Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 11, 1 November 1992 — OHA Candidate Profiles [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Hao, continued from page 3 generate a revenue stream of at least 10 percent return on its money — OHA needs to invest in eeonomie development projects such as a financial services loan institution for home mortgage lending and insurance programs for Hawaiians. OHA needs a permanent office complex instead of paying out rent. Current rent at Pacific Park Plaza is estimated at $350,000 annually. Fmally, the distribution of funds should favor a loan program enabling a wider number of beneficiaries to participate than in a straight grants program. Grants programs should be limited to education, bealth and cultural activities. Kina'u Boyd Kamali'i Qualiflcations: I have served as a 10year veteran of the state House of Representatives, the presidentiallyappointed chair of the Native Hawaiians

h t u a y Commission, and am now the administrator of the state Health Planning and Development Agency. In addition to my experience with govern-

ment at the state and federal levels, I also have a long involvement with Hawaiian

community organizations — and am a member of the Prince Kuhio Hawaiian Civic Club, the 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu, and the Hale O Na Ali'i. Goals in office: Working with the Hawaiian community, I want to be a part of attaining the settlement of Native Hawaiian claims for the lands and selfdetemination wrongfully taken at the overthrow of the native nation in 1893. The "Century of Dishonor" must end; and the healing of our people must truly begin. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: Though poverty, homelessness, educational failure and dismal health is often cited, I personally feel that the critical problem is the perceived laek of individual or group power to be the decision-makers in solving the problems. We need to be in control of our own lives, and take full responsibility for the ouleome. What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? Establish a strong and consistent Hawaiian presence in Washington, D.C. Our Hawai'i eongressional delegation is very supportive and strategically placed in the Senate and House and most concerned with these issues. As a former legislator, however, I know the value of networking beyond the formal constraints of hearings. We need to literally go door to door.

If this doesn't wwk, then we will have to go to court. In anticipation of this possibility, the past legislative session approved $500,000 for the needed research and legal grounds for seeking enforcement. OHA should be prepared to join in that aelion, if necessary. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? How should OHA spend the money? A few months ago, agreement was reached on $111.8 million and a formula for deciding payment for HFDC projects on trust lands was passed by the Legislature. If, for any reason, some denial or dishonesty occurs whieh threatens the payment of these monies or the selection of lands, then we have the right to sue for enforcement The far larger and more important issue is to resolve the entitlements for all Hawaiians, regardless of blood quantum. Greater coordination with Hawaiian Homes and the other private Hawaiian trusts should be pursued. With a coordination of the public and private trusts, I believe that we ean create the partnerships needed for education, rental housing, and heahh care programs. Chauncey W. Pa Qualifications: I was born and raised here on Kaua'i; Kamehameha Schools graduate, class of 1957; Occidental Colleg» graduate, class of 1957; have

three children; own one property whieh has i been in the 1 family since the early \ 1800s;andnot seeking offtce ] for any other j elective posi- | tion in the state. i

Goals in office: See that the office gets organized. Establish a salary of about $30, 000-40, 000/year for eaeh trustee; no bonuses; only legitimate expenses. This * to keep members honest and not tempted . to scheme for wasteful payments; no firstclass travel; and no closed-door meetings. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians: Not having our own i Hawaiian government established is a major problem. We Hawaiians have been severely brainwashed by the white man's i religion so that we spend too mueh time praying and waiting for responses and ; miracles to happen. Meanwhile, all the other governments are busy making things happen. We must separate business from religion. Running a government is business and OHA should be run like a governmenL , On the federal trust responsibility to I Native Hawaiians: Learn from the Ameiiean Indians! Get ourselves estab- ( continued on page 7

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Pa from page 5 lished and recognized as a nation with a govemment. Only then will we be able to sit at the table. On the OHA ceded lands settlement: Do everything necessary that will separate OHA from the state. As it stands, OHA is a room under the roof of the state. The state is OHA's landlord. How ean OHA, as a tenant, argue for rent monies owed? No way, unless we are separated from all ties with the state. OHA needs to be recognized as a nation, a separate govemment, with land ownership, and to be its own landlord. Until then. doo't expect to receive what is owed or promised. How should OHA spend the money? Education is most important (leam from the Japanese). Spend money with Bishop Estate to build good schools on every island for the Hawaiians like Kamehameha Schools. Our future growth

and survival depends on this. Ed Pelekai Qualifications: I am a Native Hawaiian and citizen of the United States of

