H Kapuni Reynolds <halenakaprey@gmail.com> AHCC Ka Nuhou: Great Convention, Support DOI Rules, Nai Aupuni Update and More! 2 messages Dreana Kalili <AHCC.Nuhou@gmail.com> Reply To: AHCC.Nuhou@gmail.com To: halenakaprey@gmail.com Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 5:39 AM Ka Nuhou The News, A Weekly Digest December 16, 2015 2015 Convention A Success! Halia Aloha: Auntie Aggie Cope AHCC Adopts Resolution 15 L33, Urges Support of DOI Proposed Rules Nai Aupuni Update: Election Terminated, Aha to Proceed Waimea HCC: Malama Honua Inspirational Patchwork Quilt Court Finds State Illegally Please forward this message to members of your Hawaiian Civic Club 2015 Convention A Success! https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 1/10
Denied Funds to DHHL 2015 2016 Native Hawaiian Scholarship Aha Schedule Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation Graduate Assistantship Opportunities for Fall 2016 for UH Students First Foundation Seeks Applications from Nonprofits for Capacity Building Grants and Services, January 30 SAVE THE DATE: Prince Kuhio Commemorative Parade in Waikiki, March 26, 2016, 10:00 a.m. Job Opportunities Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kamehameha Schools State of Hawaii (Civil Service) State of Hawaii (Exempt) Please subscribe Photo Credit: Lance Holden Mahalo nui loa to EVERYONE who made our annual convention a success! Final resolutions have been mailed and the resolutions and matrix will be posted to the AHCC website soon Please look out for a Convention evaluation coming to be sent out by e mail Lost and found: if you are missing a dark blue hoodie, a pink rain jacket, or a pink pareo, please call Holoaumoku Ralar at (808) 276 8047 Halia Aloha: Auntie Aggie Cope Hawaiian Civic Club members may subscribe to this weekly digest to receive it directly. To do so, please e mail our Corresponding Secretary, Dre Kalili, at AHCC.Nuhou@gmail.com Mahalo! Call for articles Our Association, Councils, and Hawaiian Civic Clubs do great work in our community and we want to share what you do! If your club wants to announce and event, or share photos from a past activity, please e mail AHCC.Nuhou@gmail.com. Auntie Aggie was a strong pillar of our community touching many through her advocacy in health care, education, Hawaiian home lands, kupuna care, culture, and many other areas. She was a member of Waianae Hawaiian Civic Club and recently spoke to the AHCC board at its retreat in January 2015. Auntie Agnes Aggie Kalaniho okaha Cope saw that some Hawaiians https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 2/10
Content received by noon Sunday will be included in that week's Ka Nuhou. Mahalo nui. in Waianae were becoming sick and couldn t afford to go to the hospital, said son Kamaki Kanahele. That prompted Cope to help found the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center more than 40 years ago. It now has satellite clinics in Kapolei and Waipahu, Kanahele said. Cope died Nov. 16 at the Ka Punawai Ola rehabilitation center in Kapolei. She was 91. Cope s contributions to the community were many: becoming a founder of the Waianae Coast Culture and Arts Society as well as the Council of Elders, and having a traditional Native Hawaiian healing center named in her honor. She was an extremely grounded person always thought about the community first, said former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who grew up on the Waianae Coast. Hanabusa said many people who otherwise would have been unable to afford medical care have benefited from services at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. Kanahele said that what crystallized the need for a health center occurred in the 1950s when a large group of seniors in Hawaiian communities became sick. He said his mother, who assisted the group in seeking medical attention, looked everywhere for affordable services but was unable to find a hospital or clinic to help them. She decided that Waianae needed its own clinic and persuaded the Hawaiian Homes Commission to provide land for it, Kanahele said. She then proceeded to raise money for it, including donations from bake sales. She had all kinds of fundraisers, Kanahele said. Hanabusa said the Waianae Coast Culture and Arts Society helped schoolteachers develop their arts programs. Cope was born on Oahu. She was a graduate of Farrington High School, Honolulu Business College and the University of Hawaii. She taught at Waianae and Nanaikapono elementary schools. She also was a hula dancer for her grandmother, grand hula master Lokalia Montgomery, and a traditional Native healer. She worked with the late author John Dominis Holt to develop a collection of oral histories passed from one generation to the next about the Waianae Coast titled Ka Poe Kahiko o Waianae: Oral Histories of the Waianae Coast of Hawaii. In 2009 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was also named a Living Treasure by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission and honored by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for her role as a grand kumu hula and Native Hawaiian traditional healer. Gov. Neil Abercrombie proclaimed April 8, 2011, as Agnes Kalaniho okaha Cope Day in the state. She is also survived by daughters Annie Kuuleilani Au Hoon and Georgiana Kekuialono Kahele, and sons Danny Haawi Kanahele and David Kalani Kanahele. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 16 at Hawaiian Memorial Park. Burial to follow services. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Dr. Agnes K. Cope Traditional Hawaiian Healing Center, 86 260 Farrington Highway, Waianae, HI 96792. From the Star Advertiser, 12 2 2015 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 3/10
