Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 10, 1 October 1998 — Page 23 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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POSITION. Included among, but not limited to, the sovereign powers retained by and subject to the will of the Native Hawaiian people are definitions of membership and citizenship; the regulation of domestic affairs; rules of inheritance; the administratkm of justice; the levy of taxes; the title, administration and management of any and all land, marine and other natural resources held in trust by and for the Native Hawaiian people; the regulation of property; and the regulation of gathering, hunting, fishing, and all other traditional and customary practices of Native Hawaiians. 9{esponsi6iIity of SeCf-yovemance PRINC1PLE. Self-governance and the exercise of sovereign powers do not exist in isolation from other peoples and governments. It is the obligation and a primary responsibility of any government and its people to affirm, nurture, and define peaceful and productive relationships with other governments and peoples. POSITION. As Hawaiians, kanaka maoli, we again accept this obligation and eommit ourselves to assuring that the processes of self-determination and selfgovernance are not exercised solely to make the Hawaiian people pono, but also to restore mutual good will and friendship to our relationships with other peoples of the world, the United States of America, and the citizens of the state of Hawaii. The TraditionaC <Practice of Pono PRINCIPLE. Our cultural and traditional teaching about Ea is set forth inj±ie 'ōlelo noeau: "Ua Mau Ke Ea 0 Ka 'Aina I Ka Pono:" The sovereignty, independence, life, breath and spirit of our land is promoted, protected and preserved through pono - the practice of righteousness. POSITION. In our quest to achieve politieal sovereignty and to maintain and perpetuate our culture and tradition, we eommit ourselves to the individual and eolleetive practice of Pono. The attainment of collective Pono will be achieved through Kūklilu Kūmūhana, the pooling of strengths - physical, menīal, emotional and spiritual - for a shared purpose: the reinstatement and recognition of the Hawaiian Nation.

%a 'OCeCo 9dalQiafiine 'Haiuaiian Languaye PR1NCIPLE. The Native Hawaiian language is the primary vehicle for preservation of the oral histories of our culture and traditions. It embodies and expresses our identity and transmits the beliefs, values and social teachings whieh are the foundation of our culture. POSITION. As Native Hawaiians, we eommit ourselves to learning our language and insuring that our children and those of future generations will have the opportunity to learn and speak Hawaiian. Aeknowledging our history, we pledge that we will never allow or tolerate the passage of civil laws whieh restrict or diminish our right to speak or write in our native tongue. — gga— ■ mmmi

our peoples. We elaim the wahi pana as the patrimony of the Native Hawaiian Peoples and the Nation. Therefore, we do not acknowledge the right of private or governmental owners to use these lands in disrespect to their meaning and signifieanee.

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' ' L " PRINCIPLE. The well-being and spiritual, mental, and physical heahh of Native Hawaiians - reflected by malama >- requires improvements in the quality and choices of our Uves. Improving eeonomie standards, living conditions, and equal access to employment, and opportunities are essential. f %ative Hawaiian HeaCth Care Systems [ PRINCIPLE. Native Hawaiians must create . and secure a plaee in the evolving Heahh Care systems whieh (a) assure that the healīh needs prevalent among Hawaiians are addressed; (b) incorporate Native Hawaiian cultural beliefs and practices; (e) insures universal access to Hawaiians; and (d) utilize well trained, experienced practioners of both holistic and preventive medicine. The dire physical, emotional and mental needs of our Native People underline the urgency with whieh we must create and secure this plaee for Hawaiians in our our Health Care System. POSITION. We commit ourselves to implementing a three-part solution to address the heahh care needs of Hawaii's Native Peoples, now and in the future. First: we will assure that influential politieal leaders who understand and support heahh care reform for Native Hawaiians remain in office. Second: we will promote and stimulate among Native Hawaiian People the fundamental understanding that addressing the scope of heahh needs, puhlie funding, cultural uniqueness and traditional heahh care practices is what compels a sovereign Native Hawaiian Nation. Third: we will be uncompromising in our pursuit of excellent, welltrained, ethical heahh care experts to design, develop and implement a cultural-ly-appropriate Heahh Care System with and for Native Hawaiians.

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fA [a 'Wahi Pana Sacred T[aces PRINCIPLE. All Native Hawaiians possess the inherent right to worship Nā Akua and to maintain and utilize the wahi pana (sacred places) whieh have been the religious, spiritual and cultural centers for our peoples since time immemorial. The care, maintenance, preservation and use of wahi pana are sacred undertakings over whieh kahu (priests) are the caretakers. POSITION. As Native Hawaiians, we eommit ourselves to protect, defend and preserve all wahi pana. Acknowledging past practices and current actions of the State, Federal and County governments and private developers whieh have destroyed and commercialized and desecrate our sacred places, we commit ourselves to opposing and preventing such acts in the future and to defending and supporting the rights of the kahu, the religious and cultural guardians of these sacred areas, to reside thereon and to mainīain such areas in accordance to the traditions of

CuCturaC CKgtrievaC, ldentity and Integrity PRINCIPLE. As Native Hawaiians we share a eommon tradition, history, language and culture. We are one people. Our eontinued cultural integrity requires that we walk in the footsteps of our ancestors - for that is the way to insure our shared future. POSITION. We join and support all Native Hawaiians in the struggle to uphold the foregoing principles and beliefs central to our integrity.

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This agreement demonstrates the unity of the organizations, families , and individuals who have met in Ho'omalu ma Kualoa. We invite others to join us in signing this Palapala 'Aelike. We also resolve to continue our efforts to achieve unity. We wiil meet again. Signed 9 Jebruary 1999 and Amended 26 October 1999 at Kualoa, Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu