"If the Kingdom of Hawai`i still exists, where is it? Why can't you be happy as part of the U.S.?"

Questions we've all heard before. Fortunately, there are good answers to both.

Each January descendants of the Kingdom, both Native and non-Native as well as their supporters come together at `Iolani Palace to mark the illegal overthrow and subsequent continuing occupation by the U.S. in what is still an independent Hawaiian Nation.

We visited with these Hawai`i nationals at the Palace who not only have their link to the past but both eyes locked on the future.

What they said and how they said it reminded us once again that we were indeed, in the midst of the Nation itself at that moment.

Their words were moving, their mana`o (ideas) strong as they left no doubt they are the faces of the Hawaiian Nation we bring to you this week on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i's Future.