph Kühiö Lewis, OHA’s community outreach and engagement coordinator, said the agency provided more than $750,000 in scholarships last year to Native Hawaiians at 40-plus accredited schools, including Harvard and Stanford. OHA disburses funds through Liko A‘e and Hawai‘i Community Foundation, the latter with an imminent Feb. 22 application deadline, he noted.

Lewis, 28, has lived through the challenges that students face navigating scholarships and financial aid. “The first year, I received absolutely nothing. My parents didn’t go through college, so they didn’t guide me,” he said.

“The first semester I took out student loans alone. As I started school in the spring, ... I began understanding the application process, and I received more than $20,000 in scholarships,” said Lewis, who holds degrees from Honolulu Community College and the University of Hawai‘i at West O‘ahu.

“I went through the learning curve; I’ve been there,” the McKinley High graduate said.

Another experiencing a learning curve is Leeward Community College student Lloyd Reinhardt, 49, who, after more than 25 years in the hospitality industry, aspires to become a geriatric nurse.

“My motivation was caring for my elderly parents. I want to go into the field and preferably work with elderly Native Hawaiians in Nänäkuli and Wai‘anae,” said Reinhardt, who received $4,500 in OHA funds through a Liko A‘e scholarship aimed at nontraditional students; in his case, a worker who returns to school to change careers.

Those who administer scholarships advise students to start early and cast a See Scholarship on page 14

Scholarship providers include: • Office of Hawaiian Affairs provides awards from $500 to $4,000 through Hawai‘i Community Foundation. hawaii communityfoundation.org, (808) 537-6333 • Liko A‘e provides average awards to Native Hawaiian students of $2,000 to $10,000. likoae.org, (808) 984-3630 • Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation administers 67 funds offering more than 100 scholarships valued in excess of $160,000. pauahi.org, (808) 534-3966 • The Kamehameha Schools provides post-high school financial aid. ksbe.edu/finaid, (808) 534-8080 • University of Hawai‘i provides scholarships and financial aid. hawaii.edu/fas • The Hawai‘i Department of Education lists private isle scholarships. Access the bulletin at libraries or visit doe.k12. hi.us/index.html and click on scholarships.

• A more complete listing of scholarships available for Native Hawaiians is available from OHA at oha.org/ scholarships.

Other financial aid: • Maui resident Teri Freitas Gorman, whose son attends Syracuse University, urged Native Hawaiian sophomores and juniors in high school to consider a weeklong College Horizons camp focusing on colleges and financial aid; apply

by Feb. 4 at collegehorizons.org.

• WUE, or Western Undergraduate Exchange, gives student reduced tuition equal to 1.5 times in-state tuition at 150 two- and four-year colleges and universities in 15 western states. See a complete list of WUE institutions at wiche. edu/wue.

• The AmeriCorps State and National program of full- or part-time community service for up to a year in exchange for an education award worth up to $5,500. Service activities include tutoring or mentoring students, building homes and recruiting volunteers for organizations, such as Hawai‘i Youth Conservation Corps, Native Hawaiian VISTA Project and YMCA. americorps.gov.

FAFSA An important first step in the scholarship application process is to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Most colleges, universities and states use FAFSA to make awards and loans; so regardless of family income, individuals should file the federal form. It takes an estimated one to two hours to complete the six-page application, which may be downloaded or filled out online at fafsa.ed.gov.

During students’ senior year, the FAFSA filing deadline is about June 9 if using surface mail or June 30 for online applications. But one should file ahead because deadlines for some state-administered scholarships are as early as March 1.

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Graduate Keala Soares, fifth from right, joined by his wife, said farming has helped soothe his symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. - Photos: Karin Stanton

Veteran to Farmer program graduates its first class

By Karin Stanton

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ov. Neil Abercrombie and a slate of elected officials may have been in attendance, but the real guests of honor were the 14 members of the Veteran to Farmer program’s inaugural class.

The governor, along with state Department of Agriculture Chairman Russell Kokubun and state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Director Dwight Takamine, attended a ceremony Jan. 5 in Waimea to celebrate the graduation of the pilot class of the Veteran to Farmer program.

All 14 graduates are part of the Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Association.

Although many are veterans, the class included men and women and ranged in age from their 20s to their 70s.

The program’s goal is to provide participants with technical and business skills to start small agricultural operations, while still holding down full-time employment, Abercrombie said.

“There is no question that Hawai‘i

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needs more farmers,” he said. “This graduation ceremony is a very positive sign that valuable sectors of our community – our veterans and homesteaders – have the spirit and motivation to fill this critical need, and I am hopeful this course can be replicated throughout our state.”

Abercrombie said he is committed to the program and bolstering Hawai‘i’s food production.

“From the very first day I visited Waimea, I knew this was going to be a spark plug for the new Hawai‘i and this program is leading the way toward food security for Hawai‘i,” he said. “It’s an exciting day. And just looking around, you can tell this program has the attention of elected officials.”

OHA Trustee Robert Lindsey

Ramona Dudoit Noa, 74, said she was thrilled to earn the first diploma of her life.

said it was a privilege to attend the graduation ceremony.

“It’s a real ‘wow’ moment. After all the talk story, today shows the impact this program has beyond the individuals. It’s really all about ‘ohana,” he said. “We’re growing farmers.”

The students, who began the program in June, have built greenhouses and are eager to begin farming on their homestead land.

“That was pretty neat to graduate today, especially seeing all the küpuna,” said Oliver “Sonny” Shimaoka, a veteran and pastor at New Hope Waimea Christian Fellowship. “I still need to finish up the irrigation, but I’ll be farming tomatoes in three weeks. I’m finding out there are several thousands varieties of tomato. I had no idea.”

Shimaoka said he is especially eager to dig his fingers into the dirt as he already has a market for his produce.

“The Kohala hotels are committed to buying from us farmers,” he said. “It’s like a renaissance of agriculture right here in Waimea.”

Shimaoka’s classmate Ramona Dudoit Noa also is ready to start on a new path. As Noa greeted the governor on stage, she said, “I’m 74 years old and this is the first diploma I ever earned and I’m so excited.”

While the farmers get down to business, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is in the process of formalizing the curriculum so veterans can use their GI Bill education benefits.

“It is inspiring to see the graduates of this program work their way onto a path of success in agribusiness,” Kokubun said. “Many say they want to farm, but the key to this success is in the training, mentoring and collaboration that is part of the curriculum.”

The public-private partners supporting the program include the First Nations Foundation, WOW Farm, Rivertop Solutions, Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Association, the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawai‘i County, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the state departments of Agriculture and Labor and Industrial Relations, and UH-Hilo.

“This program is what workforce development is at its best,” Takamine said. “Creating this opportunity for our veterans to learn agricultural work skills and to feed their families and communities is tremendous.”

The 2012 Veteran to Farmer graduates are: Shirley Derego, Ramona Dudoit Noa, Robin Jensen, Daniel Kahuanui, Elizabeth Kealoha, Sharon Keliiholokai, Herbert Leong, Howard Nishida, Antonette Reed, May-Liliuokalani Ross, Oliver “Sonny” Shimaoka, Keala Soares, Corinne Weller and Woodrow Young. ¢ Karin Stanton, a former reporter/editor at West Hawai‘i Today, works for the Associated Press and Hawai‘i 24/7.

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.

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Scholarship ‘Aha at LCC Practicing culture at Makahiki Kuilima OHA staff were a part of the Makahiki Kuilima celebration Jan. 12 at Turtle Bay Resort. The event, organized by Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau Charter School, gave haumana, their ‘ohana and malihini a chance to connect with Hawaiian culture through interactive activities. Here, OHA’s Miki Lene, right, whose son attends Kamakau, volunteered in the school’s booth to demonstrate the makahiki game pala‘ie. Makahiki Kuilima is proudly sponsored through an OHA ‘Ahahui grant. - Photo: Alice Silbanuz

OHA’s Ike Ka‘aihue, right, tells Leeward Community College students Anita Feleti of ‘Ewa Beach, left, and Shannon Peahi-Ching of Na¯na¯kuli about OHA’s scholarships for college students available through Liko A‘e and Hawai‘i Community Foundation. The Native Hawaiian Scholarship ‘Aha held Jan. 23 was one of 18 scholarship fairs held statewide sponsored by OHA to get Hawaiian students connected with money to help pay for college and technical programs. Visit oha.org/scholarships for a listing of scholarships and resources available to Hawaiians pursuing higher education. - Photo: Alice Silbanuz

Stand out from the crowd Kamehameha Schools’ Käpili ÿOihana Internship Program is for college students looking to gain professional skills and valuable experience in their chosen career field through hands-on experience and networking opportunities.

Over 100 12-week summer* internship opportunities are available statewide in various fields of study including Business & Finance, Human Services, Hawaiian Studies and much more! *Internships begin on May 20, 2013 and end on August 9, 2013.

Apply by Feb. 22, 2013 Download an application or view a complete list of participating internship sites at http://apps.ksbe.edu/cphc.

Erin Henderson completed an internship with Keiki O Ka ÿÄina Family Learning Center and was offered a full-time position there after graduation.

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Moloka‘i energy festival offers lessons on adapting to rising costs

By Cheryl Corbiell

M

ore than 500 people attended the I Aloha Moloka‘i’s (IAM) Energy Festival in January to learn about alternative-energy options with a goal of weaning Moloka‘i off of fossil fuel.

About $13 million is spent each

year on fossil fuels on the island, and alternative-energy options are seen as a way to keep that money circulating in the island economy rather than being shipped offshore. Residents also discussed the cultural, community and environmental impacts of the proposed Big Wind and sea-cable project for Moloka‘i.

Exhibitors and workshop leaders

shared information about energysaving appliances and meters, bikes for transportation, sustainable food, recycled products and financing programs to help Moloka‘i residents install rooftop solar power without a large up-front financial investment. Participants also learned about self-built low-cost solar water heaters, do-it-yourself energy audits and how to track down “vampire energy,” or idle current, which inflates electric bills.

Sherman Napoleon, a Hoolehua homesteader and new owner of a photovoltaic, or PV, system, said: “I hated to see my electric bill in the mail. I’d check my bank account before paying the $300 bill. My latest bill with PV was $8. Solar power is the way to go.”

Participants also listened to a series of panel discussions. Panelists included Pat Gagin of the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative, who explained how a Kaua‘i hui purchased the island’s electric utility, which is now consumer owned and operated. Other panel-

ists recommended that Moloka‘i aggressively pursue decentralized generation with rooftop solar.

The primary theme from all panels was that Moloka‘i residents must plan their energy future and self-determination.

Entertainment included performances by Quechan tribe representatives from Ocotillo, California. The five-member Quechan ‘ohana enthralled the audience with haunting chants, soothing flute solos and traditional dances with audience participation. Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chairperson Colette Machado welcomed the tribal representatives and presented them with a Moloka‘i adze artifact. OHA was a financial supporter of the festival.

The Quechan tribe was invited to share personal stories about their opposition to a Big Wind project in Ocotillo, east of San Diego.

The opposition has escalated with a recent filing of a lawsuit in federal court. Tribe members said the development would destroy sacred cultural areas containing geoglyphs,

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The Ocotillo Big Wind developer is the same developer proposing Moloka‘i’s Big Wind project.

“The projects at Ocotillo and Moloka‘i are identical,” said Kanoho Helm, IAM president. “The Ocotillo project is 112 wind turbines on 10,000 acres of land, and on Moloka‘i the same developer is proposing 90-plus turbines on 11,000 acres. In both cases, the communities are concerned about desecration of their culture and way of life.”

I Aloha Moloka‘i is a grass-roots, volunteer organization opposing the industrial wind turbines and undersea cable proposed for Moloka‘i and supports renewable energy projects that protect the environment, respect Native Hawaiian culture and provide reliable energy at affordable cost. ¢ Cheryl Corbiell is an Instructor at the University of Hawai’i Maui College-Moloka‘i and a reading tutor at Kaunakakai Elementary School.

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OHA VITA help

Continued from page 5 calls for identifying programs and public policies that could assist OHA’s efforts to close the income gap between Native Hawaiian families and all other ethnic groups in the state.

The initiative comes at a time when the IRS is stepping up efforts to raise awareness about the financial boost that certain tax credits provide lowincome workers as well as the impact of that extra cash on the local economy.

For example, Jan. 25 was National Earned Income Tax Credit Day, which is designed largely to provide useful assistance to households that are eligible for income boosts from federal and state tax returns.

As for the free assistance from OHA, it’s only available to tax filers whose annual household income is below $57,000. Also, OHA has limited the free assistance this year to four communities: Waimänalo, Häna, Kona and Wai‘anae.

The assistance will be offered at no cost to all families in these communities between Feb. 6 and March 23.

Last year, OHA assisted six families with filing their federal and state 2011 tax returns. The assistance resulted in helping them get back nearly $10,000 in combined refunds. Among them was a family from Häna that got back $5,664 from its 2011 tax returns.

As a result, an estimated 25 families from Häna have already signed up this tax season for free help from OHA. “People are really excited about the help they are getting from OHA,” said Leimamo LindStrauss, a Häna resident who is volunteering to help coordinate the effort. “They like not having to pay to get their taxes done and feel like OHA hasn’t forgotten them.” ¢

OHA is offering free tax help for eligible families starting Feb. 6. Sessions are by appointment only and are limited to 10 to 12 slots per site. To see if you qualify, visit http://www.oha.org/taxhelp or email VITA@oha.org.

Here is the schedule: > Feb. 6 – Waimänalo, 4-7 p.m., Blanche Pope Elementary School, 41-133 Huli St.

Additional taxpreparation help

Here is a list of free taxpreparation sites provided by HACBED, the Hawai‘i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development.

All sites are by appointment only unless otherwise stated, and all sites are closed on federal and state holidays.

For more information, call the toll-free helpline at 211, email info@hawaiitaxhelp.org or visit hawaiitaxhelp.org.

O‘ahu Honolulu – 96813 > Alu Like Inc. – Central 458 Keawe St. Tue. and Wed. 4:30-6:30 p.m. (last appt. 6 p.m.)

Call (808) 548-1012 between 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Through April 10 > Honolulu Community Action Program (Main Office) One South King Building, 33 S. King St., Suite 300 Mon., Wed. and Fri. 9 a.m.-noon Call (808) 521-4531 Through April 5 > Hawai‘i Schools Federal Credit Union 233 Vineyard St. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

(808) 791-6224 Through April 12 Honolulu – 96814 > Goodwill Industries of Hawai‘i Inc. 1072 Young St. Tues. and Thurs. 4:30-7 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Call (808) 690-9801 Through April 2

> Feb. 7 – Wai‘anae, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Leeward Community College satellite campus, 86-088 Farrington Highway, Suite 201 > Feb. 13 – Kailua-Kona, 4-7 p.m., OHA Kona office, 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 107 > Feb. 20 and 21 – Häna Public and School Library, 4111 Häna Highway (All slots are filled.) > March 23 – Häna, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Häna High and Elementary, 4111 Häna Highway

Honolulu – 96815 > Capital One 360 Café (previously the ING DIRECT building) 1958 Kaläkaua Ave. Sat. 9 a.m.-noon Call (808) 548-1012 between 8 a.m.-1 p.m. only Through April 6 Honolulu – 96816 > Honolulu Community Action Program (Lë‘ahi District Service Center) 1915 Pälolo Ave. Tue. and Thurs. 9 a.m.-noon Call (808) 732-7755 Through April 5 Honolulu – 96817 > Honolulu Community Action Program (Kalihi-Pälama District Service Center) 1555 Haka Drive, #2408 Mon., Wed. and Fri. 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m.

