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lawsuit for the Wright, W-R-I-G-H-T, on water rights for the kalo, sugar, and in that document– <br /> in the Supreme Court–my relatives are on there. <br /> Then, I have a marriage certificate. And I thought that it was King Kamehameha I and III of <br /> Kahalu`u, but it's actually with King Kalakaua, who, my family has deep ties with King <br /> Kalakaua, and it was specifically Kahalu`u Mauka, and Aunty Lily Kong ran me through it, and I <br /> am related to her family because she's a Kong, so that <br /> LINGER: —Okay, so under, under Item E, "Persons who are descendants of native Hawaiians <br /> who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, who practiced those rights which were <br /> customarily and traditionally exercised for"these purposes, you're saying you are, you are a <br /> descendant of native Hawaiians. Is that correct? <br /> MCMICHAEL: Yes, because the—because of the Akau, my family married the Akau <br /> specifically. Okay, and the Akau's were, have a marriage certificate, said they were, resided in <br /> Kainaliu and the residents of La`aloa to Keauhou, and, yeah, so, Akau is now I found is <br /> descendants also of the Alapai's <br /> UNGER: Okay. <br /> MCMICHAEL: who resided on this, because the Akau is the mother. She's an Akau, and <br /> they had <br /> UNGER: And I don't mean to get too specific <br /> MCMICHAEL: I know <br /> UNGER: but we do have rules here, but, I mean, do you have koko? Do you have Hawaiian <br /> blood? <br /> MCMICHAEL: Yes. <br /> UNGER: Oh, okay, okay, I think <br /> MCMICHAEL: —Yes <br /> UNGER: that we just need to be clear with that. <br /> MCMICHAEL: Well, here's what I brought because I can't explain things. It's always a picture <br /> tells a thousand words for me. [Ms. McMichael showed a collage of photographs to the <br /> Commissioners.] So, here's my family and they came from China. They landed in Hawaii. <br /> These are pictures, Chun's. There's so much mana. There's so much mana here. I can't believe <br /> what happened is this particular land is the Chun, and next to it is the Akau. It's surreal. I just <br /> think it's surreal. I only know Hawaiians since as a little girl. This picture here, Governor <br /> Burns, I campaigned for him. So, I was a hula dancer since I was three. I've danced on every <br /> television station that was on–Lucky Luck, Kini Popo, Bozo the Clown–it's like every <br /> 5 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />