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The literal meaning of ‘O Ka Ho‘ā Kēia is "this is the lighting." It is the name we have given to our presentation of issues that impact Hawaiians today - issues of burning importance that require illumination, study, and understanding. We will not presume to think for you, nor will we advocate any particular position. Our purpose here is to present, in a single well-lighted place, a variety of Hawaiian points of view with regard to several carefully selected issues. We intend to collect and illuminate; we hope that you, in turn, will examine, unravel, and arrive at an informed opinion. Pēnei kākou e ho‘ā pū ai i ka lama kū o ka no‘eau; thus will we light together the standing torch of wisdom.

 
 

 

 


Photo: Ka‘iwakīloumoku Staff
Participants express their sentiments at a rally on August 6th, 2005.

 

 

 



FEDERAL RECOGNITION?

Federal recognition for Native Hawaiians is an extremely controversial topic; there is no one voice within the Hawaiian community today that speaks for all of us or can alone successfully resolve the many issues we as a nation face. But before choosing a path we must become educated as to our history, our struggles, and our rightful entitlements - our nation is at stake. Education is perhaps the best starting point in beginning to formulate your own opinion. These links are by no means the only - or perhaps even the best - information out there, but they are a starting point.

2005 Newspaper Articles

12/23/05 Senate leaders to restore Akaka Bill for '06 agenda >>
12/23/05 Akaka Bill gets promise for calendar spot next year >>
12/22/05 Akaka Bill expected to be added to Senate calendar >>
11/7/05 Isle senators' vote to drill in Alaska 'heartbreaking' >>
11/2/05 Hawaiian association still backs Akaka Bill >>
11/1/05 Congress has jurisdiction on Hawaiians >>
10/22/05 Akaka Bill remains on back burner >>
10/17/05 Prayers unite past, future >>
10/14/05 Native blood quantum at issue in federal suit >>
10/8/05 Vigil in OHA office ends in prayer, song >>
10/7/05 Group urges OHA to drop support >>
10/7/05 Sit-in at OHA ends with prayer, chants >>
10/6/05 Group asks OHA to rescind Akaka Bill support >>
10/4/05 Entitlements still at issue in Akaka Bill >>
9/25/05 Akaka Bill promotes redress >>
9/22/05 Akaka Bill's legality still unsettled >>
9/22/05 Justice department still objects to Akaka Bill >>
9/17/05 Akaka Bill revised to placate D.C. foes >>
9/17/05 Revamped Akaka Bill awaiting attention >>
9/16/5 Compromise reached on bill, senator says >>
9/7/05 State officials still hope for Akaka Bill Debate >>
9/6/05 Vote on Akaka Bill postponed indefinetely >>
9/6/05 Union leaders offer support for Akaka Bill >>
9/6/05 Akaka Bill vote stalls >>
9/4/05 Akaka renews Hawaiian bill fight >>
9/1/05 OHA set up to meet obligations to Hawaiians >>
9/1/05 OHA supporters decry latest court ruling >>
8/30/05 Group asks to join Akaka debate >>
8/28/05 Obstacles loom for Akaka Bill debate >>
8/24/05 Proposed Akaka Bill changes get federal OK >>
8/23/05 OHA poll shows strong community support of bill >>
8/22/05 Inouye blamed by critics of Akaka >>
8/14/05 Native Hawaiians battle in the courts and in congress >>
8/3/05 Akaka Bill backers, foes weigh ruling >>
8/2/05 Gov prioritizes informational campaign on bill >>
7/30/05 Senate acts to move Akaka Bill >>
7/27/05 Debate on Akaka Bill unlikely till September >>
7/23/05 Struggle to push Akaka bill to vote continues >>
7/21/05 For some, Akaka Bill falls far short >>
7/20/05 Arguments for and against the Akaka Bill >>
7/20/05 Key figures for and against the Akaka Bill >>
7/19/05 11th hour wrangling envelops Akaka Bill >>
7/18/05 Debating the Akaka Bill, the pros and cons >>
7/17/05 Hawaiian dreams reach beyond recognition bill >>
7/17/05 Native issues gain spotlight >>
7/17/05 The battle for the Akaka Bill >>
7/16/05 Legality of Akaka Bill to be debated >>
7/16/05 Akaka Bill backers set for D.C. trip >>
 

 

 

 
 
Honokahua, Maui. Developers were hoping to build a resort on the land where the iwi were buried. As was the custom prior to the council’s existence, the remains of over 1,100 men, women and children were disinterred.
 

