Mī Nei Policena Kīhei de SilvaI was at the Bishop Museum Archives the other day working on some chants for Ka‘ū when -- as so often happens in the process of paging through the mele collections of Roberts and Mader -- something completely unrelated and totally irresistible popped into view, ‘o ia ho‘i, the following explanation attached to Charles E. King’s "Mī Nei." The note is handwritten and unsigned, but its neat script, careful diction, and early mention of "my husband . . . Pukui" identifies it incontrovertibly as belonging to the sharp pencil and subtle wit of Mary Kawena Pukui:"My husband was a friend of Charles King and whenever Charlie had a show, Pukui was the back stage property man. The first person to dance this hula, Mi Nei, was Lydia Kaloio, under the direction of Mr. King himself. At this line, ʻAlawa mai ‘oe, aia i lalo ia nani,ʻ Lydia made a gesture toward her feet. Sometime later I saw other dancers put a hand at the waistline and put on a naughty look -- indicating that ʻaia i lalo ia naniʻ was somewhere else. I asked my husband to ask Mr. King just where this ʻnaniʻ was. Poor Mr. King was shocked at the question -- there was but one ʻnaniʻ that he had in mind, just as he himself had taught it to Lydia -- the ʻnaniʻ of pretty feet. The composer should know what he means -- don’t you think so? So I am passing this on to you as received from Charley King himself."No laila, e ke hoa hula aloha nui ‘ia, i kou kuhilima ‘ana i kēia laina o kā Kale Kini mele, aia i hea ka mea nani o lalo? In light of Mrs. Pukui’s straight-from-the-horse’s-mouth explanation, where, dear hula friend, is your "nani" located? And what is that naughty expression doing on your lovely face?
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New York Times - Saturday, May 3, 2008HONOLULU — A Native Hawaiian independence group laid claim this week to the nation’s only royal palace and the land surrounding it, raising anew the issue of self-determination for the islands’ native people.Several dozen people from the group, the little-known Hawaiian Kingdom Government, were at `Iolani Palace grounds in downtown Honolulu on Friday, two days after locking the public out for several hours.“We are here - we’re not going to go,” said the group’s leader, Mahealani Kahau, who had a security detail of a half-dozen men surrounding her Friday on a corner of the lawn behind the palace where they had erected a tent.Ms. Kahau said members of her group planned to return to the 11-acre palace complex, a public park abutting the Hawai`i Capitol, every day except Saturdays and Sundays.Read more…
Occupation of Palace Area Invigorates Native Hawaiian MovementBy JANIS L. MAGIN, New York Times, May 3, 2008HONOLULU — A Native Hawaiian independence group laid claim this week to the nation’s only royal palace and the state land surrounding it, raising anew the issue of self-determination for the islands’ native people.Several dozen people from the group, the little-known Hawaiian Kingdom Government, were at the Iolani Palace grounds in downtown Honolulu on Friday, two days after locking the public out for several hours. On Thursday, the palace, which is also a museum where tours are given, reopened without incident.The group believes it has the right to take back from the government more than one million acres in the Hawaiian Islands it claims were illegally seized during the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, 11 years after the palace was built.“We are here; we’re not going to go,” said the group’s leader, Mahealani Kahau, who had a security detail of a half-dozen men surrounding her Friday on a corner of the lawn behind the palace where they had erected a tent. Ms. Kahau said members of her group planned to return to the 11-acre palace complex, a public park abutting the Hawaii Capitol, every day except Saturdays and Sundays.As many as a dozen groups promote independence for Hawaii’s native population, but each has a different view on how to achieve self-determination.In 2000 the United States Supreme Court, ruling in Rice v. Cayetano, found unconstitutional the restriction that only Native Hawaiians could vote in the statewide election for the nine trustees of the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the agency charged with administering programs that benefit Native Hawaiians.The decision appeared to re-energize the various sovereignty movements, but failed to unite them.