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A newly identified disease is killing thousands of mature ‘ohi‘a trees on Hawai‘i Island

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Could this be the end for the ‘Ohi‘a? PAgE 14By Garett Kamemoto

A newly identified disease is killing thousands of mature ‘ohi‘a trees on Hawai‘i Island.

OHA’s Malama loan program assists the Kanoho ‘ohana as they renovate their home to be closer to family.

HO‘OKAHUA WAIWAI | ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCYMALAMA LOAN PROFILE:

Home for the holidays PAgE 11By Francine Kananionapua murray

HE HO‘OMANA‘O | IN MEMORIAM

Pua mai ka liko lehua i ka lei o ke aloha mau a mau PAgE 5By Kehaunani aBad

Always full of aloha, Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Kalama Heine leaves behind a lei of

memories.

OHA gRANTEE SPOTLIgHT

Powering hope and opportunity PAgE 17By Francine Kananionapua murray

OHA grant helps students power through homework on the Valley Island.

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Kamana‘opono m. crabbe, ph.d.Ka pouhana,

Chief executive Officer

Community EngagEmEnt

Kehaunani abad, ph.d.Director

CommuniCations

Garett KamemotoManager

John matsuzakiDigital Media Specialist

Francine murrayCommunications Specialist

nelson GasparCommunications Specialist

Email/[email protected]

www.OHa.org

www.oha.org/kawaiola

@oha_hawaii

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Aloha mai kakou,

If you look at the median price for a single family home, it’s a wonder that any of us can own a home. So many of us are a pay-check away from homelessness. So what can we do about it?

We can get involved to build a better future Hawaiians and for everyone who calls Hawai‘i home.What we must not do is fight each other. We’re never going to

completely agree with each other. The community of Hawaiians and for everyone is a complex one with diverse views. We aren’t going to agree on everything.

But we have to be able to agree to disagree, to realize that if one group of people is doing good things for our lähui, we should thank and support them even if we might not totally agree with them.

But what we cannot and should not do is to knock each other down. There are many other groups seeking to knock us down that doing it to ourselves is unacceptable.

Will we ever truly learn the lessons of the crabs in the bucket? Why do some Hawaiians endeavor to pull others down when so many external forces are trying to keep us in the metaphorical bucket?

Will we ever rise to such maturity where we can respect each other for our differences yet honor each other’s wishes to make

a better life for our lähui, our people and to honor our ancestors?During the next few months, there will be a lot of work put

into self-determination on many different fronts. It is our duty to work toward making this a better place for ourselves and our children and their children. It means having your voice heard as our community discusses affordable housing, better paying jobs and careers for the next generation. It is your right as kanaka to fight to have a say in your future.

Hawaiians have the right to exercise their freedom to seek, as an indigenous, native, aboriginal people, to determine their political future, and we should all do so.

But we need to do so in a way that builds each other up – not pull each other back into the bucket.

I urge you to get involved to make positive change that benefits us as a lähui so we and our community can become stronger and better for everyone.

‘O au iho nö me ke aloha a me ka ‘oia‘i‘o,

Kamana‘opono M. crabbe, Ph.D.Ka Pouhana/chief Executive Officer

b u i l d i n g a b E t t E r l ah u i t o g E t h E r

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A formerly pristine ‘ohi‘a for-est devastated by Rapid ‘Ohia Death in Puna on Hawai‘i Island. - Photo: Courtesy J. B. Friday

Kumu Hula Leina‘ala Kalama Heine. - Courtesy photo

OHa urges state to stop enforcement action and arrests citing legal concernsby Ka Wai Ola staff

Five Trustees of the Office of Hawai-ian Affairs and Chief Executive Officer Kamana‘opono Crabbe visited Mauna Kea protectors in a site visit to the mountain.

Board Chair Robert Lindsey said the meeting was “an opportunity for us to share and meet and talk about issues important to the protec-tors of the Mauna.”

“My sense is it was a very productive space of time that we had with them,” Lindsey said. “They were very passionate; they were very thought-ful.”

He added he’s “glad we had that opportunity to be on the mountain. It is a special place. The spirit felt nice. It was a beautiful and just an awesome day to be in the setting.”

Lindsey was joined on the site visit by Trust-ees Dan Ahuna, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, Colette Machado and Lei Ahu Isa.

The meeting had been arranged the week prior to the visit to coincide with the board’s annual meeting on Hawai‘i Island, and came just hours

after officers from the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement arrested eight people in an area across the road from the Mauna Kea Visi-tors Center.

The eight were arrested for violating emer-gency rules prohibiting people from staying in the area between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.

OHA released the following statement hours after the arrests.

“The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly con-demns this morning’s arrests on Mauna Kea and again urges the state to cease further enforcement action and arrests until legal questions relating to the Mauna Kea emergency rules are properly resolved. It is our understanding that the individu-als were arrested this morning while they were in the act of pule, or prayer. Native Hawaiians have constitutionally protected rights to reasonably engage in traditional and customary practices, and regulations cannot eliminate the exercise of

these rights. We hope for a resolution that ensures our beneficiaries’ rights are protected instead of violated.”

It is the second time the state made arrests while enforcing the emergency rules. On July 31, seven were arrested and six others were given citations for camping in a restricted area of the mountain.

At the time, OHA asked the state to stop fur-ther enforcement until legal issues could be addressed.

Meanwhile, on Sept. 16, OHA sent a letter to the Office of Mauna Kea Management (OMKM) expressing serious concerns over the demolition of an ahu constructed by protectors of Mauna Kea in June. OHA said in a statement, “OHA notes OMKM’s own Comprehensive Management Plan requires procedures related to the construction of cultural features, preservation of cultural land-scapes, and cultural training for workers on the mauna, none of which have been properly imple-mented. This incident is just the latest example of OMKM’s inadequate stewardship of one of Hawai‘i’s most sacred sites. OHA demands that OMKM, through its future actions, demonstrate an actual commitment to culturally sensitive management and accept its responsibility to do a better job in the future.”

Then, on Sept. 21, the DLNR dismantled a tent that had been erected across from the Mauna Kea Visitors Center. The DLNR said it did so after reaching an understanding with the protec-tors, who agreed to vacate the tent. No one was arrested. The DLNR said it did not spot anyone camping in the restricted area at the time. ¢

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OHA visits Mauna Kea

Trustees and administrative staff visited with protectors on Mauna Kea at Hale Ku Kiai Mauna near the Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station. Board of Trustees Chair Robert Lindsey, Jr. called the it “an opportunity for us to share and meet and talk about issues impor-tant to the protectors of the Mauna.” - Photos: Alice Silbanuz

by Kehaunani Abad

“Okay, ladies. You are ready to fly … If I can sit out here … while the class is going on in the next room, then they’re ready to carry on,”* said our Kumu Leinä‘ala Kalama Heine when the kumu she had taken through to

‘uniki (graduation) were preparing hälau Nä Pualei o Likole-hua for the Merrie Monarch Festival in 2010.

As anyone who knows Leinä‘ala Kalama Heine will recall, Kumu was often ahead of the curve, and always prepared with an organized, purposeful plan.

At the time, Kumu’s daughters, ‘Auli‘i Hirahara and Heali‘i Heine, were ‘ölapa (dancers). And Kumu’s eldest daughter, Niuli‘i Heine, was taking on her new role as kumu, along with

Mälie Shiraishi-Nagao and Noelani ‘Iokepa-Guerrero. Following Kumu’s plan, hälau has continued on these past

weeks without missing a beat. Yet despite how well Kumu prepared for a smooth transition upon her passing, there is no way for so many of us in and out of hälau to fill the intensely warm and wonderful role she played in our lives.

“We shared her with not just our family, but with an extended, extended, extended family,” said ‘Auli‘i.

“I liken her to Haumea — a woman from which much life and knowledge and creation and growth comes — a woman of con-viction, connection, inspiration, and innovation,” said Noelani.

“For many of us in hälau, she was like a second mother. She was a female role model of strength and nurturing, wisdom and beauty, grace and fortitude. She touched the lives of many people — those who may have known her for decades and some who had the awesome opportunity to know her for a brief moment.”

‘Auli‘i, who teaches at Kamehameha Schools, described how one of her students connected with Kumu at Keiki Hula competitions years ago. “My student said, ‘I used to love looking at her when she was a judge … I would be nervous, but my favorite part was when I would look out into the crowd

and I would look at your mom, she would be smiling right back at me.’”

“Her light is so bright,” said Niuli‘i. “You actually can feel her energy. She’s giving of herself — her spirit, her essence, she’s willingly giving,” recalled Heali‘i.

A big part of Kumu’s giving was through guiding. “She pushed you to be the best you could be. Even if you didn't know you had that potential, she saw it in you and drew that out of you,” said Mälie.

“You know what her famous saying is? ‘I know each and every one of you better than you know yourselves.’ She can meet some-one once. But she would know exactly who that person is and what they’re feeling,” said Niuli‘i. “I think it comes through hula … Using all your senses, which is aloha and what it represents — to taste, to touch, to smell, to see, to feel, to hear.”

Mälie recalled, “It was amazing how she could tell when we weren’t feeling good

physically, emotionally, mentally. Somehow she would know and ask, ‘Ok, what’s wrong?’ Even if you told her nothing was wrong, she kept probing until she pulled it out of you. Then the healing journey would begin and it didn’t seem that great

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Pua mai na pualei o liko lehua i ka lei o ke aloha mau a mau

(May 19, 1940 – september 9, 2015)

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A joyful visit of 14 kumu hula to Halema‘uma‘u in 2010. Decades of training had culminated a year prior when Kumu Leina‘ala was ready to have 13 long-time Na Pualei o Likolehua haumana ‘uniki (graduate) as kumu. Pictured (from left to right) are Sky Gora, Janice Uemori, Niuli‘i Heine, Malie Shiraishi-Nagao, Leina‘ala Heine, Noelani ‘Iokepa-Guerrero, Mehanaokala Hind, Pi‘ilani Hanohano, Liko Cooke, Mikie Medeiros, Reyna Keaunui, Ka‘iulani Odom, Judy Layfield, and Jory Cummins.

