From: “Joe Enos Farias, III” <joeenosfariasiii@gmail.com>
Subject: “PETITION FOR REDRESS”
Date: August 29, 2012 10:39:11 AM HST
Hawaii Aloha Aina is a gathering of people. Hawaii Aloha Aina has created an online: Petition To Redress The State of War Between The Hawaiian Kingdom And The United States of America.
Hawaii Aloha Aina is determined to collect 10,000 signatures by September 11, 2012 and we could use your help. If you can pay it forward to your family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to sign Hawaii Aloha AIna’s petition that would be very much appreciated.
To read more about what Hawaii Aloha Aina is determined to do and to sign Hawaii Aloha Aina’s petition, click below:
It’ll just take a minute!
Aloha aina no,
Joe Enos Farias, III
Hawaii Aloha Aina
Cell: 808.987.4285
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HAA mission (PDF)
I need more information about this petition than that presented here. Although I am privy to the original meeting in which this petition was discussed, as I see it here written I don’t find any clout to it on the part of we in Hawaii. Also, I still wonder if the reading of history is accurate, i.e. a state of war still existing between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States of America.
I believe that Queen Liliuokalani achieved everything that was demanded of her according to legal/political protocol. That President Grover Cleveland and his successors in the office of President of the United States have not fulfilled their part of the Agreement made between two heads of State is something that rests on the shoulders of the President(s) of the United States.
What do the writers of this petition see as redress? How is redress defined? Please be specific. We must be calculating to the nth degree in this matter.
Aloha,
I just discovered the Pdf that explains the mission of Hawaii Aloha Aina. That little red note at the bottom of the post. It answered most of my questions.
Aloha oe Keahi,
Mahalo nui for your posts. Mahalo nui for clarifying that all or most of your questions has been addressed and answered.
Mahalo nui Scott for posting Hawaii Aloha Aina’s “Petition for Redress of Grievances” in recognition of the Wartime Convention of January 17, 1893, which suspended hostilities between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States of America.
I moved the PDF link up above the image so it’s easier to notice, sorry about that.
To shed some light as to who we are, our ohana are descendants of Hawaiian native kupuna living in the district of Ka`u pre- and post-1893, with genealogical ties throughout all the islands up to Kaua`i.
Because the work of Hawaii Aloha Aina is to make transparent the work of our Queen Lili`uokalani, it has been a conscious effort on the part of the members of Hawaii Aloha Aina to not make ourselves the topic of attention, either by face or by name. If there is a face or name to represent Hawaii Aloha Aina it would be that of our beloved Queen Lili`uokalani.
We hope this has brought a degree of understanding of who we are. We honor your decision whether or not to participate in signing the Petition for Redress of Grievances.
Me Ke Aloha Pumehana,
Hawaii Aloha Aina
Aloha,
As we all know there was and IS injustices being done to us as Kanaka Hawaiʻi, our lands and our children (and their children).
My question? “He Aha I Ka Pono?”
I for one am not going to sign anything unless I know the “players” behind this petition and the authorʻs intentions?…Not the name of an organization…thatʻs too simple and easy to put anything on the internet…that is not enough. Many of our “names” such as Aloha and Aloha Aina have been prostituted. I donʻt want to see that again…so WHO is behind this petition and what is your intentions? What model do you support for Hawaiʻi…What is the right way? He Aha I Ka Pono? Letʻs talk.
At this step and level of our movement for sovereignty in Hawaiʻi…it is very important to put your name (or mouth) where your words are and know you will be held accountable, from this day forward…this is not a game.
My concern for our people is that they must educate themselves by KNOWING the TRUTH…where is that? Sorry if I offend anyone. As a cousin of Bernice Pauahi Paki Bishop and descendant of Kailipakalua, sister of Kekuhaupio, Holoaʻe and more…I want to know. This is why we started the Sovereignty Movement back in the Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana period, till today…and still moving forward. My brother went to prison on the State of Hawaiʻiʻs trumped up charges, my family who lived in Kalama Valley (managed by Kamehameha Schools) and many could not afford to go to Kamehameha schools…let alone get a job, today! We come from a huge family on all islands, Vancouver Canada, US and Las Vegas to name a few places…I can count of my hands how many went to Kamehameha Schools? Why? Where did it fail the rest of the Hawaiians? Where was Kamehameha school leaders?
