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May 10, 2006

 

 

 

May 4, 2006

 

Akaka Undeterred by Commission's Decision against His Bill

 

Washington, D.C. - Today the United States Commission on Civil Rights voted to approve its report concluding its opposition to S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 as reported out of the Indian Affairs Committee in May 2005. Senator Daniel K. Akaka, author of the bill, said he was not surprised by its action.

 

Senator Akaka stated, "The Commission's failure to give a fair and thorough review of my bill concerns me greatly. It is unfortunate that a body with such a noble mission has succumbed to a political agenda. At a minimum, the members of the Hawaii State Advisory Committee to the Commission ought to have been consulted about the briefing and asked to contribute to the report.

 

"Their decision will not deter me from my goal of having S. 147 heard on the Senate floor. I believe that majority of my colleagues will look at all the facts presented in making their decision whether or not to support it."

 

Voting in strong opposition to the report were Commissioners Arlan Melendez and Michael Yaki, who said the report was inaccurate and biased. Voting for the report's publication were Commissioners Abigail Thernstrom, Jennifer Braceras, Ashley Taylor and Chairman Gerald Reynolds. Commissioner Peter Kirsanow abstained.

 

After adjournment the Commission reconvened and voted unanimously to delete the findings.

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Saturday, May 6, 2006

 

Maxwell won't resign from civil rights panel

 

Advertiser Staff

 

Charl Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Advertiseres Ka'uluwehi Maxwell said he has reconsidered and won't be resigning from the state advisory panel of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Commission after all.

 

Maxwell, on Thursday, said he would resign from the commission's Hawai'i State Advisory Committee in protest after the commission's decision to recommend Congress reject the Akaka bill, which creates a process for establishment of a federally recognized Native Hawaiian entity.

 

Maxwell said yesterday, however, that a flood of telephone calls from supporters has changed his mind about quitting the panel he has served on since 1974.

 

"Key people called me to say: 'Please don't resign because they'll just replace you with a Republican who is insensitive to Native Hawaiians.' And I realized that was true," Maxwell said.

 

 

 

 

May 8, 2006

 

Akaka Makes Native Hawaiian Reorganization a Daily Issue in the Senate

 

Washington, D.C. - Today on the Senate floor, Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) told his colleagues that he will speak on the Native Hawaiian Reorganization Act daily until debate occurs.  Here are his complete remarks:

 

Mr. President, I rise today in response to my colleague, the junior Senator from Tennessee, who spoke about legislation that is of critical importance to the people of Hawaii, S. 147, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005.   S. 147 would extend the federal policy of self-governance and self-determination to Hawaii’s indigenous peoples, Native Hawaiians, by authorizing a process for the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian governing entity for the purposes of a government-to-government relationship with the United States. 

 

My colleague raised the actions by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last week.  The Commission issued a report in opposition to S. 147.  The report was based on a briefing that was conducted on January 20, 2006.

 

I am concerned about the lack of objectivity of the Commission’s review.  The Commission never contacted its Hawaii Advisory Committee, which includes members who are experts in Hawaii’s history and Indian law.  Not once was the advisory committee informed of the briefing or allowed to contribute to the Commission’s report.

 

Further, despite the fact that the Commission was provided with the substitute amendment which reflects negotiations with the Executive Branch, the Commission chose to issue its report based on the bill as reported out of committee.  The substitute amendment to S. 147 will be offered when we consider the bill and reflects negotiations with the officials from the Department of Justice, Office of Management and Budget, and White House.  The substitute amendment satisfactorily addresses the concerns expressed by the Bush Administration regarding liability of the U.S. government, military readiness, civil and criminal jurisdiction, and gaming.  The amendment has been publicly available since September 2005 and has been widely distributed. 

 

I applaud the efforts of Commissioners Arlen Melendez and Michael Yaki who voted in opposition to the report and tried to inject objectivity and fairness into this process.  It saddens me greatly when an independent commission begins to act in a politically motivated manner.

 

Despite this fact, I remain committed to my constituents and the people of Hawaii.  I will continue to work to bring this bill to the Senate floor as has been promised by the Majority Leader and the junior Senator from Arizona.  The people of Hawaii deserve no less than a debate and a vote on an issue of critical importance to them and to their state.

 

When I first started my career in Congress, over 30 years ago, there was a protocol and a courtesy.  If legislation was going to impact a particular state, and the leaders of that state all supported the issue, it was protocol that other Members would not interfere or obstruct efforts to legislate on behalf of that state.  Unfortunately, this longstanding protocol and courtesy no longer exists. 

 

S. 147 is widely supported in Hawaii. The bill enjoys the bipartisan support of my colleagues:  Senators Cantwell, Coleman, Dodd, Dorgan, Graham, Inouye, Murkowski, Smith and Stevens.  It is strongly supported by Hawaii’s first Republican Governor in 40 years, Linda Lingle.  It is supported strongly by Hawaii’s State Legislature which has passed three resolutions in favor of extending the federal policy of self-governance and self-determination to Native Hawaiians.  It is supported by almost every single political leader in Hawaii.  S. 147 is also supported by Native Hawaiians and non-Native Hawaiians. 

 

Why - you might ask?  Because in Hawaii, Native Hawaiian issues are nonpartisan.  We have tremendous respect for the indigenous peoples who have shared their lands, traditions, and cultures with the rest of us. 

 

Mr. President, I have been patient, and the people of Hawaii have been patient.  For the past three years, the Majority and Democratic Leaders have been working with me to uphold a commitment that was made at the end of the 108th Congress that we would consider and vote on this bill.  Unfortunately, their efforts have been thwarted by a handful of colleagues who have taken upon themselves to block this bill, despite the widespread support we have for this bill in Hawaii.

 

After seven years of delay by a few of my colleagues, it is time that we are provided with the opportunity to debate this bill in the open.  I will be coming to the floor to talk about my bill every day until we begin debate on the bill.  I will use every day to talk about what my bill does and does not do, and to respond to the outright mistruths that have been spread about the legislation.  I will use every day to help share Hawaii’s history with my colleagues as the opponents to this legislation have taken it upon themselves to rewrite the tragedies of Hawaii’s history in a manner that suits them for the purposes of opposing this legislation.  I am deeply saddened by their tactics – but I am committed to ensuring that the Members of this body and all of the citizens in the United States understand Hawaii’s history and the importance of extending the federal policy of self-governance and self-determination to Hawaii’s indigenous peoples, Native Hawaiians.

 

 

 

 

May 4, 2006

 

HTA funding supports Hawaiian culture

 

Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

 

The Hawaii Tourism Authority will fund 14 organizations to bring more cultural aspects into tourism programs.

 

Selecting for funding are:

 

 

The HTA received guidance from the Hawaiian Cultural Program Advisory Council in selecting the programs.

 

The funding, part of HTA's cultural initiative strategy, is focused on strengthening the relationship between the visitor industry and the Hawaiian community, supporting cultural practitioners and artists, and creating culture-based visitor experiences.

 

 

 

 

May 8, 2006

 

Queen Lili`uokalani Children’s Center Adds Hawaiian Way Fund to Workplace Giving Options

 

Honolulu, HI – The Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center (QLCC) joins other Hawaii employers in expanding the workplace giving options available to their employees to support nonprofits and communities around the state by partnering with the Hawaiian Way Fund. 

 

Managed and administered by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), a statewide and national association of Native Hawaiian community development organizations, the Hawaiian Way Fund is rooted in philanthropic giving by individual employees that support the perpetuation of Hawaii’s indigenous culture.  QLCC employees will have an opportunity to donate or designate payroll deductions to the Hawaiian Way Fund effective in September of 2006.

 

“We are excited about QLCC joining as a Partner Employer of the Fund,” said Napali Woode, CNHA Senior Vice President.  “It’s important to give individuals an opportunity to support something all of us in Hawaii treasure – the active use and continuation of our language, our knowledge of these lands and life ways that really makes Hawaii special for everyone.  We appreciate QLCC and the leaders there for providing their employees this opportunity.”

 

Established by Queen Lili`uokalani’s Deed of Trust to provide for the benefit of orphan and destitute Hawaiian children, the Trust is governed by a three-member Board of Trustees and led by its President & Executive Director, Claire Asam.  QLCC operates its headquarters in Honolulu with offices statewide.  Asam stated, “The Children’s Center is honored to include the Hawaiian Way Fund as an option for individual staff members to participate in philanthropic giving that supports Hawaiian culture to thrive.”

 

Through workplace giving, the Hawaiian Way Fund provides an efficient option for Hawaii’s employers and employees to support community organizations engaged in the delivery of social and educational programs founded on Native Hawaiian cultural knowledge, language and values.  Over 20 such groups receive funding annually from the fund providing a variety of community services, including charter schools with strong Native Hawaiian language and Cultural curriculum, Halau Hula that serve as vital teaching centers of passing on Hawaiian chant and history, as well as healthcare practitioners focused on traditional medicinal practices.  QLCC joins other employers including American Savings Bank, Kamehameha Schools, American Airlines, and Microsoft Corporation in creating workplace giving options for their employees to support community services through the Hawaiian Way Fund.

 

Woode added, “There is a wealth of inspiring activity going on everyday inside some very small community based groups.  And they are producing results in the social service and educational sectors while sharing the strength of Hawaii’s unique beauty and Native culture.  We are proud to add QLCC to the list of Hawaii employers that give their employees an option to share their aloha.”

 

The Hawaiian Way Fund is a donor and workplace giving program governed by a board of advisors that includes Li Garcia-Ballard, James Koshiba, Brandi Lau, Jennifer Sabas, Cynthia Thomas and Kelly Walsh.  For more information about CNHA or its Hawaiian Way Fund, please call 808.521.5011 or toll free at 800.709.2642, via email at info@hawaiiancouncil.org or visit the website at www.hawaiianwayfund.org.

 

 

 

 

May 5, 2006

 

Aloha means goodbye for 7 legislators

 

By Crystal Kua
ckua@starbulletin.com

 

Seven state lawmakers are bidding aloha to the Legislature, including two who have set their sights on the U.S. Capitol.