Leina‘ala Kalama Heine with her children at Mother’s Day 2015. From left to right, Kalama Heine, Heali‘i Heine, ‘Auli‘i Hirahara, and Niuli‘i Heine.

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Heine

*From an interview by ‘Äha‘i ‘Ölelo Ola aired in March 2010 and posted by ‘Öiwi TV in September 2015 (www.oiwi.tv).

Tutu with her mo‘opuna (from left to right) La‘iakea Hirahara, Malie Heine, Kialoa Heine, Pi‘ilani Hirahara, Kalamaku Heine, and Maluhia Hirahara on the occasion of Kialoa’s baptism in 2007.

NATIVE HAWAIIANSOUR FUTURE YOUR VOTEOCTOBER 15, 2015 DEADLINE TO BE CERTIFIED TO VOTE

Native Hawaiians may register with the Roll Commission at kanaiolowalu.org or Hawaiian Registry at oha.org/registryCheck your status at kanaiolowalu.org or call (808) 973-0099.

For more on the Na‘i Aupuni election and the ‘Aha process:

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Why should Hawaiians seriously consider this opportunity to form a Hawaiian government?

Election & ‘Aha InformationEnd of September 2015List of qualified delegate candidates announced.

October 15, 2015Voter Certifi cation by the Hawaiian Roll Commission closes.

November 1, 2015Ballots will be sent to voters certified by the Roll Commission as of 10/15/15. Voting begins.

November 30, 2015Voting ends.

Day after voting endsElection results announced publicly.

Between February and April 2016 ‘Aha held on Oahu over the course of eight consecutive weeks

Two months after ‘Aha concludesIf delegates recommend a form of Hawaiian government, a ratification vote will be held among all certified Native Hawaiian voters.

by Ka Wai Ola staff

For years, millions of visitors to the Jaggar Museum in the Hawai‘i Volca-noes National Park

have been captivated by a dynamic mural by artist-his-torian Herb Kawainui Käne of Hawaiian spirits associ-ated in chant and stories with volcanoes in Hawai‘i.

The artwork has been restored and is once again bright and colorful. The mural, A Pantheon of Volcano Spirits, depicts volcano goddess Pele-honuamea, her brother and shark god Kamohoali‘i, rival demigod Kamapua‘a and other Hawaiian deities affiliated with volcanoes.

The restoration work was done thanks to an $8,000 grant by Tourism Cares, a $1,600 dona-tion and 32 hours of service by the non-profit

Friends of Hawai‘i Volca-noes National Park.

Several pieces of Käne’s art are displayed in the national park for the public to enjoy. Käne was consid-ered one of the principal figures in the renaissance of the Hawaiian culture and was renown for his work illustrating the history and culture of the Hawaiian and

Polynesian islands. He was also a general designer and builder of the sailing canoe Höküle‘a, and he served as its first captain in 1975. Käne died in 2011.

Tourism Cares’ mission is to preserve and enhance the travel experience for future genera-tions and awarded its “Tourism Cares Special Globus Grant” to the friends of the park orga-nization. ¢

herb Kane artwork restored at Volcanoes national park

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Visitors admire the newly restored Herb Kane mural, A Pantheon of Volcano Spirits, in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park's Jaggar Museum. - Photo: NPS/Stephen Geiger

The restoration work was done thanks to an $8,000 grant by Tourism Cares, a $1,600 donation and 32

hours of service by the non-profit Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes national Park.

oHa in THe CommuniTy

CElEbration for thE quEEnThe 9th Annual ‘Onipa‘a celebration marked the 177th birthday of Queen Lili‘uokalani with a display of the Ku‘e Petition, music, hula, food, crafts and cultural demonstrations. The Sept. 6 event drew hundreds to the grounds of 'Iolani Palace. - Photos: Alice Silbanuz



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(Waimea)October 11, 2015 at 4 pm

Kahilu Theatre 67-1186 Lindsey Road

Kamuela, HI 96743The fi lm starts at 4 pm with a Q&A session with the fi lmmakers. Prior to the fi lm there will be an active, participatory, cultural workshop in the afternoon.

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Nola Nahulu provided musical direction to a choir that was part of the interfaith program that honored Lili‘uokalani as a leader of spirit, grace and righteous action. Representatives from the Baha‘i, Buddhist and Christian faiths shared short reflections about the need for people across faith communities to work collectively for peace and justice.

Halau Na Pualei o Likolehua performs for the crowd in front of the Coronation Pavilion.

Makaio Villanueva, from the ‘ili of Kaluao-palena, had the opportunity to make beau-tiful la‘i lei at the Kalihi-Palama Hawaiian Civic Club table.

Soulee Stroud, Earl Pa Mai Tenn (trustee to the estate of Nadine Alexander Kahanamoku), Jolana Gollero and Chris Andres pose for a photo at the Kahanamoku Scholars information table. Gollero is a third year medical student at UH-JABSOM and recipient of the Nadine Kahan-amoku Scholarship that is available to Native Hawaiian students studying at UH-JABSOM.

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oha Board actions compiled by garett Kamemoto

The following actions were taken by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, and are sum-marized here. For more information on board actions, please see the complete meeting minutes, posted online at oha.org/BOT.

Aug. 20, 2015 Motion

Motion to approve the OHA Resolution “congratulating Louis K. ‘buzzy’ Agard Jr. for his numerous accomplishments and thanking him for a lifetime of service to the Hawaiian community,” revised version.

Motion passed with five AYEs and four EXcusED.

Aug. 27, 2015

Motion to approve second Reading of bOt #15-03, Reorganization of the standing committee structure of the OHA board of trustees to create the committee on Resource Management.

Motion passes with seven AYEs and two NOEs.

sept. 10, 2015

Motion to approve the chair’s appointment of the Ad Hoc committee on bylaws Review, with trustee John Waihe‘e IV as chair; trustee Lei Ahu Isa as Vice chair; and Ms. Koalani Kaulukukui, Mr. Reynold Freitas, and Mr. Nathan takeuchi as members.

Motion passed with six AYEs and three EXcusED.

Motion to approve the chair’s appointment of the Ad Hoc committee on Economic Innovation, with trustee Lei Ahu Isa as chair; trustee Peter Apo as Vice chair; and Mr. Eddie Flores, Ms. Lisa Victor, and Mr. Francis Oda as members.


Motion to approve the chair’s appointment of the Ad Hoc committee on Mauna Kea, with trustee Dan Ahuna as chair; Dr. Kamana‘opono crabbe as Vice chair; and Ms. Jocelyn Doane, Mr. Robert g. Klein, Esq., and Mr. sterling Wong as members.


Motion to approve the chair’s appointment of the committee on Resource Management leadership, with trustee colette Machado as chair and trustee s. Haunani Apoliona as Vice chair.


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by garett Kamemoto

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees has realigned its com-mittees to collapse the former Land and Prop-

erty Committee and the Asset and Resource Management Committee into a single committee.

The new Resource Management Committee was approved by two votes of the full board over two meetings. The Beneficiary Advo-cacy and Empowerment Committee remains unchanged.

Chair Robert Lindsey, Jr. urged his colleagues to support the move saying it would streamline opera-tions. “This new committee is about enhancing this board’s ability to

meet higher standards of ethics, transparency and accountability that are expected from our oversight responsibilities,” he said.

Trustee Colette Machado will be the chair of the new committee

while Trustee Haunani Apoliona will serve as vice-chair.

In addition, the board also approved three new Ad-Hoc Committees made up of trustees, OHA staff and members of the community. They are:

• Ad Hoc Commit-tee on Mauna Kea, to address long-standing unresolved issues stemming from the

irresponsible stewardship of Mauna Kea, Chair Trustee Dan Ahuna.

• Ad Hoc Committee on Eco-nomic Innovation, to review and report potential economic innovations and initiatives for con-sideration by OHA, Chair Trustee Lei Ahu Isa.

• Ad Hoc Committee on Bylaws Review, to identify provisions in the board’s bylaws that may need to be updated, clarified, added or removed, Chair Trustee John Waihe‘e IV. ¢

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Board of Trustees Chair Robert Lindsey, Jr. addresses beneficiaries who attended the board’s annual meeting on Hawai‘i Island. - Photo: Alice Silbanuz

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Kanoho ‘ohana renovates home to be closer to familyby Francine Kananionapua Murray

“We would definitely use the Mälama Loan Program again,” said Mari Kanoho, who, together with her husband, John, received a Mälama Loan from the Office

of Hawaiian Affairs a few years ago to update their kitchen on the Big Island and are now renovating an apartment on O‘ahu.

The charming local couple was happy with the reno-vations of their home in the Volcano district, which included new kitchen appliances, cabinets and a new floor — to make it look like a brand new kitchen.

But sadly, Mari was hurt and was not able to return to work. As a result of her injury, their bills started to become a challenge and they ran into financial trouble. “Even though we kept up with our payments it was a little difficult for us,” said Mari. “But we were able to manage and come out of it okay.”

Mari contacted Consumer Credit Counseling, which

helps families regain control of their financial lives through counseling and education, because even though they were able to keep up with their payments they felt the situation was a little overwhelming. The lender and counselor helped the Kanoho ‘ohana to keep their finan-cial state of affairs under control in their time of need.

