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.
WASHINGTON D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) – A streamlined bill to grant native Hawaiians federal recognition has passed the Senate committee on Indian affairs. Sen. Daniel Akaka, who chairs the commission, cut his namesake bill from 60 to 15 pages and reduced the amount of terminology to simplify the proposed law.
The Akaka bill now incorporates a new Hawaii state law that created a roll commission that determines who qualifies as a native Hawaiian.
Sen. Akaka is hoping opponents may reconsider a leaner bill.
Sen. John McCain voted against passing the bill out of committee.
It now goes to the Senate floor. The bill has reached this point before but has never received an up or down vote.
Renowned as a vacationers’ paradise, Hawai‘i was once a sovereign nation, with accomplished people that enthusiastically fostered their land with great pride. Then, at the close of the 19th century, American business interests led to the overthrow of the kingdom and its annexation to the United States.
That’s the short version, but new information teaches us there is more to discover, and more to be told, about the events of those turbulent times. Inspired by newly transcribed Hawaiian newspaper articles from that era, Bay Area kumu hula Mark Keali‘i Ho‘omalu and performers from his Academy of Hawaiian Arts will present “Kingdom Denied — Between the Lines,” a dramatic production with song and dance, Saturday at Chabot College in Hayward. With a title evoking feelings of empathy and betrayal, the story of a nation’s stripped independence is meant to educate as well as entertain.
“The recent transcription of Hawaiian newspapers — known as the Awaiaulu Project, led by Puakea Nogelmeier, a professor of Hawaiian language at UH Mānoa, has allowed us to look further into the history of this period,” Ho‘omalu explained. “These papers delivered local news and knowledge and were a place of dialogue and public communication for Hawaiian people. It shows the advancement of the Hawaiian people and their excitement for literacy, with a written language and active publications in place just 50 years after the missionaries arrived. … It speaks to the intelligence of the Hawaiians.”
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“Kingdom Denied — Between the Lines,” 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Buffington Center for Visual & Performing Arts, Chabot College, Hayward. Tickets are $35 to $70.
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:
UHM HAWAIIAN STUDIES MOUNTS A WEB SITE TO SERVE THE HAWAIIAN NATION IN LAND RESEARCH!
We are proud to announce that the AVAKONOHIKI.ORG website is being published today in order to serve as a Hoʻokupu no Ka Lāhui, a gift to the Hawaiian Nation, from the students of the UHM Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies [KCHS].
Working on the AVA Konohiki project, funded by a federal grant from the Administration of Native Americans [ANA], and through the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation [EKF], our Hawaiian students have created a web site to provide free and easy access to all 8,500 of the Hawaiian Kingdom Land Commission Awards [LCAs] and LCA Testimonies, as well as LCA maps for the 81 Ahupuaʻa of Oʻahu. They even have video webinars to walk you through LCA land and map research!
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release – August 10, 2012
Contact: Dr. David Keanu Sai, Ph.D.
Telephone: (808) 383-6100
E-mail: interiorhk@hawaiiankingdom.org
Hawaiian Kingdom Protest and Demand filed with United Nations General Assembly against the United States of America and one hundred seventy-two (172) member-States of the United Nations
NEW YORK, 11 August 2012 — On Friday afternoon, August 10, the Ambassador-at-large and Agent for the acting Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom, H.E. Dr. David Keanu Sai, Ph.D., filed with the President of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York a Protest and Demand against the United States of America concerning the prolonged occupation of the Hawaiian Islands since the Spanish American War of 1898, and 172 member-States of the United Nations. All the named States in the Protest have treaty relations with the Hawaiian Kingdom either as States or as successor States to their predecessor. There are forty-six (46) States and one hundred twenty-seven (127) successor States that have treaty relations with the Hawaiian Kingdom.
(I know some may oppose this initiative because it is created/sponsored by the state/OHA or for other reasons, but as always I’m putting out the information so folks may listen/read and make up their own minds about it. Feel free to comment pro or con.)
Kana‘iolowalu, a campaign of the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission to create a registry of Native Hawaiians who will be eligible to participate in the development of a governing entity, kicked off Friday with a ceremony at Washington Place.
More than 100 people attended the launch. Attendees included lawmakers, Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees and members of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I and ‘Ahahui Ka‘ahumanu.
Enrollment began Friday and will remain open until July 19. A petition is also available for non-Hawaiians who want to support self-governance for Hawaiians.
Print and television ads are expected to begin soon to inform the public of locations where registration forms will be available. The commission’s goal is to register 200,000 Native Hawaiians in the state and abroad. There is no blood quantum requirement.
Registration can be done online at www.kanaiolowalu. org. The self-governance petition open to non-Hawaiians is also available on the website.
