OHA CANNOT represent the Native Hawaiians or speak for the Kanaka Maoli. They are a STATE AGENCY elected by the community-at-Large. The native Hawaiians do not vote them into office. OHA can create programs and work towards the betterment of the native Hawaiians but NEVER can they be the spokespeople for the native Hawaiians.Their purpose is to be the receivership of 20% of the revenues of lands entrusted to the State by the U.S. federal government. The funds are to be used for the betterment of native Hawaiians through programs, grants, and other areas that are for the interest of the native Hawaiians. They do not speak for the Hawaiians; they disseminate funds to support those programs for them. They establish the criteria of which the native Hawaiian receives fundings and support programs that are in the best interest for the native Hawaiians in improving their conditions. Other issues are beyond their jurisdiction.They are NOT leaders of the Hawaiian community; just trustees of the monies appropriated by the State as a State Agency. That holds the same for the Bishop Estate Kamehameha Schools. They are trustees of the monies expended to the schools; they don't dictate the curriculum as that is in the hands of the president of the schools. The trustees only insure that the president will perform his duties as entrusted in parity of education for the Hawaiians with the rest of the community. Those trustees are not spokespeople for the Hawaiians nor do they represent the Hawaiian community as trustees are appointed through the State courts. They are responsible to maintain the trust and to preserve its ability to carry out the instructions of the will.The same goes for the Akaka Bill. They cannot construct an agency governing entity to represent the Native Hawaiians as a nation, especially the Hawai'i nationals with its multi-ethnic citizenry. It's their (U.S.) formation and NOT ours. They already refuse to acknowledge that and want things their own way and have the last say over the native Hawaiians as wards of the U.S.A.; regardless of our true sovereign-national status. It's the U.S. that has established racial lines and want to establish for us a governing entity to replace the still existing Kingdom of Hawai'i. It can't be done.
Every eligible voter in the "state" of Hawai'i can vote for OHA trustees. Anyone of non-Hawaiian nationality can run too.
Meanwhile some people mistakenly conflate "OHA" with "our leaders." They claim to be our leaders. SORRY... but they are not.
Coupled with the local B.S. media... they like to twist things but hello... we are still here. The latter part is the part that I love because while they try to oki everything our history and our nation... we are STILL HERE LOL
No, OHA is an agency of the State and the trustees receive revenue-shares to expend for the betterment of the native Hawaiian. One does not have to be native Hawaiian to run for office of a trustee and those that vote; most have no interest in it's expenditure as a recipient. The work of OHA is more clerical than political and their position is under the auspices of the fraudulent State, a governing entity of the U.S.
As a STATE AGENCY the OHA is unconstitutional. This is why OHA was created to be a" Separate Entity Independent of the Executive Branch of government by law. That law still remains on the book. By the constitution of the State of Hawaii, only Hawaiians can vote for the OHA Trustees. That is still the law. So until the constitution of the State of Hawaii is changed having non Hawaiians vote in the OHA Elections is in violation of the constitution of the State of Hawaii. The law is the law until that law is changed. To say that the OHA Trustees are not leaders of the Hawaiian community is so say that the leaders of the Hawaiian Kingdom were not the leaders of the Hawaiians since non hawaiians voted for the leaders in the Hawaiian Kingdom Legislature. Since Queen Liliuokalani was a Christian, I guess that would not make her a Leader of the Hawaiian people. Then since Kamehameha I used the weapons of the western world and was advised by non Hawaiians, I guess he was not a Hawaiian leaders also. So all that leave us is Jesus..............
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Meanwhile some people mistakenly conflate "OHA" with "our leaders." They claim to be our leaders. SORRY... but they are not.
Coupled with the local B.S. media... they like to twist things but hello... we are still here. The latter part is the part that I love because while they try to oki everything our history and our nation... we are STILL HERE LOL
Aloha, L