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	Native Hawaiians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The largest of those institutions is the Hawai‘i State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, established in 1988 and is administered by the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
		At the convention, the Hawai‘i state government committed itself to a progressive study and preservation of native Hawaiian culture, history and language.
		Justices ruled in favor of Rice on 23 February 2000 forcing OHA to open its elections to all residents of the State of Hawaii regardless of ethnicity.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawaiians (1883 words)

	John D. Waihee III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Waihee started his political career as a delegate to the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention where he was instrumental in the creation of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the adoption of the Hawaiian language as an official language of the state.
		He later served one term as a Democratic member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983.
		Waihee was elected Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii under Governor George R. Ariyoshi, serving in that capacity until 1986.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Waihee (492 words)

	Hawaiian sovereignty movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The modern Hawaiian sovereignty movement is rooted in the debates of the watershed 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention.
		Delegates to the convention agreed on the implementation of progressive measures to preserve Hawaiian culture and history, right the wrongs done against native Hawaiians since the arrival of British explorer Captain James Cook and create a framework for the eventual return of sovereignty should it be granted by the federal government.
		Republican United States Senator Slade Gorton remarked, "The logical consequences of this resolution would be independence." Along with events memorializing the centennial anniversary of the overthrow, the passage of the law revitalized the Hawaiian sovereignty movement with an infusion of a new generation of activists.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hawaiian_sovereignty_movement (1271 words)

	INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO CLARIFY THE POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HAWAII'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE UNITED ...
		Hawaii's state motto, "Ua mau ke'ea 'o ka 'aina i ka pono," which means "the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness," captures the culture of Native Hawaiians.
		In 1978, the people of Hawaii acted to preserve Native Hawaiian culture and tradition by amending Hawaii's state constitution to establish the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to give expression to the right of self-determination and self-governance at the state level for Hawaii's indigenous peoples, Native Hawaiians.
		The Office of Hawaiian Affairs was established by citizens of the State of Hawaii as part of the 1978 State of Hawaii Constitutional Convention.
	www.senate.gov /~akaka/speeches/2001406B16.html (1382 words)

	Haunani-Kay Trask - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trask is a professor of Hawaiiana with the University of Hawaii System and has represented Native Hawaiians in the United Nations and various other global conferences.
		She is a noted author of several books of poetry and prose, Light in the Crevice Never Seen, Night Is a Sharkskin Drum and From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii which is a collection of essays on the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
		Mililani B. Trask, her younger sister, was a trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs created by the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention to administer lands held in trust for Native Hawaiians and use the revenue to fund Native Hawaiian programs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haunani-Kay_Trask (356 words)

	Hawaii Information - Hometown USA
		Hawaii (Hawaiian/Hawaiian English: Hawai‘i, with the ‘okina) is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
		Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States, and as of the 2000 U.S. Census had a population of 1,211,537 people.
		A large proportion of Hawaii's population has become a people of Asian ancestry (especially Chinese, Japanese and Filipino), many of whom are descendants from those waves of early foreign immigrants brought to the islands in the nineteenth century, beginning in the 1850's, to work on the sugar plantations.
	www.hometownusa.com /hi/map.html (3634 words)

	Time for constitutional convention - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		But he is for a new constitutional convention to bring new blood into the system and to offer debate of new and old ideas.
		Hawai'i's third constitutional convention took place that year amid growing environmentalism, a need for planning to curb overdevelopment, a 1960s generation moving into politics, the budding Hawaiian renaissance, and other activism.
		Hawai'i is required to consider holding a constitutional convention every 10 years, but proposals failed in 1988 and 1998.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Sep/28/op/op10a.html (1213 words)

	Minister to Hawaii -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Minister to Hawai'i was an office of the (additional info and facts about United States Department of State) United States Department of State to the (additional info and facts about Kingdom of Hawai'i) Kingdom of Hawai'i during the period of 1810 to 1893.
		As principal envoy of the United States government to the monarch of Hawai'i, the Minister to Hawai'i often dealt in affairs relating to (additional info and facts about economic) economic, (The military forces of a nation) military and (additional info and facts about political) political matters affecting both nations.
		Two Ministers to Hawai'i became paramount figures in the history of (A group of volcanic and coral islands in the central Pacific) Hawaiian Islands.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Mi/Minister_to_Hawaii.htm (295 words)

