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ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 1

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RESOLUTION NO. 17 - A 3

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REMEMBERING HAWAI‘I’S MASTERFUL FALSETTO SINGER, RECORDING 5

ARTIST AND HAWAIIAN MUSIC EXPONENT EDWIN MAHI‘AI COPP BEAMER 6

7 WHEREAS, Edwin Mahi‘ai Copp Beamer was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i to Milton 8

Ho‘olulu Desha Beamer, Sr. and Mildred Ka‘aloehukaiopua‘ena Copp Beamer on December 5, 9

1928; and 10

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer, most often referred to as “Mahi Beamer,” is recognized as 12

an outstanding pillar of our Hawaiian Community, and is noted as an accomplished singer, 13

chanter, dancer, piano player, recording artist, composer, and choreographer, as well as being 14

one of Hawai‘i’s premier falsetto singers; and 15

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer graduated from the Kamehameha Schools for Boys in 17

1946, and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, the Juilliard School of Music and 18

the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; and 19

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer served in United States Army, from 1951 to 1953, and was 21

a member of the Musicians’ Association of Hawai‘i AFM Local 677; and 22

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer has been in the field of Hawaiian entertainment for over 70 24

years, and began composing when he was just in the seventh grade. His earliest compositions 25

were “The Message,” as a tribute to his mother, and for his dad, a Father’s Day song entitled 26

“The Pledge;” and 27

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WHEREAS, a tour of hula and song took Mahi‘ai Beamer, along with his cousins Keola 29

and Winona, into Mexico and throughout the U. S. Mainland, with their final performance at 30

Little Carnegie in New York City; and 31

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WHEREAS, in 1949, Mahi‘ai Beamer was hired to sing in the Hawaiian Room of the 33

Hotel Lexington, New York, with Lani MacIntire’s orchestra, entertained the world with 34

Hawaiian music from Japan to Egypt; and for 13 years, headlined, along with his sister Helen 35

Sunbeam Beamer, in Las Vegas as a part of Nālani Kele’s Polynesian Revue; and 36

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WHEREAS, in 1957, Mahi‘ai Beamer released a double-sided 78 RPM recording of his 38

grandmother’s compositions “Kawohikūkapulani” and “Nā Kuahiwi ‘Elima on the Decca label 39

and, in 1959, recorded two albums on the Capitol label, “The Remarkable Voice of Hawaii's 40

Mahi Beamer in Authentic Hawaiian Songs,” and “More Authentic Island Songs by Mahi, 41

Hawaiʻi's Most Remarkable Voice,” both of which were re-released on CD format in 2004/2005; 42

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WHEREAS, all of Mahi‘ai Beamer’s recordings are considered treasured elusive gems of 44

Hawaiian music; and 45

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WHEREAS, in Hawai‘i, Mahi‘ai Beamer was the top vocal attraction at the Queen’s Surf 1

from 1954 to 1959, performing three shows nightly; also performing at the Princess Ka‘iulani 2

Hotel, the Kuilima Hotel at its opening in May of 1972, at Princeville on Kauai, the Honolulu 3

Club, the Second Floor in Kailua, the Westin Kaua‘i, Kō‘ele Lodge, Lāna‘i, Kemo‘o Farms, Bay 4

View Golf Course for ten years, Andrew’s for nearly 11 years, and the Prince Kūhiō Hotel for 5

five years; and 6

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WHEREAS, as the grandson and pupil of Hawaiian composer Helen Desha Beamer, 8

Mahi‘ai, together with his cousins Marmionett Ka‘aihue and Gaye Beamer compiled Songs of 9

Helen Desha Beamer, published by the Abigail K. Kawānanakoa Foundation in 1991; and 10

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer participated in a musical tribute to his grandmother with 12

the Honolulu Symphony in “Music of the Heartland” in 1992; and 13

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WHEREAS, one of Mahi‘ai Beamer’s finest achievements is the translation of his 15

grandmother’s compositions, from the Hawaiian language to English, thus sharing with the 16

world an insight into the incomparable beauty of Hawaiian poetic expression; and 17

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer received a State of Hawai‘i certificate recognizing him as a 19

“Steward of the musical talent of the Beamer ‘ohana and the leader in the dissemination and 20

perpetuation of the cultural legacy of Helen Desha Beamer; and 21

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer’s deep appreciation for the traditions and values of his 23

Hawaiian heritage are reflected in his music and his performances; and 24

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer’s musical integrity is demonstrated by the special emphasis 26

he placed on the importance of remaining true to a composer’s work, whether it be the music of 27

his grandmother or that of another composer; and 28

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 30

Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts in 1991, and in 1993, the David Malo Award by the 31

Honolulu Rotary Club, and in 2000, the Kahili Award for performing arts; and 32

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WHEREAS, in 2004, “Hawai‘i’s Mahi Beamer” was selected as one of the 50 greatest 34

Hawai‘i record albums, he was inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame in 2006, 35

designated a Living Treasure of Hawai‘i by the Honpa Hongwanji in 2008, and received the 36

Kalani Ali‘i Award presented by the ‘Aha Hīpu‘u in 2010; and 37

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WHEREAS, in 2015, he received the I Ulu I Ke Kumu award presented by the University 39

of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, for extraordinary 40

commitment and excellence in native Hawaiian education; and 41

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WHEREAS, Mahai‘ai Beamer was initiated into Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i, Hālau ‘O 43

Wahīika‘ahu‘ula, Helu ‘Ekahi on October 6, 1996, making him a member in good standing for 44

nearly 21 years; and 45

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer served his ‘Ahahui, Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i as its 1

musical and choral director from 1998 to 2005, and was the leader of the ‘Ahahui’s Lei Mamo 2

Serenaders; and 3

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer was granted Honorary Membership into the Kuini Pi‘olani 5

Hawaiian Civic Club; and 6

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WHEREAS, Mahi‘ai Beamer gave of himself unconditionally to the people of Hawai‘i; 8

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WHEREAS, God in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to call unto Himself our beloved 11

member, leaving a great void. 12

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 14

at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 15

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering Hawai‘i’s masterful falsetto singer, 16

recording artist and Hawaiian music exponent Edwin Mahi‘ai Copp Beamer; and 17

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 19

the Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, Helen Sunbeam Beamer, Nālani Kele, 20

Marmionett Ka‘aihue, Gaye K. Kapo‘oloku Beamer, the Kamehameha School Archives, as well 21

as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 22

House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 23

the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board 24

of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 25

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INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Pi‘olani Hawaiian Civic Club 28

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 29

ACTION: _____________________________ 30

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - B 3

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HONORING THE MEMORY OF 5

MOANA KALIKOOKALANI MCPHERESON EISELE 6 7

WHEREAS, Moana Kalikookalani McPhereson was born on February 20, 1942 in 8

Honolulu, to “Bud” Kalikookalani Harbottle McPhereson and John Adrian McPhereson; and 9

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WHEREAS, Moana’s siblings are James Kalaniopu‘u McPhereson, Pamela Napuahau 11

McPhereson Awai, and Adrienne Hinano McPhereson Felmet; and 12

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WHEREAS, Moana grew up in the ahapua‘a of Kālia in Waikīkī, where Hilton Hawaiian 14

Village now stands, and attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary School; and 15

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WHEREAS, the McPhereson family moved to Paula Drive when Moana started at 17

Punahou School in the seventh grade; and 18

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WHEREAS, Moana was very active during her Sophomore through Senior years at 20

Punahou School involved with “Aquade,” Hawaiian Lore Club, and the Punahou Girls Assembly 21

Association; and 22

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WHEREAS, Moana continued to be involved as Vice-President, Assembly 24

Representative, and Holokū Ball Committee member all while she was a Sophomore at Punahou; 25

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WHEREAS, Moana would be involved in many activities working on the Punahou 28

Carnival, Vice-President, Sports Manager, Valentine Dance Committee, and Treasurer, all 29

during her Junior and Senior years; and 30

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WHEREAS, Moana Graduated from Punahou School with the class of 1960, and 32

continued to keep in touch with her classmates and friends at Punahou, and enjoyed her class 33

reunions and being with all of them; and 34

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WHEREAS, Moana met Antoinette “Toni” (Gomes) Lee and became close friends while 36

riding the bus going to and from school although both were enrolled in different schools at that 37

time (Moana at Punahou and Antoinette at Kamehameha); and 38

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WHEREAS, Moana and Toni met again after their school years when they eventually 40

both worked for the U. S. Department of the Navy (Moana in Personnel and Antoinette in 41

Intelligence); and 42

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WHEREAS, Moana and Toni hooked up again in 1963, when the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian 44

Civic Club was started; and 45

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WHEREAS, Moana joined the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, and with her Punahou 1

background, leadership skills and interested in Hawaiian things, she held committee 2

chairmanships, and other leadership positions; and 3

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WHEREAS, Moana became a member of the club’s Board of Director and wrote the very 5

first grant for Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club to receive money to pay for a Hawaiian Cultural 6

Specialist to teach our members the art of making hula implements, feather lei, quilts, and kapa; 7

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WHEREAS, Moana set out to have classes in kapa making, including classes on the 10

tools, making dyes, and different plants needed for this craft; and 11

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WHEREAS, Moana was dedicated to learn the art of kapa making and that changed her 13

life forever; and 14

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WHEREAS, Moana wrote the first grant that taught many of our members those arts and 16

crafts along with learning our Hawaiian values that are very important to us, and today, Pearl 17

Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club demonstrates these arts and cultural crafts to major conventions that 18

come to Hawai‘i; and 19

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WHEREAS, Moana was dedicated to learning the art of kapa making, learned it well and 21

she was hilahila about people referring to her as an expert; and 22

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WHEREAS, after many years of studying the art, teaching the art, traveling throughout 24

the world talking about kapa, and sharing it, many people referred to Moana as the expert; and 25

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WHEREAS, Moana, such a humble person, became renown in the art of kapa making 27

and she was meticulous about the craft and got very excited about teaching the craft to anyone 28

who was interested in learning; and 29

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WHEREAS, Moana, loved to teach students at Kamehameha Schools and students in the 31

charter schools and her own ‘ohana, and she became very well-respected in the art representing 32

Hawai‘i internationally demonstrating the art and speaking about the subject; and 33

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WHEREAS, Moana traveled extensively to the South Pacific, Japan, the continental 35

United States, our own Hawaiian Islands, and she would always give credit to Pearl Harbor 36

Hawaiian Civic Club for the opportunity to learn this art; and 37

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WHEREAS, Moana has been featured in the National Geographic Magazine, in the 39

Smithsonian Institution, Bishop Museum, and was honored by the Association of Hawaiian Civic 40

Clubs with the “Ka Mana o Ke Kanaka” award recognizing her special talent in the art of kapa; 41

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WHEREAS, Moana retired from U. S. Department of the Navy, Personnel Section after 44

40 years and she looked forward to share her knowledge and talent with the world; and 45

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WHEREAS, Moana often demonstrated the art of kapa making at Hō‘ike‘ike at Queen 1

Kapi‘olani Park, at the King Kamehameha Celebration Ho‘olaule‘a, Onipa‘a, and the Nake‘u 2

Awai Christmas Fashion Show where she sold her kapa print cards, napkins, wall hangings and 3

her ʻono jams and jellies; and 4

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WHEREAS, Moana would also graciously donate a kapa that she designed for silent 6

auctions for fundraisers; and 7

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WHEREAS, that it is ironic that Moana would leave us on June 11, 2017, on 9

Kamehameha Day, the very celebration that she always looked forward to demonstrate her art of 10

kapa making; and 11

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WHEREAS, Moana is survived by her two children, her son Barry Nohoula Kauai and 13

her daughter Kassandra Kaho‘oilimoku Smith, and five grandchildren, Ka‘aina Christian Kauai, 14

Kaliko‘okalani Moana Kauai, Kamalani Kilipohe Kauai, Kendyl Kaleiahihi Yoshie Smith, and 15

Kailikaimoana Ryuzo Foster Smith, and her siblings, brother James Kalaniopu‘u McPhereson, 16

sister Pamela Napuahau Awai, and sister Adrienne Hinano Felmet. 17

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the memory of Moana Kalikookalani 21

McPherson Eisele; and 22

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a moment of silence be held in honor of the memory 24

of Moana Kalikookalani McPhereson Eisele at this 58th Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 25

Annual Convention; and 26

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 28

Barry Nohoula Kauai, Kassandra Kaho‘oilimoku & Kendall Smith, James Kalaniopu‘u & Susan 29

McPhereson, Pamela Napuahau & Ward Awai, Adriene Hinano & Gary Felmet, Pearl Harbor 30

Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State 31

Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on 32

Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian 33

Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County 34

Mayors. 35

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INTRODUCED BY: Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 38


ACTION: ___________________________________ 40

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - C 3 4

REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JULIA KEANO KANE NEEDHAM 5

6 WHEREAS, Julia Keano Kane born on May 4, 1928, to parents Joseph Kahalau Kane, 7

Sr. and Fannie Kameha (Apao) Kane; and 8

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WHEREAS, Julia lived in the Kaimukī area, and was born with poor eyesight and she 10

attended the Waikīkī School for the Blind, but that did not stop her from always reading and later 11

graduated from McKinley High School with the Class of 1946; and 12

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia, who was also known as “Aunty Dolly,” worked at Tripler 14

Army Hospital until she retired, and during this early period of her marriage, she taught Uncle 15

Paul Needham, Sr. to read and got him promoted to a better position in Hawaiian Electric 16

Company whence he eventually retired; and 17

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia married Paul Kekua Needham, Sr. and had four children: a 19

daughter Paula Kulamanu (Needham) Taosoga who has passed away from cancer, a son Paul 20

Kekua Needham, Jr. who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter Glenna Nalani (Needham) 21

Togo who resides in New Mexico, and an adopted son Kevin Nawai Kane Needham who resides 22

in Waimanalo; and 23

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia and Uncle Paul’s children had 15 grandchildren and many 25

great-grandchildren; and 26

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia had six siblings and they are Joseph Kahalau Kane II 28

(Deceased); Solomon Kane (Deceased); James Nawai Naniwaialeale Kane (Deceased); Charlotte 29

Mahealani (Kane) Peroff (Deceased); Margaret Mahinakauloa (Kane) Hagist residing in Mesa, 30

Arizona; and Miriam (Kane) Hill (Deceased); and 31

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia decided that she and Uncle Paul would join the Pearl Harbor 33

Hawaiian Civic Club and she was very proud to be a member, she would be involved in more 34

ways than just being a member on paper; and 35

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia and Uncle Paul joined the Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 37

Choral Group and participated in the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Choral Competition 38

during the annual convention; and 39

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia would get involved with fundraisers that the club and would 41

participate in, the Mission House Craft Fair, Hō‘ike‘ike, King Kamehameha Celebration 42

Ho‘olaule‘a and Craft Fair at Queen Kapi‘olani Park, ʻOnipaʻa held at ʻIolani Palace, Annual 43

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Christmas Craft Fair held on McKinley High School grounds, and cleaning the chapel and the 44

grounds of Mauna ʻAla; and 45

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WHEREAS, Aunty Julia was proud and loved being a member of Pearl Harbor Hawaiian 47

Civic Club with all her heart and served in many positions along with her husband Paul and 48

sister Charlotte “Lani” Peroff. 49

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering the life of Julia Keano (Kane) 53

Needham; and 54

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a moment of silence be held to remember the life of 56

Julia Keano (Kane) Needham at this 58th Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Annual 57

Convention; and 58

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Paul Kekua Needham, Jr., Glenna Nalani Needham Togo, Kevin Nawai Kane Needham, Paula 61

Kulamanu Needham Taosoga, Margret M. Hagist, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as 62

the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House 63

of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 64

House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of 65

Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 66

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ACTION: ___________________________________ 71

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - D 3

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HONORING THE LIFE OF HILTON MANSFIELD NALANI CABRERA 5

6 WHEREAS, Nalani was born in Kohala Hospital to Harry and Mary Cabrera on 7

December 26, 1972, as the oldest of three children, including a sister Cheryl and brother Elton, 8

and he graduated in Kohala in 1990; and 9

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WHEREAS, Nalani and sister started dancing with Kumu Suse Soares from elementary 11

school for about ten years, and after graduation he moved to Kona and shared his culture by 12

dancing on a tourist boat in Kona and then he finally moved back home to Kohala; and 13

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WHEREAS, Nalani joined his sister to dance for Hālau ʻo Haʻalelea with Kumu Raylene 15

Kawaiaeʻa Lancaster in 1994, and he quickly rose to performer status, and after awhile, Kumu 16

selected him as one of her two alaka‘i, a special position of support for Kumu and the hālau; and 17

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WHEREAS, Nalani taught classes when needed and he also helped create lei and 19

implements used, and for many years he taught by Kumu’s side, the Kohala and Kona middle 20

and high school students for an annual festival on Oʻahu; and 21

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WHEREAS, he supported Kumu in everything she wanted, whether in dancing for Pele 23

at Volcano or a cultural exchange in Montana, and he helped the Na Kupuna ‘O Kohala, the 24

senior hula dancers when Kumu was unable, so she would choreograph a dance and Nalani 25

would help them learn it, and he was even more demanding to his father when he coached him 26

the year he was the male soloist in the annual Kupuna Hula Festival and watching son walk 27

father to the stage gave his hālau a memorable moment; and 28

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WHEREAS, he was a gifted Hawaiian, and he expected perfection in his work and from 30

those he taught, and he helped you get to perfect, and his talent and skills were many as he 31

crafted lei with flowers, shell, seeds, nuts, and all kinds of plants, and his parents yard is an 32

example of his beautifully designed and productive garden filled with native lei plants and food; 33

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WHEREAS, Nalani was very connected to Kamehameha, and became a valuable and 36

dedicated member for the support of the statue, in Kohala and as caretaker of our “community 37

kiʻi” he helps wash and inspect the statue twice a year, and he worked side by side with Glenn 38

Wharton, the conservator, up on the scaffolding, assisting to remove the 23 layers of paint and to 39

repair any damaged metal and then repaint as the community wanted; and 40

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WHEREAS, most of us knew him as Nalani, but few knew of all he did for others and his 42

community in the “under the radar” style, and he will be remembered very fondly for his many 43

silent services to his beloved culture and community and to his ‘ohana and many hānai family 44

that he had aloha for, so we say ALOHA HILTON MANSFIELD NALANI CABRERA, who at 45

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the life of Hilton Mansfield Nalani Cabrera; 4

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the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of 8

the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 9

Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 10

Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 11

Affairs, and all County Mayors. 12

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INTRODUCED BY: Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club 15


ACTION: ___________________________________ 17

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - E 3

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HONORING THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF 5

U. S. CONGRESSMAN ENI FALEOMAVAEGA 6

7 WHEREAS, Eni Fa’aua’a Hunkin Faleomavaega was born in Vailoatai Village, 8

American Samoa on August 15, 1943, grew up on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, graduated from Kahuku High 9

School, and attended Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi, where he earned his Associate’s 10

degree; and 11

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega transferred to Brigham Young University’s main campus 13

in Utah where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science; and 14

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega attended the University of Houston Law Center and the 16

University of California - Berkeley, earning his Juris Doctor and Master of Law degrees; and 17

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega served in the United States Army from 1966–1969, as an 19

officer in the United States Army Reserve from 1982 to 1989, and he served in the Vietnam War 20

and left the military with the rank of Captain; and 21

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega and wife, Antonia Hinanui Cave Hunkin, were active 23

members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and “Hina” continues that spiritual 24

commitment with her children and grandchildren; and 25

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega served as the Administrative Assistant to American 27

Samoa Delegate A. U. Fuimaono from 1973 to 1975, as Staff Counsel for the United States 28

House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs from 1975 to 1981, as Deputy Attorney 29

General for the territory of American Samoa between 1981 and 1984, with Delegate-at-Large A. 30

U. Fuimaono as his legislative director, and on Capitol Hill as legal counsel to Congressman 31

Phillip Burton; and 32

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega entered elective politics in 1985, when he ran alongside 34

Aifili Paulo Lauvao, the founder of the U. S territory’s Democratic Party, who went on to serve 35

twice as governor of American Samoa (1985–1989, 1993–1997), and Eni Faleomavaega served 36

as Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa from 1985–1989; and 37

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega was a Democrat and elected as the non-voting delegate 39

of American Samoa to the United States House of Representatives allowing him to vote in 40

committee, but not on the House floor; and 41

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega served 13 consecutive terms from January 3, 1989, until 43

January 2015, and as a delegate, he worked to receive more federal funding for his home 44

territory, particularly for health care and other essential services, he proposed legislation that 45

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would allow residents of U. S. territories to vote in presidential elections if they are active duty 1

members of the U. S. military; and 2

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega opposed free trade deals involving meats and seafood, as 4

nearly one-third of his territory’s population is involved in the tuna industry, and he also 5

participated in a boycott of President of France Jacques Chirac, who addressed the U.S. Congress 6

in joint session in 1996, because of France’s series of nuclear tests at the Moruroa and 7

Fangataufa atolls in the South Pacific, despite worldwide protests; and 8

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega was a passionate advocate for indigenous peoples 10

including Native Hawaiians, and whether it was federal recognition, or health and housing 11

programs for Native Hawaiians, the Hawai‘i Congressional Delegation could always count on 12

Eni Faleomavaega’s outspoken support and assistance; and 13

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega attended the annual King Kamehameha Statue Lei 15

Draping Ceremony at the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D. C. for more than 25 years, he was 16

steadfast in his presence and commitment to the celebration of King Kamehameha’s legacy, and 17

it was not unusual for Eni Faleomavaega to walk into Statuary Hall with the front line of the 18

Baltimore Ravens football team, or to enter Emancipation Hall accompanied by the newest 19

recruit for the Washington football team; and 20

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WHEREAS, in 1987, Eni Faleomavaega was invited to be part of a 15-member crew on 22

the Hōkūleʻa as it ventured from Hawai‘i to Rangiroa, about 100 miles north of Tahiti, and 23

Faleomavaega remembered this: “It seems I was living about 1,000 years ago. I was close to the 24

elements and nature and appreciated survival, which depended on everyone working together. 25

The Hōkūleʻa project could not have come at a more appropriate time when the issues of 26

sovereignty are being debated among the native Hawaiian people and also with the Rice vs. 27

Cayetano U. S. Supreme Court case. “It has opened up a whole new sense of approach of what 28

the native people themselves have to do, not only for identification, but also sensing what their 29

future is. The Hōkūleʻa has rekindled the desire and interest among Native Hawaiian people to 30

go back into the Pacific and seek their ancestral roots. It has brought closer a sense of affinity 31

between the different island people. It’s given self-esteem and dignity not only to the Native 32

Hawaiian community but also to the entire Pacific.” 33

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WHEREAS, when asked if he would sail on the Hōkūleʻa again, Eni Faleomavaega 35

quickly responded: “Yes, without hesitation;” and 36

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WHEREAS, as a representative of the Samoan people, Eni Faleomavaega was invited to 38

participate and speak at the welcoming ceremonies held on Sunday morning, March 12, 2000, at 39

Kualoa Beach Park on O‘ahu where the 15-member crew led by master navigator Nainoa 40

Thompson left Hilo on June 15, and traveled 2,655 miles to Tahiti, stopping in New Zealand and 41

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) along the way; and 42

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WHEREAS, more than 2,000 people gathered at Kualoa to welcome the Hōkūleʻa as it 44

sailed to shore from Hilo and it marked the Hōkūleʻa’s 25th anniversary of sailing the Polynesian 45

triangle, uniting people of the Pacific throughout its many voyages, and Eni Faleomavaega, 46

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along with U. S. Senator Dan Akaka and other dignitaries, was invited aboard the Hōkūle‘a as it 1

sailed into Kualoa; and 2

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WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega shared this mana‘o in an interview with the Pacific 4

Islands Report about this experience: “The Hōkūleʻa to me was a spiritual experience for the 5

Polynesian people. It’s been a catalyst for the island communities to be together.” 6

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WHEREAS, during the cleansing ceremony, Eni Faleomavaega offered stones that were 8

taken from historic places in Samoa as a symbolic gesture of uniting the Samoan and Hawaiian 9

people, and as the voyaging canoe approached shore, Eni Faleomavaega could not help but 10

remember his own adventure with the Hōkūleʻa more than a decade prior: “It was beautiful. It 11

brought back old memories. I can’t believe it was 13 years ago. It seemed like only it was 12

yesterday.” 13

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WHEREAS, in August 2014, Eni Faleomavaega welcomed the arrival of the Hōkūleʻa 15

and Hikianalia in American Samoa and offered his best wishes to Mālama Honua Worldwide 16

Voyage; and 17

18

WHEREAS, on February 22, 2017, Eni Fa’aua’a Hunkin Faleomavaega passed away 19

peacefully in his home in Provo, Utah, at the age of 73; and 20

21

WHEREAS, Eni Faleomavaega is survived by his wife of 45 years, Antonina Hinanui 22

