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I wrote about Eddie Aikau in the Haole World here.
In the Hawaiian World or Maoli World too LOL: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EDDIE AIKAU!!!
He was born on May 4, 1946 and died on March 17, 1978. He would have been 64 today!
By the way some people forget about his birthday but I don't because my twin sister and I were born on May 4th too so happy birthday Eddie Aikau... and to my twin sister Lisa!
For my birthday, I am asking my clients to donate to the Eddie Aikau Foundation in his memory:
http://www.eddieaikaufoundation.org/help.htm
From their website:
MISSION
The Eddie Aikau Foundation is a charitable organization created to share Eddie Aikau's life, contributions and accomplishments while promoting education and the advancement of Hawaiian culture. Founded by the Aikau family, the Foundation pays tribute to Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau in honor of his love for his family and others, his courage and compassion in saving lives, and his dedication to Hawaiian people and culture. Eddie's legacy is a pure symbol of the Aloha Spirit.
The Foundation's ambitious goals are realized through advocacy, education and philanthropy. These goals include: advancing education and community service; supporting ocean-related activities and events; assisting in the preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian history and culture; and encouraging Hawaiians and visitors alike to respect and contribute to the growth and development of Hawaiian culture. The Foundation strives to inspire people to develop a strong sense of pride in themselves, their heritage and their community through Eddie's remarkable spirit and character.
http://www.eddieaikaufoundation.org/aboutus.htm
Latahs!
A couple months ago it raised the furor of the native Hawaiians when it donated $100,000.00 to the Pearl Harbor Museum.
The latest is sponsoring the debated among three candidates while snubbing 11 other candidates on the ballot that no one is aware of until they receive the ballot to vote.
Such travesty of democracy especially when there are at least two who are kanaka maoli candidates.
Last week took the cake when a Charter School and a Pa asked for assistance to help fund their trip to Tahiti to do a cultural exchange and learning experience.
For months they were negotiating for funds; then OHA's contact could not be reached in recent months and the group was put off.
Finally, last week they received OHA's decision where they were denied any assistance with the reason that they ran out of funds. THEY RAN OUT OF FUNDS! Can you believe that?
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To view the hand-out Walter Ritte constructed, go to:
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/15600302/935097937/name/GMO%20Handout%204-10%20(1).doc
Many of us can attest to the remarks made in this PR and for over two decades we have been researching while trying to tell Hawai'i's legislators of the dangers; even sending links about GMO so they can see for themselves the rammifications of GMO in Hawaii and the insidious practices committed by these corporations. All the alerts, warnings, and protests went unheeded by the legislators and all levels of government.
This tells me that Hawai'i's government's officials have been paid off by these corporations who believe as does the U.S. government, that Hawai'i is expendable and any misadventure would be well-contained away from the American continent. We are the guinea pigs; the lab rats for U.S. corporations and government's unregulated experiments and agendas.
It's high-time for the U.S. to de-occupy our country and clean up its toxic soup that is devastating our territory. The U.S. WASP racist Manifest Destiny continues to run amock to validate their control, greed, self-pecuniary elitist interests, the disregard for human life and our God-given rights. Their actions do not measure-up to their words.
Yes, their words are a contradiction of their actions and we should hold them accountable for it. Start with the different levels of government and the corporate businesses that run the government which allows them to wantonly act as they choose regardless of the dire effects it has on the population.
People need to act and take a stand to protect themselves, their family for generations to come (if it has not already been impaired by their experiments). This is the turning point of which we must decide whether to allow these assaults on us to continue or put a stop to it to protect ourselves, our families, environment, and resources.
Tane
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My twin sister and I were born on Eddie Aikau's birthday which is May 4th.
I feel so honored. I feel so special LOL That coupled with the inoa kupuna Ululani which came to my mom while she was hapai with us in Hilo
Today I went to the beach office to work then to walk then body surf.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my former womb mate... Happy birthday to my twin sister, Lisa, who is awesome!