Call (808) 847-0804 Through April 5 > Prince Kühiö Federal Credit Union 740 Kohou St., Suite A Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sat. 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Call (808) 349-4038 Through April 15 > Pälama Settlement 810 N. Vineyard Blvd.

Fri., noon -2:30 p.m.

Call (808) 545-1063 Through March 22 Käne‘ohe > HACBED VITA at KEY Project 47-200 Waihe‘e Road Sat.: Feb. 2, 9, 23; March 16; April 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (last appointment 12:30 p.m.)

Call (808) 349-4347 for appointment Walk-ins accepted if space is available > Honolulu Community Action Program (Windward District Service Center)

47-232 Waihe‘e Road Tues. and Thurs. 9 a.m.-noon Call (808) 239-5754 Through April 5 > Goodwill Industries of Hawai‘i Windward Community College 45-720 Kea‘ahala Road Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Call (808) 690-9803 Through April 6 Aiea > Honolulu Community Action Program (Central District Service Center) 99-102 Kalaloa St. Tues. and Thurs. 9 a.m.-noon Call (808) 488-6834 Through April 5 > Hickam FCU – Pearlridge 98-1005 Moanalua Road, Suite 245 Tue. 2-4 p.m., Thurs. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Call (808) 423-1391 Through April 4 Kapolei > Hickam FCU – Kapolei Branch 590 Farrington Highway, Suite 501 Mon. 1-5 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (only two Saturdays per month by appointment only) Call (808) 423-1391 Through April 6 > Goodwill Industries of Hawai‘i Inc. 2140 Lauwiliwili St. Tues. 4:30-7 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Call (808) 690-9802 Through April 6 Pearl City > Leeward Community College 96-045 Ala ‘Ike St. Business Education Building, Room BE-229 Tue. and Thurs. 1:30-5:30 p.m. through March 21 Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (door closes at noon) through March 30 Walk-ins only

Mililani > Hickam Federal Credit Union – Mililani Branch 95-1249 Meheula Parkway #119 Tues. and Thurs. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Call (808) 423-1391 Through April 5 Waialua > Waialua Federal Credit Union 67-292 Goodale Ave. A2 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Call (808) 753-8498 Through April 15 Wai‘anae > Honolulu Community Action Program (Leeward District Service Center) 85-555 Farrington Highway Mon., Wed. and Fri. 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m.

Call (808) 696-4261 Through April 5

HAWAI‘I ISLAND Hilo > Alu Like Inc. Külia Like Department 32 Kino‘ole St., Suite 102 Fri., Feb. 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Call (808) 961-2625 > Goodwill Industries of Hawai‘i Inc. 200 Kanoelehua Ave., Suite 101 Thurs. 4-7 p.m.

Call (808) 443-5838 Through April 4 > HFS Federal Credit Union 632 Kino‘ole St. Sat., Feb. 2 and March 16 only, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (door closes at 2) Call (808) 930-1400 for appointment Kona > Goodwill Industries of Hawai‘i Inc. 74-5599 Luhia St., Suite F-4 Thurs. 4-7 p.m.

Call (808) 443-5839 Through April 4

KAUA‘I Kekaha > Kekaha Federal Credit Union 8254 Kekaha Road Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Call Scot (808) 337-1433 Through April 15 Lïhu‘e > Alu Like Inc. – MSP Kaua‘i Island Center 2970 Haleko Road, #205 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Some Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (open only as needed, please call first) Call Bricen (808) 245-8545 ext. 235 Ongoing

> Goodwill Industries of Hawai‘i Inc. 4334 Rice St., #205 Wed. 3-6 p.m.

Call (808) 482-3190 Through April 3 > Kaua‘i Tax Prep 4268 Rice St. Wed. 6-8 p.m.

Call: 245-8508 for an appointment Through March 27

MAUI Kahului > Valley Isle Community Federal Credit Union 3160 Pa‘ahana St. Sat. Feb. 9 only, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (last return accepted at 2 p.m.)

Walk-ins only > Maui Federal Credit Union 107 E. Wäkea Ave. Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Call (808) 873-5050 Through April 13 > Goodwill Industries of Hawai‘i Inc. 250 Alamaha St., Suite N17 Mon. 4-7 p.m. (closed on Presidents Day and Kühiö Day) Call (808) 442-8908 Through April 8 Lahaina > Valley Isle Community Federal Credit Union 34 Kupuohi St., #102 Sat. March 9 only 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (last return accepted at 2 p.m.)

Walk-ins only Wailuku > Valley Isle Community Federal Credit Union 240 Lepoko Place Sat. March 23 only 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (last return accepted at 2 p.m.)

Walk-ins only

MOLOKA‘I Kaunakakai

Alu Like Inc. Külana ‘Öiwi Complex 611 Maunaloa Highway Fri., Feb. 15, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 16, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 17, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Call Oboy at (808) 560-5393

LÄNA‘I Läna‘i City Alu Like Inc. Kupuna Hale 1144 ‘Ilima Ave. Tues., Wed. and Thurs. as needed, by appointment only; remote filing Call Joelle at (808) 565-6043

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Riley Continued from page 7 (GOP) that wants to not just stop Native Hawaiians from advancing but to roll back the rights and the resources that we already have.

Some of the extreme elements of that party have forgotten that their own heroes – President Reagan for example – helped establish programs for Native Hawaiians.

KWO: On a more personal note, you first moved to D.C. in 2005 for graduate school?

KR: I studied at the graduate school of political management at George Washington University and I’ve taught there for the past four years.

KWO: Do you still teach there?

KR: Yes, and that’s a very rewarding second job. It also has the advantage of partially subsidized day care. So my son goes there. We joke that it took me 22 years to get into George Washington; he got in by 4 months. So he’s ahead of me.

KWO: What are some of your other pursuits?

KR: In my spare time I’m the volunteer CEO of a nonprofit called the Pacific Islander Access Project, which I cofounded about two years ago. The Pacific Islander Access Project is dedicated to increasing higher education opportunities for Native Hawaiians as well as other Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are underrepresented in higher education but most scholarships and fellowships for underrepresented minorities don’t even permit us to apply.

We’re excluded from their technical definition of “underrepresented” despite two decades of U.S. Census data which clearly shows our underrepresentation. So the nonprofit works to raise awareness about that disconnect and then to reach out to the scholarships themselves and work to persuade them to change their own policies. And in the past two months we’ve persuaded two scholarships to do exactly that. ¢

Student ambassador

By David Sing

E

van Castro has a clear picture of how he plans to serve his people and his community. And that picture gets clearer with each step he takes in fulfilling his destiny.

As a high school student participating in Nä Pua No‘eau’s ‘Aha ‘Öpio Alaka‘i Program, Castro became aware and passionate about his Hawaiian heritage and sense of obligation to “push for justice” for his Hawaiian people.

He credits the wide array of people he learned from and the broad range of issues that he learned about while a student in ‘Aha ‘Öpio Alaka‘i.

Intern program WINS, a college program which provides tuition, fees and round-trip airfare to Washington, D.C., is open to second-semester sophomores through graduate students interested in American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian issues. The priority placement deadline for summer is Feb. 1. However late applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The deadline for the fall semester is the first Friday in June. Visit american.edu/spexs/wins.

This past summer Castro, who is majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Portland, decided to take a giant leap in advancing his leadership capacity participating in an internship with the WINS Program, which stands for Washington Internships for Native Students, at American University in Washington, D.C.

Through a full-scholarship program for native students at American University, Evan Castro, second from right, spent a summer in Washington, D.C., as an intern in OHA’s D.C. Bureau. Here, he’s pictured with, from left, intern Jojo Ho‘okano, former OHA D.C. Bureau Chief Martha Ross and intern Melanie Iwaishi. - Courtesy: Evan Castro Assigned to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs office, he worked on Indian Energy Policy and Programs with the Department of Energy, served as a “student ambassador” for OHA and attended classes connecting with other interns and learning about the formation of federal policy.

Castro said, “It is very interesting being there as a Hawaiian, where many decisions are being made concerning us, especially while working under OHA and seeing their push for the Akaka bill.”

As Castro heads into his senior year at the University of Portland, he looks forward to returning to D.C. for another internship and fine-tuning his skills and contacts.

Castro’s career goal involves working with local and national entities to develop sustainable energy and resources. When asked about how students can prepare for the kind of experiences he has had, he says, “The best advice I can share is to take advantage of opportunities.” He said the decisions he has made to try different programs and opportunities has expanded his view and strengthened him

in every way to respond to his “calling.” ¢ David Sing is executive director of Nä Pua No‘eau Center for Gifted and Talented Native Hawaiian Children, which is supported

by OHA.

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Explorations for a new generation

By Sarah Pacheco

K

amehameha Schools’ Explorations program is an experience few forget.

Most can still remember the name of their dorm ‘ohana and the songs sung during mealtime. Some may even have the ipu or lauhala bracelet they made years ago. (It’s been 17 years, but mine are safe at my parents’ house.)

The weeklong summer program has touched more than 50,000 students since its inception in 1968, when one Kamehameha Schools teacher engaged a small group of students from Moloka‘i to ho‘omäka‘ika‘i – to be taken on a visit – to O‘ahu.

Today, what has long-been known as Explorations has expanded into a series of programs designed to keep non-Kamehameha Schools students in Hawai‘i and the U.S. continent connected with their culture and

Explorations Series The postmark deadline to apply for the summer programs is Feb. 28. For more information, including dates, fees, fee waivers and how to apply, visit apps.ksbe.edu/enrichment or call (808) 534-8272 or toll free at 1-800-842-4682. open to the college and career opportunities available to them.

“We took the opportunity to take the next step in the manner in which this cultural education was being delivered,” says Brandon Bunag, director of operations for Kamehameha Schools Extension Education Services Division. “This Exploration Series of programs really looks to grow this cultural foundation of knowledge.”

The series begins with Ho‘omäka‘ika‘i, open to keiki the summer following their fifth-grade year. Ho‘omäka‘ika‘i introduces participants to Hawaiian values, mele, hula, crafts and more while providing a basic understanding of how their Hawaiian ancestors interacted with the ‘äina.

And while much has remained the same – the songs, the ‘ohana names, even the T-shirt design – the program underwent an update in 2009. Now, rather than attend class on the Kapälama campus in the morning before venturing out on a field trip in the afternoon, keiki are shuttled right after breakfast to places like Loko Ea, a fishpond on the North Shore, the taro field Ka Papa Lo‘i O Punalu‘u, Bishop Museum’s Hawaiian Hall and Mauna‘ala, site of the royal mausoleum, for a more hands-on, in-depth learning experience.

“We found it important that our kids know that our culture is very much alive today, and we needed to show them that by taking them out of the classroom atmosphere they’re in nine months out of the year,” says Bunag. “We went from talking about it and showing pictures about it to doing it.”

Last summer, on an excursion to Loko Ea fishpond, 10-year-old La‘ialoha Keanini-White of Papakölea, said she “learned how to make a bracelet and I learned a lot of new songs, and we learned about this place.”

Charles Bolt, also 10, of Wai‘anae, was expanding his vocabulary. “I’ve learned new Hawaiian words, like ‘ölelo and aloha,” the words for language, and love and compassion, he said.

Building upon the Ho‘omäka‘ika‘i experience, haumäna completing the sixth and seventh grades may attend a one-week summer boarding program called Ho‘olauna, which delves deeper into Hawaiian customs and values.

“It’s truly place-based, because

wherever the Ho‘olauna is, be it Kona on the wa‘a or be it Moloka‘i with fish drying, each experience is specific to the location,” says Ho‘omäka‘ika‘i coordinator Ke‘ala Kwan.

Ho‘olauna programs are offered at nine sites on Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Maui, Moloka‘i and Hawai‘i Island.

The final program in the pipeline is Külia I Ka Pono, offered on Maui, O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Island. Students completing the eighth-grade attend a weeklong boarding program, which focuses on honing skills in specific cultural areas such as kalo farming or sailing and navigation.

Students may enter the Explorations Series at any point.

“Part of the goal is that the 1,800 (students) who we start with in Ho‘omäka‘ika‘i will go through the entire program through Külia I Ka Pono,” Kwan says. “These components now make Explorations a bigger and better program.” ¢

Scholarship

place that makes them cry. ‘I gotta go to college because I want to accomplish this … . ’ ” Indeed, Kamalei Pico began preparing in intermediate school to vie for a Gates Millennium Scholarship.

“I was in sixth grade when one of my older cousins, Lipoa Kahaleuahi, received it,” she said.

“It was my goal for a while to receive the award.”

So she developed good study habits from age 11 or 12 to attain her 3.9 grade-point average. Then, Pico started drafting eight mandatory essays during the summer before her senior year in high school, sought a required nominator and a recommender that October or November, and completed the FAFSA that January with her mom’s help, she recounted – “All the while just keeping up on all my work, putting my academics first before everything else. My motto was: work, then play,” she said. 

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Preschool scholarships available from Kamehameha Schools Kamehameha Schools is offering need-based scholarships to keiki who attend non-Kamehameha preschools through its Pauahi Keiki Scholars (PKS) program.

If your child is attending or will attend a participating PKS preschool, you may apply!

Families must reapply each year.

Funds are limited and scholarships are awarded based on many factors

Application postmark deadline: April 30, 2013 Contact Us To download an application or for program information, visit www.ksbe.edu/finaid or call us at (808) 534-8080.

Kamehameha Schools’ policy is to give preference to applicants of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law.

wide net when looking for financial aid.

Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation scholarship administrator Mavis Shiraishi-Nagao said, “rotary clubs, civic clubs, churches all have private scholarships specific to your community that you may be able to apply for.”

They urge students to pay attention to detail and follow the instructions for each scholarship precisely.

Malia Davidson, who heads the statewide Liko A‘e program, urges students to get an early jump on the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and on proof of ancestry.

She said a key component of the application is the student essay.

“They need to write an essay from the na‘au (gut),” she said.

“Usually the essay involves a culturally relevant question.

Applicants should answer from that place that makes sense, from where they make decisions, that

Sarah Pacheco, an O‘ahu-based freelance writer, is a former assistant regional editor for MidWeek.

Kekoa Enomoto is a retired copy editor and staff writer with The Maui News and former Honolulu Star-Bulletin.

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KI‘I‘ONI‘ONI FILM

Sons Civil War of the

By Naomi Sodetani

of Hawaiians who fought in the Civil War. Hawai‘i Sons of the Civil War offers a fresh, unexpected twist on Civil War lore. With the role of African and Native Americans fairly well-documented, that of Native Hawaiians who found their way into the war has been, till now, lost in time.

The strife was rooted in the divisive issue of slavery, which pitted the Union, or the North, against Southern slave states that had seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.

After four years of bloody combat, the Confederacy was defeated and slavery was abolished.

In chronicling Todd Ocvirk, left, and Nanette Napoleon, visited the memorial Hawaiians’ role in the at Punchbowl honoring Hawai‘i’s “brave souls” who fought in Civil War, this film the Civil War. The pair is collaborating on a forthcoming film, enlarges the arsenal “Hawai‘i Sons of the Civil War.” - Photo: Naomi Sodetani of wartime stories, overlooked for genof Southern California film school erations, now emerging to show us graduate went to the National that bravery is indeed diverse.

Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific While Steven Spielberg’s blockat Punchbowl to pay respects to buster Lincoln portrays the clash of family interred there. At a scenic political titans in the upper echelons overlook lined with monuments of power against the horrific backhonoring veterans of various wars, drop of bloodshed over race, writer/ one small granite memorial was director/producer Ocvirk focuses “dedicated to the brave souls from his lens more closely on a small Hawai‘i who served in the Ameri- group of soldiers from Hawai‘i who dodged crossfire on land and at sea can Civil War from 1861-1865.”

