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INDEX OF NEWS REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2022
May 3, 2022: University of Hawaii official news webpage reports that a professor and administrator from the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, together with 5 students, are attending a two week session of the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. “I bring NH (Native Hawaiian) KCHS students to the UNPFII because if we Hawaiians really want our country back, as do I, then we need to learn the international arena of governments,” Kameʻeleihiwa explained.
May 16: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update, notes numerous ethnic Hawaiian financial and policy victories in the legislature "has the Fake State of Hawaii ironically validating our national interests and adding to the momentum to Free Hawaii."
May 28: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update: "The time of thinking of ourselves as a nation in distress has passed. We are a nation on the rise! And the more we assert it, not in a prideful way, but rooted and confident in Aloha ʻĀina and Kapu Aloha, the sooner our nation will be restored. ... Recently the State of Hawaii has been making numerous concessions"
June 1, 2022: Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, holds committee hearings in Honolulu and Hilo to hear testimony from ethnic Hawaiian leaders regarding the alleged trust relationship between U.S. government and Native Hawaiians [this could be a first step toward restarting legislation to grant federal recognition to a Hawaiian tribe].
June 3: Native Hawaiians urge congressional committee [Senate Indian Affairs chaired by Hawaii Sen Brian Schatz] to meet its trust obligation by opening more access to funding.
June 7: Ian Lind [who has Hawaiian native ancestry]: A small parcel of land in central Oahu is the site of another standoff between a group claiming ownership of the land based on Native Hawaiian ancestral rights, and a company holding the modern land title. ... The justifications put forward by the occupying group are a mishmash of unsupported beliefs about Hawaii land titles, lingering historical resentments of the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, rejection of the existing government and its laws as “fake,” beliefs about “allodial” land rights adopted from so-called “sovereign citizen” groups on anti-government fringe, elements of the “straw man” conspiracy theory, and a healthy dose of plain old magical thinking. See followups in June 20 and July 22.
June 8: Stephen Kinzer blog: Supreme Court might overturn the "insular cases" and rule that U.S. "territories" are not rightfully under U.S. jurisdiction, in a case now under consideration regarding whether the people of American Samoa are U.S. citizens to whom the Constitution applies.
June 11: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update: "In fact, today, June 11, marks the 150th Anniversary of the celebration of Kamehameha Day, an official holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom that continues to be earnestly celebrated by none other than the State of Hawaii. How cool is that? And how ironic!"
June 20: A group called Occupied Forces Hawaii Army remained encamped on private property above Hawaii Country Club in Kunia last week and it’s unclear when law enforcement will forcibly remove them [See June 7 above, and July 22 below]
June 27: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update: Lamenting the fact that Hawaii is not included in international meetings with ["other"] Pacific island nations.
June 29: Ian Lind blog discusses mainland "sovereign citizens" claims as reflected in Hawaii assertions of $34 Billion in bonds.
July 1, 2022: Honolulu TV station reports on police arrests of Hawaiian sovereignty "army" squatters, and Star-Advertiser newspaper embarrasses itself by shoddy hearsay short report about it.
July 16: Leon Siu, Aupuni update: "Youʻd be surprised to know how many countries at the United Nations empathize and agree with our quest to free Hawaiʻi from the United States. ... [Our] plan is to cause the UN General Assembly to discover that it made an error in accepting the U.S.’ report claiming the Hawaiian people had freely consented (through the Statehood Plebiscite) to become a “state” of the United States. And in discovering they made an error, the UN General Assembly would be required by its own rules, to rescind that 1959 resolution. Thus, the U.S. claim that Hawaiʻi is a state of the U.S. becomes null and void. And, by default, the Hawaiian Kingdom emerges as a sovereign, independent nation-state."
July 19: Honolulu Star-Advertiser touts the Hawaiian Kingdom holiday Ka La Ho'iho'i Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) which will be celebrated at Thomas Square on July 31 -- but the article is filled with historical inaccuracies, and poor timing and style, showing it to be a propaganda piece rather than a genuine news report.
July 22:
(a) Honolulu Civil Beat online newspaper publishes candidacy statement by Sam Kalanikupua King, running for OHA trustee. He states many positions affirming pride in America, the concept that all citizens are entitled to equality under the law (regardless of race) and opposition to the way many ethnic Hawaiians portray themselves as victims. As an attorney he specifically refutes the lie, frequently asserted by OHA, that there is a requirement in the state Constitution or the statehood admissions act that 20% of ceded land revenue must be given to OHA.
(b) Honolulu Civil Beat online newspaper publishes Ian Lind's followup to earlier reports about a Hawaiian sovereignty "army" of squatters who forcibly occupied private land and resisted eviction under a theory that their racial group has inherited allodial land title from the Mahele of 1848. See June 7 and June 20.
August 13: Leon Siu Ke Aupuni Update: Statehood Day holiday (Aug 19) is phony because the Statehood vote in 1959 was fraudulent, and United Nations will be rescinding its removal of Hawaii from list of non-self-governing colonial territories.
August 26, 2022: Leon Siu Ke Aupuni Update: Next Friday, September 2nd, we will celebrate the 184th birthday of our extraordinary Queen Liliʻuokalani: set the example for non-violent resistance; yielded authority temporarily not to revolutionaries but to USA; lawsuit over crown lands; McKinley signed annexation treaty; Lili'uokalani lobbied Congress against it; gave wealth for poor kids.
END OF INDEX
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FULL TEXT OF ITEMS LISTED IN THE INDEX, FROM MAY 1 through August 31, 2021
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/05/03/hawaiian-studies-students-at-un-forum/
University of Hawaii official news site, Tuesday May 3, 2022
Hawaiian studies students urge U.N. to investigate Red Hill leaks, Indigenous rights
Haumāna (students) from Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge (HSHK) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa attending an international forum at the United Nations headquarters in New York City through May 6, are calling on global leaders to take a deeper look into the highly controversial Red Hill fuel leaks that tainted Honolulu’s groundwater aquifer.
Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa, a professor at HSHK Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies (KCHS), escorted five haumāna to the Big Apple for the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) beginning in late April. The two-week forum is the central coordinating body for matters relating to the concerns and rights of the world’s Indigenous peoples.
“I bring NH (Native Hawaiian) KCHS students to the UNPFII because if we Hawaiians really want our country back, as do I, then we need to learn the international arena of governments,” Kameʻeleihiwa explained.
MA student Makanalani Malia Gomes and her classmates participated in the Indigenous Youth caucus at UNPFII. Gomes turned heads at UNPFII when she spoke out about the leaking of 14,000 gallons of fuel at a Red Hill facility on her home island and compromised access to clean drinking water.
“At the time when delivering the intervention, I was fully present and wanted to simply be a vessel for these lifeways and waterways,” Gomes explained.
“Our intention was always to honor water as an autonomous being and ancestor. We (those from the team who helped to draft the statement) worked hard the days leading up to the day of the scheduled topic…we knew we wanted to bring up the issue of water, specifically at Kapukakī or Red Hill, to this global platform to set a precedent for other issues related to water like Mauna Kea, but also water issues around the world because we know so many of our Indigenous family are facing similar issues.”
Gomes joined KCHS haumāna Alyssa Purcell, Lahela Mattos, Joseph Awong and Kalani Simeona and Kealiʻi Gora, an administrator at HSHK for Pūkoʻa and Kūaliʻi Native Hawaiian Councils, who has attended events at the U.N. since 1993 and trains students to write interventions in the UNPFII style.
The UNPFII was established in 2000 to address Indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights.
Kameʻeleihiwa has brought haumāna to UNPFII for the last two decades, and the majority of those students have become leaders in the Native Hawaiian community, she said.
“Attending the face-to-face (forum) for two weeks is like a crash course in these matters, and students make lifelong friends,” said Kameʻeleihiwa. “They want to change the world and serve the Lāhui.”
This year, UH Mānoa haumāna crossed paths with Indigenous people from every continent on the planet except for Antarctica. Among a number of issues raised by attendees was the preservation of native languages around the world.
On May 6, the forum’s final day, Kameʻeleihiwa and her students will conduct a virtual presentation showcasing a 9,000-page handwritten genealogy recovery project based on records found at the Hawaiʻi State Archives. The online event will be held at 11:30 a.m. EDT (5:30 a.m. HST). (Register online) or Facebook Live: @hshkuhm.
This work is an example of UH Mānoa’s goal of Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning (PDF), Enhancing Student Success (PDF) and Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise (PDF), three of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Strategic Plan (PDF), updated in December 2020.
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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2022/05/ke-aupuni-update-may-2022-more-than.html
Free Hawaii blog Monday16 May 2022
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - MAY 2022
More than Platitudes
Recent actions at the State of Hawaii Legislature indicate a positive shift in the lawmakers’ willingness to address some important issues that matter to the Hawaiian nation.
The legislature recently passed some significant legislation acknowledging the Stateʻs wrong doing and malfeasance in its handling of its trust obligations to Hawaiians and the mismanagement of the assets of the Hawaiian nation.
We’ve heard platitudes, admissions and apologies before, but this time the state appears to be “putting its money where its mouth is.” Of course the money is the stateʻs attempt to buy its way out of a sticky situation. But nevertheless, money is the medium and measure used by the occupier to indicate its level of “concern”... Hopefully, this time the funds will produce real action, with real lands being put into Hawaiiansʻ hands, and real changes in attitudes and policies toward Hawaiians.
• The legislature budgeted nearly a billion dollars to begin fixing the 60-years of the Stateʻs criminal mismanagement of its Hawaiian Home Lands trust obligations. That consists of $600 million to actually place Hawaiians on their lands, and $328 million as a settlement in restitution to those who were left dangling (and dying) for decades on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) waiting list.
• The state is increasing its annual payments to operate the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from $15.1 million to $21.5 million (and an additional lump sum of $64 million for shortchanging OHA over the past 10 years), This moves the state a little closer, but still very short of its constitutionally mandated 20% (now calculated at $80 million a year) of the revenues from “Crown Lands” held in trust by the state.
Even seemingly minor legislation are significant indicators of the state’s new-found willingness to address (or placate) Hawaiian’s concerns. Here are a few examples:
• The state legislature designated that from now on, every July 31st, the first Hawaiian Kingdom holiday, Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) shall be a special day of observance in the State of Hawaii... Included in the legislation are directives to educate the general public about the significance of Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea.
• The state legislature issued an apology to the Hawaiian people for the 90-year ban of the Hawaiian Language from Hawaii public schools and public use, causing near extinction and immeasurable damage to ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands.
• The legislature is requesting the US Postal Service to change the name of the Captain Cook post office to the original place name, Kaʻawaloa.
• The state legislature adopted a resolution to request the DLNR to change the name of the Russian Fort Elizabeth on Kauai to the original place name of Pāʻulaʻula.
• Although insider politics caused the legislature to drop the ball regarding changing the name of McKinley High School, overwhelming and irrefutable testimonies favoring the change are on the record of the legislative hearings.
• The state legislature appropriated $500,000 to continue restoration efforts of Kahoʻolawe through the fiscal year, 2022-2023.
• The state legislature passed a propodal to create a new commission for the administration and management of Mauna Kea. While this is clearly a move to continue the state’s support to build the thirty-meter telescope, it is clearly the state’s acknowledgement that they are stymied by the kūʻē of Kū Kiaʻi Mauna, Kapu Aloha and Aloha ʻĀina.
These recent actions has the Fake State of Hawaii ironically validating our national interests and adding to the momentum to Free Hawaii.
SIGN THIS PETITION
Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! He was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major hub of America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too!
TinyURL.com/AlohaOeMcKinley
PLEASE KŌKUA:
Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort
To contribute, go to:
• GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII
• PayPal – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
• Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
“FREE HAWAII” T-SHIRTS - etc.
Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at
http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c8/free_hawaii_products
All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO!
