STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1748
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.C.R. No. 189
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
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 H.C.R. No. 189, H.D. 1, entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR, AND URGING THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC REPATRIATION OF, NATIVE HAWAIIAN ART, CULTURAL ITEMS, AND IWI KUPUNA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the international and domestic reparation of Native Hawaiian art, cultural items, and iwi kupuna.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kawaihapai Ohana, and four individuals.
Your Committee finds that the black-market trade of historic and cultural items constitutes one of the most persistent illegal trades in the world. Your Committee further finds that Native Hawaiian art, cultural items, iwi kupuna, and other historic artifacts, including the approximately five thousand items determined to be missing from ‘Iolani Palace, have been subject to illegal theft and transfer out of the State. Further, thousands of iwi kūpuna, moepū, and culturally significant items remain in museum collections around the world. This measure seeks to address the loss of these important historical and cultural artifacts by urging the international and domestic repatriation of these items.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of
clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 189, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 189, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.
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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