“I stopped in my tracks, and had far from their homeland. to pick up my jaw from the ground,” Ocvirk said. “I had never heard Ripples felt in Hawai‘i of Hawaiians or anybody from When the Civil War broke out in Hawai‘i who had fought in the Civil 1861, its ripples of violence were War.” But the horror genre writer/ felt even in the tiny independent director knew a compelling story Hawaiian Kingdom. King Kamewhen he saw it – and instantly felt hameha IV immediately declared compelled to tell it. the nation neutral in the conflict, Ocvirk joined forces with histori- largely to deter Confederate naval cal researcher Nanette Napoleon raiders from attacking and destroyand Civil War expert Dr. Justin ing Hawaiian whaling and merchant Vance to produce a documentary, ships in the Pacific. now in development, that aims to “Hawaiians were great sailors, bring to light the little-known saga and so they served on the whaling

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odd Ocvirk recalls being “completely blown away” when he first learned that Hawaiians fought in the Civil War. Two years ago, on a visit home from Los Angeles, the Kamehameha Schools and University

Fighting for the Union Army, Pvt. Henry Ho‘olulu Pitman, the son of a chiefess, was captured by the South in 1862 and died at Camp Parole, Maryland, in 1863, when he was 17. - Courtesy image

Get involved The filmmakers are seeking volunteer research assistants/ interns of Pacific Island ancestry to gain production experience while working on an important historical film project with broad national appeal.

If interested, contact Nanette Napoleon at (808) 261-0705 or nanetten@hawaii.rr.com.

The project is also seeking to gather memorabilia and actual memories connected to ancestors who may have fought in the Civil War. “If anybody knows of any relatives or if Grandma used to tell them any stories about this person who used to fight in the Civil War, we want to hear from you,” says producer Todd Ocvirk.

View the Hawai‘i Sons trailer at bit.ly/XlxgNG. ships and lots of merchant ships before the war,” said Vance, an assistant professor of history and assistant dean at Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Military Campus Programs. “When the war started, many of those ships were drafted into service in the Union Navy, and for their livelihood, (those Hawaiians) would end up as sailors in the Union Navy.”

Vance, an expert on Hawai‘i’s participation in the Civil War, also presides over the Hawai‘i Civil War Roundtable. The group, along with Napoleon and veterans’ descen-

dants, led the effort to install the Punchbowl memorial in 2010 – the first memorial of its kind to honor Civil War veterans from Hawai‘i.

The film follows the wartime journeys of several Hawaiians as well as missionary sons who served in the war – and who fought on both sides of the fray.

More than 100 young men from Hawai‘i joined up, most enlisting in Union forces. At least 34 Native Hawaiians served in the Army and the Navy. Most of those who served in the Army were assigned to U.S. Colored Troops.

Henry Ho‘olulu Pitman, who was born in Hilo and fought for the Union Army, was the son of Benjamin Pitman of Boston and Kino‘ole O Liliha, the last Hawaiian high chiefess of Hilo. Soon after enlisting, Pitman was captured by the South in Fredericksburg in 1862.

The youth was sent to Libby Prison then Camp Parole, Maryland, where he died of “lung fever” in 1863 at the age of 17.

Native Hawaiian seaman James Bush served in the Union Navy, and later settled back in Hawai‘i, drew a veteran’s pension. But a dozen other Hawaiian sailors served on the Confederate’s CSS Shenandoah. The rebel ship ambushed many ships in the Pacific, resulting in the sinking or capture of 38 vessels, most of which were Unionregistered ships; one of which was a Hawai‘i-registered ship.

Another Hawaiian soldier, James Marshall of Kaua‘i, “had married a Southern belle, so his allegiance was to the South – and he fought for the South,” Napoleon notes.

The film portrays several nonHawaiians who served. Most were the sons of missionaries who numbered about 5,000 living in the islands at the time. A few dozen Punahou School students signed up for the Union Army, and five were killed in the war.

In 1862, Punahou graduate Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the son of the missionaries Rev. Richard and Clarissa Armstrong, enlisted in the U.S. Army and later served as a captain of both white and U.S. Colored Troops. After the war he went on to found what is now Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia.

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Napoleon says that the painstaking labor pays off with the thrill of discovery when an illuminating detail, date or document falls, like lost treasure or missing puzzle piece, into her hands. She got “chicken skin” when she dug up a trove of letters written by Armstrong to his schoolmates and family. Armstrong’s own words describing his wartime experiences serve as the backbone of the film.

Last summer, while visiting the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum in Washington, D.C., Napoleon obtained official certificates of honor for 11 Native Hawaiian soldiers, and she said she found their names etched on the African American War Memorial in a public plaza outside the museum.

One of the Hawaiian soldiers who had served in the 31st Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry was named “Friday Kanaka.” Napoleon guesses that his name “was probably assigned to him when he enlisted in the army, since Hawaiian names were too difficult for the Americans to pronounce. This was a common occurrence. ‘Kanaka’ was often given as their name.”

“I’ve been doing historical research for more than 25 years, and for me this was one of the most gratifying finds that I have ever experienced.

To see their names on the plaques on the war memorial was truly moving,” said Napoleon, who is considered Hawai‘i’s leading expert on graveyards. Napoleon has also worked on several film projects, including The Massie Affair, The Real Charlie Chan and State of Aloha.

The Hawai‘i Sons project aims for completion during the 150th anniversary of the war. The producers are fundraising to wrap up filming and editing in time to premiere Hawai‘i Sons as part of sesquicentennial commemoration observances being held across the U.S. through 2015. Funders include the Hawai‘i Committee for the Humanities and Pacific Islanders in Communications. ¢ Naomi Sodetani is a freelance writer, documentary producer and former Publications Editor of Ka Wai Ola o OHA.

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Sen. Daniel Inouye and Myron “Pinky” Thompson at the blessing of Papa Ola Lo¯kahi’s office in Kaka‘ako in 2001. Both were instrumental to the development and perpetuation of Papa Ola Lo¯kahi, Alu Like, Polynesian Voyaging Society and more. - Courtesy: Papa Ola Lo¯kahi

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By Lisa Asato

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hen U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye became chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee in 1987, correspondence that his staff had drafted to governors and other leaders in Indian Country stopped him cold. The letters didn’t include the term “The Honorable,” the traditional, formal address for elected officials. Inouye insisted that the term be added.

“Take these letters back; every tribal leader will be accorded the respect of their tribal office. We will have the word ‘Honorable,’ ” his longtime committee staff director and chief counsel Patricia Zell recalls him saying.

Since Inouye’s death in December at the age of 88, Zell, now in private practice, has received notes and emails from those who remember the senator for the respect he showed to native people in ways large and small. You can “pretty much stop anyone in the streets in Indian Country and say the senator’s name and they’ll have a story to tell,” she said.

The tone and depth of the gratitude – that he was a voice for indigenous people who hadn’t previously had a voice in Washington, that he treated them with humility that showed them they were deserving of equal treatment and the kind of respect their country had fallen short on giving – is echoed in his treatment of Native Hawaiians right here at home.

“That man had mana. He used it. He acknowl“Certainly because of (Inouye’s) support in edged it in different ways and yet in the Hawaiian Native Hawaiian health, whether it includes way humility is strength; it’s not a weakness and money for the Native Hawaiian Health Care he was a humble person,” said Winona Rubin, a Systems, for Papa Ola Lökahi, scholarships or co-founder in the 1970s of Alu Like, a Hawaiian community hospitals serving Native Hawaiian social and economic service agency that Inouye communities, there have been dramatic changes helped secure federal funding for at its creation in the last 25 years in terms of the infrastructure and continued to support throughout the years. necessary to address the chronic disease rates of Rubin, who knew Inouye since his early years Hawaiians,” Spoehr said. as a senator in the 1960s, called him “a true The long-term impact will arise from the scholvisionary for the Pacific Century” – someone arship programs that have trained more than 225 who looked beyond the usual 20- to 30-year plan Hawaiians in various health professions, includand set his sights even further, a half-century to ing physicians, nurses, social workers and “the a century ahead. whole cadre of clinical psychologists,” includInouye’s message to people in the community ing Kamana‘opono Crabbe, who now serves as was that while much had been accomplished OHA’s CEO, Spoehr said. there was still more to be done and you’re counted on to help make it happen, said Rubin, who served as Alu Like’s first executive director.

The senator, she said, while supportive, never got involved in shaping what Alu Like would become.

“He felt the community knew much better what needed to be done.” But he would keep up to date on the program, Rubin said, always inquiring, “What’s happening with you, how’s it going, what outcomes do Members of Hawaiian royal societies were among the several thousands who attended you have that fit that vision Inouye’s ceremonial lying in state at the Hawai‘i Capitol on Dec. 22. Inouye was a longfor improving and changing time honorary member of the Royal Order of Kamehameha. - Photo: Shane Tegarden Hawai‘i and the times?”

Hardy Spoehr, executive director of the Hawai- A promise kept ian health-focused Papa Ola Lökahi, echoed Inouye’s support of Hawaiian programs, Rubin’s comments that Inouye’s interest in the Hawaiian leaders said, stemmed in large part programs he supported continued long after they from a promise he made to his mother, who was launched. cared for by a Hawaiian family for a time, when “Great example was the Native Hawaiian she was orphaned at a young age.

Health summit that we conducted in 1998,” His mother said to him, “You’re going to said Spoehr. Leading up to the summit, which be in Congress. You’re obligated and you’re attracted some 800 people from all islands committed to take care of the Native Hawaiian including Ni‘ihau, Papa Ola Lökahi held a series people,” recalled Nainoa Thompson, a master of smaller meetings statewide. “The senator navigator who led the revival of noninstrument came to every one of them,” Spoehr recalls. “He navigation and whose father, Pinky, advised the just cleared his schedule and said, ‘I need to be senator for decades on the needs of the Hawaiian there with you folks.’ ” community.

Each year, Hawai‘i’s senior senator secured Inouye “never forgot the kindness of that millions in federal funds to support Hawaiian Hawaiian family,” whose identity is apparently programs. Those monies affected everything unknown. from pre-K to post-high education, language The senator also identified with Hawaiians on preservation, job training, culture and health a personal level. His closest friend was Henry care.

Giugni, a longtime aide and former sergeantSpoehr credits Inouye’s work together with at-arms to the U.S. Senate. And he considered the late Hawaiian leader Myron “Pinky” Thomp- Pinky Thompson a trusted confidant. son for putting “all the nuts and bolts together Nainoa Thompson tells of how Inouye, after in terms of moving the Native Hawaiian Health Pinky died, showed him a vault-like structure at Care Improvement Act through the process and his Honolulu office. The vault, with foot-and-agetting it passed by Congress,” in 1988. half-thick walls, contained the senator’s personal

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that has done more for the betterment of Native Hawaiians than the senator.”

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In July 2012, at a signing ceremony in D.C., Sen. Inouye became the second person to sign the Kana‘iolowalu petition, as a supporter for the state-sponsored creation of a Hawaiian governing entity. U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka – a Native Hawaiian – was the first.

“It was very gracious, because Sen. Inouye is the senior senator, but he wanted Dan (Akaka) to sign first,” said former Gov. John Waihe‘e, chair of the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission.

Long before Kana‘iolowalu, however, Inouye had supported the idea of Hawaiian self-goverInouye, a champion for Native Hawaiian health programs, helped the Waima¯nalo Health Center celebrate its 20th anni- nance. He was “instrumental in our being able to create the Office of Hawaiian Affairs through versary in August 2012. - Courtesy: Waima¯nalo Health Center the 1978 Con Con,” said Waihe‘e, a delegate at the Constitutional Convention.

Delegates who had been undecided about creating a state agency dedicated to improving conditions for Native Hawaiians came to embrace the idea once Inouye threw his support behind it.

“There were 101 delegates in the Con Con and (advancing an idea) out of the (Hawaiian Affairs) Crewmember Catherine Fuller releases flowers into the sea during a Polynesian Voyag- committee was one thing; ing Society sail in Ma¯mala Bay honoring Sen. Daniel Inouye. - Courtesy: Monte Costa getting everybody to support it on the floor of the to practice the knowledge and skills of tradi- convention was a whole different matter,” said Now retired-U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, left, and Inouye, at a tional canoe building, and more recently for the Waihe‘e, who in 1986 became the state’s first Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing at the O‘ahu Vet- upcoming worldwide voyage, whose purposes Native Hawaiian governor. erans Center in Foster Village in April 2012. - Courtesy: include grooming the next generation of naviSeveral years after the Con Con, Waihe‘e Blaine Fergerstrom gation leaders. remembers being called with three friends to Among his teachers, Thompson includes his Inouye’s apartment in Honolulu. Unbeknownst memorabilia. On the wall hung only three father, Pinky, master navigator Mau Piailug, artist to him, Inouye also invited some key advisers. framed pictures – of his father, Henry Giugni Herb Käne and Inouye. Those men and others Since the mid-’70s at least, Inouye had been and Gladys Brandt, a Hawaiian educator. will be honored in the upcoming worldwide floating the idea of getting a Hawaiian governor The younger Thompson said Inouye’s impact voyage, which is planning a summertime launch. elected and had created a committee of Hawaisurpasses the funding he secured for Hawai- Inouye, he said, is at “the top of the list.” ian leaders to discuss it. Waihe‘e was a youth ian programs. “It was his presence. It was his Inouye, Thompson said, had the uncanny abil- representative on the committee. wisdom, … his articulation of why he sup- ity to inspire. He “was constantly strengthening At that meeting in Inouye’s apartment, ported voyaging that strengthened all of us, us in many different ways and encouraging us Waihe‘e recalls: “Nobody knew what he was because it gave us a sense that he understood to keep going. If you think this is the right thing going to talk about. It was at that meeting that the importance of voyaging bringing pride to to do, get up and go do it. That kind of encour- he says, I think the first Hawaiian governor is in Native Hawaiians, which would help raise agement is immeasurable and is invaluable. our room, and he pointed at me and everybody personal self-worth and … help tear down the We’ll miss him. Deeply. But we don’t forget was in a state of shock. … As a result, some crushing impacts of feeling inferior.” him.” of his supporters started to pay more attenThompson’s group, the Polynesian VoyagThompson said he doesn’t mean to disrespect tion to us” and supported Waihe‘e in his run ing Society, has benefited from federal funding other leaders in the community, but he simply for the state House of Representatives in 1980, secured by Inouye on two occasions, Thomp- wanted to give Inouye his due by saying some- Waihe‘e said. son said: in the construction of PVS’s second thing he considered to be true: “I don’t know Inouye “was the first one to express that kind canoe, Hawai‘iloa, in the 1990s, which put of any other single individual in my lifetime of confidence in me,” says Waihe‘e, adding that

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it wasn’t insider politics. “If it didn’t work out (with me), he would have found somebody else.”

“His support was welcome and it was important to me and it was very helpful, but I never considered me as his objective,” he added. “And I think it would be a mistake to shortchange his contribution. I happened to be lucky to be a beneficiary of what his real objective was – to get a Hawaiian governor elected.”

Guiding Principle

In May 2004, Inouye gave a commencement address at the University of Hawai‘i law school.

He announced that legislation and funding were in place to establish at the school a Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law. And he outlined the potential he saw in the center this way: “It is my hope that this center will serve as an important educational resource as Native Hawaiians and the broader community move forward together to achieve a measure of reconciliation for the loss of Native Hawaiian sovereignty, resulting from the unlawful overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i in 1893.”