Where were all those people “in charge” back then and now in Kamehameha schools when thousands of my ʻohana needed education? Where were Kamehamehaʻs priority then and NOW? Bernice is turning in her grave because she keeps pleading with me, “to do something” …the best way we know how? Even her sister, Liliuokalani is pleading for us to wake up already! A petition is not the only way…but Iʻm not sure that who ever wrote this petition is PONO…so I ask the question…”He Aha I Ka Pono?” What is the right way? I would like to explain further.
Education was and is at the bottom of our ancestorsʻ heart and so was Liliuokalaniʻs prayer for all of us right? For them, and all our people we dedicate our lives to making the corrections today. As I said, where were all the so called “leaders” from all levels such as… Kamehameha schools, after the illegal occupation? My analysis? They “gave in” not sold out…”gave in” my father said, you all…”caved in” to the powers that be and taught your children wrong…everyone got comfortable and bought into the American system because it “paid your rent” etc. meanwhile, our people were not being attended to anymore because of the usurpation of our rights after 1893. The question is; “Can we make that correction and how?” I believe we can by sharing information.
Today, trusteeʻs at Kamehameha schools and some students have and are doing well for themselves…many want to retire with 10 million dollars for their retirement from their work and thatʻs fine…but at whose expense?
Why is Kamehameha schools leasing lands to huge corporations like Monsanto? who peddles, agent orange in the dangerous; Round UP? or putting and selling GMO in our water and food to our people? Walter Ritte is the one to vote into OHA…heʻs forthright…and talks about Monsanto on Molokaʻi, Waimanalo, Kunia and India…GMO is in our islands on Hawaiian lands growing their bad seeds here and like a drug addict peddles it to the world…this is not what my cousins had in mind. So how do we correct this as well?
Then there are good people who came out of Kamehameha schools, but never got recognized…while the oneʻs who did get recognized such as DJ Mailer, Michael Ka-Ne, past Trustees who are “not so good” get recognized in the media for whatever they are doing…but is what they are doing benefiting our people? or themselves? You just have to go to their homes and see…what kind of cars they drive, how they use their money and who they hang out with? That is one form of education…I call it, Makaʻala Education.
There are all kinds of ways to educate oneʻs self…a myriad of ways and levels to grasp and make good decisions…which brings me to this point…for years I have been waiting and now…Dr. Keanu Sai, has finally done something I can really support and you should to and I will explain further. He recently filed a complaint at the UN level…ABOUT TIME! I mean that is a respectful way and direction to go into…because itʻs time, and now I am hoping to get Kanaka Hawaiʻi prepared for whatever comes our way; spiritually, mentally, economically, socially and independently. I learned over 40 years that it would take years to get educated, knew it was not going to be easy, took the hard road and shielded myself from wrong education.
I summed up that itʻs EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION…os KEY on HOW and where you put your “degrees” not necessarily “going to school” but also finding the correct history, information and listening to people who have done their homework and got it together while getting their education to eventually be used to do the right thing in correcting what is wrong in Hawaiʻi today, and answer all the wʻs.
I donʻt know who is Aloha Aina but if you could explain who you are and your intentions I might be able to decide what to do with your petition.
Meanwhile, I hope that all of those here spread the word about the complaint at the UN and go to website: “hawaiiankingodm.org” and read the complaint and all the annexes that is where the truth resides…read newspaper articles regarding what happened in Hawaiʻi during those times; read: “Holomua Newspaper” others listed in the Annexes such as the Princeton News and other newspapers that printed the truth back then. (Back then the news reporting was pono…today? questionable, except for this blog) That is where part of the truth is…in those Annexes and the website itself…although people may have problems with Keanu…I have to say that over the years he concentrated on his education so he can help “making the corrections” and did alot of it by himself based on history…because he is dedicated to our ancestors and our people, to KNOW how to play a positive role in this messed up times and world we all live in.