Cave Hunkin, five children, and ten grandchildren; and 23

24

WHEREAS, on March 31, 2017, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1362 into law - an 25

act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Pago Pago, 26

American Samoa, the “Faleomavaega Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin VA Clinic.” 27

28



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the life and achievements of U. S. 31

Congressman Eni Faleomavaega; and 32

33


Mrs. Hinanui Hunkin, Lolo Matalasi Moliga – Governor, American Samoa, Darlene Kehaulani 35

Butts, KAMHCC Pelekikena, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the 36

State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 37


Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 39

and all County Mayors. 40

41

42

INTRODUCED BY: Ke Ali‘i Maka‘āinana Hawaiian Civic Club 43


ACTION: 45

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - F 3

4

REMEMBERING KUPUNA WILLIAM KALIKOLEHUA PĀNUI AND RECOGNIZING 5

HIM FOR HIS LIFETIME OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL AS A HAWAIIAN 6

CULTURAL RESOURCE FOR OUR LĀHUI 7

8

WHEREAS, William Kalikolehua Pānui was born on November 16, 1928, and raised by 9

his grandparents, Louis Kauanoekauikalikokahalaopuna Pānui and Annie Kahalulu Kauhi-Pānui 10

at Keʻei, Kona; and 11

12

WHEREAS, he was a descendant of Kekūhaupiʻo, the teacher of Kamehameha, he 13

served as warrior in the Korean and Vietnam wars; and 14

15

WHEREAS, he raised his family in Kāneʻohe: sons, William Jr. and Ellery, and 16

daughters, Bonnie and Julie; and 17

18

WHEREAS, he worked for Hawaiian Dredging, Oʻahu Transit Service, Servco Hawaiʻi, 19

and The Kamehameha Schools; and 20

21

WHEREAS, he was a man who loved the Lord, he served as deacon, Bible School 22

teacher, and in other positions at Kawaiahaʻo Church in Honolulu and at Kahikolu Church in his 23

beloved Keʻei; and 24

25

WHEREAS, he was the last native speaker of Keʻei, he used his knowledge to teach his 26

beloved Hawaiian language to others, to translate and index Hawaiian language newspaper and 27

documents, and to compose mele, one of his many compositions, “Ke Alaula,” having won a Nā 28

Hōkū Hanohano award; and 29

30

WHEREAS, he was the family genealogist, historian, and kahu of Keʻei and Nāpoʻopoʻo 31

and was a sought-after cultural consultant and lecturer at Kamehameha and for the University of 32

Hawaiʻi as he was a kupuna who lived his culture; and 33

34

WHEREAS, he taught slack-key guitar and Hawaiian music at the Hawaiian Music 35

Association’s Hālau Mele held at St. Louis High School, Kalaepōhaku, and advised many 36

entertainers and kumu hula; and 37

38

WHEREAS, he was a lifetime and charter member of Kuini Piʻolani Hawaiian Civic 39

Club and a member of the ʻAhahui ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi; and 40

41

WHEREAS, he leaves behind loved ones to continue his legacy: his wife, Namahana; 42

brother, Kunia Kamealoha; his children named above; moʻopuna; numerous God- and hānai 43

children, and moʻopuna. 44

45

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering Kupuna William Kalikolehua Pānui 3

and recognizing him for his lifetime of knowledge and skill as a Hawaiian cultural resource for 4

our lāhui; and 5

6


the family of William Kalikolehua Pānui, ʻAhahui ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, as well as the Governor of the 8

State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, 9

Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee 10

on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office 11

of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 12

13

14

INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Piʻolani Hawaiian Civic Club 15

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiaulu (Community Relations Committee) 16

ACTION: _____________________________ 17

1

‘AHAHUI SĪWILA HAWAIʻI 1

2

ʻŌLELO HOʻOHOLO HELU 2017 - F 3

4

HE HO‘OMANA‘O KĒIA IĀ KUPUNA WILLIAM KALIKOLEHUA PĀNUI A KE 5

HO‘ŌHO ‘IA AKU NEI KONA ‘IKENA PIHA OLA A WAIWAI HO‘I HE KUMU 6

NOHONA HAWAI’I O KO KĀKOU LĀHUI 7

8

ʻOIAI, ua hānau ʻia ʻo William Kalikolehua Pānui ma ka Nowemapa 16, 1928 a hānai ʻia 9

na Louis Kauanoekauikalikokahalaopuna Pānui lāua ʻo Annie Kahalulu Kauhi-Pānui ma Keʻei, 10

Kona, Hawaiʻi; a 11

12

ʻOIAI, he mamo ʻo ia na Kekūhaupiʻo, ke kumu a Kamehameha, ua pūkaua ʻo ia ma nā 13

kaua Kōlea me Viekanama; a 14

15

ʻOIAI, ua hānai ʻia kona ʻohana ma Kāneʻohe: kāna mau keikikāne ʻo William J. lāua ʻo 16

Ellery; ʻo kāna mau kaikamāhine ʻo Bonnie lāua ʻo Julie; a 17

18

ʻOIAI, ua hana ʻo ia ma Hawaiian Dredging, Oʻahu Transit Service, Servco Hawaiʻi, a 19

ma Nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha; a 20

21

ʻOIAI, he kanaka haipule ʻo ia i ka Haku, ua noho ʻo ia i kiakona, i kumu ʻeuanelio, a ma 22

nā kūlana lawelawe ʻē aʻe ma ka hale pule ʻo Kawaiahaʻo a ma Kahikolu ma kona ʻāina aloha ʻo 23

Keʻei; a 24

25

ʻOIAI, he mānaleo hope loa ʻo ia no Keʻei, ua aʻo i kona ʻike o ka ʻōlelo, ua unuhi i nā 26

nūpepa me nā palapala, a ua haku mele a ʻo kekahi mele, ʻo “Ke Alaula,” kekahi i loaʻa ka Hōkū 27

Hanohano; a 28

29

ʻOIAI, he kanaka mālama moʻokūʻauhau, he kūʻauhau a he kahu ʻo ia no ka ʻāina o Keʻei 30

me Nāpoʻopoʻo a he haʻi moʻolelo ʻo ia o nā moʻolelo o ia ʻāina kaulana no Kamehameha a me 31

ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi; a 32

33

ʻOIAI, he kumu aʻo kīhōʻalu a me ka pūolo Hawaiʻi ma ka Hālau Mele no ka ʻAhahui 34

Pūolo Hawaiʻi ma ke kula ʻo Kana Lui ma Kalaepōhaku, a he kauleo ʻo ia i nā puʻukani a i nā 35

kumu hula like ʻole; a 36

37

ʻOIAI, ʻo William Panui he lālā kūola a lālā kū mua ho‘i o ka Hui Sīwila Hawai'i ‘o 38

Kuini Pi‘olani a he lālā nō ho‘i ‘o ia o ka ‘Ahahui ‘ōlelo Hawai'i; a 39

40

ʻOIAI, ke waiho nei ʻo ia i hoʻoilina e hoʻomau: ʻo kāna wahine ʻo Namahana; ʻo kona 41

kaikaina ʻo Kunia Kamealoha; ʻo kāna mau keiki i kapa ʻia ai ma luna; nā kani moʻopuna a me 42

nā keiki a me nā moʻopuna hānai a hoʻokama he nui ʻino. 43

44

NO LAILA, E HO‘OHOLO ‘IA E ka ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i e ākoakoa nei ma kona 45

‘Aha Nui 58 ma Seattle, Washington, I ke kau ʻana o Māhealani ma ka malama ʻo ʻIkuwā, ma 46

2

kēia lā o Nowemapa 2017, he ho‘omana‘o kēia iā kupuna William Kalikolehua Pānui a ke 1

ho‘ōho ‘ia aku nei kona ‘ikena piha ola a waiwai ho‘i he kumu nohona Hawai‘i o ko kākou lāhui; 2

a 3

4

NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO HOU ʻIA e ho‘ouna ‘ia aku nēia ‘ōlelo ho‘oholo i ka ‘ohana 5

o William Kalikolehua Pānui i hala, a i ka ‘Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, pēia pū me ke Kiaʻāina o ka 6

Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ka 7

Hale o Nā Luna Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke Kōmike Kuleana Hawai‘i o ka 8

‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke Kōmike Kuleana Hawai‘i o ka Hale o Nā Luna 9

Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho ‘omalu o Ka Papa Kahu Waiwai o ke Keʻena Kuleana 10

Hawaiʻi, a nā Meia o nā Kalana o Hawai‘i. 11

12

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REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiaulu (Community Relations Committee) 15

ACTION: _____________________________ 16

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - G 3

4

HONORING AND REMEMBERING BELOVED KUPUNA AND MĀNALEO AUNTIE 5

VIOLET KIKO SANTIAGO 6

7

WHEREAS, Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, has seen fit to call unto Himself our 8

member Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago of Kalihi Waena, Kona, O‘ahu, who left us to be with our 9

Lord on January 19, 2017 at age 95; and 10

11

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago was born in Kalihi Waena, Kona, O‘ahu on 12

January 9, 1922; and 13

14

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was the last living child, of 22 children born 15

to Joseph Kiko and Mary Kuipua Hukiku and lived in Kalihi Waena, Honolulu; and 16

17

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was married to Uncle Joseph Santiago from 18

Pahala, Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi for 72 years; and 19

20

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was the mother of, Florence Rose Lehua 21

Carpentier, Henry Talusa Fao Santiago, Julie Bunny Santiago Oba, and Jovi 22

Keaookalaokamalamalama Santiago; and 23

24

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, was the grandmother of six grandchildren and 25

two great-grandchildren, with many nieces and nephews; and 26

27

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, and Uncle Joseph Santiago were devoted and 28

mentored parents to their children, and many nieces and nephews by attending all functions and 29

activities; and 30

31

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago, and her husband Uncle Joseph Santiago were 32

active members of the Hawaiian Pentecostal Full Gospel Assembly in Kalihi, Kona, O‘ahu; and 33

34

WHEREAS, it is believed that Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago was the last mānaleo (Native 35

speaker of the Hawaiian Language) from Kalihi Waena, Kona, O‘ahu; and 36

37

WHEREAS, Mamo Aloha Violet Kiko Santiago, was a life member of the Honolulu 38

Chapter of the Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i, ‘Ahahui Po‘o, Helu ‘Ekahi since March 4, 1951, 39

making her a member in good standing for nearly 65 years; and 40

41

WHEREAS, the Kuini Pi‘olani Hawaiian Civic Club, during the year of our Lord 2017, 42

suffered with deep sorrow the passing of our beloved member, who was a faithful and 43

outstanding member during her years of service since October 2006; and 44

45

WHEREAS, Auntie Violet was also a life member of the ‘Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai`i. 46

2

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring and remembering beloved kupuna and 4

mānaleo Auntie Violet Kiko Santiago; and 5

6

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be given to her 7

son Henry Santiago on behalf of his siblings, to Hale O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i, ‘Ahahui Po‘o, Helu 8

‘Ekahi, her niece Kealoha Ballesteros, the ‘Ahahui ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, Hawaiian Pentecostal Full 9

Gospel Assembly, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, 10

Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian 11

Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, 12

Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 13

14

15

INTRODUCED BY: Kuini Pi‘olani Hawaiian Civic Club 16


ACTION: _____________________________ 18

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - H 3

4

HONORING EARL NATHAN BELL, LONG-STANDING MEMBER OF THE WAIMEA 5

HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB, FOR HIS YEARS OF DEVOTION, PARTICIPATION AND 6

SUPPORT OF THE WAIMEA HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB 7

8

WHEREAS, Earl Nathan Bell was born to Sam and Mary Bell in Waimea, Hawaiʻi in 9

1940; and 10

11

WHEREAS, during his lifetime, Earl Bell was a very strong, active and devoted member 12

of the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club; and 13

14

WHEREAS, Earl Bell, along with his mother, Mary Bell, also a life-time member of the 15

Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, was a member of the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club choir and was 16

active in events involving the choir, including numerous ʻAha Mele competitions of the 17

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; and 18

19

WHEREAS, during his lifetime, Earl Bell was also a member of the Imiola 20

Congregational Church where he was a long-time member of the church choir and sang as a 21

tenor; and 22

23

WHEREAS, along with his mother, Mary Bell, Earl Bell used his vocal talents to 24

entertain at community events and for patients at the local hospitals and numerous sister 25

churches of the United Church of Christ on Hawaiʻi Island; and 26

27

WHEREAS, Earl Nathan Bell, keiki o ka ʻāina, passed into, and now rejoices in, eternity 28

with His Savior Jesus Christ at the age of 77 on April 13, 2017; 29

30

WHEREAS, Earl Nathan Bell’s music and song will be remembered fondly and missed 31

by his ‘ohana in the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, Imiola Congregational Church and Waimea 32

community; and 33

34



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring Earl Nathan Bell, long-standing member of 37

the Waimea of Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, for his years of devotion, participation and support 38

of the Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, and 39

40


Genesis Bell, the brother of Earl Nathan Bell, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 42

President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State 43

Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine 44



2

INTRODUCED BY: Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club 1


ACTION: ___________________________________ 3

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-I 3

4

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF VIVIAN MAE VILLAMIL MOKU 5

6 WHEREAS, Vivian Mae Villamil Moku was born May 31, 1935, and she grew up as the 7

daughter of Filipino migrant farmers (mahi‘ai) who settled in the community of Pahoa, Hawai‘i 8

since the 1920’s where her father, who always stressed the value of an education, was a manager 9

(luna) in the sugarcane industry until he retired; and 10

11

WHEREAS, growing up in Pāhoa, Vivian had many chores and harvested, cleaned and 12

cooked from the garden, the one pot meals that fed her large family of eleven: three 13

grandparents, mother, father, and seven siblings; and 14

15

WHEREAS, Vivian embraced both social and academic responsibilities and her familial 16

obligations, and at age 17, she was a cheerleader, very popular and she caught the eye of a newly 17

hired teacher at her school, Harris Moku; and 18

19

WHEREAS, Vivian and Harris married soon after her graduation and began their family, 20

and a couple of years after, Harris had an opportunity to be a football coach at his alma mater in 21

North Kohala, so they moved; and 22

23

WHEREAS, the Mokus had three children: Robbie (Butchie) Jr., Samuel and LiAnne; 24

and 25

26

WHEREAS, Vivian is preceded in death by her daughter LiAnne, her husband Harris and 27

her son Samuel; and 28

29

WHEREAS, Vivian and her children would attend church every Sunday and Harris soon 30

followed; and 31

32

WHEREAS, Mrs. Moku, as she was known respectfully, would substitute teach at 33

Kohala High and Elementary School and soon became active in sports, and other community 34

activities, especially May Day and any event with hula and singing; and 35

36

WHEREAS, Mrs. Moku, was an early cultural advisor with her sister-in-law (Harris’s 37

sister), Kumu Margaret Tablit of Niuli‘i, Kohala, Hawai‘i, and the Mokus were early members of 38

the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club, and were honorary members in our current club, and they were 39

both active in the Kohala Senior Citizens, and well respected for their knowledge of Kohala; and 40

41

WHEREAS, she passed to eternal life on March 25, 2017, and she is survived by a son 42

Robbie Butchie Moku, two brothers Abraham and Rudolph, one sister, Lillian, and four 43

granddaughters, one grandson, and five great-grandchildren. 44

45

2



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, celebrating the life of Vivian Mae Villamil Moku; 3

and 4

5


the Family of Vivian Mae Villamil Moku, the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the 7

Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 8

Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State 9



12

13



ACTION: ___________________________________ 16

1

ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 1 2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - J 3 4

REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAR KUPUNA 5

VERNA MAE KAWAI‘ULA AKO BRANCO 6 7

WHEREAS, Almighty God in his infinite wisdom, has seen fit to call unto Himself our 8

beloved member from her earthly bounds; and 9

10

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Kawai‘ula Ako Branco, or “Kawai” as we fondly referred to her, 11

was born on August 29, 1935, in Hilo, Hawai‘i, and was raised on Kukaiau Ranch; and 12

13

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco passed away on May 21, 2017, at the age of 81 years; 14

and 15

16

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was married to the late Robert “Skippy” Francis Branco, 17

Sr. who passed away in March 2010, and together had seven children, three sons, Robert, Jr., 18

Michael, and James, four daughters, Verna Gale, Lola Ann, Anna Rose, and Charlotte Marella, 19

and twenty-five grandchildren and twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and 20

21

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco is an alumnus of the class of 1953 of the Kamehameha 22

Schools for Girls and also a member of Hui Kumulipo, and her classmates were a source of joy 23

to her; and 24

25

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco served as an active member in excellent standing of the 26

Hawaiian Civic Club of Laupāhoehoe since becoming a member in November 2011; and 27

28

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was also a member of the ‘Ahahui Hale O Nā Ali‘i O 29

Hawai‘i, Hālau O Kalākaua, Inc., Helu ‘Elua since becoming a member of the Hālau ‘Ohana in 30

April 1991, serving in various ranks as an officer from 1995 through her retirement in 2006 at 31

which time she was elevated to the rank of Hālau Papa Ali‘i (Distinguished Service United) and 32

presented with her respective ahu of Hālau O Kalākaua, Inc.; and 33

34

WHEREAS, in addition to her assigned responsibilities as a member of the ‘Ahahui Hale 35

O Nā Ali‘i O Hawai‘i Hālau O Kalākaua, Inc, Helu ‘Elua, she played an important part in 36

assisting with the coordinating of conventions as a member on multiple convention committees 37

and in her capacity as a delegate; and 38

39

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was an active member of the Hilo Community, retiring 40

as CPR District Coordinator for the Hawaiian Studies Kupuna Component and other Hawaiian 41

Studies positions with the Department of Education; and 42

43

WHEREAS, Verna Mae Branco was an active and devout member of St. Joseph Catholic 44

Church in Hilo, Hawai‘i. 45

2



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering and honoring the memory of our dear 3

kupuna Verna Mae Kawai‘ula Ako Branco; and 4

5


the Branco ‘Ohana, President Lucille Chung of the Hawaiian Civic Club of Laupāhoehoe, as 7

well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 8




12

13

INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Laupāhoehoe 14


ACTION: ___________________________________ 16

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-K 3

4

REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF REBECCA TABADISTO 5

6 WHEREAS, Rebecca Tabadisto, fondly known as Aunty Becky by all who knew her, 7

was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i on September 2, 1927, the middle child of five siblings, the 8

daughter of Margaret and David Edrozo; and 9

10

WHEREAS, as David Edrozo served in the U. S. Navy, the Edrozo ‘ohana received new 11

orders to San Diego in 1935 where the family continued to grow and where they choose to 12

remain; and 13

14

WHEREAS, Aunty Becky emulated the Aloha spirit Tutu Margaret modeled and lived 15

daily in her life sharing it with all welcomed into their home; and 16

17

WHEREAS, this life style extended beyond the boundaries of their home to include local 18

neighborhood families and to the needy of San Diego; and 19

20

WHEREAS, Aunty Becky found the love of her life in Uncle Cliff Tabadisto for fifty-21

four years, and in their three children, Tab, Karen, and Kathryn; and 22

23

WHEREAS, Aunty Becky kept alive the Hawaiian way, culture, and rich heritage with 24

her children; and 25

26

WHEREAS, Aunty Becky continued the joyfulness, generosity and love given to her by 27

Tutu Margaret not only with her growing family but also her extended neighborhood family; and 28

29

WHEREAS, Aunty Becky understood and lived the life of a civically engaged individual 30

and servant of others by volunteering to serve the homeless of San Diego at the Vincent DePaul 31

Center and later at Father Joe’s Village sharing her talents as a cook as well as often times giving 32

the shirt off her back; and 33

34

WHEREAS, Aunty Becky never tired of giving back to the Native Hawaiian community 35

through her membership and involvement in the activities of Hui O Hawaiʻi of San Diego and 36

‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O San Diego. 37

38



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, remembering and honoring the life of Rebecca 41

Tabadisto; and 42

43

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a moment of silent be held by the house of delegates 44

at the 58th Annual Convention to honor Rebecca Tabadisto; and 45

46

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members of the Tabadisto ‘Ohana, Hui O Hawai‘i of San Diego, ‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O San 2

Diego, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of 3

the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, 4

Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of 5

the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 6

7

8

INTRODUCED BY: ‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O San Diego 9


ACTION: ___________________________________ 11

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - L 3

4

HONORING THE MEMORY OF AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONTRIBUTIONS 5

OF ELIZABETH JEAN PIENA 6

7

WHEREAS, Jean was born on August 19, 1935, in Pu‘unēnē, Maui; and 8

9

WHEREAS, Jean was the daughter of Peter Kaikiohua Piena and Mabel Kam Tai 10

Ching; and 11

12

WHEREAS, Jean was one of eight children, and her siblings were Peter Makia Piena, 13

Ralph Piena, William Randolph Piena, Carl Rodney Piena, Harold Piena, Clarence Piena, and 14

Eunice Piena Kasaoka; and 15

16

WHEREAS, Jean moved to Lāna‘i and attended Lāna‘i schools from kindergarten to 17

her sophomore year of high school, until Jean’s father, Peter, transferred with Hawaiian Pine in 18

1951 and moved his family to Whitmore City, near Wahiawa, O‘ahu; and 19

20

WHEREAS, Jean attended and graduated from Leilehua High School in 1952, but always 21

returned to Lāna‘i High School for 1952 class reunions, too; and 22

23

WHEREAS, in 1958, Jean’s mother accepted a job with Queen’s Hospital as a 24

telephone operator and the family moved to and lived at 1449 Bernice Street in Honolulu; and 25

26

WHEREAS, Jean was a faithful Mormon of the Church of Jesus Christ of 27

Latter-day Saints, and Jean was a choir member, leader of the Young Women’s Program, and 28

member of the Relief Society; and 29

30

WHEREAS, Jean worked as a clerk at Union Oil of California and Diamond Head Health 31

Center, and later Jean was also a travel agent and took her mom Mabel to places like Alaska and 32

Las Vegas, and then Jean sold a lot of burial plots for Hawaiian Memorial, where her body rests 33

today, she retired as a clerk for the State of Hawai‘i; and 34

35

WHEREAS, Jean was an active supporter and dedicated member of the Queen Emma 36

Hawaiian Civic Club since she joined on November 28, 1990, and was a lifetime member for 37

over 26 years; and 38

39

WHEREAS, Jean was a Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club Board Member, Choir 40

Member, Scholarship Committee Member, a delegate and alternate delegate member to the 41

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs conventions and attended all the conventions until 2016; 42

and 43

44

WHEREAS, Jean enjoyed socializing at all the Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club’s 45

functions such as the Christmas parties, scholarship lū‘au, Aliʻi Sundays at Kawaiahaʻo Church, 46

2

Queen Emma’s, Kamehameha IV’s, and Prince Albert’s birthdays at Mauna ‘Ala, at Queen’s 1

Medical Center, and Cathedral of St. Andrew’s, as well as a participant at the Aloha Week and 2

Prince Kūhiō Day parades and Ho‘olaule‘a and ‘Onipa‘a at the ‘Iolani Palace; and 3

4

WHEREAS, Jean was a wonderful volunteer, gave financial support to the Queen Emma 5

Hawaiian Civic Club and the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints; and 6

7

WHEREAS, Jean was a giving, kind, soft-spoken, generous, funny person who enjoyed 8

laughing, and some of her “Jean-isms” included the word “keke‘e” so often to mean “lolo,” 9

crazy, and stupid that everyone thought that she created her own Hawaiian word, and Jean would 10

always greet every female she met with “Hey, Gorgeous!” which made everyone smile; and 11

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WHEREAS, Jean was a blessed person, had great integrity, a beautiful character and a 16

warm and gentle smile, and she did fabulous and beautiful needle point and knitted her brothers 17

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, honoring the memory of and acknowledging the 25

contributions of Elizabeth Jean Piena; and 26

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extends its heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the ‘ohana of Elizabeth Jean Piena and to the 29

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - M 3 4

CONGRATULATING THE GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAI‘I ON ITS 100TH 5 ANNIVERSARY 6

7 WHEREAS, Juliette Gordon Low envisioned an organization that would prepare girls to 8 meet their world with courage, confidence, and character and in March of 1912 Juliette, known 9 as “Daisy” by her family and friends, gathered 18 girls in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia 10 and started the Girl Scout movement; and 11 12 WHEREAS, just five years after Girl Scouting was founded, Florence Lowe, a teacher at 13 the Kamehameha School for Girls, organized the first official Girl Scout troop in the Hawaiian 14 Islands based out of Honolulu which became Troop One; and 15 16 WHEREAS, at that time there was a second group meeting in what is now Kaka‘ako 17 became Troop Two with Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last Hawaiian monarch, as its sponsor; and 18 19

