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These items are maniiestations of the kini akua, and the kini akua are the source of inspiration and enlightenment. The listed flora and fauna are also sources to the hula and oli for clothing, adornments, implements, dye, ceremony, offerings and instruments. This list is incomplete and we reserve the right to add and eontinue the list. We are committed to this traditional .practice and the life and longevity of the hula kinolau. We oppose all efforts to erode, misuse, diminish and restrict our right to continue this tradition as prescribed by our ancestors. Lhe TrūcCitionūC ih-aeiiee ancC Cnstoms ofCFisfiinfl PRINCIPLE. From time immemorial Native Hawaiians have been fishing peoples. Our cultural and traditional fishing practices whieh relate to gathering the marine resources of the stream, shoreline, estuary and deep water of the oeean, have for centuries maintained these resources for future generations. Our heahh and wellbeing depend on these resources and our ability to access, harvest, protect and manage these resources for selfsufficiency in perpetuity. POSITION. We commit ourselves to supporting the cause and activities of Hawaiian fishers and their families. We oppose any and all U.S. federal, Hawaii state or loeal county regulations or practices whieh diminish traditional fishing practices or whieh regulate, license or restrict the Native Hawaiian peoples right to gather from the sea, rivers and streams of the land.

fishpond), loko i'a, kalo, loko kūapa, and other types of fishponds shall not be abridged. Fishponds shall be maintained by practices whieh incorporate culturallyappropriate and environmentally-respon-sible commitments and technologies.

konohiki is the primary duty of the Native Hawaiian people, and is a genealogical responsibility for Native Hawaiians that no other people ean replace. It defines who we are as Hawaiians and gives us the right to live upon the land of Hawai'i forever. POSITION. konohiki rights: The traditional and customary native tenant rights and konohiki responsibilities of the Kanaka Maoh (Native Hawaiians) shall not be abridged. 'Anaeho'omalu, Hawai'i

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PRINCIPLE. From our traditional and customary rights, certain other unique and inherent modern rights and related entitlements have evolved. Among these rights are: • beneficial ali'i trusts; • public Hawaiian land trusts and benefits; and • outstanding claims for the return of lands and for the stewardship and management of our sacred lands and ancestral objects imbued with the spirit of nā Akua and our ancestors. POSITION. To assure the integrity of the rights related to these lands, we support a morat«rium on the sale, exchange, transfer, or encumbrance of these lands. We also support the return of our ancestral objects. Lke TtCi(i 9(ui Lnui* PRINCIPLE. It was the express wishes of the Ali'i Nui (High Chiefs) that their Estates and their bequests exist in perpetuity to benefit Native Hawaiians and to provide for the educational, social, and heahh needs of the Native Hawaiian people. POSITION. We support the Ali'i Nui trusts to perpetuate and accomplish their missions as prescribed and mandated by their respective founding Ali'i Nui. We are opposed to forced conversion and unnecessary alienation of trust lands in Ka Pae 'Āina o Hawai'i (Hawaiian Archipelago). The %esponsiSiCity of9rfāCama (THna PRINCIPLE. From our cosmogonic genealogies and oral traditions, Hawaiians know that we are the first peoples of the Hawaiian archipelago. We know that after the islands were born from the mating of Papahānaumoku, Earth Moīhe^anh Wākea, Sky Father, that the Po'e 'Oiwi, Native Hawaiians were also born from that lineage. As younger siblings of the land in this cosmogonic genealogy, we have a duty to mālama 'āina, or to take care of, to preserve, and to live in harmony with the land. As descendants of Papa and Wākea, we have the kuleana, or responsibility to serve as konohiki, or land stewards, for the Hawaiian archipelago. As konohiki, we must insist that all those who live in Hawai'i also practice malama 'aina, living in harmony with the land as an equal partner, and treating the land and the oeean with proper respect and aloha. This responsibility of mālama 'āina and

POSITION. rights 0f access. The Po'e 'Oiwi (Native Hawaiians) and their descendants shall be allowed free access to the mountains, caves, streams, seas, and sites of religious and cultural importance for personal, subsistence, religious and eultural purposes. POSITION. burial rights. The right of Native Hawaiians, their descendants and possessions, to be buried on the land of their Hawaiian ancestors shall not be denied. Native Hawaiian burial sites shall not be disturbed. Ho'omalu ma Kualoa shall support the designation of lands foTthis purpose and shall support the responsibility of the descendant's 'ōhana to care for and maintain such burial sites. Kona, Hawai'i

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POSITION. the law 0f the shore t0 the depth 0f the 0cean. The traditional and customary rights of Native Hawaiians and their descendants to fish, gather, and harvest, including but not limited to the right to spear fish, to throw and lay net in the waters and shorelines of Ka Pae 'Aina, to cultivate its resources for personal subsistence, medicinal, cultural, and religious purposes shall not be abridged. POSmON. land-locked bodies of water. Traditional and customary rights shall extend to all lakes, anehialine ponds, and punawai (water springs) of the archipelago. POSITION. fishponds. The traditional and customary rights of Native Hawaiians and their descendants to propagate and harvest in the loko wai (freshwater

LmeeiUonae fPractices and Customs of 'Waiep llse POSITION. law 0f the land and fresh water. Lands used by Native Hawaiians and their descendants for the cultivation of traditional food staples shall be entitled to water in sufficient quantities so as to maintain customary and traditional agricultural practices including, but not limited to, the cultivation of kalo, la'ī or kF, aho, and medicinal plants for subsist-