I believe that there has to be a bigger grouping of peoples to come together and start with looking at: l.) The True History 2.) If you disagree with that premise…stay home. Why?
(This next step is only for those who KNOW…sorry, if you are not ready to tackle this issue of nation hood…stay home and let those who KNOW do the work)…3.) Bring your expertise to the table then, we can move to, 4.) Formation of our FULL government to end the occupation for REAL…that is the next step for Hawaiʻi.
I am tired of the wanna beʻs and those who are too busy making money off of our lands and people and not sharing your money with us to move forward in the communities where this education is important such as in the ahupuaʻa…I come from the ahupuaʻa of Waimanalo…but many of our people are in need…of more EDUCATION of these facts and there is more that needs to be done in Waimanalo like our Waimanalo Land Use Plans…together.
For me, Independence for Hawaiʻi is the best model because it is based on the true history…who we are and Hawaiian Kingdom laws, meant for us and to be applied on our lands…not American laws or those who think they are Americans…(you are not invited to our table) it will only confuse the issues…One has to be in the KNOWING in order to know how to use it (Hawaiian Laws) and apply it. It gets clouded when the history we begin with is not OURS. If you are Americans, then defend yourselves in the upcoming debates.
I just want to end with these four thoughts; l.) IF this petition is pono, then say who it is that is pushing this and what are your intentions? 2.) Thank you Dr. David Keanu Sai for taking the Liliuokalani-Cleveland Executive Agreement to the UN…pushing this issue to the next level. 3.) For all of us? Back to the trenchʻs in what ever ahupuaʻa you come from, to do what is right, (pono) based on the true history of what happened back in 1893 by reading, grasping and digesting everything in website: “hawaiiankingdom.org” especially the latest complaint filed at the UN and all of the annexes…regarding education on truths and lands… 4.) share what you learned from Keanu and the website of the Hawaiian Kingdom with your ʻohana and prepare for what happens after Nov. 8, 2012…and what will come out of the UN as well at that time.
I invite vigorous debates here, on the streets and in the board room with feed back from; All those living in Hawaiʻi; Non-Kanaka, Kanaka Hawaiʻi, particularly Kamehameha attorneys, trustees, Kamehameha students, Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustees and your attorneys, Civic Clubs, UH Professors, Politicians, students in Political Science, students at and from Richardson Law School, activists, churches, na kahu and groups purporting to speak for Kanaka Hawaiʻi especially every commissioner on the Roll Commission and those who signed the Kanaʻiolowalu Petition…as well… to tell me, “He Aha I Ka Pono?” Ke Olu Olu Oe?
Then we will see where we go from here…a petition? or accept that the Hawaiian Kingdom Government is here already! Read the website I mentioned earlier, please, before you answer me…Mahalo.
Hainaiamaianakapuanala,
Kawehi Kanui, Kanaka Hawaiʻi For Independence
(Supporter) Hawaiian Kingdom Government, Dr. David Keanu Sai and His Cabinet
Aloha e Kawehi,
You bring good points to the table. I am familiar with the confusion you talk about, as are so many others. I read and re-read Princess Pauahi’s Will and Queen Liliuokalani’s Will and I see that both of the Trusts are mismanaged. And that is for another conversation.
I agree that there is a lot of confusion out there. I want to start with clarifying the Sovereignty of Hawaii. It has been said that there is no sovereignty issue in the Hawaiian Kingdom. The Sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom is fixed and in continuity. Correct! The Sovereignty issue we have all been playing lay only within the realm of the State of Hawaii (a.k.a. the military arm of the United States). And I agree with this. The State of Hawaii, through their agents, throw issues out to us and we bite. If we all looked at the truth about Hawaii’s sovereignty we would behave differently.
