{"id":7716,"date":"2010-08-21T23:21:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T07:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7716"},"modified":"2010-08-21T23:22:35","modified_gmt":"2010-08-22T07:52:35","slug":"hawaii-independent-oha-considers-legal-action-to-protect-cultural-sites-against-army-stryker-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7716","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Independent: OHA considers legal action to protect cultural sites against Army Stryker vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hawaii Independent <\/a>reported that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is considering legal action to get the Army to protect Hawaiian cultural sites.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The report also exposes the fact that the Army Native Hawaiian liaison program and Native Hawaiian Advisory Council is a front for the Army that is incapable of standing up for Native Hawaiian culture, land or rights.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.thehawaiiindependent.com\/story\/molokai-stryker\/<\/a><\/p>\n

OHA considers legal action to protect cultural sites against Army Stryker vehicles<\/h2>\n

Aug 21, 2010 – 01:17 PM | by Samson Kaala Reiny<\/p>\n

MOLOKAI\u2014The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is using a \u201cbalanced approach\u201d to hold the Army accountable for protecting cultural sites from further desecration on its Stryker Brigade locations, according to OHA\u2019s CEO Clyde Namuo at a board of trustees meeting on Molokai yesterday.<\/p>\n

A member of the community complained that the letter OHA sent to the Army on August 13 had no legal teeth because no clear-cut demands or timelines were made.<\/p>\n

The OHA letter only states that the Army \u201cpromptly evaluate the historic properties identified\u201d as a result of the 2008 settlement between the two groups. It concludes by asking \u201cin the spirit of cooperation and in good faith … a continued collaboration between our office and your agency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Namuo disagreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do believe it does have teeth because it states the Army is not fulfilling substantially [sic] the Programmatic Agreement,\u201d Namuo said.<\/p>\n

But Namuo thinks that OHA should connect with new Army personnel first. Colonel Mulberry, U.S. Army Garrison Commander, has only been on the job a few months and doesn\u2019t know the issues. Namuo believes OHA should first reach out to him. There\u2019s a chance he could be very receptive to concerns in the Native Hawaiian community.<\/p>\n

\u201cPast garrison commanders were sensitive,\u201d Namuo said.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Namuo believes the Army\u2019s negligence in recent months, particularly with the unearthing of iwi at Schofield Barracks at Lihue in May, is telling.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe spirit of the Army is not what we had hoped,\u201d Namuo said.<\/p>\n

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The Hawaii Independent reported that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is considering legal action to get the Army to protect Hawaiian cultural sites.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The report also exposes the fact that the Army Native Hawaiian liaison program and Native Hawaiian Advisory Council is a front for the Army that is incapable of standing up for Native … <\/p>\n

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