Mauna Ala, sovereign land


Last week's Midweek magazine had a feature about Bill Mai‘oho the kahu/curator of the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna Ala in Nuuanu Valley, "where rest the iwi of every royal since Kamehameha but one" and "the only place in Hawaii where neither state nor federal land laws apply.. the last surviving remnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii."

“In May 1900 (seven years after the overthrow of the native monarchy) when the Organic Act was passed by the Congress of the United States, creating the Territory of Hawaii, Lili‘uokalani and Wilcox worked to have Mauna Ala removed from the public domain. Which means that federal land laws do not apply to the grounds of Mauna Ala, nor now state laws. Mauna Ala is the only place that flies the Hawaiian flag by itself, honoring our ancestral chiefs. By American law, whenever a public facility opens, the American flag is highest, the state flag second. Here at Mauna Ala is proudly displayed only the flag of the nation of Hawaii, created by Kamehameha. So it’s even more intense, even more of a symbol of Mauna Ala’s separateness and sovereign status."


Posted: Thu - June 10, 2004 at 11:46 PM    
   
 
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