WHEREAS, the Queen promised Troop Two her personal silk Hawaiian flag, which is 20 now proudly displayed in its Honolulu headquarters; and 21 22 WHEREAS, in April of 1919, a group of women gathered at the First Foreign Church in 23 Hilo to implement the Girl Scout program and the Hawaiʻi Island charter was received in June of 24 1919, and Isabel Shaw became the first commissioner and was succeeded by Eva Hendry, who 25 was then followed by Charlotte Whittaker; and 26 27 WHEREAS, in 1920, Clinton Childs, the director of the Alexander House Settlement on 28 Maui, heard about scouting for girls and subsequently, the Maui Girl Scout Council was 29 organized with F.F. Baldwin as the first commissioner, and Maui Council’s campsite in 30 Makawao was a gift from Dwight H. Baldwin and Virginia Wellington Wells in 1962 and 31 dedicated as Camp Piʻiholo; and 32 33

WHEREAS, twice during the history of Girl Scouting on the island, Molokaʻi set up an 34 independent council and twice rejoined its strength with Maui’s and finally in 1924 the island of 35 Molokaʻi joined Maui’s Council; and 36 37

WHEREAS, in 1926, Girl Scouts Hawaii’s first campsite was purchased—five acres of 38 picturesque land on the Pearl City Peninsula, named Camp Haleopua meaning “house of 39 flowers,” and facilitated outdoor programs for 15 years before World War II made it necessary to 40 relinquish the property; and 41 42

WHEREAS, there have been Girl Scout troops on Kauaʻi only since 1933 because first 43 attempts to organize fell through as a result of the war and in 1950, Kaua‘i received its National 44 Charter and Sterling Dunsford was elected Kauaʻi’s president; and 45 46

WHEREAS, Camp Paumalū was donated to the council, courtesy of Hawaiian Pineapple 1 Company in 1951 and in 1954, Camp Kilohana on the Island of Hawai‘i was acquired and 2 continues to serve Girl Scouts; and 3 4

WHEREAS, in 1963, the Girl Scouts in Hawaiʻi changed its name to the Girl Scout 5 Council of the Pacific, Inc. because its jurisdiction was extended to include not only the islands 6 of Hawaiʻi, but additionally Midway and Wake; and 7

8 WHEREAS, in April 1990, membership voted to change the name to the Girl Scout 9

Council of Hawaiʻi to reflect the areas we service, encompassing only those islands that make up 10 the beautiful Aloha state and in March of 2007, changed the name one final time, to make sure to 11 correctly spell Hawaiʻi by employing the Hawaiian diacritical mark known as the ʻokina which 12 acknowledges and honors Girl Scouts’ deeply rooted history in Hawaiʻi; and 13 14

WHEREAS, local artist and distinguished alumnae Peggy Hopper created the beautiful 15 Girl Scout patch in 1989; and 16

17 WHEREAS, also in 1989, Hawaiʻi vocal artist Melinda Caroll composed the song “We 18

Change the World,” which was debuted by Hawaiʻi Girl Scouts singing the song at the 1989 19 Council Meeting, and it immediately became a national theme song for Girl Scouts USA; and 20 21

WHEREAS, the Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi is the oldest Council west of the Mississippi 22 River and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2017. 23 24

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 25 at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 26 Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, congratulating the Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i on its 100th 27 anniversary; and 28

29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to 30

Joanne Arizumi, Chair of the Board of Directors and Shari Chang, Chief Executive Officer of the 31 Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State 32 Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on 33 Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & 34 Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all 35 County Mayors. 36 37 38 INTRODUCED BY: Waikīkī Hawaiian Civic Club 39 REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Kaiāulu (Community Relations Committee) 40 ACTION: ___________________________________ 41

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ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS

RESOLUTION NO. 17 - N

COMMENDING THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE FOR ITS SUPPORT OF

HUI HAWAI‘I O TENESI HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB (HHOTHCC) IN ITS EFFORTS

TO PERPETUATE THE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND VALUES WITHIN THE

COMMUNITY

WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has provided Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi

Hawaiian Civic Club (HHOTHCC) a room at the Crow Community Center to hold its monthly

Board and General Meetings; and

WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has partnered with HHOTHCC to provide

free hula classes for the Crow Community Center members; and

WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has supported HHOTHCC to provide a

space within the Crow Community Center to allow for Lei Hulu class and ten-week Pili ‘Ohana

health education class available to the community; and

WHEREAS, the City of Clarksville, Tennessee has partnered with HHOTHCC for its

participation in the city’s annual events such as Market Place; Eggstravaganza; Fright On

Franklin; Riverfest; Wounded Warrior Picnic; Movies In The Park and Christmas Parade; and

WHEREAS, through the partnership with the City of Clarksville, Tennessee, HHOTHCC

has become a greater presence in the City of Clarksville and the surrounding communities; and

WHEREAS, 2018 will commemorate the 10th anniversary of HHOTHCC, and the City of

Clarksville has been a strong advocate and supporter this club’s activities since being chartered.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs

at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending the City of Clarksville, Tennessee for

its support of Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi Hawaiian Civic Club (HHOTHCC) in its efforts to

perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and values within the community; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to

the Mayor, City of Clarksville, Tennessee, Director of Parks and Recreations City of Clarksville,

Tennessee, Pelekikena Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor of

the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of

Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State

House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of

Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors.

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 – O 3 4

CONGRATULATING THE ‘AHAHUI ‘O LILI‘UOKALANI 5

HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON ITS 40TH YEAR AS A 6

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS 7 8

WHEREAS, at the home of Marlene Sai-Cockett in Los Angeles, California, in the 9

summer of 1976, a group of friends decided to form a Hawaiian Civic Club; and 10

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WHEREAS, with the guidance of Kūpuna Uncle Noah and Aunty Maryann Kalama, 12

the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California was formed; and 13

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WHEREAS, the founding members chose the Queen’s name to establish a connection 15

with the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco in Northern California, 16

Kalākaua being the Queen’s brother; and 17

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WHEREAS, the club song, “‘O Makalapua” also known as “Ka Maka‘eha” was 19

adopted as the club song, and “‘Onipa‘a” its motto; and 20

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WHEREAS, in 1977, at the annual convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic 22

Clubs at the Kona Lagoon Hotel on Hawai‘i island, and sponsored by the Prince Kūhiō 23

Hawaiian Civic Club, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 24

California received its charter becoming the second Hawaiian Civic Club chartered outside of 25

the State of Hawai‘i; and 26

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WHEREAS, in 1977, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 28

California ceremoniously received its charter at its first installation of officers by the 29

president of its sister club, the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco, and 30

presented the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California a portrait 31

of Queen Lili‘uokalani; and 32

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WHEREAS, in August 1978, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of 34

Southern California participated in the first annual ho‘olaule‘a hosted by the Hawaiian Inter-35

Club Council of Southern California at Hollywood Park in the San Fernando Valley, and this 36

year, 2017, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California 37

participated in the 39th annual ho‘olaule‘a at Alondra Park in the city of Lawndale, 38

California; and 39

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WHEREAS, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California 41

throughout its forty-year history, has raised funds to support scholarships for students seeking 42

higher education opportunities, families in distress, the restoration of frames and portraits of 43

Ali‘i at ‘Iolani Palace, and a building fund for the Lili‘uokalani Protestant Church in 44

Hale‘iwa, O‘ahu; and 45

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WHEREAS, over the years, member families of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani 47

Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California have housed and hosted the Honolulu Boys 48

Choir, the Hawaiian Children’s Choir, the Kamehameha Schools Concert Glee Club, and the 49

Punahou Glee Club; and 50

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WHEREAS, in 1981, in partnership with its sister club, ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian 2

Civic Club of San Francisco, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 3

California hosted the annual convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at the 4

Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California; and 5

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WHEREAS, the convention in 1981 was the first convention of the Association of 7

Hawaiian Civic Clubs held outside of the State of Hawai‘i with over 1,200 registered 8

delegates in attendance that lasted three days; and 9

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WHEREAS, the convention in 1981 prompted the strong interest and formation of a 11

third Hawaiian Civic Club in the State of California; and 12

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WHEREAS, in 1982, Aunty Maryann Kalama, a founder of the ‘Ahahui ‘o 14

Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, founded ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi 15

Hawaiian Civic Club in the County of Orange, California; and 16

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WHEREAS, the past presidents of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club 18

of Southern California and ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco installed 19

the first officers of ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club; and 20

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WHEREAS, in 1985, there were three Hawaiian Civic Clubs on the continental 22

United States that included the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern 23

California, the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco, and ‘Āinahau o 24

Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club; and 25

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WHEREAS, in 1987, the annual convention committee of the Association of 27

Hawaiian Civic Clubs, chaired by Toni Lee, with the assistance of Al Pelayo and Wini Smith, 28

both members of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, 29

hosted the convention at the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; and 30

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WHEREAS, in March 1988, after years of discussions, deliberations and the tireless 32

work of the four Hawaiian Civic Clubs on the continent, the Mainland Council of the 33

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs was chartered at the convention that year, and the new 34

council included the ‘Ahahui Kalākaua Hawaiian Civic Club of San Francisco, ‘Ahahui ‘o 35

Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian 36

Civic Club, Hui o Hawai‘i o Utah Hawaiian Civic Club, and Po‘e o Colorado Hawaiian Civic 37

Club; and 38

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WHEREAS, today there are twenty civic clubs across the continent from Alaska to 40

Virginia that comprise the Mainland Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; 41

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WHEREAS, the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California 44

is the first Hawaiian Civic Club organized and chartered in Southern California, and today 45

there are five Hawaiian Civic Clubs in the State of California chartered by the Association of 46

Hawaiian Civic Clubs; and 47

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WHEREAS, the work of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of 1

Southern California remains a priority as the club continues to raise funds for its scholarship 2

program through philanthropic grants and participation in community fundraising events; and 3

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WHEREAS, the forty plus years of the history of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani 5

Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California is filled with great successes -- too many to 6

include in this resolution as the club continues to be actively involved with the advocacy 7

work of the Mainland Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs. 8

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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic 10

Clubs at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the 11

rising of Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, congratulating the ‘Ahahui ‘o 12

Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California on its 40th year as a member of the 13

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; and 14

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted 16

to the president of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, 17

the president of the Mainland Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the 18

president of ‘Ainahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, the president of ‘Ahahui Kīwila 19

Hawai‘i o San Diego, the president of Kaha I Ka Panoa Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, the 20

president of Kaleleonalani Hawaiian Civic Club, Lucille da Silva, in care of name, Ahahui 21

Kalakaua Hawaiian Club, Marlene Sai, founding president of the ‘Ahahui ‘o Lili‘uokalani 22

Hawaiian Civic Club of Southern California, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 23

President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the 24

State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, 25

Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of 26

Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 27

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COMMENDING THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION 5

FOR ITS STEADFAST WORK IN PROTECTING NATIVE HAWAIIAN RIGHTS, 6

CUSTOMS, AND PRACTICES 7

8 WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation was first established 43 years ago in 9

1974 in response to growing awareness of the social, cultural, health, and economic issues faced 10

by Native Hawaiians; and 11

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s board, its lawyers, and its support 13

staff have operated as a tax exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit public interest law firm with a mission 14

“to perpetuate, through legal and other advocacy, the rights, customs and practices that 15

strengthen Native Hawaiian identity and culture”; and 16

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s advocacy efforts have heightened 18

an awareness and an understanding of the role that Native Hawaiian customs, traditions, and 19

ways of knowing play in forming the foundation upon which Hawai‘i’s constitution, laws, and 20

judicial opinions are based; and 21

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation protects and defends Native 23

Hawaiians’ rights to their traditional ancestral and kuleana lands in the face of powerful and 24

affluent economic interests in quiet title, partition, and adverse possession lawsuits and legal 25

proceedings; and 26

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation has championed the rights of 28

Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands trust to be awarded homestead leases under 29

the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act and to assure that the provisions of the Hawai‘i 30

constitution that “sufficient sums” shall be made available by the Hawai‘i State Legislature to 31

accomplish the purposes of the Act are in fact provided; and 32

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation protects and defends the rights of 34

Native Hawaiians to practice their traditional and cultural ways including accessing, caring for, 35

and gathering the resources necessary to maintain their health, their cultural identity, and their 36

connection to the ‘āina; and 37

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation has defended, protected, and 39

assisted Hawaiian communities to reestablish the return of life-giving water to streams and 40

communities to mālama ‘āina, to reestablish kalo cultivation and the health of these communities 41

and traditional watersheds, and to ensure that the provisions of the Hawai‘i constitution, state 42

statues, including the Hawai‘i Water Code, which characterize the use of fresh water as a public 43

trust, will be honored and given full force and effect as intended by the people and their elected 44

representatives when they created these documents; and 45

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation has protected the rights of Native 1

Hawaiian individuals and families under state and federal laws to ensure that the sanctity, repose, 2

and reverence of their Native Hawaiian ancestors’ human remains and to guarantee that these 3

remains will be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect when threatened with being 4

disinterred, unearthed or destroyed; and 5

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation is committed to protecting the rights 7

of Native Hawaiians to speak and learn in their Native Hawaiian language and to practice their 8

Native Hawaiian traditions, culture, and religion as a means to support, maintain and foster their 9

collective Hawaiian identity; and 10

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation represents Native Hawaiians 12

regardless of their financial means or their ability to pay, which creates a need for it to obtain 13

funding from large governmental organizations such as the State of Hawai‘i and the Office of 14

Hawaiian Affairs; and 15

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WHEREAS, on occasion, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, on behalf of its 17

clients, have had to oppose actions by these funders to advance justice and compliance with 18

Hawai‘i state laws; and 19

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WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation’s legal representation of Native 21

Hawaiians and their rights and interests is a key ingredient in protecting Hawaiian culture, 22

traditions, and values and in ensuring that the Hawai‘i of the future is in fidelity with the host 23

culture of the indigenous people of Hawai‘i, Native Hawaiians. 24

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation 28

for its steadfast work in protecting Native Hawaiian rights, customs, and practices; and 29

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 31

acknowledges a responsibility to support and encourage the continuation of the Native Hawaiian 32

Legal Corporation’s advocacy of Native Hawaiians, their rights, and their interests; and 33

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 35

acknowledges and appreciates the funding by the State of Hawai‘i, the Office of Hawaiian 36

Affairs, and others, and encourages continued and increased appropriations for Native Hawaiian 37

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HONORING THE HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF HONOLULU ON THE CENTENNIAL 5

OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT 6

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WHEREAS, in 1918, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu was established by Prince 8

Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole and a group of his cohorts who recognized the need for an 9

organization to act as advocates for, and to improve the lot, of the native Hawaiian people; and 10

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WHEREAS, at that time it had been only twenty years since annexation and Native 12

Hawaiians were still trying to adjust to life under the United States, the loss of their sovereign 13

nation and a new form of democratic government; and 14

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WHEREAS, in 1902, Prince Kūhiō was elected as Hawai‘i’s second Delegate to the U. S. 16

Congress, and in Washington observed the distribution of government lands under the U. S. 17

Homestead Act and saw the potential of such a law for Hawai‘i; and 18

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WHEREAS, along with other Hawaiian leaders, Prince Kūhiō recognized that Native 20

Hawaiians were going through a very difficult period of adjustment after losing their nation, their 21

lands, their way of life; and 22

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WHEREAS, the possibility of a homestead program for Hawaiians offered hope as a 24

means of rehabilitation for his people and he set out to bring such a program to fruition; and 25

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WHEREAS, Prince Kūhiō understood that there was a need for support for a Hawaiian 27

homestead program and with a determined group of Hawaiian leaders organized the first 28

Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu in 1918; and 29

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WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu was the first of five councils and 31

sixty-seven clubs to follow, all working toward the goal of improving life for Native Hawaiians; 32

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WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu continues to thrive and serve as a 35

leader within the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs that was created in 1959 to facilitate the 36

goals and objectives of bettering the conditions of Native Hawaiians. 37

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URGING THE HAWAIʻI STATE LEGISLATURE TO AUTHORIZE A HALF A 5

PERCENT SURCHARGE ON THE GENERAL EXCISE TAX IN PERPETUITY FOR 6

THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION AND 7

MAINTENANCE OF THE HONOLULU HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR 8

PROJECT AND SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS IN PURSUIT OF A MODERN 9

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE ISLAND OF OʻAHU 10

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WHEREAS, the people of the City and County of Honolulu voted to create a rail transit 12

system (“Rail”) in 2008; and 13

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WHEREAS, the current rail project is the culmination of generations of community and 15

governmental efforts to modernize Oʻahu’s transportation system with rail since the first rail was 16

created in the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1857 and the Honolulu Rapid Transit board was established 17

in 1967; and 18

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WHEREAS, the Rail is a necessary component of a modern transportation system for the 20

island of Oʻahu; and 21

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WHEREAS, a modern transportation system provides tangible societal benefits including 23

reduction of transportation pollution (mālama ʻāina), transportation alternatives and traffic 24

congestion relief (mālama ʻohana), and economic development opportunities, including through 25

public-private partnerships (hoʻōla); and 26

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WHEREAS, the first leg of the Rail is called the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit 28

Corridor Project or Honolulu Rail Transit Project, at 20-miles and 21-stations from East Kapolei 29

to Ala Moana; and 30

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WHEREAS, the Honolulu Rail Transit Project has created and fosters thousands of jobs 32

in construction, engineering, and professional services employing many local residents, 33

including Native Hawaiians; and 34

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WHEREAS, the Rail provides the backbone for transit-oriented development projects, 36

including opportunities for small businesses; workforce and affordable housing developments; 37

the development of a second city center; and high-capacity residential corridors, which together 38

will increase local employment, wealth generation capability, and housing inventory for 39

residents, and empower Native Hawaiians to be able to afford homes on Oʻahu; and 40

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WHEREAS, a modern transportation system will significantly improve the quality of life 42

for residents of Oʻahu, especially those living in West Oʻahu by affording more time with loved 43

ones and in recreation rather than in traffic; and 44

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WHEREAS, a modern transportation system is essential to Oʻahu’s ability to sustainably 1

transport increasing visitor loads while preserving the pristine ecologies that draw the 2

economically vital tourism industry to the island; and 3

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WHEREAS, successful transportation projects, and rail projects in particular, across the 5

United States have acquired firm funding via a dedicated tax base; and 6

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WHEREAS, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation estimates that the total 8

construction cost for the first leg of Rail at $8.165 billion, exclusive of the financing costs; and 9

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WHEREAS, the current rail project costs prior to financing currently conform to the 11

predictions of the study done by the State Department of Transportation which estimated the 12

costs to be between $6.8 billion and $9.8 billion; and 13

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WHEREAS, the U. S. federal government has pledged $1.55 billion to help build the 15

Honolulu Rail Transit Project, but a lack of a firm funding source could require Honolulu to 16

return the $722 million in federal funds already spent; and 17

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WHEREAS, Hawaiʻi’s General Excise Tax (GET) is the tax with the broadest base of 19

any state sales tax and tied with several others across the nation for the lowest rate; and 20

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WHEREAS, about thirty-eight percent of the GET is borne by nonresidents, while only 22

about twenty-three percent of the Individual Income Tax is shifted to nonresidents; and 23

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WHEREAS, since 2007, the one-half percent GET surcharge has been, and will continue 25

to be, collected only in the City and County of Honolulu; and 26

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WHEREAS, a firm funding source through a GET surcharge extension will allow the 28

completion of the first leg of the Rail to Ala Moana and also provide resources for additional 29

lines, including to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Central Oʻahu, and Makaha; and 30

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WHEREAS, supporting Rail as part of a modern transportation system for the island of 32

Oʻahu through firm funding via the GET is an expression of our local values of kuleana, to leave 33

Hawaiʻi better for the next generation, malama ʻāina, to take care of the land through minimizing 34

the effects of our collective transportation, malama ʻohana, to take care of our families by 35

increasing their quality of life and allowing them to spend time with loved ones instead of in 36

traffic, and hoʻola, to imbue life into our communities by providing new economic opportunities. 37

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to authorize a 41

half a percent surcharge on the General Excise Tax in perpetuity for the City and County of 42

Honolulu to fund the construction and maintenance of the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit 43

Corridor Project and subsequent projects in pursuit of a modern transportation system for the 44

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of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Chair of the State 3

House Committee on Finance, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair 4

of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the 5

Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, City & County Mayor of Honolulu, and all 6

county mayors. 7

8

9

INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhehewa (O‘ahu Council) 10

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pilina Aupuni (Government Relations Committee) 11

ACTION: ___________________________________ 12

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - S 3

4

SUPPORTING THE CALLING OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE 5

STATE OF HAWAIʻI 6

7

WHEREAS, the purpose of the Hawaiʻi State Constitution is to provide for Hawaiʻi’s 8

state system of government, the pono operation of our Hawaiʻi state society, and a vision of a 9

flourishing Hawaiʻi; and 10

11

WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Constitution must provide for how our state society 12

operates in all areas not clarified as being part of the federal system of states of the United States 13

of America; and 14

15

WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Constitution can be used to inspire a vision of a 16

flourishing Hawaiʻi for all, founded and supported by the host culture of Native Hawaiians; and 17

18

WHEREAS, the last Constitutional Convention for Hawai‘i took place in 1978, where the 19

Native Hawaiian community played an active and integral role in affirming some of the most 20

advanced rights for indigenous peoples in the world at the time; and 21

22

WHEREAS, the 1978 Convention also enshrined elements of pono government, 23

including term limits for the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, successfully 24

removed significant political influence from the state’s judicial selection processes, provided a 25

requirement for an annual balanced budget, laid the groundwork for the return of federal land 26

such as the island of Kahoʻolawe, and created the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as a co-equal 27

branch of state government; and 28

29

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian residents of the State have kuleana to build upon the gains 30

in Native Hawaiian rights established by the 1978 Convention for the betterment of Native 31

Hawaiians and all Hawaiʻi; and 32

33

WHEREAS, major Native Hawaiian initiatives such as bringing our family home, 34

housing, health care, eldercare, reintegrating our incarcerated into our communities, Hawaiian 35

culture based education, perpetuating ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, the return of and accounting for all lands 36

held in trust for the Native Hawaiians, and a pono protocol for the state’s interaction with a 37

Native Hawaiian governing entity can be better realized through a Constitutional Convention; 38

and 39

WHEREAS, in 2018 the electorate shall be asked whether or not a Constitutional 40

Convention shall be held in keeping with Article XVII, Section 2; and 41

42



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, supporting the calling of a constitutional convention 45

for the State of Hawaiʻi; and 46

2



of Representatives, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chair of the State Senate 3




7

8

INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (O‘ahu Council) 9


ACTION: ___________________________________ 11

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - T 3

4

ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE FINAL RULES OF PRACTICE AND 5

PROCEDURE, STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 6

RESOURCES, ‘AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REVIEWED AND ADOPTED 7

AT THE MEETING OF THE ‘AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE HELD AT THE 8

BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD ROOM ON 9

OCTOBER 20, 2016 10

11

WHEREAS, the ‘Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC) reviewed and approved by 12

majority vote (six for, one against, one excused) the rules of practice and procedure at a 13

scheduled meeting on October 20, 2016, at the Board of Land and Natural Resources board 14

room; and 15

16

WHEREAS, the AMAC meeting was held after the final date for resolution submission 17

to the AHCC resolutions committee for 2016; and 18

19

WHEREAS, the action taken at the AMAC meeting is important for the longevity and 20

permanence of the AMAC; and 21

22

WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution 55 in 2015 requested the ‘Aha Moku advisory 23

committee to engage stakeholders in order to develop and adopt rules for its operation and 24

administration, asked the AMAC to develop and establish rules of practice and procedure, and, 25

with assistance from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 26

and Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, engage stakeholders to develop and adopt rules for its 27

operation and administration and report back to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to 28

the convening of the Regular Session of the Hawai‘i State Legislatures in 2016; and 29

30

WHEREAS, the AMAC requested and received an extension to the Regular Session of 31

2017 to carry out the requirements of this Senate Concurrent Resolution; and 32

33

WHEREAS, the AMAC, at its July 20, 2016 meeting, could not reach agreement on the 34

rules packages and all of the recommendations submitted since the adoption of Senate 35

Concurrent Resolution 55 in 2015, and created a committee to work on and develop rules of 36

practices and procedures package from recommendations from its constituents; and 37

38

WHEREAS, the rules committee created by the AMAC, returned with a comprehensive 39

package of rules of operations and procedures, with approval of participating constituents; and 40

41

WHEREAS, approval of the practices and procedures was on the agenda at a properly 42

noticed public meeting of the AMAC; and 43

2

WHEREAS, the AMAC approved the final rules of practices and procedures at the 1

October 20, 2016 meeting; and 2

3

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported, and continues to 4

support, the ‘Aha Moku system since 2006; and 5

6

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported the ‘Aha Kī‘ole 7

Advisory Committee (by authority of Act 212, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2007) which was 8

established to advise the Hawai‘i State Legislature on the best practices of traditional 9

management in 2007, with a term ended in 2009 after reporting on the best practices of 10

traditional management of Hawaiʻi’s natural and cultural resources, the ‘Aha Moku system of the 11

traditional natural resource management; and 12

13

WHEREAS, the ‘Aha Kī‘ole Advisory Committee was appointed by the governor from a 14

list of nominations submitted by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and 15