	Encyclopedia: Haunani-Kay Trask (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hawaiiana is a popular term of academia used in reference to history and various aspects of the culture of Hawaii, currently a region and state of the United States.
		Mililani B. Trask, her younger sister, was a trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs created by the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention to advance the Native Hawaiian agenda.
		The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, also popularly known by its acronym OHA, is a semi-autonomous entity of the state of Hawaii charged with the administration of 1.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Haunani_Kay-Trask (1115 words)

	Constitution of Hawaii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Numerous constitutions have been promulgated for the Kingdom of Hawaii, Provisional Government of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii and State of Hawaii.
		A few constitutions have become historically infamous like the Bayonet Constitution of 1887 which stripped native Hawaiians of their rights in favor of American plantation owners and the constitution of 1978 that created the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and declared the Hawaiian language to be the official language of the state.
		The power of the State to act in the general welfare shall never be impaired by the making of any irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/constitution_of_hawaii (780 words)

	US Lawyer Locator - Find or locate a HI Attorney or Lawyer - Hawaii - Hawaii Personal Injury Lawyer - Richard Turbin, ...
		He was elected to the Hawaii Academy of Plaintiffs Attorneys and was elected Chairman of the International Torts and Insurance Law and Practice Committee of the TIPS Section of the American Bar Association.
		She serves as Chairman of the Public Relations Committee and elected Board member of the Hawaii State Bar Association, a delegate to the 1989 and 1991 Judicial Conference, the Chairman of the Child Support Guidelines Committee, the founder of Hawaii Women Lawyers, and President of Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation.
		She was also an elected member of her Neighborhood Board, a delegate to the 1980 National Democratic Convention, and elected to the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention.
	www.uslawyerlocator.com /printer_richard_turbin.shtml (905 words)

	Ancient Hawaii -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ancient Hawai‘i refers to the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification of the (additional info and facts about Kingdom of Hawai‘i) Kingdom of Hawai‘i by (Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819)) Kamehameha the Great in 1810.
		It is believed that the first Polynesians arrived in Hawai‘i in the 7th century from Tahiti and the Marquesas.
		(An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state) Oahu became the chief kapa (tapa bark cloth) manufacturer.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/ancient_Hawaii.htm (1408 words)

	KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News - State representative Hale to be honored in Hilo
		HONOLULU (AP) _ State Representative Helene Hale will be honored Saturday with the opening of a new collection of works in her honor at the Hilo Public Library.
		She was a member of the former Hawaii County Board of Supervisors, and was the first woman elected county chairman in 1963.
		Hale also served as a delegate to the Hawaii State Constitutional Convention in 1978, a member of the Hawaii County Council, and the state House of Representatives.
	www.kpua.net /news.php?id=5596 (166 words)

	C&I - Criterion 7
		At the 1978 Constitutional Convention, the Admissions Act’s trust language as it relates to native Hawaiians was examined and new sections were added to the state’s constitution to implement the trust provisions.
		The first new section stated that the lands granted to the State by the Admissions Act (with the exception of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act’s available lands) were to be held by the state as a public trust for Native Hawaiian and the general public.
		As an interim measure, the State is in the process of a compilation of existing data on relevant Criteria and Indicators for sustainable forest management that would be reported in a "State of Forests" publication in late 2000.
	www.state.hi.us /dlnr/dofaw/pubs/forests2000/crit7.htm (9927 words)

	KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News - Lawmakers implement 1978 amendment to preserve agricultural lands
		HONOLULU (AP) _ In 1978, Hawaii voters approved a state constitutional amendment calling for the conservation and protection of agricultural lands.
		The bill that passed is a compromise measure intended to set policies and procedures for identifying important agricultural lands, and for developing incentives for agricultural viability in Hawaii.
		Governor Lingle says if it is a good bill, she will sign it with enthusiasm because this kind of a measure has been required since 1978 by the constitutional convention.
	www.kpua.net /news.php?id=5221 (168 words)

