Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 2, Number 9, 1 September 1985 — Grants, Scholarship Recipients Are Named [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Grants, Scholarship Recipients Are Named

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has approved a total of $128,400 in Community Grants and approximately $46,000 for graduate level scholarships. The Community Grants were awarded to 22 agencies, groups or individuals after review by OHA's Culture/Education Committee, chaired by Trustee Gard Kealoha and the land component of the Resource Development Committee, headed by Trustee Louis Hao. The Community Grants are designed to assist in improving services to the native Hawaiian community or to help fund services whieh are not now available or whieh are inadequate. The projects funded range in purpose from researching grave stones for genealogical purposes to various law suits by native Hawaiians. The 23 Graduate Scholarship Grants, in an amount of approximately $2,000 eaeh, are subject to verification of enrollment and substantiation of native Hawaiian status by the applicants. Culture/Education Committee Chairman Kealoha said the scholarships are designed to encourage greater participation in the professions and business eommunity by native Hawaiians. In addition to the 22 Culture/Education Committee and Resource Development Committee awards, additional grants are under consideration by the Human Services Committee and the eeonomie development component of the Resource Development Committee. A total of $225,000 has been appropriated by the OHA Board of Trustees for Community Grants. CULTURE GRANTS Culture/Education grants recommended for funding, iisting applicant, a brief description and the amount approved follow. • Cemeteries, Hawaiian Historical Society, Nanette M. Pumell. Research and survey several graveyards statewide for genealogy purposes, $6,000. • Annotated Bibliography, UH, Social Science Research Institute, Matthew Spriggs. Provide an annotated bibliography of Hawaiian historical sites of an archaeological nature, $3,500. • Lauhala (Daughters of Hawaii), Leiana Woodside. Provide lauhala floor coverings for Queen Emma Summer Palaee and Hulihee Palaee, $4,000. • Na Mele Ame Na Oli O Kupuna, Alii Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club, Betty Dower. Expand theroleof kupuna, bridging the gap whieh now exists in Hawaiian culture and education to community groups and educational institutions, $5,000. • Hawaiian television program, Heather Haunani Giugni. Providing a program or program series focusing on a particular aspect of Hawaiian culture, preservation, political awareness, music and dance, historical education, community identity and general entertainment, $5,000. • Liliana Hula Halau, Alu Like ine., Winona E. Rubin. Restoration and preservation of Hawaiian culture and lifestyle of Kahana Valley through the use of hula, $4,000. • Hawaiian Quilt, film, Hawaii Craftsmen (Elaine Zinn). Produce a video documentary on Hawaiian quilting, $10,000. • Ka'iulani, St. Joseph High School. Produceadramaand video presentation of Princess Ka'iulani life, $1,500. • Smithsonian Documentation, Kalapana Community Organization, Emma Kauhi. Record and translate into

Hawaiian the experiences of three Puna Hawaiians during their internship at the Smithsonian, $1,500. • The Nature Conservancy (Kamoku Preserve), Alan Holt. Open the Kamoku Preserve on Molokai as an outdoor classroom for Hawaiian ecology , traditiona! knowledge of the forest and forest management, $3,000. • Polynesian Voyaging Society (Voyage of Rediscovery), Myron B. Thompson. Retracing most of the major Pacific migration routes testing the principals of non instrumental navigation and other sailing techniques, $1,500. EDUCATION GRANTS • Kako'o I na Punana Leo, William H. Wilson. Support the establishment of a Hawaiian language pre-school for children, $l5,000. • Institute for Family Enrichment (Keiki Play Morning). Establish a pre-school on wheels in the Nanakuli homestead community. • Stevenson Intermediate School (Hawaiian identity through language), Ernesta Masagatani. Teach the Hawaiian language as a tool to build pride and self-esteem among students, $10,000. • University of Hawaii at Hilo (Hawaiian leadership development program). Provide students in the program with work experience and the opportunity to interact with the eommunity, $5,000. • 'Aha Puhala, Waianae Coast Culture and Arts Society, Agnes Cope. Sponsor a statewide lauhala conference to create and promote interest in the perpetuation of this Hawaiian craft, $1,500.

• Ho'ala Kukui 'O Ke'Aumoe, Uhane Noa Foundation, Kunani and Ipo Nihipali. Provide an opportunity for 25 native Hawaiians on Molokai to leam about their Hawaiian heritage through a Hawaiian educational fine arts program, $3,000. GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS • Samuel M. Aea, UH Manoa, masters in public health; Jocelyn K. Aki, UH Manoa, law; Robert Akoi Jr., Central Michigan, masters in general administration; Ralph K. Aona, UH Manoa, law; Charmaine Bissen, School of Professional Psychology, doctorate, elinieal psychology; Richard T. Bissen, UH Manoa, law; Dawne L. Kaapana, masters in elementary education; William K. Kahookele, masters in history/MBA; Dexter Ka'iama, UH Manoa, law; Enoeh N. Kaina, UH Manoa, law; Noelani Kamekona, UH Manoa, law; Maile N. Kane, UH Manoa, medicine. Also, Catherine Kau, UH Manoa, law; Dudley Kekaula, Central Michigan, masters in human resources; Alexis K. Lopez, UH Manoa, professional diploma in education; Jean K. Luka, UH Manoa, law; Thalia O. Maa, UH Manoa, law; Louis P. Mendonca, William Mitchell College, law; Verna Mae Nahulu, UH Manoa, professional diploma in education; Claire L. Niheu, UH Manoa, professional diploma īn education; Gail P. Paeheeo, UH Manoa, masters in elinieal psychological; Iolanthe Parker, UH Manoa, professional diploma in education; Damien Rodrigues, UH Manoa, masters in urban planning. (See Grants, page 3)

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of T rustees at its Aug. 23 meeting in Honolulu discuss community grants and graduate scholarships before unanimously voting approval. From left to right nearest camera and going around the table are Trustees Thomas K. Kaulukukui Sr., Moses Keale, Louis Hao, Hayden Burgess, Gard Kealoha, Rockne Freitas, Rodney Burgess, Moanikeala Akaka and Chairman Joseph Kealoha.

• Grants, 1rom page 1

LAND GRANTS

• Ahia vs. Padeken, et al. Hawaii litigation grant for Kalae case. Should benefit native Hawaiians on waiting list, $10,000. • Ho'ohua Ka 'Aina Project. Addresses housing needs of Miloli'i, $12,000. • Makena. Maui research and litigation involving ceded lands and the private sector involved in a recent exchange. May set important precedent regarding ceded lands, $7,000. • Restoration of fish pond at Prince Kuhio Park. Lihue project to restore fish pond, $3,500. • Kaniho vs. DHHL. Litigation regarding DHHL general leases and the waiting lists as well as native Hawaiians standing to sue, $5,900. Members of the Culture/Education Committee fall into the following three categories. They are: Standing Committee Members — Gard Kealoha, chairman; Moses Keale, vice chairman; Moanikeala Akaka, Rockne Freitas, Louis Hao, members. All are trustees. Culture Component Members — Agnes Cope, Leina'ala Heine, Lydia Maioho, Nathan Napoka, Kunani Nihipali, Susan Shaner, Matthew Spriggs. Education Component Members — Darrow Aiona, Marguerite Ashford, Elizabeth Ellis, Kaipo Hale, Neil Hannahs, Davianna McGregor-Alegado, Nalani 01ds Napoleon, Mahealani Pescaia, Eleanor Williamson, Monette Yagodich. Resource Development Committee — Hao, chairman; Thomas K. Kaulukukui, vice chairman; Akaka, Hayden Burgess, Gard Kealoha, Keale, Rodney Burgess, members.