America. I am a past member of the following: Queen E m m a H a w a i i a n Civic Club, Na 'Opio O E m a 1 a n i (advisor, pa'u rider), etc.; ' Ko'iahi O

Kaiona Foundation; board of managers, WYMCA; school board, Cathedral School; youth programs: Bobby Sox, soccer, football, swimming, etc.; executive board IBEW 1260; IBEW 1186; USN;

HECO, safety advisory committee, apprenticeship committee, etc. (22 years); and I am presently the safety manager for E.E. Black, Ltd. Goals in office: I would work toward putting all the available homestead land into our hands and at the same time work to remove the blood quantum requirement. Most pressing problem facing Hawaians today: To unite our Native Hawaiians. Your solution? Meet with all Native Hawaiian groups/organizations and record their concems. Invite representatives from the different organizations to meet and form small groups and work toward resolving different concems. Create a Native Hawaiian Council where small groups would be members to bring forth those issues that could not be resolved (in their groups). A member of OHA (trustee-at-large) will also sit on the

eouneil as an advisor. What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? Our elected federal officials will help us in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to resolve this matter. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? If money is not available, their service in its stead, waiver of fees or taxes (for OHA), trade or swap, etc. may suffice on some occasions. How should OHA spend the money? Mainlain a minimum reserve, allow money to go out that is invested in short roll-overs, become landlords, have sound long-term investments. continued on page 8

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from page7 Eric Poohina Qualifications: My name is Eric Poohina, independent candidate for OHA at-large, active in the Hawaiian move-

ment for 10 years. I have been a property manager for 20 years, trustee of a major trust for 10 years, elected to the K a i 1 u a Neighborhood Board for two

years, served two years in the Hawai'i State Senate as a lobbyist. Goals in office: My basic platform is based on the fact that the heirs of the konohiki must eome forward to elaim back eaeh ahupua'a for all the Hawaiian people. Under the Great Mahele of 1848, sanctified by King Kamehameha III, the lands were distributed to all the Hawaiian people and the chiefs or konohiki became the property managers of eaeh ahupua'a (subdivision). These basic property rights are still upheld by the Supreme Court today. In 1989, I entered a quiet title land case involving Mahele lands claimed by my ancestors. The plaintiff, Keola Hana Ranch, a loeal business hui including William Richardson, Oswald Stender, Thurston Twigg-Smith and Charmin Akina, teamed up with Japanese investors and wanted to develop a golf course on my land. I decided to represent myself in the case and eventually won the case in pro se. Most pressing problem facing Native Hawaiians today: At the present I am helping Hawaiian families elaim their land rights without a lawyer, in pro se. If anyone needs help in quiet title action, please feel free to eall me at 262-2302 or contact the Hawai'i State Archives re: case no. 89-0352 (2) Second Circuit Court, Maui. Very significant historical and religious sites are located on my ahupua'a of 'Aleamai, Hana, Maui. I am presently having an investigation performed by an independent archeologist, independent of ihe state, OHA and the federal government. All negotiations must cease until the historical sites issue is settled. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? On the issue of sovereignty, we are a sovereign independent nauon protected by the Great Mahele trust being held in suspended animaūon for 100 years. The Hawaiian people must eome forward to elaim back their land rights forever. (Suggested reading: "Land and Power in Hawai'i," "Hawai'i's Story by Hawai'i's Queen," "Native Hawaiian Rights Handbook," "Hawai'i Revised Statutes" (Konohiki rights). God save our Queen Lili'uokalani. John L. Sabey Qualifications: One qualification I have for elective office is my 3/8 (or 37 1/2 percent) Hawaiian blood and having been bom here in Honolulu 67 years ago, 27 years after Queen Lili'uokalani was imprisoned by the United States under President William McKinley. Other possible qualifications for elective office

were my unsuccessful bids for City Council in 1986, for state representative in 1988 and for U.S. I Congressional I representative | in 1990. Goals in