Malama Pono,
Leon Siu
Hawaiian National
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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2022/05/ke-aupuni-update-may-2022-stop-playing.html
Free Hawaii blog Saturday May 28, 2022
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - MAY 2022
Stop Playing the Victim
Steven Biko, the great South African writer and activist said: “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” How true! If we keep thinking of ourselves as oppressed victims, we remain oppressed victims. If we think of the United States is the boss, we bind ourselves to being subservient and perpetuate the oppression.
On the other hand, if we think and act as a free people, then we are a free people… and whatever constraints imposed by the U.S. and the Fake State are merely temporary obstacles… obstacles that we can overcome.
Our country is not going to be “given back” to us. It never went anywhere. It’s still here! Yes, the intruder has really messed things up, but we can fix it and rebuild it into a country that reflects the best of who we are as a people, and a unique culture in a global community.
The time of thinking of ourselves as a nation in distress has passed. We are a nation on the rise! And the more we assert it, not in a prideful way, but rooted and confident in Aloha ʻĀina and Kapu Aloha, the sooner our nation will be restored.
In fact, have you noticed the progress weʻre making? Recently the State of Hawaii has been making numerous concessions and even siding with us on key issues… like demanding the US Navy close its giant fuel storage facility at Kapūkakī (Red Hill); proposing a new, collaborative management system for Mauna Kea; appropriating a billion dollars to begin making up for a hundred years of criminal negligence of the Hawaiian Home Lands trust… Even smaller things like — renaming part of Waimanalo Beach Park to Hūnānāniho; renaming a Kona post office Kaʻawaloa instead of Captain Cook; renaming Central Middle School to Princess Ruth Ke’elikōlani Middle School; recognizing Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) as a significant event and holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom — not to mention the numerous celebrations and kūʻe actions by thousands of people ... all serving to remind us that the Lāhui is growing!
Yes, there have been many egregious wrongs committed against us, but we need to focus on making things pono for the future. Thatʻs how we will Free Hawaii...
For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM the first Friday of every month on `Ōlelo Television, Channel 53.
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
SIGN THIS PETITION
Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! He was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major hub of America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too!
TinyURL.com/AlohaOeMcKinley
PLEASE KŌKUA:
Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort
To contribute, go to:
• GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII
• PayPal – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
• Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
“FREE HAWAII” T-SHIRTS - etc.
Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at
http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c8/free_hawaii_products
All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO!
Malama Pono,
Leon Siu
Hawaiian National
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June 1, 2022: Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, holds committee hearings in Honolulu and Hilo to hear testimony from ethnic Hawaiian leaders regarding the alleged trust relationship between U.S. government and Native Hawaiians [this could be a first step toward restarting legislation to grant federal recognition to a Hawaiian tribe].
https://www.indianz.com/News/2022/06/01/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-hosts-field-hearings-in-hawaii/
ndianz.com Wednesday June 1, 2022
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts field hearings in Hawaii
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is on the road this week, hosting two field hearings in Hawaii.
The committee is in Honolulu, the state capital on the island of Oʻahu, for the first field hearing on Wednesday. A second one is taking place in Hilo, on the big island of Hawaiʻi, on Thursday.
The field hearings are titled “Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility: Funding & Program Access for Innovation in the Native Hawaiian Community.” It’s a subject frequently raised by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), the chair of the committee.
“The federal government has a special political and trust relationship with Native Hawaiians and that includes providing health care,” Schatz said at a hearing last Wednesday to consider the nomination of Roselyn Tso to serve as director of the Indian Health Service.
But it’s not just Native Hawaiian health care that Schatz has focused on during his leadership of the committee. Since the start of the 117th Congress in January 2021, nearly every hearing has included a witness from the state of Hawaii, with Native leaders, representatives and officials addressing a wide range of issues, including languages, housing, telecommunications, infrastructure and repatriation.
This week’s field hearings appear to be the first in Hawaii since the committee was led by the late Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii). During the 112th Congress, Akaka held a field hearing on Native homeownership in April 2012.
“The United States has a trust relationship with Native Hawaiians as the indigenous people of these islands, of the state of Hawaii, and of what is now the United States,” Akaka, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 93, said at the time.
Despite the assertions back then from Akaka and now from Schatz, the federal government has not formalized the nature of its relationship with Native Hawaiians. Efforts to recognize a Native Hawaiian government and to extend the policy of self-determination to Native Hawaiians have stalled in Congress, even as lawmakers continue to fund Native Hawaiian programs and pass new statutes with Native Hawaiian provisions, including the update to the Violence Against Women Act that became law in March.
The field hearing on Wednesday takes place at 10:30am Hawaii Time (4:30pm Eastern) in the Keoni Auditorium of the East-West Center in Honolulu. The witness list follows:
PANEL 1
The Honorable Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey – Testimony [PDF]
Chair, Board of Trustees
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mr. William J. Aila, Jr. – Testimony [PDF]
Chairman
Hawaiian Homes Commission
Kapolei, Hawaii
Mr. Kūhiō Lewis – Testimony [PDF]
President & Chief Executive Officer
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
Kapolei, Hawaii
PANEL 2
Dr. Sheri-Ann Daniels, Ed.D. – Testimony [PDF]
Executive Director
Papa Ola Lōkahi
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. Winona Kaalouahi Lee, M.D. – Testimony [PDF]
Associate Chair, Medical Education
Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
Ms. Elena Farden – Testimony [PDF]
Executive Director
Native Hawaiian Education Council
Honolulu, Hawaii
According to the committee’s website, the field hearing will be broadcast on YouTube. A direct link was not yet available as of early morning on Wednesday, Hawaii Time. [UPDATE: Link to Livestream: youtu.be/L7duNlgGKko]
The field hearing on Thursday takes place at 10:30am Hawaii Time (4:30pm Eastern) in the Lumi Pāhiahia (Large Auditorium) of Haleʻōlelo (College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai‘i in Hilo. A witness list hasn’t been posted online.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notices
Field Hearing titled “Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility: Funding & Program Access for Innovation in the Native Hawaiian Community” (Part 1) (June 1, 2022)
Field Hearing titled “Upholding the Federal Trust Responsibility: Funding & Program Access for Innovation in the Native Hawaiian Community” (Part 2) (June 2, 2022)
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/03/hawaii-news/hawaiians-need-more-federal-funding-schatz-told/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Friday June 3, 2022
Native Hawaiians urge congressional committee to meet its trust obligation by opening more access to funding
By Timothy Hurley
Native Hawaiian leaders told U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs this week that more funding and program access is needed from Washington to better fulfill the government’s federal trust responsibility.
Schatz, who chairs the Indian Affairs Committee, wrapped up the second of two field hearings Thursday at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The first hearing was held Wednesday at UH Manoa’s East-West Center.
On Wednesday, Schatz said it was the first time in more than a decade that the Indian Affairs Committee had conducted hearings in Hawaii in an effort to seek equity for Native Hawaiians.
“The federal government has a trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians — just like it does with American Indians and Alaska Natives —and that trust responsibility must be fulfilled,” Schatz declared. “That is why we brought this conversation home.”
On Thursday several Native Hawaiian educators told the committee they could use a helping hand with additional support and access to grants and programs that are often out of reach.
Namaka Rawlins, director of the ‘Aha Punana Leo Hale Kipa ‘Oiwi program, said Native Hawaiian education as a whole, regardless of the language in which it is delivered, lacks regular federal funding similar to other Native American educational programs.
“Addressing those needs can be seen as part of the overall federal trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians,” Rawlins said.
“One of our biggest challenges is really fitting in a box that we don’t fit in,” added Keiki Kawai‘ae‘a, director of Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke‘elikolani College of Hawaiian Language at UH Hilo. “We’re not tribal, yet the grants are going to different offices that we can’t apply for.”
Kawai‘ae‘a said many mainland faculty members and funders view her college as a standard foreign language and foreign area-studies program. But the college often misses out on the resources such programs receive, including from any of the 15 federally funded national foreign-language resource centers.
“The lack of such support severely hampers our ability to reach the full potential of our various Native Hawaiian and Native American programs,” she said — which is unfortunate, she said, because the college is working hard to train teachers to help fill the ongoing shortage of Hawaiian-language immersion teachers across the state, estimated to reach about 100 in the upcoming school year.
Amy Kalili, writer, producer and small-business owner, said Native-language television could use similar levels of funding that many Indigenous people around the world receive. In Hawaii, she said, there is no stable source of funding.
“This is in stark contrast, for example, to the Maori broadcast efforts in Aotearoa (New Zealand) that receive upwards of $40 million annually and the Welsh initiatives that receive well over 80 million pounds annually,” she said.
UH Hilo professor Noa Kekuewa Lincoln spoke about agriculture in the islands. He said Hawaii is a state of small farms, with 90% of the 7,328 farms being less that 50 acres in size — yet 90% of the value is produced by only 13% of the farms, the big producers.
Lincoln, who is president of the Mala Kalu‘ulu Cooperative and adviser to the Hawai‘i ‘Ulu Cooperative, said the federal government could help even the playing field by offering additional technical support and easier access to capital and by investing in the kind of infrastructure that would help small farms.
“Hawaii lacks adequate infrastructure for aggregation, processing, storage and transportation of local food within the state,” he said.
In his opening statement Wednesday, Schatz said that since becoming the committee’s chairman in 2021, he has delivered more than $270 million in direct funding to Native Hawaiians.
“There’s two ways to look at that,” he said. “One is that’s extraordinary and that’s great. The other is that … it’s also not enough, and it’s just the beginning of what we need to accomplish.”
But Schatz said he was able to capture increases in funding across the board for housing, education, health care, food and agriculture, broadband, and culture and the arts.
He also helped to secure policy changes in the Violence Against Women Act to address domestic violence in the Native Hawaiian community, including setting up a review of federal crime prevention victim services and criminal justice programs serving Native Hawaiians, ordering a federal report on Native Hawaiians in the criminal justice system and sending $1 million in new funding for a Native Hawaiian resource center on domestic violence.
“This is just a start,” he said, “because we know we have so much more to do.”
Schatz became chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs in February 2021. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is vice chair.
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** Ken Conklin's online comment
"Native Hawaiian leaders told U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs" -- Schatz was the only committee member there. Akaka did the same solo thing previously. Trying to make it look like the whole committee is getting impressed.
“The federal government has a trust responsibility to Native Hawaiians — just like it does with American Indians and Alaska Natives ... Schatz declared." -- False. Wishful thinking by Schatz and the beggars holding out their tin cups seeking money.
“This is just a start,” he said, “because we know we have so much more to do.” -- Yup. Gimme, gimme, gimme. Even after $Billions, it will never be enough. Gimme more! Forever.
"Native Hawaiian education as a whole, regardless of the language in which it is delivered, lacks regular federal funding similar to other Native American educational programs." -- That's because ethnic Hawaiians are not Native Americans and not entitled to federal recognition as a tribe.
Here's how the alleged "trust relationship" gets established.
Guy on his way to work sees beggar sitting on the sidewalk holding out tin cup, and drops a buck into it.
Next day same thing happens. And next day too. But on 4th day guy is in a hurry and walks right past without dropping any money. Beggar runs after him, grabs his shirt and shouts "Hey, where's my dollar! You have established a trust relationship with me, and now you owe me!"
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/06/standoff-in-waipahu-hawaiian-rights-army-has-illegally-occupied-a-private-pot-farm/
Honolulu Civil Beat Tuesday June 7, 2022
Standoff In Waipahu: Hawaiian Rights ‘Army’ Has Illegally Occupied A Private Pot Farm
The owners of the 5-acre site intended to grow medical marijuana have a court order to remove the activists who are refusing to leave.
By Ian Lind
A small parcel of land in central Oahu is the site of another standoff between a group claiming ownership of the land based on Native Hawaiian ancestral rights, and a company holding the modern land title.
The unidentified group took over a 5-acre lot in an Oahu agricultural subdivision in September, and proclaimed themselves the rightful owners by “heirdom.”
They proceeded to lock out the property’s registered owner along with a company that was leasing the land, confiscating equipment, crops and business records, and blocking attempts by the landowner and lessee to reenter or inspect the property.
