Bill Text: HI SCR35 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: OHA; Queen Kaahumanu Monument

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-29 - (S) Referred to WTL. [SCR35 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SCR35-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	35
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE CONVENING OF A TASK FORCE TO CONSIDER THE MERITS OF CREATING IN OR NEAR HANA, MAUI, A MONUMENT TO QUEEN KA`AHUMANU IN COLLABORATION WITH HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS, RESPECTED KÜPUNA IN THE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, various Pacific island chiefdoms were first unified into the Kingdom of Hawai`i during the late eighteenth century through conquest by the warrior who became the Kingdom's first ruling monarch, known as King Kamehameha the Great, or Kamehemaha I; and

 

WHEREAS, following the death of Kamehameha I in 1819, Queen Ka`ahumanu, his first and favorite wife and close advisor, became in effect the kuhina nui (co-ruler) of the Kingdom together with the heir to the throne, Prince Liholiho (King Kamehameha II); and

 

WHEREAS, upon the death of Liholiho in 1824 and the succession of Liholiho's younger brother Kauikeaouli (Kamehemeha III) to the throne, Queen Ka`ahumanu in effect ruled the Kingdom as regent during the early years of Kauikeaouli's reign; and

 

WHEREAS, Queen Ka`ahumanu was a forceful person who exerted  great impact, influence, and power during much of the Kingdom's existence, as an advisor and co-leader with kings, as a free-spirited challenger of traditional kapu, and as a catalyst and shaper of the evolving relationship between ancient Hawaiian and more recently arrived Christian beliefs, morals, and spirituality; and

 

WHEREAS, Queen Ka`ahumanu was born around 1770 of Ke`eaumoku and Namahana in the cave at Pu`u Ka`uiki, near Hana on the island of Maui and taken as an infant to Heaiu Kaniomoku at Hana; and

 

WHEREAS, the Kingdom of Hawai`i, and successor governments, including the Territory of Hawai`i and the State of Hawai`i, have built monuments honoring persons of importance in Hawaiian history, including King Kamehameha the Great, King Kalakaua, Queen Kapi`olani, Queen Lili`uokalani, Father Damien, Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox, and Prince Kuhio; and

 

WHEREAS, although a statue of Queen Ka`ahumanu already exists at the Queen Ka`ahumanu Center in Kahului, Maui, a monument to the Queen at or near Hana, Maui, the area of her birth, paying tribute to and memorializing her valued contributions to the Kingdom of Hawai`i and the history of Hawai`i, would be appropriate and would benefit our current residents and visitors alike; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is urged to convene a task force to consider the merits of creating in or near Hana, Maui, a monument to Queen Ka`ahumanu; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to include as members respected kupuna in the Hawaiian community; representatives from appropriate Hawaiian organizations, such as the Royal Order of Kamehameha, `Ahahui Ka`ahumanu Society, State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kamehameha Schools, Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Queen Lili`uokalani Children's Center, and Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; and a representative from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to consider the nature and precise location of a Queen Ka`ahumanu monument; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Royal Order of Kamehameha, `Ahahui Ka`ahumanu Society, State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kamehameha Schools, Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Queen Lili`uokalani Children's Center, and Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________
		BY REQUEST

Report Title: 

OHA; Queen Kaahumanu Monument