[CPEO-MEF] Makua (HI) access dispute

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army denies Hawaiians access to sacred sites

By Will Hoover
Honolulu Advertiser
July 22, 2007
	

Long-simmering differences between Native Hawaiians and the military 
over access to Makua Valley have flared anew, with the Army notifying 
two prominent groups that they will no longer be allowed access to four 
sacred sites they've visited in the past.

Malama Makua and Hui Malama say the Army's notice, contained in a June 
12 letter, may violate a 2001 court order guaranteeing cultural access 
to many sites in the valley, including the four sites they can no longer 
enter.

"The 2001 court decree said that Malama Makua and other groups must be 
allowed a minimum of two daytime accesses per month and one overnight 
visit a year for cultural activities at the sites," said William Aila, a 
member of Hui Malama, a Native Hawaiian faction that has conducted 
cultural practices at the sites along with Malama Makua. "Now, these 
activities have been severely restricted."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707220365

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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