For those that don't understand the Akaka Bill; let's put it in a nutshell its structure. U.S. Congress is the Head of State; the U.S. Secretary of the Interior is the Executive Administrator; and the U..S Hawaiian Tribal Agency is conducted by committee members of the approved membership. This is what they mean by nation to nation and self-determination. The committee members are there to keep you in line to comply with their dictates. This is an Act of Compliance.It is similar to the glorified OHA, a state agency, to sideline the members from making too much ado if their plenary actions as lord and masters. It's not even a democracy; it's a dictatorship. Membership will be culled from the Kau Inoa registry as they will establish a minimum blood quantum. Right now, they need the registry to support the Akaka Bill so that all will be used to support the implementation of the Bill in accordance to their supreme agenda. This is a coup de grace to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom once and for all to silence the Hawaii Nationals; as proof that they willingly gave up their inherent rights to the Hawaiian Kingdom which still exists under the U.S. belligerent occupation. There should be no more confusion about this; it's as simple as that!What can you do about it? Write to all the Congress members and voice your dissent of the bill. Support all the national sovereignty groups as they are comprised of Hawaii nationals with various platforms under the umbrella of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Regard them as political parties within the Hawaiian Kingdom. Recognize that you still have rights under the Hawaiian Kingdom.You are still a Hawaii National; your kupuna did not relinquish it. Under existing Hawaii laws; if you expatriate, you do not lose your citizenship but adopt another which means you have dual citizenship. The U.S. pushes that you are U.S. citizens; but your kupuna did not give up their citizenship to the Hawaiian Kingdom nor naturalized to the U.S. The U.S. simply declared that they were U.S. citizens. This myth is still ongoing today.Knowing the truth, be proud of who you are. It's the U.S. that wants and needs Hawai'i for it's own purposes. You can make a difference in seeing justice done. Act on it!
Aloha Lana:
That is your personal choice which no one can fault you for. In the Kingdom Laws there is no law whereby you would lose your Hawaii citizenship as some countries have in their laws. You are not giving up anything but gaining another. Consider yourself blessed that you have two nationalities. Hawaiian subjects always had freedom of movement. Since Capt Cook's arrival; over a thousand men and some women travelled around the world and many never returned. There were cases where a few of them were kidnapped and put into slavery; some intermarried with the native Americans and a couple became chiefs of their villages. I've met people from Vancouver, BC and from the US Northwest whose kupuna came from Hawai'i. I even met a Chinese woman from China that had a great-grand father that came from Hawaii and lived in China. There is also a couple of families who went to Aotearoa eight generations ago and their descendants still live there. Some ended up in Europe, too! I think that's great that Hawaiians were adventuresome. In the 20th Century, more Hawaiians have migrated to the USA. They still retain their citizenship; it was never lost.
"Under existing Hawaii laws; if you expatriate, you do not lose your citizenship but adopt another which means you have dual citizenship. The U.S. pushes that you are U.S. citizens; but your kupuna did not give up their citizenship to the Hawaiian Kingdom nor naturalized to the U.S. The U.S. simply declared that they were U.S. citizens. This myth is still ongoing today."
It depends. My paternal grandfather who was from Maui was American and Hawaiian (by ethnicity and by nationality.) I choose to remain American out of respect for him since he (like me) is Oiwi and American.
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That is your personal choice which no one can fault you for. In the Kingdom Laws there is no law whereby you would lose your Hawaii citizenship as some countries have in their laws. You are not giving up anything but gaining another. Consider yourself blessed that you have two nationalities. Hawaiian subjects always had freedom of movement. Since Capt Cook's arrival; over a thousand men and some women travelled around the world and many never returned. There were cases where a few of them were kidnapped and put into slavery; some intermarried with the native Americans and a couple became chiefs of their villages. I've met people from Vancouver, BC and from the US Northwest whose kupuna came from Hawai'i. I even met a Chinese woman from China that had a great-grand father that came from Hawaii and lived in China. There is also a couple of families who went to Aotearoa eight generations ago and their descendants still live there. Some ended up in Europe, too! I think that's great that Hawaiians were adventuresome. In the 20th Century, more Hawaiians have migrated to the USA. They still retain their citizenship; it was never lost.
It depends. My paternal grandfather who was from Maui was American and Hawaiian (by ethnicity and by nationality.) I choose to remain American out of respect for him since he (like me) is Oiwi and American.
Such a good explanation! This "nutshell" has plenty of meat!