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Kenneth R. Conklin, Ph.D.
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On this page is the history of efforts to create a Hawaiian tribe during the 117th Congress (January 2020 through December 2022), including efforts to create a state-recognized tribe and efforts to get federal recognition through Dept. of Interior regulation, executive order, or Congressional legislation; and efforts to get local and international recognition of an alleged continuing independent nation of Hawaii.
The history includes a collection of all significant news reports, editorials, commentaries, letters to editor, cartoons, bills in the Hawaii state legislature or the U.S. Congress; sovereignty protests, court activity, and lobbying both locally and internationally; etc.
The index for the entire 2 years of the 117th Congress (January 2021 through December 2022) is shown below, in chronological order, subdivided into several time periods as events unfold. Full text of each news report, commentary, etc. is provided on the subpage for the appropriate time period.
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QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED FROM 2000 THROUGH 2020
The "Akaka bill" to create a federally recognized Hawaiian tribe was in Congress continuously for 13 years, from summer 2000 through the end of 2012. There were perhaps 20 different versions of the bill; and occasionally two or three versions were pending at the same time. The bill passed the House in three different Congresses. It nearly passed the Senate by stealth at the end of 2000. On several occasions during the 13 years Senator Inouye tried to attach the Akaka bill as a rider to "must-pass" military appropriations bills; including a couple times when he exercised his power as committee chairman to insert it "by reference" as a single sentence "earmark" deep inside those bills at the last minute without consulting other Senators. In later years Inouye also tried to simply add the Hawaiian tribe to the list of federally recognized tribes in a single sentence deep inside the Department of Interior appropriations bill, but his subterfuge was discovered and deleted. The closest it came to passage by normal methods in the Senate was June 2006 when a cloture motion to stop a Republican filibuster was debated for about 6 hours during two days, with dozens of Senators speaking on the floor; but got only 56 votes thereby failing cloture by 4 votes.
In December 2012 Senator Inouye unexpectedly fell ill and was hospitalized and died; at the same time Senator Akaka was in his final few weeks before retiring. Senator Akaka stood on the Senate floor and begged his fellow Senators to pass the bill in tribute to Inouye, but they wisely ignored his plaintive plea. During the 113th Congress from 2013 through 2014 there was no Akaka bill in Congress. Instead, the State of Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs made use of Act 195, Hawaii session laws of 2011, to build a new racial registry and make plans for an election of delegates to write a tribal constitution. Meanwhile the Obama administration began a process of rewriting the rules for federal recognition of Indian tribes generally, and working toward creating a new rule specially formulated to accommodate an expected application from a "tribe" in the process of being created by OHA.
During the 114th Congress from 2015 through 2016, there was no Akaka bill in Congress. Instead, the Obama administration's Department of Interior went through its rule-making process and on October 14, 2016 published in the Federal Register a "final rule" to take effect on November 14, which provides a process whereby ethnic Hawaiians can create a tribe, adopt a tribal constitution, elect tribal chiefs, and apply to the Secretary of Interior for federal recognition. The entire process of creating the "final rule" was done entirely without any Congressional action and without any approval by the State of Hawaii or its people. Also the entire process spelled out in the rule for holding a racially exclusionary election of delegates, writing a tribal Constitution, holding a racially exclusionary vote to approve the tribal Constitution, and applying for and receiving federal recognition as a tribe -- all those things would be done entirely without any Congressional action and without any approval by the State of Hawaii or its people.