 

State Sen. Bob Hogue (R, Kaneohe-Kailua) and state Rep. Brian Schatz (D, Makiki-Tantalus) will not be seeking re-election to the Legislature and instead are running for the 2nd Congressional District post being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ed Case, who is seeking to unseat fellow Democrat U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka.

Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Star Bulletin: Dennis Oda

Hogue, Schatz and other departing lawmakers said goodbye to the Legislature yesterday, the last of the 2006 session.

 

"If I didn't mention you by name, it is because you are probably running for Congress against me, and I don't want to end up in your literature," Hogue told fellow senators, several of whom are also eyeing the congressional seat. Hogue said he will begin campaigning.

 

Schatz, who was the youngest member of the Legislature when he was elected in 1998 and is so far the youngest congressional candidate, said he has learned many lessons during his tenure.

 

"I've learned that if you want to interpret the Hawaii Constitution, the best way is to lean over and ask Helene Hale what she meant when she wrote it," Schatz, 33, joked during his floor speech.

 

Democrat Helene Hale, the oldest member of the Legislature, is ending her 52-year political career. Most of that career was at the county level on the Big Island and as a state 1978 Constitutional Convention member, but she has spent the last six years in the state House representing Puna.

 

"I never expected that I would come to the state Legislature at 82 years old," said the 88-year-old Hale, drawing applause from other House members. "I have not regretted it."

 

Another neighbor island representative is also leaving.

 

State Rep. Ezra Kanoho, a Kauai Democrat, decided last year that he would not run for re-election.

 

"I've been thinking about this day and this moment with a lot of trepidation. I was thinking of not showing up for session today or escaping before this came about," said Kanoho, who has been in the Legislature for nearly 20 years.

 

And veteran lawmaker Rep. Dennis Arakaki announced this week that this will be his last term.

 

Arakaki, the House health chairman who has been seen as a champion of the downtrodden, said he has taken to heart what was told to him when he first started in the Legislature 20 years ago.

 

"All we bring with us is our integrity and our word. And when we leave, all we have is a judgment on how well we kept our integrity intact and how well we kept our word," he said.

 

Sen. Brian Kanno, whose union-friendly positions have caused him controversy during his 14 years in the Senate, said he is finishing a master's degree and will work at Child & Family Service.

 

Rep. Bud Stonebraker, who is also leaving, was not present on the Legislature's last day.

 

 

 

 

May 5, 2006

 

Kamehameha Schools Currently Accepting Nominations for Order of Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Awards

 

 

HONOLULU--Kamehameha Schools is now accepting nominations for the 2006 Order of Ke Ali‘i Pauahi awards. 

 

The Order of Ke Aliÿi Pauahi is the highest and most distinguished award given to those who have exemplified the vision of the Kamehameha Schools’ founder – Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, great granddaughter of Kamehameha the Great.

 

The award was established in 1956 to honor individuals who have been unselfish in their gifts of time, dedication and service to Kamehameha Schools. A total of 65 individuals have been recognized since the inception of the award.

 

As of 2003, the awards have been extended beyond the Kamehameha Schools ÿohana to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary lifetime contributions to the community and exemplify the values and vision of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.

 

Criteria for the award align with Kamehameha Schools’ 2000-2015 Strategic Plan of extending its reach to more Hawaiians in the community. The Order of Ke Ali‘i Pauahi now recognizes those whose efforts have positively impacted the Hawaiian community. Nomination forms are available online at www.ksbe.edu or you may call (808) 534-3803 to request a nomination packet.  Nominations must be submitted no later than May 19.

 

Nominees are evaluated on qualities of character and leadership consistent with the spirit of Ke Ali‘i Pauahi; contributions or service to the Hawaiian community; and personal and professional achievements. Nominees need not be Hawaiian, a Hawai‘i resident, or a Kamehameha Schools alumnus.

 

Kamehameha Schools is a private charitable trust founded and endowed by the legacy of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and is the sole beneficiary of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate. Kamehameha Schools operates a statewide educational system and currently more than 5,400 students of Hawaiian ancestry are enrolled in K-12 campuses on three islands and at more than 30 preschool sites statewide. Thousands of additional Hawaiian learners are served through a range of other Kamehameha Schools’ outreach programs, distance learning programming, community collaborations and financial aid opportunities in Hawai`i and across the continental United States.

 

 

 

 

May 10, 2006

 

Bills deal with anthem, border tunnels

The Senate took up resolutions saying the national anthem should be sung in English and that tunnel diggers under the U.S.-Mexico border should be imprisoned.

 

Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON - (AP) -- In a warm-up for next week's immigration debate, impatient senators flirted on the fringes of the issue with separate bills to crack down on border tunnel builders and to insist that the national anthem be sung in English.

 

A compromise that would protect most of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants from being deported faltered in the Senate in April.

 

Senators, however, were unwilling to wait to express their disdain for a recently released version of the national anthem in Spanish or to delay legislation for imprisoning smugglers convicted of digging tunnels under the U.S.-Mexican border.

 

The Senate approved a resolution late Monday stating that the national anthem, the Pledge of Allegiance, the oath recited by immigrants when they are sworn in as citizens and other songs or statements symbolizing national unity should be spoken or sung in English.

 

''At the opening of the Senate each day, or at a football game, or at a Boy or Girl Scout meeting, we are free to sing or say our national symbols in any language we please, but we ought to sing and say them in our common language, English,'' said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.

 

A similar resolution has been introduced in the House by Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan.

 

A Spanish version of The Star-Spangled Banner debuted last month, prompting an outcry around the country.

 

President Bush said people who want to be U.S. citizens ought to learn English and learn to sing the national anthem in English.

 

It was later revealed the State Department's own website has four versions of the national anthem in Spanish as well as translations of the Constitution and other national symbols.

 

Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, spoke against the resolution, noting that the nation's motto -- E Pluribus Unum -- is in Latin.

 

''We cannot win the hearts and minds of people of other nations and promote American ideals if we close the door on people expressing their support for our country and the freedoms on which it was founded,'' Akaka said.

 

 

 

 

Posted: May 05, 2006

 

Report shows Alaska Native contracting has outgrown SBA oversight

 

by: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today

 

WASHINGTON - Indian country found itself defending its successes following the April 28 release of a study on Alaska Native corporation contracting.

The report of the Government Accountability Office identified numerous lapses in the U.S. Small Business Administration's 8(a) contracting program for minority-owned and disadvantaged small businesses.

Total 8(a) contract awards from federal agencies to Alaska Native corporations have grown from $265 million in fiscal year 2000 to $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2004, and SBA oversight of contract officers and acquisition specialists has not kept pace.

Jacqueline Johnson, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, said that Congress requested the GAO report because tribes and Alaska Native corporations at large, after two decades of eligibility, have only recently shown significant success in accessing 8(a) contracts.

But the SBA pie for 8(a) minority-preference contracts within a tight federal budget is only so large.

''In this environment ... the other minority groups feel that the new growth of tribal contracting has squeezed out their opportunity.''

For instance, other minority groups see the unique ability of tribes and Alaska Native corporations to access large, noncompetitive federal contracts as an unfair advantage over individual entrepreneurs. ''But tribes and Alaska Native corporations are a little bit of a different animal,'' Johnson said, explaining that tribal and Alaska Native corporation profits from 8(a) contracts go to entire communities.

''It's a government tool that helps us deal with the economic conditions in our communities ... and we have so few government tools.''

Few of the GAO's numerous findings fault Alaska Native corporations. The vast majority of the 8(a) contracts were ''sole source'' awards from federal agencies like NASA and the departments of Energy, Interior and Homeland Security.

As sole-source awards they were noncompetitive, in theory, increasing their cost to the federal treasury. The report states that acquisition specialists tended to find the Alaska Native corporation contracts quick, easy and legal.

Karen Atkinson, executive director of the Native American Contractors Association, said that sole-source contracts are not competitive, but they are negotiated. The negotiations process keeps contract amounts reasonable, she added.

The GAO singled out 2003 as a year of dramatic increase in 8(a) sole-source contracts awarded to Alaska Native corporations, but drew no conclusion as to why.

Atkinson said the surge in Alaska Native-specific contracts reflects a general increase in government contracting for that year. Though the association doesn't have the statistics to back it up formally, she said the sense among NACA members is that the upturn came about because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. ''GAO should have looked at the wider procurement context,'' she said.

The GAO is an investigative arm of Congress. Its focus on Alaska Native contracting brought urgent requests for Congress and the SBA to proceed with care and tribal consultation in considering any changes to Native-specific 8(a) provisions.

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise, the National Indian Business Association and the NCAI joined the contractors association in issuing a caution on the report.

''The 8(a) business development program is clearly one of the most successful laws Congress has enacted as part of their trust responsibility to foster self-sufficiency and economic development in Native communities,'' NCAI President Joe Garcia said in a news release.

''GAO's research demonstrates that the 8(a) program is helping Alaska Native and tribal businesses develop. The program is a positive example of federal Indian policy that is working.''

Garcia acknowledged the need for improved SBA oversight, in particular, through increased staffing.

Johnson said Congress has taken note in recent hearings that the recent budgetary downsizing of SBA has had an affect on the agency's ability to run the program as Congress had intended.

She urged the SBA to consult with tribes and Alaska Native corporations before implementing changes to the 8(a) program.

''American Indians and Alaska Natives want the 8(a) program to work better. We'll work closely with the SBA and Congress on improvements to this vital program,'' Johnson said.

The Government Reform Committee in the House of Representatives is one of four bipartisan congressional committees that commissioned the GAO report.

''Committees, or different committees, have different interests,'' Atkinson said. ''The overall climate here in Washington has been a very negative climate for the 8(a) program,'' she added, citing ''just a concern that small business contracting is not being promoted.'' But in fact, she said, the government has been awarding bigger contracts that have required bigger firms to handle them.

Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., Government Reform Committee chairman, will likely hold a hearing on the GAO report in June, according to spokesman Robert White.

''If you look at his public statements,'' Atkinson said of Davis, ''he's looking at the government getting its best value.''

Amendments to SBA law that permitted Alaska Native corporations to compete for sole-source 8(a) contracts were already in place for tribes, she said.

Congress installed them for Alaska Native corporations because of a general concern in the late 1980s that 8(a) wasn't accessible enough to Indian and Alaska Native small businesses.

