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OHA trustees defend lineal-descendant control of burial councils and push for agency support, AG engagement
Summary
Trustees discussed proposed changes to island burial council composition, opposed last-minute additions that would grant voting seats to landowners/developers, and approved staff recommendations for bills affecting burial councils and HRS chapter 6E processes.
Trustees on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Committee on Beneficiary Advocacy and Empowerment pressed for continued decision-making authority for lineal descendants and cultural practitioners on island burial councils and discussed resources and legal support needed for those councils to carry out duties under HRS chapter 6E.
Kamākana Ferrera and Lena Alalei (OHA policy staff) told trustees that recent bill language and committee hearings introduced last-minute amendments to add voting seats for landowners and developers on burial councils. OHA urged that landowners and developers should attend and provide information but not hold voting seats that could displace…
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