The 115th Congress, January 2017 to December 2018, was controlled by Republicans in both the Senate and House, while President Donald Trump was also a Republican. Throughout the entire 115th Congress there was nothing like the Akaka bill. Racial entitlement programs for ethnic Hawaiians were occasionally attacked in Congress when their reauthorization bills were under consideration, but in the end they continued to be funded. In Hawaii the legislature refused to pass several "normal" racial entitlement bills, including a bill to greatly increase the amount of money to give to OHA in lieu of its 20% share of ceded land revenue (the amount "owed" cannot be determined due to lack of an inventory of the ceded lands). On October 14, 2016 the outgoing Obama Department of Interior had proclaimed in the Federal Register a "final rule" authorizing a process for creation of a Hawaiian tribe which could then seek federal recognition; but during 2017-2018 there was no publicly visible activity to implement it (presumably because the tribalists realized they could not succeed while Trump was President). The confirmation of 2 Trump nominees to the Supreme Court (Gorsuch and Kavanaugh) caused great unhappiness among Hawaiian tribalists and Indian tribes on the continent. The 2018 election resulted in tribalist OHA trustees Rowena Akana and Peter Apo (both the focus of scandals) being replaced by Kalei Akaka (granddaughter of Senator Dan Akaka) and Brendon Lee (who had served as head of the month-long meeting which wrote a proposed constitution for the Hawaiian tribe). In the absence of any significant movement toward creating a tribe, there was increased attention to efforts to gain international recognition of Hawaii as an allegedly continuing independent nation, through protests and lawsuits in Hawaii regarding Mauna Kea and taxes on land, and lobbying activity in the United Nations (both New York and Geneva).
The 116th Congress, January 2019 to December 2020, was controlled by Democrats in the House and by Republicans in the Senate, while President Donald Trump was also a Republican. Throughout the entire 116th Congress there was nothing like the Akaka bill. Racial entitlement programs for ethnic Hawaiians were occasionally attacked in Congress when their reauthorization bills were under consideration, but in the end they continued to be funded. There was no significant activity at the federal level regarding Hawaiian sovereignty, perhaps because everyone knew President Trump's Department of Interior would never allow it. Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz was a member of the Indian Affairs Committee and the Appropriations Committee, both of which enabled him to push for federal recognition of a Hawaiian tribe (which he did not do) and for racial entitlement programs (which he did successfully many times). Senator Mazie Hirono, on the Judiciary Committee, is a backbencher airhead who made no significant impact other than embarrassing Hawaii and herself by ridiculous attacks on Trump and his Supreme Court nominees. Newly elected Hawaii Congressman Ed Case, who served in the U.S. House previously, was a member of both the Appropriations Committee and the Natural Resources Committee (which includes a subcommittee functioning as the Indian Affairs committee for the House), both of which enabled him to push for federal recognition of a Hawaiian tribe (which he did not do) and for racial entitlement programs (which he did successfully many times). Schatz and Case are also friends because of their years of previous service in the Hawaii state House of Representatives. They mirrored each other in the Senate and House on the same two committees that are essential for the success of Hawaiian tribalism funded by federal megabucks. They engaged in straightforward legislation; but no Inouye-style stealth maneuvers focused on appropriations bills for Department of Defense or Department of Interior. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard launched a campaign for the Democrat Party nomination for President, won lots of media attention but almost no delegates, and announced her retirement after 8 years in Congress with few accomplishments, no clear plans for the future, and might leave Hawaii. Her newly elected replacement for the 117th Congress is Kaiali'i Kahele, an ethnic Hawaiian already displaying race-activism and huge egotism during his orientation period for new members in December 2020 (Hawaiian-language prayer and chant at Kamehameha statue in Capitol; tweet to Biden Dept of Interior nominee falsely proclaiming that Hawaiian language was made illegal for a century following overthrow of the monarchy). Kahele easily won election to Congress representing Hawaii district 2 (rural O'ahu plus all neighbor islands), replacing Tulsi Gabbard. "Kahele said he anticipates being a voice for Hawaiians and other indigenous people in congress, and that he expects to take on issues related to Hawaiian Homelands and federal recognition."