She is and will ALWAYS be the older one haha
Our birthday is on Tuesday and I have a meeting in the morning. I no like go because I no like the hoopla of having people say Happy birthday to me LOL Afterwards I going beach which is one of my favorite places to BE LOL
Anyway I get to see her soon and eat Hawaiian food AGAIN. Courtesy of my parents. My mom is awesome. One of the true Hawaiian sovereignty advocates who is NOT registered to vote, who REFUSES to register to vote, and who has NEVER voted in American elections LOL Thank you, Mommy! For giving birth to us AND for letting us be born on Eddie Aikau's birthday which is a birthday present for LIFE LOL
Latahs!
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from,Star BurdickAim Santa Barbara May 2 at 10:35am
To theOriginal Peoples of the Fourth World and all International PressServices:
At high noon today US Army helicopters of the USSeventh Cavalry air division attempted to land their Blackhawk aircraftupon Lakota Sacred Burial grounds in South Dakota. The presence ofmilitary aircraft from this unit... See More is a sad and insultingreminder of the slaughter of more than 300 American Aboriginals onDecember 29,1890 when soldiers of the US 7th Cavalry gunned down morethan 300 Aboriginal Minneconjou Lakota refugee children, women, infantsand the elderly at what is now called Wounded Knee in South DakotaIndian Country. The military then left the bodies of their victims todecay unburied in the driving snow.
According to reports fromIndigenous Rights Movement Radio host Wanblee this afternoon, Lakotaresident Theresa TwoBulls was given less than 24 hrs notice that threeUS Army 7th Cavalry helicopters would make a landing on the sacredburial grounds at Wounded Knee. As of this writing, the US military wasconfronted by angry but peaceful and steadfast community resistance asthe Aboriginal people of the area have so far, according to reports fromLakota people on the ground, managed to prevent the aircraft fromtouching Indigenous ground.
For all American Aboriginals of theAmericas, this is a sacred area. This is the place where the promise of apeople died while fleeing from a genocidal US military unit hell-benton liquidating the continent of its Indigenous population. There hasnever been any official apology offered for this massacre and themilitary awards bestowed upon the genocidal aggressors involved in thisconflict still stand, as does a physical monument in honour of the USArmy killed during Custer’s “last stand” against a defiant and unitedIndigenous resistance to their own demise.
The history of the US Army7th Cavalry is important to understanding the level of violence usedagainst Indigenous peoples. It is important to remember that after theUS Seventh Cavalry officially ended the "Indian Wars" at home, they werethen dispatched to do battle against Indigenous Filipinos struggling tomaintain their hard-won national independence from the colonialistSpanish. In other words, the US War Department sent this very same unitto do overseas what was done here to the Indigenous peoples of theAmericas. In this historical light, it is only logical for Indigenouspeoples to assume that the Obama administration is attempting to make apolitical point out of this spectacle. Only, what sort of message areyou sending by insulting and humiliating a people already suffering fromfive centuries of continuous pro-Europocentric, anti-Indigenousgenocide?
This domestic military action is a deliberate insultand an obvious message of ongoing colonialism, state-sponsored racismand apathetic Indigenous genocide to all Indigenous peoples across theFourth World; to the whole of the Lakota/Dakota Nation; and to theIndigenous residents of Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee. The symbolism ofdispatching the Seventh Cavalry to Wounded Knee in an attempt to landweapons of mass destruction on Aboriginal sacred ground tells us howlittle this government, and this particular administration, respects thepeople of Indian Country and our significant historical perspective assurvivors of the racist Euro-settler xenophobic purges waged against theIndian in the Americas.
To make matters worse, this action comes onthe heels of newly-passed legislation in Arizona state that requires lawofficers to racially-profile anyone they believe “looks”, “sounds” or“dresses” like an illegal immigrant, a thinly veiled “race law” thatdirectly effects both our Indigenous sisters and brothers native toOccupied Mexico as well as the Native American population of Arizona inthe United States. Given that most Indigenous peoples of the Americasshare the same general physiotype and more often than not, similarSpanish last names, the passage of this guideline will without a doubtlead to widespread abuses against that state’s brown-skinned population.The legal door now opened, Texas and other states led byneo-confederate constituencies are moving to pass their ownanti-immigrant/anti-Indigenous directives that will broadly effectanyone and everyone who could be perceived by the colonial Europeanmajority as a “foreign invader”.
