Restoration of the Nation: Looking to the Future :4th July 2009

Restoration of the Nation: Looking to the FutureSPECIAL EVENT!Oahu premier of Catherine Bauknight’s filmHawaii – A Voice for SovereigntySaturday, July 4, 1 pm, Kanaina Bldg.Honoring our own independence!free Lunch ~ ONO !July 4, and 5, 200910am - 500pmIolani Palace GroundsPLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRSRestoration of the Nation: Looking to the FutureJoin us as we kukakuka to identify our common values,Reconnect to our ancestors, andVision the future of a restored nation!Friday – Sunday, Noon – 5 pm (informal talk story in the evenings)Sunday @ 9 am: Site/work visit to Kaniakapupu, Kamehameha III’s Summer PalaceParking on the Palace grounds (no meter payment required)For more information call 938-9994 or 284-3460

I am not Kanaka Maoli (unless long ago a Kanaka Maoli went to Kansas and met my great-great or great--great-great Gramma, an Arapahoe woman of Kansas)...I am Irish (3 sets great grandparents from Galway and Kerry town, also an occupied, colonized, emerald island) and Arapahoe, ( that tribe forcibly moved to Wind River Wyoming, to share land with Shosone, who had been enemies)...I do support Hawaiian Sovereignty and the special rights of indigenous peoples to self rule, self determination, land, water, cultural practices, and the right to redress of wrongs. Inequities exist because of colonialism, cultural trauma, cultural loss, and racism. Mahalo for today at the palace, mahalo to Kekuni for his clarity of vision, purpose, wisdom and joy...for all who shared their mana`o and for the fine food from the Hoe family...while I am "other" than Kanaka Maoli, I don't want for Kanaka Maoli what my ancestors got, that is not sovereignty.

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Kathy Sassi July 3, 2009 at 10:58pm

I am not Kanaka Maoli (unless long ago a Kanaka Maoli went to Kansas and met my great-great or great--great-great Gramma, an Arapahoe woman of Kansas)...I am Irish (3 sets great grandparents from Galway and Kerry town, also an occupied, colonized, emerald island) and Arapahoe, ( that tribe forcibly moved to Wind River Wyoming, to share land with Shosone, who had been enemies)...I do support Hawaiian Sovereignty and the special rights of indigenous peoples to self rule, self determination, land, water, cultural practices, and the right to redress of wrongs. Inequities exist because of colonialism, cultural trauma, cultural loss, and racism. Mahalo for today at the palace, mahalo to Kekuni for his clarity of vision, purpose, wisdom and joy...for all who shared their mana`o and for the fine food from the Hoe family...while I am "other" than Kanaka Maoli, I don't want for Kanaka Maoli what my ancestors got, that is not sovereignty.

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