“We are now moving on and looking at another renovation. We’re actually renovating an apartment in Honolulu this time,” said Mari. “We are working toward it, talking to contractors and will hopefully start in either November or December. It’s both exciting and scary.” They are happy that the interest rates are still low.

“I appreciate OHA having this loan program avail-able to us.”

In their very own version of flip-this-house the Kano-hos are taking on a full renovation this time. They are replacing the entire kitchen and master bath, which includes a storage and laundry area, putting in new flooring and repairing damaged ceilings. In addition, they are expanding the living room by extending the indoor area into the länai.

“Our grandchildren are currently living in Hono-lulu,” Mari said excitedly. “It would be nice to be in it by Christmas.” ¢

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by claire Ku‘uleilani Hughes, Dr. PH., R.D.

Our Hawaiian ancestors respected all things in their universe. They recognized the power and generosity of the

gods and were grateful for their protection and gifts. Early Hawai-ians recognized the mana (spiritual essence) of all things, animate and inanimate, and protected that mana. The ancestors were grateful for the gifts and abundance provided by the land and the gods. Gratitude and respect were values central to Hawaiian culture. Cultural values

and appropriate behaviors were taught, exemplified and expected — without question. Keiki learned these behaviors, early, like acknowledging the presence of one another, greeting even strangers with a smile or nod (“aloha e ka malihini.”) Respected mäkua and küpuna taught vital skills for living and survival – fish-ing, swimming, hunting, making fishhooks and nets, farming, iden-tifying and preparing healing herbs, prayer chants, and so on. Keiki respected their teachers by listening attentively and carefully observing the processes being demonstrated. Keiki held all questions until the elders offered the opportunity to ask them. These are Hawaiian ways in learning and being.

Early Hawaiians had exten-sive experience in thoughtful use and management of resources and fruits of their labors that provided sustenance for the ‘ohana. Pre-

cious resources were never wasted. Hawaiians were cultivators from very ancient times, relying on agriculture to provide most of the food for their extended ‘ohana and others. Tools and conditions were very rudimentary compared to the tools, equipment and fertilizers used in farming today. Yet, they made it work, by their ingenuity and toil. When the first explorers arrived and needed provisions, Hawaiians were able to fulfill those needs and still have sufficient food for themselves.

Hawaiian planters were skilled experimental horticulturists who had amassed a great deal of knowledge about their crops. They knew the anatomy of the plants and conditions required for each to grow and flour-ish. The terrain, soil and climate were used ingeniously to help the plants adapt to a variety of conditions. Irrigation for lo‘i was provided by ingenious feats of engineering, tap-

ping streams and rivers far mauka of the fields; and then, redirecting water to the lo‘i. However, for large fields of ‘uala, Hawaiians relied on the generosity of the gods for bountiful seasonal rains.

According to Hawaiian philosophy, all natural phenomena, like thunder, rocks, plants, and animals were kino-lau (bodily forms) assumed by the gods. As described by Mary Kawena Pukui, the rain clouds, hogs, gourds and ‘uala, represent Lono. Kalo, sugar cane and bamboo are kinolau of Käne. Banana, squid and some other forms of ocean life are kinolau of Kanaloa. Coconut, ‘ulu and vari-ous forest trees are kinolau of Kü. The god-form in foods provides spiritual nourishment, strength and protection. Foods play a significant role in spiri-tual ceremonies when the gods were asked for guidance and protection. The gods were present in everything our ancestors did, from preparation of lo‘i, to planting and harvesting of food plants. Prayers were said and thanks were given for the blessings of rain to grow the crops, for productive fields,

and for robust health. The chants and prayers in farming are recorded in the writings of Samuel Kamakau, Kawena Pukui and others.

Hawai‘i has changed greatly. Modernization and “progress” have changed almost everything. The cultural values and practices that served our ancestors well are replaced. We no longer farm or fish for the ‘ohana. And the responsi-bility for community is a function of our government. So, do Hawai-ians still have kuleana to protect Hawai‘i? In fact, it has never been more important for Hawaiians to protect Hawai‘i. The ever-chang-ing population and over-use and abuse of the ‘äina by construction and constant influx of thousands of visitors, makes our participation in preservation critical. We need to protect the gifts provided by Papa, Wäkea and the gods. We can begin within our own communities by joining community efforts to pro-tect and restore the ‘äina. We need to bring abuses to light and then press and work for solutions. ¢

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‘o-hi‘a trees have been dying at an alarming rate on Hawai‘i Island.

“Worst case scenario … Hawai‘i would never be the same,” said Flint Hughes of the U.S. Department of Agri-culture Forest Service.

Rapid ‘Öhi‘a Death is a newly identified disease that has killed thousands of acres of mature ‘öhi‘a trees.

‘Öhi‘a covers 840,000 acres of land in the state, more than 600,000 of those acres are on Hawai‘i Island.

Christy Martin, public information officer for the Coordi-nating Groups on Alien Plant Species, said death of ‘öhi‘a could threaten the rainforest. She said the structure of the tree allows it to attract and hold water. “That allows the water to seep very slowly into the watershed,” she said.

Two years ago, homeowners in the Puna area of Hawai‘i Island started to report something was killing mature health ‘öhi‘a trees in their yards. It wasn’t until last year when researchers discovered a fungus called Ceratocystis fimbri-ata. “This fungus is shutting down the water transport system in the tree and when it turns off the water, obviously the tree is going to turn brown and die,” said Martin.

The disease has begun to touch Wao Kele o Puna, land owned by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Land and Property Manager Jonathan Ching said the disease “is a major threat to our native forest and our cultural practitioners who access and utilize forest products.”

He added the disease is “affecting the forest’s native spe-cies canopy, without which we can expect a rise in invasive species that would spring up.”

“When you think about what ‘öhi‘a means to our culture, and what it means to the communities on Hawai‘i Island, you're talking about the loss of that part of our culture for-ever,” said State Rep. Jarrett Keohokalole. “For too many Hawaiians already, the only time they see ‘öhi‘a is when they visit the hotels. The songs, the chants, the practices associ-ated with ‘öhi‘a and all the other plants and animals that depend on ‘öhi‘a - will be that much harder to continue to preserve if they lose their significance on Moku o Keawe.”

In 2014, an estimated 6,000 acres from Kalapana to Hilo had ‘öhi‘a stands where at least half the trees had died.

As a result, people are no longer able to transport ‘öhi‘a plants and plant parts from Hawai‘i Island except by permit.

The state Department of Agriculture passed emergency rules in late August in an attempt to prevent the disease from infecting trees on other islands.

“We are not seeing it on the other islands and we’re determined to do everything we can to keep it that way,” said Hughes.

It’s not known exactly how the fungus spreads from tree to tree, but what is known is that humans can help spread it. The fungus remains alive in the tree for as long as a year after it dies or is cut down.

Once the tree dies, Hughes said, beetles bore into it leaving a sawdust-like frass behind that can be transported on the clothes, shoes, vehicles and tools.

Researchers say shoes can be decontaminated with a 10-percent solution of chlorine bleach. Clothes and packs should be washed in hot water. Vehicles used off-road in infected areas should have their undercarriages washed so as not to carry infected soil to other places. In addition, tools can be cleaned with a Lysol-brand concentrate or a 70 percent solution of rubbing alcohol.

Martin said those gathering ‘öhi‘a for cultural purposes should try to do it in areas currently not infected to minimize the risk of spreading the fungus.

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‘Ohi‘a plants blooming at Kı lauea Iki, Hawai‘i Island.

Ceratocystis stains on the sapwood of affected trees. The fresh-cut wood also has a strong fruity odor.

Source: UH Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife

What you can doDecontaminate before and after you visit the forest:• Clean shoes and tools

with a freshly-prepared solution of 10% chlorine bleach and 90% water

• Tools can be cleaned with 4oz/gal LysolTM Brand Concentrate or 70% rubbing alcohol solution

• Chain saws blades should be brushed clean, sprayed with solution and run briefly

• The undercarriage of vehicles used off road should be cleaned so as not to carry contaminated soil to other areas

• Clothing and packs should be machine-washed in detergent and hot water

If you are gathering ‘öhi‘a for cultural practices, visit ohiawilt.org for cur-rent map of infected areas and select areas outside the zones for gathering.

You may not transport ‘öhi‘a plants and parts from Hawai‘i Island. This includes flowers, leaves, seeds, stems, twigs, cuttings, untreated wood, logs, mulch and green waste without a permit from the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture.

By Garett KamemotoPhotos: J.B. Friday

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Symptoms of Rapid ‘Ohi‘a Death

• Crowns of infected trees turn yellowish (chlo-rotic) and subsequently brown within days to weeks; dead leaves remain on branches for some time.

• In some instances, leaves of single branches or limbs turn brown before the rest of the crown becomes brown.

• Within two or three weeks all the branches in the crown of an infected tree show symptoms.

• Ceratocystis manifests itself as dark, nearly black staining in the sapwood along the outer margin of the trunks of affected trees.

• The stain is often radially distributed through the wood.

Sites where Ceratocystis Wilt of ‘ohi‘a confirmed on hawai‘i island

Visitors dunk their boots in a bleach bath to decontaminate as a

preventive measure.

‘Ohi‘a. - Photo: Johnathan Ching

Two views of the same stand of ‘ohi‘a trees. At left, the forest stand in 2008. At right, the same stand that has been heavily impacted by Rapid ‘Ohi‘a Death.

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a mountain to get over.” Kumu’s way of restoring well-

ness and bringing out greatness in individuals was as effective at a larger scale.