office: During my term in office, I would very mueh like to have the state of Hawai'i secede from the rest of the United States to become an independent, democratic republic like the British one with all the royalty that accompanies it. There are some Hawaiians still living today, related to the Kamehameha line. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: The most pressing problem facing the Hawaiians today is their gradual decine as a race from about half a million populatin when Captain Cook discovered these islands, down to about 8,244 pure Hawaiians today. Let's hope Hawaiians don't degenerate into extinction like some of the flora and fauna originally living here before humans arrived here almost a thousand years ago. Possibly, all of us living in Hawai'i today, whether we are of Hawaiian blood or not, ean help prevent this degeneration. What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibi!ity to Native Hawaiians? I would try to convince the Congress of the United States, as well as the United Nations, that seceding to become a new self-sufficient nation, composed of citizens loyal to a new Hawai'i, like in the motto, "Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono." H ow will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? How should OHA spend the money? As a UTistee, I shall try to get the approval of OHA to obtain the past due revenues from the ceded lands trust. Accordingly, OHA should spend the money to purchase back the lands Hawaiian Homes used to own, like in Kuli'ou'ou Valley and Lualualei Valley. Also, the money ean be reinvested in acquiring valuable, money-makng properties on the same scale as some insurance companies or Bishop Estate do. Hawai'i island residency candidates •Moanikeala Akaka Qualifications: For more than the past two decades I have consistendy supported Native Hawaiian struggles and issues throughout the state. I surround myself with knowledgeable people that have state-of-the-art awareness on all issues that confront Hawaiians.

Goals in office: It is necessary that we begin to negotiate an all-Hawaiian prospective package (land and money) to include those Hawaiians of

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Sabey frompage8 less than 50 percent blood quantum, now that we have settled with the state on back rent due. They comprise 60 percent of the Hawaiian population. This package must also include hundreds of thousands of acres of ceded lands, whieh will eventually become part of our Hawaiian sovereign naūon. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiiaas today: We today must identify ourselves as Hawaiians and take measures toward self-determination. With 67 percent of tbe homeless being Hawaiian, it is of utmost importance that we obtain a land base for our people. Currently we are first in enme and homelessness, last in health and education. A Honolulu StarBulletin statewide poll dated Sept. 10, 1992 found 95 percent of participants worried about rapid growth and development and that it is destroying the aloha spirit. Aloha 'aina is the only way! What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? Continue to emphasize the fact that Hawaiians did not migrate to the United States of America, but that the United States in its thrust of imperialism stole away our sovereign Hawaiian kingdom. This is the basis for many of our problems today. And while most Hawaiians are proud, loyal Americans, we are a people whose patience has been taxed to the breaking point. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? Because of the tumultuous eeonomie times in this state, there ean be no guarantee of prompt payment However, the state has paid a $5 million initial payment of the outstanding $112 million (with the possibility of $2030 million more to be negotiated). We are now earning 10 percent compounded annually on the balance owed. In five years that will double in value. We as trustees are in the process of setting up a $10 million Education Endowment Fund. The interest alone ean amount to $400,000 to be utilized for not only scholarships in higher education, but for supplemental enrichment programs for all ages. How should OHA spend the money? Housing programs, self-help and other altematives including home rental programs are desperately needed now! A Hawaiian supplementary health insurance program is essential. A comprehensive, broad-based eeonomie development program is also needed so innovative Hawaiians ean launeh into the private sector. Marcel K. Keanaaina Qualifications: I am a Native Hawaiian resident of the state of Hawai'i with background in management and strong leadership qualities as evidenced by my role in

computer program designing, space shuttle program case manager and team member selected to design, fabricate, and safety test the first

