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By Scott Crawford, Hana, Maui

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NEA recognizes Hawaiian overthrow/occupation

From the HawaiianKingdom.org Blog:

At its Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly on July 4, the National Education Association (NEA), of which the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) is a part, agreed to the following:

“The NEA will publish an article that documents the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy in 1893, the prolonged occupation of the United States in the Hawaiian Kingdom and the harmful effects that this occupation has had on the Hawaiian people and resources of the land.”

According to the HSTA Facebook, Chris Santomauro, a teacher at Kane‘ohe Elementary introduced the proposal, and Uluhani Wai‘ale‘ale, a teacher at Kualapu‘u Charter School on Moloka‘i gave an impassioned and articulate argument in favor of the proposal and it swayed a majority of teachers from across the United States to support it.

La Ho’iho’i Ea in Wai’anae

Theft of a Nation – July 4 Reenactment

From Press Release:

Beginning at 10:00 am July 4, 2017, on the front steps of ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu, La Hoʻihoʻi Ea will present a dramatic re-enactment of the events that led to proclaiming into existence of the Republic of Hawaii and the subsequent installation of Sanford B. Dole as President of the Territory of Hawaii. “With Bible in hand, pistols in their pockets and American Naval troops at the ready, men gathered on the steps of ʻIolani Palace on July 4th, 1894. Invoking the name of American liberty, they dismantled the liberty of the people of the Hawaiian Kingdom.”
This exciting re-enactment is free and open to the public.

 

 

Iolani Palace vandalism

Debby Fawcett has a column in Honolulu Civil Beat about the problems with vandalism at ‘Iolani Palace and homelessness on the Palace grounds.

Ongoing Unjust War: Hawaii & U.S. since 1893

Issues that Matter: Unjust War

Issues that Matter; Unjust War from Huana Productions on Vimeo.

 

Here’s a post on Hawaiian Kingdom Government Blog re Calculating Reparations for 124 years of an Unjust War between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States since 1893

 

The Missionaries of the Hawaiian Islands

From Lynette Cruz on Facebook

Come join Hui Aloha Aina o Honolulu members and guests on Friday, May 19, 6:30 pm, for a presentation by Prof. Niklaus Schweizer on your (and my) favorite (sometimes controversial!) topic of the missionaries and the Hawaiian islands. The event is at the Kanaina Bldg. on the grounds of Iolani Palace. It’s free and open to the public. Parking on the palace grounds. Wheelchair accessible. If you’d like to bring refreshments to share, please do! And yes, space is limited.

Nation of Hawaii at UN Permanent Forum

Nation of Hawaii representing International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) at the UN 16th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

 

Hawaii National Transitional Authority meeting

From Poka Laenui via Facebook: 

The third general meeting of the Hawaii National Transitional Authority will be held tomorrow 85-888 Farrington Hwy., Wai`anae, HI at the S&L Building. Meeting starts at 6:00 P.M. and will run for 3 hours.
The transitional authority meetings are meant to bridge Hawaii from its current state under U.S. control to liberation as an independent nation-state. There are many challenges to be met before we reach our goal. The largest challenges seem to be ourselves, our attitudes, and our lack of vision to all the possibilities of our future.

In the past two meetings, we began a process of facing these challenges, “peeling the onion, one leaf at a time.” From the adage, “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” we explored the areas of unity among various expressions of Hawaiian sovereignty, from immediate and absolute independence to a process of obtaining Federal recognition, and moving within the U.S. administration, to eventual independence from the U.S. We explored options of working within the U.S. administration and taking over place and positions in preparation for assuming independence.

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