The Legitimate Government in Hawaii Series:  the Hawaiian Kingdom/Kingdom of Hawaii's Island of Niihau's Kamehameha's Owners vs.  Non-Allodial title owners

 

                                                  Review by Amelia Gora (2021)

Niʻihau
Nickname: The Forbidden Isle
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Aerial view of Niʻihau looking southwestward from the northeast
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Location of Niʻihau in the state of Hawaiʻi
Geography
Location 21°54′N 160°10′W
Area 69.5 sq mi (180 km2)
Area rank 7th largest Hawaiian Island
Highest elevation 1,250 ft (381 m)
Highest point Mount Pānīʻau
Administration
United States
Symbols
Flower Pūpū keʻokeʻo (white shell)[1]
Color Keʻokeʻo (White)[2]
Largest settlement Puʻuwai
Demographics
Population 170 (2010)
Pop. density 1.9/sq mi (0.73/km2)
Ethnic groups Hawaiian

The Island of Niihau's true land owners are the Kamehameha's, and not the Aliens who can never own Allodial lands.

Chronological History of the Island of Niihau:

1810 - Kamehameha was recognized as the King of the Hawaiian Islands in 1810.  He headed a Monarchy government.

Russia recognized the Hawaiian archipelago.

Kamehameha I
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Portrait of King Kamehameha The Great
King of the Hawaiian Islands
Reign July 1782 – May 8 or 14, 1819
Successor Kamehameha II
Born c. 1736
Kapakai, Kokoiki, Moʻokini HeiauKohalaHawaiʻi Island
Died May 10, 1819 (aged 82–83)
KamakahonuKailua-KonaKonaHawaiʻi island
Burial
unknown, probably in a hidden location on the island of Hawaiʻi
Spouses (Partial list)
Issue
Full name
Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea
House Kamehameha
Father Keōua
Mother Kekuʻiapoiwa II

1819 - Kamehameha II - Liholiho was one of the sons of Kamehameha.  He reigned over the Monarchy government with his kahu/caretakers:  Kaahumanu and Kalanimoku.   

Kamehameha II
Portrait of King Kamehameha II of Hawaii attributed to John Hayter.jpg
King of the Hawaiian Islands 
Reign May 20, 1819 – July 14, 1824
Predecessor Kamehameha I
Successor Kamehameha III
Kuhina Nui Kaʻahumanu I
Born November 1797
HiloHawaiʻi
Died July 14, 1824 (aged 26)
LondonEngland
Burial May 11, 1825[1]
Spouse Kamāmalu
Kīnaʻu
Kekāuluohi
Pauahi
Kekauʻōnohi
Full name
Kalani Kaleiʻaimoku o Kaiwikapu o Laʻamea i Kauikawekiu Ahilapalapa Kealiʻi Kauinamoku o Kahekili Kalaninui i Mamao ʻIolani i Ka Liholiho
House House of Kamehameha
Father Kamehameha I
Mother Keōpūolani
Signature Kamehameha II's signature

1824 - Kaahumanu one of the wives of Kamehameha with her cousin Kalanimoku/Kalaimoku ruled over the Hawaiian Islands while they were the kahu/caretakers of Liholiho - Kamehameha II; Kauikeaouli - Kamehameha III; and Nahienaena (female).

Kaʻahumanu
Queen Kaahumanu.jpg
Queen Ka'ahumanu of Hawaii.
Queen consort of Hawaii
Tenure 1795–1819
Predecessor Vacant Last held by
Kekuiapoiwa Liliha
Successor Queen Kamāmalu
Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands
Tenure May 20, 1819 – June 5, 1832
Predecessor New Creation
Successor Kaʻahumanu II
Born March 17, 1768
Puu Kauiki, HānaMaui
Died June 5, 1832 (aged 65)
Mānoa Valley, near HonoluluOahu
Burial
Spouse Kamehameha I
Kaumualiʻi
Kealiʻiahonui
Issue Kamehameha II (hānai)
David Kamehameha (hānai)

 
Full name
Elizabeth Kaʻahumanu
House Kamehameha
Kekaulike
Father Keʻeaumoku II Pāpaʻiahiahi
Mother Nāmāhāna-i-Kaleleokalani
William Pitt Kalanimoku
Chief Minister of Kingdom of Hawaii
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From a painting by Louis Choris
Born c. 1768
Maui
Died February 7, 1827 (aged 58–59)
Kamakahonu
Spouse Kiliwehi
Kuwahine
Likelike
Keopuolani
Akahi
Issue William Pitt Leleiohoku I
Father Kekuamanoha
Mother Kamakahukilani
Signature William Pitt Kalanimoku's signature

1824 - Kamehameha II - Liholiho died in Great Britain from the flu.