“That’s one of the major problems, even among those who are for independence,” said Kekuni Blaisdell, a retired doctor who has been involved in the Native Hawaiian independence movement for 24 years and coordinates a network of independence groups. “We lack unity, and we realize that.”The groups disagree over several issues, including proposed federal legislation that would give federal recognition to the estimated 400,000 Native Hawaiians in the United States.A version of the bill passed the House in October, but has not been scheduled for a vote in the Senate. It has the support of both of Hawaii’s United States senators, as well as Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.Four years ago, the office began a heavily publicized campaign — called Kau Inoa, or Place Your Name — to register everyone of Hawaiian ancestry in the nation.Hawaiian Kingdom Government and some other Native Hawaiian groups view the Office of Hawaiian Affairs as an arm of a state government they do not recognize. They also part ways with the office on the issue of ceded lands, more than 1.2 million acres in crown lands that were ceded to the federal government when the United States annexed the republic of Hawaii in 1898. The land passed to state control when Hawaii was admitted to the union in 1959.In mid-January, the state reached a $200 million settlement with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs that would transfer control of 209 acres on Oahu and the Big Island to the office. But the Legislature rejected the deal, and the state has agreed to renegotiate.On Jan. 31, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the state could not sell or transfer any ceded lands “until such time as the unrelinquished claims of the Native Hawaiians have been resolved.”Hawaii’s attorney general, Mark J. Bennett, said the state filed an appeal with the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday. The state argues that the 1959 Admission Act granting Hawaii statehood gave the state the right to manage and sell those lands.But some sovereignty groups, including Ms. Kahau’s, believe those lands still belong to Native Hawaiians. Ms. Kahau and members of her organization met on Monday morning with Kippen de Alba Chu, executive director of the Friends of Iolani Palace, which manages the historic palace, to also lay claim to the state archives building adjacent to the palace. In the past, Mr. Chu said, the group has served his office with eviction notices.The Friends of Iolani Palace leases space in the archives building from the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, which manages the palace grounds.Ms. Kahau said the Hawaiian Kingdom Government, which has created government ministries and claims to have registered several thousand Native Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians as its “citizens,” plans to move its operations from a small leased office on the edge of downtown to the palace grounds whether or not it is successful in gaining access to the archives building.“The building doesn’t make us the Hawaiian kingdom,” she said. “It’s us who makes it. ”
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Hi! I live in hawaii and and i speak a little hawaiian.....my hawaiian first name is leilani and my hawaiian last name is aleaka.....I love to go hiking with family....and I like animals!
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Honolulu Advertiser - May 1st, 2008About 50 to 75 members and supporters of the sovereignty group Hawaiian Kingdom Government occupied the mauka-`ewa corner of the `Iolani Palace grounds from early this morning but did not try to stop others from going onto the property as they did yesterday.Group members, including leader Mahealani Kahau, declined to speak to media, saying they were inaccurately and unfairly portrayed regarding their actions yesterday.The group said its action was not a protest or demonstration but a reoccupying of its legitimate seat of government, unidentified security officers told The Advertiser today.The unidentified members also denied putting up any locks at any of the palace gates yesterday, insisting that while they closed gates the only locks that were up were placed by state personnel.Read The Entire StoryHereRead more…
Aloha nui kākou! E nanea pū mai i ka nānā iā ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola ma ka hola kūikawā i kēia lā wale nō ma ka hola 5:00 ahiahi ma ko KGMB9 kūkala nūhou. He moʻolelo ko ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola no ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lei Hawaiʻi…a Hawaiʻi ʻole paha.Aloha kākou! Tune in to a special segment of ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola tonight on KGMB9 at 5:00 p.m. ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola is normally broadcast at 7:30 each morning on the Sunrise show but will be presented tonight only as part of the 5:00 p.m. newscast. Tonight’s story focuses on the availability of local and imported flower lei.