Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 12, 1 December 1996 — NĀ LEO O NĀ POʻE [ARTICLE]

NĀ LEO O NĀ POʻE

Journey of the Circle

We, the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest Indian Reservations and the descendants of John Kalama 'Ohana enjoyed our invitation to attend the "Lōkahi Nā 'Ohana 'O Kalama" family reunion held near La'ie, O'ahu in July. Our families enjoyed this onee in a lifetime event and are thankful we could make this trip with some of our elderly family members. We thank the family of Samuel Kalama for the invitation and allowing us to participate in the family activities. In the near future we will be planning another get-together so other members of the family could meet more of the extended famihes of Hawai'i. This is truly the jom-ney of the circle, when John Kalama first went to the mainland, around 1826, and now we the families of Kalama wish to return to the land of our forefather. We look forward to more opportuni-

ties that are opening up tor us to return to our ances-