Posted by Kawehi Kanui on March 9, 2010 at 11:15am
Aloha,To those out there in Maoli world, please get a copy of, The Great Mahele, by Jon J. Chinen.He explains it well and tells you where these lands are and in the back of the book it explains howKamehameha III, divided out from His Royal Dominion and who got what. In a nutshell the Crown and Government Lands, make up all of Hawai'i.The Good NEWS! There were laws passed on the Great Mahele from the Hawai'i Legislature in 1848 and you can look up those laws in the Archives. The other good news is, there is no King or Konohiki just us, the native tenants. Do you know what that means? It means we can unite, come out with our own community development plans in our communities, with participation of community people who are Hawaiian by blood and those who can trace their genealogy back to their 'ohana who were nationalized in the Kingdom.I have my own opinions and ways to acquire back those lands if you want to learn, come to our next on going meeting to be held in Waimanalo, which will be announced on Monday, where, when and how we are moving forward. This meeting is for those who are going to organize in their own communities, not for individual use, for there is power in numbers in this process. We don't only support one person's need. It has to be a need that a group of people will be willing to divide the tasks and to support the implementation processes.Meanwhile, do your homework and if you are serious we can communicate over this blog, since I can't send mail out in any other venue except through my e-mail addres: "kawehi11@yahoo.com".Onipa'a,Kawehi
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From Marion's post to KAHEA's blog at http://blog.kahea.org:Last week, KAHEA submitted written testimony to the State Land Use Commission in opposition to "the proposal by Molokai Properties Limited to build 200 luxury estates at La'au Point" which will negatively impact the environment and culture.Our comments point out that: although there is overwhelming scientific evidence supporting that the main Hawaiian Islands serve as foraging and breeding grounds for monk seals and millions of dollars for research and monitoring have been set aside, little has been done by the state and federal governments to permanently protect habitat -- like that La'au point. The truth is that the single most important action we can take to save monk seals is provide them places of permanent pu`uhonua, true and forever sanctuaries. Monk seals survive best when left alone in a place where humans do not dominate the landscape, in sanctuaries marked only by the presence of blowing sands and waves crashing against jagged lava formations at the water's edge.Further, because "Molokai is one of a few communities that still have resources to sustain traditional subsistence", they need to be honored and protected to ensure the perpetuation of these traditional practices of gathering for their families and communities. The reason why these practices still remain today have to do primarily with the fact this shoreline is undeveloped and difficult to access.The proposed development will limit access to this 40-mile stretch of coastline by providing only two points of entry, one at each end of the proposed coastline development even though the "state law requires that public access to the shoreline be available every quarter mile" which is clearly not honored in this proposal.The Molokai community has voiced their undying concern regarding the relentless and greedy development plans of Molokai Properties Limited. The community has no interest in having a community split and culturally and socially restricted by the influx of big money. Today, they are standing up, protecting their inherent rights to collect what they need from the mountains to the oceans that keeps their culture alive.
