Does Bishop Museum treat Hui Malama unfairly?


A commentary in the Advertiser by Edward Halealoha Ayau, and signed by 23 other Hawaiian cultural leaders, providing some history 'iwi kupuna (ancestral bones) and niho (teeth) returned to Moloka'i for reburial by Hui Malama, recounting the struggle to obtain the items from Bishop Museum, and asks: "Was the Bishop Museum's actions in this matter a cautious approach or did it amount to unfair treatment of Hui Malama? We believe the record supports the latter."

And in Star-Bulletin letters, Stuart N. Taba says Bishop Museum should not be considered a Hawaiian organization and given claimant rights to Hawaiian artifacts, pointing out the inherent racism that it is remains of natives, not of missionaries, that end up in the museum; while Isabella Aiona Abbott criticizes Hui Malama for their role in repatriation of remains and artifacts.


Posted: Sun - September 5, 2004 at 09:32 AM    
   
 
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