It's too bad that the courts had to order Hui Malama to return to Bishop Museum the 83 burial artifacts that were on "loan" to the Hui and which were repatriated to a cave in the Big Island.
At least the artifacts will be safe from theft for the time being and the court also ordered that the museum cannot put them on display until the dispute is settled. One of the main problems right now, as with the Akaka bill and the pro-sovereignty movement is that different factions of the kanaka maoli have different opinions on what should be done. I just hope this issue doesn't get escalated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, as have so many other kanaka maoli suits.
"...No fewer than 13 separate groups have claims on the priceless artifacts, which include carved-wood statuettes of family gods, or 'aumakua; carved bowls; a human-hair wig; ipu, or gourd objects such as drums and water bottles; tools; and pieces of feather capes.
Their removal from a burial cave on the Big Island in 1905 led to their placement with Bishop Museum, their reburial by Hui Malama and now the court fight among three competing claimants.
Reaction to the latest action, a federal court ruling 100 years after the artifacts were first removed, shows the raw emotions simmering for years surrounding the artifacts.
Even as Hui Malama decried the ruling, other Native Hawaiian groups that made claims to the items applauded Ezra's decision...."
Miulang
At least the artifacts will be safe from theft for the time being and the court also ordered that the museum cannot put them on display until the dispute is settled. One of the main problems right now, as with the Akaka bill and the pro-sovereignty movement is that different factions of the kanaka maoli have different opinions on what should be done. I just hope this issue doesn't get escalated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, as have so many other kanaka maoli suits.
"...No fewer than 13 separate groups have claims on the priceless artifacts, which include carved-wood statuettes of family gods, or 'aumakua; carved bowls; a human-hair wig; ipu, or gourd objects such as drums and water bottles; tools; and pieces of feather capes.
Their removal from a burial cave on the Big Island in 1905 led to their placement with Bishop Museum, their reburial by Hui Malama and now the court fight among three competing claimants.
Reaction to the latest action, a federal court ruling 100 years after the artifacts were first removed, shows the raw emotions simmering for years surrounding the artifacts.
Even as Hui Malama decried the ruling, other Native Hawaiian groups that made claims to the items applauded Ezra's decision...."
Miulang
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