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Here's a special look at how history is shaping the lives of key individuals and how they in turn are shaping history. Currently highlighted are participants from Matters of Race.
Vicky Holt Takamine is the kumu hula (master teacher) of Pua Ali`i `Ilima, a school of traditional Hawaiian dance. She graduated through the `uniki rituals of hula from Maiki Aiu Lake . Vicky is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools. She received her Bachelor's and Masters Degrees in Dance Ethnology from the University of Hawai`i . She is presently a lecturer at the University of Hawai`i Mânoa Campus , Leeward Community College and the University High School . In addition, Vicky is the po`o (president) of `Ilio`ulaokalani (www.ilio.org), a coalition of traditional practitioners who are committed to protecting their Hawaiian customs and traditions, the president of KAHEA: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance, a coalition of Hawaiian and Environmental organizations committed to protecting the natural and cultural environment of Hawai`i and co-founder and president of Aloha `Aina, a new Hawaiian political party. Pua Ali`i `Ilima, under the direction of kumu hula Vicky Holt Takamine, participates in many cultural festivals throughout Hawai`i . The halau just returned from the Pan Pacific Hula Festival held in Tokyo, Japan . Vicky and the halau, along with students from UH Manoa participated in the national celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the University of Peking in Beijing, China at the Hong Kong International Dance Festival in Hong Kong and in the Honolulu -Seoul Sister City cultural exchange program. Pua Ali`i `Ilima is committed to perpetuating, preserving and promoting Hawaiian culture, art, music and dance. Following are downloadable video clips taken from a recent interview with Vicky Holt Takamine:
NOTE: Video Clips are available in Quicktime and Windows Media format in low and high bandwidth versions. Download free player software for Quicktime [here] or Windows Media [here].
Durbin, Paula, “Hula Power: Using Dance to Make a Difference,” Class
Actions, November 2000. Haunani-Kay Trask is an indigenous leader i n the Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She has represented her nation at the United Nations in Geneva, at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa (2001), and at various gatherings throughout the Pacific, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. She has authored four books, including From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i, widely considered a masterpiece of contemporary resistance writing. Trask was co-producer and scriptwriter of the award-winning documentary, Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation in 1993. In 1998-99, she was a Fellow with the Pacific-Basin Research Center affiliated with the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Currently, Trask is Professor of Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai 'i-Manoa. Photo courtesy of Kapulani Landgraf Books Introduction from "From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i," (revised edition) by Haunani-Kay Trask. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999 (originally published by Common Courage Press, 1993).
Calizar, Yvonne Mokihana, “Haunani-Kay Trask: In Her Own Voice,” Hawai‘i Island Journal, September 16-30, 2003. Editorial Opinion. Trask, Haunani-Kay, “Sovereignty Stolen By U.S. Must be Restored,” Honolulu Advertiser, October 1, 2000.
A retired Hawai'i State Supreme Court Justice, Robert G. Klein now serves as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) board lead counsel. The Native Hawaiian attorney, a partner at the Honolulu law firm of McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Klein served as Senior Associate Justice of the Hawai'i State Supreme Court from 1992 - 2000 following a 14-year career as a trial court jurist. He drafted the Supreme Court's landmark PASH Decision (Public Access Shoreline Hawai'i ) in 1995, which upheld the reasonable exercise of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian rights by requiring public agencies to hold public contested case hearings in any of its permitting actions. Photo courtesy of OHA Alani Apio is an actor, a dramatist, and a visual artist, born and raised in Hawai`i. His play Kamau toured with Kumu Kahua Theater in 1993-1994 and Kamau A`e, the second part of the Kamau trilogy, was produced by Kumu Kahua in 1997. His play, Happy Valley, won the 1997 UH-Manoa and Kumu Kahua Playwriting Contest. Alani authored the following three letters to the Honolulu Advertiser:
Kahu Kaleo Patterson is the lead kumu and alaka'i for Interpret Hawaii and an ordained minister for the United Churches of Christ, Since 1985, he has served four Hawaiian churches on Kaua'i and ' Oahu, and currently serves as the senior pastor for Ka Hana O Ke Akua Church in Wai'anae. He is well-known internationally and in Hawai'i for his work in social justice and peace-making, and has been recognized with numerous community awards, fellowships and recognitions.