16

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported the creation of the ‘Aha 17

Moku Advisory Committee in 2012 (by authority of Act 288, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2012); 18

and 19

20

WHEREAS, Act 288 (2012) recognized the ‘Aha Moku system as the system of best 21

practices for the management of natural and cultural resources in Hawai‘i; and 22

23

WHEREAS, the current AMAC members were appointed from a list of nominations 24

submitted by the ‘Aha Moku Councils of each island, councils in which many Hawaiian Civic 25

Club members participate; and 26

27

WHEREAS, the AMAC has operated without any rules and operating procedures since 28

2013 taking actions that may have left the AMAC vulnerable to legal challenge; and 29

30

WHEREAS, the establishment of rules, practices and operating procedures will 31

contribute to the longevity and permanence of the AMAC; and 32

33

WHEREAS, the AMAC is an important organization with the potential to improve 34

Hawaiʻi’s environment and preserve our cultural and natural resources for a long into the future. 35

36



Māhealani on this 4th day of November 2017, endorsing and supporting the Final Rules of 39

Practice and Procedure, Department of Land and Natural Resources, ‘Aha Moku Advisory 40

Committee, reviewed and adopted at the meeting of the ‘Aha Moku Advisory Committee held at 41

the Board of Land and Natural Resources board room on October 20, 2016; and\ 42

43

3

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 1





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7

INTRODUCED BY: Maunalua Hawaiian Civic Club 8


ACTION: _____________________________ 10

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017- U 3

4

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO RENAME THE CAPTAIN COOK 5

POST OFFICE ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND (MOKU O KEAWE) THE KA‘AWALOA POST 6

OFFICE 7

8 WHEREAS, in early 1900, the U.S. Postal Service began establishing numerous offices 9

throughout the Hawaiian Islands; and 10

11

WHEREAS, the long-established and traditionally named ahupua‘a had been routinely 12

disregarded; and 13

14

WHEREAS, in 1916, the name of the Captain Cook Post Office was proposed by an 15

employee of the Captain Cook Coffee Company; and 16

17

WHEREAS, the U.S. Census Bureau further institutionalized the name by establishing 18

the area known as Captain Cook as a “census designated place”; and 19

20

WHEREAS, Captain Cook has been adequately memorialized at Kealakekua Bay, 21

throughout the South Pacific and in Europe; and 22

23

WHEREAS, Hawai‘i’s place names should reflect our cultural heritage and its historical 24

and geographical integrity; and 25

26

WHEREAS, kupuna, past and present, recognize the area where the Captain Cook Post 27

Office is located as Ka‘awaloa. 28

29



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the United States Congress to rename the 32

Captain Cook Post Office on Hawai‘i Island (Moku O Keawe) the Ka‘awaloa Post Office; and 33

34


U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa, 36

U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan, as well as 37





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43

INTRODUCED BY: Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club of Kona 44


ACTION: ___________________________________ 46

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - V 3

4

ACKNOWLEDGING THE PLIGHT OF COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 5

IMMIGRANTS AND SUPPORTING APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO RIGHT THE 6

INJUSTICES THAT ARE BEING SUFFERED BY THESE CITIZENS 7

8 WHEREAS, shortly after World War II the United States assumed administration of the 9

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under a United Nations strategic trusteeship that provided 10

for United States control over development of the islands’ economies and international relations 11

and for United States military access to territory within the islands; and 12

13

WHEREAS, the United States was allowed by the United Nations to treat the Pacific 14

Islands as a strategic trust territory, and the United States Atomic Energy Commission 15

established the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands, where 67 atmospheric nuclear 16

weapons were tested between 1946 and 1958; and 17

18

WHEREAS, some of the testing in the trustee territories caused nuclear fallout on a 19

number of the islands, including several that were inhabited; and 20

21

WHEREAS, many residents of islands that were in the vicinity of the nuclear weapons 22

test proving grounds and their descendants continue to exhibit medical conditions that may have 23

resulted from exposure to the nuclear fallout that occurred and is still measurable on some 24

islands; and 25

26

WHEREAS, the area formerly known as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands now 27

includes three groups of islands that became the independent sovereign nations of the Republic 28

of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, and are 29

known as the Compact of Free Association (COFA) islands; and 30

31

WHEREAS, since the COFA treaties came into effect in 1986, citizens of the COFA 32

islands have moved to the United States for education, work opportunities and health care 33

because stagnant island economies have made it difficult for residents to find jobs, obtain a good 34

education or receive appropriate medical care; and 35

36

WHEREAS, because of the unique relationship that has existed between the three COFA 37

nations and the United States, the COFA treaties allowed island citizens to enter the United 38

States without visas to study, live, work and initially, access to driver licenses and health care 39

services; and 40

41

WHEREAS, COFA citizens while residing in the United States have contributed to the 42

work force and have paid taxes as well as Medicare benefits to the State and Federal 43

governments for pay received; and 44

45

2

WHEREAS, with the signing into law of the Personal Responsibility and Work 1

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), considered to be a major welfare reform, 2

the United States inadvertently removed Medicaid funding from States for COFA citizens 3

originally promised through the 1986 treaty; and 4

5

WHEREAS, while the United States retains a strong military and economic presence in 6

the COFA islands, some state governments have had to reduce some benefits, including access to 7

medical coverage and driver licenses, for which COFA islanders residing in the United States 8

have historically been eligible; and 9

10

WHEREAS, the State of Hawai‘i along with other states where COFA citizens reside 11

have provided health care for them without the benefit of Medicaid funding from the federal 12

government because it was the pono thing to do; and 13

14

WHEREAS, the Honolulu Civil Beat newspaper has developed a series of articles 15

recognizing the plight of COFA citizens now residing in Hawai‘i educating its readers on the 16

discrimination experienced by these citizens, youth and elders alike; and 17

18

WHEREAS, since 2007, the Hawai‘i congressional delegation members have tirelessly 19

worked to introduce bills to correct the injustices suffered by COFA citizens; and 20

21

WHEREAS, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, on June 21, 2017, introduced the Covering Our 22

FAS Allies Act (COFA Act) in the U. S. Senate and U. S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa 23

introduced companion legislation in the U. S. House of Representatives to restore access to 24

federal health care programs, including Medicaid eligibility; and 25

26

WHEREAS. the COFA Act is co-sponsored by U. S. Senator Brian Schatz in the U. S. 27

Senate, and by U. S. Representatives Tulsi Gabbard, Michelle Lujan Grisham (New Mexico), 28

Raul Grijalva (Arizona), Madeleine Bordallo (Guam), and Keith Ellison (Minnesota) in the U. S. 29

House of Representatives. 30

31

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 32

its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 33

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, acknowledging the plight of Compact of Free 34

Association immigrants and supporting appropriate actions to right the injustices that are being 35

suffered by these citizens; and 36

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all members of the Hawai‘i Congressional Delegation, Asian Pacific Islander American Health 39

Forum (APIAHF), President COFA Alliance National Network (CANN), and Mainland Council 40

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President 41

of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 42




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INTRODUCED BY: Nā Lei Makalapua (Mainland Council) 1


ACTION: ___________________________________ 3

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - W 3

4

URGING THE HAWAIʻI STATE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE 5

OF HAWAIʻI TO PROVIDE THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS WITH THE 6

FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL FOR ALL EXCESS REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE 7

STATE OF HAWAIʻI 8

9

WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi, established 10

the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to hold title to “all the real and personal property now or 11

hereafter set aside or conveyed to it which shall be held in trust for native Hawaiians and 12

Hawaiians,” and established a board of trustees; and 13

14

WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi further 15

delineated the powers for the board of trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, including “to 16

exercise control over real and personal property set aside by state, federal or private sources 17

transferred to the board for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians;” and 18

19

WHEREAS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs currently owns approximately 28,000 acres 20

in Waimea Valley (1,800 acres), Wao Kele o Puna (25,856 acres), Pahua Heiau (1.15 acres), 21

Kakaʻako Makai (30.7 acres), Kekaha Armory (1.46 acres - lease), Kūkaniloko (511 acres), Na 22

Lama Kukui (183,000 square foot commercial property and 4.98 acres), Palauea Cultural 23

Preserve (20.7 acres), and Waialua Courthouse (1.06 acres - lease); and co-manages 24

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (139,797 square miles); and 25

26

WHEREAS, under Public Law 103-150, the Apology Resolution, the U. S. Congress 27

acknowledged that in 1898, through the federal Newlands Resolution, the self-declared Republic 28

of Hawaiʻi ceded 1.8 million acres of crown, government, and public lands of the Kingdom of 29

Hawaiʻi, without the consent of or compensation to the Native Hawaiian people of Hawaiʻi or 30

their sovereign government, to the United States; and 31

32

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiians assert claim over these 1.8 million acres of lands, the 33

majority of which were transferred back to the State of Hawaiʻi under the Admission Act in 1959 34

as part of the Hawaiian Home Lands trust administered by the Department of Hawaiian Home 35

Lands and the public lands trust administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources; 36

and 37

38

WHEREAS, OHA’s mission to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians and its 39

authority to hold lands in trust for Native Hawaiians aligns with the call by Native Hawaiians to 40

stem the loss or depletion of the lands initially transferred to the United States under the 41

Newlands Resolution; and 42

43

WHERAS, the State of Hawaiʻi is the largest landowner in the State of Hawaiʻi with at 44

least 1.3 million acres of land; and 45

46

2

WHEREAS, given that the State of Hawaiʻi comprises only 4 million acres of land, 1

Hawaiʻi’s complex land tenure system, scarcity of available land, high cost of living, and high 2

percentage of Native Hawaiian who are homeless, the conditions of Native Hawaiians through 3

the increase and preservation of lands into public trust for their benefit will serve the State of 4

Hawaiʻi’s interests. 5

6



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and Governor of 9

the State of Hawaiʻi provide the Office of Hawaiian Affairs with the first right of refusal for all 10

excess real property within the State of Hawaiʻi; and 11

12





Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and all County Mayors. 17

18

19

INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (O‘ahu Council) 20

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘oilina Ali‘i (Benefits and Trusts Committee) 21

ACTION: ___________________________________ 22

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 17 - X 3

4

URGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A PLAN 5

TO ASSURE THE SUPPORT OF MAUNA ‘ALA IN PERPETUITY 6

7

WHEREAS, the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla in Nu'uanu, Honolulu, is a 2.7-acre 8

wahi pana of many Hawaiʻi Aliʻi and their confidantes; and 9

10

WHEREAS, under the guidance of the Mauna ʻAla Curator, Kahu William Bishop 11

Kaiheʻekai Maioho, the Department of Land and Natural Resources bears the primary 12

responsibility for the management and maintenance of Mauna ʻAla along with the support of the 13

Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust, the William Charles Lunalilo 14

Trust Estate, the Abigail K. Kawānanakoa Foundation, the Queen’s Health Systems, and the 15

Charles Reed Bishop Trust; and 16

17

WHEREAS, the 2.7 acres that are designated as the final resting place for many Aliʻi was 18

purchased by King Kamehameha IV and his wife Queen Emma to serve as the burial grounds for 19

the Hawaiʻi Ali‘i; and 20

21

WHEREAS, the first tomb, the Kamehameha Tomb was constructed by Charles Reed 22

Bishop, who left specific instructions on the care and management of this tomb; and 23

24

WHEREAS, in a cortege escorted by warriors bearing torches, Queen Liliʻuokalani led 25

the caskets that had been interred at Pohukaina on the ʻIolani Palace grounds to Mauna ‘Ala for 26

their final burial; and 27

28

WHEREAS, following the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the Federal government 29

claimed all aliʻi lands as “ceded” to be held in trust to benefit the Hawaiian people and the 30

residents of Hawaiʻi; and 31

32

WHEREAS, today, the Department of Land and Natural Resources claims ownership of 33

Mauna ʻAla for the State of Hawaiʻi; and 34

35

WHEREAS, even today the members of the Aliʻi Trusts, the Royal Societies, and the 36

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs maintain a sense of loyalty and responsibility to Mauna 37

ʻAla and its Curator as these organizations continue to assure that sufficient support is provided 38

to the Curator of the Royal Mausoleum to carry out the culturally-sensitive management of this 39

wahi pana, provide financial resources, and strong familial and cultural ties to Mauna ʻAla. 40

41



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the establishment of a working group to 44

develop a plan to assure the support of Mauna ‘Ala in perpetuity; and 45

46

2

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the working group shall be comprised of representatives 1

of the Aliʻi Trusts, the Royal Societies, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and the Curator 2

of the Royal Mausoleum; and 3

4

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this working group shall, in consultation with the 5

Curator of Mauna ʻAla and appropriate knowledgeable informants, develop a plan to provide 6

sufficient support and guidance to assure the culturally-sensitive property management expertise, 7

financial resources, and appropriate maintenance of Mauna ʻAla in perpetuity; and 8

9


the po'o of each Aliʻi Trust, the po'o of each of the Royal Societies, and the po'o of the 11

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kai Maioho, the Curator of the Royal Mausoleum, as well 12

as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State 13




17

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ACTION: ___________________________________ 21

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - Y 3

4

URGING THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 5

RESOURCES TO REPORT ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLEMENTING THE 6

PUBLIC LAND TRUST INFORMATION SYSTEM AND TO STUDY AND THEREBY 7

TO CLARIFY THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE ACCRUED, RECEIVED, AND/OR 8

OWED FROM CEDED LANDS BELONGING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST 9

10

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs passed Resolution 16-11, 11

“Assessing the National Assets and Other Kuleana of the Native Hawaiian Nation,” and through 12

Resolution 16-11 the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs recognizes that Act 54, Session Laws 13

of Hawai‘i 2011 (“Act 54”), was meant to provide an inventory of ceded lands belonging to the 14

public land trust; and 15

16

WHEREAS, Senate Bill 2, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 1, Conference Draft 1 was signed 17

into law as Act 54 by Governor Neil Abercrombie on May 20, 2011, with an effective date of 18

July 1, 2011; and 19

20

WHEREAS, Act 54 mandates the establishment of a comprehensive information system 21

to inventory and maintain information about the lands of the public land trust as described in 22

section 5(f) of the Admission Act and article XII, section 4 of the Hawaiʻi State Constitution; 23

and 24

25

WHEREAS, due to resource issues, the Department of Land and Natural Resources 26

(DLNR) requested and received an extension to launch the Public Land Trust Information 27

System (PLTIS) by December 31, 2014, and DLNR has been working with a consultant to 28

develop a Public Land Trust Information System to satisfy the requirements of Act 54; and 29

30

WHEREAS, the PLTIS will be a GIS-based system and aims for a complete inventory of 31

all state-owned and county-owned lands, as well as a complete inventory of encumbrances issued 32

by State and County agencies over these lands; and 33

34

WHEREAS, to date DLNR has failed to launch PLTIS more than six years after the 35

passage of Act 54 and nearly three years after the extended deadline DLNR requested has 36

passed; and 37

38

WHEREAS, all State and County agencies that hold title to land were required to submit 39

their entire parcel inventory, regardless of the public land trust status, whether or not there are 40

any encumbrances on the land, and whether or not revenue is being generated on the land to be 41

entered into the PLTIS, in order to have a central record system of all State-owned and County-42

owned land represented in the PLTIS; and 43

44

2

WHEREAS, the PLTIS, and its ability to allow for the management and accountability of 1

the lands that are a part of the public lands trust, is critical for the long-term health and prosperity 2

of the Native Hawaiian people, for whom the public lands are to be held in trust; and 3

4

WHEREAS, a fair and accurate accounting of all lands in the public lands trust is 5

necessary to determine the accuracy of ceded land revenue due the Native Hawaiian People via 6

the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). 7

8



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and 11

Natural Resources to report on the progress made in implementing the Public Land Trust 12

Information System and to study and thereby to clarify the amount of revenue accrued, received, 13

and/or owed from ceded lands belonging to the public land trust; and 14

15


the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 17





22

23

INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development) 24


ACTION: ___________________________________ 26

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-Z 3

4

AFFIRMING ARTICLE XII, SECTION 5 OF THE HAWAI‘I STATE CONSTITUTION 5

REQUIRING THAT THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN TRUSTEES BE ELECTED 6 7

WHEREAS, Article XII, Section 5 of the Hawai‘i State Constitution states: 8

“There is hereby established an Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The Office of 9

Hawaiian Affairs shall hold title to all the real and personal property now or 10

hereafter set aside or conveyed to it which shall be held in trust for native 11

Hawaiians and Hawaiians. There shall be a board of trustees for the Office of 12

Hawaiian Affairs elected by qualified voters who are Hawaiians, as provided by 13

law. The board members shall be Hawaiians. There shall be not less than nine 14

members of the board of trustees; provided that each of the following Islands 15

have one representative: Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai and Hawaii. The board 16

shall select a chairperson from its members. [Add Const Con 1978 and election 17

Nov 7, 1978]; and 18

19

WHEREAS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) was created as an independent 20

agency built on the goal of Native Hawaiian autonomy and self-determination; and 21

22

WHEREAS, this is best articulated by the 1978 Constitutional Convention Hawaiian 23

Affairs Committee in its Standing Committee Report No. 59 that outlines the primary principle 24

which committee members wanted to ensure through its creation of OHA was the right of 25

Hawaiians to elect their Hawaiian leaders and Hawaiian control of Hawaiian trust assets as a 26

seeming response to the overthrow of the lawful government of Hawai‘i in 1895 by the United 27

States; and 28

29

WHEREAS, while it is true that in February of 2000, the United States Supreme Court, in 30

the Rice v. Cayetano decision struck down the State of Hawai‘i’s provisions restricting OHA 31

elections to those of Hawaiian ancestry on the grounds that it violated the Fifteenth Amendment 32

to the United States Constitution, nevertheless, taking away the voting power of Native 33

Hawaiians further erodes their self-determination; and 34

35

WHEREAS, elected trustees over past decades have moved OHA from a fledgling entity 36

to a multi-faceted agency that provides beneficiaries with an array of programs and services in 37

such areas as health, housing stability, economic well-being, education, land and culture. 38

39



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, affirming Article XII, Section 5, requiring that the 42

Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees be elected; and 43

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4

5

INTRODUCED BY: Kalihi-Palama Hawaiian Civic Club 6


ACTION: ___________________________________ 8

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AA 3 4

ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO EXPEDITE 5

THE PROCEDURE TO AMEND THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT AS 6

REQUIRED UNDER 43 CFR 48.15 TO ENABLE ACT 80, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 7

2017, TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF 8

THE INTERIOR BY DECEMBER 27, 2017 9 10

WHEREAS, House Bill 451, H.D.1, S.D. 2. C.D. 1, entitled “A BILL FOR AN ACT 11

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION” reduces the minimum blood 12

quantum requirement of successors to lessees of Hawaiian Home Lands from one-quarter to one-13

thirty-second and was signed into law by Governor Ige on July 5, 2017, and is enacted now as 14

Act 80, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017; and 15

16

WHEREAS, 43 CFR Part 48, which implements requirements of the Hawaiian Homes 17

Commission Act, 1920, the State of Hawai‘i Admission Act, 1959, and the Hawaiian Home 18

Lands Recovery Act, 1995, sets forth the policies and procedures for (1) Review by the 19

Secretary of the Interior of amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act proposed by 20

the State of Hawai‘i, and (2) Determination by the Secretary whether the proposed amendment 21

requires congressional approval; and 22

23

WHEREAS, 43 CFR 48.15 delineates the responsibilities of the Chairman of the 24

Hawaiian Homes Commission in submitting proposed amendments to the Secretary of the 25

Interior, to wit: 26

(a) Not later than 120 days after the State approves a proposed amendment to the 27

HHCA, the Chairman must submit to the Secretary a clear and complete: 28

(1) Copy of the proposed amendment; 29

(2) Description of the nature of the change proposed by the proposed 30

amendment; and, 31

(3) Opinion explaining whether the proposed amendment requires the 32

approval of Congress. 33

(b) The following information must also be submitted: 34

(1) A description of the proposed amendment, including how the proposed 35

amendment advances the interests of the beneficiaries; 36

(2) All testimony and correspondence from the Director of the Department 37

of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaiian Homes Commissioners, 38

Homestead Associations, HHCA Beneficiary Associations, and 39

beneficiaries providing views on the proposed amendment; 40

(3) An analysis of the law and policy of the proposed amendment by the 41

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Hawaiian Homes 42

commission; 43

(4) Documentation of the dates and number of hearings held on the 44

measure, and a copy of all testimony provided or submitted at each 45

hearing; 46

2

(5) Copies of all committee reports and other legislative history, including 47

prior versions of the proposed amendment; 48

(6) Final vote totals by the commission and the legislature on the proposed 49

amendment; 50

(7) Summaries of all consultations conducted with the beneficiaries 51

regarding the proposed amendment; and 52

(8) Other additional information that the State believes may assist in the 53

review of the proposed amendment; and 54

55

WHEREAS, while the enactment of Act 80 into law has been the cause of rejoicing for 56

Hawaiian people as a positive step toward permanently reducing the Hawaiian blood quantum 57

requirement of certain successors to lessees of Hawaiian home lands, all of the same challenges 58

still remain so that many descendants of lessees of Hawaiian home lands do not qualify as 59

successors because interracial marriages and blended families produce descendants who are less 60

than twenty-five percent Hawaiian creating undue hardships of displacement and interference 61

with families’ abilities to maintain the equity of their homes and businesses; and, 62

63

WHEREAS, the urgency of the situation continues to escalate as time passes as lessees 64

and proposed successors who would qualify under the amendment reducing the Hawaiian blood 65

quantum requirement await the outcome of the process enumerated under 43 CFR 48.15; and, 66

67

WHEREAS, it is imperative that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands timely 68

expedite each element under 43 CFR 48.15 to provide the Secretary of the Interior the greatest 69

opportunity to consider this crucial amendment to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. 70

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, encouraging the Department of Hawaiian Home 74

Lands to expedite the procedure to amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act required under 75

43 CFR 48.15 to enable Act 80, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to be submitted to the Secretary 76

of the U. S. Department of the Interior for consideration by December 27, 2017; and 77

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the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Chair of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, the 80

Chair of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homelands Assembly, the President of the 81

Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands, and Waimea Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as 82





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ACTION: ___________________________________ 91

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AB 3

4

ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY AND BEQUEST OF QUEEN LILI‘UOKALANI 5

6

WHEREAS, Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha was born September 2, 7

1838, to Analea Keohokālole and Caesar Kapaʻakea at Pu‘uowaina, Oʻahu; and 8

9

WHEREAS, at birth she was hānai to Abner Paki, kāne, and Laura Konia, wahine, 10

parents of Bernice Pauahi; and 11

12

WHEREAS, after a short engagement to William Charles Lunalilo, Lili‘u married John 13

Owen Dominis in 1862; they had no birth children but she hānai three children: Lydia Aholo, 14

Joseph Ae‘a and John ‘Aimoku Dominis; and 15

16

WHEREAS, lying on his deathbed December 11, 1872, Lot Kapuaiwa offered the throne 17

to his cousin Bernice Pauahi Bishop, but she declined the offer and he passed without naming an 18

heir; and 19

20

WHEREAS, Lunalilo, as the first elected King of Hawai’i became the People’s King, the 21

popular vote, held on January 1, 1873, was unofficial, he won by a large majority; and 22

23

WHEREAS, Lunalilo reigned for one year and 25 days before succumbing to 24

tuberculosis, and he never married and never named a successor; and 25

26

WHEREAS, David La‘amea Kalākaua and Queen Dowager Emma Rooke, wife of 27

Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha IV, faced off in a bitter election campaign in which Kalākaua 28

prevailed, on February 12, 1874, by a vote of 39 to 6 in the legislature and touched off the 29

Honolulu Courthouse Riot when supporters of Queen Emma (known as Emma-ites) attacked the 30

supporters of Kalākaua and caused the landing of American and British sailors and marines to 31

quell the violence and allow Kalākaua to take the oath of office; and 32

33

WHEREAS, Kalākaua, in 1877, named his sister Liliʻuokalani as his heir apparent; and 34

35

WHEREAS, on January 18, 1891, King Kalākaua fell into a coma and he died two days 36

later, and when word of his death reached Hawai‘i on January 29, 1891, Liliʻuokalani took the 37

oath of office and before the cabinet minister and Supreme Court Justices, and swore to uphold 38

the constitution of the kingdom; and 39

40

WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani presided over the longest legislative session in 41

Hawaiian history, 171 days, as four political parties, the National Reform Party, 42

Missionary/Reform Party, National Liberal Party, and Independents, battled for a majority; and 43

44

WHEREAS, immediately upon her accession, Queen Liliʻuokalani was engaged in 45

discussions for a new constitution and received petitions from the citizens to promulgate a new 46

2

constitution, the McKinley Tariff Act created an economic crisis by removing the tariffs on 1

imports of sugar from other nations, Hawaiian sugar lost its economic advantage; and 2

