KEEP HAWAIIAN LAND IN HAWAIIAN HANDS
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Celebrate, Remember, Confront and Continue
20 years of advocacy
With Keahi Felix
July 15, 1991 – July 15, 2011
ANAHOLA documentary film and WAHINE NOA book signing: at Books, Nooks and Crannies – July 15 – 6:00 PM
14 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo, Hawai‘i
(mauka of Koehnen’s Interiors)
808. 961.1110
Essence of Wahine Noa: for the life of my country
Something deeper than precise knowledge of law leads the author to engage in actual civil resistance for the rights of the Hawaiian people. As one of ‘the Anahola 14,’ she moves from a localized view of those rights into a lifelong assertion of her birthplace as Hawai‘i, The Beloved Country. In so doing she also enters a pathway to spiritual and relationship growth fueled by devotion to a cause.
Wahine Noa: for the life of my country records a journey of discovery into the foundations of the legal and political history of Hawai‘i under Hawaiian Kingdom and international law and ultimately challenges the U.S. Government to live up to its own legal imperatives in regard to Hawai’i as its diplomatic equal, sovereign and independent.
A proactive Hawaiian national not of aboriginal descent, Felix is profoundly motivated to provide a safe harbor for the present day expression of the Hawaiian culture and its ancient origin expressed in The Kumulipo Chant. Her book and its companion CD, “We Want Our Country Back,” unite the genealogy of the Hawaiian people with the civil resistance and scholarship of today.
“In my opinion you are the first Hawaiian national who is not of aboriginal descent to write such a work.” Niklaus R. Schweizer, author of Turning Tide: The Ebb and Flow of Hawaiian Nationality.
Contact: keahifelix@gmail.com
Auntie is right. We, who pledge allegiance to our Nation, are citizens and participants in its restoration. We stand for freedom and the right to determine our future. We will end the occupation of our aina and restore balance to our lives and those of our children. Free Hawai’i!