Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 9, 1 Kepakemapa 2013 — Inouye, others to be honored by Hawaiian societies [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Inouye, others to be honored by Hawaiian societies

By Kekoa Enomoto The late U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye will be among those honored at the eighth annual Kalani Ali'i awards luneheon in September.

'Aha Hlpu'u, a eonsortium of benevolent Hawaiian societies, sponsors the event "to honor and pay tribute to those who have made a difference in our eommunity (and) contributed greatly in some way to our Hawaiian culture, language, art, religion,

music, education and way oflife." The 'Aha Hīpu'u comprises Royal Order of Kamehameha I, 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu, Hale O Nā Ali'i O Hawai'i, and Daughters and Sons of the Hawaiian Warriors-Māmakakaua. The 2013 Kalani Ali'i honorees are as follows: • Sen. Daniel K. Inouye -Inouye was in his ninth term as Hawai'i's senior senator when he died in 2012. A Medal of Honor recipient for World War II valor, his legacy benefiting Native Hawaiians includes an array of federal programs, grants and legislahon, for whieh he played an instrumental role. Such legislation includes the 1988 Native Hawaiian Heahh Care Improvement Act; 1988 Native Hawaiian Education Act;

1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act safeguarding kūpuna remains and funerary objects, and the 1993 Apology Bill acknowledging U.S. involvement in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. • Aliee Pualeilani Kana'e Hewett - The city parks retiree has a baseball field at He'eia Neighborhood Park named for her, in recognition of her half-century of service to Kāne'ohe youth sports. The lifelong He'eia resident is the mother of nine, including Kumu Hula Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, grandmother of 18 and great-grandmother of 22. • Aletha Ka'ohi - The historian is hailed as one of Kaua'i's Living Treasures. She has served as manager of the West Kaua'i

Technology and Visitor Center that ehampioned a two-year $18.8 million project to improve Kīkīaola Harbor for Garden Isle fishers. • Kahu David Kauweloa Ka'upu - The retired 31-year ehaplain of Kamehameha Schools-Kapālama serves as coordinator of Hawaiian Ministry for the Council of Hawaiian Congregational Churches. He is a 2001 Distinguished Alumnus of the Paeihe School of Religion in Berkeley, California, where he has served as a trustee. He also chaired the Hawai'i State Ethics Commission. • Mildred Lehuanui McColgan - A lifetime member of 'Ahahui Ka'ahumanu, the retired 5 l-year Army Corps of Engineers staffer has served more than four decades with community groups and organizations including AARP, 'Aha 'Iolani, Alu Like and the Commission on Veteran Memorials. She is founding past president and current legislative representative/parliamentarian of the Society of Military Widows, Chapter 25, Hawai'i. • Lunalilo Trust - The will of King William Charles Lunalilo established this charitable trust when he died in 1874. It supports the 42-bed Lunalilo Home located on five acres in Hawai'i Kai. The 'Aha Hīpu'u awards the Order of Kalani Ali'i to the trust for its work providing respectful, quality and caring services for the poor, disadvantaged and frail kūpuna of Hawaiian ancestry - and more recently, of other ethnicities as well. Past recipients in the seven-year-old Kalani Ali'i awards program have included limu maven Isabella Aiona Abbott, U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, eultural expert Patience Namaka Bacon and recording artist Mahi Beamer. ■

Kalani Ali'i Awards Banquet > WHERE: Mānoa Grand Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Centerof Hawai'i, 2454 S. Beretania St., Honolulu. > WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 7 > C0ST: $50 per person, or $500 per table of 10. Checks payable to: Pohai 0 Kamehameha. Mail payment and one's address to: 'Aha Hipu'u, P.0. Box 283157, Honolulu, Hl 96828. Sponsored tables of 10 are available for $1,000 and $5,000. > INF0: Keali'iaimoku McClellan, (808) 450-1822orkealiiaimoku@gmail.com. 0rwww.ahahipuu.org.

Sen. Daniel lnouye