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Re(24): Kamehameha
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Posted on September 25, 2005 at 17:41:04 by Rob (ert) A. (llan) Fortune
September 25, 2005
Aloha kakau:
As originally Mr. Lance stated and later Nephew Derek picked up on, was that it was in fact Native Havaiian Ali'i Pauahi's wish and order as stated in her will that the estate she provided assets (Native Hawaiian lands) for in her will to try to better the lives of all Native Hawaiians which became known as the Bishop Estate and is now known as Kamehameha Schools\Bishop Estate (KS\BS) is specific in that it should not deviate from her stated will as far as its specific mission.
That being the case, how is it that the Bishop Estate can repeatedly find excess funds to fund non-Native Hawaiian projects on the United States mainland? The latest I have personally seen was an arts and culture project celebrating the early European\European-American history in the southwestern United States (Flagstaff, Arizona). Their brochures (full color and professionally done - $$$,$$$,$$$.$$) did make a brief mention of the Hawaiian "Paniola" and an even briefer mention of Hawaiian "Hula" dancing. Leaving aside that once again Hawaiian culture is pushed aside in favor of some mixed culture promotion (in this case Mexican-Hawaiian since it was Spanish Mexicans who brought the whole cowboy thing to Hawaii) what does promoting European-American culture (cowboys\paniolas") have to do with the betterment and education of the Native Hawaiian people? The answer? Nothing! The plain truth is that as long as it isn't entirely Native Hawaiian, it's okay for KS\BE to provide funding for it. Otherwise it's said to be outside of the guidelines of the trust's benefactor's stated will. Those people are spending that money "any they they want top spend it" plain and simple while so many Native Hawaiians live in dire poverty in their own homeland.
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