I have to say that im perplexed by the American Government that claim equal rights for all as well as civil rights... however, the American system cannot legally support or assert their government upon the living descendants of those who had signed the petition against Annexation. Now the word Annexation has only 2 meanings:
1. incorporation by joining or uniting
2. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
Now, the truth is that each and every step along our path from a sovereign and independent nation state, to an annexed territory, to a state of the union, it was done in countless violation of laws and treaties then already in effect, without regard to the wishes of our Kupuna and our Kupuna have already voiced , or cast their votes if you will via the Petition against Annexation. Literally over 29,000 of our Kupuna have signed the petitions denouncing annexation but, the petition was never seen by the Senate, the issue was never even put to a popular vote. Even though Congress had no legal authority to do so (having no legal standing in a foreign country, which is what Hawaii was, even under the illegal governing of the provisional government), that's what it did in 1898. The will of our people had been overturned in the interests of profit and strategic military operations illegally by the United States.
Now, under Article 73 of the United Nations charter, Hawai'i was a non self-governing territory under the charter, such territories were supposed to be given three options for governance, remain a territory, become part of a state of the United States or become an independent nation state. However, in 1959 during the voting for Statehood, the third option was missing from the ballot, denying the Kanaka Maoli people the chance to self-govern. Even the United Nations stated that Hawaii's statehood is in violation of its own charter, and the United States Justice Department has confirmed that Hawaii's 1898 annexation wasn't under the authority of Congress and is therefore illegal. The United States government even signed into law Public Law 103-150 acknowledging not only its illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian government but that we, the "Kanaka Maoli" have never surrendered our sovereignty.
All the signs are here my brothers and sisters! The United States has to oblige by their own laws and must abide in accordance to the United Nations charters! Everything has and is laid out for us! The problem is , is that we are so immersed into the structuring of the United States (Western ways), housing, money, groceries etc, etc, etc...we need to break away. We can break away...its up to us. Its all begins with a choice. Laws have been violated, charters have been broken, treaties have been ignored, our country has been illegally occupied. There is ALWAYS a way. We have done it in Ukumehame, Uncle Bumpy has done it in Waimanalo, RHG is doing it here in Maui...but again, it begins with a choice! Lets move forward and regain our country and independence!
Sry, I think I got carried away! SMILE!
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I forgot to post my passion which is something I feel strongly about. I have been working so hard since Oct 2009 around the clock.
It's still June 26, the aniversary of Oglala and here is something from Leonard Peltier:
"The shocking, true story of Leonard Peltier, the American Indian leader locked away for life in Leavenworth Penitentiary, convicted of aiding and abetting, for the death of two FBI agents during a bloody shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Reservation on June 26, 1975. To understand Peltier’s story, ”Warrior” takes us back to the violent confrontations at Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee in the Seventies, and then to today’s Indian reservations where the government’s plans for uranium mining and waste dumping are still being heatedly resisted by Indian activists. The heart of the film, though, is a detailed painstaking account of Peltier’s harrowing odyssey through the American justice system."
It's unbelieveable after all these years Uranium ming and waste dumping in Oglala. Waste dumping of spent Depleted Uranium in Waianae is so horrific.
Today is June 26 aniversary of Pine Ridge and the Oglala incedent. I became concious to the problems with Oglala when I first met Gail Prejean in 1978 just after the con con. He was sadden by the Incident at Oglala, later, while at UH Manoa he introduced me to many of the people that experienced Oglala first hand. There are days, that I miss this true warrior that cared for his people and fought for our future with his last breath. One can hear his 'voice' on Laulani Teale's blog. Fortunately, we have a strong shoulder to stand on in the face of many fronts with true conviction for our people.
It's been a long time since that Kahea went out and I thank you for being on the forum with the echo's of Independence.
Confronting the military can be a distraction from the the essence of the Ku'e Petition, but it is all part of the daily task today. The military should 'go home' and take their loyal Native Hawaiian Veterens with them. The Waianae 'Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC which is a Native Hawaiian Company SDVOSB/SBA 8(a)/ SDB/ Indian Incentive Program for Ordnance Reef Project Disposal Alternatives and Outreach Program sponsored by Strategic Solutions, Inc., should 'go home'. Our Na Kanaka ancestors are awaiting for their entrance with Aloha.
It is not okay to use our land and our sea for discarded military ordnance, but do 'lolo heads' listen? NO! Do they show up at our military meetings in Waianae and agree on all 14 points? YES! Are all our brothers and sisters understand that their own kine are dangerously selling out to the Pentagon in Waianae?
Check out page 308 and you'll see my great-grandparents on page with other leaders at that time. Thanks for sharing please stay on the forum.
Long Live The Hawaiian Kingdom, o Pomaikaiokalani