STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1830
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: GOV. MSG. NOS. 746, 747, 748, 749
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 746, 747, 748, and 749, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:
Island Burial
Council, Islands of Maui and Lana'i
G.M. No. 746 |
KAHELEONOLANI DUKELOW, for a term to expire 06-30-2023; |
G.M. No. 747 |
DANE MAXWELL, for a term to expire 06-30-2025; |
G.M. No. 748 |
KYLE NAKANELUA, for a term to expire 06-30-2025; and |
G.M. No. 749 |
EVERETT DOWLING, for a term to expire 06-30-2023, |
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee reviewed
the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by Kaheleonolani
Dukelow, Dane Maxwell, Kyle Nakanelua, and Everett Dowling for service on the
Island Burial Councils, islands of Maui and Lanai.
KAHELEONOLANI
DUKELOW
Your Committee received testimony in
support of the nomination for the reappointment of Kaheleonolani Dukelow from
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and
three individuals.
Your Committee finds that Ms. Dukelow has
been serving as a representative for the Honuaula region on the Island Burial
Council, islands of Maui and Lanai for the last seven years. She has demonstrated a deep dedication to the
preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian culture. Ms. Dukelow is an instructor in Hawaiian studies
and olelo Hawaii at the University of Hawaii Maui College and previously taught
at the Department of Education Kula Kaiapuni program. She has dedicated her life to supporting
educational programs, encouraging a thriving Hawaiian culture and language, and
building character, identity, pride, and spirit among keiki and haumana. Ms. Dukelow contributes avidly to Hawaiian
education advocacy groups, including Nā Leo Kāko‘o o Maui and ‘Āha Kauleo, and has developed
Hawaiian cultural and Hawaiian language medium curriculum for various community
foundations, college-preparatory and college courses, and Hawaiian language immersion
programs. Accordingly, Ms. Dukelow has
exemplified passion for ancestral knowledge and customs. The testimony demonstrates that she has a
reputation in the Maui community as an advocate for perpetuating and preserving
native Hawaiian culture that is unsurpassed.
Your Committee finds that Ms. Dukelow's valuable insight and expertise will
continue to be valuable assets to the Island Burial Council, islands of Maui
and Lanai.
DANE
MAXWELL
Your Committee received testimony in
support of the nomination for the reappointment of Dane Maxwell from the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and one individual.
Your Committee finds that Mr. Maxwell has been serving as a representative on the Island Burial Council, islands of Maui and Lanai for the last seven years, and currently serves as its chairperson. Mr. Maxwell possesses training and experience with historic preservation issues since his early youth and he and his family carry a legacy of cultural and historic preservation for the island of Maui. Born in Wailuku, Maui, Mr. Maxwell traces his dedication to the protection of burials to his memories of witnessing his grandfather and his colleagues re-inter iwi at Honokohau. Mr. Maxwell trained in the proper re-interment protocol, becoming an ordained kahu and cultural specialist. As the owner of CKM Cultural Resources, he has assisted major developers with creating burial treatment plans and cultural impact statements, gaining expertise on state and federal laws related to this purpose.
Your Committee
also finds that Mr. Maxwell is dedicated to the preservation of the Hawaiian
culture, having attended a Hawaiian language immersion school and learned hula
at his halau, Pukalani Hula
Hale. Through his longstanding
commitment to represent his kupuna and iwi practices, your Committee finds that
Mr. Maxwell's experience, kuleana, and knowledge will continue to be valuable
assets to the Island Burial Council, islands of Maui and Lanai.
KYLE
NAKANELUA
Your Committee received testimony in
support of the nomination for the reappointment of Kyle Nakanelua from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and two
individuals.
Your Committee finds that Mr. Nakanelua has been serving as a representative for the Hana region on the Island Burial Council, islands of Maui and Lanai for the last two years. His knowledge reflects his ability to remain calm, think logically and rationally, and treat all with respect. He is a graduate of traditional Hawaii esoteric knowledge, fluent in the Hawaiian language, and serves as a private contractor in the areas of traditional Hawaiian rites, rituals, and protocols.
Mr. Nakanelua and
his family have deep lineal connections to Hana. In working on his
family's farm and having received the oral traditions and ancestral knowledge
of their ahupuaa, he has felt kuleana to contribute to the thoughtful
management and protection of iwi kūpuna.
Mr. Nakanelua has worked as a cultural consultant for the State
Department of Transportation – Airports Division, where he specialized in
educating clients about Native Hawaiian cultural traditions, spiritual customs,
and protocols. Further, Mr. Nakanelua
has practiced cultural preservation with several community organizations,
serving as the Operations Officer of the Royal Order of Kamehameha, the Pinhanakalani
and Haleki‘i Heiau Restoration Committee, and
Pu‘uokoholā Heiau National
Historic Site Advisory Committee. Your
Committee finds that Mr. Nakanelua's connections, experiences, and
activities will continue to be valuable assets to the Maui and Lanai Island
Burial Council.
EVERETT DOWLING
Your Committee received testimony in
support of the nomination for the appointment of Everett Dowling from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Community Foundation, and one
individual.
Your Committee finds that Mr. Dowling
previously served on the Island Burial Council, islands of Maui and Lanai in
the 1990s. Mr. Dowling owns the Dowling
Company that has developed four Department of Hawaiian Home Lands homesteads, is
currently in the process of building another homestead, in that capacity he has
a reputation for producing homesteads on time and on budget. Mr. Dowling has demonstrated sensitivity
to cultural issues at every point in the development process and is passionate
about supporting Native Hawaiian homeownership.
Mr. Dowling contributed to the Native Hawaiian community when his company
built and leased to Kamehameha Schools at a rate of $1 per year its interim
Maui Campus while the infrastructure for its new Maui campus was being
constructed. He also donated twenty
acres of Palauea Cultural Preserve to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Your Committee finds that Mr. Dowling's
experience and knowledge will be valuable assets to the Island Burial Council,
islands of Maui and Lanai.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair |
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