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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hawaiian rights," "historic and cultural property," the "public trust doctrine," the "public lands <br /> <br /> ceded trust" and related subjects, as those subjects were reflected in decisions of various courts or <br /> <br /> in statutes. These entities and their members were also interested in procedures and methods by <br /> which these subjects are to be enforced by public agencies, courts and private landowners. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Q Was their interest connected to an existing proceeding of some kind? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A Not directly, but there were two major land use cases peliflfing in North Kona at the time. <br /> One was the Kohanaiki SMA petition which was being appealed through the court system. <br /> <br /> Another was the Mauna Lani Cove SMA petition which had gone through an evidentiary hearing <br /> <br /> before the planning commission's hearing officer. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Q Was their interest connected to the so-called sovereignty movement? <br /> <br /> <br /> A Not really. sovereignty deals with the form of government that various native Hawaiians <br /> <br /> believed they were rightfully subjected or should be subjected. The entities were concerned with <br /> <br /> protecting any rights belonging to native Hawaiians or to the cultural resources and historic <br /> <br /> properties which are directly associated with native Hawaiians. Unfortunately, at the time, many <br /> <br /> in the general public did not see the difference. <br /> <br /> <br /> Q What, if anything, emerged out of your association with these two entities? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A First, the Kona Hawaiian Civic Club retained an attorney (not me) to petition the Supreme <br /> <br /> Court and to file an amicus curiae brief in the Nansay Hawaii, Inc. appeal to the Hawaii Supreme <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br />