2018-07-02 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – July 2, 2018 Hawaiian – I’m Hawaiian-Portuguese-Irish and I’m proud of all my nationalities but I’m so proud that I was born, of all places, I was born in Hawaii because what I’ve learned here is so much more better than what I’ve learned other places – so I’m trying to see how I can get you folks help and it would be really nice if you guys can, you know, if all of the hunters can support the idea of suing the Department of Land and Natural Resources – they not for personally – but as a whole group so that they become more responsible for their duties that they’re supposed to be taking care of because it’s getting hard and like I said, I have 26 grandchildren, four great grandsons next month my first great-granddaughter and, you know, I’m concerned about their future and I’m not concerned only for myself but as Hawaiians but I’m also concerned about how who I am. My mother – my father fell in love with my mother. My father was Hawaiian my mother was Portuguese-Irish, and so all about children do that – every nationality we get \[unclear\] – so I’m looking at not only you for us – I’m looking at for all of our future generations because they all hunt – everybody hunt – you pure Orientals, excuse me, no disrespect – but, you know your son or daughter going marry one Hawaiian – no matter – because what we as parents – we try to support our children in the partners that they choose and so I’m concerned about them and their future so that’s why I’m here today and I’ve enjoyed the fact that I’ve become a recognized cultural practitioner and, you know, and all it is – is having respect. All these – Mr. \[unclear\] he knows – Ernest Lau knows who’s head of the Board of Water Supply knows that I’m not a vandalist, malicious or a bad person and in fact when I go in any place that I go – if I see something that I can do – I do it – no problem – I no even go think about, you know, what – the – everything – I just do something, so, I’m just concerned, like I said and but how can we be a practitioner if we no more animals? And, if we going get rid of the animals let’s get rid of the ones that compete against the birds that they concerned about. Because pigs and goats and deer – they don’t eat the nuts and the fruits that the birds eat, so thank you folks very much for allowing me this time – e kala mai, yeah? NP: I just wanted to point out – so on this side we have all this land being taken, fenced, eradicated – on this side there’s very real people like yourself – historical, cultural resources being taken away – you’re real – real people are being deprived of their culture and their history and their resources. And that’s the point we wanted to make – that there are real people being completely ignored and pushed aside. Thank you so much. JM: Oh, thank you very much. TL: Any questions for James from the public? 14