2004 was also the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in public schools as unconstitutional.

The senator, a decorated war veteran who served on the famed all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team, used the occasion to discuss equality and how segregation had existed in Hawai‘i through English-standard schools, and how far America had come since the segregated units of World War II. The Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law, he said, was his humble “ho‘okupu, or gift, to the school … in perpetuating the spirit of Brown v. Board of Education,” which he saw as a way of leveling the playing field.

Not unlike what the law school’s Ulu Lehua preadmission program, begun in 1974, had achieved in its three decades of helping disadvantaged and underrepresented students take an additional year to prepare for the rigors of law school. That program, he said, committed to action the spirit of the Brown decision.

“Just think for a moment about the many lives that were made better over the 30-year span. It has generated hope, self-esteem and economic independence.”

Later, he ended his speech by saying: “I leave you with 35 words that have been my guiding principle throughout my years of service.

Follow them, and you will never go wrong in whatever path you choose: “We hold these truths to be self-evident.

That all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. That among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” ¢

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everal years ago, OHA launched Kau Inoa, an effort to gather the names of Native Hawaiians interested in creating a Hawaiian governing entity. OHA contracted with HawaiÔi Maoli to serve as a data processing service and repository for the Kau Inoa applications. With the conclusion of Kau Inoa, the data has been returned to OHA. Last year, the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission (NHRC) was created by a State law that declared Native Hawaiians the only indigenous, aboriginal, maoli people of HawaiÔi.

On July 20, 2012, the NHRC launched KanaÔiolowalu to create an ofÞcial list of Native Hawaiians who want to reorganize a governing entity. We are contacting you because KanaÔiolowalu is the next step in selfdetermination. Because you originally placed your name with Kau Inoa, we urge you to enroll with KanaÔiolowalu. Those who enroll will have an important role in shaping our future, and in designing a reorganized governing entity.

To enroll with KanaÔiolowalu, please visit www.oha.org/enrollment.

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By Claire Ku‘uleilani Hughes, Dr. PH., R.D.

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as your doctor mentioned that your triglycerides are high? And did you wonder, “Just what are triglycerides?” And, “What’s too high?”

Triglycerides are part of the cholesterol group/family. So, when you get blood work done, triglycerides are measured as part of “total cholesterol.” The “best,” or optimal, triglyceride level, is 150 mg/dl, or less. (That’s milligrams per deciliter). A level between 150 and 200 mg/dl is “borderline” high. And a

“high” triglyceride level is 200 mg/ dl, or higher. Chemically, triglycerides are the smallest unit of fat.

Triglycerides in the blood are usually on their way to storage as body fat, or are moving out of storage to be burned as energy. Ninety-five percent of food fat or oils are triglycerides, and 99 percent of the fat stored in the body are triglycerides.

Having high blood-triglyceride levels increases your risk of coronary artery disease (heart blood-vessel disease) and heart attack. The same is true of the LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, or low-density lipoproteins, and total cholesterol – high blood levels cause coronary artery disease and heart attack. Physicians are paying more attention to triglycerides since new research has shown that the number of adults with high triglycerides has doubled, and the number of people over age 60 with high triglycerides has tri-

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pled. Controlling triglyceride levels will keep hearts healthier.

Luckily, reducing your triglyceride levels will immediately improve your heart health, and a few smart food choices can do it! Lowering certain carbohydrates can reduce your triglyceride level by 20 percent.

Some foods produce more triglycerides than others. The carbohydrate foods ... the starchy and sugary foods ... are the main source of blood triglycerides. Of those, the simple and processed carbohydrates (sugary foods and processed sugars in soft drinks and fruit drinks or “juice” drinks) are the ones to avoid. Baked products as well as pastas and breads that are made with refined white flour (simple carbohydrate) are also foods to avoid. Lean proteins (fish, turkey and chicken) and vegetable carbohydrates (whole vegetables and beans), as well as breads and pasta made from whole grains do not raise triglycerides. For rice eaters, white rice makes triglycerides levels rise quickly, while brown rice does not.

Many processed foods currently include fructose as a sweetener.

Fructose is a simple sugar occurring naturally in fruit. However, because whole fruit are high in fiber and usually have less fructose than is found in processed foods, they have far less of an effect on blood-sugar levels than the processed foods.

Fructose is easily broken down by the body, boosting triglyceride production. Fructose is used in many snack foods, as it is sweeter to the taste than other sugars, and less fructose is needed to achieve the desired sweetness in many processed foods.

Drinking beverages sweetened with fructose, including soft drinks and fruit juice with added sugar, increases triglycerides much more than beverages that contain table sugar.

There are a few health conditions that cause or worsen high triglyceride levels; these include being severely overweight, and having diabetes, hypothyroidism and kidney conditions. Managing these health challenges is important to control triglycerides and reduce the chance of developing coronary artery disease and heart attack.

Take good care of your heart. A faulty one makes life very, very challenging. ¢

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Hawaiian-language Bible completes 10-year facelift

untapped federal funding for the project, Dill and Keppeler agreed to go to Washington, D.C., where they convinced grant makers at the Administration for Native Americans of the Hawaiian Bible’s role in preserving the Hawaiian language.

“We said it was like trying to preserve the language and perpetuate its use without preserving and saving the Rosetta stone,” says

By Mary Alice Ka‘iulani Milham Keppeler.

PIDF was awarded a $450,000 grant to get the he greatest story ever told is newly project up and running. available in ‘ölelo Hawai ‘i, thanks As project manager, to a new publication of the HawaiianKeppeler recruited the best language Bible, Ka Baibala Hemolele, talent available to edit the which for the first time includes the respelling – someone with modern orthography with ‘okina and kahakö. the rare combination of Ten years in the making, one might say the fluency in ‘ölelo Hawai‘i Ka Baibala Hemolele project was a task of biblical proportions. as well as the Bible’s origiIncludes maps, original The entire text of Ka Baibala Hemolele was nal languages of Greek also placed online in a searchable format, suppleand Hebrew – a language study questions about the mented by audio recordings by native speakers. that, like Hawaiian, once maps, genealogy pages.

Envisioned by the late philanthropist Dwayne teetered on the brink of “Nakila” Steele as a way to perpetuate the Hawaiextinction.

1,456 pages. Mutual ian language, the project was brought to fruition On a tip, he found Helen Publishing. Four 2012

by Partners In Development Foundation after a Kaupu Kaowili, a recent gradJack Keppeler was looking for someone fluent in three languages: Hawaiian, uate with a master’s of art in editions, $30 to $75. chance meeting between Steele and PIDF’s Jan Greek and Hebrew to edit the respelling of the latest edition. He found Helen religion who agreed to take on Dill and Jack Keppeler.

Also viewable free Kaupu Kaowili, who agreed to the task. - Photo: John Matsuzaki When Steele proposed the idea of seeking the monumental task. online at baibala.org.

The project began at a time when the most recent edition of the Hawaiian Bible, published in 1994, was out of print. The original goal consisted of replicating it with printed and electronic versions so it could made available online free of charge.

The idea of adding the diacritical marks came later, as did the inclusion of electronic copies of two earlier Hawaiian language bibles – Ka Palapala Hemolele, published between 1837-1839, and a major revision, Ka Baibala Hemolele, published in 1868 – rare books that were carefully photographed and placed online for free public access. Eventually, searchable text of each version was made available on the website.

“It just kept growing and growing,” says Kaowili, the only full-time member of the project team.

Next came the idea of adding audio, so users could hear the words properly pronounced by native speakers.

To ensure accuracy during the recording, Kaowili armed herself with a phalanx of bibles: English, Hebrew, Greek and Hawaiian, including the draft of the new 2012 version with ‘okina and kahakö, while two native speakers took turns, one reading while the other cross-checked against the text.

“There was always more work than time allowed,” says Kaowili, who took over as project director after Keppeler retired in 2007.

Kalena Silva, former director of Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikölani ColVisit www.ksbe.edu/finaid to download Apply for a Kipona Scholarship lege of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, says an application or view a list of the diacritical marks make a huge difference in comprehending written from Kamehameha Schools! participating private schools or Hawaiian language. call us at (808) 534-8080.

Kamehameha Schools’ Kipona Scholarship program is now “Without them it would be like not having letters ‘s’ and ‘t’ in English, accepting applications. Kindergarten-aged keiki enrolling in for example, so you’re left to figure out the meaning of those words purely participating non-KS private schools in Hawai‘i may apply. by the words’ use,” says Silva. “I think this edition of the Bible will be Previously awarded students must reapply for funds each year. appealing not only for the spiritual path it presents to readers but also for Hawaiÿi residency is required at time of application. what it reveals about Hawaiian language use in the early 19th century.” ¢

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Application Postmark Deadline: February 28, 2013

Kamehameha Schools gives preference to applicants of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law.

Mary Alice Ka‘iulani Milham, a Portland, Oregon-based freelance journalist, is a former newspaper reporter and columnist from California’s Central Coast.

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‘Born Raısed’ and

Ian O’Sullivan was encouraged to study music by a teacher, Grammy Award-winning slack-key guitarist Jeff Peterson.

- Courtesy: Ian O’Sullivan

By Mary Alice Ka‘iulani Milham

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t may seem ironic that the first Native Hawaiian to graduate from the Yale School of Music has a name more suggestive of New England than Hawai‘i.

But Ian O’Sullivan has no questions about his Native Hawaiian pedigree.

A self-described “poi dog” of English, Irish, German, French, Spanish, Welsh, Japanese, Chamorro and Hawaiian descent, he titled his debut classical guitar CD Born and Raised. O’Sullivan’s emergence on the classical guitar scene was hardly predictable.

Raised in Mokuleia as one of six children, his early musical training consisted of a couple of songs his dad taught him to play on ‘ukulele and a brief stint of lessons that ended when his mom caught him playing the instrument behind his head.

Like thousands of teens, he took up guitar in high school. But music

Get a taste of Ian O’Sullivan’s soon-to-bereleased Born and Raised CD at a concert Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m at UH-Mänoa’s Orvis Auditorium. Along with music from the album, the concert will feature compositions by Bach, Prokofiev and Villa-Lobos, plus a special guest performance by the Honolulu Guitar Quartet, an ensemble with O’Sullivan, Jason Nomura, Paul Nelson and Matthew Love.

With plans to bring in more classical guitarists to the University, O’Sullivan plans to donate a portion of the concert proceeds to the Music Department’s guest artist fund. Tickets are $12 general, $8 for students, seniors and faculty/staff (with valid ID) and $5 for UHM music majors, and are available through the Music Department box office at 95-MUSIC (956-8742) and at the door.

Kïhei, Maui, (admission was by audition or invitation only) with classical guitar virtuoso Benjamin Verdery. Through seven summers of workshops, O’Sullivan honed his technique.

was hardly his life. Graduating from Kamehameha Schools in 2001, he entered the University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa as a marine science major.

Things started changing when O’Sullivan enrolled in a guitar class taught by Jeff Peterson, a Grammy Award-winning Hawaiian slack key master. O’Sullivan found himself “practicing music much more than I studied biology and things.”

He was no beginner. Nevertheless, when Peterson encouraged him to switch his major to music, O’Sullivan knew he wasn’t exactly prepared.

“They gave me the placement test and I gave it back to them, with my name on it, blank,” says O’Sullivan. “I knew nothing about written music.”

His parents, who’d encouraged a career in science, weren’t exactly prepared either. But their dismay wouldn’t last long.

Peterson recommended a summer master class guitar workshop in

And then one day, on a drive to the beach, Verdery casually asked if he’d ever thought about applying to Yale.

O’Sullivan was surprised. At the time, he didn’t know Verdery taught there. But he did know getting into Yale wouldn’t be easy.

He spent the next two years working on his application, which culminated with a live audition in 2008.

O’Sullivan was one of two guitarists admitted the following year, and he received a full-tuition scholarship. To cover living expenses, he got a job working in the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, where, in addition to running the front desk, archiving and cataloging, he had access to the collection’s rare instruments.

“I got to handle a Stradivarius and all kinds of 400-year-old harpsichords and pianos, including a piano that Beethoven might have played,” says O’Sullivan.

Perhaps some musical mana rubbed off. For around this time he began thinking of recording a CD, featuring homegrown classi-

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In a matter of months O’Sullivan’s campaign was fully funded. Meanwhile, his career took off, too, with a job teaching classical guitar at UH-Mänoa.

He moved home in July 2012 and, with help from producer Bailey Matsuda of Ho‘omana Na Mele and recording engineer Milan Bertosa, recorded Born and Raised at Avex Honolulu Studios, now Island Sound Studios, this past fall.

The resulting album, set for release in early 2013, features classical works by Peterson, Matsuda, Byron Yasui, long-time UH-Mänoa professor of composition Michael Foumai and other composers, with album art by local artist Scott Johnson of Dogtowne Design. ¢ Mary Alice Ka‘iulani Milham, a Portland, Oregon-based freelance journalist, is a former newspaper reporter and columnist from California’s Central Coast.

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Lei Queen Selection Sat., March 2, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Lovely wähine exuding the spirit of aloha will compete for the coveted title of Honolulu’s 2013 Lei Queen. One queen and two princesses will be selected from the adult women (nä mäkuahine) age group, after competing in categories including lei making, poise and personality, speaking in English and Hawaiian, and hula ‘auana (modern hula).

Kapolei Hale.

Free. (808) 768-3041 or honoluluparks.com.

Pow Wow Hawai‘i. - Courtesy: Pete Ulatan Pow Wow Hawai‘i Sat.-Sat., Feb. 9-16 Rock stars of the mural world are descending on Honolulu for a week of nonstop creation. A drive through Kaka‘ako, that urban hotspot for mural making, will provide a preview of the drama to come as 35 international artists and 45 local artists like Solomon Enos and John “Prime” Hina, take on 30 new walls at 10 Kaka‘ako locations. The finale will be a group mural, painted on the evening of the Honolulu Night Market, Feb. 16. powwowhawaii.com.

The Breathe Concert Fri., Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Grammy Award winners Daniel Ho and Tia Carrere will headline the American Lung Association in Hawai‘i’s Breathe Concert, which

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raises awareness of the importance of healthy lungs and healthy air in our communities. Entertainers include Nä Hökü Hanohano Award-winning slack key artist Kawika Kahiapo, 11-year-old YouTube ‘ukulele sensation Aidan James and Shari Lynn of the La Pietra Select Choir. Hawai‘i Theatre. $35-$135. (808) 528-0506 or hawaiitheatre.com.

2012 Lei Queen Po¯maika‘inokeakua Lenore Klein during the lei-making and hula portions, right, of last year’s competition. - Courtesy: Dave Miyamoto from Dave Miyamoto & Co. Ho‘omau O‘ahu Sat., Feb. 16, 5-9 p.m.

This annual benefit concert for Hawaiian-language immersion schools on O‘ahu features entertainment by the keiki of ‘Aha Pünana Leo and Na Kula Kaiapuni along with surprise guests. Bishop Museum, Great Lawn. $14 for adults and $7 for keiki presale, $20 and $10 the day of the event. (808) 386-1390, erica_aki@yahoo.com or hoomauoahu.org.

Recalling Hawai‘i Sat., Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m.

Roselle Keli‘ihonipua Lindsey Bailey directs a cast of 50 international and local dancers, chanters, musicians and actors who’ve dazzled sold-out crowds in Switzerland, Kaua‘i and Maui. Presented

by Ka ‘Imi Na‘auao ‘O Hawai‘i Nei Institute, a Kaua‘i-based nonprofit comprised of eight hälau, the show chronicles Hawai‘i’s history from the time of the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation chant. Palace Theater in Hilo. $20. (808) 9347010. Also ahead, hälau of Ka ‘Imi Na‘auao will put on a free half-hour performance Friday, Feb. 15 at 1:30 p.m. at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo.

Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition Thurs.-Fri., Feb. 21-March 15 The 85th annual Exhibition of the Honolulu Printmakers, one of the two oldest printmaking groups in the nation, shows world-renowned work by artists who practice alchemy, producing lithographs, etchings, engravings and more.

Juror for the show is multimedia artist Hiroki Morinoue. Entry day for artists is Feb. 15, 2-6 p.m. Honolulu Museum of Art School gallery in the Linekona building. Free. honoluluprintmakers.com.

Grow Hawaiian Weekend Fri.-Sun., Feb. 22-24 OHA is a proud sponsor of this event that celebrates Hawaiian cultural and natural history. Join in poi pounding from noon until 4 p.m. on Friday. Then, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, enjoy various demonstrations, storytelling sessions, hands-on activities, live entertainment and

Shirley Kauhaihao, left, and Mary Rego set out poi boards and poi stones for the silent auction at the Grow Hawaiian Festival. - Courtesy photo Ka‘uhane Morton displays his dyed and decorated kapa at the Grow Hawaiian Festival. Courtesy photo Hawaiian food.

Round out the weekend with a tour of the archaeological sites and geological features of Kalaemanö from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday.

Amy Greenwell Garden in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. Free.

(808) 323-3318 or email agg@ bishopmuseum.org.

Mana Maoli All-Star Kanipila Mashup Fri., Feb. 22, 5:30 p.m.

Artists provide free music workshops for youth starting at 4:30 p.m., followed by a massive allstar music jam to raise awareness and support for Hawaiian charter schools. Musicians include John Cruz, Amy Hanaiali‘i Gilliom, Anuhea, Paula Fuga, Irie Love, Hawaiian charter school students

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and more. Fresh Café, 831 Queen St. $50 VIP; $10-$20 general; presale rates available. Workshops are free for students grades K-12, $5 minimum donation for the concert.

For workshop registration, (808) 295-MANA, manamaoli@yahoo.com or manamaoli.org.

Come see more than 200 of the most beautiful woodturnings from all around the island at this annual exhibit that opens with an artists’ reception at 5 p.m. Friday. Offers woodturning demonstrations on Saturday, March 2, 9 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, and an online auction featuring members’ work. Wailoa Center in Hilo.

Free. (808) 982-5173 or big islandwoodturners.org to place a bid.

Holokü Ball Sat., March 2, 5 p.m.

The Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu celebrates 95 years of service to the Hawaiian community with its annual scholarship benefit gala, which last year raised $60,000 for Hawaiian scholarships. “Nä Lei Hiwahiwa Makamae,” the event theme meaning “distinKamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus will perform at the Kapa¯lama campus guished treasures,” will honor Ho‘olaule‘a. - Courtesy: Kamehameha Schools community pillars Jalna Keala and Elizabeth Lau. Henry Kamehameha Schools Gomes and Charlie Rose will be honored postHo‘olaule‘a humously. Royal Hawaiian, Monarch Room. $150, corporate tables $3,000-$10,000. TickSat., Feb. 23, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

This year’s ho‘olaule‘a celebrates the Hawai- ets, (808) 375-7301. hcchonolulu.org. ian culture and ‘ohana with live entertainment featuring some of Hawai‘i’s top entertainers, Makahiki Challenge the Kamehameha Schools marching band, Sat., March 9, 9 a.m. concert glee and Dance Company. Enjoy ‘ono This 5K obstacle course traverses hills, food, a country store, haku lei stand, silent auc- rough terrain and mud pits in a test of one’s tion, garden shop and more. Keiki will have physical and mental endurance. Costumes are fun on the inflatables, slides and rides. Kame- encouraged, prizes are awarded and incentives hameha Schools Kapälama Campus, Konia are plentiful: a finisher’s medal, entrance to a Field. Free admission, parking and shuttle pä‘ina/concert and spectacular views (Jurasservice. (808) 842-8680 or parents.ksbe.edu. sic Park was filmed here). Must be 15 or older to enter. Kualoa Ranch. Fees apply. To Big Island WooDturners Exhibit receive a T-shirt, register by Feb. 23. makahiki Fri.-Sat., March 1-23, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. challenge.com. ¢ Mon. through Sat.

Duke Kahanamoku Challenge Paddling and other water-sports competitions will take place all day at the Duke Kahanamoku Challenge. - Courtesy photo

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‘Those Darned Traditionalists!’

Ha¯lau Mohala ‘Ilima, seen here at the Merrie Monarch Festival, will welcome dozens of kumu graduated by kumu hula Mapuana de Silva over the years to perform at its annual Holomua Ka No‘eau concert. - Courtesy: Nicholas Tomasello

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umu Hula Mapuana de Silva and the dancers of Hälau Mohala ‘Ilima draw fans back, year after year, with their annual concert at the Hawai‘i Theatre. Every concert has a theme, sometimes previewing the hälau’s Merrie Monarch presentation, other times reaching back into the early history of hula. This year, on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m., the theater stage will be filled with chant and dance in a most unique hula experience.

Titled Those Darned Traditionalists!, the annual Holomua Ka No‘eau concert will feature most of the 26 kumu graduated by de Silva in her 37 years of teaching. She carries forward the traditions of her kumu, the late Maiki Aiu Lake. Of the concert, de Silva says: “The teaching came through hula masters to my kumu, to and through me to my students and now to their students. We call it repetition over generations.”

Each graduating class of kumu will present a segment of the concert. Those

awai‘i’s most famous waterman will be feted in Waikïkï at the Duke Kahanamoku Challenge at 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at Hilton Hawaiian Village Duke’s Beach and Lagoon.

Rosie Lum Boasting 30 teams in a quarter- Edith Van Gieson Ralph Goto mile six-man outrigger canoe race ian Band, Melveen Leed, Waipuna, and stand up paddle races, the day’s cov- Natalie Ai Kamauu and Mänoa Madeted prize is the perpetual koa paddle with ness will also entertain, as island crafters Kahanamoku’s creed emblazoned on it. hawk their ware in the surrounding marThe day opens with a double-hull ketplace. canoe procession, oli, hula kahiko, In exchange for a donation to the Waiand song by the Kamehameha Schools kïkï Community Center, the public can Hawaiian Ensemble. The Royal Hawai- test their skills in ‘ulu maika (bowling),

who are teaching will have dancers from their own hälau. Other graduate kumu will be joined by the ‘ölapa, the accomplished dancers, who graduated in the same class when they became kumu. It will be an opportunity for the audience to see generations of dancers who carry on the tradition of “Aunty Maiki hula.”

The second half of the concert will feature the first public performance of the most recent kumu, presenting their 2012 graduation challenge. Each of the five new kumu wrote a mele, a chant, translated and choreographed it, put drumming, hula and voice to it, then taught it to their hula sisters to perform.

In addition, the concert will include presentations by a select classes of keiki, men and the ladies of the Merrie Monarch as they prepare for the 50th annual Merrie Monarch Festival.

Tickets, priced at $25 and $35, are available at the box office, (808) 791-1395 or online at hawaiitheatre.com. —Lynn Cook ¢

könane (checkers), hukihuki (tugof-war) and other ancient Hawaiian games. This year, the community center will honor Ralph Goto, Edith Van Gieson and Auntie Rosie Lum – legends of Hawaiian water sports and water safety who have played a major role in perpetuating the legacy of Native Hawaiian canoeing.

The 28th annual event is a benefit for the Waikïkï Community Center and is presented by Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikïkï Beach Resort and Hilton Grand Vacations Club. For information, call Jeff Apaka at (808) 923-1802 ext. 109. ¢

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Akaka inducted into Aloha Order of Merit

Retired U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka celebrated being inducted into the Aloha Order of Merit in typical Akaka style – with a song. Akaka, the first inductee in the order’s almost 20-year history, sang “Hawaiian Lullaby (Where I Live, There are Rainbows)” while son Daniel Akaka Jr. played ‘ukulele and Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui, left, and then-House Speaker Calvin Say look on. In a Jan. 14 ceremony in the state House chambers attended by all the state’s living governors, OHA trustees and other dignitaries, Akaka was hailed as an ambassador of aloha on Capitol Hill, where he served in both houses for decades before retiring in January. Gov. Neil Abercrombie presented him a koa medallion featuring both the Hawaiian Kingdom’s coat of arms and a key representing the spirit of aloha. “Sen. Akaka is our key to aloha,” Abercrombie said. The order, established in 1993, recognizes national or international achievement and extraordinary service to the state. Inductees, selected by a committee and approved by the Legislature by concurrent resolution, may serve as emissaries for the people of Hawai‘i upon request by the governor. - Photo: Lisa Asato

Symposium honors Van Dyke Constitutional law scholar Jon Van Dyke, who represented numerous Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian groups on constitutional, traditional and customary rights, was honored with a three-day symposium, He Hali‘a Aloha No Jon – Memories of Aloha for Jon. The Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 symposium brought to Hawai‘i a prestigious lineup of international scholars and experts on the Law of the Sea, as well as on international environmental and nuclear law, sea-level change and human rights.

The symposium brought together scholars from around the world, particularly from areas where Van Dyke’s influence was directly felt such as China, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Guam, Palau and the United States.

“Jon Van Dyke is truly irreplaceable as a scholar, teacher, mentor, lawyer and colleague and we miss him terribly,” said Dean Avi Soifer of the William S. Richard-

son School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa. “Nonetheless, this conference highlights the extraordinary breadth of his accomplishments and the real difference he made across the globe.”

Attorney Sherry Broder, director of the newly formed Jon Van Dyke Institute of International Law and Justice, and the widow of Van Dyke, has been a leader of the symposium advisory committee.

Broder noted that bringing together scholars of this caliber to reflect on and discuss issues of global significance is an important way to carry on her husband’s work.

“Jon never stopped working on issues that touch us all,” said Broder. “With this institute in his name, these areas of concern will remain at the forefront of action and help inspire others to move forward.”

Van Dyke died of a heart attack in November 2011 at the age of 68.

KCC entrepreneurship class Start Your Dream, an entrepreneurship class at Kapi‘olani Community College, is accepting students for its spring 2013 course, which runs March 5 to May 2.

The eight-week class meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings and is designed to help people who have just started or want to start a business. Topics include business planning, advertising, promotion, sales strategies, pricing, and personnel and legal concerns.

Classes run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and cost $231. Although the class is open to everyone, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will reimburse the cost of the class to qualified attendees.

There is a free preview of the class on campus Feb. 28 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Manono 104. Call 7349153 for information or 734-9211 to register.

Mellon-Hawai‘i fellowships Moloka‘i fisherman nets The Mellon-Hawai‘i Doctoral Umu Kai Award and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2013-14 academic year.

The Mellon-Hawai‘i fellowship program was established in 2008 for Native Hawaiian scholars early in their academic careers and others who are committed to the advancement of knowledge about the Hawaiian natural and cultural environment, Hawaiian history, politics and society. The application deadline is Feb. 25.

Applicants accepted to the program as doctoral fellows receive $40,000 in support to complete their dissertations before accepting their first academic posts. Postdoctoral fellows receive $50,000 in support to publish original research early in their academic careers. In addition, the program provides fellows with opportunities to prepare presentations of their research; network with community leaders, mentors and previous fellows; and meet academic publishers who may be interested in their work.

The program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Kamehameha Schools, and administered by The Kohala Center.

More information and application materials are available online at kohalacenter.org/mellon/about.

Banking on Youth Young entrepreneurs 13 to 22 years old can apply for 30 $1,000 prizes to help bring their ideas to life. The Consumer Bankers Foundation and banks across the country have partnered with Ashoka’s Youth Venture to showcase youth who have great ideas that directly benefits society.

Judges will consider whether the project benefits communities in ways that have not been done before and can have a positive impact on society.

Deadline to apply is March 15. For more information, go to bankingonyouth.org.

Mac Poepoe is being honored for his conservation management efforts along the northern coast of Moloka‘i by the Papahänaumokuäkea Marine National Monument Native Hawaiian Program. The 2013 Umu Kai Award was presented Jan. 24 at the Külana ‘Öiwi Kauhale in Kaunakakai, Moloka‘i.

The Umu Kai Award is presented to a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner who invokes the spirit of traditional fishing practices and management while adapting to modern fishing environments.

Poepoe, called “Uncle Mac” by his friends, is a fisherman, educator, Vietnam veteran and conservationist who has inspired generations of natural resource managers throughout the state. Uncle Mac has developed resource materials, programs, and curriculum that have in many ways set the standard for small-scale conservational management today.

His data collection and creation of the 2008 Pono Fishing Calendar, a localized guide on the life cycles of fish and other natural resources of Mo‘omomi, Moloka‘i, has inspired communities on Kaua‘i, O‘ahu and Hawai‘ to develop similar calendars for their designated areas and adopt many aspects of Uncle Mac’s conservation model.

Valentine’s toddler hula Parents can dance along with their keiki in this hula class for little girls and boys 1 to 5 years old.

Classes will be held every Tuesday in February, starting Feb. 5, from 9:30 to 9:55 a.m. at Hale Pulelehua studio in Käne‘ohe, 46-020 Alaloa St., Windward Business Center. Cost is $7 per class or $25 for four weeks. For information or to register, call 247-9440 or email workshops@hulapreservation.org.

Hälau accepting new students Hälau hula Nä Pualei O Likolehua, under the direction of kumu

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North Shore Field School opens

Archaeologist Regina Hilo, right, led University of Hawai‘i students, Kamehameha Schools staff and community members on a tour of Kupololo heiau during a Jan. 12 celebration of the launch of the North Shore Field School.

The heiau, a wahi ku¯puna (ancestral place) dating to the late 1700s, will serve as a site for weekly hands-on learning, including surveying, mapping and excavation techniques, where students will also hear mo‘olelo from ku¯puna in the community. The field school arose from a three-year partnership between UH-Ma¯noa and Kamehameha Schools, whose North Shore Master Plan encourages the development of future cultural resource managers. This semester, the program welcomes community volunteers to help with vegetation removal and other tasks from 8 to 10 a.m. on most Saturdays except March 20 and April 6 and 27. To volunteer, email northshorefieldschool@gmail.com. - Courtesy: Kamehameha Schools hula Leina‘ala Kalama Heine, is opening for new students, ages 8-11, beginning in February. For more information, call 6760056.

Memorial service for kapa maker For the past 28 years Evangeline Christian Kawaikakulaau Aona Kaeo’s passion was kapa making. She grew her own wauke (mulberry), made her own tools and shared her knowledge through workshops she held with her daughter and fellow practitioner, Evangeline Aona-Ueoka.

Kaeo died Jan. 11. She was 77.

Among others, the pair worked with Hui Mälama I Nä Küpuna O Hawai‘i Nei to teach lineal descendants to make kapa for the reburial of iwi küpuna (Hawaiian remains) unearthed across the state. The pair’s creations have also been exhibited at Bishop Museum and worn by Hälau o Kekuhi dancers at the 2011 Merrie Monarch Festival.

Kaeo is survived by two siblings, seven children, 24 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Feb. 16 from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. at 89-598 Farrington Highway. (The seventh house on the mauka side as you enter Nänäkuli.) Parking is across the street. Please be careful crossing the highway. ¢

Honolulu Ahupua‘a NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that two unmarked burial sites containing iwi küpuna (human skeletal remains), each consisting of what appears to be one individual, were discovered

by Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i, Inc. during the course of an archaeological inventory survey (AIS) related to the Honolulu Rail Transit Project.

