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+ S <br /> - ~R.~ LAI-~~JI HAW~.~I`I _ <br /> ,•L t <br /> P.O. Box 4964, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • 934-7723 ~ - ~~I 7 <br /> "i:t(Iwi~~T.rus'k'"r~ P ~ l~'UM-~(.P <br /> nina~co May 20, 1997 C <br /> Chairman Arakaki and Councihnemh:r~ of the Hawaii County <br /> 'auJ Neaes , ;a <br /> ukane(a Kia'cinb;+~ COUIICll, <br /> .t. Gox+aaar <br /> ? Coochie Cayan My name is Mililani Trask, Kia ama of Ka Lahui Hawaii, the <br /> <br /> ya~een tV.Andr~ady~e~~. largest Hawaiian sovereignty organization In the State of Hawaii. <br /> 'u <br /> ~ikU (ATHI(~ ttrLCitr~' <br /> ~ ' We have actively pursued social, economic and environmental <br /> ~ justice on the local, state, national and international political arenas <br /> ~ <br /> ~ for a decade. We hold alliances with Indigenous Peoples <br /> ~ ` ~ <br /> ~ throughout the world. <br /> " One the common problems that affect Indigenous Peoples <br /> gr`e' f <br /> n i' ~a~~ $ <br /> throughout the world is environmental degradation in the name of <br /> economic development. In Hawaii alone, the Kanaka Maoli have <br /> Y~~~l.' <br /> witnessed and been affected by the destruction of our ocean, land <br /> and water by developers assisted by government officials. <br /> + <br /> ' ` Bi1162, which appropriates $2 million for the development <br /> _ (a-' <br /> ' of an Irradiation facility on Hawaii Island should not be passed. Ka <br /> >.:E Lahui Hawaii cannot and will not support any development which <br /> t. ° L12• ~ <br /> . c;~m~,. i)io. <br /> .r t~ FSie No. F 1J D Cil <br /> rt <br /> :;3~ <br /> ~z,l_`~"~;:~; F def. ~~MAY <br /> 2 0 <br /> 19972 <br /> 0 1997 <br /> <br />