Posted by Namaka'eha on January 26, 2009 at 3:32pm
It should pist you off when LINDA LINGLE wants to sell ceded lands to pay for what? It should pist you off when we fight for our own rights "TO KEEP THE LANDs IN HAWAIIAN HANDS!" If you haven't read the NEWLANDS RESOLUTION or STATEHOOD, you should.WHY ARE SO MANY HAWAIIANS FOR AKAKA BILL? CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE KANAKA MAOLI WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS?DO YOU WANT U.S. TO CONTROL US LIKE THE NATIVE INDIANS? THEY PAY YOU WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE! ARE HAWAIIAN PROGRAMS WILL BE IMPACTED? Yes it has been for many decades, what is new? Everything related to Hawaiians are always impacted - even gathering rites or access to beaches.Is this a way of saying, we tired, forget and do what? WHO DID WE MARCH FOR? Tane has made some intersting points regarding these two components. I want to know what you feel about this. This is the first time I have read this and it reminds me of how the AKAKA BILL was written - TO BENEFIT WHOM; not KANAKA MAOLI. Ask yourself what is the purspose of the AKAKA BILL and picture your children or mo'opuna down the road. What are they doing or asking themselves. Did my parents know what they were doing or fighting for? Why is the U.S. slow in providing funding for all programs? Why is Native Americans programs not funded? Where is the money going? Why do KANAKA MAOLI HAVE TO BEG FOR THEIR MONIES? I see my children suffering because maybe I didn't do enough to fight for them. BEST DEFENSE IS USING LEVERAGE OF WHAT WESTERN HAVE DOCUMENTED THEMSELVES! What is your mana'o? Do you agree or make a suggestion? There is no right or wrong answer, put gives all of us an opportunity to malama our keiki while we know what has been going from all corners.
I'm not advocating one way or another, but what I would like to know is how, if any, does the Akaka Bill relinquish sovereignty rights? The bill seems like it is addressing the US occupation. I don't know that any 'contract' can take away one's inherent right, especially when the contract was drawn up by the very oppressor. Unless, of course, the message is that they want the US to realize the err of their ways and flat out set precedent by granting secession to Hawaii. Can someone please enlighten me on what rights are inherently being 'given up' by the Akaka Bill?
It seems to me that even if there were a re-institution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, that the Native Hawaiians would STILL have a claim to sovereignty under the UN's Declaration of Indigenous Rights.
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It seems to me that even if there were a re-institution of the Hawaiian Kingdom, that the Native Hawaiians would STILL have a claim to sovereignty under the UN's Declaration of Indigenous Rights.