‘O ʻĀhaʻi ‘Ōlelo Ola he papahana pōkole no ka hoʻolele ‘ia i kēlā kakahiaka, kēia kakahiaka. Ma ka polokalamu ‘o Sunrise e lele ana nō ma kahi o ka 7:30 a ma hope mai nō paha.E nānā i nā polokalamu a pau i hoʻolele ʻia, e kele iā www.kgmb9.com. E kāomi ma ʻĀha’i ʻŌlelo Ola. E nānā kākou a e alu like pū ma ka leka uila ‘ana i ko KGMB ma sunrise@kgmb9.com me ka paipai iā lākou e hoʻomau i ka hoʻolele ‘ana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ka nūhou. Hiki ke kelepona ‘ia lākou ma 973-5462.Mahalo nui iā ʻoukou a pau e ke anaina no ka nānā i ia polokalamu a me ko ʻoukou leo paipai. He leo mahalo pū kēia iā KGMB9 no ka ʻaʻa i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ke kākoʻo i ka hoʻōla i ko kākou leo makuahine. E ola ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi!To view all ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola segments, go to kgmb9.com and click on the ʻĀhaʻi ʻŌlelo Ola button. Email the station at sunrise@kgmb9.com to mahalo them for this courageous venture of broadcasting Hawaiian language and helping to keep our native language alive. E ola ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi! The Hawaiian language lives!
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on April 30, 2008 at 7:00pm
Over 291 Articles Worldwide By All Major News MediaYesterday's events by Hawai`i Nationalists at `Iolani Palace received widespread world-wide media coverage.It was the third item from the top earlier today on Googles front page, receiving widespread coverage all across the US, Canada and as far away as Austria.Over 291 articles were published or aired, including NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, Associated Press, New York Times, among others.Read more…
I found a cool artist, her website is www.yasminhernandez.comShe does paintings mostly of Puerto Rican related subjects- key sovereignty people in their struggle, aspects of spiritualityMy favorite one is Yemaya y Ochun which I found when I was actually looking into a song of the same name.
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Well, today is the thirtieth day since little Lindsey-Lee Kauanoeokulanihako'i Simmons was born. She is now 5 lbs 13 oz and is starting to coo and make eye contact like a "normal" newborn. Ku and Lovey are really careful around baby and she smiles in crib when she hears them talking from her crib. Her daddy is taking her to the doctor on Friday so we'll see what her weight is and whether she's hit 6 lbs.The Wai'anae sun is making the days extremely hot and the vog from Kilauea makes me sniffle so put that together and it spells an early summer. At least the clothes dry in no time on the clothes line so that helps me to keep ahead of the kids in terms of doing laundry.
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on April 30, 2008 at 9:00am
Public & School Children Arrive To Show SupportHONOLULU - Hawaiian Kingdom officials opened the back gate to `Iolani Palace grounds around 2:15 PM today in response to a request from Gary Moniz, head of law enforcement for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.All entry to the grounds had been blocked since early this morning by the Native Hawaiian organization that erected no-trespassing signs, saying the grounds are the property of the "Hawaiian Kingdom."Anyone is now free to come and go through the back gate.The Hawaiian group that has occupied the grounds since early this morning say they plan to leave by 5 PM today and return tomorrow.About 70 people with the "Hawaiian Kingdom Government" gathered on palace grounds beginning at 5:30 AM this morning.Shortly after noon, Honolulu Police Chief Boisse Correa and and HPD spokesman Maj. Frank Fujii approached the palace grounds and asked to speak with the leader of the group, Mahealani Asing Kahau.They were allowed onto the grounds and spoke with Kahau, surrounded by members of the sovereignty group.The meeting broke up after about 20 minutes.Afterward, Kahau said Correa had advised her that arrest warrants were being prepared for possible use by officers with the state DLNR in the event they do not leave the palace grounds.She said they would not resist if arrested. But she said if they're arrested, they will return to the palace tomorrow.Signs are posted on the gates and only kanaka maoli — those with Hawaiian bloodlines — along with media are being allowed entrance to the grounds.The Hawaiian organization says it is the rightful owner of the palace and it is time to assume and resume its official seat on `Iolani grounds.Security guards representing the Kingdom have been posted at each gate and they are giving out applications to those wanting to be recognized by the organization.About 40 to 45 faculty and students from Halau Lokahi Public Charter School arrived at the palace grounds, some to document the events taking place today from the Hawaiian perspective and others to offer spiritual support for the group, according to teacher Hina Wong.
