Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 10, 1 October 2010 — U.S. SENATE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

U.S. SENATE

1) Besides federal recognition, what do you feel is the most important federal issue facing Native Hawaiians and what will you do to address that issue?

2) Should the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act be enacted into law, what will you do to ensure that adqueate federal resources are allocated to help in the implementation of the new law and what kind of Congressional oversight will you provide over this process?

1. The most important issues relate to the heahh and well-being of the indigenous people of this land. Unfortunately, Native Hawaiians have some of the worst heahh risk factors, and that must change. Over the last 1 1 years, I have worked to secure more than $900 million for Native Hawaiian education, heahh and workforce training. 2. Senator Akaka and I have fought for Native Hawaiian recoanition for more than

a decade. Rest assured, we will not relax onee this measure is enacted into law. The implementation of the Akaka Bill will require collaboration and negotiation whh the federal and state governments.

1. With combined thinning out in Hawai'i, and dispersal to the mainland, how ean Native Hawaiians be culturally linguistically strong whh presence in Hawai'i 500 years from now? Recognition would have large hnpact there. However, regardless of recognition, perpetuation is the most hnportant question. 2. The current form should be enacted. In the Senate, there are no others from the

Paeihe Islands, using the broadest sense of the word. As peoples, we find Native Hawaiians linguistically originating from īaiwan, close in lineage to those of Philippines. So, Instead of speaking for "those people," I bring presence and weight to issue.

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