Bishop Museum as Native Hawaiian organization
Edward Halealoha
Ayau has a
commentary
in the
Star-Bulletin,
signed by 23 other Hawaiian leaders, making the case against the Bishop Museum
becoming a Native Hawaiian organization pursuant to the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). There is also a commentary on the same
page by Ayau and Kunani Nihipali
regarding investigations into the recent theft
of artifacts from Kanupa Cave on the Big Island which turned up on the black
market. Meanshile,
A. Van Horn
Diamond, chairman of the O'ahu Burial Council,
has an commentary
in the
Advertiser,
in response to the same commentary
above by Ayau and the other Hawaiian leaders which was published earlier in the
Advertiser,
on what he sees as the possible advantages of Bishop Museum becoming a Native
Hawaiian organization pursuant to the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The
Advertiser
has an article
on the sacredness of Hawaiian
burials.And the
Star-Bulletin
editorial
weighs in on the side of Bishop Museum, and
favors artifacts being protected there rather than returned to caves.
Posted: Sun - August 29, 2004 at 09:40 AM