 



NÄ IWI KŪPUNA

In the late 1980's, at Honokahua on the island of Maui, construction crews preparing ground for the Ritz Carlton at Kapalua encountered, in a rather large unmarked cemetery, Native Hawaiian skeletal remains that spanned the generations. As was the practice at the time, the project's developers hired an archaeologist who began to systematically disinter the remains.

Somewhere close to 1,100 sets of remains had already been disinterred when Hawaiian groups heard of this desecration and organized a series of fiercely determined protests. This prompted our legislators to create Act 306 which effectively created the Burial Sites Program to deal with the care, management, and protection of unmarked burial sites in the State of Hawaiʻi. The issue is still hotly debated. The following links will help further your understanding of Nā Iwi Kūpuna.

2005 Newspaper Articles

12/29/05 Contractor files details on sealing cave for hui >>
12/28/05 Group defies artifacts order >>
12/28/05 Hui Mālama leader in jail >>
12/27/05 Groups blast Hui Mālama >>
12/27/05 Hui Mālama executive director ordered into custody >>
12/27/05 Groups last out at Hui Mālama >>
12/23/05 Hui Mālama gets new court date >>
12/23/05 Explanations sought for Hui Mālama acts >>
12/22/05 Hawaiian group to disobey judge >>
12/22/05 Judge to weigh Hui Mālama contempt issue >>
12/22/05 Hui Mālama leader stays firm on defiance >>
12/21/05 Punishment threatened if artifacts not returned >>
12/21/05 Agency criticized for its silence >>
12/21/05 Hui Mālama leaders vow to defy judge >>
12/20/05 Judge wants no more delays in return of artifacts >>
12/20/05 Displaced artifacts generate legal heat >>
12/17/05 Rethink order to return artifacts, group asks judge >>
12/17/05 Hawaiian group says court failed in dispute >>
12/16/05 Group wants disclosure of artifacts site under seal >>
12/13/05 Group spurns ruling on Hawaiian artifacts >>
12/13/05 Appeals court upholds ruling against Hui Mālama >>
12/12/05 Appeals court tells Hawaiian group to return artifacts >>
12/9/05 Artifacts dispute divides Hawaiians >>
12/7/05 Answers sought on loan, burial of artifacts >>
12/7/05 Appeals court pushes for info on Hawaiian artifacts >>
12/4/05 In Hawai‘i, illicit trade persists despite efforts to protect >>
11/6/05 Kawaihae moepū case is misunderstood >>
11/6/05 H-3 sites yield clues of early Islanders >>
11/4/05 Skull offered on eBay back on Maui >>
11/4/05 Stacking Kīlauea rocks called cultural sacrilege >>
11/4/05 Hawaiian skull auctioned on eBay returns >>
11/3/05 Bones on North Shore 'very likely' Hawaiian >>
11/3/05 Missing sacred staffs returned to mausoleum >>
11/3/05 Hawaiian skull once on eBay returned >>
11/3/05 Hawaiian staffs are returned to crypt >>
10/31/05 Caves were used for more than just burials >>
10/30/05 Mausoleum fears theft of treasures >>
10/27/05 OHA cites stake in Kona artifacts >>
10/25/05 Hawaiian groups want say on artifacts >>
10/25/05 3 cultural groups want a voice in disposition of icons >>
10/19/05 Artifacts found in lava tube >>
10/8/05 Ezra issues 'supplement' critical of Hui Mālama >>
10/1/05 Group appeals court ruling on artifacts >>
9/19/05 Showdown over artifacts unearths spiritual divide >>
9/15/05 Artifacts dispute resolution elusive >>
9/14/05 Reopening cave may cause collapse, mason says >>
9/14/05 Hui Mālama refuses to comply with ruling >>
9/9/05 Group challenges court order on artifacts >>
9/9/05 Hui wants court to rule on its appeal before acting >>
9/8/05 September 23 deadline for artifacts >>
9/3/05 Ruling marks a way to end burial dispute >>
9/3/05 Artifacts must be returned, judge decides >>
9/3/05 Disputed artifacts ordered returned >>
9/2/05 Judge orders Hui Mālama to return burial artifacts >>
8/27/05 Steps taken to improve handling of burial sites >>
8/20/05 Kawānanakoa sues for return of Hawaiian artifacts >>
8/20/05 Kawānanakoa seeks transfer of artifacts >>
7/30/05 Group qualified to receive artifacts >>
7/29/05 Burial-law faction loses ally >>
7/29/05 Museum keeping artifact in interim >>
7/21/05 Deal in Wal-Mart burial-site case >>
7/19/05 State, hui settle suit on Ke‘eaumoku remains >>
7/14/05 Repatriation expert sues museum >>
7/13/05 Museum's former cultural chief files suit >>
   