Following the procedures of Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43, and Hawai‘i Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, the burials are believed to be over 50 years old. An evaluation of ethnicity will be made by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD).

However, based on observation of the context of the burial sites, they are reasonably believed to be Native Hawaiian.

One burial site is located within the mauka sidewalk of Halekauwila Street, near the Diamond Head/mauka corner of the intersection with Keawe Street, within public lands (TMK: 2-1051: Halekauwila Street ROW), and within the boundaries of Land Commission Award (LCA) #982, a house lot awarded to Kukao. Adjacent LCA’s include 7712:6 to Kamamalu and 677 to Queen Emma.

A second burial site is located in Punchbowl Street just southwest (makai) of Pohukaina Street within public lands (TMK: 2-1-027 Punchbowl Street ROW) and in proximity to LCA #7712 to Mataio Kekuanaoa, LCA #247 to Kanaina for Lunalilo, and LCA 3455 to Kaule for Liliha.

Additionally, disarticulated and fragmented human skeletal remains have been identified at the following locations as part of the same AIS: • In the parking lot at the mauka/‘Ewa corner of the intersection of Kekaulike Street and Nimitz Highway, within public lands (TMK: 1-7-002:026) and within LCA #170, a house lot awarded to Mataio Kekuanaoa.

• In the mauka sidewalk of Halekauwila Street, at the mauka/Diamond Head corner of the intersection of Halekauwila Street and Keawe Street, within public lands (TMK: 2-1-051: Halekauwila Street ROW) and along the makai boundary of LCA #982, a house lot awarded to Kukao.

• In the makai sidewalk of Haleka-

uwila Street, just Diamond Head of Halekauwila St./Cooke St. intersection (TMK: 2-1-050:067) located along the makai edge of LCA 1503:2, awarded to Pua‘a.

• In a parking lot near the intersection of Ward Avenue and Queen Street, within private lands (TMK: 2-3-002:001) and within LCA #387, a large award to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Consultation regarding the treatment of the disarticulated and fragmentary remains is underway among HART, SHPD, the O‘ahu Island Burial Council, and interested parties, including previously recognized cultural descendants from the area.

The applicant for this project is the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) and the contact person is: Chief Planner Ms. Faith Miyamoto [Tel: (808) 768-8350, fmiyamoto@honolulu.gov ].

The OIBC has jurisdiction in the matter of previously identified Native Hawaiian burials and the proper disposition of burials and treatment of burial sites will be determined by the OIBC, in consultation with any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Appropriate treatment of burial sites shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38.

All persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these remains or knowledge of families possibly affiliated with these remains are requested to immediately contact Mr. Kawika Farm at the SHPD, located at Room 555, Käkuhihewa Building, 601 Kamökila Blvd., Kapolei HI 96706 [TEL (808) 692-8015. FAX (808) 692-8020].

All interested parties shall respond as soon as possible and file a descendancy claim application and/or provide information to the SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these specific burials or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua‘a or district where the human skeletal remains are buried.

Puapua‘a 2 Ahupua‘a All persons having information concerning unmarked burials present within TMK: (3) 7-5-20:69, a 5-acre parcel in Puapua‘a 2 Ahupua‘a, North Kona District, Island of Hawai‘i are hereby requested to contact Kauanoe

pepeluali2013 25 Hoomanawanui, Burial Sites Specialist, State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), (808) 933-7650, 40 Po‘okela Street, Hilo, HI 96720 or Alan Haun, Haun and Associates, 73-1168 Kahuna A‘o Rd., Kailua Kona, HI 96740, (808) 325-2402.

Treatment of the burials will occur in accordance with HRS, Chapter 6E. The applicants, Nancye and Gary Capri, propose to preserve the burials in place, in accordance with a plan prepared in consultation with any identified descendants and with the approval of the Hawai‘i Island Burial Council. All interested parties should respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and provide information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from the Native Hawaiian remains, or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua‘a in which the Native Hawaiian remains are buried.

Family names associated with the property ahupua‘a identified through historical document research include William C. Lunalilo (LCA 8559), Keawe (LCA 5849), Keliikanakaole (LCA 7486), Kalimapaa (LCA 7743), Kalauli (LCA 7947), Kauila (9177), and Paaluhi (LCA 10732).

Lualualei Ahupua‘a Information requested by Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. (SCS) on cultural resources or ongoing cultural activities on or near the proposed Kamehameha Schools Community Learning Center to be located on approximately 40 acres of land located in Lualualei Ahupua‘a, Wai‘anae District, Island of O‘ahu, [TMK: (1) 8-7-010:007 (por.)]. Please respond within 30 days to Cathleen Dagher at (808) 597-1182.

Notice Of Public Informational Meeting and National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultation Pacific Housing Assistance Corp. is the project sponsor and developer for a five-story, 72-unit senior residence housing project, located at 450 Pi‘ikoi Street, for low- and very low-income elderly households. The housing fulfills an affordable housing requirement of the Waihonua See public notice on page 31

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Aloha Order of Merit

Board of

Trustees Colette Y. Machado Chairperson, Trustee, Moloka‘i and La¯ na‘i Tel: 808.594.1837 Fax: 808.594.0212 Email: colettem@oha.org

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Peter Apo Vice Chair, Trustee, O‘ahu Tel: 808.594.1854 Fax: 808.594.1864 Email: petera@oha.org

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Dan Ahuna Trustee, Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau Tel: 808.594.1881

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Rowena Akana Trustee, At-large Tel: 808.594.1860 Fax: 808.594.0209 Email: rowenaa@oha.org

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Haunani Apoliona, MSW Trustee, At-large Tel: 808.594.1886 Email: reynoldf@oha.org

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Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey Trustee, Maui Tel: 808.594.1858 Fax: 808.594.1864 Email: hulul@oha.org

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Robert K. Lindsey Jr. Trustee, Hawai‘i Tel: 808.594.1855 Fax: 808.594.1883 Email: robertl@oha.org

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Oz Stender Trustee, At-large Tel: 808.594.1877 Fax: 808.594.1853 Email: oswalds@oha.org

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John D. Waihe‘e IV Trustee, At-large Tel: 808.594.1876 Fax: 808.594.0208 Email: crayna@oha.org

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n Jan. 14, Sen. Daniel K. Akaka was the first to be inducted into the Aloha Order of Merit.

The Aloha Order of Merit is one of the state’s highest honors and it was established by the Legislature in 1993 to honor individuals who have achieved national and international recognition in their fields and have provided extraordinary service or brought honor to Hawai‘i.

Colette Y. Machado Chairperson, Trustee Moloka‘i and La-na‘i

Why Gentry?

member appointed by the governor (Noelani Kalipi). After selection by this committee, it was announced by the governor after receiving the approval of the Legislature through Senate Concurrent Resolution 116.

Sen. Akaka has had a distinguished career representing our State of Hawai‘i. He served in the U.S. House of

According to the Hawai‘i Revised Statues [§5-7.6]; “…

Honorees shall have: (1) Achieved national or international recognition in their field either by a single event or by the totality of their work that has been either pioneering in their field or that has been outstanding in the long-term; and (2) (A) Contributed to the attainment of statehood for Hawaii; (B) Devoted themselves to the betterment of the State, embodying the concept of the Aloha Spirit; (C) Provided extraordinary service to the State; or (D) Brought honor U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka. - Photo: KWO Archive to the State…”

Representatives from 1976 to Sen. Akaka was selected by a 1990, then the U.S. Senate from committee of three members: a 1990 to 2012. He was the first member of the Senate appointed Native Hawaiian to serve in the by the president of the Senate U.S. Senate and he also chaired (Sen. Brickwood Galuteria), a the Senate Committee on Veterans member of the House of Represen- Affairs. He embodies the aloha tatives appointed by the speaker spirit and he shared that spirit of of the House of Representatives aloha and its meaning throughout (Rep. Faye Hanohano) and one his career in Washington, D.C. ¢

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thought I would jump intended use. Gentry underinto the sometimes went significant renovation contentious dialogue back in the mid-’80s. As a regarding the decisionresult, interior walls and making process for ceilings likely do not conOHA’s purchase of the tain lead or asbestos. classic and historic Gentry The question was raised building on the mauka side why OHA would purchase Peter of Nimitz Highway across an office building when Apo from Sam Choy’s.

Kaka‘ako was touted as OHA’s purchase of a being the location of the headquarters was a trustee future OHA headquarters.

Vice Chair, policy adopted years There is only one building Trustee, O‘ahu ago as a prerequisite for that currently exists that OHA to pursue any direct could hold OHA, which investments. While OHA is the AAFES building on is able to invest in Wall Street-type Ala Moana Boulevard. However, transactions and purchase culturally current tenants have leases through important properties like Waimea June 2016. Once they moved out, Valley, we were not allowed to pursue the property would need significant any opportunities to invest locally structural renovation, which could until we purchased a headquarters. easily take a year. But that’s assumIt took all these years for OHA to ing OHA wants to keep the AAFES finally connect with the right oppor- building, and that has never been tunity to purchase its own building. our intention. Instead, OHA wants The purchase decision was thor- to create a master plan for all of our oughly vetted through three meetings parcels. The process of creating a of the trustees between April 2010 plan, designing structures, obtaining and Nov. 17, 2011, when we voted to permits and constructing buildings authorize CEO Kamana‘o Crabbe to will take many years. In the meansubmit an initial offer for the Gentry time, if OHA were to remain where property and to conduct due-diligence it is now, we would be spending $1 fact finding. The trustees present at million a year in rent. the meeting voted unanimously to The majority of the Board, under make an offer. Trustees Akana and the leadership of Trustee Oswald Cataluna were absent. On June 7, Stender, felt it was preferable to pay 2012, the full board was present for ourselves rent, thus building equity a final vote and a majority voted to in OHA’s own property and saving authorize the CEO to acquire Gentry us (and our beneficiaries) millions at $21.37 million. of dollars.

As required by our fiduciary duty The trustees authorized the CEO to OHA’s beneficiaries, some of to pursue the best financing available the best consultants, attorneys and for OHA. Proposals from three banks appraisers in Hawai‘i were retained were submitted and OHA negotiated to assist with the due-diligence pro- with all three. Based on final terms cess. The consultants conducted submitted by each bank in July, Bank legal, architectural, accessibility, of Hawai‘i was selected because it structural, engineering, electrical, submitted the most favorable terms. mechanical and geotechnical reviews.

This acquisition in Iwilei, one of A thorough financial analysis was Hawai‘i’s most explosive commercial also conducted. Aside from revenue growth districts on O‘ahu – already generation, these premises can be anchored by City Mill, Dole Canused to benefit the trust and benefi- nery Complex, KMart, Costco, Best ciaries as a gathering place for Native Buy, Zippy’s, Hilo Hattie and Home Hawaiian organizations.

Depot – makes it a smart investment OHA’s consultants also assessed acquisition. ¢ the presence of asbestos and lead. We were advised that it was a common Contact me at PeteraOHA@gmail. and manageable condition and not a com or www.PeterApo.com. significant concern based on OHA’s

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Governance is about empowering people

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loha from Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau!

First of all, I want to thank my predecessor, Trustee Donald Cataluna, and his family for his almost 13 years of serving as the Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau trustee. Uncle Don and Aunty Dorothy have been so kind and helpful to me and my family as I transitioned into office.

But now, I hope they can take some well-deserved time off to enjoy many simple days with their two daughters and three grandchildren.

Aloha, Sens. Inouye and Akaka

that life is about giving it your personal best. That’s the same way I want to serve as an OHA trustee.

So often, our Native Hawaiian community is divided, but we need to concentrate on basic Dan issues that all of us agree will Ahuna benefit us and our community.

Education and health are so basic, yet those are two of the Trustee, very areas where our people Kaua‘i and need the most help. As trustees, Ni‘ihau we know firsthand the needs of our Hawaiian community are great, but unlike others, we have access to OHA’s staff and resources to be part of the solution. It doesn’t As the newest member of the Board of matter if you supported me or not – I Trustees, it’s perfect timing that I submit will work hard for you every single day my first Ka Wai Ola column when the to build a better Native Hawaiian commonthly theme is ea, or governance. munity that is wiser, healthier and has I’m so happy to have the opportunity to more opportunities. communicate with our Native Hawaiian community in this space and plan to write Finally, no elected official would be here regularly to be able to reach you. able to serve in office without the supHowever, if you want to reach me, please port of his or her family. So I want to call my Honolulu office at (808) 594- take this time to thank my family for 1751 or toll-free at 1-(800)-366-1758. joining me on this journey, for the sacrifices we may have to make, and for Throughout most of my professional enduring the many days and nights I life, I have been an educator and coach. am away from home. To Kanoe, TrisFor me, those jobs don’t end in the dan, Kilikai, Kaikea and Kaiehu: I love classroom or on the field – they are long- you all, and remember, I am doing this term commitments to help someone else not for my benefit, not for my children’s achieve more in their own life. I also benefit, but for the benefit of my future believe that governance is not about tell- grandchildren. ing people what they can and can’t do, but about empowering them. You will And thank you to all of you for giving often hear me telling people that during me the opportunity to serve and make a challenges, they need to stay positive difference. Mahalo nui loa for reading. and focus on achieving good results and You’ll hear from me again soon. ¢ LOGO WITH WHITE BORDER

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no‘ai kakou … My our property at Kewalo Basin. family and I were After OHA signed the agreedeeply saddened to ment with the state to receive learn of the passing the Kakaako Makai lands at of Sen. Daniel K. Kewalo, the Hawaii Community Inouye. There are no adequate Development Authority (HCDA) words to express this loss. Our informed OHA about the finger hearts and thoughts are with Sen. piers that had been promised to an Rowena Inouye’s family, his countless earlier developer who had already Akana friends and his dedicated staff spent a great deal of cash on the members during this difficult development of the harbor. time. We will always be grateful This poses a huge problem for Trustee, At-large and remember Sen. Inouye for OHA. Placing piers in front of his 50 years of public service as our Fisherman’s Wharf property a U.S. senator. and the adjacent waterways will seriously I am also so very grateful for Sen. Daniel reduce the value of our land and will take Akaka’s 36 years of service in Congress. away our rights to develop our own piers. I Sen. Akaka’s many years of service and will keep you posted on this issue. dedication to all the people of Hawaii is an ideal example that all future leaders KULEANA LANDS should strive toward. Mahalo nui loa for all Recognizing kuleana lands as historical of your hard work over the past 12 years to lands is one of my priorities for the 2013 establish a solid foundation for all Native legislative session. Last year, the Senate Hawaiians to utilize as we finally restore passed out a resolution protecting kuleana our native sovereignty. lands, but the former House speaker killed the House version. Not sure why.

LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP CHANGES

Congratulations to new House Speaker Joe Souki. A change in the speakership is long overdue and a welcome turn of events.

I wish him and his new leadership team well in this legislative session.

The sudden passing of Sen. Inouye brought about many changes in local politics, especially in the leadership of the state Senate. Senate Vice President Donna Mercado Kim will replace former Senate President Shan Tsutsui, who became lieutenant governor. Newly appointed Sen. Gilbert Keith-Agaran has filled the void left by Lt. Gov. Tsutsui.

KEWALO BASIN

A great concern for OHA this year are the proposed “finger piers” that will front

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The Public Land Development Corp.

(PLDC) is a state entity created by the Legislature in 2011 to develop state lands and generate revenues for the Department of Land and Natural Resources. The PLDC became a highly controversial issue in the past legislative session, but the good news is that all parties now agree the PLDC needs to be repealed or it has to be significantly amended to incorporate the changes that the public has been demanding.

