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Kona attorney Mike Matsukawa will discuss the effect of the “modern” court system in displacing traditional native customs in Hawaii and creating a system that favored the foreigner in an upcoming Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo.

Matsukawa will speak on “Judicial Imprints in Hawaiian History” 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, March 11 at Keauhou Beach Resort, Kahaluu II Ballroom and noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, March 14 at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Campus Center Room 301.

In this context, Matsukawa offers explanations for post-Statehood court decisions that attempt to redeem and mitigate the losses sustained by natives, with a hope to achieve what Kauikeaouli or Kamehameha III might have desired for his people.

Matsukawa is a member of the Hawaii State Bar and a practicing attorney in Kailua-Kona for more than 35 years.

For more information on Matsukawa’s presentations, contact Joy Cunefare at 808-534-8528 or e-mail info@kohalacenter.org.

For lecture schedules and webcasts of previous lectures, visit http://kohalacenter.org/puanakaike/about.html and www.keauhouresort.com/learn-puanakaike.html

The Puana Ka Ike and Eia Hawaii lecture series are presented in partnership with Keauhou-Kahaluu Education Group of Kamehameha Schools, The Kohala Center, the Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and Keauhou Beach Resort.