AHCC Adopts Resolution 15 L33, Urges Support of DOI Proposed Rules At our Annual Convention last month, the House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly to support Resolution 15 L33: "Urging support of the administrative rules proposed by the United States Department of the Interior that facilitate the re establishment of a formal government to government relationship to more effectively implement the special political and trust relationship between the United States and Native Hawaiians." There are just two weeks remaining before the December 30 deadline for testimony and comments to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). All members, clubs, and councils are encouraged to submit testimony in support prior to this deadline. The time to act is now! Here are a few tools you can use to craft your testimony, courtesy of Imua Hawaii: 1. SIGN AN e SUPPORTER CARD: http://imuahawaii.org/ sign the supporter card/ 2. TAKE 2 MINUTES TO CRAFT TAILORED COMMENTS: http://imuahawaii.org/substantivecomments/ 3. UPLOAD YOUR OWN COMMENTS TO REGULATIONS.GOV: http://www.regulations.gov/#! submitcomment;d=doi 2015 0005 2438 Click here to view a video explaning the Proposed DOI Rules Nai Aupuni Update: Election Terminated, Aha to Proceed HONOLULU Nai Aupuni announced today that it has terminated the Native Hawaiian election process but will go forward with a fourweek long Aha in February. All 196 Hawaiians who ran as candidates will be offered a seat as a delegate to the Aha to learn about, discuss and hopefully reach a consensus on a process to achieve selfgovernance. Nai Aupuni President Kuhio Asam said Nai Aupuni s goal has always been to create a path so Native Hawaiians can have a formal, longoverdue discussion on self determination. Our goal has always been to create a path so that Hawaiians can gather and have a serious and much needed discussion about self https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 4/10
governance, Asam said. We anticipated that the path would have twists and turns and even some significant obstacles, but we are committed to getting to the Aha where this long overdue discussion can take place. He said due to the delays caused by the ongoing litigation that could continue for years it was decided that the most effective route at this point would be to offer to convene all of the remaining delegate candidates and allow them to an opportunity to organize Hawaiians and achieve self governance. Nai Aupuni said Election America has been informed to stop the receipt of ballots, to seal ballots that have already been received, and to prevent anyone from counting the votes. Nai Aupuni attorney William Meheula said consistent with offering to seat all candidates, Nai Aupuni has decided that the election votes will never be counted. Thus, the Akina litigation, which seeks to stop the counting of the votes, is moot, and Nai Aupuni will take steps to dismiss the lawsuit, he said. To be clear, Nai Aupuni does not know and will never learn the election results. Asam said Nai Aupuni will manage the process of the Aha but not the substance of the discussions. We have retained Peter Adler and Linda Colburn of The Mediation Center of the Pacific to serve as facilitators to lead the instruction week and to thereafter assist in organizing the delegates, he said. They will contact the candidates who decide to participate in the Aha. The confirmation deadline to participate in the Aha is Dec. 22, 2015. An email will request that the candidates confirm whether they intend to accept the terms and attend the Aha that runs the month of February 2016 and will be held at a meeting facility in Kailua, Oahu. On Dec. 23, 2015, Nai Aupuni will post the list of delegates on its website. Asam said a key component of the Aha is the education and information the delegates will receive during the first week regarding constitution building, federal Indian law, international law regarding de occupation, decolonization, the rights of indigenous people, U.S. Constitution issues that relate to Native Hawaiian self governance, the ceded lands claim, background on Hawaiian Home Lands, Kingdom Law and constitutions drafted by sovereignty groups. Click here for the Nai Aupuni News Release Click here for the Nai Aupuni Q&A Click here for the Nai Aupuni Letter to Candidates Waimea HCC: Malama Honua Inspirational Patchwork Quilt https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 5/10
This project was created to share the importance, create awareness and support the concept of Malama Honua in our community. Community Members collaborate to create an inspirational art piece, a wall hanging patchwork quilt. Patchwork is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The clever use of colors and patterns along with the creative efforts of the quilter using shadow techniques highlight the uniqueness of each one of a kind image. The finished quilt sewn together into a final and beautiful work of art is a symbol of how we as individuals are connected to each other, in Families, Communities, Islands, Countries, and the World our Island Earth. Together with Aloha, we can create a beautiful future! Click here for more information on this amazing project and for a closer look at the quilt Mahalo Chelsea Dickson for sharing this! 2015 2016 Native Hawaiian Scholarship Aha Schedule https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 6/10
Click here for more information on the Scholarship Aha Court Finds State Illegally Denied Funds to DHHL After an eight (8) day trial which concluded in July, First Circuit Court Judge Jeannette Castagnetti ruled on November 28, that the State violated its constitutional duty by its continuing failure to provide adequate funding to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL). In a 40 page decision issued late Friday afternoon, the court concluded, the legislature has failed to appropriate sufficient sums to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for its administrative and operating budget in violation of its constitutional duty to do so. This failure includes every fiscal year since at least 1992. In her ruling Judge Castagnetti noted that the DHHL suffers from a lack of funding and staffing, which adversely affects beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust. Moses Haia, the Executive Director of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation applauded the decision. This has been a long time coming. We are thankful that the Court has provided the State and the DHHL with a roadmap for making good on the State s constitutional mandate and on both the State s and the DHHL s trust duties under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. We trust this ruling will ultimately result in a significant increase in the number of https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 7/10