The justifications put forward by the occupying group are a mishmash of unsupported beliefs about Hawaii land titles, lingering historical resentments of the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, rejection of the existing government and its laws as “fake,” beliefs about “allodial” land rights adopted from so-called “sovereign citizen” groups on anti-government fringe, elements of the “straw man” conspiracy theory, and a healthy dose of plain old magical thinking.
** Photo caption
This locked gate blocks the road leading to the property near the Hawaii Country Club in Waipahu where the Occupied Forces Hawaii Army has taken over the property, claiming sovereignty.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
These theories have no basis in law and have never been validated in court, but continue to spread among a segment of the community, encouraged by different sovereignty groups claiming they represent a reemerging Hawaiian nation.
And although this and similar land occupations have mostly remained peaceful, they are fueled by a volatile mix of false beliefs and aspirations of sovereignty that could easily take a more dangerous turn.
A pair of lawsuits by the current legal owner, Guyland LLC, wholly owned by California real estate investor Guy Fong, are seeking to eject the group, referring to them as “squatters” who, the company says, “remain in unlawful hostile possession … without having any right, title, interest, or permission to remain there.”
Guyland’s attorney, Fred Arensmeyer, did not respond to a request for comment on the case.
The pace of the court cases was slowed by difficulty in identifying those participating in the takeover of the property, court records show. Initially, none would show identification, requiring the lawsuits to initially name only “Doe Defendants” and “Squatter Defendants.” As the names of some participants became known and were added to the list of defendants, all returned to court using different names and claiming they had not been properly served under their new names.
Despite these and other problems, Circuit Judge James McWhinnie granted Guyland’s motion for summary judgment following a hearing on May 4, clearing the way for a final approval of writ of possession, allowing those occupying the land to be removed by police or sheriffs if necessary. Guyland is also likely to return to court to seek monetary damages caused by the extended occupation.
Once those proposed documents have been served on the defendants, they will have five days to object to the form of the orders before McWhinnie can sign the final documents authorizing eviction.
Legal Title
Real estate records show Guyland bought the 203 acres located above Waipahu, along with two smaller parcels, in May 2018 for $8 million, and began developing the 38-lot Ekaha Lands agricultural subdivision.
A declaration of restrictive covenants for the ag subdivision was filed with the Bureau of Conveyances in November 2020.
The 5-acre parcel taken over by squatters is identified as Lot 19 in the subdivision, and borders the 136-acre site of the Hawaii Country Club golf course, which was purchased in 2014 by the Wa Li Legacy Trust, with Guy Fong also signing that deed as trustee of the Wa Li trust, real estate records show.
Lot 19 was leased in July 2020 to Aloha Pacific Green, identified in court documents as “the designated grower for thirty-nine medical marijuana card holders,” although no company by that name appears to be registered to do business in Hawaii, according to the state’s business registration database.
Guyland’s lawsuits allege the takeover began when unidentified temporary employees of APG “remained on the property without permission, occupied the property, excluded APG and (Guyland), invited other squatters onto the property, and refused to leave.”
“Upwards of twenty squatters have … forcibly occupied Lot 19 on a regular basis, and have erected unpermitted structures and equipment, stolen irrigation water, stolen APG’s medical marijuana registry, caused unlawful pollution to the premises, and engaged in other illegal conduct and activities upon the premises,” according to Guyland’s lawsuit filed in First Circuit Court in Honolulu in December.
Squatters Claim ‘Inherent Lawful Authority’
On Oct. 25, a notice was posted at the gate to the property by the “House of Heirs,” claiming to represent heirs of the original awardee of the royal land grant.
The warning, addressed “to whom it may concern,” provided “First and Final Notice 7 Days to Vacate,” and claimed the House of Heirs held “inherent lawful authority” to seize “all personal possessions and/or belongings,” and impose “rental fees or property disposal fees” for anything left on the premises.
The notice proclaimed: “We, the Heirs of Namauu, by the power of God vested in We, in the name of Ko Hawaii Pae Aina; the Country of Hawaii. Heir of N. Namauu Superior/Allodial Title holder of Ho’ae’ae By Royal Patent 4490, Owner of Land Commission Award 10474:9 in which your tmk is included upon, am serving and informing you of our inherent lawful authority.”
Oddly, the notice includes a graphic design known as the symbol of the mythical lost Pacific continent of Mu, where a superior white race supposedly lived until it disappeared under the waves, as popularized by a 1926 book of pseudoscience by British occult writer James Churchward.
Soon after the notice to vacate was posted, letters were sent to the Honolulu Police Department’s main headquarters in Honolulu, and the District 2 station in Wahiawa, repeating the ownership claim, now described as a “Reclamation of inheritance by Allodial Title.”
“You are hereby notified of the inherent lawful authority to be present on said property without formal approval from individuals and representatives,” the letter says. It was again signed only by the House of Heirs.
Just a week after those letters were mailed to HPD, Guyland was contacted by Keola Wayne Kaleimamahu on behalf of the House of Heirs, according to the company’s lawsuit.
Kaleimamahu thus became the first named defendant in Guyland’s lawsuits, along with “Squatter Defendants 1-50” and “Does 1-50.”
The Myth Of Perpetual Title
This and similar land seizures in other parts of the state have been fueled by the mistaken belief that a Royal Patent or Land Commission award from the mid-19th century mahele-era includes the right to ownership of land by the original owner and descendants “in perpetuity.” The Great Mahele occurred in 1948 when Kamehameha III distributed land in a land division that launched private ownership in Hawaii.
The Lot 19 group, for example, says its “superior title” to the land rests on two of its members. Travis Mokiao and Kaiulani Mokiao, who have claimed in court filings to be “lineal descendants and heirs to the land in question, and both … hold an undivided interest in the land in question through genealogical tie.”
The problem with this now-and-forever view of land title is that the distribution during and after the mahele also came with the right to dispose of land by sale or gift, or to leave the property to chosen heirs, whether or not they happened to be related by blood.
Title to the property would remain “in the family’s name” only if it was never sold or transferred outside the family at any point in the past century and a half. As a result, claiming to be a descendant is very different from being a legal heir with right of inheritance.
The bottom line is that being related to the original owner is not enough to establish any ownership interest at all. That depends on the specific history of the land, and how its title was passed down over the years, which can be accomplished through a title search, because title to all land in Hawaii is traced in public records back to the time of the mahele.
Despite its lack of success of “heirdom” as a legal theory, it continues to hold a dangerous appeal, especially to Hawaiians who feel shut out or dispossessed by the current economic and social/political structure.
Enter The Hawaiian Army
Several members of a fringe sovereignty group known as Occupied Forces Hawaii Army have been involved in this land takeover almost from the beginning, but the OFH Army officially entered the Lot 19 land occupation in January when two members, identified as Corporals Moleka Hicks and A. Kekela, were directed to provide security for the squatters.
Typewritten “orders,” dated Jan. 3 and signed by OFHA’s Commander Sam Lilikoi, were shared on social media and later filed in court.
The two OFHA uniformed members were directed to “quarter in place” on the site and “to protect human life and dignity of those prisoners of war documented as taking shelter on site.”
This reference to “prisoners of war” requires a bit of context. Lilikoi and OFHA inhabit an “alternative universe,” along with some other sovereignty advocates, based on the core belief that the “country of Hawaii” and the United States are at war, and Hawaii has existed since 1893 as a territory subjected to hostile occupation by the U.S., which they refer to as a belligerent military force.
OFHA, according to Lilikoi, is a regular army corps whose soldiers are lawful military combatants serving the “country of Hawaii” under Lilikoi’s noncombat command, with a primary mission engaging in civil affairs during the occupation. In his world view, OFHA and its members are uniformed members of a belligerent force and, as such, claim to be “protected persons” under the international laws of war.
Lilikoi says OFHA operates in accordance with U.S. Army field manuals concerning the laws of war as they apply to occupied territories. The Army manuals routinely appear as props in Lilikoi’s video presentations posted online, presumably in an attempt to provide a thin veneer of legitimacy to an otherwise off-the-wall view of the world.
OFHA issues its own combination identification card and driver’s licenses, and some of its members claim to have successfully flown through Hawaii airports by displaying these official-looking documents, counter to federal airport security requirements. Other anecdotal reports in social media suggest some members have stopped using State of Hawaii driver’s licenses and license plates in favor of those issued by OFHA.
The squatters have incorporated the OFHA’s “occupation” argument into their own land right theory.
FBI agents from the Joint Terrorism Task Force-Pacific visited the site in March, while investigating death threats against several public officials by a man they allege is linked to OFHA.
As agents stood outside a metal gate closing off the entrance to the property, one of the group explained their basic understanding of the law: “Land can only be transferred through genealogy, especially when they are in a state of war, that’s international law, humanitarian law, yeah?”
Authorities have also been told that Lot 19 is “a military jurisdiction” and that if law enforcement agents persist, they can and will be held accountable in a military court.
** Photo caption
This screenshot is from a video posted on Instagram showing Tom Berg pointing a pistol at members of the OFHA. Berg was sent to the Waipahu property by the owners to deal with the squatters and an altercation ensued.
Lilikoi, whose real name is Eric C.A. Nelson, pleaded guilty in 1993 to six Class A felonies for carrying out a string of armed robberies from supermarkets and stores around Oahu. News accounts at the time dubbed him the “bicycle bandit” after witnesses reported seeing him fleeing on a bicycle. Nelson was sentenced to serve six concurrent 20-year terms.
“That was a long time ago,” Lilikoi said in a video statement concerning his past criminal record.
“Sometimes our past makes us who we are now. I’m going to be thankful for my past.”
He has not been convicted of any crimes since being released from prison, according to court records.
The squatters and their OFHA supporters have gone to court twice seeking temporary restraining orders to block Guyland from harassing them.
The first TRO attempt came after Guyland’s agent and property manager, Tom Berg, visited the site with a representative of the lessee on Oct. 4. Both were refused entry. Police were apparently called, but they declined to take sides in the dispute.
Berg is a former member of the Honolulu City Council. He won a special election in 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of council chair Todd Apo. He was handily defeated in his 2012 bid for reelection by Kymberly Pine, who went on to serve two terms on the council.
Kaiulani Pieper-Mokiao, who described herself as “superior title holder … through heirship,” applied for a temporary restraining order the week after Berg’s visit, saying she felt threatened and was fearful for her family’s safety, after Berg, the landowners agent, “tresspassed (sic) onto my property” and tried to cite her for trespassing on what she referred to as “my own property.”
“He threatened to have my and my spouse arrested even after he was informed I was the superior title holder,” Mokiao wrote in support of the TRO.
The requested TRO was quickly denied by the court.
A second incident on March 28 led to another TRO application, this time by A. Kekela, one of those OFHA members Sam Lilikoi had dispatched to the property, now using the name Ikaikanuiaumi Akekela, and his girlfriend.
According to the TRO application filed in court, Berg was seen dropping “a suspicious box over the front gate of the property.” Kekela called Moleka Hicks for support and the two confronted Berg, telling him to remove the box, described in the application as “his suspicious item.”
They then followed Berg as he walked toward the golf course “to ensure that he would no longer harass or be a threat to myself, my neighbors and my family,” according to the TRO application.
As they reached the golf course boundary, Berg pulled out a black handgun and pointed back at Kekela and Hicks while he left the area.
“We are the victims of harassment and threats of gun violence by Tom Berg who is acting with violent intentions on behalf of the interest of his employer and /or affiliate Guyland LLC,” Kekela said in his TRO application. “Tom Berg does not have the right to invade our constitutional rights to privacy while we are on our property.”
Berg says their tale is “fabricated.” In a recent telephone interview, he said he went to the site to deliver a box of court documents, and after the group refused to accept them, was followed and harassed, taunted by several people, including being called a “f—ing haole” as he walked across a 30-acre property toward the golf course.
A hearing on the TRO was held in the Ewa district court on May 5. As part of his own testimony, Berg showed a video of the incident that apparently supported his claim to have been harassed and threatened.