airbags for automobiles. Goals in office: I would like to improve the quality of life for all Native Hawaiians and establish better eommunications between the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the beneficiaries of the trust. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: Due to resort development and the tourist industry in Hawai'i, the cost of living increases have surpassed pay scales. These same industries cause increases in property taxes, rental housing cost, utility and grocery costs while pay scales do not offset the high cost of living for Hawaiians in their native land. Most Hawaiians must work two or three jobs just to provide the basic necessities for their families. We should lobby for a eap on property tax based on the assessed value at the time the family comes on title and it should remain the same until the property is sold. Press planning commissions to require developers to assume responsibility for providing infrastructure. Start, expand and assist more Hawaiian-owned businesses. Encourage higher education by making funds available for trade school and twoyear certificate programs. Continue to plaee more Hawaiians in adminisrative positions at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, because OHA must set the standard if they expect the rest of the business community to hire Hawaiians. What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? We should help persons that are sensitive to, and willing to fight for, the needs and rights of Native Hawaiians. Provide basic administrative funding for a volunteer staff of Native Hawaiians in the Washington, D.C. area to lobby Congress and the Department of the Interior. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? OHA trustees should insist on a quarterly meeting between the state and a majority of the trustees. Negotiate an immediate down payment on past-due revenues. Increase interest amount and negotiate a two-year deadline on past-due monies. How should OHA spend the money? Institute and fund the programs that will first and foremost improve the quality of life for the beneficiaries of the trust Lili'uokalani Ross Qualifications: Education — agriculture,

plant science technologist; P u ' u k a p u F a r m e r , W a i m e a , indigenous plants/herbs. Pertinent/relevant affiliations — president, Waimea

nawaiian Homesteaders' Association; chairwoman, Waimea Department of Transportation bypass committee; treasurer/founding member State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA); director, SCHHA Hawai'i island ahupua'a; director, Kawaihae/Waimea Community Association; Kuhina nui, delcontinued on page 11

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egate: registrar, 'Ohana O Hawai'i (genealogy foundation). Goals in office: To promote unification via — Self-determination: (pertains to the people). Free will: Right of a people or nation to work out its own problems and destiny, free from interference or inftuenee from outside. Position: To provide individuals or groups the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process that affects their rights and benefits. Selfgovernment: having a representative elected by, and responsible to those govemed. Position: It must be structured to guarantee the right of the people to woik out their own problems and destiny before it is made law. To develop and encourage a free and open relationship with the people. To establish policy for regular meetings with organizations and wilhin eommunities to promote active participation for two-way education, discussion and resolving problems affecting their rights. To implement programs for the people. To comply and enforce the mles and regulations established by constitutional mandate. To fairly recognize all groups and organizations for inpuL Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: The most pressing problem facing the Hawaiians today is the need to be recognized, respected and accepted as the indigenous aboriginal Native Hawaiians as the Nation of Hawai'i. Your solution? A constitutional convention should be held to justify the sovereign inherent rights to the Hawaiians. What would you do to make Congress and the administration recognize and carrv out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its fu 11 settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded )ands trust? How should OHA spend the money? Whatever my thoughts are as an individual candidate is incomplete without the votes and concensus of our Hawaiian people and the nine trustees. These questions are misleading and should not be addressed at this time. Kaua'i residency candidates •Moses K. Keale, Sr. Qualifications: It has been a great honor to serve the Hawaiian people as a tmstee

I for the past 12 years. With the retirement of Unele T o m m y Kaulukukui, I am the last of the original trustees with an unbroken record of ser-

vice stemming from the first days of OHA. In looking back over my three terms, I am indeed blessed with having seen many of my dreams for our people implemented. Goals in office: My dream of a positive eeonomie program was accomplished with the establishment of the Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund, whieh has provided needed assistance to Hawaiian business people. My dream of educating and motivating young Hawaiian students to want to become leaders in our community was realized through our program known as 'Aha 'Opio O OHA, now in its sixth year. My dream of honoring our hving treasures, our kupuna, and thereby keeping our culture alive and true, has been embodied in our 'Aha Kupuna program, presenlly in its sixth year of operation. My dream of encouraging the use of the Hawaiian language has been realized through our active advocacy of the Hawaiian language immersion programs. My dream of being able to make a major impact on Hawaiian education now and in the future is a reality because we were able to create an educational foundation with $10 million worth of funding. My dream of changing the attitudes of the school system toward Hawaiian education is real today because of the creation and growth of our school tutorial program. Thank you for your support over the past 12 years. It has been that support whieh has empowered me to make our dreams eome true. We have yet to aeeomplish the largest of the dreams — full entitlements for all Hawaiians. Your eontinued support is greatly appreciated so that we, you and I. ean contiue to make our dreams become our realities. Thank you for your support in the past. I pledge to continue to serve you with integrity, dihgence, dignity and stability. I am your humble servant! Sharon Pomroy Qualifications: I am a community orga-

