ACTION ALERT!
Our Kupuna need help! Meet this Sunday, March 20, at the Ahu on ‘Iolani Palace grounds, 7:15 am. We will meet and pule, and from there proceed to the church to hold signs and hand out flyers.
Please kokua! Kawaiaha‘o Church officials have sanctioned the digging and removal of iwi kupuna – the bones of our ancestors. They have recently uncovered 23 separate gravesites and have unearthed 69 sets of iwi kupuna. Iwi kupuna have been wrapped in muslin, put in lauhala baskets and placed on shelves in the church basement beneath the bell tower. They have been on these shelves for over one year.
What the church plans: They intend to remove any and all iwi kupuna from the former site of Likeke Hall and its surrounding areas in order to build a multi-purpose building. The construction of this site will perpetuate a tragic legacy of the removal of over 100 iwi kupuna in 1940 when Likeke Hall was first built. Those iwi kupuna were taken to the Kamo‘ili‘ili cemetery, removed again when that cemetery was sold, and removed once again, cremated with other iwi kupuna, and re-interred on Kawaiaha‘o’s grounds. Removal of bones from their final resting place is the ultimate disrespect.
What you can do: Call Kawaiaha‘o church to voice your concerns – 522-1333 or 469-3060. Call the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) - 594-1835, and ask the trustees to take a stand to stop the digging. OHA has helped to fund this project with a $1.5 million grant of beneficiary money. Call the Department of Land and Natural Resources – 692-8015. and find out why the State Historic Preservation Department is not doing their job to protect the iwi kupuna under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Call the Department of Health – 586-4400, and find out why they are issuing permits for the disinterment of iwi at Kawaiaha‘o.
Our kupuna need help! Meet this Sunday, March 20, at the ahu on ‘Iolani Palace grounds, 7:15 am. We will meet and pule, and from there proceed to the church to hold signs and hand out flyers.
For more information email: aliiokama3@gmail.com
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LETTER TO CHIEF OF POLICE RE KAWAIAHA'O CHURCH
Aran Ardaiz
to meAloha Amelia:
Sorry I have not been in contact with you, but have been very overwhelmed with legal issues both here and on Maui these past couple of months.
I think you may appreciate the letter attached. I screwed up on the name of William (Bill) Haole, Jr. I didn’t know his name, and I was given the wrong spelling of his name, but other than that, the letter is impacting. The Police have no right to be on Christian Church property without consent of the “Congregation” which is the lawful owner of the Church building and premises, according to the conditions of the 1842 “Deed” of gifting.
The fraudulent “Grant Deed” of “fee simple” creation by the 1913 Territorial Governor Frear, has no lawful affect, being he was at the time a foreign U.S. “citizen” and was an Officer of a foreign corporation representing a foreign U.S. federal jurisdiction (unlawfully) on Hawaiian soil, therefore, at law, possessing no such right.
I will be attending Kawaiaha’o Church this coming Sunday. I hope and trust that you and others will attend as well to let them know that Christians still have a vital interest in their Church and its premises.
Please distribute the ATTACHED LETTER if you feel it worthy of being read by others.
Aloha in Christ Jesus,
Aran
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03-16-11 H.I. AG ltr to Police Chief.docx
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note: It's Alii Sunday.....per Paulette Kaleikini who also attended the Forbes Cave kapa artifact meeting on Saturday morning.............fyi
aloha.