Posted by Pono Kealoha on March 22, 2010 at 1:08pm
Iwill be interviewed on OHA's Na 'Oiwi 'Olino radio program tomorrowmorning from 7:15 - 8:00 am.The radioshow has beenongoing for thepast three years on AM940.Think there is a Hawai’i Islandpartner who carriesthe morning show too - the website is : http://am940hawaii. com/ and you canlisten live via streaming.
The agenda item is Kamakahonu, forwhich I'm grateful. Na Ke Akua keia mau mea (And we know all thingscome by Akua for the purposes.... ). No laila, mahalo no wau ia 'oukoupakahi - na mea i kokua mai ia'u i ka hoomakaukau' ana no ko kakoumanawa kupono.
Mahaloto all of you who have helped me prepare for our opportunity. KeAloha Mau,
Posted by Kaleo Farias on March 21, 2010 at 10:25am
Aloha no, Maoliworld ohana. Come join me on Hawai'i TV Live everyday at 7:00am-9:00am, Hawai'i standard time, 2:00pm-3:00pm, Hawai'i standard time, and 7:00pm-9:00pm, Hawai'i standard time at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hawaii-tv. The Live discussion's we are covering and talking about is entitled "SOVEREIGNTY ENDURES."
Posted by Free Hawai`i on March 21, 2010 at 8:07am
Would you let someone build a house over your grandparent’s grave if they paid you enough? Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it?
That’s exactly what’s happening on Kaua`i. There are thirty documented graves where a millionaire developer from California has been trying to build a – you guessed it – beach front vacation house on top of an ancient Hawaiian cemetery.
Up to now the Kaua`i Burial Council has not allowed it to proceed. But recently state officials gave the go-ahead. What can be done to stop this outrageous desecration? Find out this coming Wednesday on Free Hawai`i TV.
Is there a big difference between native speakers of Hawaiian and that taught in schools? In one of our most popular recent shows, native speaker Keao NeSmith gives us that answer and a whole lot more. Catch him all this week on Hawai`i’s award winning Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.
MONDAY, March 22nd At 6:30 PM –Maui – Akaku, Channel 53 MONDAY, March 22nd At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, March 26th At 5:30 PM –Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53 THURSDAY, March 25th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, March 26th At 8:30 AM -Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52 SATURDAY, March 27th At 8:00 PM –O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53 “Traditional Hawaiian – A Visit With Keao NeSmith” What happens when a language dies? Is the Hawaiian taught in schools really that different from Hawaiian spoken by native speakers? It took Keao writing a breakthrough Master’s thesis to find out. In our visit, Keao separates fact from fiction, and explains why the history of our islands comes alive every time Hawaiian is spoken - Watch It Here
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Posted by Pono Kealoha on March 20, 2010 at 11:35pm
Native Hawaiian government may become reality By MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer Mark Niesse, Associated PressWriter Sat Mar 13, 4:31 pm ET HONOLULU –
U.S. Manifest Destiny is alive and well
The current quarry is the Kingdom of Hawai'i citizens who have beenbelligerently occupied in 1893 which the U.S. has been trying tofinalize the actions through the seditious Senator Akaka Bill which willgo through the U.S. Senate this year. As a recognized member since 1843of the Family of Nation, as was the United States, a ruse created bythe U.S. officials was set to destabilize, invade and occupy thisfriendly, neutral island kingdom. It set a precedent violatinginternational laws and ratified treaties both countries had with eachother.
The U.S. used the WASP racist doctrines of Manifest Destiny to validatetheir sneak attack on a non-white Christian country which theyconsidered inferior to them and an essential possession to guard itsWestern borders 2,300 miles away. Hawaii was considered an expendablecountry ideally situated for a coaling station to advance its navalpower within the Pacific. Smoke and mirrors were set in motion toaccomplish this covetous plot.
A U.S. Provisional Government was instantly propped up with theprotection of the U.S. Navy; the Queen's first formal protest inducedPresident Cleveland to withdraw the first treaty of annexation toinvestigate U.S. involvement; the Turpie Resolution of 1894 set ahands-off policy after-the-fact so U.S. officials and other nationscould not intercede on the citizens behalf; the conspirators renamed thegovernment, republic of Hawaii in 1894.
The Queen's second Formal Protest and the Memorial along with theoverwhelming subjects' Ku'e Petitions of 1897 against annexation causedthe U.S. Congress to reject the second treaty submitted by thetreasonous cowards. To counter the failure, the oligarchy motivatedCongress to pass the unlawful Newlands joint-resolution to annex Hawai'iinspite of the people's protests, thus there is no treaty andsubsequently no annexation; hence, Hawaii is proclaimed a U.S. territoryand the people were told they were now U.S. Citizens, in spite of theirprotests.
Forced assimilation was applied as a form of neo-colonialism. Hawaii,still regarded as a foreign country, was placed on the NGO roll; UNmandate for human rights and decolonization was to be enacted in 1960.Hastily, the U.S. passed the Statehood Act for Alaska and Hawaii to takethem off the NGO roll. The voting process was irregular with nointernational oversight and the choice was to remain a territory(taxation without representation) or statehood. To vote, one had to be aU.S. citizen. All that met the residency requirements, includingmilitary and their dependents, were allowed to vote. Of the eligiblevoters, 35% voted, and 96% of them chose statehood. The U.S. told the UNthat the people voted for statehood.
