TIME TO SHARPEN SPEARS AND QUESTIONS !
MililaniTrask and Manu Kaiama will be speaking with Annelle Amaral on the First
Friday show this Friday (August 6th) live. Call in with comments or
questions.
OLELO program / Oceanic Cable Channel 53
First First Friday: LIVE 8/6/10 (Native Hawn Issues), Length: 0:58
Hosted by Mililani Trask & Manu Kaiama
Guest: Annelle Amaral- Native Hawaiian Liaison to the US Hawaii Army Garrison Commander.
8/6/2010 Fri 7:00 pm to 8:00pm , Channel NATV / Oceanic Cable Channel 53
"Live" monthly program of political analysis, commentary & viewer phone-in. Issues absent from mainstream news. "
Per Mililani the phone-in number is announced on the day of the show. Watch the show and call-in your questions or comments.
Annelle Amaral has received a contract (W912CN-08-C-0051) from the Army totaling $742,392.00. Her statement of work says:
"(a) Prepare a written Community Relations Plan (CRP) which shall present aclear, comprehensive and responsive program to present and explain theissues of the presence of the Army in Hawaii to the affectedcommunities, neighborhood boards, special interest groups, resourceagencies at all levels of government, and interested individuals.
(b) Represent USAG-HI leadership at community meetings with communitygroups to provide information to community on the Army’s positions,activities, accomplishments as they relate to Native Hawaiian issues andother concerns;
(c) Obtain outside points of view, opinions, or advice of notedcommunity leaders, organizations, or experts to avoid too limitedjudgment on critical community and transformations issues, and providefeedback to USAG-HI leadership;
(d) Enhance USAG-HI’s understanding of, and develop alternativesolutions to, complex community issues, and provide advice on NativeHawaiian issues and concerns, and propose a way-ahead;
(e) Provide training or workshops to USAG-HI or Army personnel on Native Hawaiian issues and concerns.
(f) Attend monthly USAG-HI command and staff meetings or special topicplanning meetings. The SP shall attend meetings and serve as thesubject matter expert and provide technical and functional advice andassistance on community support and related special project issues.Meetings will be held on the Islands of Oahu and Hawaii."
Was this a congressional earmark or sole source (no-bid) contract? If so, who directed the earmark?
Where is the community relations plan? What did you advise the Army to do to solve it's problem with the Kanaka Maoli?
Her job is primarily to "fix" the Army's community relations problemwith Kanaka Maoli. One of the tactics has been to organize apro-military Kanaka Maoli front via the "Native Hawaiian Covenant" andthe Makua community leaders helicopter ride and photo op.
These are the same counterinsurgency methods used in Afghanistan andIraq to try to win over a segment of the native population present afig leaf of legitimacy for what is an illegal occupation. As it istrue for people around the world, no amount of community relations canchange the basic historical truths and the material consequences ofimperialism. The Army cannot "P.R." away a peoples' hunger forjustice.
We can expect that the line of discourse will be "can't we all getalong?". "How can we have a win-win situation?" "Can't we havereconciliation?" We can expect that there will be some acknowledgmentof past harm, and an openness to listening and doing things better. Wecan expect appeals to support the troops, our loved ones in the militarywho need to train.
But there cannot be a real reconciliation without sincere and justresolution of the historical wrongs or without addressing the immoralityof the current policies/wars. As long as the military occupieshundreds of thousands of acres of Hawaiian national land and uses theselands to practice invading and waging wars against other countries, howcan anyone seriously believe there can be reconciliation? And thepeople of Hawai'i did not declare a war or launch an invasion of otherpeoples' countries. The way to keep our loved ones safe is by keepingthem out of the war.
In March, Annelle Amaral was quoted on KITV as saying
How insulting. The only ones blowing things up is the military. Is themilitary "building bridges" by continuing destruction of sacred sites onland that was stolen from the Hawaiian Kingdom? They have guns andbombs and billions of dollars; the people have our voices, our minds andour spirits. Shame on Ms. Amaral for belittling the efforts andrighteous anger of those who rise up in defense of Hawaiian land,culture and human rights. Shame on those who excuse the destruction anddesecration of the sacred places turn their backs on the ancestors whoare being desecrated by the war games of the military.
Viewers can call in to the show to ask questions or make comments onFriday, 8/8/10 at 7pm. The show will also be streaming on the OleloChannel 53: http://olelo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=89.
Let them know what you think and how you feel.
Comments
As a 'niaupio' I would caution the thinking for there is too much jealousy among the falseness of our people. There is too much of a strong need for power, status and career goals among our people. There is a lack of understanding that although we have niaupio on all islands--we are not related or come from the same DNA. Nor do we think politically the same way.
Our thinking are different from within distant cousins as well as closely related cousins. And the power struggle continues within families. Between the incest and the US missionary expansionism this 'niaupio' dropped from view.
In otherwords, the power structure stems from make belief 'alii' (Hawaiian civic club) and Ka Lahui (Hoala Kanawai). These two organization put together are basically Union based.
One would need to understand the Cesar Chavez movement to understand why this showing of unity among friendship. I trust Mililani will do her best to represent Ka Lahui, however, I caution the 'black' intent of Annelle Amaral. Manu Kaiama should question the relationship that Ka Lahui has with the Department of Interior and question the jurisdiction today, tomorrow and it's future in the light of independence. Do this women recognize international law? If so how? Is it through women struggles, one man one vote, in other words--where are their stand in Keanu Sai's contentions with Hillary? As the Pacific Commander, where or what are their views on the President of the US? To be more specific shouldn't the native Hawaiian community be asking for base closures? And that the US begin their process for de-occupation rather than a covenant of built up US military bases in the Pacific. In this hour--can Manu focus on military de-occupation? As Keanu Sai asserted the Liliu's executive agreement--can the Independence side agree to disagree and assert their intentions. So that the audience be given a choice rather than a yes or no?
I would like to see this show transition the ideals and or desires of Independence rather than an XYZ version of the 1920s. At this juncture Annelle Amaral assumes the role of Pochantas in an Indian model for the Department of Interior and Mililani should assume the role of 'Breach of Trust' although she wasn't there to process --the relationship is still in place for Ka Lahui to assume the position of the Department of Interior.
Long Live The Hawaiian Kingdom, o Pomaikaiokalani, Hawaiian Kingdom National Royalist 1993