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on April 29, 2008 at 6:30pm
FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTSFREE HAWAI`I TVTHE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK"GET THE PICTURE?"Are The Superferry, A Retired US Military Commander & Hawai`i Land Title Troubles All Linked?Watch To Connect The Dots.
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on April 28, 2008 at 8:17pm
ILLEGAL OVERTHROW OF HAWAI`I TO BE OBSERVED TOMORROWEveryone Invited To This Free Historic EventWHAT - A Call to Prayer from Transformation Hawai`i and Aloha Ke Akua Hawaiian Restoration DayWHERE - Queen Lili`uokalani StatueBetween `Iolani Palace and the State Capitol BuildingWHEN - Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PMWHY - "A time to seek God’s face for healing and restoration from the offenses to Hawai`i and its people, stemming from the 1893 overthrow of Queen Lili`uokalani and the takeover of the government of the Hawaiian Islands."Show Your Support & Be ThereRead more…
Posted by Free Hawai`i on April 27, 2008 at 8:37pm
HAVE YOU FALLEN FOR IT?StopAkakaBill.comFind Out Why The Akaka Bill Is So DangerousDiscover What Will Happen Should Federal Recognition Ever Become LawLearn What You Can Do To Help Stop The Akaka Bill!StopAkakaBill.comCheck It Out!
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on April 27, 2008 at 8:40am
A very big mahalo to all who have contacted us to say, “the pieces are beginning to fit,” when watching Voices Of Truth and Free Hawai`i TV.With this weeks’ appointment of the former commander of the US Pacific Fleet to run the Superferry, it’s now blatantly obvious the Superferry has been primarily a military operation from the outset.The ability to land US military equipment on any of Hawai`i’s islands at a moments notice was their plan all along.We’ve reported that one simple fact on Free Hawai`i TV from the beginning.Now couple that with our recent Voices Of Truth guests who stress not only malama ka `aina (preserving the land,) but something else getting bigger every day - the growing awareness that all land title in Hawai`i is clouded.All of a sudden you begin to see why the US occupying force wants the military capability the Superferry affords – more and more of Hawai`i’s citizens, people who love their land, awakening to a realization the US has no legal title to land in Hawai`i even by their own laws.The Hawai`i state supreme court recently acknowledged this fact in their decision referencing the 1993 Apology Resolution when ruling ceded lands may not be sold or transferred.We’ll be explaining this and a whole lot more coming this Wednesday on Free Hawai`i TV – don’t miss it.By the way if you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network, please email this to a friend and see below how you can help us continue our work.And because we’ve received so much positive feedback on our visit with Earl Louis, we’re airing it on all islands this week.Earl’s one of those who knows not only who really owns the land in Hawai`i, but whose responsible for taking care of it. If you want to see both humility and strength in action, don’t miss him this week on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.MONDAY, April 28th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, May 2nd At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53TUESDAY, April 29th At 6:30 PM & WEDNESDAY, April 30th At 6:30 AM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53THURSDAY, May 1st At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, May 2nd At 8:30 AM – Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52SATURDAY, May 3rd At 8:00 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53“Continuing The Quest – A Visit With Earl Louis”Living his entire life of 43 years in Punalu`u, on Hawai`i Island, Earl has seen a lot of changes.Located in the district of Ka`u, he tells us Punalu`u sees more development and tourists practically every day.A fierce advocate for preserving the last uninhabited coastline on Hawai`i Island, Earl knows both the good and bad news - Punalu`u is not only beautiful but easily accessible.