Reconciliation at a Crossroads:
The Implications of the Apology Resolution and Rice v. Cayetano for Federal and State Programs Benefiting Native Hawaiians
Appendix
2000 Forum Panelists
Panel
1: Impact on Programs in Health, Education, Housing
Dr. Richard Kekuni Akana
Blaisdell, Professor of Medicine, University of Hawai i at Manoa
Dr. Peter Hanohano, Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Education Council
Dr. Lilikala Kame eleihiwa, Director, Center for Hawaiian Studies, University
of Hawai i at Manoa
Tara Lulani McKenzie, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Alu Like, Inc.
Dr. Kenneth Conklin, Retired University Professor and Former High School
Mathematics Teacher
Panel
2: Legal Implications
Mahealani Kamau u,
Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
Bill Hoshijo, Executive Director, Hawai i Civil Rights Commission
Robert Klein, Attorney and former State Supreme Court Justice
H. William Burgess, Retired Attorney
Edward King, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Hawai i at Manoa, and
former Chief Justice for the Federated
States of Micronesia
Panel
3: Government Programs
Clayton Hee, Chairman,
Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Sherri Broder, Legal Counsel, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Ray Soon, Chairman, Hawaiian Homes Commission, and Director of the State
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
Panel
4: Legislative Response
Mike Kitamura, Office of
U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka
Sol Kaho ohalahala, Representative, Hawai i
State Legislature
Jon Van Dyke, Professor of Law, University of Hawai i at Manoa
Panel
5: Perspectives
Sondra Field-Grace, Secretary
and Treasurer, Ili Noho Kai O Anahola
David
K. Helela, Retired Army Officer
Kanoelani Medeiros,
Self-Proclaimed Hawai i Nationalist
Patrick
Hanifin, Attorney
1998 Forum Panelists
Panel 1: Public Law 103-150,
Purpose and Meanings (Overview)
Esther Kia aina,
Legislative Assistant, Office of U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka
Rev. Kaleo Patterson, Associate Pastor, Kaumakapili
Church, and Executive Director, Hawaii Ecumenical Coalition
James Mee, Attorney
Panel 2: Civil
Rights Implications of Public Law 103-150
Carl Christensen, Staff Attorney, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
Pōkā Laenui, Executive Director, Institute for the Advancement of
Hawaiian Affairs
John Goemans, Attorney
Kanalu Young, Professor, Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai i at
Manoa
Panel 3: Equal Protection for
Native Hawaiians
Jon Van Dyke, Professor of
Law, University of Hawai i at Manoa
Stuart Minor Benjamin, Professor of Law, University of San Diego
Mililani Trask, Kia aina (Governor), Ka Lahui Hawai i
Panel 4: State
Reconciliation Efforts and Future Initiatives
A. Frenchy DeSoto, Chairperson, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Kali Watson, Chairman, Hawaiian Homes Commission, and Director, Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands
Peter Apo, Special Assistant for Hawaiian Affairs, Office of the Governor
Panel 5: Federal
Oversight, Reconciliation Efforts, and Future Initiatives
Ferdinand Danny Aranza, Deputy Director, Office of Insular
Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Esther Kia aina, Legislative Assistant, Office of U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka
Mark Van Norman, Deputy Director, Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of
Justice
Grover Joseph Rees, Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Subcommittee on
International Operations and Human Rights, Committee on International Relations,
U.S. House of Representatives
Note: The Hawaii Advisory Committee requested inclusion of the transcripts from the 1998 and 2000 community forums, in addition to all written submissions, as appendices to this report. Consistent with Commission practices, these documents, although not appended, are on file with the Western Regional Office.