Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 3, 1 March 2000 — Women with strength [ARTICLE]

Women with strength

I would like to thank all the women who have used pure hearts toward long overdue sovereignty. Thank you, Senator Colleen Hanabusa for doing everything to bring justice to my people; Ida Yoshinaga and Eiko Kosasa for speaking up for Mililani Trask in the Advertiser. I appreciate your courage and compassion. Mililani's courage will never be forgotten. Tears of joy and happiness are falling from our queen's face down on you. No one would have expected women of Hawaiian and Japanese ancestry to be the driving force behind our fight for sovereignty. The last ruler of the Hawaiian Islands was a woman and her legacy fives on. Worry not about foolish and selfish intent. It will show in the light. Aloha mai kākou to all women of courage. Kealohapau'ole Kekahuna 'Aiea