3

WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani notified the legislature and her cabinet that she would 4

be proposing a new constitution co-written with two legislators, Joseph Nāwahī and William 5

Punohu White, that would restore voting rights to Hawaiian citizens and restore power to the 6

monarchy, created a constitutional crisis; and 7

8

WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani dismissed her cabinet and put the legislature in recess, 9

and Minister John L. Stevens caused marines from the USS Boston to land and support the 10

takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the Committee of Public Safety, made up of American 11

businessmen; and 12

13

WHEREAS, Queen Liliʻuokalani was deposed on January 17, 1893, by the Committee of 14

Public Safety, she relinquished her throne to the superior power of the United States, on 15

February 1, the Kingdom was proclaimed a protectorate of the United States, and a provisional 16

government was set up; and 17

18

WHEREAS, in November 16, 1893, Minister Albert S. Willis was sent by President 19

Grover Cleveland to propose that the throne could be returned to Queen Liliʻuokalani if she 20

agreed to amnesty for all involved in the overthrow, Willis reported to the Secretary of State that 21

Queen Liliʻuokalani was intent on killing the culprits; and 22

23

WHEREAS, on December 18, 1893, Queen Liliʻuokalani changed her position on the 24

punishment for the conspirators and Willis demanded that the provisional government return the 25

Kingdom to Queen Liliʻuokalani, but the provisional government refused; and 26

27

WHEREAS, the U. S. Senate investigation, the Morgan Report, absolved all parties 28

except Queen Liliʻuokalani for responsibility for the overthrow; and 29

30

WHEREAS, on July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaiʻi was proclaimed and Sanford B. 31

Dole became its president; and 32

33

WHEREAS, on January 16, 1895, Queen Liliʻuokalani was arrested after a failed 34

rebellion by Robert W. Wilcox and Samuel Nowlein, she was tried by the military commission 35

of the Republic and found guilty of misprision of treason, knowing of treason and not reporting it 36

to the authorities, sentenced to five years of hard labor, and fined $5,000; and 37

38

WHEREAS, while she was imprisoned she abdicated her throne in return for the release 39

of her jailed supporters, and six were sentenced to be hanged including Robert Wilcox and 40

Samuel Nowlein; and 41

42

WHEREAS, her sentence was commuted on September 4, 1895, to imprisonment in a 43

bedroom at the ‘Iolani Palace, attended by her lady-in-waiting; and 44

45

3

WHEREAS, on October 13, 1896, the Republic granted her a full pardon with all her 1

civil rights restored; and 2

3

WHEREAS, in July 1898, Hawaiʻi was annexed by joint resolution, the Newlands 4

Resolution, to the United States; and 5

6

WHEREAS, on August 12, 1898, at ‘Iolani Palace the flag of the Republic of Hawaiʻi 7

was lowered and the flag of the United States was raised in its place; and 8

9

WHEREAS, Liliʻuokalani wrote of her imprisonment and abdication of the throne, in her 10

memoir, “Hawaiʻi’s Story By Hawaiʻi’s Queen”: “For myself, I would have chosen death rather 11

than to have signed it; but it was represented to me that by my signing this paper all the persons 12

who had been arrested, all my people now in trouble by reason of their love and loyalty towards 13

me, would be immediately released. Think of my position, — sick, a lone woman in prison, 14

scarcely knowing who was my friend, or who listened to my words only to betray me, without 15

legal advice or friendly counsel, and the stream of blood ready to flow unless it was stayed by my 16

pen;” and 17

18

WHEREAS, Liliʻuokalani was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, the link to 19

our history and continuity and the symbol of our nation 20

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, acknowledging the history and bequest of Queen 24

Lili‘uokalani; and 25

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all Hawaiian Civic Clubs, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State 28

Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on 29

Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian 30

Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County 31

Mayors. 32

33

34

INTRODUCED BY: Maunalua Hawaiian Civic Club 35

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Nohona Hawai‘i (Hawaiian Way of Life Committee) 36

ACTION: ___________________________________ 37

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AC 3

4

REQUESTING PLACEMENT ON THE ADVISORY HUI OF THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN 5

EDUCATION COUNCIL 6

7

WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs is to 8

actively encourage and assist in furthering the education and leadership development via Native 9

Hawaiian designed and controlled models of education; promote greater sensitivity from 10

educational institutions for the special needs and values of NH students; and promote Native 11

Hawaiian culture, language and traditions for all; and 12

13

WHEREAS, in 1988, the Native Hawaiian Education Act (NHEA) was enacted by the 14

United States Congress to address the uniquely identified educational needs of Native 15

Hawaiians; and funded six supplemental programs in five distinct areas: family-based early 16

childhood education, elementary curriculum development, higher education, special education 17

and gifted and talented programs; and 18

19

WHEREAS, in 1994, the NHEA was reauthorized and amended to extend curriculum 20

development to include secondary education and teacher training and recruitment; and added 21

funding for community-based education learning centers; and 22

23

WHEREAS, the 1994 NHEA reauthorization also established the Native Hawaiian 24

Education Council (NHEC) and five island councils, to provide guidance and direction of Native 25

Hawaiian education resources to government agencies; and was initially composed of 25 NHEA 26

grantees, various Native Hawaiian serving organizations, including the Association, and island 27

council representatives; and 28

29

WHEREAS, the statutory responsibilities of the NHEC are to coordinate, assess and 30

report and make recommendations on the: effectiveness of existing education programs for 31

Native Hawaiians; the state of present Native Hawaiian education efforts; and improvements that 32

may be made to existing programs, policies and procedures to improve the educational 33

attainment of Native Hawaiians; and 34

35

WHEREAS, the 2001, NHEA reauthorization expanded the funding priorities to include 36

services that addressed beginning reading and literacy, needs of at-risk children and youth, 37

Native Hawaiian underemployment and Hawaiian language instruction; and changed the 38

composition of the NHEC to ten Native Hawaiian education providers, ten Native Hawaiians or 39

Native Hawaiian education consumers, and one Office of Hawaiian Affairs representative, and 40

island councils were expanded from five to seven; and 41

42

WHEREAS, in 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law, the Every Student 43

Succeeds Act, which contained the reauthorized NHEA as Title VI, Part B, and authorized 44

charter schools as an eligible entity for direct funding; and expanded the Council’s activities to 45

2

include provision of technical assistance to current and potential grant recipients and conducting 1

community consultations on each island in place of island councils; and 2

3

WHEREAS, the 2015 NHEA reauthorization changed the composition of the NHEC to 4

15 state and county elected officials, public agency heads, private funders, and various Native 5

Hawaiian serving organizations, including: the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i; the Mayor of 6

the County of the Hawai‘i; the Mayor of the County of Maui; the Mayor of the County of 7

Kaua‘i; the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu; a representative from the island of 8

Molokaʻi or the island of Lānaʻi; the President of the University of Hawaiʻi; the Superintendent 9

of the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education; the Executive Director of the Hawaiʻi Charter 10

School Network; the Chairperson of the Office of Hawaiian Affair; the Chairperson of the 11

Hawaiian Homes Commission; the Chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Workforce Development 12

Council; the Chief Executive Officer of Kamehameha Schools; the Chief Executive Officer of 13

Queen Liliʻuōkalani Trust; and an individual representing one or more private grant-making 14

entities; and 15

16

WHEREAS, the NHEC recently established an Advisory Hui to provide a community-17

based mechanism for the continued engagement and guidance of the NHEC; 18

19



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting placement on the Advisory Hui of the 22

Native Hawaiian Education Council; and 23

24


the United States Department of Education; the President of the University of Hawaiʻi; the 26

Superintendent of the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Education; the Executive Director of the 27

Hawaiʻi Charter School Network; the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; the 28

Chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Workforce Development Council; the Chief Executive Officer of 29

Kamehameha Schools; and the Chief Executive Officer of Queen Liliʻuōkalani Trust; the Native 30

Hawaiian Education Council as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the 31

State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 32




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INTRODUCED BY: Prince Kūhiō Hawaiian Civic Club 38

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘ona‘auao (Education Committee) 39

ACTION: ___________________________________ 40

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AD 3

4

URGING THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT A LAW ENSURING 5

THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO 6

APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND FOOD SERVICE 7

8

WHEREAS, the State administers federal funding that subsidizes free breakfast and 9

lunch for needy students in Hawaiʻi; and 10

11

WHEREAS, one in five Native Hawaiians live in poverty today according to the White 12

House initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; and 13

14

WHEREAS, in Hawaiʻi in 2015, 90,000 children lived below 200% of poverty per The 15

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Hawaiʻi Children at a Glance 2017”; and 16

17

WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014, NHIS 18

Survey, Native Hawaiians — descendants of Hawaiʻi’s original Polynesian settlers — are in 19

worse health than many other Americans; and 20

21

WHEREAS, Papa Ola Lōkahi and White House Initiative on Asian Americans and 22

Pacific Islanders 2011, research and data indicate that Native Hawaiians suffer some of the worst 23

health inequities in the State of Hawai‘i; and 24

25

WHEREAS, all charter schools in Hawaiʻi are chartered by the Board of Education and 26

are considered public schools, are public schools that are not allowed to charge tuition, are open 27

to all who wish to attend, and are subject to elevated state and federal performance standards; 28

and 29

30

WHEREAS, there are 34 charter schools in Hawaiʻi of which over half are committed to 31

Hawaiian epistemology (the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, 32

and scope, the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion); are community 33

designed and controlled, and reflect, respect and embrace ‘ōlelo Hawaiʻi, ‘ike Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian 34

cultural values, philosophies and practices; and 35

36

WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (DOE) assesses the free and reduced 37

lunch applications of all public school students and determined in the 2016 Title 1 Status Reports 38

that 70% of the student population of Hawaiian charter schools is considered economically 39

disadvantaged and qualifies for federal food subsidies; and 40

41

WHEREAS, there are nearly 12,000 charter school students in Hawaiʻi, all of whom 42

should have equal access to appropriate facilities and food subsidies as do all other public school 43

students, but this is currently not the case; and 44

2

WHEREAS, there are two types of charter schools in Hawaiʻi, start-up charter schools 1

with no kitchen facilities and conversion charter schools with existing DOE kitchen facilities; 2

and 3

4

WHEREAS, some charter schools, especially those in rural areas of Hawaiʻi, are denied 5

access to National School Lunch Program subsidies because there are no appropriate United 6

States Department of Agriculture (USDA) certified kitchens besides those existing in DOE 7

public schools; and 8

9

WHEREAS, since 2000, the inception of start-up charter schools in Hawaiʻi, the charter 10

school Commission has repeatedly requested the legislature appropriate facilities funding for 11

charter schools but none has been approved; and 12

13

WHEREAS, without USDA appropriate kitchens in charter schools, low income families 14

are not able to receive federal free and reduced food subsidies that are provided to all other 15

traditional DOE families; and 16

17

WHEREAS, without USDA appropriate kitchens, Hawaiʻi is losing millions of dollars in 18

food subsidies for low income families per year; and, 19

20

WHEREAS, although Hawaiʻi charter school statutes, Section 302D, Hawaiʻi Revised 21

Statutes, ensures that charter schools and traditional public schools enjoy the same per pupil 22

general funding amounts and access to state and federal financing, or parity in funding, it is 23

ironic that Section 302D-29.5, Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, makes plain that charter schools alone 24

are solely responsible for their facility building costs and maintenance; and 25

26

WHEREAS, the lack of appropriate free and reduced food service severely burdens and 27

adversely impacts charter school families as a result of the State’s decision prohibiting students 28

from purchasing USDA lunches under the National School Lunch Program; and 29

30

WHEREAS, beginning 2012, the DOE decided that charter schools would no longer have 31

access to the nearest existing DOE food service which effectively resulted in the denial of access 32

to qualified families receiving federal subsidized meals under the USDA National School Lunch 33

Program; and 34

35

WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature has the authority and power to enact a law that 36

ensures that all public students have access to appropriate educational facilities and food service. 37

38

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 39

its 58th annual convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 40

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawaiʻi State Legislature to enact a law 41

ensuring that all public school students have equal access to appropriate educational facilities 42

and food service; and 43

3

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, urge the 1

BOE and DOE of the State of Hawaiʻi to immediately provide school breakfasts and lunches to 2

charter school students who qualify at no additional expense to the school or students, and the 3

State legislature provide equitable facilities support to charter schools; and 4

5


Chair of the Board of Education, the Executive Director of the Charter School Commission as 7


House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Education, Chair of the State 9

House Committee on Education, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, 10



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ACTION: ___________________________________ 17

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 – AE 3

4

URGING SUPPORT FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED BY THE 5

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE REPORT ON NATIVE AMERICAN 6

LANGUAGES USED AS PRIMARY LANGUAGES OF EDUCATION 7

8

WHEREAS, in 1987, a resolution was passed by the Hawai‘i State Legislature calling 9

upon the State of Hawai‘i Department of Education to implement the 1986 law removing all 10

legal barriers to allow for the use of Hawaiian language as a medium of instruction in the public 11

schools, and also calling upon the U. S. Congress to develop and enact legislation in support of 12

the survival of Hawaiian and other Native languages; and 13

14

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs adopted resolution 2016-19 which 15

urged all policy makers at all levels of government to make distinct provisions for Native 16

Hawaiian, Alaska Native, and Native American language programs; and 17

18

WHEREAS, on November 20, 2014, members of the U. S. Congress requested that the 19

American Academy of Arts and Science undertake a new study to examine the nation’s current 20

capacity in languages and how a greater attention to language training can improve education of 21

citizens and thrive in a multicultural society; and 22

23

WHEREAS, the request noted that the percentage of the world’s population that speaks 24

English as a first language is declining rapidly; and 25

26

WHEREAS, the American Academy of Arts and Science has the ability to provide 27

critical assistance in this effort to assess the national impact of language learning; and 28

29

WHEREAS, American Academy of Arts and Science was tasked to answer the question 30

of how language learning influences economic growth, cultural diplomacy, the productivity of 31

future generations, and the fulfillment of all Americans, and 32

33

WHEREAS, four recommendations were proposed in the report developed by the 34

American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 35

1. Increase the number of language teachers at all levels of education so that every 36

child in every state has the opportunity to learn a language in addition to English. 37

2. Supplement language instruction across the education system through public-38

private partnerships among schools government, philanthropies, business, and 39

local community members. 40

3. Support heritage languages already spoken in the United States, and help these 41

languages persist from one generation to the next. 42

4. Provide targeted support and programming for Native American languages as 43

defined in the Native American Language Act. 44

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at its 58th annual convention at Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 2

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging support for the recommendations presented by 3

the American Academy of Arts and Science report on Native American Languages used as 4

primary languages of education; and 5

6

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs will support 7

the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) in its continued efforts to advocate with the 8

U. S. Congress and the U. S. Department of Education on the priorities of Native American 9

Languages, including building upon the recommendations and full implementation to increase 10

support for Native American Languages in Education; and 11

12


U. S. Senator Brian Schatz, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U. S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa, 14

U. S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, National Indian Education Association, National Coalition 15

of Native American Language Schools and Programs, and ʻAha Pūnana Leo, as well as the 16





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22

INTRODUCED BY: ʻAhahui Siwila ʻo Ke Aloha ʻĀina 23

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Ho‘ona‘auao (Education) 24

ACTION: _____________________________ 25

1

‘AHAHUI SĪWILA HAWAIʻI 1

2

ʻŌLELO HOʻOHOLO HELU 2017 - AE 3

4

E PAIPAI ANA I KA ʻAHAHUI SIWILA O HAWAIʻI E KĀKOʻO I NĀ MANAʻO I 5

HĀPAI ʻIA E KA AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MA KA 6

MOʻOLELO KOMIKINA MA NĀ ʻŌLELO ʻŌIWI ʻAMELIKA ʻO IA KA ʻŌLELO 7

HOʻONAʻAUAO 8

9

‘OIAI, ma ka MH 1987, ua holo kekahi ‘ōlelo ho‘oholo ma ka ‘Ahaʻōlelo o Hawai‘i e koi 10

ana i ka ‘Oihana Ho‘ona‘auao o Hawai‘i e ho‘okumu mai i mau kula kaiapuni Hawai‘i e kū ana i 11

ke kānāwai o ka MH 1986 e kāpae ana i nā alaina kūʻē kānāwai no ka ho‘ohana ‘ia o ka ‘ōlelo 12

Hawai‘i ma ke ʻano he kaiāʻōlelo ho‘ona‘auao ma ia mau kula aupuni, a e paipai ana i ka 13

‘Aha‘ōlelo Pekelala o ‘Amelika Hui Pū ‘Ia e haku i nā kānāwai pekelala e kāko‘o ana i ke ola o 14

ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i a me nā ‘ōlelo ‘ōiwi ‘Ilikini; a 15

16

ʻOIAI, ua ʻāpono ʻia ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo 2016-19 e paipai ana i nā poʻe kau kulekele e 17

hāpai i nā kānāwai kikoʻī ma nā pae a pau o ke aupuni e kākoʻo ana i nā papahana ʻōlelo o ka 18

poʻe ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi, ka poʻe ʻĀlaka ʻŌiwi, a me nā Poʻe ʻIlikini ʻAmelika; a 19

20

ʻOIAI, ma ka lā 20 o Nowemapa, 2014 ua noi ʻia ka American Academy of Arts & 21

Science e nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia e alakaʻi i ka noiʻi ʻana a me ke kālailai 22

ʻana i ka nuiʻie o nā ʻōlelo me ka hōʻike pū, pehea e hiki ai ke pā pono ka naʻauao o nā lālā o 23

ʻAmelika ma ke kālele hou ʻana i ke aʻo ʻōlelo a pehea e māhuahua hou aʻe ai ia mau lālā ma ke 24

kaiapili laulāhui; a 25

26

ʻOIAI, ma ia noi i hōʻike ʻia ai ke emi ʻana mai o ka pākēneka o nā kānaka o ke ao 27

holoʻokoʻa nona ka ʻōlelo Pelekānia ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo mua; a 28

29

ʻOIAI, mākaukau ka American Academy of Arts and Science ma ka hana i kēia ʻano 30

noiʻi a kālailai e pā ana ke aʻo ʻōlelo o ke aupuni holoʻokoʻa; a 31

32

ʻOIAI, ua hoʻokohu ʻia ka American Academy of Arts and Science e pane i kēia nīnau; 33

Pehea e pā ai ke aʻo ʻōlelo i ka ulu o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka makakau moʻomeheu, ka ʻauamo 34

kuleana ʻana o nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, a me ka hauʻoli a maluhia o nā poʻe a pau o ʻAmelika; 35

a 36

37

ʻOIAI, ua hāpai ʻia he ʻehā manaʻo paipai ma ka Moʻolelo no ke Komikina: 38

1. E hoʻonui aʻe i ka nui kumu ʻōlelo ma nā pae a pau o ka hoʻonaʻauao i hiki i nā keiki 39

a pau ke aʻo i kekahi ʻōlelo ma waho aʻe o ka ʻōlelo Pelekānia. 40

2. E hoʻoulu hou aʻe i ke aʻo ʻōlelo ma ka ʻōnaehana hoʻonaʻauao ma o nā kuʻikahi 41

aupuni me ke nā hui kūʻōkoʻa ma waena o nā kula, nā hui ʻauhau ʻole, nā pāʻoihana, 42

a me nā lālā kaiāulu. 43

3. E kākoʻo i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoilina e ʻōlelo ʻia nei i kēia manawa ʻānō ma ʻAmelika Hui 44

Pū ʻia a e kōkua i ia mau ʻōlelo e ō mau mai kekahi hanauna a i kekahi hanauna. 45

2

4. E hoʻolako i nā mea e pono ai ke kākoʻo i nā ʻōlelo ʻŌiwi ʻAmelika e like hoʻi me ka 1

ʻōlelo ma ka Native American Language Act. 2

3

NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO ʻIA E Ka ʻAhahui Sīwila Hawaiʻi ma kēia, ka ʻaha 58 o 4

kākou ma Seattle, Wakinekona, i ke kau ʻana o Māhealani ma ka malama ʻo ʻIkuwā ma ka lā 04 5

o Nowemapa 2017, e paipai ana i ka ʻAhahui Siwila o nā Hui Siwila Hawaiʻi e kākoʻo i 6

nā manaʻo i hāpai ʻia e ka American Academy of Arts and Science ma ka Moʻolelo Komikina 7

ma nā ʻŌlelo ʻŌiwi ʻAmelika ʻo ia ka ʻŌlelo Hoʻonaʻauao; a 8

9

NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO HOU ʻIA, e kākoʻo ka ʻAhahui Siwila o Hawaiʻi i ka 10

National Indian Education Association (NIEA) ma ko lākou paʻu mau ʻana e hana pū me ka 11

ʻAhaʻōlelo Pekelala a me ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao ma luna o nā pono o nā ʻŌlelo ʻŌiwi 12

ʻAmelika, a me ke kūkulu ʻana ma luna o nā manaʻo paipai i hāpai mua ʻia a me ka hoʻokō piha 13

ʻana i ulu aʻe ke kākoʻo no ka Hoʻonaʻauao ma o ka ʻŌlelo ʻŌiwi ʻAmelika. 14

15

NO LAILA, E HOʻOHOLO HOU ʻIA, e hoʻouna ʻia ana i kope o nei ʻōlelo hoʻohoʻolo i 16

ke Kenekoa o Hawaiʻi ʻo Brian Schatz, Ke Kenekoa o Hawaiʻi o Mazie Hirono, Ke Luna 17

Makaʻāinana o Hawaiʻi ʻo Colleen Hanabusa, Ka Luna Makaʻāinana o Hawaiʻi ʻo Tulsi 18

Gabbard, ka National Indian Education Association, ka National Coalition of Native American 19

Language Schools and Programs, ka ʻAha Pūnana Leo, ʻAhahui Siwila ʻo Ke Aloha ʻĀina, pēia 20

pū me ke kiaʻāina o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o Ka ‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, 21

ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ka Hale o Nā Luna Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke 22

Kōmike Kuleana Hawai‘i o ka ‘Aha Kenekoa Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho‘omalu o ke Kōmike Kuleana 23

Hawai‘i o ka Hale o Nā Luna Maka‘āinana o Hawai‘i, ka Luna Ho ‘omalu o Ka Papa Kahu 24

Waiwai o ke Keʻena Kuleana Hawaiʻi, a nā Meia o nā Kalana o Hawai‘i. 25

26

27

INTRODUCED BY: ʻAhahui Siwila ʻo Ke Aloha ʻĀina 28

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Hoʻonaʻauao (Education) 29

ACTION: _____________________________ 30

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AF 3

4

CONGRATULATING KUPU FOR TEN YEARS OF SERVICE 5

6

WHEREAS, Kupu is a Hawai‘i-based 501(c) (3) non-profit organizations that bridges 7

three areas: young adults, environmental service learning, and job training/readiness; and 8

9

WHEREAS, Kupu’s mission is to empower youth to serve their communities through 10

character-building, service-learning, and environmental stewardship opportunities that encourage 11

pono (integrity) with Ke Akua (God), self, and others; and 12

13

WHEREAS, in 2007, Kupu established itself as a non-profit organization in Hawai‘i to 14

run and expand the Hawaiʻi Youth Conservation Corps (HYCC) programs; and 15

16

WHEREAS, in 2011, Kupu expanded its program offerings with Sustainability Initiatives 17

fellowships and HYCC Community Programs for under resourced youth; and 18

19

WHEREAS, in 2013, Kupu launched Environmental Education Leadership Program in 20

partnership with the State of Hawai‘i Department of Education (DOE) schools; and 21

22

WHEREAS, Kupu’s programs provide positive, life-changing experiences for youth and 23

young adults throughout Hawai‘i and the Pacific, and pre- and post-testing and program 24

evaluations consistently show that Kupu program participants deepen their appreciation for 25

Native Hawaiian culture and increase their knowledge of natural resource conservation issues in 26

Hawai‘i; and 27

28

WHEREAS, a majority of its alumni go on to pursue higher education or careers in the 29

green job sector, and many acquire jobs with Kupu partners including the United States Fish and 30

Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, State of Hawai‘i 31

Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Forestry and Wildlife 32

(DOFAW), and the O‘ahu Invasive Species Committee; and 33

34

WHEREAS, Kupu provides opportunities for participants to learn about conservation in a 35

collaborative group setting, participants work full-time in teams over a two to five month period; 36

and 37

38

WHEREAS, Kupu also provides youth and young adults team-based programs ideal for 39

youth ages 16-24 who are eager to spend time outdoors participating in hands-on environmental 40

restoration efforts with a variety organizations, while gaining job skills and learning about 41

Hawai‘i’s rich natural and cultural resources; and 42

43

WHEREAS, Kupu also offers the opportunity to earn academic support in the form of 44

college credits, educational stipends, and alternative high school classes that can lead to 45