“Why should we cater to people who want to destroy this land with more resorts and condominiums?”That’s the question Earl confronts on a daily basis.Fertilizers from resort golf courses flow to the ocean, killing off the limu (seaweed) that is food for both the fish and Hawksbill turtle that come to nest on Punalu`u beaches and lay their eggs.Earl’s mission of trying to save the entire eighty-mile coastline might seem daunting to some.To him, it’s simply what must be done.Join us in our amazing visit with Earl and you’ll experience what we did - a humble man whose words stay with you a very long time - “This is what the ancestors left for us thousands of years ago. We need to educate our visitors. They don’t know how special and sacred this `aina is. Development is not the only answer.”Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants in the hopes of inspiring viewers to do the same.Please consider a donation today to help further our work. Every single penny counts.You may donate via PayPal at VoicesOfTruthTV.com or by mail –The Koani FoundationPO Box 1878Lihu`e, Kaua`i 96766If you missed a show, want you see your favorites again or you don’t live in Hawai`i, here’s how to view our shows anytime – visit VoicesOfTruthTV.com and simply click on the episodes you wish to view.And for news on issues that affect you, watch FreeHawaiiTV.com.It’s all part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.Read more…
MOHAWK URGENT CALL FOR ASSISTANCE from Kahentinetha Horn, MNN Mohawk Nation News
2008-04-26 | Stop attack on Mohawks !
Tyendinaga Mohawk Aserakowa [War Chief] speaks from the front line – “We’re not leaving”. OPP: “We’re coming in at dark to take you out!”
MNN: MNN Mohawk Nation News Aserakowa 613-243-4993 still at the quarry.
(Ed. Note. Just received. UPDATES to follow.)
Shawn Brant was doing a media interview with APTN News in Tyendinaga on Deseronto Boundary Road. Ontario Provincial Police came along with an outstanding assault charge. They arrested Shawn. They hauled him off to jail. Then the OPP closed both ends of Deseronto Road. The Aserakowa came down to see what was going on.
Steve Flynn of Aboriginal Response Team ART of the OPP showed up. We talked. Flynn told the Aserakowa about Shawn. By then we had men at both ends of the road. He talked about opening the road. Flynn said, “You walk away and we’ll walk away. Okay?” Both Flynn and the Aserkowa agreed.
“We will get in our cars and you’ll get in yours”, said Flynn. It turned out to be a set up. The Rotiskeneketeh started moving off the road. Suddenly about 10 OPP jumped about 5 of our guys, threw them in the ditch, beat them up and arrested them. They hauled them off to jail. No reasons were given for the arrests or assaults. The OPP is certain not operating on an honorable nation to nation model. It is not even offering the kind of fiduciary protection for indigenous rights as it is supposed to, according to the supreme Court of Canada.
Since when have the colonial institutions ever acted to protect Indigenous people?
After behaving like thugs and beating up our guys, the OPP pulled out their weapons and pointed them at us. For our safety, we retreated back to the quarry. We didn’t want to get shot.
Once we got there cops swarmed us from every direction. They were everywhere as far as we could see, armed to the teeth with their guns pointed directly at us all the time.
Then they came over with loud speakers, told us to come away from the quarry, down the hill, with our hands up in the air “where we can see them”.
We told them, “F**k you. This is Mohawk land. We’re not leaving”. They raised their weapons and aimed at us again.
“You’re going to have to shoot us”, we told them.
Then there was more build up. They told us they are coming in at dark to take us out. They are moving Mohawk people off Mohawk lands at the end of a gun barrel.
The Mohawks are unarmed.
The OPP have SWAT Teams, ambulances, dogs and we can’t see if they ships in the water.
Arrested are Clint Brant, Steve Hill, Dan Doreen, Shawn Brant and Mac Kunkel. We don’t know where they’ve been taken.
Six Nations people have closed down three roads. Akwesasne guys are on the International Bridge. In Kahnawake there will be closures.
