"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.