beneficiaries living on Hawaiian Home Lands. In fiscal year 2009, the legislature provided DHHL with less than $900,000 in general funds for its administrative and operating budget. For the next four fiscal years, the legislature appropriated no general funds to DHHL. Funding was only restored after the Hawai`i Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that the State has failed, by any reasonable measure... to provide sufficient funds to DHHL. For the last three years, the legislature has provided $9.6 million to the department. Friday s court s ruling will require that the legislature appropriate at least $28 million to the department for this coming fiscal year. In her ruling, Judge Castagnetti also left no doubt about whom the Hawaiian Homes Commission and DHHL owe a duty of loyalty to. Insofar as the years of underfunding by the State continued to place DHHL in the intolerable position of having to use the Department s own funds.... to pay for its administrative and operating expenses, it was beyond the bounds of reasonable judgment for the DHHL Defendants to not take action, to not file suit against the State and to oppose Plaintiffs in this case... She concluded that the Hawaiian Homes Commission has a duty of loyalty to the beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust not the governor or the Department of Budget and Finance. Six native Hawaiians: Richard Nelson III, Kelii Ioane, Sherilyn Adams, Kaliko Chun, James Akiona and Charles Aipia, filed this lawsuit in 2007. Akiona and Aipia have since died. According to Kaliko Chun, This suit was filed on behalf of all native Hawaiians; to make the State live up to its constitutional obligation; to get DHHL the money it needs; to get Hawaiians off the waitlist and back on the land; and to get DHHL to act like a trustee. Mahalo Cedric Duarte for sharing this! Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation Graduate Assistantship Opportunities for Fall 2016 for UH Students Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation pleased to partner with the University of Hawaii to support graduate assistantship opportunities at the University of Hawaii, Hilo and Manoa for the Fall 2016 school year. In addition to a tuition waiver, students selected by the respective University programs for the assistantships will receive a stipend and funds for supplies and professional development for two years. To learn more about the selection criteria and application requirements, please visit the links below for each of the schools hosting graduate assistantships. You may contact the schools directly should you have any questions about applying. Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science Natural Resources and Environmental Management College of Natural Sciences and the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation established by an individual who, in her words, found great happiness in the islands of Hawaii and sought to return the generosity of the islands. As such, the Foundation is grounded in Hawaii s cultures and values. In partnership with others, we seek to expand for those less fortunate, especially children, opportunities to find hope for their future, and we https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 8/10
seek to enhance stewardship, preservation and protection of the environment. Click here for more information Mahalo Pohai Ryan for sharing this! First Foundation Seeks Applications from Nonprofits for Capacity Building Grants and Services, January 30 Founded in 1990, First Foundation is a private financial firm that offers banking, estate planning, wealth management, philanthropic consulting, and trust services. The foundation is seeking applications from nonprofits in its service area for a capacity building initiative that will provide cash grants and in kind consulting services. The deadline for applications is January 30, 2016. Through its Supporting Our Communities program, the company will award cash grants of up to $5,000 and up to twenty hours of consulting services over two years to twenty nonprofits in Hawaii and California (primarily in Orange County, Los Angeles, Pasadena, the Coachella Valley, the Imperial Valley, San Diego County, and the Bay Area). Funds are intended to support the organization s capacitybuilding programs. Consulting services include support related to donor stewardship, board retreats, development planning, board building, design and development of critical policies and protocols, cash management, investment policies and practices, gift planning, and fiduciary audits. Click here for complete program guidelines, application instructions, and an informational brochure. Mahalo Pohai Ryan for sharing this! SAVE THE DATE: Prince Kuhio Commemorative Parade in Waikiki, March 26, 2016, 10:00 a.m. Mark your calendars! The parade honors the accomplishments of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana ole, founder of the Hawaiian Civic Club movement and proponent of the Hawaiian Homestead Act of 1920. A unique parade, it honors the dedication and commitment of a multitude of individuals and organizations who work year round to practice and to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and who enhance the welfare and well being of the Native Hawaiian community. Click here for the Parade Application Form Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs www.aohcc.org P.O. Box 1135, Honolulu, Hawaii 96807 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ecfa1ef56b&view=pt&search=inbox&th=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151aacd1bbe4944d&siml=151ac4b1407b4dc9 9/10
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