 Jim
Medeiros
A lifetime resident of Kona on the Big Island of Hawai`i, Jim Medeiros Sr. is the son of Clarence A. Medeiros Sr. and Pansy Wiwo`ole Hua. As a young boy, Jim Medeiros attended Ho`okena Elementary and Konawaena High School . He also spent many days learning how to malama (care for) his family's 'aina, or land, farming in the old Hawaiian style. He currently resides at Honaunau Bay. In 1999, Mr. Medeiros was hired to work on the Hokuli`a project, a major development in South Kona , headed by mainland developer Lyle Anderson. Upon discovering the development's threat to historical Hawaiian trails and burial sights, including the unearthing of major heaps of iwi, or bones, he quit the project and formed Protect Keopuka 'Ohana (PKO), a coalition of Hawaiian cultural practitioners and environmental activists whose mission is to protect pristine Kealakekua lands and waters from damage by development. Mr. Medeiros is a lineal descendant of Kamaekalani, grandmother of Queen Lili`uokalani, who is buried in a sacred burial ground known as Pu`u Ohau, which is part of the Hokuli`a development project. This has fueled his desire to protect the remains of his ancestors. As the President of PKO for the last three years, Mr. Medeiros has vigorously sought to carry out his commitment to the land and his ancestors, and has vowed to keep this commitment for the rest of his life. Following are downloadable video clips taken from a recent interview with Jim Medeiros:
NOTE: Video Clips are available in Quicktime and Windows Media format in low and high bandwidth versions. Download free player software for Quicktime [here] or Windows Media [here]. Articles on Hokuli`a Project Viotti, Vicki, “Hokuli‘a developers seek compromise, plan appeal in court,” Honolulu Advertiser, September 19, 2003. Kelly, Jack, “The Struggle for Pu‘u Ohau, Hawai‘i Island Journal, September 16-30, 2003. Viotti, Vicki, "Hokuli`a ruling fuels debate over land use," Honolulu Advertiser, September 22, 2003. Viotti, Vicki, "Hokuli`a developers seek compromise, plan appeal in court,' Honolulu Advertiser, September 19, 2003. Marshall, Colleen, "No ruling on remains found at Hokulia," West Hawaii Today, June 21, 2002. Command, Bobby, "Hokulia disputes group's claim," West Hawaii Today, June 18, 2002. Command, Bobby, "Archaeology expert hired by Hokulia," West Hawaii Today, June 13, 2002. Command, Bobby, "More legal trouble for Hokulia," West Hawaii Today, May 21, 2002. WHT staff, "More allegations leveled at Hokulia," West Hawaii Today, January 1, 2002. Black, Catherine, "The Bones of Kona," Honolulu Weekly, July 25, 2001. Command, Bobby, "Demonstrators urge JAL to withdraw from project," West Hawaii Today, June 24, 2001. Others: Jack and Gretchen Kelly, "Historic Preservation in Hawaii Part One: Caring for the Ancestors", Green Party of Hawaii Website, 2001. Jack and Gretchen Kelly, "The Hokulia Project: Water Pollution, Cultural Desecration, and the Public Benefit ", Green Party of Hawaii Website, February 1, 2002. "Malama Kahakai (Protect the Shoreline) Keep Kealakekua Wild!", Hawaii Sierra Club Website, April 22, 2002. Cave Task Force Report; Maui Meeting Synopsis July 24, 2001, Hawaii State DLNR Website A Native Hawaiian born and nurtured in the islands, Ray Soon is
active in the Hawaiian community and currently serves as Vice-President
of Community Relations and Communications at Kamehameha Schools.
Mr. Soon is the former Director of the State Department of Hawaiian
Homes Lands, and during his tenure oversaw the development of the
homesteader lots and homes and other program initiatives. He is
a charter member of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
(CHNA) and serves as Co-Chair of their Board of Directors. Photo courtesy of Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate Attorney Patrick W. Hanifin represented plaintiffs in three important lawsuits challenging Native Hawaiian entitlements including Barrett v. Cayetano, Arakaki v. Cayetano and Arakaki v. Lingle . His published works included essays about the concept of reparations for Hawaiians; the history of citizenship and voting rights in Hawai'i; and writings against the Native Hawaiian Recognition bill. Mr. Hanifin was a graduate of Harvard Law School (cum laude, 1980) and also earned a master's degree in public policy in 1986 from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He died unexpectedly in June 2003 due to complications in surgery. |