 
Photo: Melehina Groves
Students of Hālau Lōkahi, with kumu Hina Wong, show their support of Princess Pauahi and Kamehameha Schools at a rally on August 6th, 2005.



DOE vs. KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS

On August 2, 2005, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a decision made in 2003 by a Honolulu court which ruled that the Kamehameha Schools’ admission policy of giving preference to Native Hawaiians was legally justified. The injustice of this new decision has echoed throughout Hawai‘i’s diverse community and has been covered extensively in the media. Below are some of the most recent articles.


2005 Newspaper Articles

10/29/05 9th Circuit breakup, if any, will take time >>
10/23/05 Kamehameha supporters rally in California >>
10/23/05 Kamehameha Schools decision protested in Calif. >>
10/21/05 Alumna funds rally to protest court ruling >>
10/17/05 Prayers unite past, future >>
10/15/05 Kamehameha grads plan prayer event >>
9/16/05 Admission delay could prompt boy to seek money >>
9/15/05 Student's lawyers urge court to deny KS request >>
9/15/05 Court is urged not to reconsider Kamehameha case >>
9/3/05 Kamehameha request to be challenged >>
9/2/05 9th Circuit Court withdraws order >>
9/1/05 City joins Kamehameha rehearing bid >>
8/27/05 Lawyers to challenge Kamehameha appeal >>
8/21/05
Support for school echoes in San Fransisco >>
8/24/05 Kamehameha Schools petitions appeals court >>
8/15/05 Kamehameha ruling misused to support Akaka Bill >>
8/15/05 Pauahi's trust is for Hawaiians >>
8/7/05 More than 10,000 rally against court decision >>
8/4/05 Rallies show school support >>
8/3/05 Kamehameha will fight ruling >>


 
 
 

He oho laua‘e.

 

Photos: Ka‘iwakīloumoku Staff
He liko lehua.

 



PRESERVING OUR NATIVE ENVIRONMENT

Conservation biology in Hawai‘i is all about threat - managing alien species in a native ecosystem. The reason alien species are so threatening is because Hawai‘i's environment is very unique. The ‘āina is our older sibling and we have the responsibility to mālama it. If we are good stewards, the land will in turn honor its kua‘ana relationship and care for us. We also know that everything on the land has its partner in or near the sea, and this same care and concern for our ‘āina must be extened to our oceans. As Hawaiians, we cannot ignore this ancient connection.

