Posted by Free Hawai`i on January 1, 2009 at 8:34pm
We, the undersigned Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) kupuna (elder spokespersons), write this Open Letter to you on behalf of many in our Kanaka Maoli nation who are indigenous to these islands in which you were born, to welcome you home, with your Chicago `ohana (family), for a well-deserved nanea (rest and relaxation).......we Kanaka Maoli appeal to you, Mr. President-elect, to join with us in constituting a high-level Kanaka Maoli-US Commission, composed of recognized experts from our two nations, as well as from the international community, to review the ramifications of the injuries done to our Kanaka Maoli nation and people by the U.S. since 1893, and continuing through the 2000 introduction of the unacceptable Akaka Bill, with a view to proposing pono (just) and honorable remedies without which there can be no reconciliation....Read The Entire Letter
No disrespect meant but President Elect Obama clearly and explicitly stated that he supports the Akaka Bill... yet many oiwi still voted for him including but not limited to well-educated oiwi who knew his stance yet still vote for him. Sorry but a letter will not convince him to suddenly change his stance. He has not spoken about oiwi nor mentioned them so of course... I predict that he will go with the status quo. It will hit those oiwi who voted for him very hard when the political bullets hit them....
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Aloha, Lana