“My mom is all about shifting and moving and making changes,” said Niuli‘i. For instance, when Kumu started competing in Merrie Monarch, hälau would walk on stage, position themselves, and then the dance would begin. When the music or chanting was over, the group ended and walked off.

In 1976, Kumu went out of the box and brought Nä Pualei o Likolehua on and off with an oli (chant), ka‘i (entrance dance) and a ho‘i (exit dance) — now standard practice for all hälau.

Establishing cultural proto-cols to bring greater meaning and grounding to organizations and their activities were some of Kumu’s greatest gifts to our

community. She did this with the O‘ahu Canoe Racing Association, St. Andrews Priory, the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, and Papakü no Kameha‘ikana, non-profit organization Kumu founded to engage families in cultural activi-ties and protocol.

She forwarded these protocols and training sessions, recalled ‘Auli‘i, “because she believed you had to understand and feel in your na‘au what you’re supposed to be doing and why it was so significant. You had to understand what you were chanting about.”

“What we need to do is inspire (people) to create their own (oli and mele) and to remember, to look at the past, to infuse it now so that we do it for the future,” ‘Auli‘i remembers her mother saying about pushing herself and others to take the next step in growth.

Kumu inspired exactly that when her kähea (call) brought hun-dreds to Waimänalo Beach Park this past summer solstice. From sunrise through noon, we joined

in pule, mele, oli, and hula, seek-ing the protection and well-being of Mauna Kea, our pae ‘äina, and honua. ‘Auli‘i explained, “She was for the lähui all the way.”

Still, as much as she would do anything for the lähui, Malie recalled, “above all ‘Ala was a mother and fierce protector of her children and grandchildren. They were her pride and joy.”

All of us in hälau could see that. Nothing made Kumu happier than when her mo‘opuna would arrive. She would carry the littlest ones while she taught us — kiss them, smell them, make them smile. It was beautiful.

In so many ways, Kumu treated everyone she met in that same way — always full of aloha, always giving of herself, always caring about other’s needs.

“She was a mother to everyone,” said Niuli‘i.

“She was a gift for everyone,” said Heali‘i.

“Her light and her teachings will live on in us all,” said Noelani. ¢



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Martin said researchers are in a race against time.

Hughes said there remain signs of hope for the ‘öhi‘a. He said it is still too early to tell whether the fungus will infect all ‘öhi‘a saying “what the ‘öhi‘a has going for it is broad genetic variation.”

He said that could be a signal that some varieties of the tree could be resistant to the fungus. He said researchers have so far not found the disease on the leeward side of Hawai‘i Island, which could mean that there are environmental factors that could stop the spread of the fungus.

And he said researchers are learning more every day.

He said he hopes as people take precautions, it will at least slow the spread of the disease to give research-ers time to find more answers.

Rep. Keohokalole urged every-one to help out. “Get involved. Meet with the people trying to stop this

disease and spread the word about what we can do to help prevent its spread. Talk to your ‘ohana. Talk to your neighbors. Share information about it on Facebook.” he said.

Martin said there are many dif-ficult decisions ahead, especially if the spread of Rapid ‘öhi‘a Death cannot be stopped.

“The potential solutions may be something we’re not currently com-fortable with,” Martin said. “But faced with the loss of ‘öhi‘a, would people consider something that’s cur-rently off limits in their mind such as replanting with a hybrid, trying to find varieties that are resistant and replant-ing the forest with that so at least we don’t have watershed collapse?”

She said Hawai‘i Island has dealt with something similar with the end of sugar cultivation. Acres of watershed land were replanted with trees.

“I don’t applaud all of the spe-cies they chose, but we have water because of that tough decision. I think people need to prepare them-selves for a tough decision.” ¢

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OHa grant helps the Boys & girls Club of Maui nurture keiki by Francine Kananionapua Murray

“Children are our main priority.” So says Kelly Pearson, Chief Executive Officer of the Boys

& Girls Club of Maui. Earlier this year OHA awarded the Boys & Girls Club of Maui a grant of $375,600 for its Power Hour Program, an after-school program that provides middle and high school youth a safe and nurturing environment to develop good study habits.

Pearson said, “I believe we pro-vide a safe place and we take care of children.”

Approximately 2,000 members register for the program annually, and, because the Power Hour Pro-gram is mandatory for members during the school year, they attend.

The Power Hour is an educa-tional assistance program, which consists of tutoring and homework help. “Sometimes it lasts an hour and sometimes it’s longer depend-ing on how much homework the kids have,” Pearson explained. “The staff helps them by checking their planners to see what needs to be done.”

The objective is always to have the kids finish their homework before they leave the club.

The Boys & Girls Club was char-tered in 2000, and has been tutoring children after school ever since.

The program motivates its members to strive to do their best academically, getting parents

involved in supporting their stud-ies from the moment they register their children.

In the program, the students are in a safe environment and only staff and members are allowed in the club. “When they are doing their home-work they see the staff every single day,” said Pearson. “They know it’s safe, and are comfortable enough that when they are doing their homework they can ask for help, which I think is very important.”

The grant assists with the larger goal of improving Native Hawaiian student proficiency in reading and math, thus increasing standardized test scores.

A large number of Boys & Girls Club members that are enrolled at the Paukükalo Club also attend Hawaiian immersion school. “They come over to our club on the bus and we have staff who speak fluent

Hawaiian,” Pearson elaborated. “They help the students with their homework.” The Power Hour has both English and Hawaiian speak-ing staff so they are able to help each student thrive.

“I love the organization. I believe

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DUKE PAOA KAHANAMOKU EXHIBITOngoing until Nov. 30.

From Olympic gold medals and daring surf adventures, to starring in Hollywood movies Duke Kah-anamoku was Hawai‘i’s beloved ambassador of aloha who gained the respect of admirers worldwide. The Bishop Museum is honoring Duke Kahanamoku with an exhibit made up of dramatic floor to ceil-ing graphic panels, historic photos, documents, and video excerpts. Visit the Bishop Museum to wit-ness the Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Exhibit, a reflection of Duke’s “larger than life” persona. Admis-sion $19.95 for adults, $12.95 for Kama‘äina/Military. For more information, visit bishopmuseum.org or call 808-847-3511.

ISLAND ARTS FESTIVALSat. Oct. 10, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Celebrate the Arts of Hawai‘i with live entertainment and great food at the Island Arts Festival featuring 75 to 100 fine artists and handcraft artisans, who display their art for sale. Art pieces include jewelry of all types, clothing, wood products, stained glass, ceramics, soaps and candles, bags, quilts, and lauhala products. Free admission. For more information contact Nancy Calhoun at 808-696-6717. For more infor-mation contact [email protected]

10TH ANNUAL MAUI ‘UKULELE FESTIVALSun. Oct. 11. 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Enjoy an afternoon of ukulele music at the beautiful Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Bring your blanket or lawn chairs and enjoy some of Hawai‘i’s favorite ‘ukulele players, including Jake Shimabukuro, Holu-nape, Raiatea Helm, Manoa DNA, Paula Fuga, Richard Ho‘opi‘i, Brittni Paiva, Kelly Boy De Lima and Derek Sebastian. There will be door prizes, food booths and more. Free admis-sion. Visit ukulelefestivalhawaii.org for more information.

MOLOKA‘I HOE CANOE RACE Sun. Oct. 11. 7 a.m.

The 63rd Annual Moloka‘i Hoe is a 41-mile Outrigger Canoe race from Moloka‘i to Oahu across the Ka‘iwi Channel. It is considered to be the world championship of men’s long-distance outrigger canoe racing. Beginning at 7 a.m. in Hale O Lono Harbor, and finishing at Duke Kah-anamoku Beach in Waikïkï, paddlers from around the world compete for the championship. The Moloka‘i Hoe is one of the longest running annual team sporting events in Hawai‘i. Perpetuating one of Hawai‘i’s and Polynesia’s most important and historic cultural traditions, the race tests the limits of physical and mental strength, courage, determi-nation, and teamwork. For more information visit molokaihoe.com.

THE HAWAIIAN ROOMThurs. Oct. 15, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Filmmaker Ann Marie Kirk pres-ents the film “The Hawaiian Room,” which tells the story of hundreds of Hawaiian dancers, singers, and musi-cians from Hawai‘i and how they became a part of the legacy of the pioneering Hawaiian Room, located at The Hotel Lexington in the heart of New York City. After you watch the film, get a chance to meet and hear from several original Hawaiian Room talents appearing in person. Then on Fri. Oct. 16. from 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m., the Room’s TeMoana Makolo will teach a special “Hapa-Haole Hula: Hawaiian Room Style!” workshop. Volcano Art Center at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. For more information visit www.hulapreservation.org.

NA MEA HULA WITH LOKE KAMANU AND ‘OHANASat. Oct. 17, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Native Hawaiian cultural special-ist Loke Kamanu and her ‘ohana will be sharing the knowledge and tradi-tion of “Na Mea Hula” (all things hula). The display will include a variety of instruments, implements and lei styles, all of which play an integral role in the life of a hula practitioner. Bring your family for a memorable hands-on experience. Volcano Arts Center, Hawai‘i Vol-canoes National Park. This event is free, however National Park entrance fee may apply. For more information, contact Desiree Cruz at 808-987-7288 or visit http://www.volcano artcenter.org.