The NACA's next steps will be to prepare for the June hearings and monitor SBA's response to the GAO study. ''Many of the recommendations were regulatory in nature,'' Atkinson said.

 

 

 

 

May 5, 2006

 

Appeals court: Hawaiians’ claim to land deserves a closer look

HONOLULU – The state Intermediate Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that granted a West Maui land development group clear title to former Pioneer Mill sugar cane land at Kauaula Valley.

 

The appeals court decision will require a trial on genealogical land claims posed by a Hawaiian family challenging the quiet title action filed by Makila Land Co. in 2nd Circuit Court three years ago.

 

The action not only gives hope to Ke’eaumoku Kapu, who claims to be a true heir of the property, but to other Native Hawaiians who have had parcels of land granted to their ancestors taken over by ranches, plantations and other large landowners.

 

The legal process allows a landowner applicant to go to court asking the court to find that there are no other legal claimants to a property to “quiet title” in favor of the applicant. It has been commonly used on parcels that were granted to Hawaiian families after the Great Mahele of 1848 and the Kuleana Act of 1850. Under the Kuleana Act, a Land Commission awarded fee simple title to Native Hawaiian tenants who were using parcels within an ahupuaa, with more than 7,500 kuleana awards granted around the islands.

 

But as the economy of the islands changed, many of the original tenants left their kuleana parcels and their descendants may not have known they had an interest in the land or did not notice when another landowner claimed the parcel.

 

Quiet title applications, most of which have been filed in the past half-century, seek to dissolve rights of any descendants of the original kuleana owner, to clear the title for a landowner applicant to sell or develop a property.

 

In the case that went before Circuit Judge Shackley Raffetto, Kapu’s family claimed an interest in Makila Land property, citing their genealogical ties to the original kuleana tenant. In May 2003, Raffetto denied the Kapu family claims on a motion by Makila Land, but the higher court decided more review was necessary.

 

Richard McCarty, Kapu’s attorney, said the decision could have broader ramifications.

 

“Someone took this situation very seriously and wanted to do the right thing,” McCarty said “What this does for a lot of families in similar circumstances is that the court has said, ’You can’t be too hasty, you need to look at the facts raised by another party and give them fair consideration.’ ”

 

After the Kapu family appealed Raffetto’s decision, the Hawaii Supreme Court assigned the case to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, the second highest court in the state.

 

The 31-page opinion, released last Friday, was marked “for publication,” which McCarty said means that the three judges who signed it intended that it be used for citation by others pleading similar cases. The judges were Chief Judge James A. Burns and Associate Judges Corrine K.A. Watanabe and Alexa D.M. Fujise.

 

“The court took a very hard look at this and said that if families have legitimate ties to the property, they must be given the same consideration as the people who are trying to take their property away,” said McCarty.

 

Honolulu attorney Philip Leas, representing Makila, doesn’t believe the eventual outcome will change, even before a jury.

 

“The court just wanted to give the other party every opportunity to come up with the evidence,” said Leas. “It’s hard to do, and I don’t expect they’ll be able to do it.”

 

Isaac Moriwake, attorney for Earthjustice in Honolulu, saw the opinion as a victory for the Hawaiian community that has seen family lands being claimed by large landowners for sale or development.

 

“This pronouncement, I think, reflects the more recent understanding of these historical injustices of landowners using adverse possession to displace Hawaiian landowners or just requiring the parties claiming such land to give a good showing,” said Moriwake.

 

“Anytime a claim doesn’t just sail through is a change from history. That’s how the plantations were able to gobble up all their land.”

 

For more than six years, Kapu and his extended family who live on kuleana lands in Kauaula Valley above Lahaina have been battling Makila Land and affiliated investment groups that purchased nearly nearly 6,000 acres of former Pioneer Mill Co. fields at Launiupoko and Olowalu.

 

Much of the land has since been subdivided into large agricultural lots that the Kapu ohana says are not being farmed, as is required by state law.

 

The quiet title issue in question concerns a parcel of about five acres located high up Kauaula Valley where its loi (taro patches) were fed water by the Piilani auwai (canal) that runs past it. The walls of the loi still remain, although the land has not been farmed for years.

 

A royal patent to the land was issued to a man named Apaa in 1857. How the property was passed down is in question. Makila claimed that it and its predecessors have been in “adverse possession” of the property for decades, but Ke’eaumoku and his brother, Kalani Kapu, countered with extensive genealogical charts that show Ke’eaumoku is a rightful heir.

 

Based on documents provided by the Kapus, the higher court concluded that “summary judgment was erroneously granted (to Makila), as there are genuine issues of material fact regarding the ownership . . .” of the parcel.

 

The reversal of the original ruling was a relief to McCarty and his clients.

 

“It’s kind of a ray of hope in a long story that sometimes has looked bleak,” said McCarty.

 

 

 

 

April 27, 2006

 

Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEOs

 

Anchorage, AK-April 27, 2006-Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Report recommending the Small Business Administration (SBA) increase oversight of the 8(a) Program while noting that Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Corporations operate within all appropriate laws and regulations.

 

“ANCSA corporations provide honest, good value to our clients and the American taxpayer. We were not surprised that the GAO found ANCSA companies have sophisticated business models demonstrating a strategic balancing of long and short-term benefits,” said Sheri Buretta, Chairwoman of the Association of ANCSA Regional Corporation Presidents/CEOs and Chairwoman of Chugach Alaska Corporation.  

 

In spite of the GAO’s Report findings, detractors of Native-owned businesses continue to attack the SBA 8(a) provisions applicable to Tribes and ANCSA Corporations.  The ANCSA CEOs Association believes that many in Congress and the general public do not realize that economic development is a federal government trust responsibility to foster self-sufficiency and economic development in Native communities.

 

Buretta added, “The data included in the GAO Report demonstrates that these 8(a) provisions are rare examples of federal policy successfully fulfilling Congressional intent to advance federal procurement goals and simultaneously helping to build self-sustaining economic drivers and self-reliance in our Native communities.” 

 

The 8(a) rules applicable to Tribal and ANCSA owned companies differ, purposely, from the rules that govern 8(a) companies owned by individuals. The profits from our ANCSA corporations are sent directly back to impact the lives of over 120,000 Alaska Native people in the form of dividends, employment opportunities, scholarships and cultural and social program support. 

 

Buretta said, “Many of our people face economic hardship and the very real challenges of living in their remote traditional villages, in rural Alaska.  The profits earned from our government contracting directly, and positively, impacts the quality of life of our people.  ANCSA Corporations earn 0.2% of the overall federal procurement dollars; utilizing the profits from our sliver of the pie to make tremendous economic, cultural and social strides for our people.” 

 

As required by the 8(a) program performance polices, ANCSA corporations establish business goals for annual increases in operations outside of 8(a) contracting and seek more quality socio-economic environment for their communities.  Most ANCSA corporations have successfully applied these goals, for instance, over 2,100 Alaska Native shareholders were employed in government contract-related jobs in 2004. Additionally, in the 5-year period analyzed, ANCSA corporations have significantly increased their business markets outside of 8(a) federal contracting and into the non-8(a) contracting sector.

 

“The 8(a) program is working,” said Dennis Metrokin, President and CEO of Koniag, Inc., an Alaska Native Regional Corporation and member of the ANCSA CEOs Association, “but we still have a long way to go.”

 

Metrokin added that “the SBA 8(a) program is an invaluable tool in achieving economic self-sufficiency for our Native communities, but our people still suffer disproportionately from poverty and preventable diseases. A few early successes by some ANCSA corporations cannot reverse the status of our people overnight.  It will take many more years of growing successes in all of our business sectors to help bring our people’s quality of life to a comparable level with the mainstream of our society.  The continuation of the 8 (a) program is a critical part of achieving that goal.”

 

ANCSA corporations and tribes provide benefits to Alaska Natives and American Indians through dividends and jobs, while retaining capital to build their enterprises for a sustainable economy for future generations.

 

“We are proud that our Native-owned business models are adapting and in some cases excelling. We must be successful. Our people need us,” Metrokin concluded.

 

The ANCSA CEOs Association supports the SBA and federal agency contracting offices should they pursue greater staffing levels and increased training opportunities to accommodate the growth from only one ANCSA 8(a) company in 1988 to about 150 operating today.

 

“We support any effort that brings relief to the short-staffed and overworked SBA and other agency offices with procurement responsibilities,” stated Buretta. “Our member corporations work closely with the SBA’s Anchorage office and know first hand of the significant work load there.” 

 

 

 

 

May 7, 2006

 

Democrats focus on values

 

By ILIMA LOOMIS, Staff Writer

Maui News

 

WAILUKU – Core platform issues including education, housing and health care will share attention with national issues like peace in Iraq, and an increased focus on Native Hawaiians, in the 2006 election year, Maui Democrats said this weekend.

 

The Maui County Democratic Party held its annual convention Saturday at Maui Community College. In official party business, Kallie Keith-Agaran was elected new party chairwoman; Lance Holter, vice chairman; Collette Machado, vice chairwoman for Molokai; Candace Sakugawa, recording secretary; Karen Jeffery, responding secretary; and Alfredo Wheelock, treasurer.

 

There was recognition of one of the leaders of the past, longtime mayor and party leader Elmer Cravalho, who was presented a Meritorious Achievement award for his contributions to the community.

 

While maintaining a low public profile since his last run for office 16 years ago, Cravalho has backed numerous programs in support of education, affordable housing and community development as an executive of the Kula Community Federal Credit Union.

 

Party members also approved a slate of 73 resolutions detailing their platform for 2006, which includes calling for an end to the war in Iraq, prohibiting sewage dumping in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and implementing curbside recycling.

 

John Sucich, vice chairman for 2005, said the party was focusing on many of its traditional issues, while also emphasizing the inclusion of Native Hawaiians.

 

“There’s a greater effort focused on bringing in Hawaiians,” he said, adding that the party could reach out by showing respect for native culture, supporting the Akaka Bill, and emphasizing issues of health care, education and housing that are important to Hawaiian families.

 

He said Democrats should support efforts to make medical care more available to all citizens, through a publicly funded health system.

 

“We’re the only industrialized nation that doesn’t have such a program,” he said.