2

completion of a secondary education certificate earning college credit and/or an AmeriCorps 1

education award; and 2

3

WHEREAS, kupukupu fern, Nephrolepis cordifolia, is a hardy fern indigenous to 4

Hawai‘i, is one of the first plants to appear on lava fields after a lava flow, and is in the sword 5

fern family and is also called sword fern, narrow sword fern, tuberous sword fern, fishbone fern, 6

and in Hawaiian, ‘okupukupu and ni‘ani‘au; and 7

8

WHEREAS, Kupu celebrates its 10th year anniversary, having engaged more than 3,250 9

youth and young adults in environmental service-learning internships and professional 10

fellowship. 11

12



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, congratulating Kupu for ten years of service; and 15

16


the Chief Executive Officer of Kupu, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor 18

of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 19




23

24



ACTION: ___________________________________ 27

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AG 3

4

URGING THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS 5

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TRADITIONAL CULTURAL 6

EXPRESSIONS IN OUR FASHION INDUSTRY TO PROMOTE PRODUCTIVITY, 7

COMPETITIVENESS, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 8

9

WHEREAS, Hawaiʻi’s fashion industry generates more than $750 million in annual 10

sales, $20.4 million in tax revenue and 3,630 local jobs; and 11

12

WHEREAS, economic benefits of this industry have attracted investment dollars from 13

both the State of Hawaiʻi and City and County of Honolulu at approximately $170,000; and 14

15

WHEREAS, Hawaiʻi’s fashion industry is an emerging creative industry sector with 16

capacity to create job opportunities across the entire production cycle and distribution channels; 17

and 18

WHEREAS, fashion and designs created by Native Hawaiians and inspired by ʻōlelo 19

noʻeau, native plants, natural dyes, and traditional moʻolelo, motifs, natural fibers and techniques 20

can be classified as Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs); and 21

22

WHEREAS, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) identify that these 23

expressions may encompass music, dance, designs, art, names, signs and symbols, performances, 24

ceremonies, architectural forms, handicrafts and narratives or many other artistic and cultural 25

expressions integral to the culture and societal identities of indigenous and local communities; 26

and 27

WHEREAS, identified TCEs receive protection under Intellectual Property (IP) regional 28

laws such as the authentic indigenous arts trademark by the Maori Arts Board in Aotearoa, Te 29

Waka Toi; and 30

31

WHEREAS, in 2003, Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners, artists, and kūpuna 32

convened for the Ka ‘Aha Pono Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Rights Conference and 33

produced the Paoakalani Declaration to assert self-determination rights of Native Hawaiians over 34

our TCEs and advocated for a system to empower Native Hawaiians to do so; and 35

36

WHEREAS, the 2004, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature adopted the Paoakalani Declaration; 37

and 38

39

WHEREAS, Intellectual Property (IP) rights and innovation are primary drivers of job 40

creation and Hawaiʻi’s economic growth; and 41

42

WHEREAS, according to a 2012 economic study by the U. S. Department of Commerce 43

that ties employment and value-added numbers to IP-intensive industries found that IP-intensive 44

industries pay their workers 42% higher wages than non IP-intensive industries; and 45

46

2

WHEREAS, IP-intensive industries account for $5.8 trillion in private sector output 1

measured by gross domestic product; and 2

3

WHEREAS, protecting and enforcing rights of Native Hawaiian TCEs and IP-businesses 4

are critical to advancing global economic advancement, propelling competitiveness and 5

increasing export growth and creating high-quality jobs; and 6

7



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to support 10

indigenous intellectual property rights and traditional cultural expressions in our fashion industry 11

to promote productivity, competitiveness and economic development; and 12

13


PAʻI Foundation, Hale Kuʻai Study Group, Ka ‘Aha Pono as well as the Governor of the State of 15

Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of 16

the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, 17

Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 18

Affairs, all County Mayors. 19

20

21


REFERRED TO: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 23

ACTION: ___________________________________ 24

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AH 3

4

URGING THE HAWAIʻI STATE LEGISLATURE TO AUTHORIZE A TOURISM AND 5

CULTURAL FUND THAT INVESTS RESOURCES TOWARDS COMMUNITY 6

INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVES THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF NATIVE 7

HAWAIIANS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN-OWNED BUSINESSES, AND SETS ASIDE 8

RESOURCES FOR A NATIVE HAWAIIAN GOVERNING ENTITY 9

10

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs passed Resolution 16-12 to assess 11

the state and needs of cultural, traditional knowledge, and intellectual property rights of the 12

Native Hawaiian people, and through Resolution 16-12 it recognizes the use of Native Hawaiian 13

cultural, traditional knowledge and intellectual property by the visitor industry for a commercial 14

benefit to that industry; and 15

16

WHEREAS, according to the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), approximately 8.9 17

million visitors came to the State of Hawai‘i in 2016, a three percent increase from 2015, and 18

visitors further increased in the first half of 2017 by 4.3 percent to 4,604,976 compared to 2016 19

numbers, boosted by growth in arrivals both by air (up four percent to 4,534,893) and by cruise 20

ships (up nearly 24 percent to 70,083); and 21

22

WHEREAS, according to the HTA, on average, there were about 220,000 visitors in the 23

state on any given day in 2016; and 24

25

WHEREAS, according to the HTA, visitors in the first half of 2017 spent a total of $8.4 26

billion in the state, an increase of over eight percent compared to the first half of 2016; and 27

28

WHEREAS, many visitors come to Hawaiʻi to experience the islands’ natural beauty and 29

world-renowned Aloha Spirit of our host-culture, exemplified by the many ambassadors who 30

welcome thousands of visitors to the State each day; and 31

32

WHEREAS, use of Native Hawaiian Traditional and Cultural practices throughout the 33

State of Hawaiʻi and especially in the visitor industry is essential to the marketing of the Hawaiʻi 34

experience; and 35

36

WHEREAS, use of Native Hawaiian cultural practices, such as, hula, oli, moʻolelo, 37

Native Hawaiian music, food preparation, and references to our Native Hawaiian pre-contact 38

religious practices constitute the essence of a visitor’s Hawaiʻi experience (without which 39

Hawai‘i is just another tropical beach); and 40

41

WHEREAS, the perpetuation of authentic Native Hawaiian cultural practices is best 42

protected by the healthy economic and social well-being of the Native Hawaiians and the Native 43

Hawaiian community and ultimately a sovereign Native Hawaiian government; and 44

45

WHEREAS, according to a State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic 46

Development, and Tourism (DBEDT)-commissioned study, nearly one in every four jobs depend 47

2

on visitor spending in diverse sectors such as accommodations, restaurants, retail, entertainment, 1

amusement, and recreational services; and for every dollar spent in Hawai‘i by visitors, 30 cents 2

is on hotels, 14 cents on air travel, 11 cents is on trade, and another ten cents is for restaurant 3

meals; and 4

5

WHEREAS, despite this dependency of the State’s economy on the tourism industry the 6

island faces numerous challenges from environmental factors, aging infrastructure, and 7

consistently increasing number of daily visitors in the State; and 8

9

WHEREAS, according to DBEDT, between 2011 and 2015, an average of 37,386 Native 10

Hawaiians worked in the tourism intensive industries per year, accounted for 16 percent of the 11

total workers in these industries, and 35.3 percent of the Native Hawaiian workers in all the 12

industries; and 13

14

WHEREAS, according to the U. S. Census Bureau data, in 2012, Native Hawaiians are 15

more active in the art, entertainment, and recreation industry, where 17.1 percent of the firms in 16

the state are owned by Native Hawaiians; and 17

18

WHEREAS, there exists an economic injustice because Native Hawaiian-owned firms 19

were smaller in terms of employment size, lower annual average wage, and lower annual sales 20

per firm as compared with state averages; and 21

22

WHEREAS, State funding for Native Hawaiian business development can help to correct 23

the economic injustice against Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses in the 24

tourism industry and establish the infrastructure necessary for a healthy Native Hawaiian 25

economy. 26

27


at its 58th annual convention at Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 29

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to authorize a 30

tourism and cultural fund that invests resources towards community infrastructure, improves the 31

economic situation of Native Hawaiians and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, and sets aside 32

resources for a Native Hawaiian governing entity. 33

34


the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 36




Affairs, all County Mayors 40

41

42

INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 43


ACTION: ___________________________________ 45

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AI 3

4

URGING ACTION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM AND 5

RELATED DEVELOPMENT ON NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND ʻĀINA TO 6

BENEFIT THE ECONOMY OF HAWAIʻI AND NATIVE HAWAIIANS 7

8

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs passed Resolution 16-12 to assess 9

the state and needs of cultural, traditional knowledge, and intellectual property rights of the 10

Native Hawaiian people and through Resolution 16-12 it recognizes the use of Native Hawaiian 11

cultural, traditional knowledge and intellectual property by the visitor industry for a commercial 12

benefit to that industry; and 13

14

WHEREAS, the tourism industry is an important part of the economy of Hawaiʻi; and 15

16

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiians are directly impacted by the tourism industry, having 17

approximately 16 percent being employed there between 2011 and 2015 and approximately 10 18

percent of the firms were owned in 2012; and 19

20

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian culture and ʻāina is intertwined with Hawaiʻi’s tourism 21

industry; and 22

23

WHEREAS, the leading government report on said impact was produced by the 24

Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism in 2004 named Planning for 25

Sustainable Tourism; and 26

27

WHEREAS, that study was unable to clarify the measurable impacts on Native Hawaiian 28

culture and ʻāina stating that it “preclude[ed] a comprehensive impact analysis model employing 29

sophisticated analytical tools and technologies that might meet higher standards of fact-finding.”; 30

and 31

32

WHEREAS, it is the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs’s belief that a healthy Hawaiʻi 33

tourism industry is directly related to a flourishing Native Hawaiian culture and ʻāina; and 34

35



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging action to better understand the impacts of 38

tourism and related development on Native Hawaiian culture and ʻāina to benefit the economy of 39

Hawaiʻi and Native Hawaiians; and 40

41


the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 43


2




4

5

INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee) 6


ACTION: ___________________________________ 8

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 17-AJ 3

4

STRONGLY URGING THE HAWAI‘I TOURISM AUTHORITY, 5

THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION, AND THE 6

OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH AND FUND A WORKING 7

GROUP TO FORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS ON NATIVE HAWAIIAN 8

TOURISM FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 9

AND THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR IN UPDATING THEIR 10

MANAGEMENT PLANS ON TOURISM 11 12

WHEREAS, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives adopted S. 1679, the 13

Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience (NATIVE) Act on September 12, 14

2016; and 15

16

WHEREAS, the President of the United States signed S. 1679 into law; and 17

18

WHEREAS, the purpose of S. 1679 is to enhance and integrate Native American tourism, 19

empower Native American communities, increase coordination and collaboration between 20

Federal tourism assets, and expand heritage and cultural tourism opportunities in the United 21

States; and 22

23

WHEREAS, S. 1679 requires the U. S. Department of Commerce, the U. S. Department 24

of the Interior, and federal agencies with recreational travel or tourism functions to update their 25

management plans tourism initiative to include Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Native 26

Hawaiian Organizations; and 27

28

WHEREAS, the plans must outline proposals to improve travel and tourism data 29

collection and analysis; increase the usability of public information and federal websites; support 30

national tourism goals; identify programs that could support tourism infrastructure in Native 31

American communities; develop visitor portals and assets that showcase and respect the diversity 32

of Native Americans; share local Native American heritage through the development of bilingual 33

signage; and improve access to transportation programs for building capacity for Native 34

American community tourism and trade; and 35

36

WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Commerce and the U. S. Department of the Interior 37

must work with a facilitator to provide technical assistance to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, 38

and Native Hawaiian Organizations regarding participation in the tourism industry and report on 39

departmental efforts supporting such participation; and 40

41

WHEREAS, federal agencies must (1) support Indian tribes, tribal organizations and 42

Native Hawaiian organizations in showcasing their history, culture, and continuing vitality, 43

enhancing or maintaining their distinctive cultural feature, and providing authentic and respectful 44

visitor experiences; (2) assisting in interpreting the connections between Native Americans and 45

the national identity of the United States; (3) enhance efforts to promote understanding and 46

2

respect for diverse cultures in the United States and the relevance of those cultures; and (4) 1

ensure that travelers at airports and ports of entry are welcomed in a manner that both showcases 2

and respects the diversity of Native American communities; and 3

4

WHEREAS, grants relating to travel, recreation, or tourism for which Indian tribes, tribal 5

organizations, or Native Hawaiian Organizations are eligible may be used to (1) support their 6

efforts to present their story and culture, (2) revitalize Native American communities using the 7

arts and humanities, and (3) carry out this Act; and 8

9

WHEREAS, during the first six months of 2015, the U. S. Department of Commerce 10

estimated there were over 36 million overseas travelers to the United States; and 11

12

WHEREAS, one out of 18 Americans is employed by a travel or tourism related 13

business; and 14

15

WHEREAS, in 2014, tourism in the United States was a $221 billion industry; and 16

17

WHEREAS, the State of Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development & 18

Tourism (DBEDT) expects that visitor arrivals will reach 8.8 million in 2016, a 1.9 percent 19

increase from 2015; and 20

21

WHEREAS, visitor spending is projected to increase by 3.2 percent to $15.6 billion; and 22

23

WHEREAS, Hawaiians and Part-Hawaiians comprise 23.2 percent of the state’s 24

population; and 25

26

WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiian community has observed assaults on its sacred sites, 27

examples of which include vandalism of Kaniakapūpū in June 2016, and on the Kamehameha 28

statue in Honolulu in that same month; and 29

30

WHEREAS, the last time that DBEDT did a study on the socio-cultural impact of 31

tourism on Native Hawaiians was in July 2004, Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism in Hawai‘i – 32

Impacts on Native Hawaiians prepared by John M. Knox and Associates. 33

34



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, strongly urging the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, the 37

Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and 38

fund a working group to formulate recommendations on Native Hawaiian tourism for 39

consideration by the U. S. Department of Commerce and the U. S. Department of the Interior in 40

updating their management plans on tourism; and 41

42

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the working group include participation by Native 43

Hawaiian organizations such as the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs (AHCC), Native 44

Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NaHHA), Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), Native 45

Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce (NHCC), Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands 46

3

Assembly (SCHHA), Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), Native Hawaiian 1

Legal Corporation (NHLC), University of Hawai‘i Department of Ethnic Studies, Hawaiian 2

Canoe Racing Association (HCRA), Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA), 3

Kamehameha Schools, Kapi‘olani Community College, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian 4

Studies, MA‘O Farms, PA‘I Foundation, Native Hawaiian Cultural Directors of Royal Hawaiian 5

Center, Marriott Hotels, and Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association; and 6

7

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hawai‘i State Legislature appropriate funds for 8

DBEDT to update the study Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism in Hawai‘i – Impacts on Native 9

Hawaiians to inform decision making and to leverage the study to enable improvement in the 10

tourism industry; and 11

12


the U. S. Department of Commerce, the U. S. Department of the Interior, the State of Hawai‘i 14

Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority, 15

and the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, as well as the Governor of the State of 16



Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 19


21

22



ACTION: ___________________________________ 25

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AK 3

4

STRONGLY URGING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO 5

ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF STILLBIRTH IN ADDITION TO A CERTIFICATE OF 6

FETAL DEATH 7

8

WHEREAS, for Native Hawaiians the cycle of life begins from conception, on to birth, 9

death and beyond; and 10

11

WHEREAS, we honor all mothers who have given birth to a child whether they were 12

born live or still; and 13

14

WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2013, approximately 15

24,000 stillbirths were reported in the United States; and 16

17

WHEREAS, a stillbirth is the death or loss of a baby before or during delivery and is 18

referred to as a fetal death; and 19

20

WHEREAS, in 2012, in the California Law Review it states that “Stillbirth is a 21

devastating obstetric outcome—a reproductive moment that at once combines birth and death;” 22

and 23

24

WHEREAS, the loss of a baby due to stillbirth remains a sad reality for many families 25

and takes a serious toll on families’ health and well-being; and 26

27

WHEREAS, the mother carried the baby from conception, endures natural childbirth, has 28

milk in her breasts, leaves the hospital without their child and later deals with the burial of their 29

child; and 30

31

WHEREAS, having only a certificate of fetal death is a troubling and oppressive 32

reminder of a woman’s failure to produce a healthy, living baby; and 33

34

WHEREAS, respect should be shown for both the birth and death of the baby; and 35

36

WHEREAS, in Hawai‘i, upon the loss of a baby due to stillbirth, parents complete the 37

same forms as others and instead of receiving a birth certificate they are only issued a certificate 38

of fetal death; and 39

40

WHEREAS, reporting requirements and completeness of reporting for fetal death data 41

vary substantially among states; and 42

43

WHEREAS, according to the M.I.S.S Foundation website (www.missfoundation.org), 44

there are currently 34 states in the United States that have passed legislation to issue a certificate 45

of stillbirth which began in 2001 in the State of Arizona; and 46

http://www.missfoundation.org/

2

1

WHEREAS, the Chapter 338, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Relating to Vital Statistics has 2

two sections that refer to fetal deaths and these sections are 338-8, Compulsory registration of 3

deaths and fetal deaths, and 338-9, Filing and preparation of death and fetal death certificates. 4

5


at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ‘Ikuwā and the rising of 7

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, strongly urging the State of Hawai‘i Department of 8

Health to issue a certificate of stillbirth in addition to a certificate of fetal death; and 9

10

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon request from the mother or father, a certificate 11

of stillbirth shall be issued by the department for any fetal death previously filed with the 12

department; and 13

14

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the fee for issuance shall be the same as the fee for a 15

birth or death certificate issued by the department; and 16

17

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the certificate shall include, but not be limited to, 18

the following: 1) Name of the stillborn child, 2) Date of delivery, 3) County of delivery, 4) 19

Mother’s name and birthplace, 5) Father’s name and birthplace; and 20

21


the Director of the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health, Chair of the Senate Committee on 23

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, Chair of the House Committee on Health & 24

Human Services, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, 25




29

INTRODUCED BY: Kaumuali‘i Hawaiian Civic Club, Waikīkī Hawaiian Civic Club 30

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Mālama Ola (Health and Human Services Committee) 31

ACTION: ___________________________________ 32

ASSOCIATION OF HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUBS

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AL

COMMENDING DR. LANDON KA LAUʻAE NAʻI I NĀ LĀ INO OPUNUI, ND FOR

BEING THE FIRST NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR TO BE ADDED AS A PRIMARY

CARE PHYSICIAN PROVIDER TO THE HAWAI‘I MEDICAL SERVICE

ASSOCIATION

WHEREAS, Dr. Landon Ka lauʻae naʻi i nā lā ino Opunui ND, is the son of Richard and

Dianne Storaasli; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui, growing up in Hawaiʻi as an ocean enthusiast, competitive

outrigger paddler and five-time Ironman triathlon finisher, strives to be a model of healthy

behavior; and

WHEREAS, learning of his Hawaiian grandmother’s premature passing due to chronic

disease at the age of 50 motivated him to live a healthier lifestyle; and

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiians are at high risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes,

heart disease, stroke, and cancer, which are common causes for Native Hawaiians mortality ; and

WHEREAS, these issued motivated Dr. Opunui to take a proactive role in his health and

gravitated him towards a self-empowering natural form of health and healing; and

WHEREAS, Dr, Opunui graduated from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama in 2004; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui chose to pursue a career in medicine to support the health needs

of the Native Hawaiian people; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui was accepted to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,

where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in natural science; and

WHEREAS, after receiving his degree, Dr. Opunui continued his education to earn a

doctorate degree in naturopathy at Bastyr University in San Diego, California; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui has chosen a to pursue a medical path similar to the Native

Hawaiian practice of la‘au lapa‘au; and

WHEREAS, after earning his doctorate in naturopathy, Dr. Opunui return home to

Hawaii in 2013 and completed a one-year post-doctorate residency program at Lokahi Health

Center in Kailua-Kona, where he studied cancer treatment outcomes which utilize adjunctive and

integrative natural medical approaches; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui joined Manakai O Mālama an Integrative Healthcare Group and

Rehabilitation Center in 2014; and

WHEREAS, on July 1, 2016, Dr. Opunui became Hawaii Medical Service Association’s

(HMSA) first ever Naturopathic Doctor to be added to its Primary Care Physician provider

network; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui has recently joined Nā Pu‘uwai Native Hawaiian Health Care

System on Moloka‘i, and its mission is to improve the health status of the Native Hawaiians and

the communities of Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i with respect to cultural beliefs and practices; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Opunui flies to Moloka‘i twice a month from Honolulu to see patients at

Nā Pu‘uwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System; and

WHEREAS, Dr, Opunui is an ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei scholarship recipient

and the members of ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei are honored to have assisted him in his

educational endeavors.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs

at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the malama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending Dr. Landon Ka lauʻae naʻi i nā lā

ino Opunui, ND for being the first Naturopathic Doctor to be added as a Primary Care Physician

provider to the Hawai‘i Medical Service Association; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei and the

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs commend Dr. Opunui for returning home to Hawai‘i to

help heal and improve the health of Native Hawaiians: and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this resolution be transmitted to

the ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Storaasli, Manakai O Mālama, Nā

Pu‘uwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System. as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i,

President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State

Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine

Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs,

and all County Mayors.

INTRODUCED BY: ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Mālama Ola (Health and Human Services Committee)

ACTION: ___________________________________

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AM 3

4

RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS 5

FOR ITS PUBLICATION OF “KĀNEHŌʻĀLANI: TRANSFORMING THE HEALTH 6

OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN MEN” 7 8

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs urges its clubs to “promote health 9

education, early detection screening and healthy lifestyle changes to reduce the native Hawaiian 10

health disparities (AHCC Resolution 09-39); and 11

12

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs has played an active role in 13

bringing cancer and diabetes awareness to Hawaiians through partnerships with Papa Ola 14

Lōkahi; and 15

16

WHEREAS, Native Hawaiian men were a vital component in Hawaiian culture, yet 17

today, kāne experience various health disparities across different generations of keiki, mākua, 18

and kūpuna; and 19

20

WHEREAS, in 2014, the State of Hawaiʻiʻs Native Hawaiian male population was 21

148,295 or 20.7% of the entire male population in the State; and 22

23

WHEREAS, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) unveiled “Kānehōʻālani: 24

Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men” in June 2017 on its website; and 25

26

WHEREAS, “Kānehōʻālani: Transforming the Health of Native Hawaiian Men” is the 27

first publication focuses exclusively on Hawaiian menʻs health, that looks at medical data, 28

physical health, chronic diseases, behavioral health and some of the socio-economic challenges 29

from a cultural lens”; and 30

31

WHEREAS, the report uses the Kūkulu Hou Methodology, which was developed by Dr. 32

Kamanaʻopono Crabbe in 2008 and is rooted in the Native Hawaiian cultural practice of umu 33

hau pōhaku (rock-wall masonry); and 34

35

WHEREAS, some of the intergenerational health outcomes of kāne found in the study 36

were: 45% obesity, 33% hypertension, 10% diabetes, second highest rate of contracting cancer 37

but die from it with the highest mortality rate, and kāne are less likely to participate in cancer 38

prevention and treatment trials and 39

40

WHEREAS, the report came with twelve specific recommendations to promote 41

advocacy, expand research assessment and evaluation, support various health programs and 42

funding, and employ policies and strategic planning to incorporate indigenous ways of knowing 43

into state policy planning; and 44

45

WHERAS, OHA is currently working on a health study of Hawaiian wāhine. 46

2



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, recognizing and congratulating the Office of 3

Hawaiian Affairs for its Publication of “Kānehōʻālani: Transforming the Health of Native 4

Hawaiian Men”; and 5

6


Dr. Kamanaʻopono Crabbe, ʻAha Kāne, Papa Ola Lōkahi, the Department of Native Hawaiian 8

Health, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of 9

the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, 10



13

14

INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu 15

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Mālama Ola (Health and Human Services Committee) 16

ACTION: ___________________________________ 17

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AN 3

4

URGING THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE HAWAIIAN 5

RAILWAY SOCIETY 6

7

WHEREAS, in 1885, a 21-year-old sailor by the name of Benjamin Franklin Dillingham 8

was aboard the ship Whistler that sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu, while on shore leave 9

one day, he went out horseback riding and fell off his horse and broke his leg; and 10

11

WHEREAS, while in the hospital recovering, his ship left port, he fell in love with his 12

nurse and decided to make Hawai‘i his home, and soon after that he became quite wealthy and 13

influential in the early Honolulu community with his various business ventures; and 14

15

WHEREAS, Dillingham believed the ‘Ewa Plain was an excellent location for settlement 16

despite the lack of water and the difficulty to access the region, and leased land in the ‘Ewa Plain 17

from James Campbell to start a business or two; and 18

19

WHEREAS, Dillingham approached King David Kalakaua in September 1888, to get a 20

charter and soon after organized the Oahu Railway and Land Company (OR&L); and 21

