We align with the October 31, 1998 KAHUNA STATEMENT to the Hawaii State Legislature, signed by many of the greatest healers of that time.   It says:

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED KUPUNA PRACTITIONERS OF HAWAIIAN HEALING HAVE COUNSELED AND AGREE:

(1) THAT WE ARE ONLY INSTRUMENTS IN THE HEALING PROCESS AND THAT THE TRUE SOURCE OF HEALING COMES FROM THE ALMIGHTY, KNOWN AS AKUA, ‘IO, OR GOD. IT IS THIS SOURCE THAT GIVES US OUR CALLING TO PRACTICE;

(2) THAT THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE HEALING TRADITIONS OF THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE; AND

(3) THAT WHILE WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED S.B. 1946, THE BLOOD QUANTUM, LICENSURE, AND CERTIFICATION ISSUES RAISED IN THE LEGISLATION ARE INAPPROPRIATE AND CULTURALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR GOVERNMENT TO ASCERTAIN. THESE ARE THE KULEANA OF THE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY ITSELF THROUGH KUPUNA WHO ARE PERPETUATING THESE PRACTICES.

FURTHER, WE AGREE THAT KUPUNA HENRY AUWAE SERVES AS CHAIRMAN OF THIS COUNCIL OF MASTER PRACTITIONERS AND HAS THE CONSENT OF ITS MEMBERS TO ADDRESS FUTURE ISSUES RELATED TO THIS LEGISLATION.

 SIGNED:

Henry Auwae, Po‘okela 

Agnes Cope

Malia Craver

Kalua Kaiahua 

Margaret Machado

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