This blog is about Hawaii's status as an independent country under prolonged illegal occupation by the United States, and the history, culture, law & politics of the islands.
By Scott Crawford, Hana, Maui
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Tomorrow morning, Sunday, July 13, 12:30 a.m. Hawai’i Time / 6:30 Eastern Time (recommendation: best stream is www.92kqrs.com).
Fast Horse Productions’ The Martha Fast Horse Show
Special Guest: John Kane (Mohawk), National Commentator on Native Issues
Show Topic: “Dateline The Hawaiian Kingdom: John Kane (Mohawk) Weighs In”
John Kane is a monthly guest on Martha’s show. He hosts two weekly radio shows, “Let’s Talk Native…with John Kane” on Sunday nights on ESPN-AM 1520 in Buffalo, New York and “First Voices Indigenous Radio” on WBAI-FM – that’s Pacifica Radio – in New York City on Thursday mornings. He’s frequently seen and heard on TV and radio.
The U.S. Department of Interior recently completed 15 public hearings throughout the Hawaiian Kingdom and will conduct several more in Indian Country, starting later this month, to solicit comments and feedback on whether and how the process of reestablishing a government-to-government relationship should move forward. Hawaiians have responded, thus far, with a resounding “a’ole” (no).
Indian Country Consultations – July 29 through August 7
Tuesday, July 29 — Minnesota – 9 a.m. to noon.
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, MN
Wednesday, July 30 — South Dakota – 1 to 4 p.m.
Rushmore Civic Center, Rapid City, SD
Friday, August 1 — Washington – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Tulalip Resort, Seattle, WA
Tuesday, August 5 — Arizona – 9 a.m. to noon.
Talking Stick Resort, Scottsdale, AZ
Thursday, August 7 — Connecticut – 9 a.m. to noon.
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
Featured Song: “Living in a Sovereign Land” by Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwoʻole (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997) was a Hawaiian musician.
Host/Producer: Martha Fast Horse (Rosebud Lakota), Producer/Writer: Liz Hill(Red Lake Ojibwe), Engineer/Talent: Justin Severson (Minnesotan)
Airing Sunday 7/13/14 on KQRS (KQ92) 92.5 FM at 5:30 a.m. CDT, KXXR (93X) 93.7 FM at 6:00 a.m. CDT, and WGVX (Sports Station) 105.1 FM at 6:00 a.m. CDT in the Twin Cities, MN, USA. Streaming atwww.92KQRS.com, www.93X.com & www.105theticket.com
Program Archives: www.blogtalkradio.com/marthafasthorse
This was recorded on Wednesday, July 9
From the Star-Advertiser today, for those with subscription here’s the link (which includes images), for those without here’s the text of the article…
Life of resistance
Activist “Bumpy” Kanahele and his Aloha First organization have been toiling steadily for 20 years
By Dan Nakaso
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 06, 2014
LAST UPDATED: 09:10 a.m. HST, Jul 06, 2014
The bad boy of the Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement celebrated two recent milestones inside the 45-acre compound that serves as the Waimanalo headquarters for the Nation of Hawaii.
Dennis “Bumpy” Kanahele, a grandfather 12 times over, turned 60 on Tuesday. And last month, Kanahele and the 70 residents of Pu‘uhonua o Waimanalo — or “Refuge of Waimanalo” — celebrated the 20th anniversary of the date in June 1994 when Kanahele ended his 15-month occupation of Makapu‘u Beach Park in exchange for a lease on a spectacular swath of state-owned land that he continues to govern.
Continue reading Life of resistance: Bumpy mā toiling for 20 years
‘Umi Perkins will be John Kane‘s guest tomorrow morning (July 3) on “First Voices Indigenous Radio,” WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City, 9-10 a.m. Eastern Time / 3-4 a.m. Hawai’i Time. The show will stream live at www.wbai.org. It will be available in the WBAI archive immediately following the broadcast.
Lynette Cruz interviews Umi Perkins on New Research in Hawaiian History
(He talks about being in a deep loʻi kalo as being “immersed in the land” … quite literally… I like that phrase. I always say there’s nothing more grounding then actually standing in the ground when you’re up to your thighs in lo‘i mud.)
Hawaiian independence activists won’t be silenced
Updated 27 June 2014, 9:27 AEST
Supporters of independence for Hawaii say a series of hearing conducted by the US Department of the Interior this week are an attempt by the Obama Administration to try to silence the independence movement.
Hawaiian independence activists won’t be silenced (Credit: ABC)
Campaigners claim as many as one thousand Hawaiians have taken the opportunity to speak at the hearings.
Jon Osorio, is a singer/songwriter and teaches in the Hawaiian Studies Centre at the University of Hawaii.
He’s is also a supporter of the continuing push for what campaigners call the de-occupation of the islands by the US.
Presenter: Brian Abbott
Speaker: Professor Jon Orosio, University of Hawaii
Listen to the interview here
Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports on the first DoI hearing:
The emotionally charged meeting, attended by several hundred people, lasted about 30 minutes longer than the scheduled three hours. It featured defiant, impassioned testimony mostly rooted in the grievances that have simmered in the Hawaiian community dating back to the 1893 overthrow of the monarchy.
Most of the several dozen attendees who testified Monday said they strongly opposed the Interior Department moving forward with the proposal. Citing various U.S. laws and statutes, they further argued that the agency has no jurisdiction to guide such a government-to-government relationship because the Hawaiian Kingdom remains the islands’ sovereign power.
“We are an independent, neutral kingdom,” testifier Kilikina Kekumano told the Interior Department’s panel. “We are still sovereign.”
The process “violates the human rights of our people,” Hawaiian activist Mililani Trask added. “We are not tribal and we are not continental. … We are not a domestic dependent nation. … We are not Indians.”
Update: AP article via Huff Post:
Dozens of Native Hawaiian speakers expressed anger and mistrust with the federal government Monday during the first of a series of meetings that could lead to the group being recognized similarly to an American Indian tribe.
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“I’m hearing a lot of ‘No’s’ so far,” said Sam Hirsch, an Interior Department spokesman.
About 140 speakers opposed the move, with many saying it would be a barrier to their goal of returning the Hawaiian Islands to the indigenous community that ruled before Hawaii became the nation’s 50th state.
“We do not need you here. This is our country,” said Ao Pohaku Ku, of the Spiritual Nation of Ku Hui Ea Council of Sovereigns.
Highly recommend reading “By What Authority is the U.S. Department of Interior In Hawai‘i?” at HawaiianKingdom.org. For those planning to testify at the upcoming hearings, read the whole thing, but especially consider this conclusion:
So before the “five threshold questions that will be the subject of the forthcoming public meetings regarding whether the Federal Government should reestablish a government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian community” can be answered by the community, the only question that should be posed to the DOI at the public meetings is:
“Since the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel did not respond with evidence to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO Dr. Kamana‘opono’s questions dated May 5, 2014 that the Hawaiian Kingdom does not exist as an independent and sovereign State under international law, I have to presume the Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist. Therefore, my question to you is by what authority is the Department of Interior claiming to be here in Hawai‘i, being a foreign sovereign and independent State, since the Department of Justice has already concluded that Congress could not have annexed the Hawaiian Islands by a joint resolution?”
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