Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 10, 1 October 1993 — 1993 gathering in Las Vegas [ARTICLE]

1993 gathering in Las Vegas

Civic club convention takes Hawaiian issues to mainland

Under the theme, "E Mau Ana Ka Ha'aheo," (Pride shall endure),the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs will hold its 34th annual conven-

tion in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 27-31. The opening ceremony will take plaee Oct. 28 at the Paiute Indian Nation's sacred

land of creation in Kyle Canyon. The Paiute Indian Nation will host this event and about 32 other lndian nations will participate. The ceremony is a first of its kind and promises to be a memorable and historic event. The convention will also feature workshops, athletic activities, Hawaiian craft displays, health screening, eonvention business meetings, an 'Aha Mele song competition and a closing 'Aha 'Aina banquet.

Convention delegates will debate an estimated 33 resolutions on topics ranging from sovereignty and the census to apple snail infestation. The Hawaiian civic club movement goes back 75 years to when the first club, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, was founded by Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole and others in 1918. Today there are 44 clubs located in Hawai'i and on the mainland in Alaska, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.