In Hawaii the legislature refused to pass several "normal" racial entitlement bills, including a bill to greatly increase the amount of money to give to OHA in lieu of its 20% share of ceded land revenue (the amount "owed" cannot be determined mathematically due to lack of an inventory of the ceded lands). During 2019 Leon Siu, self-declared foreign minister of the Kingdom of Hawaii, continued lobbying the United Nations both in New York and Geneva, seeking support for Hawaii independence; but throughout 2020 he suspended activities at U.N. due to COVID virus. Ethnic Hawaiians created race-based "Aloha 'Aina" political party certified to place candidates on the ballot for state elections in November 2020; but got very few votes. OHA made major effort through website, TV and social media to get ethnic Hawaiians to vote for ethnic Hawaiian candidates. Online and print newspapers propagandized that ethnic Hawaiians are huge victims of Coronavirus; and also that DHHL should be allowed to build a gambling casino on Kapolei Hawaiian Homeland. OHA trustee Keli'i Akina, opponent of the tribal concept, won re-election to another 4-year term. OHA chair Carmen Hulu Lindsey, after 20 years on the board, lost re-election to a relatively unknown former beauty queen.
The 117th Congress, January 2021 through December 2022, has a House controlled by a very small majority of Democrats; and a Senate evenly split 50-50 with Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris available to break any tie votes, and Democrat President Joe Biden. News report says Biden will support expected omnibus tribal recognition bill to give federal recognition simultaneously to numerous tribes which have sought recognition for many years, including Hawaiians. 43CFR50, a regulation proclaimed by outgoing Obama Department of Interior on October 14, 2016, provides a pathway to federal recognition which remains asleep but can be easily implemented if Hawaiian activists decide to use it. Newly elected Hawaii Rep. Kaiali'i Kahele has pledged to support racial entitlement programs and Hawaiian sovereignty; veteran Congressman Ed Case has always supported it and serves on House subcommittee overseeing Indian affairs; Senator Brian Schatz devoted his maiden speech in 2013 to pushing the Akaka bill (which did not exist at that time) and has spent his entire time in Senate as member of both the Indian Affairs Committee and the Appropriations Committee. Schatz is now Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, where he will wield power similar to previous Hawaii Senators who were Chairs of the committee: Inouye and Akaka.
A webpage reviews the history of efforts to get official government recognition of ethnic Hawaiians as a political entity or Indian tribe -- a narrative summary covering 21 years 2000 through 2020, broken into two-year Congressional periods. Each "Congress" has a link to an index for that two year period, broken into sub-indexes in chronological order, linking to webpages providing full text of news reports, commentary, and lawsuits regarding the Akaka bill in Congress, stealth maneuvers by Senator Inouye, Obama Department of Interior regulatory process, Hawaii legislature bills and resolutions, etc.; and efforts to gain local and international recognition of Hawaii as an allegedly continuing independent nation, through protests and lawsuits in Hawaii regarding Mauna Kea and taxes on land, and lobbying activity in the United Nations (both New York and Geneva). Go to
https://big11a.angelfire.com/AkakaHistSummary2000to2022.html
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INDEX OF NEWS REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2021
January 3, 2021: Tom Yamachika, President of the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, explains that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act allows Indian tribes to conduct gaming operations in a State, even if the State doesn’t agree, under certain conditions. Basically, you need to have an Indian tribe, Indian lands, and gambling that is permitted by the State. So the DHHL proposal to put a casino on the Hawaiian Homelands would allow tribes from the mainland to build their own casinos in Hawaii.
Jan 6: Free Hawaii blog publishes YouTube video based on Buffalo N.Y. news report warning that President-elect Biden supports a planned bill in Congress to give long-delayed federal recognition to numerous Indian tribes including Native Hawaiians. Full text of news report is provided.
Jan 21: Honolulu TV news: Some are renewing a push for federal recognition of Native Hawaiians under Biden administration
The new administration is opening the door for federal recognition for Native Hawaiians, allowing greater self-determination and control similar to other Native American tribes.
