{"id":726,"date":"2006-07-28T23:45:49","date_gmt":"2006-07-29T08:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/dev\/wordpress\/?p=726"},"modified":"2008-12-29T23:49:36","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T08:19:36","slug":"groups-call-for-halt-of-destructive-activities-in-lihue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"Groups call for halt of destructive activities in Lihu’e"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, DMZ-Hawai’i \/ Aloha ‘Aina called for an end to the destructive activities in Lihu’e<\/a>, O’ahu, in particular the activities that threaten Hale’au’au Heiau.<\/p>\n

Public Statement
\n28 July 2006<\/p>\n

Army must cease and desist destructive Stryker activities to sacred sites in Lihu\u2018e plains<\/h2>\n

In public hearings in 2003, the community overwhelmingly opposed the U.S. Army\u2019s proposed Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) expansion. Many spoke to the fate of cultural sites in the sacred landscape of Lihu\u2018e and Leilehua, including the birthstones of Kukaniloko and the heiau Hale\u2019au\u2019au.\u00a0 The Army\u2019s own Environmental Impact Statement for SBCT admitted that its expansion plans would cause \u201csignificant impacts\u201d to wahi pana (sacred sites) in Lihu\u2019e and Pohakuloa. A lawsuit by three Kanaka Maoli groups challenging the adequacy of the Army\u2019s environmental impact statement is still on appeal.\u00a0 Despite the community\u2019s rejection of the Stryker expansion and the irreparable harm it would cause to the environment and to cultural sites and practices, the Army is proceeding with its plans.<\/p>\n

DMZ-Hawaii\/Aloha \u2018Aina has obtained information indicating that the US Army was forced to halt unexploded ordnance clearance activities in Lihu\u2019e, the site of its proposed Battle Area Complex due to alleged violations of the National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Programmatic Agreement governing the protection of cultural sites.\u00a0 Cultural monitors reported that workers had bulldozed across a protective site buffer for Hale\u2019au\u2019au Heiau and cited numerous other violations of the Programmatic Agreement.\u00a0 OHA has threatened a lawsuit for violations of the Programmatic Agreement.<\/p>\n

DMZ-Hawai\u2019i \/ Aloha \u2018Aina maintains that the proposed Stryker Brigade expansion wrongfully utilizes Hawaiian national lands (\u201cCeded Lands\u201d) and is incompatible with Hawaiian values of aloha \u2018aina and malama \u2018aina.<\/p>\n

DMZ-Hawaii\/Aloha \u2018Aina calls on the US Army to immediately:<\/p>\n

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  1. Cease and desist all Stryker Brigade expansion activities, especially the destructive activities to the sacred Lihu\u2018e and Leilehua plains.\u00a0 It is impossible to \u201cmitigate\u201d desecration.<\/li>\n
  2. Conduct a thorough damage assessment of Kanaka Maoli cultural and sacred sites in Stryker project areas.<\/li>\n
  3. Conduct cultural surveys of all affected lands, as required by the Programmatic Agreement, under the auspices of qualified Kanaka Maoli cultural experts.<\/li>\n
  4. Make public all documents related to the documentation and preservation of na wahi pana and the removal of unexploded ordnance in Stryker project areas.<\/li>\n
  5. Provide adequate resources (time and money) for na kia\u2019i (cultural monitors), so that they may perform their important work unhindered.<\/li>\n
  6. We demand immediate religious access to the affected sites, to see what has been done, and to perform cleansing rituals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In spite of the U.S. illegal occupation of our homeland, we still bear the kuleana of maintaining the life of the land.\u00a0 DMZ Hawaii\/Aloha \u2018Aina expects a prompt and favorable response to this request.<\/p>\n

    Jim Albertini, Malu Aina & DMZ Hawaii\/Aloha \u2018Aina
    \nBrian Bilsky
    \nKat Brady
    \nDonna Ann Kameaha\u2019iku Camvel
    \nKeli\u2019i Collier, DMZ Hawaii\/Aloha \u2018Aina
    \nShannan Collier, DMZ Hawaii\/Aloha \u2018Aina
    \nFred Dodge, MD and \u2018Ohana, Malama Makua
    \nCory Harden
    \nHawai\u2019i Okinawa Alliance
    \nGail Hunter
    \nIkaika Hussey, DMZ Hawaii\/Aloha \u2018Aina
    \nKyle Kajihiro, American Friends Service Committee Hawai\u2019i
    \nTerri Keko\u2019olani, Ohana Koa \/ Nuclear Free & Independent Pacific
    \nColleen Kelly
    \nJohn Kelly
    \nMarion Kelly
    \nGwen Kim, Ohana Koa\/ Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific
    \nMauna Kea Anaina Hou
    \nKala\u2019iokamalino Kim Niheu
    \nKalamaoka\u2019aina Niheu, MD
    \nSoli Kihei Niheu
    \nHekili Pae\u2019aina
    \nSparky Rodrigues, Malama Makua
    \nPuanani Rogers, Hookipa Network
    \nNot In Our Name-Hawai`i
    \nAndre Perez, Hui Pu
    \nAnjali Puri
    \nCha Smith, KAHEA
    \nMartha Townsend, KAHEA
    \nVeterans for Peace
    \nLeandra Wai, Malama Makua
    \nImai Winchester, Halau Ku Mana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today, DMZ-Hawai’i \/ Aloha ‘Aina called for an end to the destructive activities in Lihu’e, O’ahu, in particular the activities that threaten Hale’au’au Heiau. Public Statement 28 July 2006 Army must cease and desist destructive Stryker activities to sacred sites in Lihu\u2018e plains In public hearings in 2003, the community overwhelmingly opposed the U.S. Army\u2019s … <\/p>\n

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