The Kamehameha Schools owned and run by the Trustees of the Bishop estates is one of the major land owners in the state of Hawaii, its holdings are estimated at 9 billion dollars. The original will and codicil of Bernice Bishop was a well intentioned and heart felt need to help her people succeed in education and the ever changing issues confronting her people of modern day Hawaii. In the thirteenth codicil she gave the bulk of her estate into the hands of her trustees to open and maintain the Kamehameha Schools for boys and girls, and the rest of her estate to invest in what the trustees think best. A portion of these funds were to go to orhans and others in indigent circumstances, giving preferance to Hawaiians of pure or part Aboriginal blood, she also gave them full power to lease and sell said land, to make rules and regulations and admissions of thier pupils. In my opinion the trustees or should I say unworthy trustees, who I might add are descindants of the first europians to come here made her reqeust and vision for the future of her people in to one of commercialism and corporationalism, capitalism at its finest. As I said earlier they have the right or power to say who can attend thier schools, have you ever seen a handicap person enrolled in thier school, I havent, and they brag about all thier students who graduate from thier schools to go onto prestigiuos colleges and cariers. what I want to know is what about the other 99 percent Hawaiians and part Hawaiians of aboriginal blood, are they to also be excluded from education and benefits of Bernice Bishops hopes for her people, she is probably rolling in her grave.
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Great comment Napua Kaahunahana I agree and learned something new with regards to the courts and another coverup. Mahalo
I believe the term used in the original codicil said "kinship" meaning family and bloodlines, thus Kanaka Maoli. It also states, "the Trustees shall be appointed by the Supreme Court Justices of my country" dated in 1864. I believe that is the Kingdom of Hawaii. On or about 1997 or 1998 the Supreme Court Justices stepped down from appointing the Trustees of Bernice Pauahi/Kamehameha School Trust. Gee, I wonder why? Oh, they lack jurisdiction. However, Majorie Bronster, who was the acting Attorney General directed Benjamin Cayetano to appoint the trustee. OH! What a cover up of crimes. They knew there was no jurisdiction, and yet proceeded on, instead of returning it back to the Kingdom of Hawaii who filed the documents in the Federal Grand Jury to investigate the "Bishop Estate Trustees and its cohorts". Mainly the Judges and the Trustees, etc. Today. Stanford Carr a developer of "Bishop Estates" managed to eject Kanaka Maoli from Piihana as seen on the news. They are not homeless and had the authority to stay there through Kingdom of Hawaii Ministry Trust whose deed is recorded in the Bureau of Conveyances. It is appalling how the Aloha can go out to the world to help all countries (Japan, Phillipines, etc) but yet, where is the Aloha for the host people of this land, our Kanaka Maoli. NO ALOHA! The Trustees today like the State of Hawaii are all corporate entities of the Corporate United States that took over the United States of America and ripping off the Kingdom of Hawaii and its people from their inherent rights.