Jan 23: Leon Siu, who styles himself Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, publishes Ke Aupuni Update for January. 10,000 Hawaiian flags were planted in the state Capitol grounds for opening day of the legislature. New U.S. President Joe Biden inherits the obligation to carry out the executive agreement he made with [ex]queen Lili'uokalani to help restore the monarchy.
Jan 26: Biden Raises Hopes For Native Hawaiians Seeking Federal Recognition
But the idea is controversial as many don’t think that establishing a nation within a nation is the best option.
February 4, 2021: Senator Brian Schatz (D, HI) is now Chairman of Indian Affairs Committee. Several news reports; video of 7-minute speech. See also Conklin webpage "Rebuttal to maiden speech by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D,HI) on June 11, 2013 pleading for federal recognition for a phony Akaka tribe"
https://www.angelfire.com/big09/AkakaSchatzMaiden061113.html
Feb 7: Leon Siu, who styles himself Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, publishes Ke Aupuni Update expressing happiness that DHHL proposal for casino is stalled in legislature; and warning about new push for federal recognition of phony Hawaiian tribe by inserting "Native Hawaiian" into a bill to simultaneously recognize numerous real tribes; urging signups on petition to remove McKinley statue and name from Honolulu high school.
Feb 15: Senator Brian Schatz (D, HI) is not only chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, but also chair of an appropriations subcommittee where he can send billions of dollars to Hawaii; and also chair of Democrat special committee on climate change.
Feb 20: Leon Siu, who styles himself Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, publishes Ke Aupuni Update: "We Are a NATION! We Are Not a TRIBE! ... Bundling Native Hawaiians into a bill with real American Indian tribes that want Federal Recognition, practically guarantees passage. That means, Hawaiians would get swept along in a fed Rec group plan."
Feb 21: Honolulu Star-Advertiser editorial columnist reports "This is not the time, Schatz said, for another version of a Native Hawaiian sovereignty bill as envisioned by Akaka. Instead, the new chairman said he wants to work to 'enhance the trust relationship that already exists with the federal government and Native Hawaiians and enhance revenue streams with education, health, housing and broadband.' ... “Under (former President Barack) Obama, there was the beginning of the self-determination process. My thought is to help that along, but self-determination means self-determination. That means a consensus has to be developed among Hawaiians about the relationship they want or don’t want between a Native Hawaiian governing entity and the federal government. It is not ripe yet,' said Schatz."
Feb 24: OHA press release: Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey testified this morning at the first hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs chaired by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), urging senators to help address the needs of Native Hawaiians. Full text of press release, links to entire written testimony and video of her speech to them.
Feb 27: Free Hawaii blog notes that OHA Chair Hulu Lindsey's testimony to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs indicates intention to push for federal recognition of Hawaiian tribe.
March 4, 2021: Ethnic Hawaiian professor at University of Toronto authors article in "The Guardian" newspaper warning "The Biden administration is set to officially recognize a Native Hawaiian government. That may sound positive, but it isn’t"
March 14: A 28-minute YouTube interview of Leon Siu "Thereʻs been some amazing Hawaiian Kingdom progress lately at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva."
March 17-19: Hawaii House Committee on Education holds hearing on resolution asking Department of Education to remove the name of President McKinley from that high school and to remove his statue from that campus; resolution draws strong testimony in opposition and gets shelved.
March 31-April 1, 2021: Robin Danner, President of the so-called Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, writes to new U.S. Dept. of Interior Secretary Haaland portraying SCHHA as the same as a tribe and asking for bureaucratic changes at DOI to make that seem true.
Apr 12: Anne Keala Kelly to DOI Sec Haaland 'We're not Native Americans'
Apr 16: Hawaiian cultural practitioners, community leaders and activists who speak for Hawaiian rights and the protection of Mauna Kea, send letter to Secretary of Interior, Deb Haaland, in advance of a congressional proposal for Hawaiian reparations. Letter alleges illegal overthrow of monarchy, illegal annexation, U.S. belligerent occupation of Hawaii.