Court records show that after viewing the video, and hearing testimony from both sides, the judge ordered the temporary restraining order dissolved and, further, ordered the two complainants to pay $2,500 to cover Berg’s attorney fees and court costs.
No payment had been made as of Thursday, and Berg’s attorney is now taking additional legal action to collect.
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http://stephenkinzer.com/2022/06/the-supreme-court-may-take-territories-off-the-map-of-the-us/
THE SUPREME COURT MAY TAKE TERRITORIES OFF THE MAP OF THE US
Published by Stephen Kinzer on June 8, 2022
More than 3 million Americans occupy a weird space in the world’s political geography. That could soon change.
May the United States rule foreign territories without granting their inhabitants constitutional rights? Yes, according to landmark Supreme Court decisions in the “Insular Cases” more than a century ago. Without those decisions, our overseas territorial empire could not have existed.
Suddenly that decision is under fierce attack from within the Court itself. The fate of America’s five populated colonies — Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands — may hang in the balance.
In April the Supreme Court decided what seemed to be an abstruse case about federal benefits owed to Puerto Ricans. But Justice Neil Gorsuch’s opinion began with a startling passage. He asserted that the United States has no business deciding anything for Puerto Rico because our ownership of that island — and by extension other US colonies — is unconstitutional.
“A century ago in the Insular Cases, this Court held that the federal government could rule Puerto Rico and other territories largely without regard to the Constitution,” Gorsuch wrote. “It is past time to acknowledge the gravity of this error and admit what we know to be true: the Insular Cases have no foundation in the Constitution and rest instead on racial stereotypes. They deserve no place in our law. . . . And I hope the day comes soon when the Court squarely overrules them.”
Those strong words set off a flurry of activity. Three residents of American Samoa were already suing the US government for denying them full citizenship; like residents of other US territories, they cannot vote in presidential elections, are not represented in Congress, and may only pass laws of which the US government approves. Encouraged by what Gorsuch wrote, they have expanded their case and are now asking that the Insular Cases be reversed. If they win, it means that we have no constitutional right to hold overseas territories. What would happen then? No one knows. Even Gorsuch conceded that “settling this question right would raise difficult new ones.”
The Insular Cases were decided by a profoundly racist Supreme Court. Justice Henry Billings Brown, who wrote the majority opinion in the key Insular Case, had also written the Plessy v. Ferguson decision that legalized racial segregation. His logic was consistent: If the US government can legally deprive some Americans of their rights, it can do the same to people it governs overseas. The Plessy case has long since been condemned and overruled. The same could soon happen to the Insular Cases.
In 1901, when the Insular Cases were decided, the United States was in a frenzy of overseas expansion. We had just seized Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Some in Washington were horrified.
“You have no right at the cannon’s mouth to impose on an unwilling people your Declaration of Independence and your Constitution and your notions of freedom and notions of what is good!” Senator George Frisbee Hoar of Massachusetts thundered during a congressional debate in 1899. Senator Augustus Octavio Bacon of Georgia succinctly framed the key question in his response to a pro-imperialist colleague: “Seeing that the executive has only such powers as are given in the Constitution, I want to know under what clause of the Constitution the Senator finds the power to seize the territory of a neutral country with which we are not at war.”
Days after those speeches were delivered, Congress ratified the treaty that brought America its first colonies. Opponents appealed to the Supreme Court. There they lost again. It was a 5-4 decision.
“The Constitution does not apply to foreign countries,” Justice Brown wrote. “If these possessions are inhabited by alien races, differing from us in religion, customs, laws, methods of taxation and modes of thought, the administration of government and justice according to Anglo-Saxon principles may for a time be impossible. . . . A false step at this time might be fatal to the development of what Chief Justice Marshall called the ‘American Empire.’”
In a dissent that reads like a howl of protest, Justice John Harlan wrote: “The idea that this country may acquire territories anywhere upon the earth, by conquest or treaty — the people inhabiting them to enjoy only such rights as Congress chooses to accord them — is wholly inconsistent with the spirit and genius, as well as with the words, of the Constitution.”
That argument may soon be made to the Supreme Court for a second time. Much has changed since 1901. We allowed our biggest colony, the Philippines, to become independent in 1946. Residents of the five that remain have been granted most constitutional rights. Yet they remain under Washington’s ultimate control.
Overruling the shameful Insular Cases would not lead to instant independence for our colonies, but it would fundamentally alter their legal status. If their citizens are ruled to be legally equal to Americans, they might move toward independence. They could also go in the opposite direction, seeking compacts of “free association” with the United States. A favorable decision might also mean that the US naval base and prison camp at Guantanamo, Cuba, which the US awarded itself after taking control of Cuba in 1898, would become illegal.
The five US possessions that would be affected by a reversal of the Insular Cases are home to 3.5 million people. They inhabit a weird space in the world’s political geography. That may soon change. The court is expected to rule on the Samoans’ case later this year. Many islanders will be watching.
Stephen Kinzer is a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2022/06/ke-aupuni-update-june-2022-150th.html
Free Hawaii blog Saturday June 11, 2022
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - JUNE 2022
The 150th Kamehameha Day
The state of Hawaii legislature recently passed a resolution recognizing Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) as a significant event and holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom. News reports said it was the first Hawaiian Kingdom holiday acknowledged by the legislature. It is not. That holiday is Kamehameha Day.
In fact, today, June 11, marks the 150th Anniversary of the celebration of Kamehameha Day, an official holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom that continues to be earnestly celebrated by none other than the State of Hawaii. How cool is that? And how ironic!
The State of Hawaiiʻs primary argument against Hawaiians who assert that they are Hawaiian Kingdom subjects (or nationals) — living in the jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom, not the jurisdiction of State of Hawaii — is that the Hawaiian Kingdom no longer exists.
Yet every year (except for the covid years), the Stateʻs Kamehameha Day Celebration Commission mounts an all-out celebration of Kamehameha the Great, the founder of the Kingdom that the State claims ʻno longer existsʻ... but yet admits (through the U.S. 1993 Apology and in many of its own legislation) that in essence the Kingdomʻs sovereignty was never relinquished or extinguished. The celebration of Kamehameha Day is evidence that the Hawaiian Kingdom is alive!
On the other hand, where is the “Statehood” celebration? The State has not held a celebration in over 12 years! Yes, there is an official “Admissions Day” holiday in August, but there is no commission or committee designated to plan events, no parades, no gatherings, no parties, no speeches... nothing. It appears the State is ashamed and would rather not make a big deal about its birthday.
The tide has turned. Public doubt is growing regarding the legitimacy of the State of Hawaii even within the ranks of state legislators and officials. More people turn out for Hawaiian actions and events than for anything else. Interest and support is growing and the nation is rising.
Two generations grew up reconnecting to their language and culture and learning about the great nation founded by Kamehameha, a nation nurtured into an amazing, progressive Kingdom by his successors and our kūpuna. We now have two generations who grew up hearing the truth of what happened to our sovereign nation and learning the profound way of kapu aloha to make things pono for the future - a Free Hawaii.
For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53.
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
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Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! He was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major hub of America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too!
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/06/20/hawaii-news/group-claiming-ancestral-heritage-stands-its-ground/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Monday June 20, 2022
Group claiming ancestral heritage stands its ground
By Linsey Dower
A group called Occupied Forces Hawaii Army remained encamped on private property above Hawaii Country Club in Kunia last week, with some members claiming ancestral heritage to the land.
Frederick Arensmeyer, an attorney representing landowner Guyland LLC, said the group was told to vacate the hillside property June 13 but remained last week.
The nearby Hawaii Country Club is also owned by Guyland, and Arensmeyer said the occupants do not have permission from the landowner to be on the premises.
But one of OFHA’s group members, Alicia Hu‘eu, said on her Instagram story that, “OFHA never took the property, but rather was asked to protect the Heirs to these lands (Internationally Protected Persons) who live here.”
In a video posted to OFHA’s Instagram four weeks ago, Hu‘eu emphasized that their group is not a sovereignty group, militia or paramilitary group, but consider themselves an army corps with lawful military combatants under a noncombatant command. Their primary goal is to repatriate civilians living in occupation.
OFHA did not respond to requests for comment. A photo posted a week ago on Moleka Hicks’ Instagram shows 10 group members dressed in combat uniforms and standing side by side on the property they’ve been inhabiting.
Group members address each other by military ranking, some using made-up names, Arensmeyer said. The man who appears to be their leader goes by Col. Sam Lilikoi. Hu‘eu, a particularly vocal group member, goes by Capt. Hu‘eu, while another group member, Moleka Hicks, goes by Cpl. Hicks.
Arensmeyer said that Aloha Pacific Green, the company who Guyland had been leasing the land to, canceled its lease in October 2021, five years early, because OFHA had moved onto the property and was no longer allowing Aloha Pacific Green access to the land. But according to Arensmeyer’s recent research, Aloha Pacific Green was not registered to do business under the state of Hawaii, he said.
“I don’t know whether what they were doing out there was legal or not, but they were paying tenants and basically, these squatters chased them off and they were unable to go back in,” Arensmeyer said.
Law enforcement was notified that the group remained on Guyland’s property past their eviction date, but it’s unclear when law enforcement will forcibly remove them, Arensmeyer said.
Videos posted to Hicks’ Instagram show heated arguments between the land manager, Tom Berg, and OFHA group members, one of which appears to become physical. Some OFHA group members have attempted to file restraining orders against Berg, Arensmeyer said, but none went through.
The Honolulu Police Department did not respond in time to requests for information regarding the situation.
Arensmeyer doesn’t dispute the claim that OFHA’s group members are descendants of royal patent landholders, but he believes that doesn’t overrule a property’s chain of title without a form of documentation. The weekend before the June 13 eviction date, OFHA held an event on the property where a large number of people gathered, Arensmeyer said.
“I think in their heart, they believe that they are seeking justice and doing the right thing,” Arensmeyer said. “I think they’re being led astray by leadership of this group who are older and, they should know better to me.”
Jonathan Osorio, dean of the University of Hawaii’s Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, wrote in a text to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that while he doesn’t know much about the group called OFHA, he empathizes with their frustration regarding land rights.
“Apparently OFHA claims to be heirs of Namau‘u, an O‘ahu Konohiki (ali‘i who served higher ranking chiefs) who was granted a Royal Patent title to the land,” Osorio wrote. “Many of the Kanaka (Hawaii natives) … never made a claim for the lands they occupied and subsisted on. Nothing in the Mahele (legislation that began the process of dividing land to individuals) itself suggested that their right to make that claim would end or even diminish over time.”
When the U.S. took over the Hawaiian government, the abrupt transition of land tenure from the traditional system to private land ownership was messy and not accepted by Hawaiian Kingdom groups, Osorio said.
“Until the State and U.S. government actually engage honestly and clearly with Native Hawaiian land claims, no one should place the blame on groups like Occupied Forces,” Osorio said.
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* Ken Conklin's online comment:
Gangs of ethnic Hawaiian racist bullies have been growing more belligerent in recent years, partly because state and county police, many of whom have family connections to gang members, have been too timid to enforce the law, or sometimes are even secret co-conspirators. We have seen their thuggery on Mauna Kea, and in repeated takeovers of Iolani Palace and private lands, under the guise of "kapu aloha" [non-violent protest] even while forcibly blocking access, using elders and kids as human shields, while exchanging hugs and kisses with police who are family.
Osorio has a long history of making assertions which are both ignorant and absurd, but have earned him a comfortable sinecure at UH.
"When the U.S. took over the Hawaiian government, the abrupt transition of land tenure from the traditional system to private land ownership was messy and not accepted by Hawaiian Kingdom." Does Osorio not know that the creation of private land ownership in fee simple was started by royal proclamation of the Great Mahele by Kamehameha III in 1848? Transition of land tenure from traditional to private was already finished long before annexation to USA in 1898. Osorio and his ilk repeatedly mis-use and racialize the word "kanaka" -- look it up in Pukui/Elbert -- it always meant simply race-neutral "person". "Kanaka maoli" originally meant "real human" as opposed to ghost or spirit; and later got racialized to mean person with >50% native blood; and now has been hijacked to refer to anyone with a drop of the magic blood.
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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2022/06/ke-aupuni-update-june-2022-reconnecting.html
Free Hawaii blog MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - JUNE 2022
Reconnecting with the Pacific
One of the greatest tragedies of being under the rule of the United States has been the loss of connection to the larger ʻohana of Moana Nui, our Pacific family. Yes, we have connections through our language, culture, customs, genealogies, canoe traditions, and we have people to people relations. But, what about nation-to-nation relations? What about the issues we face as nations of this vast ocean?
While the rest of the nations of Moana Nui interact and work with each other on crucial matters through organizations such as the Pacific Islands Forum, the Polynesian Leaders Group, the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the UN Pacific SIDS, and so forth, sadly, Hawaiʻi is glaringly absent from the picture.
Yes, some of our people engage as experts and contribute to the discourse on Pacific Islands issues. But, because Hawaiʻi is regarded as a ʻstateʻ of the United States, and not an independent nation, Hawaiʻi has no significant voice, and certainly no decision-making role in the Pacific. Unfortunately, the one that presumes to speak for us in international matters (as well as domestic policy) is the United States — and we know how clueless they are about what’s in our best interest and the nature of our island ways.
Over the years, as I have attended Pacific regional meetings and conversed with heads of states, diplomats and parliamentarians, they invariably mention they would be very happy if Hawaiʻi (as the Hawaiian nation, not the U.S.) was to become an active member of the Pacific family of nations to help with the critical issues facing our islands.
It was the intent of several of our Kings, especially Kalākaua, to bring together our ʻohana of Moana Nui to work for the betterment of our peoples and nations. This great vision was rudely dashed by the assault and abduction of our nation by the United States. Fortunately, we are on the verge of overturning that wrongful taking and restoring the Hawaiian Islands as a sovereign, independent nation.
The irony is that Hawai’i, which was recognized as a sovereign nation long before anyone else in the Pacific, will be the last to reclaim our place in this extraordinary family of nations and join the voyage, as our wayfinding ancestors did, to navigate the path for our future.
For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53.
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
SIGN THIS PETITION
Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! He was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major hub of America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! TinyURL.com/AlohaOeMcKinley
PLEASE KŌKUA
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• GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII
• PayPal – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
• Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
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https://www.ilind.net/2022/06/29/more-on-those-33-billion-private-agreements/
Ian Lind blog, Wednesday June 29, 2022
More on those $33 billion “private agreements”
This is a follow-up to a post earlier this morning which looked at legal notices being filed which claimed the beneficiaries had access to a $33 Billion fund, although they may also be facing foreclosure or other financial distress.
The idea of a large, government-backed savings account secretly kept in our names appears to be drawn from the beliefs of those in many branches of the so-called “Sovereign Citizens” movement.
Here’s a summary by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks radical anti-government groups.
According to sovereign citizen researchers, the government has pledged its citizenry as collateral, by selling their future earning capabilities to foreign investors, effectively enslaving all Americans. This sale, they claim, takes place at birth. When a baby is born in the U.S., a birth certificate is issued, and the hospital usually advises the parents to apply for a Social Security number. Sovereigns say that the government then uses that birth certificate to set up a corporate trust in the baby’s name – a secret Treasury account – which it funds with amounts ranging from $600,000 to $20 million, depending on the particular variant of the sovereign belief system. By setting up this Treasury Direct Account (TDA), every newborn’s rights are split between those held by the flesh-and-blood baby and the ones assigned to his or her corporate shell account.
Sovereign citizens believe the evidence for their theory is found on the birth certificate itself. Since most certificates use all capital letters to spell out a baby’s name, JOHN DOE, for example, is actually the name of the corporate shell identity, also called a “straw man,” while John Doe is the baby’s “real,” flesh-and-blood name. As the child grows older, most of his legal documents will utilize capital letters, which means that his state-issued driver’s license, his marriage license, his car registration, his criminal court records, his cable TV bill and his correspondence from the IRS all will pertain to his corporate shell identity, not his real, sovereign identity.
To separate from their corporate shell, sovereign citizens use a series of convoluted steps, often shared with them by more veteran sovereigns. This can include actions such as filing documentation with their secretary of state’s office declaring themselves sovereign, signing it with red blood or ink thumbprints, and then having their new sovereign identity published in the newspaper.
To tap into the secret Treasury account that they believe exists, they file a series of complex, legal-sounding documents. For decades, sovereigns have attempted to perfect the process by packaging and promoting different combinations of forms and paperwork. The only touted success stories are from sovereigns who were in fact committing fraud against the government or private companies by creating counterfeit or fraudulent and fictitious documents. These sovereigns are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
These ideas have been adapted and used in Hawaii in a variety of ways.
A group on Maui was convicted on federal criminal nearly a decade ago after selling packets of documents to homeowners facing foreclosure. These included bogus bonds which supposedly drew on similar secret trust accounts. At least one other group has been selling Hawaii citizenship by claiming that when a treaty providing sovereignty to a Hawaiian government, all registered citizens will share in a huge, multi-billion fund that is being held in trust. The specifics vary, and the $33 billion figure being thrown around is higher than many other examples.
As strange as it seems, people are still falling for such claims. And efforts by law enforcement agencies, lawyers, and government officials try to debunk the claims are taken as “proof” of their validity by those who are consumed by a distrust of the government. It makes them easy marks for the con artists and fraudsters who target such affinity groups who share distrust of officialdom.
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https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/07/01/6-arrests-made-authorities-seek-evict-paramilitary-group-kunia-property/
Hawaii News Now Friday July 1, 2022, posted on website at 1:03 PM and reported on evening TV newscast at 6PM.
6 arrested for trespassing as authorities seek to evict paramilitary group
By Rick Daysog
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Six people were arrested for trespassing Friday amid a bitter dispute between a Kunia landowner and members of the paramilitary “Occupied Forces Hawaii Army” group.
Attorneys for the landowner said the sovereignty group’s members have been squatting on agricultural land near the Hawaii Country Club since September. Earlier this month, the group was served with eviction papers.
“This isn’t a native Hawaiian group seeking sovereignty or anything for an indigenous cause. These are wayward, rogue, uneducated individuals,” said Tom Berg, who manages the property and the nearby Hawaii County Club golf course.
As tensions rise, country club’s landowner seeks to evict paramilitary sovereignty group
On Friday morning, dozens of Honolulu police officers and state deputy sheriffs converged on the area and told the group’s members they would need to leave immediately.
Four men and two women were arrested on second-degree trespassing charges.
About a dozen people, mostly women and children, voluntarily left the property.
Members of Occupied Forces Hawaii identify themselves as a Hawaiian sovereignty group, dress in military outfits and claim military titles. The landowner said some of the families have been squatting on the property for nine months but at least two of the members claim they have ancestral rights to the land.
“This land belong to my people. America stole this land. That doesn’t make it theirs. It does not make it theirs,” said one of the women as she confronted police.
But investigative reporter and blogger Ian Lind said the group’s claims have little merit.
“They haven’t put forward any legitimate claim,” Lind said.
“They have claimed to have a ownership interest in the property by heirdom, meaning simply that they can they say at least two people can trace their family lineage back to the original holder of a land patent.”
If anyone can go and simply say: ‘I’m related to the guy in 1848, he was my great-great-great-great grandfather and so I own your house, get out!’ That is a is a frontal assault on everything that our society rests on.”
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/07/01/breaking-news/occupied-forces-hawaii-army-members-arrested-at-kunia-property/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Friday July 1, 2022, Breaking news at 8:46 PM
Occupied Forces Hawaii Army members arrested at Kunia property
By Linsey Dower
Occupied Forces Hawaii Army group who have remained on property belonging to Guyland LLC despite receiving an eviction notice last month.
“Honolulu Police Dept has arrested Heirs on property for claims of trespassing despite the civil dispute over land title being still active in the courts,” one of OFHA’s group members, Alicia Hu‘eu, wrote on an Instagram story posted at about 10 a.m. today.
It is unclear which group members were arrested.
Fifteen police officers approached group members this morning on the Kunia property before the arrests were made, according to Hu‘eu’s story posts.
“The police forced themselves in the vehicle from the outside with a bar,” read a text posted on Hu‘eu’s instagram story.
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** Online comments:
by Ken Conklin
So, this whole "news report" is nothing more than one reporter sitting in front of a computer looking at an Instagram page and telling us snippets of what was posted there? It'a all hearsay -- no reporter actually visited the property or interviewed any squatter nor any police officer? I saw a TV news report at 6 PM showing video of people being arrested and what they were saying. Maybe if I write a description of what I saw on TV, this newspaper will pay me.
by Mythman replying to Conklin:
Maybe if you pose as a woke identity "reporter" you could get a grant like some of the other save journalism non profit news workers, Pro Publica style? There actually is an editor at the SA specializing in minority "equality".
by st1d:
pulitzer prize level reporting. instagram. go figure.
by Stevebunting:
Cold the S/A reporting get any worse?
by std1:
at least they self-identified a haawhiner mole in the s/ad staff: linsey dower.
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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2022/07/ke-aupuni-update-july-2022-our-best.html
Free Hawaii blog Saturday July 16, 2022
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - JULY 2022
Our Best Interest
Youʻd be surprised to know how many countries at the United Nations empathize and agree with our quest to free Hawaiʻi from the United States.
When the UN started in 1945, there were 51 independent member countries. Today there are 193! That means nearly three-fourths of the current UN became independent and gained membership through some form of struggle for liberation, many through a peaceful decolonization process, but many through armed conflict — some extremely violent and bloody. Thus, the great majority of the UN members understand what it means to struggle for, and finally gain, independence.
So why don’t countries that empathize with us just recognize Hawaiʻi as an independent nation and expose the United States’ blatant ‘statehood’ scam? It’s surprisingly simple: self-preservation.
About 10 years ago, I was chatting with a Carribean ambassador to the UN and he said to me: “Remember that every diplomat has been sent by his country to look after the best interests of his country”. A diplomats’ job is not only to pursue what will be good for his/her country, but they must do their utmost to avoid what could be harmful. Wow! That explains why it’s not all cut-and-dry, right or wrong.
Decisions are made by the individual country based on how that decision will affect the country’s interests. At this point, any country that dares to profess Hawaiʻi is independent (even out of the noblest of intentions), would bring upon itself retaliation from the U.S. And the U.S. has abundantly demonstrated (ever since they grabbed Hawaiʻi in 1898) the extent it will go to have its way… invasion … regime change… denationalization… political suppression… economic bondage and so forth. A country may totally agree that our country was unlawfully usurped and is under belligerent occupation, but to challenge the U.S. directly on this matter would be suicidal.
Over the past few years our discussion with countries has been, how can they help us at minimal risk to themselves?
We have found a way and are working on implementing a plan at the UN General Assembly. Since Hawaiʻi is not a member of that country club (and we’re not trying to become one) we are relying on its members to call on the General Assembly to conduct a procedural revue of a resolution the General Assembly itelf passed in 1959 that basically consigned the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.
The purpose of the plan is to cause the UN General Assembly to discover that it made an error in accepting the U.S.’ report claiming the Hawaiian people had freely consented (through the Statehood Plebiscite) to become a “state” of the United States. And in discovering they made an error, the UN General Assembly would be required by its own rules, to rescind that 1959 resolution. Thus, the U.S. claim that Hawaiʻi is a state of the U.S. becomes null and void. And, by default, the Hawaiian Kingdom emerges as a sovereign, independent nation-state.
Yes, that outcome would be in the best interest of Hawaiʻi, but it would also be in the best interest of the rest of the world, including (whether they appreciate it or not) the United States.
For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53.
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/07/19/hawaii-news/la-hoihoi-ea-festivities-recognize-restoration-day/
Honolulu Star-Addvertiser Tuesday July 19, 2022
La Ho‘iho‘i Ea festivities recognize Restoration Day
By Linsey Dower
Hawaii now has an official day of observance for Native Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day.