 

The party also should push for campaign finance reform at both local and national levels, he said.

 

“We need to think more about people rather than profits,” he said.

 

Party member Yuki-Lei Sugimura also supported universal health care for all citizens.

 

“As rich of a nation as we are, and as much as we help other countries, we should help ourselves,” she said.

 

Sugimura hoped that Democratic candidates and officials would support the party’s platform, and urged Maui residents to get involved in politics.

 

“It’s very important that everybody get out and vote,” she said. “This is an election year.”

 

Speaker Kehau Filimoeatu called on Native Hawaiians to become more politically involved, noting that 30 percent of Hawaiians now live out of state because of limited housing choices and other challenges.

 

“(For years) Hawaiians have been cajoled, pacified, even bribed into going along with the idea that everything was hunky-dory,” she said.

 

Morris Haole Jr. said the best thing the party could do to reach out to Hawaiians would be “a public endorsement of the Akaka Bill” and a strong support for federal recognition of Native Hawaiians.

 

Overall, he liked the platforms he was hearing at the convention.

 

“They’re hitting on all the classic Democratic issues,” he said.

 

In addition to the issues themselves, Haole said the Democratic Party could better define itself and rally support if local races returned to party designations. For the past several years, both the mayoral and Maui County Council races have been nonpartisan, although individual candidates are often members of a political party.

 

“It confuses a lot of up-and-coming activists,” said Haole, who felt political parties could be more “relevant” and active at state and national levels if they had a prominent role again in local races.

 

In addition to local issues, Maui Democrats rallied on national platforms, calling on elected officials to support an end to the war in Iraq.

 

Bonnie McFadden, a board member of Maui Peace Action, said the Bush administration had “duped” the public into going to war.

 

“This administration has absolutely no respect for law,” she said, drawing applause from the crowd.

 

She said the public should now be concerned about “the war in Iran, which has already started,” saying there are reports of American troops and military actions occurring in that country.

 

McFadden said one way Democratic officials could make a stand for peace could be by fighting military recruitment in schools, where she noted some Maui Peace Action members had been going to talk to students about the Peace Corps and other alternatives to military careers.

 

Sugimura agreed the party should make the war one of its issues, saying that local voters could make a difference by supporting candidates who support peace, and that the current war in Iraq “affects every single life” in Hawaii.

 

“Every day we think about the cost of peace,” she said.

 

Ilima Loomis can be reached at iloomis@mauinews.com.

 

 

 

 

May 4, 2006

 

Craig- Akaka legislation seeks to create to five VA Amputation and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Centers

 

(Washington, DC) Five Amputation and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Centers will be created and run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs if Congress approves legislation (S. 2736) submitted today by the U.S. Sens. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) and Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii).

 

“My hope is that this new focus will help those returning from Iraq and elsewhere, who have lost limbs in the cause of freedom, gain access to the greatest care and technology available,” said Sen. Craig, who serves as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 

 

Approximately 400 military personnel have had to have limbs amputated since the start of military actions in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom).

 

“Wounded veterans from Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom are young and plan on being active for a long time.  We must do everything in our power to provide advanced care to those who have endured the loss of a limb, which will help them regain full function and a better quality of life,” said Senator Akaka, the Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.

 

Last week the Committee held a hearing on medical research being conducted by the VA.  During the hearing committee members were able to examine a proto-type prosthetic hand now under development by the VA.

 

“In just a few moments time, I was able to wire the equipment to my own arm and with a little practice pick up a glass of water, hold it in the prosthetic hand, and then return it to the table and remove the hand from it without spilling a drop.  It was nothing short of amazing.  It was also a small glimpse of where we can go,” Sen. Craig said. 

 

“Hopefully by bringing together the best minds in a few locations, we will create environments where new technologies and treatments will come together to benefit our nation’s veterans.  And once created, tested and approved, that research will almost immediately benefit the civilian population.”

 

According to the Amputee Coalition of America, over 185,000 amputations are performed each year in the U.S. and approximately 1.6 million Americans live with the loss of a limb.

 

 

 

 

Posted: May 08, 2006

 

Health bill reauthorization 'more important than ever'

 

by: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today

 

WASHINGTON - Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. has made a name for himself in Indian country as a lawmaker who stands up for tribes, even though few Indians populate his New Jersey district.

But as a member of the Resources Committee, the committee of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives on many Indian-specific issues, the New Jersey Democrat seldom misses a chance to advocate for fairness toward Indians in the formulation of policy.

A good example came early in the second session of the current 109th Congress, as it became clear that the federal budget would seek to save on health outlays by reducing Medicaid benefits and increasing the program's co-payment and premium costs.

Medicaid is the United States' federal/state program that helps pay for health care for the needy, aged, blind and disabled, and for low-income families with children.

At present, American Indian Medicaid beneficiaries with incomes below the poverty line are not required to pay premiums, co-payments and other forms of cost-sharing with their health care providers.

Pallone criticized the ''enormous consequences'' of the policy change for individual Indians, the IHS, and tribal and urban health care providers. ''Native American beneficiaries ... would be subject to new out-of-pocket costs,'' he said. ''This may cause them to go without much-needed care and contribute to worsening health outcomes. Native American beneficiaries will then be forced to seek care from IHS, tribal and/or urban Indian health facilities, which already suffer from severely limited resources.''

To prevent that, Pallone offered companion legislation in the House to a Senate bill of Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., that would exempt American Indians and Alaska Natives from the ''more pay or less service'' demands of the budget-crunched Medicaid program.

''But the budget problem is there,'' Pallone said. ''It's inherent in everything we do.''

Most Indian health care funding comes out of the domestic discretionary budget, that small percentage of federal expenditures that is being targeted for cutbacks through the budgeting process because larger savings would take politically daunting changes in law. The domestic discretionary budget is up for renegotiation every appropriations cycle, meaning Indian health care funds are on the firing line every year for as long as the federal budget remains in deficit mode (that is to say, for the foreseeable future).

''One of the things we've talked about doing is making the IHS an entitlement, so that it's not subject to these appropriations vagaries,'' Pallone said.

He has introduced stand-alone legislation to that effect, arguing that the federal budget for fiscal year 2007 (which begins in October) ''falls well short of the level of funding that would permit American Indian and Alaska Native programs to achieve health and health system parity with the majority of other Americans.''

If entitlement status can be gained for IHS funding, Congress will have to fund the unmet health needs of Indian country. Tribal leaders have put forward a $19.7 billion ''needs-based budget'' for the IHS, almost six times the Bush administration's initial budget request of $3.2 billion, and sure to far exceed any amount enacted by Congress.

Pallone acknowledges steady, small budget increases to the IHS during the George W. Bush presidency, but terms them ''still entirely inadequate'' to even maintaining the current level of IHS services. The ultimate disposition of the fiscal year 2007 IHS budget remains under discussion in Congress.

In the meantime, Pallone is part of a cohort of congressional members who are backing reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. ''It's more important than ever,'' he said of the reauthorization.

A bill introduced in the Senate, Senate Bill 1057, would revise and extend the act, updating it to address the current health care needs of Indian country. It is far from a simple reauthorization, and an IHCIA reauthorization bill being developed in the House by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, is not expected to be identical with the Senate bill when and if it is introduced. The two bills would have to be reconciled before a law can be enacted, raising the prospect that on a legislative calendar already shortened by the presence of November elections, IHCIA reauthorization could run out of time for the second consecutive Congress.

''We can't count on a last-minute flurry [of legislation passed by unanimous consent at the end of the 109th Congress], because it didn't work last time,'' Pallone said.

''Accordingly, it is important for us to move soon so time does not once again run out on this legislation. We need to move quickly to have this bill voted on in the House, reconciled with the Senate bill and sent to the president's desk for his signature.''

Pallone is also trying to restore funding cuts to clean drinking water programs and the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program for cleaning up toxic pollution. For the first time ever, the EPA has announced that it is restoring a Superfund site to its list for priority cleanup. The site affects the New Jersey state-recognized Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation.

Among Pallone's other Indian-specific priorities in the 109th Congress are beefing up law enforcement funding for tribes and empowering them to access U.S. Department of Homeland Security programs for border patrols outside state administrative channels. And like just about everyone else with an allegiance to Indian country, Pallone has found himself condemning the raids of the Interior Department on Indian program funds and fending off the usages made by anti-Indian interests of indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff's misdeeds with tribal fees and donations.

Pallone attended the March 1 joint hearing of Congress announcing an attempt to settle the trust funds lawsuit, Cobell v. Norton, legislatively.

He told a National Congress of American Indians audience afterward, ''It has become very clear to me that the Department of Interior seems more interested in delaying negotiations on a fair settlement so it can try to divide Indian country and get Congress to force a settlement that is unjust. The recent cut of $1 million ... to Indian programs to pay for attorney fees ordered by the court [in Cobell] is the latest in the unconscionable tactics used by the Department of Interior.''

As for the time of trouble brought on tribes by Abramoff, Pallone hopes tribes have overcome the worst of it.

''Obviously the Abramoff thing has been used by the opponents of Indian tribes, of Indian gaming, to get limits on gaming, to get limits on political donations ... But I think you just have to keep pointing out that tribes are the victims ... I think that we've done a pretty good job with their advocacy conferences, where they've been visiting Congress and explaining themselves. I think they've had some success ... they can dissipate that negativity.''

 

 

 

 

May 8, 2006

 

Raising their voices

 

A traffic tie-up from toppled utility poles inspires letters that draw the attention of the governor

 

By Chonte Fujioka
Waianae High School

 

Oh my gosh! It was a lot of excitement and adrenaline. Just to be able to do something not every student could do, I thought it was the coolest thing," freshman Olivia Jimenez said. Photo courtesy of Waianae High School

 

Many of Lorraine Jones' social studies students wrote letters to government officials expressing their opinions on an incident in March involving utility poles that came crashing down on Farrington Highway. On March 12, high winds toppled 12 poles onto the road in Nanakuli, crippling traffic in and out of the Waianae Coast for a little more than a day.

 

"I jumped at the opportunity of writing to her (Gov. Linda Lingle) because I feel that the west side is often ignored," sophomore Kylie Kanui said.