Since you have brought into focus Keanu Sai’s work, I will focus on his example. First of all, he uses, as his organization’s foundation, the 1864 Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution and calls the 1887 Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution the “Bayonet Constitution”, as have so many others. But what if the 1887 Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution actually is a bayonet against the usurpers? I’m just asking. Also, when having asked Keanu in two of his meetings how he rectifies his support of the 1864 constitution against that of 40,000 of our kupuna who signed the Ku`e in support of the 1887 Constitution in the Memorial that accompanied the Ku`e to Washington, D.C., his answer was eloquently stated as “Go make your own meeting.” Auwe! Education you say? That is what was brought to Keanu’s table.
Also, Keanu brings his petition to the United Nations. I ask, “Was the U.N. in existence during Hawaiian Kingdom governing times? Or is this venue “pono `ole”?” I agree with you, Kawehi, to educate before we jump out there.
But I have read the Hawaii Aloha Aina Petition for Redress of Grievances and I see that the Petition is written directly to the President and Commander in Chief of the United States of America since we are, and have been, in a prevailing state of war since January 17, 1893. Our Queen Liliuokalani placed a suspension of hostilities to avoid bloodshed (truce) and the United States, directly and through their current agent called the State of Hawaii, has violated the suspension of hostilities and breached the peace that was agreed upon and is binding on both nations. Confusing? I agree with you when you say EDUCATE!
Why has the truth not been taught to us? Why should it be when the USURPERS control our education, our religion (which is, in fact, our culture and traditions), and our body politic? Just saying……..
And finally, no offense taken by your mana`o, Kawehi. And no offense made. Only sharing mana`o.
Me ha`aha`a,
Moana……wishing to be Hawaii Aloha Aina
Aloha e Moana,
Thank you for your comments, observations and concerns.
I donʻt know why Keanu would say that, if he did, he probably felt that you were trying to bait him and take the discussion into another area…not sure…but as we all know, we are not the enemy.
Why Farias mentions or involves the military? Itʻs probably, to apply the process of de-occupation by record keeping of what Kanaka are doing now…keeping accurate records for future uses.
As you know and some disagree that why Keanu is calling for a military court is part of the process towards, de-occupation…for the military to keep records of how many Hawaiians are in court and for what reasons and the courtʻs decisions? Their job is to maintain those records for future uses. This is not something to be afraid of, look at what is happening to us today? The Rail comes to mind, the Roll Commission, OHA, The State of Hawaiʻi, Feds and Counties using and making money off of our lands? What about Act 55 and the Public Land Development Corporation who wants to “manage and control” 2 mil. acres of Crown Lands? Koa Ridge, homelessness, no jobs, prisons, illegal to gather flowers and fauna, US military bases popping up everywhere, murders committed by federal agents on Kanaka (at Mc Donaldʻs in January) and many other crimes against us…we have nothing to fear…in the end, I will and most from my families in Waimanalo supports what Keanu is doing because it is PONO…we must work where we all live on an Ahupuaʻa plan within your community and come up with a budget. This is what we are doing instead of quibbling on what Keanu said, sometimes heʻs crass in a not so Hawaiian way, you may have caught him in a tired state…donʻt know. I know itʻs good to keep the military in check and de-occupy our lands. Take care Moana, Aloha, Kawehi.
Aloha e Kawehi,
Mahalo for considering some of the facts. You are correct, we are not the enemy, although we can agree that misinformation CAN BE.
All of the issues you mention are evidence of hostilities ongoing since 1893, in violation of the laws of war. The Wartime Convention (Queen’s Protest) marks the point at which the truce to suspend hostilities against the Hawaiian Kingdom began. The duration of the truce to last “until such time as the government of the United States shall…undo the action of its Representative…”. Unfortunately, hostilities against the Hawaiian Kingdom have continued to this day.
The Wartime Convention (Queen’s Protest) is the foundation of Hawaii Aloha Aina’s initiative. The Petition is the means by which those who want to redress the breach of peace in violation of the suspension of hostilities may participate.
I beleive we both agree that everything we do, if pono, must be aligned with the work of our Queen Liliuokalani and our kupuna as expressed by the Ku`e Petition and its accompanying Memorial of October 8, 1897.
Me ka ha`aha`a,
Moana