Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 20, Number 1, 1 January 2003 — Leo 'Elele [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Leo 'Elele

E4.> I M^iaūi^aaaU^il

Signing up for the Native Hawaiian Registiy a perfect new year's resolution

Linda Dela Cruz Vice Chair, Trustee, Hawai'i

Mele Kalikimaka a me ka i Hauoli Makahiki Hou! i (Merry Christmas and a i Happy New Year). ! Well, the elections are over at OHA and we have two new Trustees: Trustee Dante Carpenter and Trustee Boyd Mossman. E komo mai (weleome). < And now, it is time to pay tribute

to former Trustees Clayton Hee and I Charles Ota for their contributions i to the betterment of conditions of ( Hawaiians as defined in the 5(f) I section of the Hawaii State 1 Admissions Act. Mahalo a nui loa. i And now, it is time to fīnd out I who was the smart aleek who decid- ] ed to describe us Hawaiians with a small (n) and a eapiial (N). I, for :

the life of me, cannot figure out or remember when to use the small n the capital N. If I cannot figure this out, how do I explain it to my family, and I am the kupuna. This all rubbish. Kīloi (throw away) the buggah. We are all Hawaiians, period. Tbe next thing is to remind you about the Hawaiian Registry. You

must go to the OHA office to register. If you don't have your birth certificate, eome any way, staff ean help you. Kaua'i and Moloka'i residents ean register at OHA offices on those islands. Maui and Hawai'i should be ready to take your picture and give you the ID card. Mahalo and aloha. ■