Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 5, 1 May 1999 — Native peoples [ARTICLE]

Native peoples

Five thousand people from around the world are expected to attend the opening ceremonies for the World's Indigenous People's Conference on Education scheduled Aug. 1 - 7 in Hilo. The WIPCE Opening Ceremonies Committee is extending an invitation to the entire Hawaiian community. The conference will focus on higher education, necessary to eeonomie success, and on teaching native culture. The conference theme is "The Answers Lie within Us." For more information eall, 1-808-934-7722 ; fax 1-808-974-7692; e-mail wipc@hawaii.edu; log on to http://wipcehawaii.org; or write WIPCE, P.O. Box 6159, Hilo, HI 96720-8923.