Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 2, Number 1, 1 January 1985 — Native Claims Get Papal Backing [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Native Claims Get Papal Backing

Kohanga Reo page 3 Clans Gather at Kona . . . page 4 'Be More Sensitive' page 5 'UtiT crowds page 6 Kawela Bay page 7

Hereditary chief John L. George of the Burrard Nation presents a talking stick to Pope John Paul II in Vancouver, B.C. The elegantly carved talking stick vests in the Pope the traditional rights of a Ieader to speak. — Photo courtesy Native Communications Society of B.C.

Bishop Joseph A. Ferrario of the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. — Irving Rosen Photography.