Contrary to Mark Niesse's collusive statements, many native Hawaiiansbelieve the process further perpetuates the U.S. Manifest Destiny racistdoctrines and actions since the unlawful occupation and will not rightthe wrongs maintained by the U.S.A. While state-appointed Clyde Namuo,CEO of the Office of Hawaiians Affairs, a state-funded agency withtrustees elected by all registered voters in the state, adds to the spinthat the Akaka Bill is better than nothing as the U.S. will never giveup Hawaii and return it to its rightful owners.
Contentiously, Namuo, refuses to acknowledge that the Native HawaiianReorganized Governing Entity does not correct the injustice; butcontinues the mockery of justice, freedom, and democracy withself-contradictory language. The Akaka Bill attempts to exclude otherbona fide non-nativeHawaiian subjects while usurping the jurisdictionand authority of the Hawaiian Kingdom's governance to relegate nativeHawaiians to a tribal status with restricted control over their destinysubject to Congress' self-appointed plenary authority.
Niesse cites a Hawaiian suffering from the Stockholme Syndrome like somenative Hawaiians saying, "It's been far too long for the Hawaiianpeople to be suffering. Whatever Hawaiians can get, get it and begrateful." Errantly, Jamie Story, president of the Grassroot Instituteof Hawaii, said, "It is not the role of government to try and make upfor past wrongs." She doesn't take into account the U.S. violation ofthe laws of occupation, laws of neutrality, and the U.S. Constitutionwhich states that treaties are the Supreme Law of the Land of which theU.S. has with the Kingdom of Hawai'i.
Supporters mistakenly view the Bill as a way to provide reconciliationas prompted by the 1993 Apology Bill which a few senators like SenatorGorton correctly perceived that the logical consequence is totalindependence.
"They hope Native Hawaiians could eventually get ... full-time jobs thatwould include teaching hula or Hawaiian language if the bill passes."How patronizing when in fact that is already ongoing. As for Danner,vice-president of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, shecertainly doesn't know our communities and know what will work. She ismore familiar with Native American and Native Alaskan tribes securedunder the U.S. Manifest Destiny. .
About $338 million is held in trust for Native Hawaiians by the Officeof Hawaiian Affairs. So why is the Akaka Bill necessary? University ofHawaii law professor Jon Van Dyke, speaks as a U.S. lawyer within theU.S. box and I doubt his knowledge extends to international law whichshould be applied; other than that, his assessment is vacuous. KaulanaPark, chairman of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, runs into thesame dilemma with concepts girded within the U.S. box and ingrained withthe brainwash. Once again Namuo does his projectory spin that majorityof native Hawaiians favor this disingenuous process of federalrecognition, when in truth, it's quite the opposite.
The supporters are persons with special interests and the nativeHawaiian organizations' leaders are wooed into supporting it withouttotal support from their members and without much support from thenative Hawaiians that are the majority not involved with theorganizations. Many are demanding hearings on all the islands to voicetheir concerns; to date the senators, representatives, and selectedsupporters adamently refuse to have them. This also means that thenative Hawaiians have not been consulted but dictated to what will befor them.
It is opposed by pro-independence groups who want the Hawaiian kingdomrestored as stated under international laws, facts,and documents thatreveal the crime. This is one group that has been ignored, barred fromhearings in Washington, D.C., and summarily dismissed in the process.This leaves the Bill uncontested by Hawaii nationals. Kau Inoa is adeceitful registry spurred by deceit and fraud. It was told that it hadnothing to do with the support of the Akaka Bill nor a tool to establishin association with a Native Hawaiian government entity. We were toldit was a census for the benefits afforded to the beneficiuaries of theprograms sponsored by OHA.
A growing number of native Hawaiians are rejecting this bill as arepugnant way to subjugate them within the U.S. American system thatenforces the racist WASP Manifest Destiny doctrines imbued in the U.S.mainstream society. Hawaii nationals want their voices heard and truejustice served. The Akaka Bill is not an option.
There will always be those with differing opinions on the Akaka Bill, as the March 14 Viewpoint "Passing Akaka Bill will keep Hawai`i Hawai`i" illustrated. In its 10-year history of insurgency, misinformation is most definitely a problem.
The Viewpoint writer quotes opinions from individuals in Washington, D.C., and laws that were enacted by foreigners based on Hawaiian ethnicity. This does not mean the prejudices and racism committed against Hawaiians did not/does not occur. It means stop all this twisting and spinning of the facts.
Native Hawaiians via Hawaiian Homes Act is an American created word that, within its legal context, is based on ethnicity and omits Hawai`i's political history.
Thousands of miles of ocean separate us from the American continents. Free of the espoused notion, these Hawai`i Islands and their people were never indigenous to the United States.
In the 1840s, Kamehameha III secured international recognition as an independent state - equal and external to the United States of America - a fact and achievement no indigenous tribe of the Americas and Alaska has ever attained.
Proponents claim the Akaka Bill is not raced based. The Glenn Beck-Rush Limbaugh type-of-opponents don't want the bill because it takes from the haves and gives to the have-nots. I oppose the bill based on my national origin, where blood quantum and ethnicity are not an issue.
Posted by Free Hawai`i on March 19, 2010 at 12:00am
IT'S TIME TO END THE ILLEGAL US OCCUPATION OF HAWAI`I Native Hawaiians constitute roughly 22 per cent of the state population, but they represent 54 per cent of the prison population.
They also have the lowest per capita income, the highest poverty rate and the shortest lifespan of any ethnic group in Hawai`i.
Hawai`i public school students receive very poor education by any standard of measurement. They consistently rank among the lowest of any state in test scores.
Most of the bright students who manage to learn something in spite of the handicapped school system leave Hawai`i for foreign colleges and careers.
Tens of thousands of residents have no medical insurance at all.
In some cases, the lives of the working poor are worse than the unemployed.
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