 

"The purpose of this assignment was to exercise their rights to voice their opinions and concerns to government officials representing the Leeward coast communities," Jones said.

 

Letters by sophomores Joshua Wicks and Kylie Kanui and freshman Olivia Jimenez stood above the rest.

 

"I thought I'd make my letter more factual because it was going to officials and I wanted to look professional, so I included some information about the conditions of the electric poles, such as termite damage and wind speeds," Kanui added.

 

"These three students really took the assignment to the next level," Jones said. "Joshua gathered over a hundred signatures from students, staff and community members. Kylie included factual data. And Olivia expressed her heartfelt concerns for the community."

 

Because these students did more than what was expected, Lingle invited them to the 17th Anniversary Dinner for the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., on March 30 at the Ala Moana Hotel. Students got the chance to listen to a speech given by Lingle.

 

"I really enjoyed the dinner. It was nice to hear Gov. Lingle addressing some of the problems the Leeward coast faces and the plans she has in store for some solutions," Kanui said.

 

Though the three students had a different approach, they all accomplished their goal of being heard.

 

"I wanted to make it personal by sharing my thoughts and feelings about the Leeward side," Jimenez said.

 

This was an opportunity to be the voice for other students at Waianae High School.

 

"I think I am being speaking on behalf of the students because a lot of my peers have the same thoughts, ideas, and concerns as I do," Wicks said.

 

For now, all they can do is hope that the suggested solutions for the Leeward coast will really be taken into consideration.

 

"You never really know if your ideas will work or even be heard, but you can't just sit there and complain. You have to do something about it, and that's exactly what we did," Wicks said.

 

 

 

 

May 9, 2006

 

Palolo Elementary School teacher Joyce Luka wins Space Foundation's Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship

 

The Space Foundation has selected Ms. Joyce Luka as the 2006 recipient of its Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship for Teachers. Luka teaches third grade at Palolo Elementary School in Honolulu, Hawaii, and was selected because of her ongoing efforts to integrate space science into the classroom. The scholarship funds Luka participation in the Space Foundation's Summer Institute for teachers in Colorado Springs, Colo.

 

"A leader of Hawaiian ancestry, Ms. Luka has distinguished herself in her classroom and her school as a woman of accomplishment and industriousness," said Elliot G. Pulham, Space Foundation president and chief executive officer. "Ms. Luka has introduced exciting, space and science based learning experiences in a school where the needs among Hawaiian and part-Hawaiian students are critical. We know that she will make great use of this opportunity, and the children of Hawaii will benefit as a result."

 

The Space Foundation's Summer Institute consists of five courses covering topics ranging from rocketry and robotics to astronomy and living and working in space; the first course begins June 19, 2006. Each one-week course is designed to help teachers use space themes in their classrooms to enable improved student performance in literacy, science, technology, engineering, mathematics and other subject areas. Luka has chosen to participate in "Rocketry and the Biology of Living in Space," which begins July 17.

 

"I am truly grateful for this opportunity to pursue knowledge," said Ms. Luka. "With this honor comes responsibility to do my best for my students here in Hawaii and unlock their hidden potential in the future."

 

For 21 years, Luka has taught in the State of Hawaii on the island of Oahu. She credits her father, the late Henry I. Luka, Sr., with her inspiration to believe in one's dreams and pursue excellence. At the beginning of her teaching career, Luka heard Hawaii's first astronaut Ellison Onuzuka speak, and it motivated her to use space lessons in her curriculum.

 

Luka and other participating teachers may elect to receive continuing education or graduate academic credit for the courses taken during the Summer Institute, and graduate credit may be applied toward one of several master's degrees offered jointly through the Space Foundation and partner universities.

 

The scholarship was formed in 2005 to create professional development opportunities for teachers of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry, or teachers working with students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. It covers tuition, fees, travel, and lodging for the recipient to come to Colorado Springs and take one of the Summer Institute classes. Jasmine I. Amoguis of Kona was the 2005 winner of the Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship for Teachers.

 

Elliot G. and Cynthia A. Pulham of Colorado Springs provide funding for the scholarship. The scholarship honors the memory of Pulham's grandmother, Lucy Enos, who was born in Pahala, Hawaii, in 1898. Her father was a Scottish immigrant and her mother, Keali'iholokahiki, a native Hawaiian. Lucy married Henry Enos and together they raised a son, a daughter, and three adopted children while successfully homesteading a sugar plantation in Pahala and a cattle ranch on lands in Kioloka'a and Kamaoa. Lucy Enos died in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1976.

 

The Space Foundation has trained more than 40,000 teachers since 1986 through Summer Institute graduate courses and national conferences. In addition, the Space Foundation fosters educational space endeavors by managing the on-site NASA Educational Resource Center; offering two distinct Master's in Space Studies Degrees in conjunction with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Regis University; implementing the revolutionary Integrated Science Literacy Model; annually conducting the Space Career Fair; and offering a free online lesson bank for educators.

 

About the Space Foundation

Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, the Space Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that vigorously advances civil, commercial, and national security space endeavors and educational excellence. The Space Foundation has offices in Washington, D.C., and Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Space Foundation's signature event, the National Space Symposium, is scheduled for April 9-12, 2007, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. Along with partnering organizations, the Space Foundation also conducts Strategic Space and Defense, 10-12 Oct. 2006 in Omaha, Neb.; and Florida Space, Dec. 5-7, 2006. For more information, visit www.SpaceFoundation.org.

 

 

 

 

May 5, 2006

 

Museum returns remains to Tonga

 

The Hawaii collection included a princess from about 1400

 

By Sally Apgar
sapgar@starbulletin.com

 

The remains of Princess Fatafehi, the daughter of a royal dynasty that ruled Tonga more than 600 years ago, will return home today after 85 years at the Bishop Museum.

 

Along with the princess, the remains of about 20 other individuals from Tongan burial sites will be escorted home by a delegation of high Tongan officials and Maile Drake, the museum's cultural collections manager, who is also Tongan.

 

"This is a great and right thing to do," said Drake. "In the Tongan way, they are still people. They are mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters -- all returning home in dignity."

 

Each set of remains has been carefully wrapped in tapa supplied by women in the Tongan community here.

 

"I believe, as many Tongans believe, that when people die they live on in spirit, and we connect to them in our own way," Drake said.

 

Princess Fatafehi probably lived in the 1300s or 1400s. Hers could be the oldest known remains of Tongan royalty.

 

Betty Kam, the museum's vice president of cultural collections, said that while the museum has repatriated hundreds of native Hawaiian remains, this is the first time Tonga has received repatriation.

 

"There were no precedents or protocols for doing this," Kam said. "We all feel the ancestors need to go back, and it's nice to all be in agreement. There's this joyful feeling among the staff and the delegation."

 

At Drake's direction, Kam wrote to King Taufaahau Topou IV more than a year ago to tell him that the museum had the remains in its possession and wanted advice on how best to go about returning them.

 

The delegation arrived from Tonga last week. They will consult with the king upon their return about the final disposition.

 

The remains were found as part of a large expedition to Tonga in 1920 and 1921. The Bishop Museum was the center of Pacific study at the time, Kam said. Museum staff were on the Bayard Dominick Expedition with other anthropologists and conducted an excavation with the permission of the queen and the participation of Tongans. The anthropologists studied burial sites and food remains in kitchen areas to determine the local diet.

 

Drake said they were given permission to excavate two known but long-abandoned "langi," or chiefly burial sites, believed to be the oldest in Tonga. One stone vault was empty and the other contained the princess.

 

With the permission of Tongan officials, Drake said, the bones were brought back to Bishop Museum, where they were studied and cataloged but not displayed.

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Monday, May 8, 2006

 

'Iolani Friends anticipate next year

 

By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Advertiser Staff Writer

 

After securing $1.5 million last week from state lawmakers, supporters of financially strapped 'Iolani Palace are looking toward next year's session when they may propose setting in place a more permanent stream of money.

Photo courtesy of the Honolulu Advertiser: Library Photo

"We are very grateful for the support that we got from the Legislature," said Alice Guild, executive director for the Friends of 'Iolani Palace, which operates the landmark building where Queen Lili'uokalani was overthrown 113 years ago and which continues to be a symbol for the Native Hawaiian movement.

 

"We are going to be speaking with the governor and legislators who have expressed an interest in assisting us in finding ways for permanent funding," Guild said.

 

In recent months, Abigail K. Kawananakoa, daughter of the Friends founder — the late Lili'u-okalani Kawananakoa Morris — pitched in $100,000 to help cover the cost of payroll and rising electricity bills. Kawananakoa is a descendant of King Kalakaua, who built the palace in 1882.

 

The state budget approved last week gives the Friends $600,000 for day-to-day operations and $900,000 for planning and design of a long-sought replacement for an antiquated air-conditioning and security system.

 

Palace officials reported losing $165,000 during the first seven months of the 2005-2006 fiscal year, largely as a result of skyrocketing electric bills.

 

In the past year, Guild has estimated that the electric bill increased from about $13,000 a month to $20,000. In addition, she has said the Friends are paying a monthly average of about $12,000 for repairs and labor costs associated with the air conditioning.

 

The state-allocated $600,000 grant-in-aid represents about half of the palace's annual operating budget.

 

Supporters are looking to Sen. Clayton Hee, D-23rd (Kane'ohe, Kahalu'u), as a key backer for full palace funding.

 

"The palace is a treasure," Hee said, calling financial help from the Capitol "long overdue."

 

Palace officials trace their money woes back to 1995, when the administration of Gov. Ben Cayetano, in the midst of a fiscal austerity program, trimmed the group's $500,000-plus annual subsidy over three years before entirely eliminating funding for operating expenses. At the time, palace officials said, the group — established in 1966 — was relying on the subsidy for about 56 percent of its operating budget.

 

The administration also swapped the Friends' management contract with the state for a group lease, through which the Friends pay rent but keep revenues from admission and gift shop sales.

 

While the state has provided capital improvements money in the past decade, it has provided the palace no operational funding since 1998.

 

"The agreement is backwards; the state should be paying the Friends of 'Iolani Palace to run the palace," Hee said. "Right now, the Friends is paying the state to run the palace."