	State v. Nakata - Hawaii DUI Lawyers
		was promulgated "to conform the Hawaii Revised Statutes to the Hawaii State Constitution as amended by the constitutional convention of 1978." Act 89, 1979 Haw.
		The emphasized provision was added during the 1978 Constitutional Convention in response to Williams v.
		When adding the new provision, the constitutional convention delegates were not addressing the serious versus petty distinction at issue in this case.
	www.dui1.com /DuiCaseLawDetail12774/Page11.htm (550 words)

	Hawaii Aloha - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Written by Lorenzo Lyons, a Christian minister who died in 1886, Hawai‘i Aloha was considered by the Hawai‘i State Legislature in 1967 and by the Hawai‘i State Constitutional Convention in 1978 to become the official state song.
		Hawai‘i Aloha is typically sung in both small and large, formal and informal gatherings in Hawai‘i while standing in a circle with joined hands.
		It is considered a vital feature at the inauguration of the Governor of Hawai‘i, who is called Ke Kia‘aina, and the opening sessions of the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives and Hawai‘i State Senate.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Hawaii_Aloha (280 words)

	THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The taxing power shall be reserved to the State, except so much thereof as may be delegated by the legislature to the political subdivisions, and except that all functions, powers and duties relating to the taxation of real property shall be exercised exclusively by the counties, with the exception of the county of Kalawao.
		Lands identified by the State as important agricultural lands needed to fulfill the purposes above shall not be reclassified by the State or rezoned by its political subdivisions without meeting the standards and criteria established by the legislature and approved by a two-thirds vote of the body responsible for the reclassification or rezoning action.
		If a revision or amendment proposed by a constitutional convention is in conflict with a revision or amendment proposed by the legislature and both are submitted to the electorate at the same election and both are approved, then the revision or amendment proposed by the convention shall prevail.
	www.hi.lp.org /HistDocs/hicon.htm (14931 words)

	Hawai`i State Constitution - Section Titles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Hawaii Constitution was framed by a Constitutional Convention under Act 334, Session Laws of Hawaii 1949.
		The Constitution has since been amended a number of times in accordance with proposals adopted by the legislature or by constitutional convention and ratified by the people.
		On November 7, 1978, amendments to the Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention of 1978 were presented to the electorate for its approval.
	www.hawaii.gov /lrb/con (620 words)

	Kobayashi, Sugita, & Goda - Attorneys at Law
		He has served as a legislative assistant to the Hawaii's House of Representatives and as judiciary committee clerk to the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention.
		In 1981, he was appointed a Deputy Corporation Counsel for the City and County of Honolulu, and in that position served as counsel for a number of City agencies.
		Lau joined the Office of Attorney General for the State of Hawaii to work with the agency responsible for the development and administration of all the State's affordable housing projects.
	www.ksglaw.com /blue_atty_Burt_Lau.htm (265 words)

	A BILL TO EXPRESS THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE UNITED STATES RELATIONSHIP WITH NATIVE HAWAIIANS, TO ...
		The State constitution was amended to create the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as a means to give expression to the right of self-determination and self-governance for Hawaii's indigenous peoples, Native Hawaiians.
		The State constitution provided for 9 trustees who were Native Hawaiian to be elected by Native Hawaiians.
		This measure is critical to the people in Hawaii because it begins a process to address many longstanding issues facing Hawaii's indigenous peoples and the State of Hawaii.
	www.senate.gov /~akaka/speeches/2001123327.html (1383 words)

	Hawaii History Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		List of Ambassadors from the United States to Hawaii
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Category:Hawaii_history (223 words)

	Encyclopedia: John Waihee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		Waihee started his political career as a delegate to the 1978 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention where he was instrumental in the creation of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the adoption of the Hawaiian language as the official language of the state.
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	Helene Hale
		Chairman and Executive Officer, County of Hawaii (forerunner of Mayor), 1963 - 1965
		Member, Hawaii County Council, 1980 - 1984, 1988 - 1992, 1992 - 1994
		If you have any problems with any of these pages, please contact webmaster@Capitol.hawaii.gov with the page address and problems encountered.
	www.capitol.hawaii.gov /site1/house/members/rep4.asp?press1%3Dhouse%26press2%3Dmembers (229 words)

	US Lawyer Locator - Hawaii Personal Injury Lawyer - Richard Turbin, Esq.
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