They will be coming after us at about 8:30 pm EDT, as soon as it gets dark.
We’re not moving. We know that.
We don’t know what’s going to happen. This is Ipperwash, 1990, Gustafsen Lake, Six Nations, the list goes on. If they harm any of those guys at Tyendinaga, there’s no saying what will happen.
The message from the men is that we will defend the land. That’s our duty according to the Kaianerekowa, Great Law of Peace, the law of Turtle Island.
SEND URGENT OBJECTIONS TO PREMIER MCGUINTY OF ONTARIO; PRIME MINISTER STEVEN HARPER; JULIAN FANTINO COMMISSIONER OF THE OPP: tell them to call off their thugs and stop breaking the peace. They have a obligations under international law to resolve any disagreements peacefully. They have an obligation to keep the peace, not to break it.
LIVES ARE AT STAKE.
MNN Mohawk Nation News
SUPPORT:
To:RDONM@MBQ-TMT.ORG, info@mbq-tmt.org, enibourg@sutton.com
Subject: Stop attack on Mohawks
The whole world is watching. Stop your attack on the Mohawks now. The land is theirs and the world supports them. They are right and you are wrong.
Pat Rasmussen
World Temperate Rainforest Network
PO Box 154 Peshastin, WA 98847
509-669-1549
patr@crcwnet.com, mailto:patr@crcwnet.com
http://www.temperaterainforests.org
Subject: RED ALERT IN CALEDONIA!!!!!!!!! FORWARD OUT ASAP!
Ok everyone-
Just got a phone call from Jacqueline House at Six Nations. In protest to what the Canadian govt. and OPP armed officers are doing at Tyenindega, the Six Nations have now BLOCKED the By-Pass road at Caledonia!!!!! 3 Men have been arrested and have been jailed at Tyenindega.
Jacqueline House stated that all relatives with connections to people at these Reserves, PLEASE CALL and try to mobilize help to the area ASAP.
Thanks everyone, please, PLEASE keep our relatives in your prayers, Bluejay
I've contacted the OPP to let them know that badge or no badge, they are not absolved in the eyes of our Creator for that which they do.
This activity will be monitored by the world.
Dieter of Germany
FOR INFORMATION CALL:
(1) 518-358-3660
Warchief: (1) 613-243-4993
Jan Hill (1) 613-961-8515 613-827-1547
Dan (1) 613-919-1354
Rotiskenekete (1) 613-849-1314; (1) 613-827-4991
OPP Easter Headquarters (1) 613-284-4500 L.G. Beechey Chief Supt. Commander Eastern Region
R. Don Maracle (1) 613-396-3089 Cell (1) 613-391-9249
GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING AT THIS HOUR AT TYENDINAGA.
THEIR POSITION IS THEY ARE NOT MOVING. THEY ARE GOING DOWN. THEY WILL DEFEND THEMSELVES. THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP THE LAND.
Kahentinetha Horn
MNN Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com
" Revolutionary movement and opposition to state power, in the defence of truth is at the heart of anti-imperial struggle. Frantz Fanon wrote,"You do not show proof of your nation from its culture....you substantiate its existence in the fight which the people wage against the forces of occupation. No colonial system draws its justification from the fact that the territories it dominates are culturally non-extant. "Struggle then is the signal of an oppressed peoples still beating heart in a colonial situation. Action is the life sign of peoples who existence is officially denied......we must fight for what is precious to us, or it will be stolen away and used for someone else's enjoyment, Fight, not Talk."
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It's not a new site, and it's been around for awhile. But it needs more hula discussion AND sharings. Click on over there, register, and kukakuka!B)
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on April 25, 2008 at 8:30pm
Is There Any Doubt Left The Superferry Is A Military Vehicle?HONOLULU -- Retired US Admiral Thomas B. Fargo will replace John Garibaldi next week as president and chief executive officer of Hawai`i Superferry Inc., the company announced.Fargo's appointment takes effect on Monday.Fargo served as both the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, the nation's largest military command, from 1999 to 2002, and as commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet. He then retired after 35 years with the Navy.He serves as a managing director of J.F. Lehman & Co., the majority investor in Hawai`i Superferry. It was founded in 1992 by John Lehman, who served as secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1987.Garibaldi will become vice chairman of Hawai`i Superferry and serve on its board of directors.