 

Rep. Scott Saiki, D-22nd (McCully, Pawa'a), proposed that the palace be given a dedicated, annual source of money from a share of revenues derived from ceded lands, former crown and Hawaiian kingdom government lands held in trust by the state.

 

Senate Bill 1294, which will provide Mauna 'Ala, the Royal Mausoleum, with $180,000 annually from ceded land revenues for operations, was approved by the Legislature last week. Saiki said he was ready to include funding for the palace in the Mauna 'Ala bill but was told by Guild that members on the board of the Friends would not be able to consider the offer before the session wrapped up last week.

 

"The palace is similar to the Royal Mausoleum in terms of historical significance and we should look at a similar funding stream for the palace," Saiki said.

 

Guild said that receiving ceded land monies is not the only option that should be explored. "We will be looking at all the alternatives," she said.

 

Former Friends president Oswald Stender, who helped lobby lawmakers for this year's palace funding, said he backs Saiki's idea.

 

"I'd like the palace to get the same deal that Mauna 'Ala got," Stender said. "It's the same mission — preservation of a historic site. And both have the same purpose."

 

Saiki echoed Hee's concerns about the long-term financial picture of the palace. "Obviously, there is a need to examine cost-sharing because revenues aren't keeping up with expenses," he said.

 

Hee said it doesn't matter to him whether the funding comes from ceded lands or another source. "It should be a dedicated funding source," he said.

 

Guild said the infusion of state money will free up the board and staff to concentrate on more than just staying afloat.

 

"This will allow us to refocus on our education and other programs we have been anxious to begin working on," Guild said.

 

In an effort to expand visiting hours without overtaxing docent staff members, the museum is in the midst of establishing an audio-guided self-tours program. The expanded hours are expected to begin next month.

 

Under the $30,000 program, docent tours will continue in the morning, with audio-guided tours in the afternoon. Besides English, the audio tours are expected to be in Hawaiian and Japanese.

 

Reach Gordon Y.K. Pang at gpang@honoluluadvertiser.com.

 

 

 

 

April 25, 2006

 

Alaskan Youth Demand Solutions to Global Warming

 

Thousands from Alaska Call On Congress to Act

 

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-14693.html

 

April 25, 2006 -- Washington, D.C. -- This week, a delegation of Alaska youth brought a “Letter to Our Leaders on Global Warming” with 5,000 signatures from Alaska high school students to Washington, D.C. to demand action on global warming. The effort, with signatures from teens in more than 100 communities, was spearheaded by Alaska Youth for Environmental Action.

Representing Alaska Native villages and urban communities, the teen delegation met with several members of Congress, including Alaska’s delegation and other House and Senate lawmakers, to highlight the dramatic impacts global warming is having on Alaska’s economy, natural resources, and cultures. The teens are calling on Congress to pass legislation that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and provides incentives for renewable energy.

“We see global warming happening in Alaska, and we want our leaders to know that if they don’t do something today, my generation will pay for it tomorrow,” said Verner Wilson, a Yup’ik Alaska Native from Dillingham, who drafted the petition. “I started this petition to ask our leaders to help protect this place that Alaska youth have inherited, and to protect our lifestyles and cultures. Alaskan communities like Shishmaref are sinking, and invasive species are affecting the environment that Alaskans have depended upon for thousands of years.”

Since January 2006, teens in the AYEA program have traveled the state, presenting on global warming and teaching students what they can do to reduce their carbon emissions. Community interest in the effort has been overwhelming—the teens have presented in over two hundred and fifty classrooms.

Charlee Lockwood, a young woman from the village of St. Michael on the northwest coast of Alaska, is one of many Alaska Native youth concerned about the impacts of global warming on subsistence and Native culture. “Because so many youth from so many villages have signed this petition, I really feel like I am helping others. By speaking to other youth about global warming, I have given other people the courage to speak up.”

“Global warming is here and now. Alaska is among the most impacted regions in the world, facing temperature increases at least four times greater than the world average according to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment,” said Anchorage student Tim Treuer, a member of the youth delegation who has collected several hundred signatures.

“Alaska’s three biggest industries--oil and gas, tourism and fishing—are already being hurt by rising temperatures,” states Justin Hurst, a graduate of Dimond High School who has worked at the Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau for the past few summers. “Today, tourists have to take a boat to the Portage Glacier,” because of its dramatic recession.

The teens raised funds to purchase “green tags” to offset the carbon emissions created by their flights to Washington. Fellow Alaskan teens also presented the petition to leaders in Juneau and Anchorage this week, requesting local initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) is a high school leadership program of the National Wildlife Federation, founded by six teenagers in 1998.

Source: National Wildlife Federation

 

 

 

 

Posted on: Friday, May 5, 2006

 

OHA pursues Moanalua deal

 

By Gordon Y.K. Pang
Advertiser Staff Writer

 

Board members of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs agreed yesterday to pursue purchase of Moanalua Gardens.

 

OHA trustees voted 7-0, with two abstentions, to set in motion a bid to acquire the 26-acre property "for the purpose of economic development opportunities and/or to continue to preserve and enhance the cultural and historical aspects of the property."

 

Sandwiched between Moanalua Freeway and Moanalua Elementary and Intermediate schools, the gardens are owned by the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon. The gardens and nearby Moanalua Valley are on the sales block.

 

Purchase of the gardens would mark OHA's latest foray into the real estate market. It recently was part of a group of government agencies that purchased Waimea Valley. It also purchased the Wao Kele o Puna Rainforest on the Big Island.

 

Moanalua Gardens is home to the Prince Lot Hula Festival, which is the largest noncompetitive hula festival in the state and is named after Kamehameha V, the gardens' former owner. The site, which has an assessed value of $5.5 million, includes historically significant buildings.

 

OHA administrator Clyde Namu'o said the area is considered sacred because it is believed to be the burial ground for a pre-Kamehameha O'ahu chief.

 

Besides preservation, Namu'o said, trustees see investment potential, noting commercial development makai of the freeway.

 

Trustee Dante Carpenter, a strong proponent of the proposed purchase, said the gardens site could be candidate for OHA's future headquarters. Currently leasing space in a Cooke Street office building, OHA trustees are eyeing several sites in lower Kaka'ako for new offices.

 

Timothy Johns, Damon's chief operating officer, said he is encouraged by OHA's interest. He said several entities have expressed interest in the Moanalua Gardens parcel.

 

"There are parties who have continued to express interest and we've been going back and forth with them," Johns said. "So, we are really looking forward to seeing what OHA's offer is going to look like."

 

A sales agreement would be contingent upon successful completion of due diligence, according to the OHA vote. OHA Chairwoman Haunani Apoliona and trustee Colette Machado abstained from the vote. Apoliona said she thought due diligence — the phase in a business transaction when parties evaluate each other and the viability of a deal — should have been completed before yesterday's vote.

 

The board also authorized its staff to negotiate with the estate "a backup offer" for the purchase of Kamana Nui and Kamana Iki valleys, known collectively as Moanalua Valley, subject to approval by the trustees. The prospective buyers' group includes the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, the nonprofit Trust for Public Land, the Army and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

 

The estate last month entered into a sales agreement with the Trust for Public Lands for the 3,714-acre property. The sale is pending completion of due diligence by the buyers.

 

The valleys are considered a sanctuary for endangered and rare birds and plants. In the 1600s, the area was designated by O'ahu's King Kakuhihewa as the center of hula and chanting.

 

In other action, the board voted unanimously to grant Kawaiaha'o Church $1 million for renovations. The church will receive $500,000 this year and $250,000 in each of the next two fiscal years. The renovation plans include a new multipurpose and office facility, nursery, archives, social hall and kitchen.

 

Reach Gordon Y.K. Pang at gpang@honoluluadvertiser.com.

 

 

 

 

May 5, 2006

 

Akaka Secures $57.3 Million for Hawaii Military Projects

 

Defense Authorization includes review of chemical disposal sites

 

Washington, D.C. -- The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday approved $517.5 billion in its National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2007. Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, helped guide the Subcommittee to support working and housing facilities, and enhance Department of Defense (DoD) operations.

 

Senator Akaka also secured a provision requiring a review of records to determine the number, size and probable locations of sites where the Armed Forces disposed of military munitions in coastal waters.

 

"I commend my colleagues on the Committee for their cooperation to ensure that DoD is keeping track of the status of these dangerous dump sites and what actions may be necessary to address any health risks that these sites may pose," Senator Akaka said.

 

Once potential sites are identified, the public will be made aware of possible hazards. This will include information on the long-term effects that seawater exposure has on these munitions, and the feasibility of its removal.

 

Senator Akaka also secured his legislation to establish a National Language Council to develop a long-term and comprehensive language strategy. "We must focus on learning different languages to develop long-term relationships with people all across the world, whether or not the languages they speak are considered critical. As 9/11 showed us, the failures of communication can do swift damage," he stated.

 

Hawaii military projects totaling $57.3 million, secured by Senator Akaka are:

 

High Frequency Acoustic Signal Processor system, $2.5 million  Man Overboard Identification System, $3.9 million  Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel, $4.0 million  Corrosion Prevention and Control Program-USMC, $5.0 million  Corrosion Prevention and Control Program-USA, $5.2 million Self-Deploying Infrared Streamer, $4.0 million  Information sharing for ISRTE of Mobile Targets, $2.0 million  Corrosion Prevention and Control, $2.0 million  Electro-optic Passive ASW System, $6.7 million  Dry Dock Ship support Services, $22.0 million

 

 

 

 

May 2, 2006

 

New center will 'change lives'

 

The Salvation Army receives $80 million to create a Leeward community facility

 

By Rosemarie Bernardo
rbernardo@starbulletin.com

 

More than 28,000 students from Waipahu to Nanakuli could reap the benefits of programs and activities at the state's largest community center, thanks to the Salvation Army and a late philanthropist.

 

"It will change lives," Gov. Linda Lingle said yesterday at a news conference held at the corporate headquarters of the First Hawaiian Bank. "This was truly a community effort.

 

"This center, what it says to the people on the Leeward Coast, instead of what they rightfully believe is they usually get the last, they get the leavings, they get the worse roads, the worst sidewalks, their schools are in the greatest disrepair. Now they're going to have the best in the entire state," Lingle said.

