Akaka Bill S.1011

Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law discusses S. 1011, the current U.S. Senate version of the Akaka Bill in a series of videos. Three short video clips below explore the following:
- Background of bill
- Initial Membership (qualified Native Hawaiian constituent)
- Inherent authority
- Negotiations, claims, sovereign immunity

The Senate version of the Akaka Bill is noticeably different from the U.S. House version. Do you know what the differences are? You can watch the videos below and we encourage you to CLICK HERE to read a printer-friendly summary of the new changes to the Akaka Bill.

Background of bill


Initial Membership


Inherent authority and negotiations, claims, sovereign immunity

Our Very Own YWCA Honoree

The Young Womenʻs Christian Association (YWCA) has a website dedicated to women leaders at RaiseMyLeader.org One of this yearʻs honorees is Professor Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie. You can see Prof. MacKenzie RaiseMyLeader profile page by CLICKING HERE. RaiseMyLeader.org described Prof. MacKenzie as having, "worked on Native Hawaiian legal issues for over thirty years. In her role at the Law School, she develops and teaches courses on Native Hawaiian law, writes and lectures extensively and is the chief editor of the Native Hawaiian Rights Handbook. Recently, her efforts lead to the approval of a new certificate program in Native Hawaiian Law at the Law School. She also counsels and mentors law students as part of her commitment to developing future leaders."

If you know Prof. MacKenzie in either a personal or professional capacity, we encourage you to consider leaving a comment for (or about) her by CLICKING HERE, reading some of the current comments, and then scrolling down until you see "Leave a comment." From there you can enter your name as well as the comment you would like to leave. Mahalo nui for your support.

3 Lawyers share observations of Supreme Court ceded lands case

On Thursday, March 5, 2009, Ka Huli Ao hosted its monthly Maoli Thursday lunch-time event. This past Maoli Thursday was titled, "State v. OHA Oral Argument: What Really Happened at the U.S. Supreme Court?" Just like all other Maoli Thursdays, this too was FREE and OPEN to the public. A number of non-law school affiliated people were present. This event was also live-streamed over the internet by Ka Huli Ao.

The guest speakers were:

• Sherry Broder


• Melody MacKenzie


• Richard Naiwi Wurdeman

You can find out what was said by watching the video.

Next month's Maoli Thursday is scheduled, for April 2, 2009 at 12:45. Subscribe to our e-mail list (to the right) and we'll be sure to keep you updated.

Maoli Thursday, March 5, 2009 - STATE V. OHA

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A live stream will be used to broadcast this event online. The webcast will be shown at both stopsellingcededlands.com and www.uhm-nativehawaiianlaw.blogspot.com.

At issue in State v. OHA is whether the State can transfer "ceded" lands before Native Hawaiians' "unrelinquished claims" to those lands are resolved. how did the U.S. Supreme Court Justices respond to this issue at the oral argument on February 25? Come and hear first-hand observations straight from Washington!

Featured speakers include:

• Sherry Broder


• Richard Naiwi Wurdeman


• Melody Kapilialoha MacKenzie

*Maoli Thursday is a lunchtime forum & speaker series held every first Thursday of the month. Maoli Thursdays are FREE and OPEN to the public.