The Obama administration hasshown America and the world that they are no different than any otherprevious US government in their view that the American Indian on bothsides of the US border is nothing more than a prop or a tool to bedisplayed only when it is useful to promote the “contemporary” 21stcentury neo-colonialist capitalist agenda. The Obama administration, anoffice headed by a man of African descent, has shamed itself and allthose who have supported his candidacy in arrogantly dismissing thememory of our people interred at Wounded Knee by rubbing the militarymight of the historically anti-Indigenous 7th Cavalry in our faces byforcibly entering Indian Country in an attempt to land their machines ofwar on top of the bodies of our ancestral dead.
Clearly, the culturewar against the American Indian is not over. Welcome to the newAmerican century.
Pass this on We must get the word out.....Leteveryone know..Contact the your local media....Tell them the the LocalMedia in (Rapid City, SD) havent even mentioned this in the news...Sotypical for rapid city SD media...and if they did post it, it would notbe the truth..I tried to contact the Rapid City Urinal....LOL. They wontreturn my calls or post any of the comments I have made in defence ofour people.
James ( Magaska) Swan
AIM Black Hills South Dakota
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Native Hawaiians have the chance to tell their own storiesduring the monthlong 'Oiwi Film Festival
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 02, 2010
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"Film is the most powerful art form of our time, and Hawaiian filmmakers needto be at the forefront of films about Hawaii and Hawaiians," said localfilmmaker Ann Marie Kirk.
That Kirk makes such a proclamation should be no surprise. As one of theprogrammers of the monthlong 'Oiwi Film Festival at the Honolulu AcademyofArts, Kirk is attempting to ensure that Hawaiians tell their own storiesonfilm. While it's true that native Hawaiian voices in film have been apersistent, albeit small, presence over the years, never have this manyindigenous perspectives been brought together for one event until now.
Filmmakers range from a Kamehameha Schools film class to longtime activistdocumentarians Puhipau and Joan Lander of Na Maka o ka Aina. The 19shortsubjects and features will be showcased through May 26 and will alsoincludequestion-and-answer sessions every night of the festival.
The festival is organized thematically into seven programs. Kirk's documentary about her grandfather-filmmaker, "Homealani" (which is a new,reworked version from its initial December screening at Kamehameha), andher1996 collaboration with Carlyn Tani, "Happy Birthday, Tutu Ruth," willbe partof the festival's closing program that honors kupuna.
'OIWI FILM FESTIVAL» Where: The Doris DukeTheatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts» Admission: $8; $7 students, seniors and military;and $5 museum members » Info: 532-8701 or www.honoluluacademy.org |
ONE OF THOSE filmmakers is Kamakanioka'aina Paikai, who will be graduatingthis spring from the University of Hawaii with a bachelor's degree inarts andsciences from the Academy for Creative Media film program. He has twoshorts inthe festival, the Hawaiian-language "E Ola i Keia Po (Live Tonight)" andthepidgin-rich "Moke Action" (both with helpful English subtitles).
"I transferred to UH (from Leeward Community College) with the intention ofgetting into the academy under the video-gaming track," Paikai said,"but when Itook the prerequisite class where we studied all aspects of film, itintriguedme, especially foreign films, and got me questioning why no films werebeingmade in the Hawaiian language.
"Historically, Hawaii in narrative films have been purely used as a backdrop,and almost always the story is from a foreigner's point of view. Thereare somany stories that we have here in these islands, and I just want toshare myperspective with my people and the rest of the world."
After an early interest in autobiographical writing, Paikai thinks he's foundhis creative voice in filmmaking.
His two shorts were originally student projects. "'E Ola i Keia Po' was thefirst Hawaiian-language film to come from the ACM. I wanted to do amodern-daystory in Hawaiian language to show that it is still a living language.... 'MokeAction' was made the next semester for an advanced production classwhere allthe students in the class must pitch a script idea and the entire classvotes,and mine got chosen. It was just a funny concept, poking fun at formalEnglishand legitimizing pidgin.