22

WHEREAS, the charter granted Dillingham the right to purchase, own, develop, sell, and 23

deal in lands along and near the railway, and OR&L was granted permission to build 12 miles of 24

railroad that would connect Honolulu and the Pearl River Lagoon; and 25

26

WHEREAS, on November 16, 1889, the same day of King David Kalakaua’s birthday, 27

OR&L officially opened for business and treated 4,000 people to free round-trip rides on the 11 28

trains that ran that day; and 29

30

WHEREAS, after World War I, the OR&L passenger traffic dropped while freight traffic 31

increased requiring the conversion of some older passenger cars into “Can Cars” or “Pineapple 32

Cars” that carried empty cans from the dock to the canneries, as well as the full cans back to the 33

docks; and 34

35

WHEREAS, when World War II broke out, there was increased demand in both 36

passenger and freight traffic, and OR&L entered into a number of military contracts; and 37

38

WHEREAS, OR&L hauled military troops, military cargo, munitions, livestock, oats and 39

hay, oil products, molasses, bagged sugar, products of all kinds and even garbage, and in 1943 40

alone more than 2.5 million people rode the train; and 41

42

WHEREAS, due to wartime material shortages, OR&L could only do emergency repairs 43

on its equipment and by the end of the war the tracks and trains were in poor condition and 44

OR&L had to increase its rates in order to pay for repairs; and 45

46

2

WHEREAS, in 1946, a tsunami struck the north shore on the island of O‘ahu wiping out 1

a large section of tracks, and almost immediately crews from the OR&L and neighboring 2

plantations banded together to repair the tracks and got the job done in just under two weeks; and 3

4

WHEREAS, the condition of the tracks and equipment caused the business to decline, 5

and on New Year’s Eve of 1947, the OR&L had one final passenger ride going from Kahuku to 6

the depot in Honolulu (located at Iwilei Road and North King Street); and 7

8

WHEREAS, when passenger operations ceased, the railway sold off most of its 9

equipment for scrap and right-of-way of the track; and 10

11

WHEREAS, the U. S. Navy bought some of the equipment, and continued to run trains 12

on that right of way; and 13

14

WHEREAS, in 1950, the U. S. Navy purchased the track and right-of-way from West 15

Loch at Pearl Harbor to Lualualei Ammunition Depot Access Road in Nanakuli for $1.00 in the 16

name of “National Defense” and maintained the track until 1980 when it was ceded back to the 17

State of Hawai‘i; and 18

19

WHEREAS, the OR&L continued serving the docks and a scaled-back system serving 20

the pineapple canneries, slaughterhouses, and few other industries until the end of 1971 and the 21

U. S. Navy stopped running trains in the mid 1970’s; and 22

23

WHEREAS, the OR&L was the backbone of transportation on O‘ahu for almost 60 24

years; and 25

26

WHEREAS, one particular OR&L locomotive helped launch the Hawaiian Railway 27

Society; and 28

29

WHEREAS, Engine WACO #6 served the plantation from 1919 to 1952 and weighed 25 30

tons, and was considered a liability and was to be scrapped; and 31

32

WHEREAS, in 1971, a few railroad buffs got permission to move Engine WACO #6 33

from Waialua to Lualualei Ammunition Depot for restoration with spare and extra order of 34

Baldwin train parts and they formed the Hawaiʻi Chapter of the National Railway Society; and 35

36

WHEREAS, in 1975, the Hawaiʻi Chapter of the National Railway Society was able to 37

get the last stretch of track from Ewa to Nanakuli to be placed on the National Register of 38

Historic Places; and 39

40

WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society is an educational, non-profit organization 41

with a two-fold mission: to save, restore, and protect as much of the old railroad equipment as 42

possible given its limited resources and to dedicate and keep this page of Hawai‘i’s history alive 43

through perpetuating this cultural history; and 44

45

3

WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society has restored 6.5 miles of track and works to 1

restore more, and has also restored several vintage diesel and steam locomotives to operation; 2

and 3

4

WHEREAS, the famous Dillingham parlor car has also been restored and is available to 5

passengers on the weekly rides; 6

7

WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society provides rides on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and 8

Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., and passengers ride and listen to a narration about the 9

Hawaiian Railroad and its effect on the culture and history of Hawai‘i; and 10

11

WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society operations are run mostly on volunteer work; 12

and 13

14

WHEREAS, some of the tracks used by the Hawaiian Railway Society and the train rides 15

are threatened by certain proposed developments and projects that will cross the train tracks; and 16

17

WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Railway Society is in need of support to continue its 18

operations. 19

20



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Hawai‘i State Legislature to support the 23

Hawaiian Railway Society; and 24

25


the Operations Manager for the Hawaiian Railway Society, Ewa-Pu‘uloa Hawaiian Civic Club, 27

‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei, Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club, as well as the Governor 28

of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of 29




33

34

INTRODUCED BY: ‘Ewa-Pu‘uloa Hawaiian Civic Club, ‘Ahahui Sīwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei 35

Pearl Harbor Hawaiian Civic Club 36


ACTION: ___________________________________ 38

39

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AO 3

4

SUPPORTING THE FRIENDS OF ‘IOLANI PALACE AND ITS EXCLUSIVE USE OF 5

THE GROUNDS TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND 6

PRESERVATION OF THIS SACRED AND CELEBRATED PLACE 7

8

WHEREAS, ‘Iolani Palace is a living restoration of a proud Hawaiian national identity, a 9

registered National Historic Landmark and the only palace of official royal residence in the 10

United States; and 11

12

WHEREAS, while the Palace itself is of great importance, the significance of the land 13

around the Palace stretches back to antiquity when it is said to have served as a heiau poʻo 14

kanaka with the associated name of Kaahaimauli; and 15

16

WHEREAS, heiau poʻo kanaka were considered the greatest class of ancient temples that 17

were built between the shoreline and the mountain ranges, hosting rituals to increase the 18

population, enhance public health, preserve peace, and ensure success in battle; and 19

20

WHEREAS, during the period from 1820 to 1840, the land surrounding the intersection 21

of Punchbowl and King Streets attracted an impressive concentration of hale mua (chiefly 22

compounds) displaying the social, political, and economic power of the owner to other chiefs and 23

missionaries; and 24

25

WHEREAS, these houses, built from stone and wood, were Western in design and 26

featured Euro-American and Asian furnishings, and belonged to prominent historical figures 27

such as High Chief Kalanimoku, British missionary William Ellis, Queen Kaʻahumanu, and later 28

High Chiefs Charles Kanaʻina and Kekāuluohi; and 29

30

WHEREAS, upon the deaths of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamāmalu, whose 31

bodies were brought back from London in 1825, Kalanimoku designated the area surrounding his 32

residence as the Royal Cemetery complete with the construction of a new stone mausoleum; and 33

34

WHEREAS, from 1825 to 1865; the area surrounding the royal mausoleum, clearly 35

delineated as a quadrangle, took on the name Pohukaina, and all reigning monarchs and their 36

consorts as well as the great majority of the highest chiefs were laid to rest here; and 37

38

WHEREAS, O‘ahu Governor Mataio Kekūana‘ōa built a new wooden palace named 39

Hanaialoia in 1845 for his daughter, Princess Victoria Kamāmalu, only to be taken as the new 40

official royal residence by Kamehameha III when he moved the capital from Lahaina to 41

Honolulu, thereby shifting the seat of political power to the western end of the archipelago and 42

just outside of the old Pohukaina boundaries; and 43

44

WHEREAS, in 1863 Kamehameha V would formally change the name of Hanaialoia to 45

ʻIolani Palace in honor of his predecessor and brother, Kamehameha IV; and 46

2

1

WHEREAS, after the construction of the new mausoleum in Nuʻuanu called Mauna ʻAla, 2

King Kalākaua in the 1870s ordered that the former Royal Tomb site be raised as a mound in 3

remembrance; and 4

5

WHEREAS, construction of the current ʻIolani Palace, with its cornerstone laid on 6

December 31, 1879, with full Masonic rites, was completed in 1882 to better represent Hawaiʻi’s 7

standing within the “Family of Nations” and allow the head of state to hold official functions and 8

royal balls, receive dignitaries and luminaries from around the world, and conduct international 9

diplomacy; and 10

11

WHEREAS, the entire enclosed grounds of the Palace complex became known as Pā 12

Aliʻi during the reign of Kalākaua; and 13

14

WHEREAS, the Friends of ʻIolani Palace (“Friends”), via a lease with the Department of 15

Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) - General Lease S-5504 commencing on July 1, 1995, and 16

most recently extended on June 30, 2015, for a period of 20 years, has the kuleana of managing 17

various premises including a historic monument and cultural site for the benefit of Native 18

Hawaiians, the people of Hawaiʻi and the world; and 19

20

WHEREAS, the Friends does not receive any financial subsidy from the State of Hawaiʻi 21

for operational support, and as such the development of cultural exhibits and events which 22

educate people about the Hawaiian monarchy and instead must rely solely on ticket and shop 23

sales, donations, and special events held on the Palace grounds; and 24

25

WHEREAS, under paragraph 55 of this lease (Admission fees; additional rents.) 26

specifically states that with prior approval of the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural 27

Resources, the Friends may generate revenue for “a commemorative, historic, or educational 28

nature on the Palace Grounds, provided that all revenues are used for Palace projects, programs 29

or operations;” and 30

31

WHEREAS, The Friends seeks support to uphold paragraph 55, thereby preventing other 32

organizations and entities from conducting any revenue-generating activities for their own 33

benefit or profit. 34

35



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, supporting the Friends of ‘Iolani Palace and its 38

exclusive use of the grounds to support the ongoing maintenance and preservation of this sacred 39

and celebrated place; and 40

41

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs opposes 42

any rule change or adoption by the Board of Land and Natural Resources that would allow for 43

the issuing of a permit to another organization other than The Friends of ʻIolani Palace that 44

includes commercial activity, selling directly to the general public, and any other generation of 45

revenues; and 46

3

1

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs opposes 2

any legislation seeking to allow commercial activity and direct-selling to the general public on 3

the Palace grounds by any organization or entity that is not The Friends of ʻIolani Palace; and 4

5

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to 6

the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi, the Chairperson of the Board of 7

Land and Natural Resources, the President of the State Senate, the Speaker of the State House of 8

Representatives, the Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, the Chair of the 9

State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, and Hawaiian Affairs, the Chair of the 10

Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Mayors of each County, and the 11

President, 1st Vice President, and Executive Director of The Friends of ʻIolani Palace. 12

13

14

INTRODUCED BY: Kōmike Pō‘aiapuni Waiwai (Economic Development Committee), 15

Hui Hawai‘i O Utah Hawaiian Civic Club 16


ACTION: ___________________________________ 18

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AP 3

4

URGING GOVERNOR DAVID IGE AND THE HAWAI‘I STATE LEGISLATURE TO 5

REQUIRE A LEVEL OF HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AS A MINIMUM 6

QUALIFICATION OR SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE 7

POSITION OF INFORMATION SPECIALIST I-IV OR PUBLIC INFORMATION 8

OFFICER 9

10

WHEREAS, the position description of an INFORMATION SPECIALIST I-IV of the 11

State of Hawai‘i states, “The work does require the ability to present material in a style, manner 12

of presentation and format that is best suited to the needs of the audience for whom the material 13

is intended;” and 14

15

WHEREAS, the minimum qualifications for INFORMATION SPECIALIST only 16

specifies, “writing materials for presentations, publications, or news releases using accepted rules 17

of standard English grammar, syntax, sentence structure, punctuation, etc… to best reach target 18

audiences;” and 19

20

WHEREAS, the Hawaiian language is also an official language of the State of Hawai‘i; 21

and 22

23

WHEREAS, the target audiences of many of the state’s public information materials are 24

speakers and readers of the Hawaiian language and use Hawaiian language public media; and 25

26

WHEREAS, it is important for INFORMATION SPECIALIST and PUBLIC 27

INFORMATION OFFICERS to pronounce and spell Hawaiian proper names and Hawaiian 28

place names correctly to avoid ambiguity and confusion in times of emergencies; and 29

30

WHEREAS, an INFORMATION SPECIALIST and PUBLIC INFORMATION 31

OFFICERS should be able to also use accepted rules of standard Hawaiian grammar, syntax, 32

sentence structure, punctuation, etc…to best reach the target audience of speakers and readers of 33

the Hawaiian language; and 34

35

WHEREAS, the ability to speak, translate, and interpret the Hawaiian language, in 36

addition to understanding cultural differences, is vital to effectively providing accurate public 37

information to the Hawaiian community; and 38

39

WHEREAS, there are already many positions in the state of Hawaiʻi government that 40

require a special language proficiencies, such as ABSTRACTORS and VISITOR 41

INFORMATION PERSONS; and 42

43

2

WHEREAS, the state of Hawaiʻi Department of Human Resources Development 1

(DHRD) already has policies and procedures to establish minimum qualifications and selective 2

certification requirements for languages (Policy Number 200.005); and 3

4

WHEREAS, completion of an oral and written Hawaiian language proficiency course 5

recommended by DHRD comparable to one year of college level Hawaiian language course may 6

be set as the qualifying language proficiency requirement by DHRD. 7

8



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging Governor David Ige and the Hawai‘i State 11

Legislature to require a level of Hawaiian language proficiency as a minimum qualification or 12

selective certification requirement for the position of Information Specialist I-IV or Public 13

Information Officer; and 14

15


James K. Nishimoto, Director of the State fo Hawai‘i Department of Human Resources 17

Development, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, 18




22

23



ACTION: ___________________________________ 26

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AQ 3

4

REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO 5

SUPPORT THE MAKAHIKI SEASON AT THE SAGUARO CORRECTIONAL 6

CENTER LOCATED IN ELOY, ARIZONA 7

8

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Club has adopted resolutions at previous 9

Annual Conventions that addressed the incarcerated Native Hawaiians at the Saguaro 10

Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona; and 11

12

WHEREAS, an important part of Hawaiian Culture is the Makahiki Season; and 13

14

WHEREAS, the Native Hawaiians incarcerated at the Saguaro Correctional Center in 15

Eloy, Arizona have celebrated Makahiki season with a Kahu; and 16

17

WHEREAS, this Kahu has passed away and will likely not be replaced; and 18

19

WHEREAS, a cultural expert, a Kahu, should be assigned to support and provide 20

traditional Makahiki protocol for our incarcerated Native Hawaiians; and 21

22

WHEREAS, a Kahu can help with repair of hula implements, share and teach oli, help 23

inmates become proficient in ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, and teach hula kahiko; and 24

25

WHEREAS, in May 2017, members of Nā Lei Makalapua, the Mainland Council of the 26

Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, visited the Saguaro Correctional Center and shared mele 27

and hula, and at the last pod visit a Native Hawaiian inmate ended the visit with Ka Pule A Ka 28

Haku (The Lord’s Prayer). 29

30


at its 58th Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington, in the Mālama of ʻIkuwā and the rising of 32

Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawai‘i Department of Public 33

Safety to support the Makahiki season at the Saguaro Correctional Center located in Eloy, 34

Arizona; and 35

36

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State of Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety 37

provide funds for a Kahu at the Saguaro Correctional Center and consult with the Association of 38

Hawaiian Civic Clubs on the replacement of the Kahu; and 39

40


the Correctional Corporation of America Warden Thomas at Saguaro Correctional Center in 42

Eloy, Arizona, ‘Āinahau o Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, Lau Kanaka Hawaiian Civic Club, 43

Hui Hawai‘i O Tenesi Hawaiian Civic Clubs, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 44



2



49

50

INTRODUCED BY: ‘Āinahau O Kaleponi Hawaiian Civic Club, ‘Ahahui Kīwila Hawai‘i O 51

San Diego, Hui Hawai‘i Tenesi O Hawai‘i Hawaiian Civic Club 52


ACTION: ___________________________________ 54

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AR 3

4

SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIVE HAWAIIAN RADIO 5

PROGRAM AND GLOBAL RADIO NETWORK 6

7 WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Hawai‘i, “Article XV, State Boundaries; 8

Capital; Flag; Language and Motto,” under “OFFICIAL LANGUAGES,” Section 4, states, 9

“English and Hawaiian shall be the official languages of Hawai‘i, except that Hawaiian shall be 10

required for public acts and transactions only as provided by law”; and 11

12

WHEREAS, in 1978, The Constitution of the State of Hawai‘i was amended to recognize 13

the Hawaiian language as one of the two official languages of the State; and 14

15

WHEREAS, while the Hawaiian language revitalization movement has made major 16

strides in the last thirty years, for ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i to not just survive, but to also thrive, more 17

people need to speak Hawaiian; and 18

19

WHEREAS, from around 1949 to the present day, there has been a gradual increase in 20

attention to and promotion of the language; and 21

22

WHEREAS, recognizing the need to respond to the growth of the Hawaiian language, 23

respecting the language of the indigenous people of Hawai‘i, and incorporating its use in our 24

daily lives, the non-profit, The Friends of Ka Leo Hawai‘i Media, has proposed to institute a talk 25

format radio program; and 26

27

WHEREAS, Ka Leo Hawai‘i radio program will elevate the cultural experience for those 28

who live and visit Hawai‘i by making the native language prominent in everyday 29

communications; and 30

31

WHEREAS, Hawaiian language speakers exist in pockets across Hawai‘i, nationally, and 32

worldwide ; and 33

34

WHEREAS, radio and a companion web presence would serve as a central resource to 35

weave the pockets together, by having local, national, and global reach; and 36

37

WHEREAS, production costs are low, and through archiving and simple playback 38

methods, listeners can access information live, and/or on their own schedules; and 39

40

WHEREAS, mass media is a significant force in modern culture, and in Hawai‘i there is 41

an absence of equity in the exposure and use of the Hawaiian language versus English and other 42

languages in our community; and 43

44

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs Constitution, Article II, Purpose 45

and Objectives, Section 2e, states, in part, “The objectives of this organization are: To honor, 46

2

fulfill, protect, preserve, and cherish all sources, customs, rights, and records of Native Hawaiian 1

traditions, including but not limited to oli, mele, mo‘olelo, mo‘okū‘auhau, cemetery and/or burial 2

areas and the historic sites of the Native Hawaiian people; to actively encourage the teaching, 3

learning and use of ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i; generational and traditional resource practices as handed 4

down through traditional and customary practices; and to protect the endemic and indigenous 5

floral and fauna of Hawai‘i nei.” 6

7



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, supporting the establishment of a Native Hawaiian 10

radio program and global radio network; and 11

12


Friends of Ka Leo Hawai‘i Media, ‘Aha Punana Leo, as well as the Governor of the State of 14



Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian 17


19

20



ACTION: ___________________________________ 23

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2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AS 3 4

COMMITTING TO SUPPORT AND BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, 5

IMPLEMENTATION, AND CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR OF THE HAWAIIAN 6

(JUNE 2018 TO JUNE 2019) 7

8 WHEREAS, it has been nearly thirty years, or approximately one generation, since over 9

40,000 Native Hawaiians came together at Aloha Stadium on January 23, 1988, to celebrate their 10

shared culture, kinship, and connection to the ‘āina in a celebration called “The Year of the 11

Hawaiian” (Ho‘olako); and 12

13

WHEREAS, the Senate of the Twenty-Ninth Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i, Regular 14

Session of 2017, passed and adopted a 13-page single-spaced Senate Resolution Number 74, 15

Senate Draft 1 (S.R. NO. 74, S.D.1) detailing some of the many successes and accomplishments 16

of Native Hawaiians over the intervening 30 years and requests that the governor issue a 17

proclamation to designate June 1, 2018, to June 1, 2019, as the Year of the Hawaiian; and 18

19

WHEREAS, Senate Resolution Number 74, Senate Draft 1 (S.R. NO. 74, S.D.1) further 20

requests the Office of Hawaiian Affairs study and recommend a plan to celebrate, commemorate, 21

and fund the Year of the Hawaiian and to submit their plan and any proposed legislation required 22

to the Hawai‘i State Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular 23

Session of 2018; and 24

25

WHEREAS, Senate Resolution Number 74, Senate Draft 1 (S.R. NO. 74, S.D.1) further 26

requests the Office of Hawaiian Affairs “coordinate, collaborate, and communicate with the 27

Native Hawaiian community to organize, plan, and raise funds for the celebratory events and 28

commemoration activities that will occur over the course of the Year of the Hawaiian in various 29

venues and locales yet to be determined”; and 30

31

WHEREAS, in the last 30 years Native Hawaiians have made significant achievements in 32

education, in law, in medicine, in music, in hula, in sports, in film, in literature, in natural 33

resource management and stewardship, in civic engagement, in preserving and perpetuating the 34

Hawaiian language, in business and economic development, in politics and community 35

organizing, in traditional canoe building, navigating, and voyaging, and in increasing the role 36

that Native Hawaiian culture, language, traditions, and values play in defining the laws, rules, 37

procedures, and policies by which we live in Hawai‘i; and 38

39

WHEREAS, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu, the mother club, was founded on 40

December 7, 1918, and celebrates its 100th anniversary in 1918; and 41

42

WHEREAS, since 1918, the civic club movement has grown to 64 clubs located 43

throughout the United States and within Hawai‘i; and 44

45

WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs is an organization which has much 46

to offer the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in its efforts to plan, implement, and celebrate the Year of 47

2

the Hawaiian and is an organization that should be involved to aid and assist the Office of 1

Hawaiian Affairs in its efforts to celebrate the Year of the Hawaiian. 2

3



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, committing to support and be involved in the 6

planning, implementation, and celebration of the Year of the Hawaiian (June 2018 to June 2019); 7

and 8

9

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all councils of the Association of Hawaiian Civic 10

Clubs plan and organize activities on their respective islands to celebrate the Year of the 11

Hawaiian; and 12

13






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ACTION: ___________________________________ 23

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AT 3

4

REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND 5

GENERAL SERVICES AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I TO DETERMINE WHO IS 6

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ORIGINAL KING 7

KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT STATUE IN NORTH KOHALA, KAPA‘AU, HAWAI‘I 8

9 WHEREAS, in 1878, the legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom commissioned the 10

sculpture of King Kamehameha and this original statue presently stands in Kapa‘au in North 11

Kohala on the island of Hawai‘i, the birthplace of King Kamehameha the Great; and 12

13

WHEREAS, on May 15, 1880, the original statue was finished and on its way to 14

Honolulu, but after some delay, on February 22, 1881, word was received that the ship carrying 15

the statue, the G. F. Haendel had gone down on November 15, 1880, off Port Stanley in the 16

Falkland Islands and all cargo was lost; and 17

18

WHEREAS, as the original statue had been insured for 50,000 marks (about $12,000) 19

and with the proceeds, a replica statue was ordered again, under a new agreement with the 20

Boston sculptor Thomas R. Gould, and the replica was to cost $7,000, and he was to get $4,500 21

for four bronze tablets measuring 30 square inches for the pedestals; and 22

23

WHEREAS, in November 1881, Gould wrote the he had a promise from the Barbedienne 24

foundry in Paris to finish the replica statue by May 1882, and Gould will have both statue and 25

tablets ready in that month for shipment; and 26

27

WHEREAS, soon after work began on the tablets, Gould died on November 26, 1881, 28

and his son Marshall S. Gould, a sculptor, took upon the task of finishing the tablets; and 29

30

WHEREAS, on March 27, 1882, the British ship Earl of Dalhousie arrived at Honolulu 31

Harbor and news spread that a replica of the Kamehameha statue was aboard because the statue 32

was not due for a few months, but it actually was the original statue and it was in fair condition; 33

and 34

35

WHEREAS, the right hand of the statue was broken off near the wrist, and the spear was 36

broken, and the feather cape had a hole in it, and Walter Murray Gibson, as chairman of the 37

monument committee, quickly struck a bargain with Captain Jervis of the Earl of Dalhousie and 38

paid him $875 for the statue; and 39

40

WHEREAS, the original statue was placed near Ali‘iolani Hale and a small shed was 41

constructed around it, and because of damages caused by the shipwreck, the surface had 42

corroded badly and due to lack of materials and technical expertise to repair the surface of the 43

statue, it was cleaned and painted entirely brown in order to prepare it in time for Kalākaua’s 44

coronation ceremony; and 45

46

2



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawai‘i Department of 3

Accounting and General Services and the County of Hawai‘i to determine who is responsible for 4

the maintenance of the original King Kamehameha the Great statue in North Kohala, Kapa‘au, 5

Hawai‘i; and 6

7

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a report of the findings be provided to the Hawai‘i 8

State Legislature, Hawai‘i County Mayor and Hawai‘i County Councilmember representing the 9

Kohala Region, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, the Association of Hawaiian 10

Civic Clubs, and the Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club; and 11

12


the Hawai‘i County Councilman, Herbert M. Richards, III, DVM, as well as the Governor of the 14

State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, 15

Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee 16

on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office 17

of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 18

19

20



ACTION: ___________________________________ 23

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AU 3

4

REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 5

RESOURCES PURSUE THE RESCISSION OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 11167, 6

DATED AUGUST 15, 1964, WITH THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH SETS 7

