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SUBJECT: HAWAIIAN SOVEREIGNTY

SOURCE: DAVID MARTIN rainbowman9@hotmail.com

POSTED: 30 MAY 2008 - 7:30am HST

Discussion on Aha Moku Councils

image above: View of Small Town Coffee on the Kuhio Highway in Kapaa

by David Martin on  29 May 2008

 

WHAT:
Small Town Coffee Conversations:
On Malama `Aina: Aha Moku Councils under Act 212 (2007)

WHEN:
Sunday, June 1st, 2008, 7:00pm

WHERE:
Small Town Coffee in Kapaa (across from the Library)

CONTACT:
David Matrin
email: rainbowman9@hotmail.com
phone: 808-
346-3047

Special guest, Kenneth Bray, a Hawaiian master woodcarver and cultural practitioner, and friends will discuss their views and concerns about Act 212 (HI 2007) to establish Aha Moku Councils. The Aha Moku Council is a native Hawaiian structure of natural resource management that can be incorporated into our current resource management processes. They will establish a comprehensive set of native Hawaiian best management practices and advise the State of Hawaii and the community on their implementation. Now in the formative stages, they are conducting outreach to cultural practitioners, seeking public input and will prepare a report with recommendations to the next Legislature.

The vision for these Councils is “To incorporate appropriate native Hawaiian knowledge and protocols for the preservation, cultivation and management of all native Hawaiian natural and cultural resources for future generations.” They are to be composed of “persons having traditional Hawaiian cultural and generational knowledge and expertise as farmers, fishermen and konohiki (caretakers of the land) for each ahupua`a.”

Co-hosts and facilitators Anni Caporuscio, barista and co-owner of Small Town Coffee, and David Makana Martin, taro farmer and co-host of the “Cooperative Governance” television program on Ho`ike, are cooperating to open our “living room” to the community to provide a safe place for all to ask questions and to discuss these ideas.

Hele Mai!


see also:
Island Breath: Kahoolawe case closing
5/28/08
Island Breath: Kahoolawe case continues
7/30/07
TGI #29: Hawaiian Nation History - Part Two
5/4/08
TGI #28: Hawaiian Nation History - Part One
4/25/08
Island Breath: Iolani Palace Occupation
5/1/08
Island Breath: State loses in "Ceded" land case
3/1/08



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