Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 11, 1 November 1993 — Hui Naʻauao [ARTICLE]

Hui Naʻauao

Sovereignty & Self-Determination A Community Education Project

The articles in this series are presented by Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA as a service to our readers. Hui Na'auao' s goal is to present a broad spectrum of kanaka maoli viewpoints on important issues relating to self-determination and sovereignty. For more information on Hui Na'auao eall (808) 947-6322.

The public is invited this month to the Hui Na'auao puwalu, or statewide conference, Nov. 12-14 at the Paukūkalo Community Center at Paukūkalo Hawaiian Homestead on Maui. Admission to the three-day event is free and includes pā'ina (meals). The series fulfills one of three objectives in the Hui Na'auao community education project: "ho'olōkahi," to build unity and concensus for sovereignty and

self-determination. The puwalu features a combination of entertainment, workshops and ho'olōkahi (felIowship) as follows: Friday, Nov. 12: • "Ha'aheo O Maui" entertainment program • Pā'ina Saturday, Nov. 13: • Ho'okahua I (to lay a foundation) workshop on models of American Indian and Pacific Island sovereignty • Review and planning of sovereignty education activities • Campaign speeches and eleetion of 1994 Hui Na'auao officers • Pā'ina Sunday, Nov. 14: • Makahiki observance • Ho'okahua II workshop on models of native Hawaiian sovereignty

Puwalu registration forms may be obtained by contacting Hui Na'auao at the Ala Moana Pacific Center, 1585 Kapi'olani Blvd,. Suite 1638, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96814; phone (808) 947-6322, Fax (808) 941-4543.

Another recent ho'olōkahi activity was a Sept. 28 meeting showcasing a dozen speakers on "dynamic forms of sovereignty." Forty people gathered at the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center for the animated session. Seven speakers were front-line activists, including: Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele and Nathan Brown of the 'Ohana Council, Makapu'u, O'ahu; Mo Moler, representative of Ka 'Ohana O Kahikinui, Maui; Patrick Kahawaiola'a of Aupuni O Hawai'i, and Puhi Bay, Hilo. Also, Keli'i Skippy Ioane, King's

Landing village, island of Hawai'i; Miehael and Sondra Grace of Anahola, Kaua'i; and Fred Cachola, reporting for Mahealani Pai, of the Pai family of Kaloko-Honokohau, Kona, island of Hawai'i. The remaining speakers represented a more white-collar, corporate/attorney perspective. They included Judge Edward King, newly-named independent representative, Task Force on Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) Land Title and Related Claims; Melody McKenzie, executive director, the Hawaiian Claims Office. Also, speaking were Alan Murakami of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, and Marjorie Ziegler, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. Judge King, former chief jus-

tice of the Federated States of Micronesia, said, "The (Hawaiian Home Lands) trust has been violated. The rest of the community owes it to itself to make good on promises. My task is to try to help assure that kind of reaction." King also saluted the Hui's ho'olōkahi format, whieh brought together divergent points of view on the same program and began and ended with pule. Participants shared their unabridged mana'o, heard eaeh other's message and style in a spirit of mutual education and respect.

Listen for the monthly Hui Na'auao/Hawaiian Civic CIub of Honolulu radio program on KCCN at 5:05 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. (The 25-minute program repeats at 7 p.m.)