nizer for several grass-roots organizations including the Nohili Coalition, Hui Na'auao, Kaua'i island; Pa'a Cultural Management Resource Center. Helped organize and run the Anahola flood disaster relief program at Ko'olau Hui I'a Church. I am also a board member of 1,000 Friends of Kaua'i and the Kaua'i chapter of the Sierra Club. Goals in office: To have a better relationship between the grass roots and eommunity organizations and OHA. To make OHA a more easily accessible and integral part of our community. To change OHA from a state agency to an independent agency running on funds generated from the ceded and trust lands that rightfully belong to all kanaka maoli. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: Laek of quality education, poor heahh, joblessness, homelessness, drug and aleohol abuse, family and spouse abuse, laek of strong, committed leaders are all pressing, for those who face them. Your solution? We need to have a more accessible OHA to address these community needs. When we receive all of the funds that the state and federal governments owe we will be able to make a great start towards truly caring for ourselves. What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? Get the best of our kanakh maoli leaders from the eommunity organizations and grass-roots organizations to take the truth to the federal and state governments. Take our story to the national press. Take it to Ihe world courts. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? How should OHA spend the money? Since the present OHA delegates have not been able to eome to any satisfactory agreement, it is time for them to step down. They have taken OHA as far as they ean. It is now time for new ideas and approaches. As it is with parents so it must be with the OHA representatives. They must watch as the project they helped to birth and rear now moves forward to other teachers. It is a hard thing to do, but it is in the best interest of all kanaka maoli that new ways and ideas take plaee. We cannot and will not grow unless we open up to new, bold, fresh ideas. It is time to change.

Moloka'i residency candidates Bobby Makaiwi Aleain Qualifications: My experiences as an activist for Native Hawaiian rights and concerns include: Interim delegate and elected delegate for the island of Moloka'i, vice president for Moloka'i Hawaiian Homestead Association (Ho'olehua), director for the State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, vice president for Pono Kaulike, ehaiiman for Hui O Kuapa fishpond restora-

tion project on Moloka'i. I am also a parent, taro farmer, homesteader, fireman, living a subsistence lifestyle on the east side |ofMoloka'i. I

g i a u u d i e u from Moloka'i High School in 1967 and immediately enlisted into the U.S. Army. Vietnam veteran with honorable discharge. Acquired an Associate in Science degree in Agriculture — vegetable management and horticulture and landscaping from Maui Community College. Goals in office: The needs and wants throughout the Hawaiian communities in the state of Hawai'i are many. But I feel the disputes over the rights and the laws that affect the Hawaiians on iand tenureship, and its resources with the State of Hawai'i, need more ciarity. Also health and education in all areas, should be eonstantly on the top of the lists for improvement. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: Most of the problems we face today as Hawaiians eame as a result of Hawai'i becoming a state. With the state admittance of certain wrongdoings in its responsibilities to the Native Hawaiian, settling the matters without due process for the Native Hawaiian, eancontinued on page 12 I

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not be done properly without the federal government initiating their oversight powers. As part of the Admission Act of 1959, the federal government retained the right to sue the state for breach of trust, to both the Admission act and Hawaiian Homestead Act. On the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians: As part of engaging the federal government to sue the state for breach of trust, it will help to clarify the federal goverment's role in its trust responsibility to the Native Hawaiians. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? How should OHA spend the money? We are not at liberty to utilize the military and poliee forces to ensure the state properly fulfills its debt to OHA in a timely manner, but under the judiciary system we ean properly pursue the matter. Liko Kamakana Grambusch Qualifications: I am a Native Hawaiian,

o/ years oi age, born at Ho'olehua, M o 1 oka ' i . Profession: speech pathologist, DOE, Moloka'i, Lie. #166. Poluieal background: Democrat. Graduated

from: Punahou School, Whittier College, University of Hawai'i, graduate work.