Apr 24: Leon Siu, who styles himself Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, publishes Ke Aupuni Update: Black lives matter, Asian lives matter, but don't Hawaiian lives matter? How haoles invaded Hawaii, created a fake Republic and then Territory and then State of Hawaii; and converting natives into loyal Americans, forgetting our language, our culture, our history and identity. McKinley High School was the center of brainwashing Asian immigrants to become Americans and support the haoles.
Apr 27:
(a) Indian Country Today online newspaper publishes news release: "The Association of Hawaiians for Homestead Lands (AHHL) join the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA) in congratulating the first Native American to lead the Department of the Interior (DOI), where the federal agency has a direct duty of protection and oversight of all native Hawaiians defined under a 100-year-old federal law."
(b) Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s announcement on steps it is taking to restore Tribal homelands, empower Tribal governments, and better manage Indian lands.
List of Relevant Biden Administration Documents (i.e., executive orders) ["includes a Carcieri Fix" which Congress has refused to pass every year since the Supreme Court ruled in the Carcieri case]
List of Withdrawn Trump Administration Documents
(c) US Department of the Interior News Release. Interior Department Takes Steps to Restore Tribal Homelands, Empower Tribal Governments to Better Manage Indian Lands
FULL TEXT OF ITEMS FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2021 ARE AT
https://big11a.angelfire.com/AkakaHist117StartJan2021.html
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INDEX OF NEWS REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2021
May 7, 2021: Brown University student-run magazine for political journalism publishes interview with an obscure ethnic Hawaiian independence activist/scholar who deplores the Biden administration's likely push for federal recognition for a Hawaiian tribe, and who supports Hawaiian independence as the solution for U.S. imperialist settler colonial capitalism.
May 15: Twice-monthly Ke Aupuni update by Leon Siu, who stles himself as Foreign Minister of the continuing sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii. Touts Star-Advertiser major article saying U.S. owes Hawaiians millions of $ of land; decries bill awaiting Gov signature to allow 100-year leases of ceded lands.
May 17: Blockbuster article in National Geographic spews anti-America anti-White propaganda about Hawaii's history, and ongoing oppression of ethnic minorities, in order to create public support for creating federally recognized Hawaiian tribe and giving huge reparations.
May 29, 2021:
(a) Kenneth Conklin, Executive Director of Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies, message to Governor Ige urging him NOT to veto HB499 allowing commercial leases on public lands to be extended to 99 years, despite Hawaiian sovereignty activists pressuring him to veto it;
(b) Leon Siu, self-styled Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian kingdom, twice-monthly Ke Aupuni update says many topics reported in media show rising awareness of the injustice of America's occupation of Hawaii: especially the publicity about proposal to remove name and statue of McKinley from that high school, and (manufactured) controversy over whether Hawaiian surfers at upcoming Olympics will be allowed to wear Hawaiian flags instead of U.S. flags.
June 27, 2021: Leon Siu, self-styled Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian kingdom, Ke Aupuni update trashes July 4; and McKinley High School name and statue.
July 1, 2021: OHA Trustee Keli'i Akina column in OHA monthly newspaper proposes to create a private trust to be owned exclusively by ethnic Hawaiians and that all Native Hawaiian assets currently held by State of Hawaii should be transferred to that trust in order to empower Native Hawaiians to have exclusive control over their own assets. Ken Conklin's comment.
July 4 American Independence Day holiday:
(a) Leon Siu commentary in Honolulu Star-Advertiser laments July 4 history of U.S. control over Hawaii & urges removal of McKinley name and statue from high school. Ken Conklin's online comment.
(b) Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and all major newspapers on all Hawaiian islands, mourns death of anti-U.S. Hawaiian activist Haunani-Kay Trask; newspapers do not publish any content on this holiday to celebrate this holiday.