3RD ANNUAL NORTH SHORE FOOD SUMMITFri. and Sat. Oct. 23-24 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The North Shore Food Summit is an annual two-day event that brings together a diverse group of par-ticipants to reflect upon and shape the future of the North Shore food system. This year’s theme is “Com-munity Food, Community Energy.” Participants will explore the con-nections between food and energy including traditional and cultural resource management and the eco-nomic and environmental costs of food and fuel import dependency. Waimea Valley and Turtle Bay Resort. For more information, visit northshoreland.org

‘ULANA LAUHALAWed, Oct. 28. 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Spend time with park rangers and cultural practitioners who share the art of ‘ulana lauhala, or pandanus weav-ing. Learn how to prepare leaves for weaving. This is part of Hawai‘i Vol-canoes’ ongoing ‘Ike Hana No‘eau workshops. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Kïlauea Visitor Center länai. Free admission.

BIG ISLAND CONSTRUCTION AND CAREER DAYThurs., Oct. 29. 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The construction and career day is for high school students interested in a career in the industry. Youth will meet industry professionals about careers in construction. Information about technical colleges, universities and apprenticeship training programs will also be available. Hilo Civic Auditorium. For more information visit hawaiiccd.com. ¢

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27TH ANNUAL TALK STORY FESTIVALSat. Oct. 17, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Enjoy storytelling performances by local storytellers on the theme “Hawai‘i, My Home.” Performers share their experi-ences living in, moving to, growing up in and returning to Hawai‘i, and what makes this places so special. Tellers include Uncle Tom Cummings, Lopaka Kapanui, Char-lene Kalae Campbell, TeMoana Makolo, Calvin Hoe and Jeff Gere. McCoy Pavilion auditorium at Ala Moana Regional Park. Free admission. For more information, go to www.honoluluparks.com

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A visitor makes a lauhala bracelet dur-ing a demonstration at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. - Photo: Jay Robinson

The Lexington Hotel’s Hawaiian Room brought island dancers and musicians to New York City, including prominent artists like Ray Kinney and Lani McIntyre in the early years. - Courtesy: Hula Preservation Society


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Kahele teaches how to make fresh flower lei on DVD

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The mutli-award winning musician, Kuana Torres Kahele, shares one of his other many talents in a new edu-cational DVD called “Make Lei,” one of the first ever videos on how

to make several different types of fresh lei. Kahele was a hula dancer long before he

became a musician, making his own lei as well as lei for others for as long as he can remem-ber. He later became a professional lei maker for various hälau competing in Merrie Mon-arch, weaving a full set of head, neck, wrist and ankle lei for each member in a hälau by himself. He believed that for competition the lei should all look the same, as if they were all made by the same hand.

Realizing there were so few people that made lei that looked like his, Kahele started

to teach as his tütü had taught him — always make lei with aloha. He also added a touch of his personal flare and resourcefulness creating his own individual style.

As Kahele traveled for his performances, he started holding workshops where he taught lei making. Later, he started recording short les-sons and posting them online.

Now, extended versions of his lessons are available on a convenient DVD that you can watch at your leisure. Gather your flowers and

follow along with Kahele as you create your very own beautiful fresh flower lei.

An oli (chant) to Laka, the deity of the forest, opens the video presentation. And then, the first lei Kahele teaches us to make is a tradi-tional lei haku featuring five colorful blossoms easily found on the Big Island.

The detail and his tips help to make even a difficult step easy to follow. Besides, it’s on video, so if you miss a step rewind it and watch it again until you get it.

There are more contemporary lei lessons that follow, in which he offers innovative, one-of-a-kind ideas in his techniques and suggested materials.

In total there a four lei styles featured on the DVD, interwoven with charming mo‘olelo, stories Kahele shares about himself, the culture and the lei.

One of Kahele’s tips from Facebook: If flowers are in short supply or you are in a pinch, you can buy a bouquet of flowers from the grocery store to make lei haku.

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Mauna Loa alert level elevated

The U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ele-vated the Volcano Alert for Mauna Loa from “normal” to “advisory.”

Scientists say the change in status indicates the volcano is showing signs of unrest. However the desig-nation does not mean a Mauna Loa eruption is imminent or certain.

The observatory’s seismic sta-tions have recorded elevated rates of shallow, small-magnitude earth-quakes on the mountain for the past year, while it has also measured inflation on Mauna Loa consistent with recharge of the volcano’s shal-low magma storage system.

“It’s possible that the increased level of activity at Mauna Loa could continue for many months, or years, without leading to an eruption,” said Tina Neal, Hawai‘i Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge. “It is also possible that the current unrest could be a precursor to the next eruption of Mauna Loa. But at this early stage, we cannot deter-mine precisely which possibility is more likely.”

Mauna Loa last erupted for three weeks in 1984. The eruption was preceded by up to three years of earthquake activity.

$8.6 Million for Native Hawaiian Education

The U.S. Department of Educa-tion has awarded $8.6 million in federal grants to support Native Hawaiian education programs

to improve academic achieve-ment, strengthen early childhood literacy and readiness programs, assist homeless families, and foster mentorship and academic support programs.

The grants were announced by Hawai‘i’s Congressional Delega-tion.

Sen. Brian Schatz said, “The 11 programs supported by these grants address the unique educational needs of Native Hawaiian students by using culturally relevant materi-als and curricula.”

“Native Hawaiian traditions are a core part of our state’s identity and each new generation of stu-dents should have the opportunity to learn in a culturally-appropriate way,” added Sen. Mazie Hirono.

Kamehameha partner-ships for college prep

Kamehameha Schools has partnered with the University of Hawai‘i and Chaminade University to advance Native Hawaiian student success statewide.

At the University of Hawai‘i, less than three percent of Native Hawaiian students transfer out of the community college system to attend UH Mänoa. The partner-ship with Kamehameha Schools is designed to give Native Hawaiian students a solid cultural and educa-tional foundation, preparing them for sustained success in college. KS Chief Executive Officer Jack Wong said the program will “offer Native Hawaiian students oppor-tunities to earn college credits in high school and increasing rates of post-secondary level enrollment and completion.”

The partnership with Chaminade would ensure Native Hawaiian stu-dents seeking degrees in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, will have a solid foun-dation.

Chaminade University’s director for the Office of Native Hawaiian Partnerships, RaeDeen Keahiolalo-Karasuda said the partnership will focus efforts in development of a cohort of Hawaiian STEM leaders. “A Hawaiian sense of place steeped in Hawaiian cultural practices will

be the foundation on which the cadre of 21st century STEM profes-sionals will be built,” she said.

Aloha ‘äina radio series on Hawai‘i Public Radio

The Kohala Center and Hawai‘i Public Radio are launching a 13-week original radio series exploring the traditional Hawaiian kinship with the natural world. The series will be comprised of approxi-mately 65 two-minute segments exploring the roots and historical endurance of the values of aloha ‘äina. The series began Sept. 21 and runs through Dec. 18, and will be archived on hawaiipublicradio.org.

Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer, president and CEO of The Kohala Center said, “When we first sat down with HPR a year ago, our goal was to help listeners – all lis-teners – deepen their reverence for the land and natural resources that sustain us.”

HPR President and General Manager Michael Titterton praised The Kohala Center saying it shares

“our commitment to community enrichment and, as a research orga-nization, they have the credibility to shape a rigorous and thought-ful exploration of the connection between indigenous wisdom and our modern relationships with the natural environment.”

Whales, other marine mammals gain protection

A federal court has settled two cases challenging the U.S. Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of Southern California and Hawai‘i. The settlement stems from the court’s ear-lier finding that the Navy’s activities illegally harm more than 60 separate populations of whales, dolphins, seals and sea lions.

As part of the agreement, the Navy has agreed to put important habitat off limits to mid-frequency sonar testing and testing and the use of powerful explosives.

Natural Resources Defense Council President Rhea Suh said the settlement protects the fleet and safeguard whales. “This settlement shows the way to do both, ensuring the security of U.S. Navy operations while reducing the mortal hazard to some of the most majestic creatures on Earth.”

“Some of the marine mammals threatened by Navy activities are already on the brink of extinction, such as the Hawaiian monk seal,” said Conservation Council for Hawai‘i’s Marjorie Ziegler. “This settlement helps protect the marine habitat the Fisheries Service just last month identified as essential to the seal’s survival.”

Warm ocean waters bleach Hawai‘i coral reefs

For a second year in a row, researchers say reefs are feeling the effects of coral bleaching as the result of warmer-than-normal ocean waters. Coral bleaching is the result of loss of algae living in the coral tissue, making it vulnerable to disease and increasing the risk the coral will die.

The state is advising people to reduce stressors on the reefs by

Poke nuHouNEWs bRIEFs

The OHA Board of Trustees presented Louis K. “Buzzy” Agard, Jr. with a resolution congratulating him for his numerous accomplish-ments and thanking him for a lifetime of service to the Hawaiian community on Aug. 27, in the OHA Boardroom. Seated: Louis K. “Buzzy” Agard, Jr. Second row: Trustees Leina‘ala Ahu Isa, Rowena Akana, Hulu Lindsey, daughter Lesley Agard, Trustees Colette Machado and Haunani Apoliona. Third row: Ka Pouhana/CEO Kamana‘opono Crabbe, nephew Keoni Agard, Chair Robert Lindsey, Trust-ees John Waihe‘e, Peter Apo, Dan Ahuna and son Kuni Agard. - Photo: Nelson Gaspar

louis K. “buzzy” agard, Jr. honorEd

Gas monitoring atop Mauna Loa. - Photo: Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey

being careful not to damage coral.Last summer, the reefs in the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands expe-rienced their third and worst reporting mass-bleaching event to date.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Superintendent for Papahänaumokuäkea National Marine Monument Athline Clark said, “With the Monument’s fishing restrictions and healthy herbivore populations, there’s hope the reefs in the NWHI will repopulate.”