Civic organizations (present): president, Kalamaula Homestead Association; president Kaunakakai Democratic Precinct Club; member Grace Episcopal Church; member, Moloka'i Ranch, Ltd.; eommunity advisory committee. Civic organizations (past); member of Maui County Board of Water Supply; member, board of trustees, Moloka'i General Hospital (now Queen's); member, Moloka'i General Plan Advisory Committee; vice chairperson, chairperson John A. Bums Scholarship committee/Moloka'i; member, Bishop's committee, Grace Episcopal Church. Goals in office: To allow due process by allowing Native Hawaiians to discuss and make their own decisions concerning their destiny. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: The discussion in the Hawaiian communities is their eoneem of being controlled and not being able to make decisions. I believe that there has been a breach of responsibility in the area of communicating with the Hawaiian people and they wonder if they are any better off now than 12 years ago when OHA was placed into being under law. I would like to see an "open govemment" where both the Hawaiian communities and OHA share in the responsibility of planning and consent. There needs to be a continuance of acting in the best interest of the people. What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? The Hawaiian community needs to elect people who

will carry out the federal trust mandate. The people given all the facts of law eonceming federal tmst will make the decision and will eall upon our Congressional team to take the mandate to Congress. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlementof past-due revenues from the ceded land trust? There are pending actions against OHA that are unresolved and that need to be resolved. The decision on the amounl of money to be received from ceded lands was made by the present OHA trustees without approval from the Hawaiian community. The question is as to whether the settlement is accurate and precise. How should OHA spend the money? OHA should invest revenues from the ceded lands into existing banking institutions with high yield and high interest return. No ceded land monies should be spent without consent of the Native Hawaiians. Martin Kahae Qualifications: I believe my agri-busi-ness and supervisory experience qualifies

me for office. Kahae Farm has over 250 b r e e d i n g goats. 1 have been the supervisor of h i g h w a y maintenance on Moloka'i for the last

12 years. My community activities

include Hui Na'auao (sovereignty education); secretary, Moloka'i Livestock Cooperative's board of directors; associate director, Moloka'i/Lana'i soil conservation districL Education: St. Louis High School graduate 1968, associate of liberal arts from Maui Community College; enrollment in Manoa Outreach' bachelor program. I have been active in Hawaiian issues since the first legal access of Kaho'olawe. You have seen me in the media this last year regarding a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands issue (Hawaiian lands farmed by Hawaiian hands). Finally, Kahae means "the flag," so think of the Hawaiian flag on election day. Goals in office: Everything! But first I will support sovereignty in a form whieh empowers us to reclaim our natural rights as Hawaii's indigenous people. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: Encroachment on our lands and rights by the court system and legislative action creates pressing problems. Too often the laws support big bucks and foreign investment. Incorporating Hawaiian values into the laws will give us a stronger voice toward self-determination. What would you do to make Congress and the Administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibilty to Native Hawaiians? The state has already initiated a process to obtain recognition. However we may need to go to court. How will you ensure that OHA eonūnueā on page 13

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prompt!y receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? How should OHA spend the money? OHA was forced to sue for its rights to the ceded land moneys. Therefwe, OHA may have to retum to court to ensure payment. OHA spending should eonlinue to reflect collaboration with other Hawaiian agencies and organizations with a focus on gap group such asstudents with providing.college scholarships for 2.0 GPA. OHA should enlarge its community development to fund needs identified by communities. Samuel L. Kealoha, Jr. QuaIifications: I am no phony. My involvement, the native Hawaiian move-

ment began in 1974. The "sovereignty issue" was raised when I got arrested and jailed for trespassing on Kaho'olawe 1976. The expression

"self-determination," was declared in the federal courts of my trial, where I refused to recognize jurisdiction of the federal courts, by entering the City of Refuge, (Pu'uhonua O Honaunau), therefore declaring self-govemance. The educating of Native Hawaiians about Ho'ala Kanawai (Awakening of the Law), a Native Hawaiian independent