July 10: Leon Siu, twice-monthly Ke Aupuni Update, again urges removal of McKinley name and statue from McKinley High School; and also about how Hawaii schools allegedly brainwashed kids during the years after annexation to denationalize them from Hawaiian national identity.
July 20: Peter Apo "How To Build A Virtual Hawaiian Nation.
There is a vast network of outstanding Hawaiian organizations. What's missing is leadership." Comment by Ken Conklin
July 24: Leon Siu Aupuni update re tourist invasion; and renewing call to sign petitions to remove McKinley name and status from high school; and to allow Hawaii athletes to compete in Olympics under Hawaiian flag instead of USA flag. And, as always: Send Money!
July 29: Carissa Moore: Surfing Olympic Gold Medalist, Proud American, Native Hawaiian. Ken Conklin Facebook page displays photos of Olympic gold medalist Carissa Moore, a Native Hawaiian, joyfully displaying the U.S. flag as a shawl over her shoulders during triumphal return to the beach after competition, and on bottom of her surfboard, and as the entirety of her facemask during nationally televised interview with NBC reporter Lester Holt -- despite widespread publication of AP and NBCNews articles claiming Native Hawaiian athletes want to reject the U.S. flag and display only the Hawaiian flag as an assertion of continuing existence of an independent natsion of Hawaii.
August 1, 2021:
(1) TV news report about July 31 secessionist celebration of July 31 Hawaiian Kingdom holiday "Ka La Ho'iho'i Ea" [Sovereignty Restoration Day: 1843 Britain returned sovereignty to Hawaii King Kamehameha III after a rogue British warship captain had seized control a few months previously to foreclose on unpaid debts]
(2) and (3)
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is an agency of the state government, spending government money, which publishes a monthly newspaper with circulation of 70,000 copies. 60,000 are mailed each month at no subscription cost to anyone requesting them, and 10,000 are given away through libraries, street newsracks, etc. Recently OHA has become more aggressive in supporting the secession of Hawaii from the USA on the theory that the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, annexation of Hawaii, and Statehood, were all illegal under international law and therefore Hawaii rightfully remains an independent nation. Below, in the section for August, are full text of two articles published in the OHA monthly newspaper for August:
(2) "Let’s Celebrate on Admission Day!" by a professor at a branch of the state university (salary and facilities paid for with tax dollars);
(3) "Seeking Redress for War Crimes Committed Against the Hawaiian Kingdom" -- an official resolution adopted by the Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches (AHEC) of the Hawaiʻi Conference United Church of Christ (UCC), to be forwarded to the worldwide UCC with a recommendation that they should adopt it.
Friday Aug 6 & Monday Aug 9: Honolulu Star-Advertiser publishes editor's puff-piece interview with head of Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, portraying CNHA as a lovely benevolent provider of help to small businesses seeking publicity and marketing for their products, and describing the CEO as a very nice single father. Then newspaper publishes news report about CNHA CEO meeting President Biden as part of a small group of tribal leaders seeking federal help to raise visibility and assistance for economic development. Nobody mentions the 20-year history of CNHA as a consortium of wealthy, powerful race-based institutions created to push the Akaka bill to create a Hawaiian tribe, get federal recognition for it, and divide the lands and people of Hawaii along racial lines. These two articles together seem intended to soften up public opinion ahead of an expected onslaught of propaganda for Native Hawaiian "nationhood" and racial entitlement programs.
Aug 13-14: Honolulu TV station and online video news blog report that the Chairperson of the House committee that has control over legislation for Indian tribes came to Hilo at the invitation of Hawaii Rep Kai Kahele to celebrate the centennial of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (and presumably also to discuss racial entitlement programs and federal recognition for a Hawaiian tribe; and Hawaii Rep. Ed Case also attended.
Aug 16: Leon Siu twice-monthly Aupuni update: Gleefully notes that there is no celebration of 123rd anniversary of Hawaii's annexation to USA; repeats his usual request for donations.
