Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 4, 1 April 2011 — A TIME TO REMEMBER AUNTY 'FRENCHY' DESOTO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A TIME TO REMEMBER AUNTY 'FRENCHY' DESOTO

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees presented a "Resolution of Respect in Loving Memory of Adelaide Keanuenueokalaninuiamamao 'Frenchy' DeSoto" to her 'ohana on March 3. DeSoto served as the first Chairperson of OHA, whieh she helped create as a delegate to the 1 978 Constitutional Convention. In addition to serving 1 6 years on the OHA Board, DeSoto was instrumental in the movement to stop the bombing of Kaho'olawe and advocated for its return to the people of Hawai'i. Among many other leadership roles she took on, including protesting the Army's presence in Mākua Valley, she served as a forum paneliston the Hawai'i Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in its 1 998 and 2000 proceedings that documented the debate surrounding the reconciliation process and entitlement programs and made recommendations to ensure the preservation of civil rights for Native Hawaiians. Pictured are: Trustee Peter Apo, Mary Ann Martinez (Frenchy's nieee), Trustees Rowena Akana and John Waihe'e, John DeSoto Jr., Laura DeSoto McCollough, Trustee Oswald Stender, Justice Robert Klein, Ronald DeSoto, Trustees Boyd Mossman, Haunani Apoliona, Robert Lindsey and Chairperson Colette Machado,- Photo: iohn Matsuzaki

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