"These reforms were intended by their framers to serve two
goals. Colonial governments expected that converting land tenure
to the European style would facilitate the civilization of indigenous
people, by providing them with greater incentives toward agricultural
productivity. At the same time, colonial governments hoped
that the eradication of complex indigenous property systems would
bring indigenously owned land more efficiently onto the real
estate market, where it could be purchased by settlers of European
descent" p. (274)
Reference:
Banner, S. (2005). Preparing to be colonized: Land tenure and
legal strategy in nineteenth-century Hawaii. Law & Society Review, (3) 2, 273-314.
My self-reflection:
Information like this is added to my dissertation in the discussion chapter. They paid pennies on the dollar and left many Hawaiian families destitute in the islands we are indigenous to!
There are people who spent monies purchasing reals estate in Hawaii. Thousands to millions per say. These are the people will be fighting the Hawaiian Kingdom.
When you examine the AKAKA BILL, what do you get. NOTHING! Why would you want to give control to the FAKE STATE OF HAWAII and control you. Along with OHA who has spent millions on promoting KAU INOA! Could we have used those monies for more important things?
Don't be fooled to believing the AKAKA BILL is right for kanaka maoli!
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We are discussing right now at the UN Permanent forum on indigenous issues land tenure. some feel the kingdom destroyed indigenous rights and that we should be federal [Akaka Bill] recognized as a solution. I am fighting to put Kingdom concepts of land tenure as a model for the UN to view indigenous title. what is your mana'o? I am representing kanaka interests here so what you like do?
Some people are selling it for $300+ for a used copy. I have a copy in my book collection. It is one of the best books I have read about the title and land issues. IMHO every Hawaiian should read it and not wait til they are 40 to do so LOL I actually think that all Hawaiian keiki should read it during high school at the very least. That way they will be more aware. Unlike at Kamehameha Schools where they never taught this important point about title and land which IMHO every Hawaiian child should know.
As for OHA spending money frivolously, money would have been better spent building homes (either condos and/or co-ops), sending more of the keiki to finish school because retention of many oiwi is challenging without much money to pay for tuition/food/housing/etc, etc but they spent it on trying to push Kau Inoa onto us. The bigger picture of course is that they are trying to set up a trust relationship in order to transfer title without our consent which is problematic and a Pandora's Box for the next generations. They know exactly what they are doing and since they are unable to get the majority of Hawaiians (i.e. 50% + 1) to consent to this theft they resort to involving politicians. It is a vicious hewa cycle.
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We are discussing right now at the UN Permanent forum on indigenous issues land tenure. some feel the kingdom destroyed indigenous rights and that we should be federal [Akaka Bill] recognized as a solution. I am fighting to put Kingdom concepts of land tenure as a model for the UN to view indigenous title. what is your mana'o? I am representing kanaka interests here so what you like do?
Kai Landow
Some people are selling it for $300+ for a used copy. I have a copy in my book collection. It is one of the best books I have read about the title and land issues. IMHO every Hawaiian should read it and not wait til they are 40 to do so LOL I actually think that all Hawaiian keiki should read it during high school at the very least. That way they will be more aware. Unlike at Kamehameha Schools where they never taught this important point about title and land which IMHO every Hawaiian child should know.
As for OHA spending money frivolously, money would have been better spent building homes (either condos and/or co-ops), sending more of the keiki to finish school because retention of many oiwi is challenging without much money to pay for tuition/food/housing/etc, etc but they spent it on trying to push Kau Inoa onto us. The bigger picture of course is that they are trying to set up a trust relationship in order to transfer title without our consent which is problematic and a Pandora's Box for the next generations. They know exactly what they are doing and since they are unable to get the majority of Hawaiians (i.e. 50% + 1) to consent to this theft they resort to involving politicians. It is a vicious hewa cycle.