Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 1, 1 January 2014 — Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

īhe Native Hawaiian Roll Commission continues to urge all Hawaiians to sign up with the Kanaiolowalu registry at HawaiianRoll.org. īhe deadline to enroll is January 19, 2014!

Key to reestablishing a Hawaiian nation are Native Hawaiians coming forward and engaging in the process. Take up your kuleana and enroll now at HawaiianRoll.org! Kana'iolowalu may be the last ehanee to be involved in, and benefit from, organizing a Hawaiian nation. Kanaiolowalu is the Official Roll of Native Hawaiians Kana'iolowalu is the official list of Native Hawaiians who will, along with their descendants, be recognized by the State of Hawai'i as the indigenous people of Hawai'i and, if 18 years and older, will be eligible to participate in the reorganization of the modern native government. Why Now? Hawaiians benefit from rights, programs, and institutions such as Kamehameha Schools, Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. These programs and institutions eonhnue to be

threatened by constitutional challenges from those who believe that these are based on race, and not our rights as native people of Hawai'i. To protect what we have and to advance the Native Hawaiian community even further, we must be legally recognized as the people we already know we are - the indigenous, native people who are entitled to self-governance. Kana'iolowalu is this opportunity! The Kana'iolowalu registry will close on January 19, 2014. Following the publication of the roll, a convention may occur during whieh time those on the Kana'iolowalu Roll will be given the kuleana to participate in decision making processes that will determine critical steps moving forward; from the principles of the national governing document, to who will have voting privileges in and receive potential benefits from the Hawaiian nation.

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