Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 7, 1 Iulai 2014 — The Department of the Interior is seeking comments on five threshold questions: [ARTICLE]

The Department of the Interior is seeking comments on five threshold questions:

1) Should the secretary propose an administrative rulethat would facilitate the re-establishment of a government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian community? 2) Should the secretary assist the Native Hawaiian community in reorganizing its government, with whieh the United States could re-establish a government-to-government relationship? 3) lf so, what process should be established fordrafting and ratifying a reorganized Native Hawaiian government's constitution or other governing document? 4) Should the secretary instead relyon the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government through a process established by the Native Hawaiian communityand facilitated bythe State of Hawai'i, to the extent such a process is consistent with federal law? 5) lf so, what conditions should the secretary establish as prerequisites to federal acknowledgment of a government-to-government relationship with the reorganized Native Hawaiian government? How to comment: Online: www.Regulations.gov Mail, courier or hand delivery: Office of the Secretary, Department of the lnterior, Room 7329, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20240. (Please use Regulation ldentifier Number 1090AB05 in your message.) Deadline to comment: Aug. 19 Meetings: Following the 15 meetings in Hawai'i, the panel will head to lndian Country for six consultations starting July 29. In Hawai'i, the final three meetings are on Maui as follows: • 1-4 p.m. Sat., July 5, Hāna High and Elementary School • 6-9 p.m. Mon., July 7, King Kamehameha III Elementary School • 6-9 p.m. Tues., July 8, Pōmaika'i Elementary School in Kahului