Posted by Free Hawai`i on September 8, 2009 at 6:00am
Maui News - September 7, 2009Those protesting against Hawai`i's statehood and 50-year celebration do not believe nor promote that only ethnic Hawaiians have a right to these lands. In fact, if people would stop avoiding the issue and begin to have some meaningful discussions, you'd quickly discover the real issue is about our national identity.For example, if your tutu came from Portugal, Japan, Philippines, China, Korea, Puerto Rico, etc., in the 1800s and became a citizen of the Hawaiian Kingdom, you and all of your descendants are beneficiaries of the Mahele Land Trust (so-called ceded lands) and entitled to equal rights and privileges afforded to Hawai`i nationals.US laws not only deprive Hawai`i nationals of their lands, they exclude non-Hawaiian nationals as well.Let's be clear. State government and corporate oligarchy celebrate and perpetuate the Admissions Act, a true perversion of justice.Opposing it is not an exhibition of disrespect to the people residing on our islands, but a demonstration of truth....Foster AmpongKahului, Maui
ALOHA Kakou, Non-Hawaiian Nationals do not have the same Inherent Sovereign Land Rights as Hawaiian Nationals to the lands of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The Sovereignty to the lands of the Hawaiian Kingdom are Inherent only in the Hawaiian Nationals in accordance with International Laws and Public Law 103-150 and other laws of the United States. International law recognizes that the Sovereignty to the lands of the Hawaiian Kingdom are Inherent in the Hawaiian National. Not the Non-Hawaiian National. Public Law 103-150 recognizes that it is the "Indigenous Hawaiian people who never relinquished their clamis to their Inherent Sovereignty as a people or over their national lands to the United States." Long Live The Hawaiian Kingdom, o Pomaikaiokalani, SOVEREIGN, HPACH
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