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New York Times - Saturday, May 3, 2008HONOLULU — A Native Hawaiian independence group laid claim this week to the nation’s only royal palace and the land surrounding it, raising anew the issue of self-determination for the islands’ native people.Several dozen people from the group, the little-known Hawaiian Kingdom Government, were at `Iolani Palace grounds in downtown Honolulu on Friday, two days after locking the public out for several hours.“We are here - we’re not going to go,” said the group’s leader, Mahealani Kahau, who had a security detail of a half-dozen men surrounding her Friday on a corner of the lawn behind the palace where they had erected a tent.Ms. Kahau said members of her group planned to return to the 11-acre palace complex, a public park abutting the Hawai`i Capitol, every day except Saturdays and Sundays.
Honolulu Advertiser - May 1st, 2008About 50 to 75 members and supporters of the sovereignty group Hawaiian Kingdom Government occupied the mauka-`ewa corner of the `Iolani Palace grounds from early this morning but did not try to stop others from going onto the property as they did yesterday.Group members, including leader Mahealani Kahau, declined to speak to media, saying they were inaccurately and unfairly portrayed regarding their actions yesterday. The group said its action was not a protest or demonstration but a reoccupying of its legitimate seat of government, unidentified security officers told The Advertiser today.The unidentified members also denied putting up any locks at any of the palace gates yesterday, insisting that while they closed gates the only locks that were up were placed by state personnel.Read The Entire Story Here
Over 291 Articles Worldwide By All Major News MediaYesterday's events by Hawai`i Nationalists at `Iolani Palace received widespread world-wide media coverage.It was the third item from the top earlier today on Googles front page, receiving widespread coverage all across the US, Canada and as far away as Austria.Over 291 articles were published or aired, including NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, Associated Press, New York Times, among others.
Public & School Children Arrive To Show SupportHONOLULU - Hawaiian Kingdom officials opened the back gate to `Iolani Palace grounds around 2:15 PM today in response to a request from Gary Moniz, head of law enforcement for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.All entry to the grounds had been blocked since early this morning by the Native Hawaiian organization that erected no-trespassing signs, saying the grounds are the property of the "Hawaiian Kingdom."Anyone is now free to come and go through the back gate.The Hawaiian group that has occupied the grounds since early this morning say they plan to leave by 5 PM today and return tomorrow.About 70 people with the "Hawaiian Kingdom Government" gathered on palace grounds beginning at 5:30 AM this morning.Shortly after noon, Honolulu Police Chief Boisse Correa and and HPD spokesman Maj. Frank Fujii approached the palace grounds and asked to speak with the leader of the group, Mahealani Asing Kahau.They were allowed onto the grounds and spoke with Kahau, surrounded by members of the sovereignty group.The meeting broke up after about 20 minutes.Afterward, Kahau said Correa had advised her that arrest warrants were being prepared for possible use by officers with the state DLNR in the event they do not leave the palace grounds.She said they would not resist if arrested. But she said if they're arrested, they will return to the palace tomorrow.Signs are posted on the gates and only kanaka maoli — those with Hawaiian bloodlines — along with media are being allowed entrance to the grounds.The Hawaiian organization says it is the rightful owner of the palace and it is time to assume and resume its official seat on `Iolani grounds.Security guards representing the Kingdom have been posted at each gate and they are giving out applications to those wanting to be recognized by the organization.About 40 to 45 faculty and students from Halau Lokahi Public Charter School arrived at the palace grounds, some to document the events taking place today from the Hawaiian perspective and others to offer spiritual support for the group, according to teacher Hina Wong.
