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Kie (Iraditionaf(Practice and Custom of9dufa and Ofi PRINCIPLE. We, the indigenous people of these Hawaiian Islands, are practioners of the unique and descriptive forms of dance and chant known as Hula and Oli. Hula and oli include the sky, land, sea, man and gods. Hula and oli reflect past events and are the medium through whieh traditions continue through the ages. Hula and oli connect us individually and eolleetively to our land, the forest, the kini akua, the oeean and our ancestors. When we perform the hula and oli, we are mentally, physically, and spiritually Hawaiian. It is the vehicle whieh allows travel through time. We are responsible for the continuation of this tradition. We were given the honor of knowing and understanding our past through hula and oli. The next generation is the receptacle to whom we must prepare to honor with this gift. The kūmu hula and haumana will not fail our kūpuna and mo'opuna. POSITION. GATHERING RIGHTS RELATED TO HULA AND OU. The_ele_ments and materials needed by Kumu Hula, hāumana and Hālau hula to be successful in their role as practioners of hula and oli are: 1. Groves of 'ohe, hala, kuku'i, niu, ula and hau; 2. Indigenous and endemic hardwoods such as kauila, 'ohi'a, koa, lama, and kolea among others; 3. Other flora of the forest including lēhua, maile, palapalai, 'a'ali'i, 'a'ali'i mahu, T)helo, 'uki, liko lēhua, mokihana, native laua'ē, pala'a, 'ilima, kaunaoa, māmaki, noni, 'ama'u, 'ekaha and kou to name a few; 4. Limu kala, fresh pa'akai, 'olena, la'i, 'ahu'awa and 'awa are necessary for ceremony; 5. Mano, kala, kupe'e and other seashells. Hālawa, O'ahu

We have eome together in the spirit ofKualoa as the Native Hawaiian people, the kanaka maoli, as Hawai'i Pono'i, ka po'e Hawai'i - na 'oiwi o Hawai'i Nei, hone ofone hone, all descendants ofHaloa. We are one people, joined by the shared blood and traditions of ou r ancestors; we will not be divided. We have met in ho'omalu. We have shared ourfamilies, our food, and our thoughts. We have put aside our past personal harms and differences to extend and accept mutuai respect and aloha. We are unified on the following principles and positions.

PRINCIPLE. As Native Hawaiians, the indigenous peoples of these islands, we have certain unique Traditional and Customary Rights. By our ancient genealogy, Native Hawaiians are kahu of Ka Pae 'Aina. The practice, exercise, and perpetuation - of these rights define and guard our existenee and essence as Native Hawaiians in our own homeland. [ Included among these traditions and customs, but not limited to, are the rights of access, gathering, and use of the resources of the land, air, water, and sea. \ POSITION. As Native Hawaiians we ; accept and assert these rights as an obligation whieh we must meet and fulfill. We oppose and must resist all efforts to restrict, diminish, or extinguish these ; rights. POSITION. OOMAIN OF TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOMARY RIGHTS: The domain of traditional and customary rights shall extend through the entire Hawaiian archipelago and shall include, but not be limited to, the air, air rights and sky over the archipelago and oceans surrounding the archipelago extending outward from it for a two-hundred (200) mile radius consistent with an archipelagic state. The ; domain shall also include subterranean, surface, and subsurface minerals found therein.

commit ourselves to passing on to future generations the cultural knowledge of these practices. Hhe Hfesponsi5ifity of %esource PeoieeHon PRINCIPLE. As the indigenous people of Ka Pae 'Aina O Hawai'i, we have in our gathering practices, the ability to maintain the tradition of taking only that whieh is needed. In return, we give back to the earth, sea and sky by traditional methods of reforestation, plant propagation, oeean stock preservation and other culturallyappropriate methods of resource protection. POSITION. We oppose any attempt to limit, ban regulate or impose restrictive, bureaucratic red tape designed to withhold the Hawaiian from this customary practice in an attempt to make our culture fit to western methods and standards. Moreover, we must hold responsible government and other entities for the eontinued misuse, diminution or destruction of our indigenous resources, most important of whieh are the wai, kai, 'āina and lā'auHawai'i.

Hhe Hraditionaf (Practice and Custom of (jatfiering PRINCIPLE. Since time immemorial, Native Hawaiians have accessed and gathered resources of the land and sea. These gathering practices have insured the sustenance of our peoples and the perpetuation of our cultural practices including, but not limited to, the hula, lei making, kapa beating, fishing, lauhala weaving, wood carving and lā'au lapa'au. The State Constitution and the Hawai'i Supreme Court have recognized these practices as rights inherent to Native Hawaiians and have directed the State to protect and preserve these rights for future generations in perpetuity. POSITION. As Native Hawaiians, we elaim these rights and commit ourselves to perpetuating these rights through our own practice. We accept the responsibility of holding all elected officials accountable for State, Federal and County governmental actions whieh abridge these rights and

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