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Sanuary 19. <006
COUNTY C(3U'NCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii -
Aloha,
[ am a resident of Hawai• i Island I would like to express r.ry support for
Resolution No. 6~1.
As you begin deliberation or this Resolution ghat support +:he efforts to pron. r,:
Native Hawaiian ancestral remains, funerary' .objects, sacrec'. obj: ,ts and cu!r,aral
patrimony from descration and destruction, I ,:rae Co~:ncil i~fenl ers, Arakaki, Higa.
I-Coffman. Hoischuh, Ikeda, Isbell, Jacobson, ~liago,rn3 SaYari}_ o consider that mane-.~
concerning Hawaiian burial issues must be handled fir: such a wa, as to maintain the
dignity and respect for Kupuna Iwi. I am agaurst. haying this disc fission happen irr t7e
courts of la~h~ because it is not a public issue and it is ~efinit:ely ; n a'egal issue, buy u
spiritual one chat requires a spiritaa! process.
sincerely,
:Michael Ikeda
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