Monday, August 23, 2004

FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTS -
"POSITIONS ON THE ISSUES"

SEVEN CRITICAL AREAS OF LIFE THAT MOST OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED BUT NATIVE HAWAIIANS ARE DEPRIVED OF IN THEIR OWN HOMELAND

Today's Focus -

EDUCATION –

Hawai’i was once the most literate nation in the whole world. Today, the westernized education system deprives Native Hawaiian children of appropriate and complete education.


We call for:

· Establishment of a full, Hawaiian educational system based on Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) values and concepts.

· Free tuition wavers for Kanaka Maoli education.

· Increased funding for Hawaiian language and cultural programs.

· Inclusion of a curriculum that teaches a critical history of forced western colonization and Kanaka Maoli resistance.