"Documentaries with Hawaiian content were being made steadily for the past 20years, but with the resurgence of the language, more people werebecoming versedin Hawaiian and I felt that right now is the time to start makingHawaiiannarrative films," he said.
In focusing on the rich lives of her grandfather and a beloved "auntie" wholived in Waipio Valley on the Big Island, Kirk has continued to beengaged as afilmmaker.
"I choose to tell the stories that move me and I think will move others.Whether my films are short, long, narrative or documentary, the onecomponent Ihope that is always present is the emotional connection with theviewer."
Kirk said the community response to 'Oiwi "has been incredible."
"People are really excited to come to see the films, and this is importantbecause it lets us know there is an audience out there who wants to seefilms byHawaiian filmmakers and that we must continue to tell our stories infilm.
"The film festival is important because it is about representation," Kirk said. "Many times in film, Hawaiians have been left out of the finaldecision-making process of the narrative of our own story. Thosedecisions werebeing made by directors and producers who are not Hawaiian. The films inthisfestival represent Hawaiian storytellers in control of what's going onin frontof, as well as behind, the camera."
Paikai said, "Please come out to support native filmmakers. We made thesefilms for you, Hawaii."
| THOSE WHO LEAD US IN HAWAII Na alaka'i o Hawai'i nei » When: 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. today,Tuesdayand Wednesday (with evening post-screening Q&A withfilmmmakers today) The films » "Ke Kaua'ana" » "Kekohi" »"King Kamehameha: A Legacy Renewed" CARING FOR OUR LAND HAWAIIANS' RELATIONSHIP TO THE SEA SOVEREIGNTY SHORT STORIES HULA, DANCE OF HAWAI'I HONORING OUR ANCESTORS |
"Film is the most powerful art form of our time, and Hawaiianfilmmakers need to be at the forefront of films about Hawaii andHawaiians,"said local filmmaker Ann Marie Kirk.
That Kirk makes such a proclamation should be no surprise. Asone of the programmers of the monthlong 'Oiwi Film Festival at theHonoluluAcademy of Arts, Kirk is attempting to ensure that Hawaiians tell theirownstories on film. While it's true that native Hawaiian voices in filmhave been apersistent, albeit small, presence over the years, never have this manyindigenous perspectives been brought together for one event until now.
Filmmakers range from a Kamehameha Schools film class tolongtime activist documentarians Puhipau and Joan Lander of Na Maka o kaAina.The 19 short subjects and features will be showcased through May 26 andwillalso include question-and-answer sessions every night of the festival.
The festival is organized thematically into seven programs.Kirk's documentary about her grandfather-filmmaker, "Homealani" (which is a new,reworked version from its initial December screening at Kamehameha), andher1996 collaboration with Carlyn Tani, "Happy Birthday, Tutu Ruth," willbe partof the festival's closing program that honors kupuna.
'OIWI FILM FESTIVAL» Where: The Doris DukeTheatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts» Admission: $8; $7 students, seniorsand military; and $5 museum members » Info: 532-8701 or www.honoluluacademy.org |
ONE OF THOSE filmmakers is Kamakanioka'aina Paikai, who willbe graduating this spring from the University of Hawaii with abachelor's degreein arts and sciences from the Academy for Creative Media film program.He hastwo shorts in the festival, the Hawaiian-language "E Ola i Keia Po (LiveTonight)" and the pidgin-rich "Moke Action" (both with helpful Englishsubtitles).
"I transferred to UH (from Leeward Community College) withthe intention of getting into the academy under the video-gaming track,"Paikaisaid, "but when I took the prerequisite class where we studied allaspects offilm, it intrigued me, especially foreign films, and got me questioningwhy nofilms were being made in the Hawaiian language.
"Historically, Hawaii in narrative films have been purelyused as a backdrop, and almost always the story is from a foreigner'spoint ofview. There are so many stories that we have here in these islands, and Ijustwant to share my perspective with my people and the rest of the world."
After an early interest in autobiographical writing, Paikaithinks he's found his creative voice in filmmaking.
