Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 10, 1 October 2014 — FOGEL, FRED F. LIBERTARIAN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOGEL, FRED F. LIBERTARIAN

I Q1. We should use the | 30 acres to ' develop a plaee for DIRECT services for Native H a w a i i a n s

wuu Luiiipnse 30 percent of Hawai'i's homeless and over 40 percent of incarcerated populations. This would be an ideal spot to provide homeless solutions to Native Hawaiians, health care, educational services, elderly daycare and housing, counseling for drugs and abuse, and continued training/education for those recently incarcerated.The Hawaiian agencies ean help pay the bill for these services, especially those created by Native Hawaiian Ali'i. These agencies include: Queen's Medical Center, 'lolani School, Priory School, Kamehameha Schools, Lunalilo Homes, Kapi'olani Medical Center, state agencies (Hawaiian Home Lands, OHA) and Hawai-

ian nonprofits. These acres are located in an area that ean be ideally used as a clearinghouse for DIRECT Native Hawaiian services. Q2. Native Hawaiians need to assert their rights to selfdetermination and have the ehoiee to choose their future. Nation-building efforts should eome from the community leaders and not a State agency - and these community leaders should be supported by OHA. All voices should be heard. Kana'iolowalu has its issues - enrollment, cost and ultimate goals. Native Hawaiians should be careful they are not forced into another corner by governmental or corporate interests. There needs to be transparency in the Native Hawaiian process for nationhood, and it should focus on addressing the human rights and rehabilitation of all the indigenous peoples of Hawai'i, and not ultimately serve a select few.

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