His remains were returned to the Hawaiian Islands.

His brother Kauikeaouli succeeded him and went under the name of Kamehameha III.

1824 - Kaumualii, High Chief of Kauai and Niihau died.  His widow was Kaahumanu, the stepmother, of Kamehameha II, Kamehameha III, Nahienaena (female) et. als.

Kaumualiʻi
Aliʻi ʻAimoku of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau
Funeral procession of Keopuolani from her posthumous memoir.jpg
Kaumualiʻi and Kaʻahumanu, number 8, in the funeral procession of Queen Keōpūolani, 1823.
Born c. 1778
Holoholokū Heiau, Wailua
Died May 26, 1824 (aged 46)
Honolulu
Burial May 30, 1824
Spouse Kawalu
Kaʻapuwai Kapuaʻamohu
Naluahi
Kekaihaʻakūlou
Kaʻahumanu
Issue Humehume
Kealiʻiahonui
Kinoiki Kekaulike
Kahinu
Haupu/Kahekili
Kuheleaumoku
Kahai
Kanekoa
Kaulia
Father Kāʻeokūlani,
Regent of Maui and Molokaʻi
Mother Kamakahelei,
Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau

1827 - Kalanimoku - kahu/caretaker of Kamehameha II and III died.  He was also their stepfather because he married their mother, the widow of Kamehameha named Keopuolani.  His widow at his death was Akahi.  Akahi had been married to Kikau; Kahope; Waha; Pomaikai;and other.

Akahi was a stepmother to Kamehameha II - Liholiho; Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli; Nahienaena (female) et. als.

1832 - Kaahumanu - kahu/caretaker of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III died.  She was also their stepmother.  She had been married to Kamehameha, Kaumualii, and Kealiiahonui.  Kealiiahonui was a stepfather of Kamehameha III- Kauikeaouli:

Kealiʻiahonui
Aarona Keliiahonui.jpg
Born August 17, 1800
Kauaʻi
Died June 23, 1849 (aged 48)
HonoluluOʻahu
Burial
at sea
Spouse Kapule
Kaʻahumanu
Kekauʻōnohi
Full name
Aaron (Aarona) Kealiʻiahonui
House Kingdom of Kauaʻi
Father King Kaumualiʻi of Kauaʻi
Mother Kaʻapuwai Kapuaʻamohu

1835 - Kamehameha III reigned over the Hawaiian Islands.

Kamehameha III
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King of the Hawaiian Islands 
Reign June 6, 1825 – December 15, 1854
Predecessor Kamehameha II
Successor Kamehameha IV
Kuhina Nui Kaʻahumanu I
Kaʻahumanu II
Kaʻahumanu III
Keoni Ana
Born March 17, 1814
Keauhou Bay at North KonaHawaiʻi island
Died December 15, 1854 (aged 40)
HoihoikeʻeaHonoluluOʻahu
Burial January 10, 1855[1][2]
Spouse Kalama
Issue Keaweaweʻulaokalani I
Keaweaweʻulaokalani II
Kīwalaʻō (illegitimate)
Albert Kūnuiākea (illegitimate)
Kamehameha IV (hānai)
Kaʻiminaʻauao (hānai)
Full name
Keaweaweʻula Kīwalaʻō Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kīwalaʻō i ke kapu Kamehameha
House Kamehameha
Father Kamehameha I
Mother Keōpūolani
Signature Kamehameha III's signature

1841 - Belgium recognized the Hawaiian Kingdom/ Kingdom of Hawaii.

1843 - The United States, Great Britain, and France recognized the Hawaiian Kingdom/Kingdom of Hawaii.

1848 - Koakanu was awarded/conveyed the lands on the Island of Niihau.  He was conveyed an allodial title by Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli.

Koakanu was also the Konohiki as documented in the Mahele Book of 1848.

Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli owned half of the Island known as the Crown Lands as documented in the Mahele Book of 1848.

1850 - The Treaty was ratified by Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli with the United States.

1854 - Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli died.  His successor was Alexander Liholiho named Kamehameha IV.  He was a hanai/adopted son.

Kamehameha IV
Kamehameha IV (PP-97-8-006).jpg
King of the Hawaiian Islands 
Reign January 11, 1855 – November 30, 1863
Investiture January 11, 1855
Kawaiahaʻo Church
Predecessor Kamehameha III
Successor Kamehameha V
Kuhina Nui Keoni Ana
Kaʻahumanu IV
Born February 9, 1834
HonoluluOʻahu
Died November 30, 1863 (aged 29)
HonoluluOʻahu
Burial February 3, 1864[1]
Spouse Emma
Issue Albert Edward Kauikeaouli
Full name
Alekanetero (Alexander) ʻIolani Kalanikualiholiho Maka o ʻIouli Kūnuiākea o Kūkāʻilimoku.
House House of Kamehameha
Father Kekūanāoʻa
Kamehameha III (hānai)
Mother Kīnaʻu
Kalama (hānai)
Religion Church of Hawaii
Signature Kamehameha IV's signature

1863 - Kamehameha IV - Alexander Liholiho died.  His successor was his brother Lot - Kamehameha V.

