Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 4, 1 April 1990 — Ceded land public meetings set [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ceded land public meetings set

The OHA trustees will hold statewide informational meetings in Apnl on the recent agreement between OHA and the governor's office involving native Hawaiian entitlements. The meetings wil! include a special showing of "A Promise in Trust" a documentary film about the agreement on native Hawaiian entitlements. Meetings provide an opportunity for an open discussion between OHA trustees, representatives of the governor's office and the audience regarding details of this agreement. Thomas K. Kaulukukui Sr., ehaimnan of the OHA trustees, said the meetings will focus on the

next step, understanding the opportunities of such an agreement and OHA's efforts to obtain for Hawaiians what is rightfully theirs from the state. The next step is to inform the Hawaiian people about the agreement and to encourage their partieipahon and involvement to assure the agreement is fulfilled. The schedule of the statewide Apnl informational meetings is as follows: April 210:30 a.m.Ahahui Ka'ahumanu Likeke Hall Kawaiaha'o Church April 2 7-9 p.m. Kane'ohe, O'ahu Castle High Cafe. April 4 7-9 p.m. Lana'i Lana'i Library April 5 7-9 p.m. Moloka'i Pau'ole Center Hall

A forum on the ceded land entitlement to native Hawaiians was sponsored Feb. 28 at the University of Hawai'i William A. Richardson School of Law by the 'Ahahui Hawai'i, a group of Hawaiian law students. Panelists included OHA land officer Linda Delaney (standing),

Pat Brandt of the Office of the Governor, Haunani-Kay Trask, UH Manoa Hawaiian studies director, Mililani Trask of the sovereign initiative Ka Lahui Hawai'i, and Mahealani Kamauu, director of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation.

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