Aloha Center opens in Chicago

A bit of Hawai‘i has opened in Chicago. The Aloha Center Chicago opened in the Avondale Vintage Building. Executive Direc-tor Lanialoha Lee said the center aims to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian culture in the Midwest.

Lee partnered with six other Chicago-based Polynesian and Hawaiian organizations to estab-lish the center. She called the center her grandmother’s dream and says a city-sponsored festival for Hawai-ians and other Pacific Islanders “is long overdue.”

Free Hawaiian cultural lessons

The City is holding free Hawai-ian cultural lessons at Kühiö Beach Park pavilion near Kealohilani Avenue. The classes start at 9 a.m. each Wednesday and include ‘ölelo Hawai‘i or Hawaiian language les-sons, Hula lessons and Hana No‘eau or handicrafts. The courses continue through Nov. 4. And are taught by parks department staff. ¢

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NOTICE OF CONSULTATIONSECTION 106 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC

PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966 AS AMENDED (2006)

HAMAKUA DRIVE BIKE-WAY IMPROVEMENTS

TRADITIONAL DISTRICT OF KOOLAUPOKO, ISLAND

OF OAHU, HAWAIIFEDERAL-AID PROJECT

NO. STP-6010 (001) Tax Map Keys: (1) 4-2-

001,003,038,077 AND 082

Notice is hereby given that the Federal Highway Administration, the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Highways Divi-sion, and the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Trans-portation Services propose a bikeway improvement project. The location of the project is in Kailua along Hamakua Drive. The project limits go from Kailua Road along Hamakua Drive to Keolu Drive. The current vehicle traffic and on-street parking configuration will be altered to accommodate the new bike lanes. The proposed condition will have at least one lane in each direction, with a possible reduction of on-street parking capacity. The City and County of Honolulu is also consid-ering implementing the removal of travel lanes from Hamakua Drive, between Hekili Street and Keolu Drive, which would reconfigure the vehicular travel lanes to provide one lane in each direction, and a two-way left turn median lane between Hekili Street and Aoloa Street. The planned undertaking includes the following tasks: removal of pave-

ment striping, markings and signage along the existing roadway and affected intersections, and instal-lation of new striping, markings, and signage to reflect the recon-figured vehicular and bicycle lanes and on-street parking. The existing pavement and edge of roadway will remain in its current condition. The only subsurface disturbance will be for the installation of signage. The area of potential effect for the proj-ect is proposed to be the existing Right-of-Way limits of Hamakua Drive and short segments of the intersecting streets.

Pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (2006), Native Hawaiian Organizations and Native Hawaiian descendants with ances-tral lineal or cultural ties to, cultural knowledge or concerns for, and cul-tural or religious attachment to the proposed project area are requested to contact Ms. Kelly Cruz via email at [email protected] or by US Postal Service to Attn: Kelly Cruz, City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Ser-vices, 650 South King Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

Please Respond by November 20, 2015.

HONOLULU AHUPUA‘ANOTICE TO INTERESTED

PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN that a human burial site, designated as State Inventory of Historic Places (SIHP) # 50-80-14-7770, and pre-viously disturbed, disarticulated human remains, designated as SIHP # -7772, were identified by Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i, Inc. during the course of an archaeological inven-tory survey related to the Block B West Project, Kaka‘ako, Honolulu Ahupua‘a, Honolulu (Kona) Dis-trict, O‘ahu, TMK: [1] 2-3-001:005 (portion).

Following the procedures of Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E-43, and Hawai‘i Admin-istrative Rules (HAR) Chapter 13-300, these remains are believed to be over 50 years old. Based on the context of the finds, they are most likely Native Hawaiian.

The project area is located within the ‘ili of Kukuluäe‘o. Background research indicates that during the

Mähele, this ‘ili was awarded to the American Board of Commission-ers for Foreign Missions. Kuleana (maka‘äinana) Land Commission Awards (LCA) within the vicinity include LCA 1903 to Lolohi and LCA 10463 to Napela. The land-owner is Victoria Ward Limited (VWL), and the contact person is: Dawn Chang, 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 750, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813 [TEL (808) 539-3583, FAX (808) 539-3581].

The landowner has proposed pres-ervation in place for SIHP # -7770 and relocation for SIHP # -7772; however, the decision to preserve in place or relocate these previously identified human remains shall be made by the O‘ahu Island Burial Council in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) and any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Appropriate treatment shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38.

All persons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these human remains are requested to imme-diately contact Ms. Regina Hilo at 601 Kamokila Boulevard, Room 555, Kapolei, Hawai‘i 96707 [TEL (808) 692-8015, FAX (808) 692-8020].

All interested parties shall respond within thirty (30) days of this notice and file descendancy claim forms and/or provide infor-mation to the SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from these designated burials or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the same ahupua‘a or district.

WAIALUA AHUPUA‘ANOTICE TO INTERESTED

PARTIES IS HEREBY GIVEN a historic property containing the human skeletal remains of an esti-mated minimum number of three individuals was documented by Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i, Inc. in the course of an archaeological inventory survey for a Hale‘iwa Town Improvement District Walk-way/Utility/ Landscaping Project The burial site is located in the ahupua‘a of Kawailoa, Waialua District, O‘ahu, TMK [1] 6-2-012:Kamehameha Highway Right-of-Way (City and County of

Honolulu) and TMK [1] 6-2-012:030 (Kamehameha Schools). The find is located east (mauka) across Kame-hameha Highway from the entrance to 66-011 Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa Joes Seafood Grill. The project proponent is the City and County of Honolulu (Department of Design and Construction) [con-tact: Ann Shimatsu (808) 768-8805/[email protected].

The find is a set of highly frag-mented human bone fragments found in a secondary context scat-tered throughout a layer of fill sediments. These fragments were discovered within an exploratory test excavation in a road shoulder and are not associated with any sur-face feature or subsurface cultural layer. This burial site is assessed as over 50 years old.

Background research indicates that in the Mähele this area was awarded to the ali‘i Victoria Kamä-malu. Neighboring kuleana claims were awarded including LCA 9951:3 to La‘anui and LCA 3942:4 to Nauahi (Nauwahi).

The decision to preserve in place or relocate these previously identified skeletal remains shall be made by the O‘ahu Island Burial Council and the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) in consultation with any recognized lineal and/or cultural descendants, per the requirements of HAR Chapter 13-300-33. Proper treatment of the burials shall occur in accordance with HAR Chapter 13-300-38 or 13-300-39.

It is hereby requested that per-sons having any knowledge of the identity or history of these burials immediately contact Ms. Regina Hilo, O‘ahu Burial Sites Specialist, located at Room 555 Käkuhihewa Building, 601 Kamökila Blvd., Kapolei, Hawai‘i, 96707, [Phone: (808) 692-8020, Fax: (808) 692-8020 e-mail [email protected]], to provide information regarding appropriate treatment of these burials. All interested par-ties should respond to this notice by filing descendancy claim forms with the SHPD and/or by providing information to SHPD adequately demonstrating lineal descent from this specific burial or cultural descent from ancestors buried in the vicinity of the survey area. ¢

Coral bleaching in Kane‘ohe Bay. - Photo: Courtesy DLNR

Aloha mai from Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau,

I have spoken to this topic on

numerous occasions since the first arrests happened on Mauna Kea in April, but the stakes are getting increasingly higher and the Univer-sity of Hawai‘i has been allowed to steer clear of any significant criticism or repercussions for its role in the disorder hap-pening on our mauna. We must demand action on the part of the State

to address the mismanagement of Mauna Kea and Haleakalä. They are protected natural environments and sacred cultural sites in the con-servation district and there is a long track record of adverse impacts, both culturally and environmentally.

In 1999, Nainoa Thompson spoke about Mauna Kea while serving on the UH Board of Regents, "This is really about abuse of the native people being subject to racism and disrespect.” We continue to hear UH’s justification for what has taken place on the mountain for the last 40 years, yet the facts don’t seem to correlate with the justification. To allow blatant mistruths outweigh the voice of the native people who have been demanding change and answers for far too long amounts to nothing more than what Mr. Thomp-son observed in 1999, blatant racism and disrespect. Enough is enough.

There is overwhelming doc-umented evidence of UH’s mismanagement of Mauna Kea and

more recently we have seen facts come to light about processes that

were undermined or flat out ignored in the approval of the TMT project. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court barraged UH and State attorneys in August with questions about why the conservation use district permit was approved prior to the contested case hearing taking place. The contested case was brought by a hui of Native Hawaiians asserting that cultural and natural environments would be adversely impacted as a result of the construction of TMT. The permit was approved while the con-cerns were being raised and

before the contested case took place. Native voices were disregarded. UH has everything to do with pushing this project through while ignoring Hawaiian voices and it is shameful because UH calls itself a center for “Hawaiian Learning.” A self-proclaimed Hawaiian learning institution that ignores the voices of Hawaiians sounds more like an institution of exploitation.

It is time we demand UH no longer have sole authority to manage our mauna. We need a collabora-tive management model that allows equal access and decision-making power to the various stakehold-ers associated with the mauna. We need cultural practitioners and environmental experts to work along-side each other to ensure that proper management of ecosystems, natural habitats, water resources, and the cultural significance of the mauna are given highest priority. We need a fully developed and funded decommission plan for ALL of the telescopes currently on the mauna. It is time for a change in management of the mauna. It is time for the com-munity to have an equal voice in the management of the mauna. Demand the change now! Demand action from OHA trustees, from legislators, from the DLNR, from UH, from the Governor, and demand action from your own peers and ‘ohana… the time for change is now, it is up to ALL of us to make it happen. ¢

A p e r s p e c t i v e offered by one of my col-leagues did not give a true

picture of the direction being taken by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees.

