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This special day is very meaningful
for all of us because we have joined

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and come full circle.

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We have joined the State of Hawaiʻi,
we have joined the U.S. Government

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and Department of Navy.

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We are joined as grassroots people
in a partnership that will begin

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to heal our spirits, our soul, our ʻāina.

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It has not happened before.
I wish to welcome all of you here--

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It's a document that I'm very proud
to have signed,

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and the other thing coming is a deed,
a quitclaim deed, in Hawaiian!

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[crowd cheering]

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And that has never been done
in the opposite since the 1840s

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when all the Hawaiians,
even from this Mākena area,

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were trying to get their deeds,
their Kuleana deeds together.

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This is another first.

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We congratulate the commission
for that foresight.

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Lastly, I want to thank
the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana,

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the guys with the dirty backs,
the guys who have been out there,

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and are still out there.

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The guys from Molokaʻi who couldn't come
because they're fighting the water issue

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from going from homestead land
to the West End.

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The guys who have been arrested
so many times for putting their ʻōkole

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on the line and being barred
from Kahoʻolawe or other military bases.

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The guys who have
really popularized this issue. Now--