A BIT OF HAWAII'S HISTORYKau Makahiki a traditional Hawaiian festival called Makahiki. This celebration lasted for four months and included great feasts and games. During this time, wars and conflicts were strictly forbidden. As far as the early Hawaiians were concerned, the Makahiki was their time for "peace on earth and goodwill toward men."La Ku`oko`a marks the day, November 28, 1843, that the Ali`i Timoteo Ha`alilio, sent as part of an envoy by King Kamehameha III, succeeded in obtaining the signatures of the authorities of Great Britain and France on a treaty recognizing Hawai`i as a sovereign nation. Ha`alilio, with the missionary William Richards along as his secretary, traveled through Mexico on foot and donkey to Washington D.C., where they met President John Tyler. Ha`alilio and Richards, armed with his agreement, then went on to Europe: to Belgium, Paris, and London, where the treaty was finally signed. They returned to the United States to cement U.S. agreement. On the journey home Ke Ali`i Timoteo Ha`alilio died, on December 3, 1844.In 1856, Alexander Liholiho (King Kamehameha IV) declared December 25 to be his kingdom’s National Day of Thanksgiving................................................................................................................................................................THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON HAWAI‘I PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE...KANAKA MAOLI NEEDED !They left kanaka Maoli out of this for a reason LETS SHOW THEM WHY !FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2008Contact: Arnie Saiki- Project Director, Statehood HawaiiPhone: (808) 218-4367E-mail: arnie@statehoodhawaii.orgVIEWS FROM THE SHORE:THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON HAWAI‘I PAST, PRESENT & FUTUREWhen: Tuesday, November 25th 5:30 - 8:00pmWhere: Manoa Grand BallroomJapanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i2454 S. Beretania St., HonoluluInfo: Attendance is free. Seating is limited. For reservations or more information:http://www.statehoodhawaii.org/txt/view_shore.htmlHonolulu, HI—Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday is an event in which Americans commemoratethe way in which citizens have come together, across cultures, to build prosperity andbounty in our country. It is also a time of reflection, as the nation honors its first peoples.We know this to be a crock of kukai. It's a celebration of the racist WASP who massacred the Native Americans who fed them who were starving because they didn't prepare themselves for food in the winter. They turned on their hosts and massacred them. That is what the celebration is all about. Now they want to change their history and reason for thanksgiving. Bigoted hypocrites!So too, in Hawai‘i, Thanksgiving can be a time to acknowledge and reflect upon the waysin which as settlers, Hawai‘i's ethnic communities have both impacted and been impactedby the culture of Hawai‘i as they have sought prosperity and bounty.Boy did they ever! They violate the laws of occupation by being here. Thanks, but no thanks! Yankee go home!Toward this end, Statehood Hawai'i, in partnership with the Hawai‘i Council for theHumanities (HCH), is sponsoring a public panel discussion with leaders from Hawai‘i’sethnic communities and cultural centers to be held in commemoration of the 50thanniversary of Hawai‘i statehood.The panel discussion will be held at the Japanese Cultural Center’s Manoa GrandBallroom on Tuesday, November 25th, from 5:30 to 8 pm and is free and open to thepublic.We know that the statehood act is illegal, illegitimate, and a myth fraudulently imposed on the islanders. It's still a belligerent occupation by the U.S.A. In 1890, only 15.6% of the Hawai'i nationals were non-Kanaka Maoli subjects of the Hawaiian Kingdom; the rest were foreigners, ka po'e haole from various parts of the world. They are celebrating a lie as they embarass themselves.The following is a list of participants in this panel:Judge Riki May Amano (ret.) (panel moderator)Toy Arre (President, Filipino Community Center)Yong-Ho Ch’oe, Ph.D. (Prof. Emeritus of History, University of Hawai‘i)Tom Coffman (Writer, historian and filmmaker)Laura Figueira (President, Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of Hawai‘i)Gus Hannemann (Samoan Cultural Representative)Jon Itomura (President, Hawai‘i United Okinawa Association)Eiko Kosasa, Ph.D (University of Hawai‘i at Leeward, lecturer, Political Science)Brian Niiya (Resource Center Director, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i)Nancy Ortiz (Director, Puerto Rican Association/Hispanic Center of Hawai‘i)Ginny Young (2nd VP, United Chinese Society of Hawai‘i)Additional support has generously been provided by The Japanese Cultural Center ofHawai‘i, and ‘Olelo.If they came here as U.S. Americans or for the purpose of naturalizing to the U.S. A., they have no business being here. It's violating the laws of occupation. They know where their homeland is; they can go back there or move to the U.S.A. on the North American continent. Simple, eh? I wonder what they'll do when the U.S. de-occupies our country? They've already been warned but they are in denial. It's like buyer beware. They all have been forewarned from decades ago but are pepeiau kuli. If they came to be part of the Hawai'i country, nation-state, then welcome!Tane
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