Kamehameha V
Kamehameha V, retouched photo by J. J. Williams.jpg
King of the Hawaiian Islands 
Reign November 30, 1863 — December 11, 1872
Predecessor Kamehameha IV
Successor Lunalilo
Kuhina Nui Victoria Kamāmalu, Kaʻahumanu IV
Kekūanāoʻa
Born December 11, 1830
HonoluluOahu
Died December 11, 1872 (aged 42)
HonoluluOahu
Burial January 11, 1873[1]
Issue Keanolani (illegitimate)
Full name
Lota (Lot) Kapuāiwa Kalanimakua Aliʻiōlani Kalanikupuapaʻīkalaninui
House House of Kamehameha
Father Kekūanāoʻa
Ulumāheihei Hoapili (hānai)
Mother Kīnaʻu
Nāhiʻenaʻena (hānai)
Kalākua Kaheiheimālie (hānai)
Religion Church of Hawaii
Signature Kamehameha V's signature

1864 -  "Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niʻihau in 1864 for $10,000 from the Kingdom of Hawaii. The island's private ownership passed on to her descendants, the Robinsons. During World War II, the island was the site of the Niʻihau Incident, in which, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese navy fighter pilot crashed on the island and received help from residents of Japanese descent.

The island, known as "the Forbidden Isle", is off-limits to all outsiders except the Robinson family and their relatives, U.S. Navy personnel, government officials, and invited guests. From 1987 onwards, a limited number of supervised activity tours and hunting safaris have opened to tourists. The island is currently managed by brothers Bruce and Keith Robinson. The people of Niʻihau are noted for their gemlike lei pūpū (shell lei) craftsmanship. They speak Hawaiian as a primary language."

Reference:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%CA%BBihau

1969 - The U.S. admitted that there was No Annexation, which means there is No Jurisdiction.

Reference:

1996 - Affidavit/Lien No. 96-177455 filed on 12/17/96 (281 pages) a lien on all the islands, filed at the Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.

2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court admitted that there was No Annexation.

Reference:  

2019 -  July 31.  Joinder to Afft. Lien No. 96-177455 filed 12/17/96 (118 pages) shows evidence of Kamehameha's existing, who are also the heirs of Koakanu, the land owner, Konohiki of the Island of Niihau; heirs of Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli the Crown Land owner, the Private Properties owner in the Hawaiian Islands/Hawaiian archipelago/Hawaiian Kingdom/Kingdom of Hawaii/Ko Hawaii Pae Aina/ Hawaii/Sandwich Islands.

The heirs of Koakanu includes our ancestor Kalola who was the documented "next-of-kin" to Bernice Pauahi Bishop who died in 1884.

Kalola died in 1886.

Her father had died in 1838 and was married to Liliha, then Kaikainalii who married Abner Paki, Kalola's brother.

The other heirs:  Kaluaikau, Alapai, Abigail Maheha, Jane Loeau, and Pius F. Koakanu, all all of Kamehameha's children, stepchildren, and hanai/adopted children.

2021 - January 30.  Billing for the rents of the Island of Niihau posted as a Public Notice.  The rental fee:  $50,000 per acre per month retroactive to 1864.

Billing Breakdown for the records:

$50,000 per acre per month retroactive to 1872 for half of Niihau because Kamehameha V - Lot Kamehameha did not own the entire Island of Niihau.

For the Crown Land half:

 $50,000 per acre per month retroactive to 1872 because Kamehameha V - Lot who had made a Deed in 1864 to Mrs. Elizabeth Sinclair.  Kamehameha V - Lot died in 1872.

*Note:  the private properties of Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli also known as the Crown Lands are "inviolable" not "inalienable".

$50,000 per acre per month retroactive to 1864 for the half of Niihau owned by Koakanu, our ancestor who was conveyed the Allodial lands in 1848 by Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli.

Rents are due and payments should be mailed to P.O. Box 861781, Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii.

Questions?  theiolani@gmail.com

Mahalo.

Amelia Gora, one of Kamehameha's decendants, and successors, House of Nobles member, Acting Liaison of Foreign Affairs, etc.

Reference:

The Legitimate Government in Hawaii Series: the Hawaiian Kingdom/Kingdom of Hawaii's Niihau Island Owners

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