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<br /> 10.0.?- 98 SL~~ 11:12 FA1 8083265697 C~J00-1 <br /> FLOP I A LIJK.ZEh! p- <br /> nGgot3ating GOnGr'2lCt, We 91111 have 11ot 6~e71 ar3ything or received <br /> a reply to these 3.s9ues_ <br /> This writteE'1 testimony is ~ reminder of our Concerns to the council <br /> with Lhe hope that this c4unci~ will acknowlel3g'e our cone~rrts and <br /> help protect our Native and Cultural rights ahd life sCy1e. <br /> we are assuming one way or the orlier that these county lands will <br /> be wither sold, exchanged or leased out to the people_ When this <br /> happens and ig our native and culCUxal rights ire not prat-acted and <br /> our concerns are not put into the negotiating comt~cacts, then we <br /> and ouz next gei~erat ion will have no place to ~o to do our cultural <br /> things from L~Iaipio Valley to I~Ii.lo. <br /> Hamakua is our home and backyard. This Aina is whet~e we work, play <br /> end Zive_ <br /> Please doll' t sell oz base our forests and those lands that once <br /> were or are forest reserves sh~,wn on the maps.. <br /> We the HCCH pray that your deClsion wi_11 ~e in favor of our <br /> concar~ls . <br /> One thing w@ are sure of is that whatever- decision is made only <br /> Bette will tell whether that decision was the night one or not. <br /> Please find attached a ligt cif our concerns_ <br /> r~~ <br /> <br />