Instead, that perspective is a shameless distortion of a renewed effort by our nine-member policymak-ing board to enhance our ability to meet the higher standards of ethics, trans-parency and accountability that are expected from our oversight responsibilities.

To suggest that the decision to merge two standing committees into one is part of some larger effort to control power showed a lack of understanding for the amount of trust that has been placed in us as elected officials to act for the good of the organization, rather than for the benefit of ourselves.

At best, that particular viewpoint provided as much insight into the new direction being taken at OHA as you would expect to read in a cheap tabloid purchased at a supermarket checkout counter.

For the record, the OHA Board of Trustees voted on Aug. 27, 2015 to merge our Committee on Asset Resource Management with our Committee on Land and Property.

Two weeks later, the board named Trustee Colette Machado as the Chairperson, and Trustee Haunani Apoliona as the Vice Chairperson, of our newly-combined Committee on Resource Management.

Together, they bring 14 years of OHA board chairmanship experi-ence and a combined total of 38 years of OHA board experience to efforts to improve our board’s over-sight responsibilities.

In February 2014, the board had cre-ated our now-defunct Committee on Land and Property to improve OHA’s effectiveness as the 13th largest land-owner in the Hawai‘i, where we control more than 28,000 acres statewide.

About eight months later, our CEO

added to his executive team a Land & Prop-erty Director to oversee a newly-created division focused on addressing our growing challenges as a major property owner.

While the board’s now-defunct land committee and the administration’s existing land division have worked together in the past to help OHA’s efforts to be a responsible steward of the properties that we own, they also have not always enjoyed a

peaceful co-existence amid a series of sometimes-overlapping efforts to improve our effectiveness as a land and property owner.

With the newly-created Committee on Resource Management, our board expects to work more effectively with administration to better coordinate roles and responsibilities to avoid gaps or overlapping efforts that inter-fere with our ability to ensure that OHA’s land assets are well managed, and that the organization’s financial situation remains sound.

Make no mistake about it: our board’s decision to combine two of our standing committees is about avoiding an unnecessary drain on everyone’s time and OHA’s resources.

From my perspective, splitting our oversight responsibilities for OHA’s land and finances across two committees became an inefficient and ineffective way for us to oper-ate, especially since all of our nine trustees are members of the board’s standing committees, anyway.

By combining the two commit-tees, we expect to reap considerably greater rewards and foster more nimble decision-making for the ben-eficiaries who have entrusted us to maintain the financial accountability of our organization.

More importantly, those benefi-ciaries can count on the leadership at the helm of OHA’s board to always do one thing: exercise reasonable care in all decision making, with-out placing the organization under unnecessary risk. ¢


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Merging committees is about improving board’s oversight responsibilities

Mauna a Wäkea: A Time for Change

dan ahuna

Vice Chair, Trustee,

Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau

robert K. Lindsey, Jr.

Chair, Trustee, Hawai‘i

Participants in the Aloha ‘Aina march through Waikı kı . - Courtesy photo

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As our Warrior brother, Ku Ching, describes it, “I think I see some incremental changes in certain individual trustees and some evolution overall … into OHA get-ting more interested and playing a more active role on Mauna Kea issues.” Keep the Faith!

As I write this article, it is late September and the Board of Trustees has just approved the Ad Hoc Committee of

Mauna Kea and the Ad Hoc Com-mittee on Economic Innovations. Our caring and kind Chair Robert

Lindsey has appointed me as Chair of the Ad Hoc Economic Innovations Committee and as Chair, my committee and I intend to maximize our trust funds. Our “mission” and purpose will be to provide funds and to grow them in perpetuity so our generations to come will not go without. Our members will spend time in deliberation, intentional listening, and making decisions that will move OHA forward in its overall mission of carrying out our fiduciary duties.

Choices can be driven from the inside, or from the outside. The impetus to action can arise extrinsically, from sources outside of an individual, to gain a reward or avoid a punishment. Or, it can arise from within (intrinsically), related to (a) authentic needs or as (b) reaction to imposed control. An attempt to impose control may work for a time, but later backfire when the reward or punishment is no longer supplied.

Edward Deci, a humanistic psychologist whose work is quoted in Kohn, makes a

strong case that self-determination trumps control when teachers, parents or managers

are trying to promote respon-sible decision-making. The most authentic power driving choices, he believes, arises when you understand your needs and act in ways that serve those needs. Find details in his book “Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation (Penguin Books, 1996)

As a former teacher, I want to share with you what I would tell my students: Some of you will find my class materials and topics

more difficult than others. Indeed, some of you will struggle. But know this: it is my job to support your struggle; and every one of you will exit my class more knowledgeable about the content, better able to navigate it, and a more competent navigator of academ-ics in general, than when you first walked in that door.

And I leave you with one of my favor-ites: “Hardly anything important happens that doesn’t have to do with relationships. It’s getting to know people, being interested in them. Life is built on genuine relation-ships, where trust and integrity are without question. When that is there, there are no limits!”—G.T. Buck, president of Davis and Elkins College, on the roots of motiva-tion (the lead article in online Chronicle of Higher Education, 11-17-09

A hui hou, Trustee Lei ¢

‘Ano‘ai kakou… If you need something done, don’t bother talking to the Trust-ees anymore. The Administration is

running the show now. We’re just rubber stamps that sign whatever is put in front of us.

When the year began I had high hope that OHA would finally become open and transparent. Instead, it took just a half a year for the new Board Chair to take OHA a big leap backwards to the ultra-secret and consolidated power structure of the previous two Board Chairs.

passiVe trusteesI’ve always argued that being a Trustee

is not about simply showing up at a few monthly meetings. The people of Hawaii elected us in the hope that we would make their lives better. Unfortunately, the current Board Leadership is more interested in tying our hands and muffling our voice.

Fewer committees = more proBlemsIt was bad enough that there were only

three Trustee committees, but now we’re back to just two. The current Chair might argue that it will improve efficiency but the truth is it leaves one more Trustee with much less to do.

For many years OHA operated effectively with five committees. All of us worked hard and we were deeply involved in Hawaiian issues. Five Trustees had the opportunity to be a committee chair and could focus on a specific issue and become experts in that field. The five-committee system produced better Trustees.

The current two-committee system takes all the policy development out of our hands. It encourages us to just show up for meetings every other week. While we don’t really get to develop policy anymore, we certainly get all the blame when things don’t work out.

The Trustees are now dependent on the Administration to spoon feed us everything.

None of us ran for office just to keep some seats warm. Good Trustees should be driven

to find solutions to problems that are plaguing our people.

Instead, the Administration is taking advantage of the Board’s weakness to push their own agen-das, such as producing strange cartoons and travelling all over the world (more on this in my next article).

You’ll probably hear the term “Ad Hoc” sub-committees as a way of trying to get more of us involved, but don’t be fooled. They only make suggestions and are easy to ignore. If you don’t believe me, I can show you a list

of requests that the Board Chair and Admin-istration ignored when I was the powerful ARM committee chair. What results could a weaker sub-committee possibly produce?

Fiscal responsiBilityDespite the recent changes to the commit-

tee structure, I will continue to push for more fiscal responsibility within OHA such as:

• Limiting the Administration’s excessive international travel;

• Encouraging Board Leadership to give Trustees meaningful work and allowing them to gain further financial experience;

• Changing our spending policy limit to 4 ½ percent of the Trust Fund given the state of the current economy;

• Conducting a full forensic audit of how every penny is spent at OHA; and

• Making sure the Administration keeps its promise to get rid of the “Fiscal Reserve” slush fund.

These changes won’t come easy and I am sure to meet heavy resistance. But like I said, I didn’t become a Trustee just to attend a bunch of meetings every month.

Aloha Ke Akua. ¢

Interested in Hawaiian issues and OHA? Please visit my website at www.rowena akana.org for more information or email me at [email protected].

Maximizing the Mission through Motivation The tail is wagging the dog at OHA

rowena akana

Trustee, At-large

Leina‘ala ahu Isa, Ph.d.

Trustee, At-large

At left, Trustee Lei Ahu Isa and former trustee Clarence Ku Ching on Mauna Kea. Above, Lanakila Mangauil and Ching at the Hawai‘i Island meetings. - Photos courtesy Trustee Lei Ahu Isa

from mauka to makai…and online!

oha.orgStay connected.

As the ramp up toward an election of delegates who will convene to discuss and make recommendations for the re-emergence of a

Hawaiian Nation moves along I’m compelled to repeat some thoughts I expressed in a previous column about nationhood.

lost opportunityWe have wasted years preoc-

cupied by our anger at the federal government and frozen in the straightjacket of our tragic history. We’ve squandered so many time-sensitive opportunities to work on shaping and defining a common vision of our political future with a level of specificity that articulates what we mean by restoring the nation. The clock is tick-ing down and I fear we are not prepared to have the kind of dialogue that will present clear choices for Hawaiians and the rest of Hawai‘i to consider.

an independent nation?Hawaiian nationals, an intense and grow-

ing constituency of Hawaiians, citing the historical truth that Queen Lili‘uokalani never relinquished her throne, therefore, Hawai‘i is an illegally occupied nation. They do not recognize the authority of the State or Federal government and demand the nation be restored.

