Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition Hearings Continue

Olelo Community Media working to broadcast the neighbor island forums.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior public meetings on Native Hawaiian federal recognition concluded this week on Oahu and are now moving to the neighbor islands.

Olelo Community Media, which has broadcast the hearings, is aiming to follow the next round, but engineers are still working out the logistics. It could be that it will be on a tape-delay basis.

Other places to check for updates are the Olelo Facebook and Twitter feeds, which are being updated for fans and followers.

The Interior meetings continued last night in Lanai City on Lanai, and Olelo hopes to have a crew covering today’s hearing, beginning at 1 p.m., at Kaunakakai Elementary School on Molokai.

Leona Kalima lets a Department of the Interior panel know her feelings during a public meeting on whether the United States should establish a government-to-government relationship with HawaiiÕs indigenous community held at the Hawaii State Capitol auditorium on June 23, 2014

Leona Kalima lets the Department of Interior know her feelings about a government-to-government relationship with Hawaiians, Hawaii State Capitol, June 23, 2014.

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Here’s the rest of the schedule:

Kauai 

  • Monday, June 30 — Waimea – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Waimea Neighborhood Center
  • Tuesday, July 1 — Kapaa – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Kapaa Elementary School

Hawaii Island 

  • Wednesday, July 2 — Hilo – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Keaukaha Elementary School
  • Thursday, July 3 — Waimea – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Waimea Community Center
  • Thursday, July 3 — Kona – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Kealakehe High School

Maui

  • Saturday, July 5 — Hana – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Hana High and Elementary School
  • Monday, July 7 — Lahaina – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., King Kamehameha III Elementary School
  • Tuesday, July 8 — Kahului – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Pomaikai Elementary School

Red Civil Beat’s coverage of the first Oahu meeting:

Kanaka Maoli to Feds: ‘Get Out of Our House! Go Home!’

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