Aloha Ke Akua. ¢ Interested in Hawaiian issues and OHA? Please visit my website at www.rowenaakana.org for more information or email me at rowenaa@oha.org.

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E mau ke ea

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ö e nä ‘öiwi ‘ölino, nä pulapula a Häloa mai Hawai‘i a Ni‘ihau a puni ke ao mälamalama. Aloha e na küpuna kahiko, näna e hö‘olu mai nei iä käkou e holopono a loa‘a e ka lei lanakila. E hana käkou me ke ahonui a pili me ka hä a ke aloha, ‘oiai e külia i ka nu‘u a kau i ka ‘iu o luna.

I wonder what it was like!

replaced by the missionaries’ clergyman.

Western influence grew like a wildfire burning up the lands and the history of the ancients.

By the 19th century, businessmen had a strong foothold Haunani on the economy of Hawai‘i.

Apoliona, MSW The sugar industry dominated Hawai‘i’s businesses and people and the businessmen Trustee, Clarity is a good thing wanted Hawai‘i annexed to the At-large because it eliminates unnecUnited States. The power of the essary questions that create a royal family was waning and schism in the mind, the heart Queen Lili‘uokalani wanted to and even in the governance of a nation. declare a new constitution that would Simply put, governance is the way rules restore the power of the monarchy. Howare set and applied. For old Hawai‘i, the ever, that was not to be. The Committee kapu system was important in the lives of Safety, formed by Euro-American of the Hawaiians. This was governance, businessmen foiled the queen’s efforts. their clarity.

In 1898 Hawai‘i became a territory of the United States. Old Hawai‘i was no Our ancestors of ancient Hawai‘i were more. The reign of our last queen came governed by a sociopolitical entity that to an end. was simply no-nonsense. The king was at the top of the hierarchy and his kingToday, Hawai‘i has a bicameral dom was divided into smaller ahupua‘a legislature that makes the laws; an (kingdoms), which were ruled by the independent judiciary, a justice system ali‘i (chiefs). Under his rule were the that is not influenced by the legislative kahuna (priests), the ‘ike hana lima or executive branch; and an executive (skilled craftsman), the maka‘äinana branch, led by the governor. (commoners) and the kauwä (outcasts).

The kapu system saturated every aspect Native Hawaiians today, through of Hawaiian life: births, deaths, behav- introspection and respectful dialogue, ing out of order, how certain things were reminisce about old Hawai‘i and explore built, where to fish, where not to fish. rebuilding a governing entity more Fishing rights were divided and given closely aligned with the reality of their to the maka‘äinana, the konohiki and a ancestors. portion saved for the king himself. This was governance for old Hawai‘i.

A wise queen once said: “I could not turn back the time for political change, Old Hawai‘i was not unlike other but there is still time to save our herinations when it came to its gover- tage. You must remember never to cease nance. Kingdoms fought against to act because you fear you may fail. kingdoms and wars were a constant. The way to lose any earthly kingdom is Missionaries arrived in the late 1800s to be inflexible, intolerant, and prejudiand the maka‘äinana, spurred by the cial. Another way is to be too flexible, ali‘i, accepted Christianity replacing tolerant of too many wrongs, and withkapu-system beliefs. This new belief out judgment at all. It is a razor’s edge. transformed the governance of Hawai‘i It is the width of a blade of pili grass …” from an absolute monarchy to a legisla- —Queen Lili‘uokalani, 1917 tive monarchy. An elective legislative branch took the place of the king, a May the queen’s words guide our judicial and executive branch took the future deliberations. ‘Onipa‘a käkou! ¢ place of the chief and the kahuna was

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read with interest “Here’s what our küpuna did…” from Ka Lei Maile Ali‘i Hawaiian Civic Club website, and I acknowledge them as I quote some of their writings.

Hawai‘i’s independence and the monarchy. Queen Lili‘uokalani gathered with Princess Ka‘iulani, Prince Kawänanakoa and other members of the royal court at Washington Place to mourn.

When we traveled to Wash- Carmen “Hulu” A five-member commission Lindsey ington, D.C., in October was established to study which 2012 for the annual Hawaiian laws were needed in Hawai‘i.

Civic Club Convention, I got The commission’s final report Trustee, Maui chicken skin when I laid eyes was submitted to Congress for a on the dramatic visual display debate which lasted over a year. on the National Mall where names of Congress raised objections that estabour küpuna were individually printed lishing an elected territorial government on signs in the ground to remember and in Hawai‘i would lead to the admission honor those ancestors who stood in 1897 of a state with a non-white majority. in solidarity (kü‘ë) for their beloved nation, Hawai‘i. I found my küpunas’ “A vigorous, concerted 60-year indocnames among the thousands – my great- trination campaign ensued to erase any great-grandfather George Lincoln, my memory of the illegal actions.” Then in great-grandmother Hattie Lincoln Ste- 1959, Hawai‘i became the 50th state of vens on my maternal grandma’s side, the union. my great-grandmother Kaluna Kainapau Lindsey and a few more Lindseys However, “in the early 1970s a on my paternal papa’s side.

Hawaiian cultural renaissance gave birth to a rising awareness and pride in the “In 1897, faced with the prospect of accomplishments of Hawai‘i’s anceshaving their nation illegally annexed by tors. Questions arose about how Hawai‘i the United States, the people of Hawai‘i came to be part of the U.S. The truth mounted a grassroots, village-to-village, began to surface sparking the Hawaiian door-to-door campaign to collect signa- ‘Sovereignty’ movement on one hand tures on two petitions – one opposing and the U.S./State diversionary tactics the annexation and the other supporting on the other, offering Native Hawaiian the monarchy. More than 38,000 people entitlement programs as a way to short– 90 percent of all Hawaiian nationals circuit efforts to find and reveal the truth. at the time – signed these petitions. In 1993, the United States acknowledged This ‘Kü‘ë Petition’ opposing annexa- and apologized for its role in the illegal tion was hand delivered to Washington, usurpation of the Hawaiian Kingdom D.C., and succeeded in stopping cold the but did nothing to undo the wrong. The U.S. Senate ratification of the pending ‘sovereignty’ movement became the treaty of annexation. It was a resounding ‘independence’ movement. Even then, victory for Hawai‘i’s people. very few people knew of the resistance of our küpuna and fewer still, the exis“But it was short-lived, as the next tence of the Kü‘ë Petition.” year, 1898, the United States Congress resorted to substituting a ‘joint resoBy reviewing the Kü‘ë Petition, lution’ as if it were an actual treaty of we know that our grandparents, annexation, and proceeded to seize great-grandparents and great-greatHawai‘i to turn it into a U.S. territory.” grandparents had actively protested A ceremony was held on the steps of and resisted United States annexation.

‘Iolani Palace to signify the official Contrary to what we had been led to transfer of Hawaiian sovereignty to the believe, our küpuna did not stand by United States. idly, apathetically, while their nation was taken from them and they certainly Most Hawaiians shuttered themselves did not approve of the takeover. ¢ at home and mourned for the end of

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On the fence about geothermal?

Trustee’s note: This column was contributed by Richard Ha, a Hawai‘i Island farmer and co-chair of Hawai‘i County’s Geothermal Working Group.

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ere is a real-world fact: If we hadn’t started changing how we power our farm, we’d possibly be looking at bankruptcy before too long.

Robert K. Lindsey, Jr. Trustee, Hawai‘i

serious consequences.

We will have to continue exporting our children, and Hawai‘i will change.

Already there are more Hawaiians living on the U.S. mainland than here in Hawai‘i. People who have money will move here and find it a wonderful place to live, and those who can no longer afford it will leave.

Recently I talked to another well-known farmer, and he said the same thing: he’s not sure he’s going to be able to stay in business in the face of rising electricity costs.

This is a call to action: We cannot sit back. We cannot afford to be quiet and afraid to rock the boat.

We cannot afford to not take a stand.

We have to do something.

I think there are plenty of other farmers in this same boat. Electricity prices keep doubling and doubling again – as do fertilizer and other farm input costs – and yet we cannot turn around and double the prices of our products.

Other places in the world are planning their futures. For example, Iceland is considering running a cable 700 miles to England and Europe. The Philippines is increasing its use of geothermal quite a bit. We, too, need to make long-range plans.

Farmers are feeling guilty, like they’re failing in some way because they cannot make ends meet, but it’s not their fault. Energy prices are rising and circumstances are out of their control.

For 150 years, oil was cheap, with the exception of a few spikes. In the last 11 years, though, the price of oil has doubled twice. Go back and look at your electricity bills, you’ll see it.

It’s all about demand, which is exceeding supply. The world has been using twice as much oil as it’s been finding.

Here in the U.S., we have decreased our oil use by 1.5 million barrels per day. We are driving less, using more fuel-efficient cars and we’ve moved closer to our jobs, but that hasn’t reduced the price of oil.

The demand in China and India more than makes up for our declining use.

Whereas in the U.S. we use about 26 barrels of oil per person per year, China only uses two. They can afford to pay more, and their economy is still growing (while ours will shrink).

We need to come to grips with our situation, because if we don’t, there are

We are unbelievably fortunate here on the Big Island to have geothermal, which is cheap and stable. Out of 7 billion people on the Earth, we are only 1.5 million people here in Hawai‘i and yet we are among the few to have access to geothermal. It’s truly a gift and we are so fortunate.

People in Hawai‘i are very courteous and deferential to the Hawaiian community. They watch and see which way the community is going before deciding to get off the fence or not, and if the Hawaiian community is ok with something, they go along.

My observations are that an overwhelming majority of the Hawaiian community strongly supports geothermal energy, seeing it as a gift from Pele that can be used to benefit future generations if proper protocols are followed – but you wouldn’t know that by listening to the news. A handful of people jumping up and down is not the majority.

What will we do about all this?

When our grandchildren ask us what we did when this was happening, what will we tell them? ¢

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loha aku, aloha mai, beset by quorum and composition issues that A few duties of have made it difficult to meet regularly. To fix OHA’s Committee on this issue, our bill clarifies the composition Beneficiary Advocacy and quorum of each island burial council. and Empowerment (BAE) are to: facilitate OHA’s > Native Hawaiian Law Training Course advocacy efforts, support legislaThis bill requires certain board members to tion which benefits Hawaiians, and attend a training course on Native Hawaiian John defeat legislation which does not. rights to ensure they can make informed deciWaihe‘e IV Through our ongoing kükäkükä sions that appropriately consider the rights with beneficiaries, OHA formuand cultural practices of our beneficiaries. In lates legislation that will better January, OHA offered the course on a volunTrustee, At-large Hawaiians’ quality of life. tary basis for certain state officials.

As its chairman, the BAE Committee hereby presents the OHA-introduced > Public Land Development Corp. (PLDC) measures for the Legislature.

This bill proposes a number of amendments to ensure that the PLDC protects Native Hawai2013 OHA LEGISLATIVE ian rights and receives legislative approval to PACKAGE (11 measures) exchange public lands and contributes its legal share of Public Land Trust revenues to OHA. > OHA Appropriations FY 2013-14/ If amendments addressing our concerns are not FY 2014-15 accommodated, the Board will consider supportThis request seeks exactly $7 million of gen- ing a repeal of the PLDC law. eral funding appropriations to OHA over the next two fiscal years. Nearly $5.35 million will go > Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force to direct services for beneficiaries. When OHA Recommendation matches the direct services amount appropriIn December, this task force submitted its ated by the Legislature, a total of nearly $10.7 legislative report, which included numerous million will provide support for social, legal, findings and recommendations addressing the educational and health-improvement services, disproportionate representation of Native Hawaiand seek match funding from outside partners ians in the criminal justice system. This bill adds for beneficiaries through June 30, 2015, which two members – an OHA representative and an will fill critical service gaps in our Native Hawai- expert in Hawaiian culture and corrections – to ian communities. the Corrections Population Management Commission to continue the work of the task force. > Hawaiian Language Assessments To meet federal requirements under the No > OHA Bond Authority Child Left Behind Act, the state Department This bill strengthens OHA’s existing bond of Education administers a Hawaiian lan- statute and provides OHA with more options guage-translated version of the Hawai‘i State to finance projects that better the conditions of Assessment to Hawaiian Language Immersion Native Hawaiians.

Program students. The Hawaiian language community is opposed to this test because translated > Act 178 Financial Review tests are considered flawed and do not accurately Act 178, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2006, measure student achievement. This bill requires requires the state to report all the revenues it the DOE to create assessments developed origi- generates from Public Land Trust lands. This bill nally in Hawaiian for immersion students in authorizes OHA to conduct a financial review to grades three through six. truly determine that the revenue share it receives is proven to be appropriate. > ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i Month This bill designates February as the official > Concurrent Resolution month to celebrate the Hawaiian language.

The resolution recognizes kuleana lands as historical lands and urges the counties to support > U.S. Apology Resolution’s 20th Anniversary efforts to promote continued ancestral ownership This resolution urges the advancement of of kuleana lands. reconciliation on the federal level and further promotes self-determination.

That is our report. … Always with Hawaiians in mind. ¢ > Island Burial Councils Composition For years, the island burial councils have been

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E na- â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;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!

2013 AKUNA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The descendants of Goo Tong Akuna/Puakailima Kaholokula and Goo Tong Akuna/Chang Shee (aka Chang Oe) will be holding their eighth family reunion in Las Vegas July 29-31, 2013. Check in is July 29. This event will be held at the California Hotel. All descendants of Ah Ki Akuna, Apiu Akuna, Ah Chuck Akuna, Mary Ah Pin Chung-Leong, Hannah Ah Han Ah Fong, Mabel Ah Lan Alana Wallace, Jack Pun San Akuna, Henrietta Ah Hong Apo, Malia Maria Naehu, Edward K. Akuna, Agnes Neki Igarta, Lawrence Goo, Yeh Wah Goo, Sing Kum Goo, Sim Goo, and Choy Goo are invited to attend. For info, contact Elsie Kali at 9208 W. Meranto Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89178; or (310) 606-0049. Or, contact Mev Igarta at 21129 Catskill Ave., Carson, CA; mevorligarta@ sbcglobal.net or phone (310) 830-8356.

JARRETT/KAOO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; To all descendants of William Jarrett (1815-1880) and Hannah Kaoo (1825-1867), there will be a family reunion on the island of Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ahu in July. The reunion dates have changed; the new dates are July 20 and 21, 2013. We are seeking descendants of Emma Jarrett (1855-1889) and William Kumukoa Allen (1826-?), also descendants of Jane Kalua Jarrett (1914-1981) and Charles Keaweaheulu Reeves (1904-1945). Family members from these two branches who have not contacted us yet and are interested in attending the family reunion for all descendants of William Jarrett and Hannah Kaoo, please contact us as soon as possible.

Submit your contact information (addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses) to: Jarrett_ fam_reunion@yahoo.com or to 91-832 Paâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;aloha St., â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ewa Beach, HI 96706. Mahalo, Sandy and Lani.

KINIMAKA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A July 5-7, 2013, family reunion in Honolulu is being planned for Kinimaka descendants, and descendants of Hanakeola and David Leleo Kinimaka. Kinimaka and his first wife, Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;aheo Kaniu, were the mäkua hänai of King Kaläkaua. In 1844, Kinimaka married again to Pai and from this union they had one daughter and two sons. Their son David Leleo Kinimaka (hänai brother of King Kaläkaua) rose to the rank of colonel and became the commander of the Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guard at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iolani Palace. David married Hanakeola in 1874 and their children were: Mary Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;aheo Kinimaka (m) John Atcherley; Alice Kehaulani Kinimaka (m) Samuel Mahuka Spencer; Rebecca Kekiionohi Kinimaka (m) Arthur Akina Apana; Fannie Kahale uki-o-Liliha Kinimaka (m) Joseph Kunewa, and Mathias Percival Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;olulu Kinimaka (m) Virginia Keawe.