July 31 will officially be recognized as La Ho‘iho‘i Ea under a measure passed by the Legislature this year that became law Monday. House Bill 2475 is now officially Act 82.
Festivities will be held at Thomas Square from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. July 31, when the public is invited to participate in makahiki games and conversations about Hawaii’s history. Organizers hope that the official recognition will spread awareness and promote conversations about Hawaiian history.
“This is a great time to come and engage with some people that maybe you wouldn’t necessarily engage with in the Hawaiian community,” said Native Hawaiian advocate Daniel Anthony. “Ask questions and learn about it firsthand.”
Included in the day’s events will be the lighting of an imu and a noon flag ceremony, Anthony said. State Rep. Mark Nakashima, author of HB 2475, will also be in attendance.
La Ho‘iho‘i Ea was the first Native Hawaiian holiday created as a result of King Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III’s diplomatic reclamation of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1843. It happened after British Navy Capt. Lord George Paulet seized control of the Hawaiian kingdom.
Rather than retake the land by force, Kamehameha sent envoys to the United States, Britain and France, where they lobbied for Hawaii to be released from Paulet’s control. Five months after the start of Paulet’s occupation, Britain’s Adm. Richard Thomas arrived in Hawaii, removed Paulet and restored the Hawaiian kingdom.
Kamehameha’s peaceful approach to reclaiming the kingdom gave Hawaii diplomatic status on the world stage, allowing it to negotiate treaties with the world’s nations, Hawaii State Archives Archivist Adam Jansen told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in a previous article.
On July 31, 1843, Kamehameha named Thomas Square after the British admiral and, in his speech, spoke the words, “Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono o Hawaii.”
The phrase, which is now the state motto, translates to, “The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in justice,” Anthony said.
Native Hawaiian advocate Kalani Kalima has celebrated the annual holiday with his family for the past eight years by marching along the highway through Waimanalo.
“We are hoping that when people see us walking on the side of the road, it’ll stir up conversation,” Kalima said.
Many have approached Kalima and his family on their march to ask why they do it, to which Kalima explains that they are celebrating.
“That’s what La Ho‘iho‘i Ea is,” Kalima said. “It’s celebrating life with our families, with our people.”
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey said in a written statement Monday that talking about Hawaii’s history is important for creating a better future.
“It has been said that only by remembering our past can we breathe ea — sovereignty and independence — into our future,” she wrote.
In honor of La Ho‘iho‘i Ea, Anthony said he hopes that people will join in on the July 31 celebrations and engage in conversations that discuss challenges in the community.
Kalima agreed, saying, “All we can do is continue to have these conversations and bring them into the mix. Increase our circle and you never know … the ripple effect will reach out.”
Although the formal recognition of the day doesn’t necessarily provide Native Hawaiians with the healing they have been searching for, Kalima said he believes it might inspire hope that the resulting conversations will bring people together for the betterment of Hawaii’s future.
“Let us have these conversations at our dinner tables with our family and our community, because we can only move better when we are stronger, together,” Kalima said.
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** Ken Conklin's online response (in several comments to comply with 1000 character limit)
This article is very weird and deserves scrutiny for many reasons including history, timing, and style. The article is grossly inaccurate regarding the history of Ka La H o ' i h o ' i Ea. Article says this "was the first Native Hawaiian holiday..." FALSE. It was never a race-based holiday. It was a holiday of the multiracial Kingdom of Hawaii. Article totally ignores the true hero, the American Rev. Dr. Gerrit who was the King's closest advisor. Judd personally wrote the appeal to Britain which succeeded in persuading Britain to repudiate the gunboat takeover.
At the risk of his life if the Brits had discovered him, Judd went into the burial crypt on the grounds of the Palace (where the grassy mound still remains), in the middle of the night, and by candlelight used the coffin of the recently deceased Ka'ahumanu as a desk to write the appeal. He then went in a small boat to where the drunken King was sleeping and made him sign it (that was the King's ONLY small effort); and then Judd recruited an American sailor to deliver the document to the British. Months later, when Admiral Thomas sailed into Honolulu Harbor to deliver the British proclamation, it was Judd who marched side by side with the King, ahead of all the native chiefs, in solemn ceremony from (Thomas) Square to Kawaiaha'o Church. Judd stood next to the King on the steps and read to the huge crowd loudly in Judd's fluent Hawaiian what the English-language proclamation said; whereupon the King delivered his famous one-liner.
Article says it celebrated "King Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III’s diplomatic reclamation of the Hawaiian kingdom..." FALSE. Political power was restored to the King by the government of Britain, which repudiated and nullified a rogue British gunboat captain's takeover of the government as a way to force settlement of debts owed by some ali'i to British merchants. Sovereignty was never actually lost, only governmental control was temporarily taken from the King by the gunboat Captain Paulet; and it was not the King who reclaimed it but it was Britain (in response to Judd's written appeal) who repudiated what Paulet had done. The King was merely a figurehead.
Article says "Kamehameha sent envoys to the United States, Britain and France, where they lobbied for Hawaii to be released from Paulet’s control." FALSE. That assertion displays confusion of the July 31 holiday with a November 28 holiday, Ka La Ku'oko'a, when two low-level diplomats from Britain and France, responding to lobbying by American missionary William Richards, signed a mutual non-aggression pact with each other (but not with any Hawaiian), in side-by-side English/French (but not Hawaiian), acknowledging Hawaii's independent nationhood and pledging neither one would invade or try to take over Hawaii -- a document which was not signed by any Hawaiian and whose two copies were given only to the British and French diplomats but not to any Hawaiian.
The timing of this article's publication is also weird -- today is Tuesday July 19, which is 12 days before the July 31 holiday. It's clearly not a news report because nothing has happened yet to be reported! It's 12 days before the event, so it's not even a notice of an event for the upcoming weekend. It's actually publicity on behalf of Hawaiian sovereignty activists who recently began circulating online flyers touting July 31. "Reporter" Linsey Dower, well-brainwashed at UH Manoa, is clearly the designated newspaper shill for the sovereigntists, following in the footsteps of Gordon Pang years ago and most recently Jayna Omaye (she seems to have vanished without a trace).
The writing style in this article is also weird. Readers, try count how many times the word "conversation" or "converse" is used. Allegedly the purpose of the event at Thomas Square is to stimulate conversations about history between Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians. But a conversation involves both speaking and listening by both parties to the conversation. I'm certain the only speakers will be Hawaiian activists or their pro-sovereignty enablers, while "non-Hawaiians" are expected to only listen. Opposing views, like those expressed in my comments, will never be allowed. It's a propaganda event, not a conversation.
The holiday is being called "Sovereignty Restoration Day" which clearly is not merely a reference to the log-ago event in 1843, but is actually a call to action now and in coming years, to rip the 50th star off our flag and restore sovereignty to Hawaii as an independent nation. In every recent year, and probably this year too, they will raise the American flag briefly, for the sole purpose of taking it down and hoisting the Hawaiian flag -- thus displaying the true purpose for reviving the holiday and totally ignoring that it was the British flag that came down in the actual historic event in 1843.
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/07/candidate-qa-office-of-hawaiian-affairs-at-large-trustee-sam-king/
Honolulu Civil Beat Friday July 22, 2022
Candidate Q&A: Office of Hawaiian Affairs At-Large Trustee — Sam Kalanikupua King
** Note by Ken Conklin: This candidate statement can also be found on Mr. King's campaign website, where some phrases are clickable links leading to authoritative scholarly essays or webpages. See
https://votesamking.com/civil-beat-questionnaire-2022/
“OHA has been distracted by political fights instead of focusing on bread and butter issues like education, housing and jobs. “
SAM KALANIKUPUA KING
PARTY Nonpartisan
AGE 39
OCCUPATION Attorney
RESIDENCE Honolulu
WEBSITE VoteSamKing.com
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS/PRIOR OFFICES HELD
President, Association Of Apartment Owners; executive director, Imua TMT; executive director, of ‘Ohana Kilo Hoku; executive director, ‘Ai Noa Foundation.
1. What do you see as the most pressing problem facing Native Hawaiians, and what will you do about it?
Poverty. Native Hawaiians suffer the highest poverty rates for individuals and families in Hawaii, according to the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism. OHA’s job is to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians, and therefore ending this statistical shame must be OHA’s highest priority, and it will be mine.
The most promising public policy for breaking this cycle of poverty is early childhood education, especially programs that serve keiki up to 3 years old and that include a component for parental coaching. These programs have been shown to stabilize families and reduce incarceration rates over multiple generations, breaking the cycle of poverty.
As an OHA trustee I will advocate for OHA to engage more directly in early childhood education research and grant program development. I will advocate for OHA to partner with early childhood educators, local nonprofits, the DOE, Kamehameha Schools, charter schools, and the Executive Office on Early Learning to more effectively assist beneficiaries with their early childhood education needs.
Please read more about this ground-breaking public policy at the top of my issues page at my website. Since Civil Beat does not allow hyperlinks in these responses, my website also provides more details and citations for my answers.
2. What would you do to bridge the gaps within the Native Hawaiian community over issues like construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope or development of energy projects?
I would encourage OHA to engage in innovative conflict-resolution techniques, such as “partnering,” where stakeholders, broadly defined, are gathered for a retreat to determine how disputes regarding projects will be resolved, at the planning stages of the project. I would coordinate large public meetings where everyone can share their feelings, hopes and dreams, in order to provide context for having an open and honest discussion of the facts surrounding a project.
I will also condemn and expose bullying and threats of anyone involved in these discussions, as I have done to protect Native Hawaiian TMT supporters before the OHA board, to ensure no one is afraid to make their voice heard.
Once a decision is made, I will also advocate for the enforcement of our laws. Our society cannot function if we claim that lawful arrests are “violence” while ignoring the violence and anarchy inherent in physical blockades of public roadways. After all viewpoints have been considered and a decision made, we cannot allow our public policy-making to be derailed by individuals who refuse to play by the rules all of us live by, and benefit from equally, as established by our democratically elected officials.
3. Do you support the construction of the TMT atop Mauna Kea? Why or why not? Could a new management structure help to resolve long-standing disputes?
Yes. TMT represents the next chapter in our culture’s enduring legacy of incredible contributions to astronomy, celestial navigation and natural observation. I am excited to see the benefits to our community from the scholarships and job opportunities that TMT affords our keiki, and the unknown technological advances that will come from TMT’s development.
The astronomy sector has led to and supports incredible technologies, like wi-fi and GPS. I am honored that Hawaii will play a role in future technological advancements and scientific discoveries benefiting all of humanity.
A new management structure will not ultimately be the solution to the perceived problem. What matters are the people selected to oversee the use of the mountain. Do they have Hawaii’s best interests at heart, understand the value of perpetuating Hawaii’s culture of skywatching, care about the economic benefits that would ensue from the promotion of this unique aspect of Hawaii, and believe all people should have access to Mauna Kea for cultural, spiritual, religious, academic and recreational purposes?
Mauna Kea is a place of dreams and wonder, feelings borne out of the love we all have for that special place, whatever our reasons. It deserves pono management.
4. What role should the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands play in reducing homelessness?
Homelessness is a housing problem. DHHL has land and now an additional $600 million to build homes. DHHL needs to build more houses at higher densities and get those homes into the hands of its beneficiaries.
A portion of those homes can and should be used to house homeless Native Hawaiians. Innovative solutions such as temporary micro-housing to transition people from homelessness to homeownership should be tried. DHHL should seek to cooperate with other state and city programs working on homelessness to address how best to house our homeless Native Hawaiian population, and OHA should help to facilitate that cooperation. But ultimately the key to resolving homelessness is to build more homes.
If we do not build more homes in Hawaii, we are condemning ourselves to population decline and stagnation. This would be an historic travesty for Hawaii and Native Hawaiians. The population of Native Hawaiians in Hawaii has increased every year since we joined the United States and only today does that population risk stagnation and decline because of the lack of housing.
