POSTED FOR TOTAL TRANSPARENCY. 09/10/2014 Leimana DaMate submitted a letter of support from AMAC to the DOI days before the Aug. 19th Deadline. Michele and Foster, of one of the Maui, Aha Moku, feel that Leimana could have at least told them what AMAC had decided and planned to do. But not a word the weeks before and/or after. So you can just imagine their shock and dismay. *************************************** This is the letter Michelle wrote to Leimana in response to the AMAC letter to DOI: Aloha Leimana, Please read the attached at the next Aha Moku Advisory Committee meeting. Mahalo, Michele Hoopii Koe na kuleana o kanaka Kapalaua, Waiehu Maui September 8, 2014 TO: AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources 1150 Punchbowl Street Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813 FROM: Michele Hoopii SUBJECT: Aha Moku Advisory Committee’s Letter of Support to Re-establish a Government-to-Government Relationship with the Native Hawaiian Government It is with a heavy heart that I write to the Aha Moku Advisory Committee in protest of AMACs submission of support to the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) offered by the federal government and the Department of Interior that would establish a government-to-government relationship with the so-called Native Hawaiian government formed by the qualified Native Hawaiians on the certified base roll. My understanding of AMAC is that it is an agency created to represent the voices of the people from the Island Moku’s of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Moloka’i, Kahoolawe, O’ahu, Kauai and Niihau islands, respectively in an unbiased position. As such the position AMAC has taken to support the government-to-government relationship process without discussing, let alone holding Moku meetings throughout these islands Moku-s is in direct conflict with my objectives and values. Therefore, I DO NOT CONSENT to any and all support of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee. The Aha Moku Advisory Committee DOES NOT HAVE MY CONSENT to use any and all correspondences, emails, documents, maps, diagrams, genealogy, verbal or written communications to support the government-to-government relationship process or any other process related to the Aha Moku Advisory Committee. It is disheartening that the Kanaka Oiwi heritage has been usurped to promote the advancement of political agendas and that the voices of the people, once again, have been asphyxiated. Michele Hoopii **************************************** This is Leimanas reply; From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 8:31 AM Subject: Fw: Letter to AMAC Aloha Michele, It is also with a heavy heart that I respond to you. You are correct in that not all of the moku were notified of the AMAC response to DOI in regards to their support of the ANPRM offered by the DOI in regards to governance. However, there were a lot of correspondence and phone calls from moku people from the different islands asking for us to send a letter of support. This was because they felt they could not testify in person because the independence people overwhelmed them at the different hearings. Yours is the only letter in opposition. However, it is important and I will forward it on to the DOI so that your letter and count will be taken off of the AMAC position. Im truly sorry that this happened but we could not get to all of the people connected to AMAC in time before the letter went out. We waited until the last minute and it was a hard decision, but it was done with the best intent - to also give a voice to those who felt they were pushed out and asked us to voice for them. In hind sight, I should have just listed all their names (although some did not give me their names), or put a disclaimer in stating that not all moku people supported this decision. This was a lesson learned, and again - I am truly sorry. Leimana Leimana DaMate, Executive Director Aha Moku Advisory Committee State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources 1151 Punchbowl Street, #130 Honolulu, HI 96813 tel: (808) 587-1498 cell: (808) 372-9638 email: [email protected] ----- Forwarded by Leimana K DaMate/DLNR/StateHiUS on 09/09/2014 08:10 AM ----- ******************************************* Micheles response to Leimana: From: mhoopii Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: RE: Letter to AMAC Aloha Leimana, With all due respect the division created between the pro government-to-government supporters and those in opposition is NOT the fault of the people beit independence or otherwise. The lack of transparency and sufficient time given for the hearings is why there is so much upheaval. AMAC’s position to take a side without full disclosure to all the moku’s is highly irresponsible and a direct obstruction to the kuleana of those who DO NOT agree such as myself. Let’s be clear here, I am NOT opposed to those who choose to support govt-to-govt, it is a personal choice but as an agency who is suppose to represent the greater whole, AMAC had NO RIGHT to speak for me and assume that any prior communications I had with AMAC was consent to place my position in a supporting roll for the govt-to-govt process. In addition, my contact information was available to AMAC via all the correspondences previously submitted and yet I received no contact from you or any other member of the committee. Moving forward please ensure that my name is removed from any and all lists or databases supporting the govt-to-govt process. Mahalo, Michele Hoopii Koe na kuleana o kanaka Kapalaua, Waiehu, Maui
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