Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 18, Number 9, 1 September 2001 — KA LEO KAIĀULU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KA LEO KAIĀULU

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No Akaka hearings? What's new? OHA has slated 700,000 Native Hawaiian dollars to promote the Akaka Bill throughout the U.S. including here. Does OHA have the purview to decide or promote the identity that U.S. internal law has chosen to label us with? Since when does OHA take on the role of "label maker" of Hawaiian people? And for the people? When did OHA get the mandate of the "beneficiaries" (Hawaiian nationals, who deserve full restitution from the thief) to use entitlement monies, (pseudo-repa-rations) to support the perpetrator in furthering its ends? The Akaka Bill is a result of the Apology Bill 103-150, whieh is merely a "justification" for U.S. violations of international law, the occupation, domination and diminishment of our people and lands, and the continuance thereof. 'Ae, we need to survive, we need our lands and monies, but isn't OHA confiising its own identity in this issue? OHA? 'A'ole. We are Kanaka Maoli and always will be. All who are for Hawaiian justice, demand a hearing for the people, on the revised bill. Miehael Locey Anahola, Kaua'i Akaka bill misleading First of all, I'll be very surprised if this letter gets printed in the next edition. I ean only believe that OHA is being deluged with similar email as this. To get to my point: It makes sense that the OHA Board of Trustee members would support and campaign for support of Federal Recognition. After all, it's the only way that OHA and their jobs would remain in existence. But after reading the language of the Akaka Bill, it is so obvious that it's just another attempt at placating Kanaka Maoli with promises of "self-determina-tion" on the one hand, yet requiring us to give the Department of the Interior the ultimate power to determine what happens with our precious 'āina on the other hand.

How ean anyone with Hawaiian blood running through their veins support this? To the Board members, Senators Akaka and Inouye, and those Hawaiians who support Federal Recognition, I cannot heip but wonder: What possible reasoning leads you to believe that this could be pono for Kanaka Maoli? How could the federal trap that Akaka is laying not be more obvious? And finally, what is it that you tell yourselves at night in order to sleep? Hanalei Pi'imanu Vierra Encinitas, CA He pane Note: Mn Kaliko's letter, submitted in Hawaiian, was interpreted by KWO staff. We apologize for any misrepresentations from the orginal Hawaiian. He wahi mana'o kēia i ko ka mea i kākau leka ma Iulai pa'i 'ana 'o Ka Wai Ola. E laulima nō ho'i ko kākou me ka lōkahi i kuakahi ka lā'au, 'o ia ho'i ke ala e hō'ea akua i ke ke kū'oko'a hawai'i. Aia nō na'e, i 'ole kākou e pa'a i nā ihe a 'alalā, ua pau kākou he lāhui kanaka; ua hele ho'i a 'Amerika. 'O ia ko ke aupuni mana'o, e moe wale. E moe wale anei kākou? ' A'ole kā. Na ka po'e wawā nui nō ho'i ia o ka leo e ho'ala ko kākou 'ohana me nā hoaaloha i 'ike 'ia ai he lāhui 'oko'a. 'A'ole ko kekahi po'e Hawai'i a ka mea kākau e 'ōlelo ana he mana'o huhū wale. 'O ka hō'ole 'ia mai o ka mana'o e ho'āla ai, 'o ia ke kumu. Ma'alahi wale ka hō'ike 'ana i kahi mana'o 'oiai ia kanaka ka kahi 'ē; aia ho'i, 'a'ohe 'ike ia kanaka i ka 'oia'i'o. Ua 'ike iho nei wau o ko ka mea o ka po'e o kēia au e wawā nei. A ua 'ike nō ho'i i ka paleka o ko kākou lāhui kanaka e noho nei, a i 'ike 'oe i kēia mau mea. 'O kou 'eha nō ho'i ia o ka na'au; ka uluhua ho'i. 'A'ole hewa ka po'e e pa'a ihe ana. 'O ka hewa wale nō ka pa'a 'ana i nā ihe me ka wēlau ko'i 'ole. Ho'okahi wale nō mea e pono ai, 'o