5. Why do you think Hawaiians are disproportionately represented in our prisons and jails? What can be done about it?
Native Hawaiians suffer the highest rates of poverty in the state and poverty is strongly correlated with higher crime rates. Furthermore, young Native Hawaiians are bombarded with negative messaging about our victimhood. This gives some young Hawaiian men excuses to justify their crimes in racial or political terms.
Flipping this script requires numerous approaches. Effective early childhood education has been proven to reduce rates of violent crime. If elected I will work to shift OHA’s resources to this bread and butter issue. I will also push back against spending more money on political fights about creating a race-based government. This attitude only exacerbates the victimhood narrative and provides more justifications for Native Hawaiians to commit crimes.
As Trustee Akina has so artfully said in his 2020 candidate survey, the message for our keiki must be: “You are not a victim, so don’t act like one. Remember our Hawaiian values – aloha, respect, caring, achievement. That way you won’t go wrong.”
6. What are your views regarding Hawaiian self-determination?
I want the best life possible for my keiki. I believe that the principles of government that will best protect their interests are democracy, equality before the law and religious freedoms. I believe that being a state of the United States best protects those principles. Where we fall short, we should strive to better adopt those principles.
Hawaiians today live in the greatest democracy on earth, and are citizens of the greatest nation in human history. We exercise self-determination every day in our local, state and national elections. And I encourage everyone to continue to do so by voting this year, especially in the OHA election.
7. Is OHA getting its fair share of ceded-land revenues from the state?
I believe OHA’s time is best spent focused on bread and butter issues like early childhood education programs, not fighting over ceded lands claims. The oft-cited 20% number is not in the Hawaii state constitution or the admission act, but rather is a creation of the Legislature. The Hawaii Supreme Court has determined that how much money that 20% represents is entirely a question for the Legislature, not a mathematical formula. Spending by state agencies that benefits all the people of Hawaii also benefits Native Hawaiians.
Furthermore, the kingdom that was overthrown was not a race-based kingdom. The first constitution declared all people are made of one blood, and citizenship was not race-based. No groups obtained race-based benefits. Thus, the overthrow is not a justification for race-based benefits.
The most important thing OHA can do is to make sure that the money it is entrusted with to better the condition of Native Hawaiians is spent on the programs most likely to achieve that objective, like early childhood education programs. OHA can also work with the many Native Hawaiian-serving ali’i trusts to better coordinate services. OHA must likewise ensure that the money it is entrusted with by all the people of Hawaii is not wasted, stolen, or spent creating racial division in our society.
8. Is OHA fulfilling its mandate to serve the Hawaiian people?
Yes and no. OHA’s programs that better the condition of Native Hawaiians do so, but OHA’s expenditures on race-based nation-building do not. I am running for OHA in part because I think OHA has been distracted by political fights instead of focusing on bread and butter issues like education, housing and jobs.
OHA’s mandate is to better the condition of Native Hawaiians. The best way to do that is early childhood education. If elected, I would also encourage OHA to join the voices of pro-housing advocates in Hawaii, starting with legalizing homebuilding in Kakaako Makai. There is no legitimate reason Kakaako Makai cannot be developed in partnership with the other landowners (Kamehameha Schools, the city and UH) and local residents. Let’s create a mixed-use, mixed income community where all people are welcome.
I will also urge my fellow trustees to focus on bread and butter, salt and poi, issues that benefit not just Native Hawaiians, but all the people of Hawaii. When Native Hawaiians win, Hawaii wins, and when Hawaii wins, Native Hawaiians win. And when we are all winning, we are making the whole world a better place.
9. Is Hawaii managing its tourism industry properly? What should be handled differently?
Yes and no. Without even discussing the billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs our guests support, the industry has enabled us to earn a living while perpetuating the aloha spirit that has always made this community so special. This includes opportunities for cultural practitioners of hula and mele to earn a living by sharing our rich cultural gifts with the world, perpetuating those art forms while putting food on their tables and a roof over their ohana. We quite literally export happy memories.
But there must also be balance. Reservation and crowd control systems of our most popular destinations, like Hanauma Bay and Diamond Head, are reasonable and prudent. Educating visitors in a way that protects Hawaii’s land, culture and people is a win/win, as long as such education does not draw our guests into fights about local political issues, like the overthrow of the kingdom.
I have been blessed with the opportunity to travel to over 40 countries around the world and, without exception, everyone dreams of visiting Hawaii not solely because of the beauty of our home, but also the aloha spirit of our people.
I pledge to be an ambassador of that aloha spirit.
10. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed numerous flaws in Hawaii’s structure and systems, from outdated technology to economic disparity. If you could take this moment to reinvent Hawaii, to build on what we’ve learned and create a better state, a better way of doing things, what would you do? Please share One Big Idea you have for Hawaii. Be innovative, but be specific.
The big idea is effective early childhood education. Effective early childhood education has been shown to provide an internal rate of return of 13.7% on the money invested. The benefits come from many things that are even more important than money, but do have a cost, such as reduced incarceration, increased familial stability and better health outcomes. This will transform Hawaii by empowering our keiki to diversify our economy and allow newly freed health and law enforcement spending to be shifted to investments in infrastructure, education and other community priorities.
If you honor me with election as your next OHA trustee at-large, I will ceaselessly advocate, relentlessly promote and constantly campaign for effective early childhood education. I will work collaboratively with Kamehameha Schools, the DOE, our charter schools, nonprofits, ali’i trusts, and the Executive Office on Early Learning. An investment in our keiki is an investment in our future.
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https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/07/how-the-story-of-the-army-that-illegally-took-over-a-kunia-property-is-playing-on-social-media/
Honolulu Civil Beat Friday July 22, 2022
How The Story Of The ‘Army’ That Illegally Took Over A Kunia Property Is Playing On Social Media
Arrested earlier this month, members of the group claim they own the land as heirs of Native Hawaiians who got land grants during the Great Mahele in 1848.
By Ian Lind
Several of those arrested early this month when police and sheriffs broke up a 10-month land takeover in a central Oahu agricultural subdivision have now taken to social media to tell their version of the confrontation and to justify their presence on the property.
In their telling, they were kidnapped by police from their private property, which they had rightfully and legally reclaimed as heirs of the original land grant recipient.
And that’s the hook that gives their pitch traction. Their 10 months in possession of the Kunia land represents a vision that land is there, free for the taking, by Hawaiians who have the resolve to act and can trace their families to a distant ancestor who received a mid-19th century award of land set aside for native tenants “in perpetuity” at the time of the Great Mahele.
For this group of Hawaiians, things haven’t turned out well. They were unceremoniously removed from the land, their claims of ancestral rights have failed in court, their personal belongings left on the property were lost — and they now face the likelihood of criminal prosecutions.
But so far, they remain undaunted, confident in the rightness of their cause and praised by supporters for their steadfastness.
Squatters Or Heirs?
The arrests followed a successful lawsuit by the legal owner of the property, Guyland LLC. Guyland purchased a 203-acre property in Kunia, above Waipahu, along with two smaller parcels, for $8 million in 2018, and developed the 38-lot Ekaha Lands agricultural subdivision.
The lawsuit accused the group, referred to as “squatters,” of eventually taking over 30 acres “without having any right, title, interest, or permission to remain there.” A writ of possession ordering the group to be ejected from the property was approved in early May, and was signed by the judge a month later. The police sweep, and arrests of those who refused to leave, followed on July 1.
The group’s version of these events is laid out in a video featuring Kaiulani Pieper-Mokiao, the mother of three young children who, along with her brother, publicly claims to hold a “vested undivided lineal interest of title” as heirs to the holder of 19th century Royal Patent 4490 and Land Commission Award 10474. In the video, she is seated at a table alongside Morris Nathaniel Hicks, who said he had provided security after the group moved onto the property in September 2021.
Questions and comments were pitched to the pair by an unidentified off-camera female interviewer, who displayed the knowledge and views of an insider in the heirs’ quixotic quest. She said the video series intends to eventually include interviews with all nine who were arrested.
The initial interview was streamed live just a few days after the arrests, and a recording was then uploaded to Facebook where it remains publicly available.
The second video, just a day later, is an interview with Pieper-Mokiao’s brother, Travis Thomas Kealii Mokiao, who joined in her claim to the land by Mokiao “heirdom.” The subject of the third video is Lance Ikaika Ventura-Wong, who describes the somewhat chaotic scene as the group confronted dozens of police and sheriffs.
All four appearing in these initial videos have adopted new aliases since their land occupation began.
Kaiulani Pieper-Mokiao and Travis Mokiao now use the names Wahinekekuana Kaiulanikahakuakoi Keanolanikealohapauole Okawekiu and Moanakane ’okauleleaiwi’ikamokuki’eki’e Mokiao. Morris Hicks, who appears on the initial video with Pieper-Mokiao, now refers to himself as Moleka Malumaleumu Leaeno Hicks. Ventura-Wong now goes by Ikaikanui Akekela.
According to documents filed in court, these new names are part of their intended “expatriation” from the United States and “repatriation” as subjects of the country of Hawaii, a process supposedly being administered by a group calling itself Occupied Forces Hawaii Army.
The three men “enlisted” as soldiers in OFHA as part of their “repatriation,” while Pieper-Mokiao chose to repatriate as a Hawaiian subject. OFHA describes itself as the uniformed military force of the country of Hawaii, serving in a non-combat role, while Hawaii is engaged in a “state of war” with the United States. The organization sent several members to the Kunia site to join the occupiers on the land.
The name changes were also used to avoid or delay service of official court documents in the lawsuit brought by the landowner. Defendants were identified in the lawsuit by their legal names, rather than their newly adopted repatriation identities, and they refused to accept documents that used those legal names, saying such service was improper. They then used the same claims of improper legal service in repeated attempts to stall or reverse the court’s decision, even after the court ruled service had been proper.
In these interviews, the Mokiaos said news reports had exaggerated the role of Occupied Forces Hawaii Army, and that OFHA had simply responded to their calls for help.
Pieper-Mokiao gave credit to a shadowy organization, the “House of Heirs,” for assisting them in organizing the land takeover.
“I didn’t do this personally, the House of Heirs did it,” she added later.
Although referenced several times in the video, the House of Heirs remains a mystery. An online search failed to turn up any substantive information about a group using that name.
In the video, Pieper-Mokiao said that “the House of Heirs has helped to facilitate the reclamation which has been applied on behalf of me.”
Court records confirm copies of the “Notice Of Preservation And Vested Hereditary Undivided Lineal Interest Of Title” were mailed to the Honolulu Police Department and other officials in November. They do not identify Pieper-Mokiao or any other individual, but were issued in the name of the House of Heirs.
“It is with great honor that we the heirs, do hereby declare the Reclamation of inheritance by Allodial Title for Royal Patent 4490, LCAW 10474 Apana 9 of Ho ae’ae, Ewa Ahupuaa, Mokupuni Oahu, Ko Hawai’i Pae Aina,” the notice reads.
“You are hereby notified of the inherent lawful authority to be present on said property without formal approval from individuals and representatives.”
It remains unclear whether the House of Heirs is an actual entity, or simply a fictional alter ego of the two heirs identified to date.
Going Home
In the first video, Pieper-Mokiao and Hicks are relaxed and articulate. They smile frequently, sharing patter and jokes as they recount their arrests and expound on how they, as Hawaiian heirs, and now owners of the land, have been unfairly victimized by the landowner, the police and the courts. They express full confidence in their beliefs.
But the core belief used to justify their actions was debunked long ago, as it is contrary to law and court decisions of the Hawaiian Kingdom as well as modern state law, and wildly at odds with the facts laid out in court documents over the course of Guyland’s successful ejectment lawsuit.
In the video, though, Pieper-Mokiao said she and the others were not “squatters,” and insists use of the term is the result of “prejudice, slander, or defamation of character.”
