As Sovereignty Sunday is but a few weeks away (January 15th) there is a need to come together to discuss in detail political trends that could have a profound adverse effects not only on the community at large but especially for the Hawaiian Community.

One of the questionable actions is this State sponsored Hawaiian Recognition Bill, a preliminary move to support the Akaka Bill. In this action is the authorizing the Rolls Commission (Dawes Act) to gather up names who may wish to participate. This calls for caution.

My memory reminds me that since the inception of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Advisory Commission (HSAC) Hawaiian’s have been fighting against the State’s involvement with the Sovereignty movement….then there was HA Hawaii..Ho’o Malu Ma Kualoa.. the coalition meeting… all showing no support for the state involvement…including OHA’s.

In spite of all these failures the State and the Federal continue to push their version of Hawaiian Recognition… with funding only for those who support state and federal recognition and had purposely denied funding for equal opposition positions. All the while OHA working with the State and Federal government has insisted on promoting their version of the Dawes Act by pushing programs like Kau Inoa, collecting names for the formation of a Hawaiian Government..never once allowing the full disclosure and conversation, debate of What Government and Who’s government, what is to be governed, what resources, what lands. Even the names gathered under Kau Inoa is held secret and lodged with the Hawaiian Civic Clubs with the claim that sharing those names with opposing parties would violate privacy laws even though those names were gathered with financing by OHA..who is supposed to be working for all Hawaiians.

The Dawes Act and it Dawes rolls has been the tools that the US has used successfully to render Native Americans as second class citizens..break up the families and remove their claims for their lands..even the reservation lands. There are 6 volumes of the “Felix Cohen’s Federal Indian Laws” that show the path of the true intent of the State of Hawaii and the Federal Government Akaka Bill. Part of this whole scheme is the “lands in severability act”. It is important to understand how this is going to play a major roll with the future of the Ceded lands/ Hawaiian Kingdom lands.

May I remind us that U.S. Public Law 103-150 (Apology Bill) states that the “Hawaiian People never directly relinquished their inherent Sovereignty or their National lands”.
One of the descriptions of the word Sovereignty is the supreme control of your natural resources. One cannot be Sovereign under someone else’s laws and rules. It is a contradiction of terms.

We have so much to talk about …I encourage your participation as we take the time to discuss our future…protection of our National (Hawaiian Kingdom)  Assets..Burials..Sacred lands..Land Development…Land Title’s… Military Presence…education  ..Where are the Alii…? Plenty to talk about…time to rise to the occasion.

                                        Aloha Hank
                                        938-9994

FYI: I have permits for January 15-17 at Iolani Palace..The Burial Mound Quadrant.. it allows for 5 canopies,chairs and tables..Presently I have two canopies and a few chairs...can anyone help..