His two shorts were originally student projects. "'E Ola iKeia Po' was the first Hawaiian-language film to come from the ACM. Iwanted todo a modern-day story in Hawaiian language to show that it is still alivinglanguage. ... 'Moke Action' was made the next semester for an advancedproduction class where all the students in the class must pitch a scriptideaand the entire class votes, and mine got chosen. It was just a funnyconcept,poking fun at formal English and legitimizing pidgin.
"Documentaries with Hawaiian content were being made steadilyfor the past 20 years, but with the resurgence of the language, morepeople werebecoming versed in Hawaiian and I felt that right now is the time tostartmaking Hawaiian narrative films," he said.
In focusing on the rich lives of her grandfather and abeloved "auntie" who lived in Waipio Valley on the Big Island, Kirk hascontinued to be engaged as a filmmaker.
"I choose to tell the stories that move me and I think willmove others. Whether my films are short, long, narrative or documentary,the onecomponent I hope that is always present is the emotional connection withtheviewer."
Kirk said the community response to 'Oiwi "has beenincredible."
"People are really excited to come to see the films, and thisis important because it lets us know there is an audience out there whowants tosee films by Hawaiian filmmakers and that we must continue to tell ourstoriesin film.
"The film festival is important because it is aboutrepresentation," Kirk said. "Many times in film, Hawaiians have been left out ofthe final decision-making process of the narrative of our own story.Thosedecisions were being made by directors and producers who are notHawaiian. Thefilms in this festival represent Hawaiian storytellers in control ofwhat'sgoing on in front of, as well as behind, the camera."
Paikai said, "Please come out to support native filmmakers.We made these films for you, Hawaii."
| THOSE WHO LEAD US IN HAWAII Na alaka'i o Hawai'i nei » When: 1, 4 and 7:30 p.m. today,Tuesdayand Wednesday (with evening post-screening Q&A withfilmmmakers today) The films » "Ke Kaua'ana" » "Kekohi" »"King Kamehameha: A Legacy Renewed" CARING FOR OUR LAND HAWAIIANS' RELATIONSHIP TO THE SEA SOVEREIGNTY SHORT STORIES HULA, DANCE OF HAWAI'I HONORING OUR ANCESTORS |
Hawai`i Nationals are at the United Nations advancing the cause of a Free Hawai`i on several different fronts with many nations, both big and small.
Koani Foundation Director Kai`opua Fyfe reports from the UN, revealing exactly what happened with all the blow-by-blow details. Don’t miss it this coming Wednesday on Free Hawai`i TV.
Malia Nobrega’s also someone who’s no stranger to the UN. Delivering the message of environmental warnings and indigenous rights to the world stage has turned her into a world traveler. How does she do it? Find out this week on Hawai`i’s award winning Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.
MONDAY, May 3rd At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
MONDAY, May3rd At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, May 7th At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
THURSDAY, May 6th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, May 7th At 8:30 AM - Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
SATURDAY, May 8th At 8:00 PM – O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53
“The Liquid Continent – A Visit With Malia Nobrega”
Imagine a continent where the land is water. That’s the islands of Polynesia, where long distance travel and communication have been going on for thousands of years. Malia Nobrega’s a modern-day example, traveling far and wide, both physically and via the Internet, spreading the word of indigenous rights and environmental impact for her island nations. Yet her message is one of importance for everyone on planet Earth - Watch It Here
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/26/the_united_nations_is_beyond_reformit
Please review the interview of Amy Good with former UN President Father Miquel d'Escoto on the reality of the UN General Assembly and the United States hold on this organization.
Sometimes, the truth hurts and we must understand how to create real solutions to Democracy, and Justice for Nations like the Hawaiian Kingdom.
How do we best solve all the issues here?
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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved legislation that could set in motion changes in Puerto Rico's 112-year relationship with the United States, including a transition to statehood or independence.
The House bill would give the 4 million residents of the island commonwealth a two-step path to expressing how they envision their political future. It passed 223-169 and now must be considered by the Senate.
Initially, eligible voters, including those born in Puerto Rico but residing in the United States, would vote on whether they wish to keep their current political status or opt for a different direction.
If a majority are in favor of changing the current situation, the Puerto Rican government would be authorized to conduct a second vote and people would choose among four options: statehood, independence, the current commonwealth status or sovereignty in association with the United States.
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