ASIDE APPROXIMATELY 81,000 ACRES OF LAND AT POHAKULOA, HAWAI‘I 8

ISLAND, FOR MILITARY USE 9

10

WHEREAS, on August 15, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11

11167 Setting Aside for the Use of the United States Certain Public Lands and Other Public 12

Property Located at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaiʻi Island which claims approximately 13

81,000 acres of land for military use; and 14

15

WHEREAS, there is no expiration date for the Executive Order 11167; and 16

17

WHEREAS, there are no provisions for monetary compensation to the State of Hawaiʻi 18

for the use of the lands; and 19

20

WHEREAS, there are no plans for remediation of the land upon its return to the State of 21

Hawai'i; and 22

23

WHEREAS, according to the Pohakuloa Training Area spokesperson there are at least six 24

endangered species of animals within the property boundaries of the land; and 25

26

WHEREAS, according to the Pohakuloa Training Area spokesperson there are 27

endangered plants which are found nowhere else on earth within the boundaries of the land; and 28

29

WHEREAS, the Pohakuloa Training Area currently consists of approximately 134,000 30

acres of land or 210 square miles of land which is slightly smaller than the size of the Island of 31

Molokaʻi and which consists of 81,000 acres of land taken by the U. S. Governments Executive 32

Order 11167, approximately 23,000 acres of State of Hawaiʻi Lease No. S-3849 and 33

approximately 30,000 acres of Fee Simple land purchased in 2006 from Parker Ranch and 34

known as the Keaumuku Maneuver Area at a cost of $32 million; and 35

36

WHEREAS, the entire Pohakuloa Training Area is now managed by the U. S. Army; and 37

38

WHEREAS, the State of Hawaiʻi Lease No. S-3849 lands are situated within and 39

surrounded by the 81,000 acres held under the Executive Order 11176 dated August 15, 1964; 40

and 41

42

WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is responsible for the 43

oversight of all State of Hawaiʻi public land. 44

2

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 1


Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land 3

and Natural Resources pursue the rescission of the Executive Order 11167, dated August 15, 4

1964, with the U. S. Federal Government which sets aside approximately 81,000 acres of land at 5

Pohakuloa, Hawai‘i Island for military use; and 6

7

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and 8

Natural Resources request that the U. S. Army provide compensation for the use of 81,000 acres 9

of land held under the Executive Order 11167 until such time that the order is terminated; and 10

11

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners be provided 12

access to cultural and natural resources within this area and for spiritual purposes; and 13

14

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that adequate funds are set aside to clean, remediate and 15

render safe all unexplored ordnance, waste and debris within the approximately 81,000 acres of 16

land; and 17

18

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources 19

prepare and submit a report to the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Senate Committee on 20

Hawaiian Affairs and House of Representatives committee on Ocean, Marine Resources and 21

Hawaiian Affairs of the Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and 22

the Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo each January on the progress of the efforts to rescind the 23

Executive Order; and 24

25


the President of the United States, U. S. Senator Brian Schatz, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U. S. 27

Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, U. S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Commander of the 28

Pohakuloa Training Area, Garrison Commander of the United States Army Garrison-Hawaiʻi 29

and the Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo, as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President 30

of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate 31




35

36

INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo 37


ACTION: ___________________________________ 39

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 – AV 3

4

REQUESTING THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL 5

RESOURCES TO REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO PAY A FAIR 6

COMPENSATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LEASE OF THE POHAKULOA 7

TRAINING AREA, TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL 8

PRACTITIONERS TO THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND FOR 9

SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL PURPOSES, AND TO REQUIRE AMPLE FUNDS ARE 10

PLACED IN ESCROW FOR THE REMEDIATION OF THE LAND AND REMOVAL 11

OF ALL ORDNANCE AND UNWANTED STRUCTURES UPON TERMINATION OF 12

STATE OF HAWAI‘I GENERAL LEASE NO. S-3849 13

14

WHEREAS, in 1964, the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources 15

entered into a sixty-five year lease (State General Lease No. S-3849) with the United States of 16

America for approximately 22,971 acres of Conservation Resource sub-zoned land at Pohakuloa 17

for military purposes; and 18

19

WHEREAS, the current State General Lease No. S-3849 stipulates a lease rent of $1.00 20

for the entire term of six-five years which is far below the value of the land; and 21

22

WHEREAS, there are no provisions for Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners to have 23

access to the cultural and natural resources of the area or for spiritual or ceremonial purposes; 24

and 25

26

WHEREAS, there are no provisions in the State General Lease No. S-3849 which would 27

require the United States Army to remediate environmental damage caused by its actions at 28

Pohakuloa Training Area such as unexploded ordnance, spent ammunition, warheads and 29

depleted uranium, a chemically toxic and radioactive heavy metal with a half-life of four to five 30

billion years; and to restore the land to its prior state, including cultural sites and artifacts; and 31

32

WHEREAS, despite the lack of plans for adequate compensation, no provisions for 33

access for Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners to cultural and natural resources or for spiritual 34

or ceremonial purposes, and no explicit requirements for remediation of the land and complete 35

removal of unexploded ordnance, weapons, depleted uranium and other remains upon the 36

completion of the lease, the U. S. Army is requesting an extension of the existing lease; and 37

38

WHEREAS, the U. S. Army has demonstrated their inability to complete the 39

rehabilitation of State of Hawai‘i lands that were used for military purposes such as Kaho‘olawe 40

Island, Kahului, Waiāhole and Wai‘anae Valleys due to lack of funds and resources; and 41

42

WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is responsible for the 43

oversight of all State of Hawai‘i public lands. 44

2

1

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs at 2


Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the State of Hawai‘i Department of Land 4

and Natural Resources to require the United States Army to pay a fair compensation for the 5

extension of the lease of Pohakuloa Training Area, to provide access to Native Hawaiian 6

Cultural Practitioners to the cultural and natural resources and for spiritual and cultural purposes, 7

and to require ample funds are placed in escrow for the remediation of the land and removal of 8

all ordnance and unwanted structures upon termination of the State of Hawai'i General Lease No. 9

S-3849; and 10

11

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is 12

urged to submit a report each January to the Governor of Hawai‘i, State Senate President, State 13

Speaker of the House, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian affairs, Chair of the 14

State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Office of Hawaiian 15

Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo on the status of 16

the request; and 17

18


U. S. Senator Brian Schatz, U. S. Senator Mazie Hirono, U. S. Congresswoman Colleen 20

Hanabusa, U. S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, the Commander of the Pohakuloa Training 21

Area, the Garrison Commander of the United States Army Garrison-Hawai‘i, as well as the 22




Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, all County Mayors, Chairperson of the Board of 26

Land and Natural Resources, and the Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo. 27

28

29

INTRODUCED BY: Hawaiian Civic Club of Hilo, Moku O Keawe (Hawai‘i Island) 30


ACTION: ___________________________________ 32

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AW 3

4

URGING STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF 5

MAUNAWILI VALLEY LANDS 6

7

WHEREAS, Maunawili Valley in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua is celebrated in story and chant 8

for its association with akua, ali‘i, and cultural heroes; and 9

10

WHEREAS, Maunawili Valley contains wetlands, streams and/or freshwater springs that 11

provide most of the water that flows to the Kawainui Marsh ecosystem and more than 50 springs 12

and smaller streams are present, including Maunawili Stream, the most significant stream in the 13

ahupuaʻa; and 14

15

WHEREAS, ancient and historic sites throughout Maunawili Valley include heiau, sacred 16

stones, petroglyphs, Hawaiian burials, alanui, house sites, grinding stones, irrigated and dryland 17

agricultural terraces, large ‘auwai related to extensive loʻi, and nineteenth and early twentieth 18

century structures related to agriculture and food production; and 19

20

WHEREAS, the 1994 Kawainui Master Plan recommended the State acquire the 21

privately-owned Wetland/Semi-Wetland areas in Maunawili, noting that they are hydrologically 22

part of Kawainui Marsh and separated only by the highway and that acquisition would “protect 23

the wetlands from future undesired developments” and inappropriate alteration of the landscape 24

and waterways; and 25

26

WHEREAS, the State of Hawai‘i has not secured these Maunawili lands, which remain 27

privately owned; and 28

29

WHEREAS, HRT, Ltd., owner of more than 1,000 acres in Maunawili including the 30

Royal Hawaiian Golf Course, has filed applications with the City and County of Honolulu 31

Department of Planning and Permitting to subdivide hundreds of acres of open space and 32

important agricultural lands in Maunawili Valley; and 33

34

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to protect and conserve the Maunawili wetlands, 35

semi-wetlands, proposed Important Agricultural Lands, freshwater resources, ancient and 36

historic sites, and historic trails within the vital context of agricultural sustainability; and 37

38

WHEREAS, there is also a need to provide managed and restricted access to State trails 39

in proximity to Maunawili Historic Wetland/Semi-Wetland areas and The Queen’s Retreat; and 40

41

WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui is a group of descendants and residents of 42

Maunawili and Kailua who represent a coalition of Hawaiian cultural and environmental 43

organizations, including the Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club, who have joined together to protect 44

prime agricultural and culturally significant lands in Maunawili; and 45

46

2

WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui seeks to restore the health of Maunawili so 1

that the valley can resume its vital and traditional role in the ahupuaʻa of Kailua as a source of 2

free-flowing fresh water and place of abundant agriculture and rich cultural resources; and 3

4

WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui has been increasing public awareness 5

of Maunawili’s significance, as a source of freshwater for the ahupuaʻa of Kailua with important 6

agricultural lands, and a place rich with natural, cultural and historic resources; and 7

8

WHEREAS, Governor David Y. Ige has declared a state goal to double local food 9

production by 2020, which is in line with Maunawili’s legacy as historically fertile ground for 10

the production of food crops; and 11

12

WHEREAS, the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui has met with numerous State and City and 13

County officials and elected representatives to express the need to protect and preserve the 14

Maunawili lands and to seek both institutional and financial support toward that end; and 15

16

WHEREAS, Hui members have met with HRT, Ltd. representatives and are now 17

working in partnership with national and local trust entities that purchase and manage lands to 18

identify ways to acquire HRT properties in Maunawili; and 19

20

WHEREAS, HRT, Ltd. is the property holder for the Harry & Jeannette Weinberg 21

Foundation, whose purpose is to address the needs of children, the poor, and the disadvantaged; 22

and 23

24

WHEREAS, the mission of the Weinberg Foundation aligns with Hui Maunawili-25

Kawainui’s collective social conscience and stated responsibility to protect and preserve the 26

natural and cultural resources of this region and the traditions associated with them, which are 27

vital to the well-being of Hawaiʻi and its people. 28

29



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging strong support for the preservation and 32

restoration of Maunawili Valley lands; and 33

34

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supports 35

the efforts of the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui to protect and conserve the Maunawili lands and 36

urges HRT, Ltd. to work with the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui toward the purchase of the HRT 37

Maunawili lands to bring to fruition a larger, truly community-based vision of restoring 38

Maunawili to its vital and traditional role in the ahupua‘a as a source of free-flowing fresh water 39

and place of abundant agriculture and rich cultural resources; and 40

41

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs urges the State 42

and City and County to work with the Hui Maunawili-Kawainui in their efforts to acquire these 43

important and rich agricultural, cultural, and historic lands; and 44

45

46

3


Senator Jill Tokuda, Senator Laura Thielen, Representative Chris Lee, Representative Ken Ito, 2

Representative Cynthia Thielen, Chairperson Suzanne Case of the Board of Land and Natural 3

Resources, Chair of the Honolulu City Council, Honolulu City Councilmember Ikaika Anderson, 4

as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the 5

State House of Representatives, Chair of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair 6

of the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the 7

Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 8

9

10

INTRODUCED BY: Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club 11

REFERRED TO: Kōmike Kaiaola (Ecosystems/Environment Committee) 12

ACTION: ___________________________________ 13

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - AX 3

4

URGING THE MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT RESOURCE EXTRACTION 5

OF SAND FROM THE PUʻU ONE SAND DUNES AND ITS EXPORT FOR THE 6

HONOLULU RAIL PROJECT 7 8

WHEREAS, sand mining or beach sand mining is a practice that is used to extract sand, 9

mainly through an open pit, however, sand is also mined from beaches, inland dunes and dredged 10

from ocean beds and river beds. 11

12

WHEREAS, sand is often used in manufacturing as an abrasive, for example, and it is 13

used to make concrete; and 14

15

WHEREAS, millions of tons of sand from Central Maui dunes have been mined and 16

shipped off the island since the mid-1980’s; and 17

18

WHEREAS, the Central Maui Sand Dunes stretching from Kahului Harbor to Waikapū is 19

also known as the Puʻu One Sand Dunes; and 20

21

WHEREAS, Maui chief Kahekili met the invading warriors of chief Kalaniʻōpuʻu of 22

Hawaiʻi at the sandhills of Kamaʻomaʻo...between Wailuku and Waikapū and this 1776 Battle of 23

Kakanilua (Ahulau Ka Piʻipiʻi i Kakanilua) occurred near the sand dunes of Waikapū killing 800 24

warriors; and 25

26

WHEREAS, the Wailuku-Kahului Community Plan has determined the Puʻu One Sand 27

Dune Formation as a cultural resource and wahi pana; and 28

29

WHEREAS, a 2006 study of the Puʻu One Dunes, informed Maui County that current 30

mining/shipping rates stated the resource would be depleted by 2011; and 31

32

WHEREAS, shared ownership interests connected to Maui Lani developer Bill Mills, 33

excavation company Honolulu Construction & Draying Co. (HC&D), the sand barge Quinault, 34

Pohaku Paa and Ameron (dba HC&D) sold $30 million worth of cement in just one year alone to 35

the Honolulu rail project; and 36

37

WHEREAS, according to the Maui County Planning Director, Maui Lani and HC&D 38

have properly been issued grading permits, but because the excavation and exportation of high 39

quality sand for making concrete and other purposes meets the definition of “resource 40

extraction”; and 41

42

WHEREAS, resource extraction may require either a special use permit or a conditional 43

use permit, neither of which are currently held by Maui Lani or its partners; and 44

45

WHEREAS, the county had issued notice to Maui Lani to pause and apply for more 46

2

permits; and 1

2

WHEREAS, a lawsuit brought by Mālama Kakanilua was filed in Environmental Court 3

on August 2, 2017, to halt activity at the Maui Lani site saying the mining disrupts Hawaiian 4

burials, violates county grading permits, and county zoning laws (Civil no. 17-1-03113); and 5

6

WHEREAS, the Maui Lani Partners Archaeological Monitoring Plan that has been 7

approved by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) provides “all grading activities will 8

be monitored full time…[n]o sand will be excavated directly out of the ground and loaded into 9

trucks” and the protocol requires “[o]ne archaeological monitor per piece of ground disturbing 10

equipment”; and 11

12

WHEREAS, in 2016, Maui Lani reported at least three inadvertent discoveries of burials 13

to the SHPD; and 14

15

WHEREAS, six temporary burial sites reported to SHPD by Maui Lani were considered 16

“extremely culturally sensitive”; and 17

18

WHEREAS, Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is calling for all grading to stop 19

immediately to give county and state regulators time to sort out zoning, permits and iwi 20

preservation practices; and 21

22

WHEREAS, in April 2017, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa called for a sand export 23

moratorium. 24

25



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, urging the Maui County Council to prohibit the 28

resource extraction of sand from the Puʻu One Sand Dunes and its export for the Honolulu rail 29

project; and 30

31 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Honolulu City Council prohibit the importation 32

of sand from the Central Maui Sand Dunes for the Honolulu Rail Project; and 33

34


Maui-Lāna‘i Burial Council, Mālama Kakanilua, Maui County Council Chair, City and County 36

of Honolulu Council Chair, Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Executive Director, as 37





42

43

INTRODUCED BY: Lahaina Hawaiian Civic Club and Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu 44


ACTION: ___________________________________ 46

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AY 3

4

EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF EFFORTS TO RESTORE WATERFLOW IN THE 5

HISTORIC, NATURAL WATERWAYS OF HAWAI‘I FOR TRADITIONAL AND 6

CUSTOMARY NATIVE HAWAIIAN PRACTICES 7 8

WHEREAS the ʻōlelo Hawai‘i word for fresh water is “wai” and the word for wealth is 9

“waiwai” connoting the importance Hawaiians place on having access to fresh water; and 10

11

WHEREAS, Hawaiians have traditionally depended on stream water for cooking, eating, 12

farming, and cultural and religious practices; and 13

14

WHEREAS, restoring continuous, mauka-to-makai streamflow recharges the aquifers, 15

catalyzes the spawning of native stream and near-shore aquatic species, including endemic 16

species of ‘o‘opu, ‘ōpae and other fish like ‘anae, and promotes limu growth; and 17

18

WHEREAS, the Hawaiʻi State Constitution Article XI, Section 7 establishes that “[t]he 19

State has an obligation to protect, control and regulate the use of Hawaiʻi’s water resources for 20

the benefit of its people”; and 21

22

WHEREAS, in 1987, the Hawai‘i State Legislature established the Water Code, codified 23

in Chapter 174C of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, which manages the permitted usage of water in 24

the State of Hawai‘i, including any alterations to its streams, rivers, and other waterways; and 25

26

WHEREAS, §174C-101(c), HRS, the section of the Water Code provides that 27

“Traditional and customary rights of ahupua‘a tenants who are descendants of Native Hawaiians 28

who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778 shall not be abridged or denied by this 29

chapter”; and 30

31

WHEREAS, after decades of legal battles and advocacy from the Hawaiian community 32

and others, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court helped to restore natural streamflow to historically 33

flowing waterways on O‘ahu and Maui, citing a lack of consideration for Native Hawaiian 34

practices as among the reasons for its decision in In re Waiāhole Combined Contested Case 35

Hearing, 94 Hawai‘i 97, 9 P.3d 409, (2000) and In re ‘Iao Ground Water Mgmt. Area High–36

Level Source Water Use Permit Applications, 128 Hawai‘i 228, 287 P.3d 129 (2012); and 37

38



Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, expressing support of efforts to restore waterflow in 41

the historic, natural waterways of Hawaiʻi for traditional and customary Native Hawaiian 42

practices; and 43

44


the Chair of the State of Hawai‘i Commission on Water Resource Management, Director of the 46

2

ʻAʻaliʻi Program at Nānākuli High and Intermediate School, as well as the Governor of the State 1

of Hawai‘i, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, Chair 2

of the State Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the State House Committee on 3

Ocean, Marine Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Office of 4

Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 5

6

7

INTRODUCED BY: Ke One O Kakūhihewa (Oʻahu Council) 8


ACTION: ___________________________________ 10

1


2

RESOLUTION NO. 2017-AZ 3

4

REQUESTING THE HAWAIʻI STATE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE 5

MANAGEMENT (CWRM) TO DESIGNATE A WATER MANAGEMENT AREA IN 6

WAIʻANAE BY 2019 TO RESTORE THE 2.9 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER THAT 7

ARE CURRENTLY DIVERTED OUT OF THE WAIʻANAE MOUNTAIN RANGE 8

9 WHEREAS, the meaning of “Wai‘anae” is freshwater mullet; and 10

11

WHEREAS, the word for wealth in Hawaiian is “waiwai; and 12

13

WHEREAS, the water in Waiʻanae had been capped and diverted by the sugar 14

plantations in the late 1800ʻs only to be used later for residential development; and 15

16

WHEREAS, there are at least four streams in Wai‘anae Valley - Kūmaipō, Hiu, Kalalula 17

and Nioloopua - that no longer flow year-round due to water diversions; and 18

19

WHEREAS, in 1976, Eric Enos and other community members discovered the ancient 20

abandoned loʻi terraces on the slopes of Mount Kaʻala which highlighted the importance of the 21

valley to kalo production; and 22

23

WHEREAS, students from Nānākuli High and Intermediate School brought forth a 24

resolution to the Waianae Coast Neighborhood Board meeting on November 1, 2016 to restore 25

the water that is currently being pumped out of Kunesh Tunnel near Honua Stream in Waiʻanae; 26

and 27

28

WHEREAS, the board unanimously accepted and passed the resolution that night as 29

recorded officially in the minutes; and 30

31

WHEREAS, §174C-5, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Section (3) states the Commission on 32

Water Resource Management (CWRM) “shall establish an instream use protection program 33

designed to protect, enhance, and reestablish, where practicable, beneficial instream uses of 34

water in the state,” yet this management plan has not been updated since 1988; and 35

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WHEREAS, Waiʻanae is the only place on O‘ahu that does not have a water management 37

area designation; and 38

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WHEREAS, at the 2016 Annual Convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 40

in Las Vegas, Princess Kaʻiulani Hawaiian Civic Club introduced a resolution on this subject 41

that was but eventually not adopted; and 42

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WHEREAS, members from Oʻahu Council worked with the students from Nānākuli High 44

and Intermediate School to draft this resolution. 45

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, requesting the Hawaiʻi State Commission on Water 3

Resource Management (CWRM) to designate a water management area in Waiʻanae by 2019 to 4

restore the 2.9 million gallons of water that are currently being diverted out of the Waiʻanae 5

mountain range; and 6

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the Chair of the State of Hawai‘i Commission on Water Resource Management, Department of 9

Hawaiian Home Lands, Kaʻala Farms, Inc., as well as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, 10





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ACTION: ___________________________________ 19

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RESOLUTION NO. 2017-BA 3

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COMMENDING THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF THE ʻAʻALIʻI PROGRAM AT 5

NĀNĀKULI HIGH AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FOR THEIR CIVIC DUTY 6 7

WHEREAS, a group of students from Nānākuli High & Intermediate School known as 8

the ʻAʻaliʻi Program started working at Kaʻala Farm in Waiʻanae Valley to learn about watershed 9

resource management and agriculture; and 10

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WHEREAS, the students learned how Hawaiians used the water from streams that 12

flowed through the valley for traditional agriculture and fish ponds and that water had been 13

capped and diverted by the sugar plantations in the late 1800’s only to be used later for 14

residential development; and 15

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WHEREAS, they also learned from their experience working at Kaʻala Farm and through 17

talking with Wally Ito from Ānuenue Fisheries that releasing the water into the stream will help 18

to feed our aquifers, allow the stream to flow to the ocean, and create brackish waters that will 19

allow the endemic species of ʻoʻopu, ʻōpae and other fish like the ʻanae to spawn as well as 20

promote limu growth; and 21

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WHEREAS, there are at least four streams in Wai‘anae Valley - Kūmaipō, Hiu, Kalalula 23

and Nioloopua - that no longer flow year-round due to water diversions; and 24

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WHEREAS, the students began to research the laws and policies on water resource 26

management as part of their experiential learning; and 27

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WHEREAS, based on their research, they learned that the Commission on Water 29

Resource Management has the responsibility to protect the traditional and customary practices 30

and natural resources dependent on streamflow, and found Wai‘anae is the only place on O‘ahu 31

that does not have a water management area designation; and 32

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WHEREAS, community members from the ahupua‘a of Nānākuli, Lualualei, Wai‘anae, 34

and Mākaha have expressed a desire to restore the water being diverted out of Wai‘anae back 35

into the stream, to allow mahi‘ai (farmers) who use generational and traditional Hawaiian plants 36

in Wai‘anae; and 37

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WHEREAS, these ʻAʻaliʻi Program students attended the Waiʻanae Coast Neighborhood 39

Board meeting on November 1, 2016, and through their efforts the board unanimously passed a 40

resolution researched and written by them; and 41

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WHEREAS, the students presented their resolution at a community meeting held in the 43

Waiʻanae Moku where a panel of expert members on water resource management were present; 44

and 45

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WHEREAS, the ʻAʻaliʻi students additionally attended an agriculture committee meeting 1

to prepare for this panel discussion to learn about the issues of watershed resources and to 2

propose their resolution on restoring water to the watershed for this panel to deliberate; and 3

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WHEREAS, at the 2016 Annual Convention of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs 5

in Las Vegas, the resolution based on the one drafted by the ʻAʻaliʻi students was introduced by 6

the Princess Kaʻiulani Hawaiian Civic Club; and 7

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WHEREAS, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs recommended that the resolution 9

be deferred and that association members work with the students to rewrite the resolution; and 10

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WHEREAS, Ke One O Kakūhihewa, the O‘ahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian 12

Civic Clubs, received the students’ resolution at its July 8, 2017 council meeting where it was 13

referred to Kōmike Kaiaola for further editing; and 14

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WHEREAS, Ke One O Kakūhihewa has introduced a water resolution based on the spirit 16

and work of the ʻAʻaliʻi Program students. 17

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Māhealani, this 4th day of November 2017, commending the students and teachers of the ʻAʻaliʻi 21

Program at Nānākuli High and Intermediate School for their civic duty; and 22

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Nānākuli High and Intermediate School, Kaʻala Farms, Inc., Place-based Learning and 25

Community Engagement in Schools (PLACES), the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, as 26



the State House Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, Chair of the 29

Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and all County Mayors. 30

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ACTION: ___________________________________ 35

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