Descendants of John Kaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;elemakule Sr. (grandson of Kinimaka), descendants of Samuel Leleo and descendants of Matilda Leleo-Kauwe are all cousins invited to attend this family gathering. A highlight of the family gathering will be aguided tour of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iolani Palace and a family lĂźâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;au on the palace grounds. Mainland and overseas trav-

elers are urged to book air reservations early.

For detailed reunion information, please visit the Kinimaka website at Kinimaka.com. For those who do not have access to a computer and are unable to make payment online, call the Planning Committee at (808) 206-1582 for alternative instructions as soon as practicable. Registration deadline is April 15. A late fee of $10 may be assessed after that date.

KUPAHU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The descendants of Henry I. Kupahu Sr. and the committee board members will host the 2013 Reunion on Maui NĂś Ka â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oi (Kapalua). The event is scheduled for Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30, 31-Sept. 1, 2013). Fourth Generation, your monthly dues of $25 per person must be paid on or before all scheduled monthly meetings. Make checks payable to Emilyn Santella or Kaulana Obatay and mail to: Kupahu â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana Maui Reunion 2013, c/o Kaulana Obatay, P.O. Box 10124, Lahaina, HI 96761. All â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana, check for updates and scheduled monthly meetings on Facebook via the Kupahu â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana Maui Reunion 2013 site; if you are not a member, please feel free to join. For information, contact Kincaid Sr., at kingndar82@gmail.com or cell (808) 281-3885. As a reminder, this is a camping reunion to reflect on our many kĂźpuna (Ua hala mai poina/Gone, but not forgotten) who left all of us the value and legacy of being a Kupahu.

Mahalo Nui Loa, e Mälama Pono, Kincaid and Darlene Kupahu Sr. NAKAGAWA/AH PUCK/LAU KONG/ THOMAS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Descendants of the Nakagawa, Ah Puck, Thomas and Lau Kong families of Waipiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;o Valley will be having a family reunion July 26 and 27, 2013, on Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i Island. Contact Yoko Lindsey (granddaughter of Rachel K. Ah Puck and Charles P. Thomas.) for more information. Email, lindsey.ohana@gmail.com; phone, (808) 989-0854; mailing address, P.O. Box 463 Kamuela, HI 96743.

NAUMU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A reunion is being planned for the entire Naumu â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana. It is scheduled for Monday, May 27, 2013, (Memorial Day) between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. It will be held at Ă&#x201E;nuenue School, which is located at 2528 10th Ave., Honolulu, Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i 96816. Please contact Charles Naumu at cjmnaumu@hawaii. rr.com, (808) 247-5926; or 45-837 Luana Place, Käneâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohe, Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i 96744.

PAHUKOA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The descendants of Thomas and Marianna Pahukoa are having a family reunion July 4-7, 2013, at the Keâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;anae Peninsula on the island of Maui, Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i. We have a committee of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana that are putting together a fun event. We are working on housing. Shirts and genealogy books are available for presale and donations are also being accepted. Please call 1-808-281-0040 if you are interested and want to come or email me at lpahukoa@hotmail.com or my mailing address is 1885 Launiupoko Place, Wailuku, HI 96793. Please make checks payable to Pahukoa

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana Reunion Fund. Order forms are being mailed out and we have been sending out newsletters. If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gotten one, please call me so that I can add you to the mailing list. Aloha and we hope to see all of our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana there. There is also a website at www.pahukoa.ning.com and Facebook at Thomas and Marianna Pahukoa.

YIM/WONG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Yimsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Wongsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; combined family reunion is planned for May 24-26, 2013, at Kualoa Beach Park, Käneâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohe, Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i. Contact Leila Kahana at email rosejuly.yam@gmail.com or phone (808) 291-2768. Registration deadline is April 1. Family members are descendants of: Carrie Chong Keau Kaehuokalani (Ape) Akima and Thomas Kekahio; Francis Shui Len (Soon Yen) Kaailau Yim and Ah Chew Charles Mokiao; Harry Ah Fook (Mac) Yim; William Kui Fat Yim; Katherine (Ahlan) Yuen Lan Keolakaiula Yim and George Lam Kin Mau; Harriet Ah Yin Yuen Yin Yim and Nelson Charles Ah Tong Mokiao; July Ah On Kim Yam and Rose Ah Chuck Wong; Violet Ah Yin (Small Ah Yin) Yim and Albert Alapaki Kamakana; David Ah Kau (Ah Sook) Yim; Keala Ah Moe (Amoy) Yim and Frank William Niderost; George Sung Hing Wong; Alice Tun How Wong and George Pan Yee; See Moy Wong; Ethel Ung Choy Wong and Pluto Mauliola; Sung Wing Wong and Helen Chock Jeon Young; Sam Kwong Wong; Rose Ah Chuck Wong and July Ah On Kim Yam; Robert See Dot Wong and Violet Lan Yuk Zane; David Ung Sau Wong and Josephine Tengan; Look Tung Wong; See Chong Wong; Albert Ah Pu Wong; and Ah Lai Wong. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Imi â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana â&#x20AC;˘ Family Search AKANA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I am looking for descendants of Kamalii Akana and Akiona Akana. Akiona Akana was born in 1891 on Maui and Kamalii Akana was born 1895, also on Maui. Would greatly appreciate any information youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to find. Mahalo, Marilyn Kido, mkido10871@hotmail.com.

KA â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OHANA O KALAUPAPA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Has records and resources that could provide you with information about any ancestors you might have had at Kalaupapa. Contact us by e-mail (info@kalaupapaohana.org), mail (Ka â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana O Kalaupapa, P.O. Box 1111, Kalaupapa, HI 96742) or phone (Coordinator Valerie Monson at 808-573-2746). There is no charge for our research. All descendants are also welcome to become part of Ka â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ohana O Kalaupapa.

MEDEIROS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Doing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana research on Alfred B. Medeiros Sr. from South Kona, married Mary Kalani Kaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;alele, also born in South Kona, on April 6, 1907. Mary Kaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;aleleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, William Kalani Kaalele, born around 1883 married Annie Waikulani Burns, born June 12, 1883. Seeking additional information for Annie Waikulani Burnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; father, John Teewale Burns, born around 1856 in the South Pacific Islands.

Would like to have a family reunion in the near

future in Kona. Contact Kimo Medeiros Jr. @ Kimomedeiros@yahoo.com.

NAPELA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; My great-great-grandmother is Kaohua Napela, (married to George W. Higgins), born in Kona 1844 and died in Hilo 1900. She had a sister, Hoohuli Napela. I am looking for the names of their parents and their ancestral line.

Family tradition says Kaohua is related to Hattie (Harriet) Napela Parker, wife of Sam Parker of the Big Island. My Napela family is from Kona and Hattieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family is from Maui. Can anyone help me find a connection between these two Napela families? Are there other Napelas on the Big Island who are related to Kaohua and Hattie?

Please contact Maureen Conner at mlucardie@ yahoo.com or call (727) 842-2373.

NeÂŻULA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; My name is Kelena Kamamalahoe â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;o Kamehameha KĂŤpoâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;o â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;o Kalani NĂŤula, and I am trying to locate family members on my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side. My dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is Glenn â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keikâ&#x20AC;? Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohuliNĂŤula, and my grandfatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was William â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tuheitiaâ&#x20AC;? NĂŤula whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from Takapuna, New Zealand, one of the highest chiefs in rank. My grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is Queen Ella Kapaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;onaNĂŤula, who is from North Kohala, Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i. If anyone has information on my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana or are my relatives, please write to me, Kelena â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keleiâ&#x20AC;?

NĂŤula. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m currently locked up in Arizona due to Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overcrowded system. Please write: 1250 E Arica Rd., Eloy, AZ 85131.

OWENS/KAINAPAU â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame (HMHF) is searching for the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana of Harry Owens and George Kainapau to honor these two gentlemen. Harry Owens was the music director at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and is credited with writing 300 hapa haole songs, including Sweet Leilani; Hawaiian Hospitality; Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i Calls; To You, Sweetheart, Aloha; and Sing me a Song of the Islands.

George Kainapau was a noted falsetto, and his Island Serenaders opened the Ale Ale Kai Room at the Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel in 1956. The next year, Kainapau was on the mainland performing and appearing in a number of Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hawaiian-themed films, where he brought falsetto singing to a worldwide audience. If you have any information on the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana of Harry Owens or George Kainapau, call Ann of HMHF at (808) 392-3649.

RAYMOND â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Harriet Ulihala Raymond (Aug. 4, 1910-Feb. 11, 1939) was born in North Kohala on Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i Island. She was my maternal grandmother. I am looking for any artifacts that belonged to her and/or any photos of her. She died when my mother was 6 years old. My mother was told that a trunk containing her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possessions was given to someone from Kona with the last name of Kanakanui.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for info that can lead to finding any mementos of Harriet Ulihala Raymond.

Please email Bernadette K. Newcomb at wahine onaona@yahoo.com.

KULEANA LAND HOLDERS

THE KULEANA LAND TAX ordinances in the City and County of Honolulu, County of Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i, County of Kauaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i and County of Maui allow eligible owners to pay minimal property taxes each year. Applications are on each countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s web site.

All personal data, such as names, locations and descriptions of Kuleana Lands will be kept secure and used solely for the purposes of this attempt to perpetuate Kuleana rights and possession.

RODRIGUES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Searching for the descendants of Mary, Oliver and Emma Rodrigues, who are the children of Alfred Rodrigues, born 1889 in Puerto Rico, and Mary Isabella Medeiros Pacheco, born 1886 in Päpaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ikou.

Alfred and Mary married in Hälawa, Kohala, where their three children were born. Emma was born in 1911, and Alfred died in Honolulu shortly after that. Mary married a serviceman, Grover Runyan, in 1913, and after having two children in Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i, they moved to San Diego in 1917, leaving Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three children behind.

Grover and Mary had five children: Victoria, Albert, Saul, Arline and Adeline (?). The 1910 Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i census places Alfred, Mary, Oliver and Emma in Kohala, where Alfred worked at the Kohala Sugar Co. The 1920 Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i census places all three children at the Kalihi Orphanage in Honolulu, aka St. Anthonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Oliver left Hawaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;i for California in 1927, where he took the name Oliver Hamlin. Emma also moved to California and married a man named Pena. After Pena died, Emma married Penaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother. After the second Penaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, she married Archie Young and is listed as Emma Hamlin. Both Emma and Oliver lived in San Diego. Mary is purported to have lived on Maui. Contact: Clarence A. Medeiros Jr., CAMedeiros88@gmail.com, (808) 328-2074 (home), (808) 960-0179 (mobile).

STEVENS/PURDY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Seeking descendants of James Umialiloa Stevens (1849-1938) and Fannie Kaleleoili Purdy (1857-1933) of Kohala, in order to help complete a family genealogy in preparation for the planning of a family reunion in summer, 2014. Seeking descendants from each of their 13 documented children to provide family group sheets that include dates, locations and other pertinent details. A planning group has already begun monthly meetings in Hilo and significant progress has been made, yet some pukas remain in the database. All data collected will be shared with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ohana. Please help us with this effort.

The lines we are researching include: Robert Naea Stevens m Harriet Lincoln; Emma Kaoâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;o Stevens m William Jarrett; Katherine Lahilahi Stevens m James Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I; James Naeahuau Stevens m Annie Keliâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;inui; Fannie Kaleleoili Stevens; John Keonaona Stevens m Kapuanani Campbell; Lillie Makanoe Stevens; Mattie Kalani Stevens m William Smith; Julia Kaulawenaokalani Stevens; Ned Stevens; Sarah Kahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ilani Stevens (Pae). We respectfully request any and all interested parties to contact the planning group via email through the planning groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s data compiler, Michael Stevens, at naeahuau@gmail.com.

TONG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Aloha, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking for any information regarding Agnes Kokai Tong, the mother of my grandmother, Elizabeth Kaehukui (Keaukai?)

Akana. She was born approximately in 1867 in, we believe, Hilo and died approximately in 1907. Call (808) 870-7740 or email bob@ livemaui.com. ¢

For more information on the Kuleana Tax Ordinance or for genealogy veriďŹ cation requests, please contact 808.594.1967 or email kuleanasurvey@oha.org.

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EAST HAWAI‘I (HILO) 162-A Baker Avenue Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: 808.920.6418 Fax: 808.920.6421

WEST HAWAI‘I (KONA) 75-5706 Hanama Pl., Ste. 107 Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 Phone: 808.327.9525 Fax: 808.327.9528

MOLOKA‘I

at Kewalo market condominium project on Waimanu Street. The landowner and lessor is Kewalo Development LLC. In accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 as amended, assistance is being requested from the public and especially from Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHO) and Native Hawaiian lineal and cultural descendants in identifying historic properties of religious and cultural significance in the project area.

This includes archaeological sites, burials, sacred landscapes or features, ceremonial areas, traditional cultural places, traditional cultural landscapes, and plant and animal communities, etc.

Once historic properties that are listed or are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places have been identified, direct or indirect

effects of the proposed construction will be assessed to avoid, minimize or mitigate any adverse effects or impacts on these properties.

There will be a meeting to gather community input, discuss and review the ongoing effort to identify historic properties, evaluate their significance, and assess the undertaking’s effects upon historic properties and alternatives to resolve adverse effects.

The meeting will take place beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority Makai Room, located at 461 Cooke Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813. To confirm the attendance for you and/or your organization at the meeting or if you cannot attend and would like information on this project, please contact Lani Ma‘a Lapilio at (808) 540-5741 or by email at lani@ aukahi.com as soon as possible.

Comments on the identification and eligibility of historic properties are due by March 15, 2013. ¢

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PARADISE FOUND at Kawaihae priced at $170,000; fronting the ocean. 15,000 square feet of land. 4br/1 ba, buyers must be 50% Hawaiian. Call Annie Howes R(S) 808-937-6256 at Lava Rock Realty.

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Call Helen N. Wai (RA) with Primary Properties Inc. at 808-479-2330 or email: Helen@PrimaryHawaii.com.

THE REAL ESTATE LADY – Charmaine I. Quilit Poki (REALTOR) Prudential Locations LLC 808-295-4474. Specialize in Fee Simple & Hawaiian Home Lands Properties (27 Years of experience).

THINKING OF SELLING call Charmaine I. Quilit Poki (R) 295-4474. Prudential Locations LLC-Working with qualified buyers interested in Känehili, East Kapolei II, Waimänalo, Papakölea & Kaupe‘a.

To view current listings go to my website CharmaineQuilitPoki.com. Call or email me at Charmaine.QuilitPoki@PruHawaii. com to learn more about homeownership.

Mahalo nui.

WAI‘ANAE: Spacious 4 bd/2.5 ba 7,150 sf perimeter lot, moss rock wall, 1 bd/1 ba downstairs $399,000. 3 bdrm/2 bath 12,000 sf lot $270,000. Leasehold.

Charmaine I. Quilit Poki (REALTOR) Prudential Locations LLC 808-295-4474.

WANT TO SELL OR BUY A HOME? Contact Helen N. Wai (RA) with Primary Properties Inc. at 808-479-2330 or email: Helen@ PrimaryHawaii.com.

YOUNG FAMILY of 3 wants to buy a Waiohuli lot ASAP or a home in Paukükalo Homestead. Waiohuli preffered. 808-205-0587.

Mahalo! ¢

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