ka ho'ona'auao i ko kākou 'ohana a hoaaloha; 'o ia na'auao ke ko'i. Aia a loa'a mai ia ko'i, a laila kākou e ho'olale ai me ka mākaukau loa i lāhui kū'okoa'a nō kākou. Raphael Kealoha Kaliko Honolulu This is in resposne to the letter published in the July KWO. Let us work together - that is the pathway to independence. But if we don 't grab our spears and make some racket, we'll be wiped out. We will heeome completely American. The government wants to lay down (our spears). Is that what we want? No way. Those who are making a lot of noise are the ones who are awakening our family and friends to the fact that we are a distinct race of people. The Hawaiians that the writer spoke of are not necessarily ill-tempered. Denying ideas that eome up - that 's the problem. It's easy to share your thoughts (about what's going on here) when you're away. Perhaps that person doesn't really know the truth. I know some of the kinds of people the writer spoke of who make a lot of racket. I understand the inflamed state of our people who live here, and so should you. It is what pains and disappoints me. Those who carry spears are not wrong. What is wrong is bearing a spear that has no sharp tip. Only one thing will do — that our friends and families be educated. This knowledge will the the sharp tip of the spear. When that "tip" is achieved, then we will hasten to form an independent nation together. 'Ohana search I am in search of any 'ohana descending from Kapaulu (born 1820) and Uaua (born 1835). They were orginally from Kōloa, Kaua'i. I know of three daughters of theirs: Paliohilo (born 1862), kealohi (born 1864) and Hookano (born 1868). Hookano was hanai but Uaua's youngers brother, Olopua, and his wife, Koleka. In 1870, See LETTERS on page 3

LETTERS from page 2 Kapaulu, Uaua, Paliohilo and Kealohi moved to O'ahu and lived at Pua'ena, Waialua. Paliohilo married three times: to Kahalewai, Makamaka and Kawiwi Kalololani. Kealohi married Keawe Kanuha. Hookano married Kaniel Kekokalani Moke and lived in Kōloa. They had 10 children, one of them my grandmother, Caroline Kaulana Moke. I would like to share information with interested 'ohana and plan a family reunion. Please write to Mark S. Coleman, 2227 Anianikū St., Honolulu, HI 96813, or eall 256-8452; or Dean Kahalewai, 839-4652 (h), 429-0233 (e). Davina Kamalani Via the lnternet

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'Ohana search I am in search of genealogical information on the Wright and Keoho family. My grandfather, Obed Wright Kekuewa (a.k.a. Harry Obed Wright) married Eliza Kealiiokalani Keoho. She was born

Aug. 01, 1905, in Keauhou, Kona, Hawai'i. They lived in Honolulu briefly. At a recent family reunion held at Hōnaunau Beach, I met a visitor from the Wai'anae area. She spoke of names that were very familiar to my Unele Bill. Unfortunately I had to leave them for a moment. When I got back she was gone and I never got a name or a telephone number. Please if you have any information that ean help me in my genealogical search write to me at 74-71 1 Paia Plaee, KailuaKona, HI 96740 or E-mail sonjacorpus@aol.com. Mahalo nui loa. Sonja Corpus Kailua-Kona 'Ohana search I am trying to find the descendants of the Komomua family that lived in Nauaua/Nawawa and other surrounding ahupua'a in North Kona, before and after the Great Māhele. So far, my research shows that Komomua (k) had a brother, Napuelu, and two sisters, Kalupena and Kaheana. Komomua married

Kaikeai and had two children, Kaheana (k) and Kalimakuhi (w). I am related to Komomua and his siblings through my great-great-great-great-grandmother, Keliiuwela/Kealiiuwela, who is the half-sister of Keohokālole, both being the daughters of 'Aikanaka. If you have any information, please write me at 86-3672 Gov't. Main Rd., Captain Cook, HI. 96704, or eall me at 808-328-2074/322-6596 or email me at nellie88@hotmail.com. Clarence A. Medeiros Jr. Honokua, Kona Hema KS admissions You recently published a paragraph stating a complaint was filed in federal court against Kamehameha Schools for their admissions policy. In the Kamehameha Schools 60-year anniversary newsletter Dec. 14, 1947, KS Trustee Dr. C.M. Hyde's inaugural address in November 1887 stated that the best educational advantages had been provided and, "although they were especially intended for the benefit

for Hawaiians, they were not exclusively so." Princess Pauahi, in her will, wanted a good education to produce "good and industrious men and women." Robin Ritchie Lāhaina OHA reserves the right to edit all letters for length, defamatory and libelous material, and other objectionable content, and reserves the right to print on a space-available basis. The inclusion of a letter author's title is a courtesy extended by Ka Wai Ola and does not eonstitute validation or recognition of the writer as such. All letters must be typed, signed and not exceed 200 words. Send letters to Ka Wai Ola , 71 1 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 500, Honolulu, Hl 96813. Readers ean also email their letters to oha@aloha.net. ■