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Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association’s Conference
2007 6th annual native hawaiian convention
2006 5th annual native hawaiian convention
2005 4th annual native hawaiian convention
2004 3rd annual native hawaiian convention
2003 2nd annual native hawaiian convention
2002 1st annual native hawaiian convention
informational briefing on education reform
educational symposium on native constitutions
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2005 4th Annual Convention
August 30-Septemeber 2, 2005
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel
Na Wai Ke Kuleana? Na Kakou! Who Is Responsible? We All Are!
The 4th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention addressed some of the key issues affecting Native communities with the recent Kamehameha Schools 9th Circuit Court ruling, the pending decisions in the Arakaki vs. Lingle Lawsuit and the task of moving the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act through the U.S. Congress. The unity displayed the efforts individuals and organizations from every facet of our community in responding to these issues. Indeed, we are all responsible and our community will engage issues affecting Native wellbeing, history and access.
- Honorable Congressman Ed Case, U.S. House of Representatives
- Honorable Governor Linda Lingle, State of Hawaii
- Quanah Crossland Stamps, Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans
- Honorable Mufi Hannerman, Mayor, City of Honolulu
- Thomas Kaulukukui, Chairman, Queen Liliu‘okalani Trust
- Bruce Blankenfeld, Navigator, Polynesian Voyaging Society
- This roundtable features briefings on multi-Native economic initiatives that included American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian firms. Roundtable participants shared strategies to create sustainable jobs and economics in Native communities with a panel of Congressional Staff Representatives from Hawaii and Washington DC.
- Two sessions engaged community dialogue to produce a report to Public Policy officials for reauthorization and/or content amendments on important pieces of federal legislation
- Panel discussions on how we defined individual and collective kuleana. Also included challenges and opportunities for Native Hawaiians in the new century.
- This luncheon highlighted CNHA’s philanthropic program benifiting Native Hawaiian nonprofits using indigenous knowledge, practices, and culture to address today’s community development challenges.
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