Kaohi: It was very disappointing to watch the 'Annexation Debate' turn into dust! I'm a bit troubled by the need for Hawaiian women wanting need to be the 'White Mans Burden' instead of Independence!

Here is a coin toss rejection or except the hypothesis of the 'Kue Petition' by a badly written storyline!

"THE NEWLANDS RESOLUTION AND ANNEXATION

On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain, following the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898. The Spanish-American War saw conflict in both the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, where Spain controlled the Philippine Islands. On July 6, 1898, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution named after its proponent, Nevada Representative Francis Newlands, to annex Hawai'i for use as a military base. The following day, July 7, 1898, President McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution into law.

Under the Newlands Resolution, the self-declared Republic of Hawai'i ceded sovereignty over the Hawaiian islands to the United States. As well, it ceded 1,800,000 acres of crown, government, and public lands of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, without the consent of, or compensation to, the Native Hawaiian people or their sovereign government. These lands." The revenue or proceeds from the lands were to be used--except for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States or the use of the local government--"solely for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands for educational and other public purposes."

Through the Newlands Resolution, Congress ratified the cession, annexed Hawai'i as part of the United States, and vested title to the Kingdom's lands in the United States. The Newlands Resolution also specified that treaties existing between Hawai'i and foreign nations would cease immediately, and be replaced by United States treaties with such nations."

"Mai Poina Annexation Debate" Co-sponsored by The biographical rEsearch Center and the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities. Pritning and designs of the Viewer's Guide provided by Kamehameha Schools. Photography by Michael Young. Ponotograped in the Queen's imprisonment room courtesy fo teh Friends of 'Iolani Palace." Feb 2012

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Kaohi Mendiola-Kaniaupio February 26, 2012 at 7:38pm

There are others that are experts on this 'Annexation of the Hawaiian Government" far more than I. Expanding wealth at the hands of aboriginal people and the exploitation of their natural resources are pure criminal action. Pacific Islanders ought not be taken by an unnatural approach to law and twisted facts.

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