Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 10, 1 October 2000 — OCTOBER NEWSBRIEFS [ARTICLE]

OCTOBER NEWSBRIEFS

AIDS risk The risk of contracting H1V/AIDS is increasing for Native Hawaiians, currently the second largest ethnic group diagnosed with AIDS in Hawai'i. Hawai'i County is second only to Honolulu in the number of AIDS cases. The Big Island Aids Project provides free, private, confidential HIV testing, prevention and harm reduction counseling, as well as long-term support services. Call the Big Island AIDS Project's Native Hawaiian outreach worker at 808-981-2428 for information. E ola mau kākou. Palauea preserve Palauea Investors LLC, who will develop a 44-acre parcel mauka of Palauea beach on Maui's south shore, has donated 20 acres adjacent to the development, to the University of Hawai'i for the purpose of establishing a cultural preserve. Some 296 signifīcant archaeological features have been identified in the area since the early 1970s. Within the 20-acre preserve are 96 percent of those sites. Dr. Lilikalā Kame'eleihiwa, director of the University of Hawai'i Center for Hawaiian Studies, commented that this is an example other developers should follow, because Palauea will "provide a permanent testament to the possible bridges that ean be built between the native and non-native communities for respecting the gifts of our Hawaiian ancestors." The Maui County Council approved the measure to rezone the parcel as a cultural preserve. Hula panel ln preparation for the July 28 - Aug. 4 international hula conference in Hilo, Ka 'Aha Hula 'o Hālauaola, a presentation on female hula deities is scheduled for Oct. 10 at UH Mānoa's Center for Hawaiian Studies. Presenting will be Kumu Hula Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele, Leinā'ala Kalama Heine and Hōkūlani HoltPadilla. The forum is free, and is co-sponsored by the Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation, the Lālākea Foundation and the Center for Hawaiian Studies. For information, eall 973-0978. Story time Hawaiian story tellers Marie Solomon and Makia Malo are among speakers at the 1 2th annual Talk Story

— : : Festival, sponsored by the Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with LavaNet. The event, free of charge, will be held Oct. 13 -15, 7-9:30 p.m., at Ala Moana Park's McCoy Pavihon. For information, visit www.lava.net/talkstory2000. Medical papers The John A. Burns School of Medicine Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence and Papa Ola Lōkahi are sending out a "eall for papers" to invite Native Hawaiian doctors, nurses, researchers, students and other heahh care professionals to submit writings related to Hawaiian heahh. Selected papers will be published in the Sept. 2001 issue of Pacific Heahh Dialogue, Journal of Community Heahh and Clinical Medicine for the Pacific, produced semi-annually by Resource Books Ltd. in Aotearoa. The first special issue on Native Hawaiian heahh was published in 1 998 and included articles on lā'au lapa'au, cancer, diet and nutrition in disease intervention, ethnobotanical drug discoveries, diabetes risk factors, holistic well-being, and more. For an information packet or general inquiries, eall 261-0705 or email nanettep@hawaii.rr.com. KS alum scholarships Four Hawaiians received scholarship awards from Hilo's Māmalahoe Chapter of the Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association: Hōkūlani Aleon, a Moloka'i High School graduate now attending Hawai'i Community College, majoring in office administration; Steven Kepano Jr., a Waiākea High School graduate who will be pursuing an associates degree in administration of justice at Hawai'i Community College; Dana Lynn K. (Wong) Borabora, a 1967 Kamehameha graduate who will major in Hawaiian language at UH Hilo; and Joseph K. Hao Jr., a 1960 Kamehameha graduate who is pursuing his associates' degree in food service at Hawai'i Community College. For information on the KSAA Māmalahoe Chapter, eall 808-981-01 15. Pacific festival Kalani Akana, president of Hālau Hāloa, the Hawaiian Naūonal Academy of Performing Arts, announced that the Hawai'i's delegation to the Eighth Festival of Pacific Arts in final preparation for departure. The festi-

val, held every four years in a Pacific country, is scheduled for Oct. 23-Nov. 3 in Noumea, New Caledonia. This year's theme is "Pacifīc Cultures on the Move Together." The Hawai'i delegation, organized by Hālau Hāloa, comprises visual artists, crafters, singers, dancers, actors and leaders who will demonstrate the best of traditional and contemporary Native Hawaiian culture. Performers are largely represented by members of Māpuana de Silva's Hālau Mōhala 'Ilima and Kaha'i Topolinski's Ka Pā Hula Hawai'i. Also participating is Ameiiean Sāmoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, Tahiti, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Aotearoa, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Maiiana Islands, Belau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcaim, Rapa Nui, Sāmoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis-Futuna. Drug Court The Friends of the Maui Dmg Court, a non-profit organization established in 1998, is dedicated to ehanneling non-violent pre-trial and post-conviction defendants who would otherwise be incarcerated in Hawai'i's correctional institutions, into a comprehensive and integrated system of judicial and treatment services. Its ultimate goal is to alleviate Maui's dmg abuse crises. According to their statistics, Hawai'i is one of five new "high-intensity drug-trafficking areas," and Maui County has the highest rate of drug abuse. Statistics also show that Maui women have the highest use of eoeaine, crack methamphetamine and marijuana, and are the fastest growing inmate populaūon on Maui. Dmg courts are an intensive supervision and treatment program for non-violent drag offenders. The goal of a drug court is to stop abuse and related criminal activity. Through supervised treatment, drag courts offer an effective altemative for offenders. The dmg court concept is the only approach to the dmg epidemic that has been proven to be effective. Currently, there are over 500 drug courts nationwide with 200 more being planned. The Friends of the Maui Dmg Court has as its fundraising goal $100,000 in order to get the program operable. For information, contact Dr. S. Larry Schiesenter, MD, president of the Friends by writing to 33 Lono Ave., Ste 300, Kahului, HI 96732-1685, or eall Lillian Koller Schmidt, Esq., Dmg Court coordinator, Second Circuit Court, at 808-244-2925. See NEWSBRIEFS on page 5

Technology training The nationally accredited Hawai'i Technology Institute announced testing of applicants for its Spring Session to begin in February. The course will cover such topics as basic keyboarding, eomputation, basic communication, computer fundamentals, career development, databases and more. Testing, whieh will take plaee at Kawaiaha'o Plaza, Hale Mauka at 567 South Kings St, Ste 105 from 8-1 1 a.m., will be held on the following days: Oct. 13, 20 and 27; Nov. 3, 17; Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29; Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 26; and Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23. Testing is to determine course entry level. For information and specific Spring Session dates, eall 535-6770. PONO organized Protect Our Native 'Ohana (PONO) is a coalition of native and non-native law smdents at the Richardson School of Law and their supporters, committed to protecting people's right to self-determination, announced Leihinahina Sullivan at a press conferenee at 'Iolani Palaee on Sept. 20. The coalition stands in solidarity to protect native rights and entitlements. "Today, we stand here in solidarity to protect the rights of Native Hawaiians to exist in their homeland, and to make right the injustices that is an outeome of Rice vs. Cayetano," said Sullivan. "This injustice has resulted in false claims by people who are limiting and destroying the rights of peoples who have a history of being treated unfairly, and with the outcome of Rice, unjust and inhumane. The inhumanity is directed towards a group of people, the Native Hawaiians." For information on PONO, eall 534-7068. ■

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