YOUR VOICE COUNTS - YOU WON!
















This last Tuesday, we asked you to contact the Office Of Hawaiian Affairs trustees and demand that they vote to SUPPORT HR.3744, which if passed, would strip the Executive branch of the US federal government of itʻs powers to recognize Indian tribes without the approval of the US congress.

Your voices were heard loud and clear.

While they did not vote to support this bill, enough of them chose to not vote at all.

They fell short of the four votes needed to have OHA officially oppose HR. 3744.

Mahalo!

ALERT! - TELL OHA YOU SUPPORT HR.3744

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY

HR 3744 - The Tribal Recognition Act -


If passed in the US Congress, HR 3744 would remove both the Executive Branch and by extension the US Department of Interiorʻs authority to recognize and therefore create a Native Hawaiian Tribe.


HR 3744, if passed, would require AN ACT OF THE ENTIRE US CONGRESS for any acknowledgement of a tribe should Robin Danner of the SCHHA and Michelle Kauhane of the CNHA attempt a government-to-government relationship with the US.


The administration of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is recommending to the OHA trustees they vote to officially OPPOSE HR 3744.

HR 3744 will be on the agenda as "115th Congress Legislative Positioning Matrix 1" at tomorrowʻs OHA BAE Committee meeting at 1 PM at OHA headquarters.


If approved a vote of ratification will occur Thursday, January 11th at the regular 10 AM BOT meeting at OHA headquarters.

DEMAND THAT  OHA VOTES IN SUPPORT OF HR 3744.

Please attend tomorrowʻs BAE meeting at 1 PM at OHA headquarters to testify in support of HR 3744.

Please attend Thursdayʻs 10AM BOT meeting to ensure the OHA trustees vote to ratify support for HR 3744.

If you cannot attend, please contact OHA trustees to demand they vote to support HR 3744.

Please contact OHA today -

Collette Machado - colettem@oha.org - (808) 594-1837
Bob Lindsey - robertl@oha.org - (808) 594-1855
Peter Apo - petera@oha.org - (808) 594-1854
John Waihe`e Jr. - crayna@oha.org (808) 594-1876
Rowena Akana - rowenaa@oha.org (808) 594-1860
Keli`i Akina - TrusteeAkina@oha.org (808) 594-1976
Carmen Hulu Lindsey - hulul@oha.org (808) 594-1858
Dan Ahuna - dana@oha.org (808) 594-1751
Lei Ahu Isa - leia@oha.org (808) 594-1857

Kamana'opono Crabbe - kamanaoc@oha.org

OHA Headquarters - (808) 594-1835

Mahalo.

OHA TRUSTEE ON KANA`IOLWALU - "STOP & SPEND THE MONEY TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF OUR HAWAIIAN PEOPLE"

From: Oswald Stender
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:24 AM
To: 'Mahealani Wendt'; Colette Machado; Peter Apo; Robert Lindsey; Hulu Lindsey; Rowena Akana; Dan Ahuna; Haunani Apoliona; John Waihee
Cc: Kamana'opono M. Crabbe, Ph.D.
Subject: RE: Native Hawaiian Roll Commssion

Mahealani: I guess I should respond to your email inasmuch as I am the one who is struggling with this issue. 

First, I always look at the cost/benefit of requested funding-both short term and long term. 

In this case, the funding request started at $250,000 then finally at over four million. 

The one mission for the Commission was to make a list-not to build the nation. 

After spending over three million dollars with a goal of 200,000 registrants, the effort produced 20,000.

When you add what was spent for Kau Inoa, OHA has spent over $10,000,000 for 120,000 registrants out of 500,000. 

When Kana'ioluwalu had sign up booths at events that had 300 to 400 people in attendance and then signed up less than 10% of those in attendance, you need to ask "Why". 

For the many who I have spoken to-many are not interested; many are confused with all these lists; and many are distrustful of the effort. 

So, after 12 years and $10,000,000- I say stop-most Hawaiians are distrustful of this effort and most are just not interested.

At this point, I am not saying "abort"-I'm saying you have done your best, you spent a lot of money at it and it is time to make up the list with what you have, write up your report and spend the money to meet the immediate needs of our Hawaiian people. 

The effort to build the Hawaiian nation is a whole different effort (it is not Kana'ioluwalu's mission) and let's continue that effort.

We are not aborting the mission, we need to file a report on that mission.

Spending another million dollars will not get you another 20,000 signatures. 

Aloha. Oz