Hawaiian sovereignty group Occupied Forces Hawaii Army
She maintained all of her actions have been lawful and clearly within her “inherent right as a lineal descendant” of the royal patent holder, while accusing police, lawyers, and judges of acting outside the law.
According to Pieper-Mokiao’s narrative, she and others have simply applied “the reclamation process,” the “proper” way for lineal descendants to reclaim kuleana lands and “return home.”
“Kuleana lands” are those granted to native tenant farmers following the Great Mahele of 1848 and the Kuleana Act of 1850, which transformed Hawaii’s feudal land system into one based on private land ownership. Only a relatively small number of eligible Hawaiians applied for and received land grants under the Kuleana Act, and few kuleana today remain in the hands of descendants of the original recipients.
Pieper-Mokiao claims, without authority, that 170 years of history can be erased or rolled back, so that all descendants of the original royal patent recipients can lawfully reclaim an undivided interest in those ancestral lands and “go home.”
“The process in which we apply the reclamation process, first things first, is knowing who you are,” she said. “You cannot be somebody else.”
“Once you know who you are, and you know your rights,” descendants can proceed to reclaim their family lands, Pieper-Mokiao said.
The first step, she said, is to send a notice of reclamation to the current holder of what she described as “fraudulent” title, and to other officials, including the attorney general, Department of Land and Natural Resources and police departments, along with the governor and mayor.
“These are just a few of the names who must be informed of who I am, so they can inform their citizens that I am there, and that it is my lawful inherent right as a lineal descendant,” Pieper-Mokiao said.
“That is the lawful thing you have to do,” she said. “We do not conduct ourselves in unlawful activities.”
Pieper-Mokiao expressed frustration that neither the landowner’s attorney nor the court have recognized her claim to hold “superior title” to the land, even after receiving the formal notice of her lineal descent.
Once that notice was provided, according to Pieper-Mokiao, their right to take possession of the land should have been recognized and respected, and she expressed surprise they were labeled squatters and now face criminal trespass charges.
Travis Mokiao, in the second video, put it succinctly.
“I cannot be one squatter if I notify you we are coming,” he said.
Referring to Guyland’s attorney, Fred Arensmeyer, Pieper-Mokiao said “because he is American, I think he does not know how Hawaii Country laws work.”
“If you know land in Hawaii, you must know the Mahele,” she said in the video. “And if you don’t know the Mahele, then you do not know land in Hawaii.”
“All lands in Hawaii are held in allodial title — remember that, allodial title, and under royal patents given to whoever the patents were under,” Pieper-Mokiao maintained in her video interview.
“Allodial title” refers to land owned free and clear of responsibility to or control by any superior landlord. In Hawaii, as in feudal Europe, the king held allodial title prior to the Mahele.
Pieper-Mokiao and other heirs claim those Mahele-era land court awards and accompanying royal patents granted kuleana lands with allodial title and, they say, title can only be passed down to lineal descendants. In their view, any subsequent sales or transfers to non-descendants are invalid.
Without Merit
Although this idea is the cornerstone of the “heirdom” theory that fueled this and other attempted land reclamations, it lacks any legal basis.
The 1850 law authorizing native tenants to apply for kuleana land awards provided a process by which the king would give up his allodial title, and fee-simple titles would be granted, first by a land commission award after an application was reviewed and approved, and then by a royal patent, giving up the government’s title to the land.
There were no restrictions on the alienation of kuleana lands, whether by sale, exchange, gift, bequest or other legal transfer. Early court decisions set aside some land transfers where fraud was shown, but these generally recognized the right of a land patent recipient to do as they pleased with their property.
In 1877, the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Kingdom, in the case of Brunz v. Smith, held that patents do not confer title on subsequent descendants, heirs, or other claimants who are not named in the original patent or land commission award.
That 19th century case became the basis for a 2003 decision by the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, in which the defendant presented precisely the same argument made by Pieper-Mokiao — that royal patents granted allodial, absolute, “inalienable” title in perpetuity, and that holders of the royal patent or their heirs did not have the power to convey the land, which can only pass down within the family.
The appeals court quickly ruled that the argument “is without merit.”
The defendant in the case, like the Kunia defendants, cited Section 172-11 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to justify their position.
Section 172-11 provides, in part, that “all land patents so issued shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and assigns of the holder of the original award.”
Citing the Brunz opinion more than 125 years earlier, the court concluded: “Rather, an award of land through royal patent operates as a quitclaim of interest by the government and other claimants must prove their interest in the land through deed or other means.”
In other words, absent a deed or other evidence of a continuing ownership interest in the land, simply being a lineal descendant confers no ownership interest, undivided or otherwise.
While some descendants and heirs of the original holders of kuleana lands have successfully reclaimed family properties through the courts, those legal challenges required both proving genealogical ties and, more importantly, providing sufficient evidence of their place in the chain of title. Claimants have been successful when they could prove an ancestor held a valid interest in a property that was never transferred or otherwise extinguished.
For example, the state’s Intermediate Court of Appeals in 2020 awarded title to a 3.5-acre parcel of land on Maui to a Hawaiian family descended from the recipient of an 1857 Land Commission Award after a 20-year court battle. The court’s 51-page opinion is a textbook example showing the evidence needed to prove not only genealogy but the family’s place in the chain of title.
It also illustrates the Kunia defendants’ simple claims to “heirdom” fall far short of the kinds of proof necessary to sustain a kuleana land claim many generations later.
Whether their professed belief in the ownership rights of lineal descendants represent misunderstandings of the factual and legal landscape, or deliberate misrepresentations, is an open question.
However, similar claims about so-called allodial title have been used by anti-tax and anti-government extremists on the U.S. mainland, including those affiliated with the so-called “Sovereign Citizen Movement.”
“Sovereign citizens are US citizens who reject their citizenship status and claim they are not subject to government authority,” according to a 2012 FBI report. “Some may use this self-appointed status to justify threats, violence, theft, or fraud.”
The FBI report warned that allodial title has been used by sovereign citizens “in an attempt to immunize property from seizure in the event of non-payment of taxes or court judgment” or “used in an attempt to free property from government control.”
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2022
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - AUGUST 2022
The Statehood Fraud
We know that largely because we have exposed the lies and theft pertaining to the U.S.’ involvement with Hawaii, the U.S. State of Hawaii has abandoned any outward celebration of what should be its most important holiday — Admissions Day (Statehood Day) — August 19 this year. But there is another reason other than just embarrassment.
It is the fear that celebrating “statehood” will spotlight one of the most flagrant hoaxes against not only Hawaii, but the entire international community. You see, in 1959 when the U.S. conducted the fake Hawaii statehood plebiscite, it did so under the guise of complying to its “sacred obligation” to the United Nations to conduct a referendum by which Hawaiians could determine for themselves their future political status.
In 1946 when the United Nations was formed, the U.S. along with other colonial countries like Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands…, submitted the names of their colonies or “dependent territories” to be “decolonized”. This meant the colonial powers were under an obligation to the UN to assist and provide the territories they were “administering” the opportunity to eventually choose for themselves whether they want to be an independent country or not.
The UN placed a high priority on decolonization. In 1946 the United Nations started with 51 member countries. Today, there are 193 members. Roughly 100 of them came through utilizing the UN’s decolonization process.
In 1946 the U.S. submitted Alaska, American Samoa, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the list of “non-self-governing territories” to be decolonized under the UN’s process.
Yes, technically Hawaii was not a “territory” of the United States (neither was Alaska) but no one, except the lone voice, aloha ʻāina kiaʻi, Kamokila Campbell, protested the travesty, and she was summarily ignored.
The U.S. never intended to let go of Hawaii. So, in 1959, to make it appear to be a legitimate decolonization process, the U.S. conducted a fake referendum in Hawaii. Then, the U.S. told the UN that the outcome was, the people of Hawaii had consented to be integrated into the United States to become its 50th state.
Unfortunately, the UN didn’t notice the U.S. had completely manipulated and subverted the decolonization process to capture Hawaii. The UN blindly accepted the United States’ report and deemed the political question of Hawaii was hereby settled: The Hawaiian Islands are an integral part of the U.S.
But it’s not over! Fortunately, after years of work, we are on the brink of exposing what the U.S. did in manipulating the UN to be an accomplice to the “statehood” fraud. Important UN bodies, the Human Rights Council in October of 2021 and the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination just two days ago, have finally responded favorably to our complaints and are opening the way to examine the UN’s role in enabling the United States’ fraud against Hawaii.
The U.S. and the State of Hawaii has been downplaying the celebration of statehood for good reason… Hawaii is a Fake State! And the whole world is about to find out.
[The same goes for Alaska. It too is a fake state for the same reasons. Mahalo nui to the native people of Alaska for their long-time partnership in pursuing this issue at the UN.]
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53.
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KE AUPUNI UPDATE - AUGUST 2022
Hauoli Lā Hānau Liliʻuokalani
Next Friday, September 2nd, we will celebrate the 184th birthday of our extraordinary Queen Liliʻuokalani. Not only was she the beloved, compassionate, courageous and wise Mōʻī of the Hawaiian Kingdom, she set the example for non-violent resistance later adopted by world-changers, Mahatma Ghandi, Rev. Martin Luther King and others... including todayʻs kiaʻi Hawaiʻi.
When faced with the certainty of bloodshed in repelling the U.S. invasion, she chose to seek a peaceful, diplomatic remedy, temporarily yielding (not surrendering) her authority to the United States (not the traitors). Even though her diplomatic protest was acknowledged and honored by U.S. President Cleveland, “the swamp” in D.C. ignored it and conspired with the insurgents to annex the Hawaiian Islands.
The showdown came in 1897 when President McKinley, a fervent supporter of American expansion, signed a treaty to annex Hawaii and the U.S. Senate sought to fast-track ratification of the treaty. In an unprecedented, masterful move, Mōʻī Liliʻuokalani spent a year in Washington, D.C. to personally lobby against annexation, and with strong support of the Kūʻe Petition, defeated the ratification of the McKinley treaty.
But what can you do when a country as powerful as the United States cheats? First through the unlawful 1893 aggression to force regime change; then the seizure of Hawaii through a bogus domestic congressional resolution and the pretense of fighting a war against Spain in the Pacific.
How did our Queen deal with such flagrant corruption, injustice and mind-boggling cheating of international law? Not to mention the deep personal disappointment in not being able as Mōʻī to protect and save her people and the lāhui from being taken over by the betrayal of a foreign power that was once a trusted best friend, that pretended to stand for all the noble ideals of fairness, freedom and democratic self-government.
She spent many hours in prayer to Ke Akua for strength and wisdom, for compassion and forgiveness. She prayed for her people and did her best to protect them from harm.
All of her actions — Yielding her authority (but not surrendering the nation) to keep her peole from being killed... Choosing diplomacy instead of war... “Abdicating” her throne (under duress and wrong identity) to save her subjects from being excecuted... Lobbying the U.S. Congress to defeat annexation... Filing lawsuits over the seizure of the “Crown Lands” (private lands) by the usurpers... Absorbing the blows of racist lies and character assasination against her by the American media... Forgiving her tormentors... Encouraging her people to be peaceful even under extreme provocation... Giving of her personal wealth to help the needy.
All of her leadership by example preserved and defined not only the character of our nation, but the ashes from which to rise again.
The life and mōhai aloha of our Mōʻī Liliʻuokalani, is what gives us the inspiration, the legal right and the kuleana to reactivate our nation. Aloha lā hānau e Liliʻuokalani
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
For the latest news and developments about our progress at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva, tune in to Free Hawaii News at 6 PM the first Friday of each month on ʻŌlelo Television, Channel 53.
SIGN THIS PETITION
Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! He was the president who turned Hawaii from a peaceful, neutral country into a major hub of America’s war machine. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too!
TinyURL.com/AlohaOeMcKinley
PLEASE KŌKUA
Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort. To contribute, go to:
• GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII
• PayPal – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
• Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, volunteer services, etc...) email us at: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
“FREE HAWAII” T-SHIRTS - etc.
Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at
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Malama Pono, Leon Siu, Hawaiian National
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