corporation began 1977. I am a member of the original native Hawaiian, (delegate) to the first Constitutional Convention of Ka Lahui Hawai'i, 1987. Goals in office: The most I want to accomplish in OHA is to prepare the office for disbandment. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: The most pressing problem is that Native Hawaiians hve been kept wards of the state.On the the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians: I would educate Congress and the Administration to recognize Ka Lahui Hawai'i. The time has eome to separate true representation from false. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? How should OHA spend the money? I will ensure that OHA receives zero past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust. Ceded land trust revenues, proceeds and ineome belongs solely to the Native Hawaiians, as defined in the Hawaiian Homestead Act, 1920, and amended in the Admissions Act, 1959. Harry K. Purdy, III (Tuddie) Qualifications: Keiki o ka 'aina, bom and raised on Moloka'i. Thiid generation Hawaiian homesteader in Ho'olehua, Moloka'i; 1969 graduate of Kamehameha Schools. Married, four children, one grandchild. Owner of Na Hua O Ka 'Aina dba Purdy's Natural Macadamia Nut farm. Hawaiian homestead farmer, business entrepreneur of diversified agri-

e u 1 t u r e . Served two year term on newly-formed M o 1 o k a ' i P 1 a n n i n g Commission. Member of the Ho'olehua Homestead Association, member of the Kamehameha

Schools Alumni. Goals in office: To see that every beneficiary receives benefits through 1) a medical/dental program, 2) dividends every year, 3) operations similar to Bishop Estate. Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: Hard to pinpoint only one, there are many. We started by forming OHA, now we as Hawaiians listen to Hawaiians, and (ean) be autonomous to all our own special needs. With moneys generated through OHA we ean create more assets to distribute to our Hawaiians. What would you do to make Congress and the administration recognize and carry out the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians? Form a qualified and educated Native Hawaiian lawyers' group to deal strictly with Congress. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settlement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? If we are a legal institution created by law then legally we

get the moneys. If it means going to the governor, head of the state, we get it. How should OHA spend the money? First, and foremost, medical/dental care free ... that all Hawaians will be able to benefit Young, kupuna, all Hawaiians! Walter Ragsdale Qualiflcations: I am a native Hawaiian from Kalamaula homestead, Moloka'i. Since my retirement from the Honolulu

r o i ī e e Department 10 years ago, I have been very active in my eommunity, dealing with DHHL issues, water issues, OHA issues, fishpond issues

and Bishop Estate/Kamehameha Schools issues. I am a member of the One Ali'i Homesteaders Association, past member of Maui Grants Review Commission and have been chairman of the Moloka'i Planning Commission since its inception three years ago with two more years to serve. I am solution-oriented. Goals in office: I want to restore pride, integrity and dignity to OHA. To do this, the trustees must deal with the tough issues in a timely fashion and implement a process to accomplish OHA's mission . Twelve years is too long, we must move forward. eonUnueā on page 14

Harry K. Purdy, III

OHA Profiles Moloka'i residency candidates Ragsdale,/rom page 13 Most pressing problem facing Hawaiians today: Tbere are two major probiems: determmauon tbe type of sovereignty the Hawaiian people want and placing Hawaiians on their lands . I would seek the assembly of a Hawaiian congress comprised of all recognized Hawaiian agency, group, association, etc. with an abiding commitment of all participants to work and make aecisions for the benefit of all Hawaiians. Eaeh group would have one vote and OHA would chair the assembly. The outcome must then be put before the Hawaiian people for a vote. Hawaiian Home Lands has only one basic problem — money. Separating DHHL from the state at this time may hurt Hawaiians. A highly focused review of the trust must be made before any transition is made. DHHL is obtaining more funds at this time and is moving to plaee more Hawaiians on their lands. On the federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians: I would find a select group of Hawaiians who are knowledgeable in the trust, fine-tune them on the issue and send them to Washington to influence the Congress and the Administration. This should be immediately followed by legislation. How will you ensure that OHA promptly receives from the state its full settiement of past-due revenues from the ceded lands trust? First of all, I am not eomfortable with the "past due revenues" the state owes. I would not accept "full settlement" until convinced that "other revenues" are not being lost. I would attach a penalty clause so that payments are made promptly. How should OHA spend the money? OHA's first obligation is to protect the assets and to manage them so that the trust grows. The profits ean then be spent on the various programs sbenefiting Hawaiians. I would seek joint ventures with Bishop Estate and Hawaiian Home Lands since we all service the Hawaiian people.