 

The Salvation Army in Hawaii received an $80 million grant yesterday to build a 100,000-square-foot Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center on a 10-acre site in Kapolei to provide a gathering place for youth and families.

 

When Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, died in 2003, she bequeathed $1.6 billion to the Salvation Army to build community centers throughout the country.

 

Honolulu was one of 19 cities within 13 Western states that competed for funding. Of six selected, Hawaii received the largest grant amount, said commissioner Joe Noland, of the Salvation Army's Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division.

 

Of the $80 million, half will be slated for construction while the remaining amount will be slated for endowment to partially fund operations held at the center.

 

Donald Horner, president and chief executive officer of First Hawaiian Bank, said they still have to raise about $20 million to $25 million to cover the remaining costs for construction and endowment.

 

The overall cost for the center is estimated at more than $100 million. An additional $15 million is needed for construction, and $10 million for endowment costs to maintain the quality of the center.

 

Horner is heading the campaign to raise the remaining funds by the end of the year. Already, they have received a bequest of more than $4 million to the Salvation Army from the late Jack and Marie Lord. The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, James and Abigail Campbell Foundation and First Hawaiian Bank also pledged their commitment to help fund the center and its operations. Horner also said he is confident that they will obtain a partnership with Kamehameha Schools to help fund the center.

 

"I'm reasonably confident that we'll be able to raise that $20 (million) to $25 million by the end of the year based on the great indications of support we got from corporations and foundations in Hawaii today," Horner said.

 

Construction for the center is slated to start in 2008 or 2009 and to open in 2010.

 

More than a year ago, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands awarded a 65-year lease to the Salvation Army for the 10-acre site for $10 a year, according to Chairman Micah Kane. The site is near parcels where the department plans to build more than 2,000 homes.

 

The department and the Salvation Army hope to work out a land exchange because the organization has a policy of having land in fee simple, Kane said.

 

"So we're going to work with them to try to make that a very seamless and easy procedure, to make that land exchange happen," Kane said. The center will also be a place for Salvation Army officials to provide social service programs for families. Some programs will be designed to help prevent problems of gangs, substance abuse and teen pregnancy.

 

It will also link communities together on the Leeward Coast that are "somewhat isolated," Horner said. "This is not a community center for Kapolei. This is a community center for all communities within a 10-mile radius. It belongs to them. That's the key," he added.

 

The center will not only be a major resource for communities, but will also create more than 100 jobs for people on the Leeward Coast. "It will be employing people from the community," Horner said. "It will be people of the community giving back to the community through that center."

 

"This is the best thing that's happened to us in ... I don't even remember when the last good thing was," said Maeda Timson, chairwoman of the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board. "We're grateful and real excited."

 

Timson noted that they are normally marred with the "ills" of the city such as the Waimanalo Gulch Landfill, Kahe Power Plant and traffic congestion.

 

"We always get shut out," said Nyejo Delos Santos, 21, of Waianae. To have a place that will be the best in the state, especially for the kids, is good, Delos Santos said.

 

 

 

 

May 8, 2006

 

Army team defends rare plants

 

Fire and feral animals present the biggest threats to struggling species at Pohakuloa

 

By Karin Stanton
Associated Press

 

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii » The twisted skeletonlike trunks and branches of ohia trees stretch in every direction to the horizon, but a small group of people is intent on one tiny green sprout protected by a circle of wire fence.

 

It is one of only 155 known Hedyotis coriacea, or kioele, plants that remain, and it is a focal point of the Pohakuloa Training Area's environmental team.

 

Just finding it is a major accomplishment for the team of 16 Army biologists, botanists and horticulturists.

 

"Surveying for plants is a real skill," said Darryl York, chief biologist at the Army's 110,000-acre training area in the middle of the Big Island. "We have a special commitment to work in this area. The Army is really proactive and supportive."

 

The area, home to more threatened and endangered species than any other military installation, is shaped roughly like a big wedge, with headquarters at the apex and large swaths of conservation area extending along each side. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.

 

The middle is used for live-fire exercises and combat training.

 

York and fellow biologist Lance Tominaga recently led a tour through the dry-land ohia forest to highlight how the Army is preserving, protecting and managing the cultural and natural resources.

 

During the 20-minute drive from headquarters, herds of feral goats could be seen springing across the uneven lava and through the brush.

 

"This really is about as desolate as it gets," York said.

 

The dry-land ohia forest sits at about 6,000 feet above sea level and gets about 10 inches of rain annually. York and his crew still do not know what these conditions mean to the various plants they have identified.

 

When a rare or endangered plant is identified, the crew erects a bright orange protective fence and clears other vegetation from the area. It is time-consuming, hot, back-wrenching work, but it needs to be done three or four times a year to ensure the plant is not overrun.

 

In many cases, seeds or samples are rushed to the greenhouse back at headquarters. Biologists also send samples to another location, to ensure all existing plants are not destroyed if there is a catastrophic fire, earthquake or volcanic eruption.

 

The goal for York and his crew is to grow enough specimens in the greenhouse to allow them to be replanted in the wild. More than 3,000 plants have been planted across the Pohakuloa Training Area.

 

"We don't know if this is the historical range (for these plants). All we know now is this is where it's found," he said. "After 200 years of unrestricted grazing ... we just don't know what it used to be like."

 

Eleven endangered plant species are found on the grounds. Also on the endangered list are one mammal, the Hawaiian hoary bat, and three birds, the Hawaiian goose, or nene, the Hawaiian owl, or pueo, and the petrel.

 

In the 11 years since the Army's Natural Resource Program began, none of the endangered plants has become extinct, and one -- Silene hawaiiensis -- is thriving and moving toward being removed from the threatened list.

 

The biggest dangers faced by the flora and fauna are wildfires and herbivore feasters, including pigs, goats, sheep, cats and rodents.

 

Two major protection projects are planned. Both are part of the Environmental Impact Statement prepared ahead of the military bringing in Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, a division of lightweight, high-speed armored vehicles.

 

Fountain grass, an invasive weed that crops up in bunches on the lava landscape and eventually covers much of the ground, is excellent fuel for a fire.

 

"It's one of the huge problems," York said, "especially because nobody eats it."

 

In addition to destroying native forest, wildfires create barren open spaces that invasive species take advantage of, crowding out the more delicate native plants.

 

The Army spends a great deal of time controlling weeds in the conservation area, including manual weed-pulling and chemical spraying.

 

Also this summer, a crew of six will begin erecting a fence around 2,300 acres -- in addition to the 7,000 acres already protected by fencing -- in an effort to keep out feral goats, sheep, cats, rodents and other critters that can easily munch vulnerable plants out of existence.

 

 

 

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

 

Location:  Kapiolani Community College - 4303 Diamond Head Rd, Honolulu HI 96816

 

Date & Time:  Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 8:00 am - 1:30 pm

 

Cost:  FREE


AGENDA

White House Initiative on

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

8:00 a.m. 

Registration

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks by White House Commissioners:

Martha Ruth

William Afeaki

William Kil

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Introduction Remarks by Federal Leaders

Establishing a Relationship with Federal Agencies

Joan Fidler, Environmental Protection Agency

Kimo Kaloi, Department of Interior

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 

Workshop I Business Capital and Federal Grant Opportunities

Presenters: Hyepin Im, Korean Churches for Community

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Workshop II Federal Employment and Student Career Internships

Presenters:  Steve Shafran, Department of Interior

Chih-Yung Wu, Environmental Protection Agency

Michelle Wong, White House Initiative Office for AAPI

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Workshop III Taxes and Starting a Small Business

Presenter: Jerry Hirata, Small Business Administration

Jerry Hiromoto, Internal Revenue Service

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 

Workshop IV Financial Literacy

Presenters: TBA

2:00 pm

Tree Planting Ceremony Local Officials, White House Commissioners, Special Guests, FAPAC leaders and Pacific Islander Youths

 

President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Conducts Technical Assistance Conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

 

On Saturday, May 13, 2006 the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will conduct a free Technical Assistance Conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i that focuses on the economic and community development issues affecting Native Hawai’ians and Pacific Islanders.

 

The State of Hawai’i represents the nation’s largest population of Native Hawai’ians and Pacific Islanders.  Hawai’i is also where native Hawai’ians and other Pacific Islanders make up the largest proportion (22 percent) of the total population.  This will be the first Technical Assistance Conference held by the Commission in the State of Hawai’i.

 

The Commission will be conducting a series of panels and workshops that focus on small business development, access to federal resources and grant opportunities, financial literacy, and opportunities in federal employment.  The Small Business Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency will be among the federal agencies represented at the conference. 

  

The Commission will also be holding a tree planting ceremony with local officials, Pacific Islander youth, Special Guests, and leaders from the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC).

 

Commissioners William Afeaki (Salt Lake City, UT), William Kil (Los Angeles, CA), and Martha Ruth (Agana Heights, Guam) will be attending the conference.

