Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 10, 1 October 2005 — Twigg-Smith trying to complete the eoup his forebears started [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Twigg-Smith trying to complete the eoup his forebears started

ūz Stender TrustEE, At-largE

Thurston Twigg-Smith needs to eome down from his Makiki Heights mansion and visit the Hawaiian communities that he says are "doing quite well by any standard." (Advertiser letter 8/26). If he doesn't have time to go to the outskirts to visit our Hawaiian communities, Papakōlea is just down the road from his home. In the Hawaiian eommunities he will find the real story, not the one being spun by his Grassroot Institute cohorts in their desperate attempt to kill

the Akaka Bill. If he goes, he will find Hawaiians who, by and large, are nowhere near the class of the privileged. If he doesn't want to make a personal visit, he could go online and eheek out a host of web sites proving that Hawaiians remain at the top of all the wrong lists. In addition to other information, he will find statistics kept by the Center on the Family at U.H. Mānoa (uhfamily.hawaii. edu). There he will see numbers showing Hawaiian children with the highest percentages on free and reduced luneh, the lowest SAT scores, and the highest teen birth, child abuse and neglect rates. Recently, I learned that 52 percent of Hawaiian children are in the foster care program due to neglect and abuse. Twigg-Smith claims Hawaiians who have migrated to the mainland are also doing just fine. It is incredible that he and the Grassroot Institute are getting away with making such assertions when eonunon sense says most left to try and scratch out a better living in lower cost locations. Is that the reason they

are "better off," being forced to live in places other than their homeland? He makes another outlandish assertion, writing: "Is there really a class of people called 'Hawaiians?' Not really." Such insensitivity ! Where has he been? I don't think he would recognize a Hawaiian even if he stumbled over one. Twigg-Smith's apparent legacy is to snuff out all semblances of Hawaiians in an attempt to prove his ancestors did no wrong in overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893. He does this through letters to the newspaper he onee owned. Fortunately, columnists like the Advertiser' s Dave Shapiro pointed out in a Feb. 2 eolumn that Twigg-Smith has "made a retirement hobby of spinning his view of Hawaiian history and backing actions to strip Hawaiians of their indigenous rights." Shapiro also wrote: "And Twigg-Smith is in no position to self-righteously scorn Hawaiian efforts to gain federal protection of their assets in OHA, Hawaiian Homes and Kamehameha Schools through

the Akaka Bill. He owned a failing newspaper of little worth until Hawai'i senators, at his behest, helped lobby through Congress protective legislation that allowed the Advertiser to join business operations with the Honolulu Star-BuIIetin. After three decades of federal antitrust protection, in 1993 he was able to sell his newspaper that was onee in danger of going belly up for $250 million - more than the total investment portfolio OHA had at the time to finance services for all Hawaiians. Having profited himself from federal protection it is disingenuous for Twigg-Smith to now suggest there's something inherently evil in Hawaiians seeking federal help to guard against unwarranted raids on their assets. Still most difficult to fathom is what drives men who have so mueh to zealously endeavor to take from those who have so little." No response to that Shapiro eolumn by Twigg-Smith, but the newspaper he onee owned eontinues to run his anti-Akaka Bill letters. Twigg-Smith is also the "deep pocket" in the Grassroot drive

against the Akaka Bill, and in the Arakaki v. Lingle case now before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the same court that dealt Kamehameha Schools a devastating blow in August. The Amkaki lawsuit, whieh should be renamed the TwiggSmith lawsuit, seeks to toss 30,000 Hawaiian homesteaders off their land and deny homes to 40,000 other Hawaiians on the waiting list. Twigg-Smith wants to kill the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and all the programs OHA administers. The eventual goal among his fellow litigators and attorneys is to eliminate all programs that help Native Hawaiians, including the $70 million a year provided by the federal government through 160 acts of Congress. In their efforts to accomplish this, he and his Grassroot friends continue to try to rewrite history. Finishing the eoup that his forebears started will be TwiggSmith's legacy, and a sad legacy it will be. For what will heeome of Hawai'i without Hawaiians? 'Auwē ! E3

Editor's note: Trustee Oz, Stender recently wrote a Ietter to the editor of The Honolulu Advertiser in

response to a Ietter they printed from Thurston Twigg-Snūth (Aug. 26, 2005). AIthough Trustee Stender's Ietter was printed Sept. 6 in The Honolulu Advertiser, it was severely edited by the newspaper. Here is his Ietter in its entirety .

Aweau — We are planning a gathering to organize a reunion on O'ahu. We need kōkua to update our genealogy and form an 'ohana committee. Contact Kolomona at 683-1146. Aweau descendants are Ioane: David, Lilia, Kahopuwaiki: N alaieluaakamanip John Keahiapele, James Hoolulip Joseph Kahopuwaikp Kauhaanip Nakuilauhulu: Haaonup Pohue, Wahinine, Mary Irene Ailimukala, Kaui, William, Mahoe; Kalaupaina, Hinaikamalamalama: Hihikaina, Akamaknp Margaret Kamaha Aweau Padeken: John, Rose, Frederick, Charles, Annie. These descendants trace back to about 1850 -1870. Genealogy research was done by Henry Nalaielua and Larry Aweau. For more mlonnaīion, visit www.Aweaufamily.com. Kahanamoku family search — Kimo (James) Kianoha Kahanamoku (Cook) was bom between 1902 and 1905, and died in 1932. His wife was Annis Eloise Cook. She is my great-grandmother and is still alive. James was bom in Honolulu and died in Eugene, Ore., of tuberculosis. His mother's name on his death certificate is Elizabeth and his father's is Manuel. My great-grandma said they worked in the

Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikīkī. Kimo left Honolulu on a ship and eame to the Port of Seattle and worked his way down the coast to the Coos Bay area where he met my great-grandma. He must have eome over in the early 1920s from the Honolulu. Kimo had five children before he died: Betty Lou Cook (died shortly after birth), James Lloyd Cook (died in 2004), Helen Delores Cook (my grandmother), Harold Joseph Cook and Manuel Kianoha Cook. If you have any information, contact Mikayle by phone at 541-344-4377 or 541-912-1021, or by mail at 2230 Tyler Street, Eugene, OR 97405-2159. Kekahuna family search — I am seeking relatives in the Hawaiian islands. My 'ohana is Kekahuna. My father is a Kekahuna. His dad is David Noeau Kekahuna. My father is one of nine children. My grandfather's wife is Emily A. Hage. I'm trying to meet any relatives to this 'ohana. I was told that the Kekahuna 'ohana is huge, and I'm working on the family genealogy. If you have any information on the Kekahuna or Hage families, contact Lavaina KekahunaHoaeae at 696-6838 or email to ekahunapride@hotmail.com or write to

87-1643 Ulehawa Rd, Wai'anae, HI 96792 Kaleleiki family search — Ihe family of Samuel Kekuaokala 'aualailiahi Kaleleiki of Maunawili seeks contact with the descendants of Robert Kaleo Welolani Kaleleiki, the fifth child of our makua ali'i. He was bom 5/25/1889 and died 12/10/1953. The use and disposition of the family property at Maunawili is being considered and all beneficiaries need to be represented at family meetings planned for June and September 2005. Contact David Helela by mail at 180 Hawaiiana St., Kapa'a, HI 96746, or by phone at 808-823-0973, or email at davidhelela@msn.com. Kumahakaua (Kilauano) — We are gathering information to organize a reunion on Kaua'i. We need kōkua to update our genealogy and to form a 'ohana committee. We are looking for the descendants of Kumahakaua (Kilauano)/Baba (Papa) and Kainoapuka/Kaoao. Ihe Kumahakaua 'ohana consisted of six children who were all originally from Hamakua, Hawai'i Island and later relocated to Kaua'i. The children were: Louis, Kamaile, Kilauano Liilii, Kamala, Alika and Kamaluhia.

The Kainoapuka 'ohana, originally from Kalalau and Mana, consisted of five children. They were: Kalaulahaole, Kawahinenohopali, Kailiau, Pakana and Kawehiwa. These descendants trace back to the 1700s-1800s. Genealogy research was done by Carolyn Kilauano. For information, contact Kunane Aipoalani at 3371219, Rhoda Kilauano Golden at 337-1104 or email at Grhoda@aol.com. Lu'uloa - Nā mo'opuna of Samuel Lu'uloa Sr. (bom Oct. 1, 1905, in Kaluaaha Moloka'i) are planning a family reunion in July 2007 on Moloka'i. His daughters are Elizabeth Chang of 'Aiea, O'ahu, and Aliee Smith of Ho'olehua, Moloka'i. His sons are Paul Lu'uloa of Moloka'i, Thomas Lu'uloa of Pearl City, O'ahu, Walter Lu'uloa of Nānākuli, O'ahu, and Henry Lu'uloa of Moloka'i. His mo'opuna are asking for all the family members to submit updated information on names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail. We would like all information as soon as possible so we ean start a committee. The contact person is Sam Lu'uloa: P.O. Box 1516, Kaunakakai, HI 96748; eell, 808-336-1445; e-mail, luuloa@hotmail.com.

Also contact Joreen N. Mamuad: P.O. Box 1521, Kaunakakai, HI 96748; home, 808-567-6221; e-mail, joreenn.m.@yahoo.com Panaewa — The Panaewa 'ohana reunion will be held in August 2006. We invite the families and descendents of George Kahoiwai Panaewa, Solomon Kahaluakea Panaewa and Richard Keliinui Panaewa to participate. For information, contact Alohalani Pang on O'ahu at 696-8139 or Kahili Kawainui Noiman at 808-885-6792 on Hawai'i Island. Waikoloa family seareh — We are planning a family gathering of the Waikoloa 'ohana. We are attempting to locate the family members of Jacob Waikoloa (bom on Maui, 1885) and his first wife, Philomena Paakaula (born on Kaua'i, date unknown). Jacob had a second wife, Mary Waikoloa. Jacob's father's name is unknown, but his mother was Victoria Kauhaahaa. Our family is related through Mathias Waikoloa (born in Waipahu, 1907), son of Jacob and Philomena. We request that if your family is related in any way to please contact Rae Leong at 236-01 15.q S

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