Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 7, 1 July 2007 — Hawaiian entitlements [ARTICLE]

Hawaiian entitlements

It is odd that some who eall Hawai'i home are so against Hawaiians, their entitlements and theirpreferences. Hawai'iis envied not only for its weather but the presence of the Hawaiian people, their customs and traditions,

songs and dances, music and lore, history and language, kings and queens, and so mueh more. We are the only state in America that had its indigenous people overthrown, and it was done in such a controversial manner. There also is no school like Kamehameha Schools in the nation, a unique school created by a Hawaiian princess in 1884, by a private will for a private school, with her private money for her Hawaiian race. And even though the preference is Hawaiian, no race is barred. That is very unique. Hawai'i is the only state that has the property and lands of the government and monarchy set aside and put into a trust for Hawaiians. In other words, even our govermnent has a legal "preference" for Hawaiians. Hawaiian or not, most who live here love and embrace this unique one-of-a-kind state. Andreza (hang Kāne'ohe, O'ahu