They advocate a path to restoring the Hawaiian nation lies in an appeal to the international community for intervention under international law. While I under-stand the logic and respect the case for independence from the U.S it’s not likely this strategy can succeed. The global body politic of the international community, for all its good intentions, is without author-ity to stop the human massacres occurring in the Middle East, the massive genocidal

operations of fanatic militarists of the Afri-can continent, the starvation of children

by the millions, and so forth. It’s naïve to think that the international community can coerce the United States into walking away from Hawai’i, a critical geo-militaristic command center of the nation’s forward thrust to the entire Pacif-ic-Asian theater, which includes China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Korea.

the Federal recognition optionIf federally recognized as Native

Americans Hawaiians can then through a democratic process such as Na‘i Aupuni propose a nation-

wtihin-a-nation model to the United States. While this model stops short of total sov-ereignty it does present self-determination opportunities that would restore a legiti-mate Hawaiian national consciousness that could yield a realignment of our political, social, cultural and economic institutions into a national growth model. The Hawai-ian institutional pantheon of the Ali‘i Trusts, OHA and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has a considerable combined eco-nomic capacity to support a unified national growth model.

the test of nationhoodWhat good is a nation if it cannot gener-

ate prosperity for its citizens? If our children cannot access a quality education? If home ownership, the foundation of all family wealth, is beyond the dreams of a vast majority of our people? If we continue to be grossly overrepresented in every socio-eco-nomic statistic? Who cares what flag flies over us if the transgenerational trauma of whole communities of dysfunctional fami-lies claims yet another generation of our children? What good is nationhood if the only thing that changes are the politicians? ¢

Trustee’s note: This month’s column is guest written by Scotty Bowman, my former chief of staff.

At the dawn of the 19th Century, the U.S. and Great Britain struggled for control of North America’s northern

Pacific Coast, a region rich in furs. By 1818, the countries agreed to share access to the Oregon Coun-try (present-day British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Idaho) until a boundary was agreed on.

During the winter of 1824-1825, in a bold move designed to anchor Britain’s claim to the Oregon Country, Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), the giant British fur trading organization, built a trad-ing post on the lower Columbia River. The site was selected because it was becoming the de facto boundary between British and American interests. The site offered flat land above the flood plain, easy access to the river and was surrounded by fertile farmlands. The intention was to make the fort self-sufficient, because shipping food was costly. The trading post was named Fort Vancouver and HBC moved its Columbia Department headquarters there from Fort George.

Over the next two decades, Fort Vancou-ver personnel enclosed more than 2,500 acres with fences and grew an excess of peas, oats, barley, wheat, fruit and vegeta-bles to feed habitants and provision other HBC posts. Some food was even exported for sale in Hawai‘i, Russia, Alaska and other markets. In addition, the fort became the fur trade capitol of the entire Pacific Coast.

As fashion carried the beaver hat to the height of popularity, demand for the ani-mal’s fur increased tremendously. From Fort Vancouver, HBC dispatched brigades of trappers that included between 50 and 200 men, women and children. Fur trap-ping was hard and dangerous because it was done during the winter, when pelts are thickest. After almost a year in the wil-derness, the brigades canoed back to Fort

Vancouver with their furs. When they arrived, it was a festive time and trappers donned their best and most colorful clothes. Winters in the wilderness convinced many they were superior to the fort’s regular work force.

Interestingly, many skilled trap-pers were non-swimmers. That fact concerned HBC officials after some trappers drowned when their canoes capsized in the thaw-swollen streams and rivers, and their entire winter catch of furs was lost. During a Hawai‘i supply stop, one HBC executive was

amazed by the swimming ability of Hawai-ians. Shortly thereafter, the company began hiring Hawaiians to comply with its new policy - each HBC canoe must include one Hawaiian. His job, if the canoe capsized, was to save trappers, tools and supplies, and their winter catch of furs.

At the same time, the trading post com-peted with the United States’ interests, by representing Britain’s business and govern-mental interests. Its warehouses stocked supplies for the fur brigades, the Native American and settler trade and for the 20 to 30 other company posts. Its shops bustled from dawn to dusk manufacturing as many items as possible. Sunday was the only day of rest. Carts rumbled back and forth piled high with supplies and firewood. Native Americans arrived to trade, passing farm-ers and herders tending crops and livestock. Company clerks determined how much who owed whom.

A village was constructed near the fort for company employees and their families. Residents included trappers, blacksmiths, carpenters and other laborers. In its heyday, the village housed over 500 people from diverse backgrounds including Hawaiians, French-Canadians, English, Scottish and members of more than 30 Native Ameri-can tribes. It consisted of a variety of small dwellings, with styles reflecting the diversity of its inhabitants. Today, the Fort Vancouver National Site is a premier archeological site well worth visiting. 34/48 ¢

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This November thou-sands of Känaka will receive ballots from Elections America, the company running the

election for the upcoming Native Hawaiian convention. Unfortu-nately, millions of dollars have been poured into establishing the roll for this election, but only a fraction has been put toward real education about what’s happening. When slick PR is prioritized over community dialogue, this violates kapu aloha. The protectors on Mauna a Wäkea and Haleakalä have shown us a kapu aloha is not a command to be nice in the face of harm. The kapu aloha compels us to confront difficult political issues, to speak truth to power, and to have empathy for those with whom we disagree. In that spirit, I humbly offer three things to consider about the upcoming election and convention.

1. When you enter the lion’s den, have an exit strategy.

Proponents of the Native Hawaiian roll and convention have not been forthright about the genealogy of rolls and reorgani-zation in U.S. history. The establishment of Native rolls goes back to the 1887 General Allotment Act, aimed at assimilating the “Indians.” This act resulted in massive land loss for the original nations. Rolls have also created destructive and divisive ways of verifying Native identity. The term “reor-ganized governing entity” goes back to the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, which allowed limited tribal self-governance under US plenary power. In contemporary times, the settler state pushes for a roll and reorganized governing entity so that it has someone to negotiate with. The occupier wants to quiet Hawaiian claims to land and natural resources. The entity created out of the upcoming reorganization process would enter negotiations with the state and federal governments from a subordinate position. When the settler state pushes that entity to settle our sovereign claims in exchange for the Hawaiian homelands, OHA’s assets and

Kaho‘olawe, how will the entity respond? What will be the exit strategy?

2. Process is as important as product.

Numerous Känaka have pointed out how exclusionary the Kana‘iolowalu and Na‘i Aupuni process has been. The current roll does not even include half of the Hawaiian population, and not all people on the roll will vote in the elections. A recent study, pub-lished in the American Political

Science Review, looked at 138 countries that adopted new constitutions between 1974 and 2011. These constitutions resulted in more democratic societies less than half of the time. The researchers found the process was the most important determining factor in increasing the power of the people, even more important than the text of the con-stitutions produced. Governments should be built from the ground up. ‘O ke kahua ma mua, ma hope ke kükulu. The existing process was not built on a solid foundation of support from the lähui. The settler state initiated this process with Act 195, and the Roll Commission was appointed by the governor, not the Hawaiian people.

3. In light of all this, what might the del-egates do?

A solid constitution cannot be drafted in only forty days, and the forty delegates who gather will not have the authority to speak for the entire lähui. Instead, the ‘aha delegates should consider:

• Declaring that they do not have the authority to represent all Känaka, or the Hawaiian nation;

• Proposing an inclusive, community-controlled process for engaging all Känaka in strategic-planning toward building a gov-ernment;

• Offering some guiding principles to consider for such a process;

• Stating that the Hawaiian nation will settle for no less than the return of all of our national lands. ¢

On Monday July 13, 2015, House Bill 393 was signed into law by Gover-nor Ige. According to the bill, “The leg-

islature finds that the repair or restoration of Hawaiian loko i‘a (fishponds) may require permits from the department of land and natural resources, department of health, office of planning, federal agencies, and county agencies. The legislature further finds that the permit process for repair or restoration of loko i‘a may be time-consuming, complicated, confusing, and inconsistent across agencies. Burdensome regula-tions and permit requirements have historically prevented community organizations or native Hawaiian lawai‘a (aquaculturalists) from initiating projects to restore, repair or maintain loko i‘a.”

The whole process in obtaining the certi-fications and permits required for restoring the fishpond can take many years and the Clean Water Act requires first a water quality certification and permit from the Department of Health and then a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers before the restoration activities can begin. To streamline the process the Department of Land and Natural Resources is implement-ing a statewide programmatic general permit and programmatic agreement that would allow applicants to submit a single permit application for review. This law waives the requirement to obtain water quality certi-fication for projects authorized under the state programmatic general permit, and greatly simplifies the process of restoration based on cultural practice.

Since the bill was signed into law, Läna‘i was the first community to take advantage

of this opportunity to restoring a fishpond under new permitting and certification. Wai‘öpae fish-pond is the largest of at least five known fishponds on the eastern coast of Läna‘i. The fishpond was built before western contact and it is believed to be about 800 years old. At one time in its history the nine-acre fishpond was the main source of food for the community. This restoration of the fishpond is a partnership between Läna‘i Culture & Heritage Center and Pülama Läna‘i. It is also a real community effort to restore this fishpond. Students from the E

‘Ike Hou Iä Läna‘i - To Know Läna‘i Once Again program have also been working on the restoration.

E 'Ike Hou Iä Läna‘i - To Know Läna‘i Once Again, is a cultural and science enrichment camp that was offered to Läna‘i students over a four week period. The pro-gram took students into the field where they learned by hands-on experience at different places around Läna‘i. Places such as Läna‘i Hale, Maunalei, Waia‘öpae & Naha Fish-ponds. Throughout the program students engaged in learning about archaeology, marine science, watershed management, loko i‘a and lo‘i kalo restoration, haku mele, and hula, and also worked with 808 Urban in the development of culturally based murals at Läna‘i High & Elementary School.

Restoration of the fishpond currently is expected to be completed within a year and it is hoped that through these efforts the vitality of the fishpond will return. ¢

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