Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 8, 1 August 1987 — OHA Hosts lndigenous Conference Dec. 7-12 [ARTICLE]

OHA Hosts lndigenous Conference Dec. 7-12

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will host the Indigenous Peoples International Conference for the second time Dec. 7-12 at the HoteI King Kamehameha in Kailua-Kona. It is being called the "Administrator's Conference" and will include participants representing the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; Canada's Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; New Zealand's Department of Maori Affairs; Australia's Department of Aboriginal Affairs; and OHA.

Other proposed participants are loeal officials, congressional members, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and others such as Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Alaskan Federation of Natives. Among some of the topic matters to be discussed are preservation of historic sites, research and development, use of natural resources, native religion, native rights, reparations and others. Also on the proposed agenda are status reports on indigenous programs as they relate to policies, programs and issues-in-common. There will also be tours to various sites and projects. H