2005 Newspaper Articles
12/20/05 Coral conservation bill nearly doubles funding >>
12/19/05 Wild pig invasion tough to ignore >>
12/16/05 New coral conservation bill passes U.S. Senate >>
12/15/05 Scientists step up battle to save wiliwili >>
12/11/05 Kawai Nui Marsh dispute puts restoration on hold >>
12/10/05 Auction aids effort to preserve forest >>
12/8/05 Kawainui dispute shows need to revamp government duties>>
12/3/05 Predatory wasp faces a determined battle >>
12/1/05 Dogs blamed for sea-bird kills >>
12/1/05 Critics fight Army's Mākua plans >>
11/8/05 Group says feds slow in protecting 283 species >>
11/7/05 Isle senators' vote to drill in Alaska 'heartbreaking' >>
11/5/05 Research goal is wilt-resistant koa >>
10/31/05 Invader threatens forest bird >>
10/31/05 Invasive species eluding military >>
10/28/05 Fisheries in NW Isle deserve protection >>
10/28/05 State launches offensive against coqui in Manuka >>
10/27/05 NW Isles fish catch at issue >>
10/26/05 Vanishing beauty >>
10/25/05 Fishing ban in reserve sought >>
10/25/05 Fishing ban in NW isles sought >>
10/24/05 House bill protects wildlife less, costs more >>
10/24/05 Diverse forest may aid climate >>
10/21/05 Species Act is just the start to achieve goal >>
10/19/05 Group charges military sonar threatens whales >>
10/18/05 Reef studies gauge global warming threat >>
10/16/05 Hawaiian sites protected >>
10/16/05 Trust buys Kohala property >>
10/15/05 Maui on lookout for lost birds >>
10/15/05 2 islands conceded to coqui infestation >>
10/15/05 Coquis have croakhold on Big Isle, Maui >>
10/13/05 From students to stewards >>
10/12/05 State seeks more partnerships to save environment >>
10/10/05 Kawai Nui negotations set to resume >>
10/8/05 Bugs could slow strawberry guava >>
10/5/05 Comments sought on rare flies >>
10/5/05 Native honeycreepers surviving avian malaria >>
10/4/05 Invasive weed fuels wildfires on Big Island >>
10/2/05 Land grant to aid endangered species >>
9/30/05 House OKs changes in species protection law >>
9/26/05 Kou tree predates voyagers >>
9/13/05 Rain forest deal ends 20 years of effort >>
9/13/05 Hawaiian group named curator of cultural site >>
9/13/05 Army seeks comments on Mākua Valley plan >>
9/11/05 Kaua‘i residents to restore ancient sites >>
9/10/05 Conservation group honors Woodside and Tunison >>
9/10/05 Native fly finally gets protection >>
9/9/05 Trash, trespassers taint Kuli‘ou‘ou sanctuary >>
9/5/05 Hawaiians protest Stryker plan >>
9/3/05 Hawaiians will march, protest Stryker plan >>
9/1/05 Children learn to become stewards of Earth >>
8/29/05 Mixed breeding threatens native duck >>
8/28/05 Study says coqui isn't ecological scourge >>
8/15/05 Wasp only ravaging Erythrina >>
8/11/05 Ocean's 'rainforests' must be protected >>
8/10/05 Bureaucracy bugs species fight >>
8/9/05 Group says Mākua fire damaged cultural sites >>
8/7/05 Tiny wasp may kill off native trees >>
8/7/05 Congress battles invasive species >>
8/5/05 Military, group at odds over Mākua fire >>
8/5/05 Growing native >>
8/4/05 Mākua Valley blaze burns an estimated 300 acres >>
8/5/05 Mālama Mākua set to make site visit >>
8/3/05 25,000 acres on Big Isle set for preservation >>
8/2/05 Fish reserve proves its long-term value >>
7/28/05 Residents must help fight invasive species >>
7/26/05 Invasive grass spreads on O‘ahu >>
7/23/05 Army sees high fire risk at Mākua >>
7/22/05 Mālama Mākua says Army reneging >>
7/11/05 The costly coqui >>




 
   
      
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