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CIVIL NO. 06-1-0123 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT STATE OF HAWAII SUMMONS STATE OF HAWAII TO: HEIRS AND ASSIGNS OF ANTHONY JOHN KAMA; KAREN KAMA; ROBERT MIKA KAMA, AKONI KEONI KAMA; and the spouses, heirs, assigns, successors, personal representatives, executors, administrators, guardians, and/or trustees of the above-named defendants; and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, encumbrance or interest in the real property described in the Complaint, and TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiffs MICHAEL BEAUDIN, ROBERT ALVIN FINKLE and HEIDI JANE FINKLE claim fee simple legal and equitable ownership of the following parcels of real property: All of those certain parcels of land situate at Keaau, District of Puna, Island and County of Hawaii, State of Hawaii, being Lots 79 and 81, in Block 29, area 12,000 square feet each, more or less, as shown on Map 70 filed in the Office of the Assistant Registrar of the Land Court of the State of Hawaii with Land Court Application No. 1053 (amended) of W. H. Shipman, Limited, and bearing Tax Map Key Nos. (3) 1-6-080:057 and 58. YOU ARE HEREBY FURTHER NOTIFIED that Plaintiffs have filed a Complaint to Quiet Title in the Third Circuit Court, Hilo, Hawaii, requesting that Plaintiffs' title to the above-described real property be determined quieted as to any and all adverse claims not presented and/or adjudicated in this action. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to apear in the courtroom of the HONORABLE GLENN S. HARA, Judge of the above-entitled Court, State Office Building, Second Floor (Courtroom 2), 75 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii, on Mon., June 19, 2006, at 8:00 o'clock A.M., or to file an answer or other pleading and serve it before said day upon Plaintiffs' counsel, MICHAEL W. MOORE, of Tsukazaki Yeh & Moore, at mailing address 85 West Lanikaula Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4199, to show cause, if any you have, why the prayer of said Complaint should not be granted. Unless you file and answer before the time aforesaid or appear at the Third Circuit Court, Hilo, County and State of Hawaii, at the time and place aforesaid, your default will be recorded, and said Complaint will be taken as confessed and a judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Hilo, Hawaii, Apr. 21, 2006. C. OKAWA CLERK OF THE ABOVE-ENTITLED COURT Of Counsel: TSUKAZAKI YEH & MOORE MICHAEL W. MOORE 3234 85 W. Lanikaula Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4199 ph. (808) 961-0055 Attorneys for Plaintiffs (Hon. Adv.: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2006) (A-390943) Posted on 5/5/2006

 

 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT STATE OF HAWAII SUMMONS TO DEFENDANTS KAAHALAMA (k); KAHULANUI (w); PALEA (k); KAUAINA PALEA (k), aka KAUWAINA PALEA (k), aka S.B. KAUAINA (k); MOELUHI (k); MALIE KAMALU PAAHAO; LEHOULA (k); CHARLEY KALEIKAU; CHARLES KALEIKAU JR.; LAVENDA OPPIE; IWALANI PAQUETTE; JANE DAVIS; MARK OPPIE; WAYNE OPPIE; ELMINA OPPIE; ELROY OPPIE; DAVID KALEIKAU SR.; DAVID KALEIKAU JR.; AUSTIN KALEIKAU; BETTY KALEIKAU; LINDSEY KALEIKAU; LYLE KALEIKAU; LAYTON KALEIKAU; LAUREE GILL-KALEIKAU; LISA KALEIKAU; ABRAHAM KALEIKAU; ESTHERELLA OLSZOWKA; HERMAN KALEIKAU; WILLIAM KALEIKAU; BERNADEEN VALDEZ; MADELINE LEE; FRANCIS KALEIKAU; KALOUKOA (k), aka KALAUKOA (k); KAHAIKI (k), aka KUHAIKI (k), aka KUHAIKU (k); their respective heirs or assigns; and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiff Jeff John Silva has filed a complaint in the Third Circuit Court, State of Hawaii, Civil No. 06-1-98, to quiet title to: Land Commission Award No. 7310 issued to KAAHALAMA (k) on May 10, 1852, situate at Hionaa, Kau, County and State of Hawai i, within TMK No. (3) 9-5-015-5; Land Commission Award No. 10084 issued to MOELUHI (k) on May 10, 1852, situate at Hionaa, Kau, County and State of Hawai i, within TMK Nos. (3) 9-5-015-10 & 14; and Apana 2 of Land Commission Award No. 9564-B, issued to KALOUKOA (k) on May 10, 1852, situate at Hionaa, Kau, County and State of Hawai i, within TMK No. (3) 9-5-015-11. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear in the courtroom of the Honorable Greg K. Nakamura, Judge of the Third Circuit Court, in his courtroom at 75 Aupuni Street, Courtroom No. 1, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, on June 6, 2006 at 8:00 A.M., or to file an answer or other pleading and serve it before said day upon Plaintiff's attorney, Philip J. Leas, whose address is Cades Schutte LLP, 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 1200, Honolulu, HI 96813. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Hilo, Hawai i, April 5, 2006. P. TANAKA CLERK, THIRD CIRCUIT COURT (Hon. Adv.: Apr. 23, 30; May 7, 14, 2006) (A-394416) Posted on 4/23/2006

 

 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT STATE OF HAWAII SUMMONS TO DEFENDANTS LEPOLOA (k); HOOPII OLIVER (w); RICHARD N. OLIVER; PETER OLIVER; PIHIKULA MALAKAUA (w); LIVIA MALAKAUA (k); WILLIAM L. MALAKAUA; DAVID MALAKAUA; LEROY RASAY; AILANA NEAL; LEE ANN VERANO; DAVIDA MALAKAUA-RASAY; IDA NEALON; DONNA AWANA; ROBIN PANG-MAGANARIS (w); RAYE RAPOZA (w); RICHARD PANG III; ANA ALVIOR; DANIEL ALVIOR; MALIA NAKAPAAHU; MARCIA ALVIOR; RUTH CARVALHO; EMMA MALAKAUA-KELSO; ALBERT MALAKAUA; ELIZABETH KUPAHU; ELLEN DOMINICI; MOSES MALAKAUA; JAMES K. MALAKAUA; SHIRLEY RAMOS; EMMA VICTOR; JOSEPH VICTOR; GORDON VICTOR; GERALDINE SATO; PAMELA WANA; WILLIAM H. MALAKAUA; MARY ANN HUSSEY; AILEEN HUSSEY; JAMES HUSSEY, JR.; LEONARD HUSSEY; LAWRENCE HUSSEY; FRANCES ROCHA; ADRIAN HUSSEY; MOSES HIGA; MATTHEW HIGA; JOSEPH MALAKAUA; ROSE MALAKAUA; BRUCE MALAKAUA; JASON MALAKAUA; GARY MALAKAUA; ALICE HASHIMOTO; NOELANI MACANAS; JAMES S. MALAKAUA; PEARL MALAKAUA; RANDALL MALAKAUA; JAMES MALAKAUA JR.; WILLIAM K. MALAKAUA; DARRELL MALAKAUA; TRUDY YAMADA; JAMIE DESILVA; CAROLYN PFAHLER; MINERVA PANG; CHARLES MAKAENA; PHILOMENA SWANSON; DANIEL I. SWANSON; ROBERT SWANSON; DANIEL SWANSON; ROBERT I. SWANSON; WALTER SWANSON; JULITA SWANSON; JOHN SWANSON; LOUISE SWANSON; HENRY MAKAENA; MIRIAM MAKAENA; DAN MAKAENA; ABIGAIL HASSARD; PAULA KALANI SORGE; FRANCES GORDON; PETER MAKAENA; GLYNIS KAMEKONA; JOHN MAKAENA; GORDON MAKAENA; JONNIE LYNN MAKAENA; PAUL K. MAKAENA; PAUL K. MAKAENA, JR.; BYRON MAKAENA; SHEILA MAKAENA; CLIFTON MAKAENA; FRANCES NAONE; DAVID NAONE; ELLEN SANBORN; LEONE NIHOA (w); LUELLA NAONE; PETER KAHANANUI; MONA GOHIER; NANI MAHOE; MELE SPENCER; ANGELA MAHOE-YAMAMOTO; ALICE KAUPIKO; JOHN KAUPIKO; LEINA AWAI; RACHEL ONEHA; HARRY ONEHA; JOSEPH TAITANO; MAGNUS TAITANO; MAYDELL TAITANO; JESUS CAMACHO; ANTHONY LONG; EKEKELA KUA (w); ESTHER KUA; CARROLL OLIVER (k); RICHARD C. OLIVER; JOHN A. OLIVER; MYRA KAAIAI; RUTH OLIVER; CAROL CORTNER; OLIVER KUA; KEKUNA KUA (w); MALIA CRAVER; RUTH FLORES; LIBBY KUA; JOHN PAOO; REBECCA KUA; EMMA DEFRIES; JOSEPHINE KELIIKIPI; VIOLET ANAKALEA; JACOB KELIIKIPI; ANTOINETTE DEFRIES; WEST KELIIKIPI; LINDA KELIIKIPI; HELEN SHAM; VICTOR DEFRIES; FRANK DEFRIES; ARTHUR DEFRIES; ARTHUR DEFRIES, JR.; DAVID DEFRIES; ROLAND DEFRIES; TAMARA MERSBERG; ANNOLENE SPENCER; EDITH DEFRIES; GAYLEEN IDICA; HIRAM DEFRIES; NANCY DEFRIES; ALLAN DEFRIES; JOHN DEFRIES JR.; ELEANORA DEFRIES; JOHN DEFRIES III; JAMES DEFRIES; JERI-ANNE DEFRIES; JEROME DEFRIES; ROBIN HECKELBECK; JOSEPH DEFRIES; CHRISTY F. DEFRIES; BRANDON DEFRIES; JACOB DEFRIES; JON-NORMAN DEFRIES; DALLAS DEFRIES; ESTHER SMYTHE; MARION KELIIKIPI; MARION ESPINAL; CLARA COIT; LEVONNE KUKAHIKO; ANNA CRAIG; JOHN W. ESPINAL; GUADALUPE ESPINAL; HENRY DEFRIES; LORETTA DEFRIES; their respective heirs or assigns; and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Plaintiff Jeff John Silva has filed a complaint in the Third Circuit Court, State of Hawaii, Civil No. 06-1-97, to quiet title to: Apana 1 of Land Commission Award No. 10008 issued to LEPOLOA (k), on May 10, 1852, situate at Hionaa, Kau, Hawai i, within TMK No. (3) 9-5-015-005; and Apana 2 of Royal Patent Grant No. 1367 issued to Daniela Leohaalulu, also known as D.K. Napahi (k), on March 21, 1854, situate at Hionaa, Kau, Hawai i, within TMK Nos. (3) 9-5-015-12 & 13. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear in the courtroom of the Honorable Glenn S. Hara, Judge of the Third Circuit Court, in his courtroom at 75 Aupuni Street, Courtroom No. 2, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, on June 2, 2006 at 8:00 A.M., or to file an answer or other pleading and serve it before said day upon Plaintiff's attorney, Philip J. Leas, whose address is Cades Schutte LLP, 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 1200, Honolulu, HI 96813. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: Hilo, Hawai i, April 3, 2006. P. TANAKA CLERK, THIRD CIRCUIT COURT (Hon. Adv.: Apr. 19, 26; May 3, 10, 2006) (A-392915) Posted on 4/19/2006

 

 

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