Aug 17: Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that Robin Danner, chairwoman of the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, will move from Kauai to the nation’s capital next month to reopen the advocacy group’s office. This marks the first time in the organization’s 34-year history that it will have full-time representation on the Hill. Conklin online comment notes history of Danner with Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and chief pusher of Akaka bill.
Aug 25: David Keanu Sai, a leader of the independence movement, trashes several leaders of the tribalists who seek federal recognition of a Hawaiian tribe, regarding their incorrect descriptions of the history of the Mahele (creation of fee-simple private land ownership) which wrongly portrayed native Hawaiians as victims of colonial oppression and exploitation.
August 28, 2021:
(1) Leon Siu twice-monthly Aupuni update: Says Lili'uokalani never surrendered, she only temporarily yielded; says 1993 apolofy is a law, not merely a resolution or bill; says stop referring to continental U.S. as "mainland". Also appeals again for McKinley name & statue to be removed from the school.
(2) NBC News report: Covid spike reignites sovereignty debate among Native Hawaiians
“There’s a huge split between those who literally want to have a Native governing entity with limited autonomy ... and those who want the U.S. out of Hawaii,” one scholar said.
FULL TEXT OF ITEMS FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2021 ARE AT
https://big11a.angelfire.com/AkakaHist117StartMay2021.html
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INDEX OF NEWS REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021
September 11, 2021: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be the Foreign Minister of the still-existing Hawaiian Kingdom, publishes twice-monthly "Ke Aupuni [government] Update"s. This one focuses on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist destruction of the twin towers of the N.Y. World Trade Center, saying that it is the existence of U.S. military bases in Hawaii, both on December 7 1941 and currently, that make Hawaii a target for enemies of the USA; and the disorderly pullout from Afghanistan shows the U.S. is an unreliable protector.
Sept 23: Honolulu Star-Advertiser commentary says Sen. Brian Schatz as chair of Indian Affairs Committee should squelch bill to give federal recognition to Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina because that would divert a billion dollars from programs for ethnic Hawaiians.
Sept 25: Leon Siu, Ke Aupuni Update, celebrates the Dept of Ed. decision to rename Honolulu's Central Middle School, and expresses hope DOE will soon also remove name and statue of McKinley High School because of its historic link with CMS and Princess Ruth Keelikolani.
Sept 30: Leon Siu commentary in Honolulu Star-Advertiser notes how easy it was to change name of a school which later spawned McKinley High School, therefore should be easy to change McKinley school name too. Says Pres McKinley deplored by Hawaiians like Robert E. Lee now deplored by Americans. Online rebuttal by Conklin
October 11, 2021: State of Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs press release celebrating President Biden's proclamation of Indigenous Peoples Day and the fact that Biden included Native Hawaiians. But OHA statement then REBUKES BIDEN when it adds that "Native Hawaiians are owed the same trust responsibility as any other Native American group" and "the omission of Native Hawaiians from federal consultation requirements has stifled and limited Native Hawaiian voices from being able to comment upon and inform federal projects and programs for the past two decades."
Oct 16: Leon Siu, Ke Aupuni Update: The "Papal Bulls” set in motion 600 years of colonialism; U.N. Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been ineffective just like U.S. apology resolution for overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy; Hawaiians fighting to restore independence; get rid of McKinley name and statue at the school.
October 30: Leon Siu, Ke Aupuni Update: Says Hawaii can function as an independent nation because it did so previously and the institutions are there waiting to be re-activated and updated.
November 1, 2021: Article "Pursuing Recognition of Hawaiian Independence" in November issue of OHA monthly newspaper, reviews highlights of history of efforts to secure international recognition of Hawaii's status as an independent nation. The title and content of this article pander to the independence wing of the sovereignty movement. See followup note by Ken Conklin debunking assertions of an 1826 "treaty" and the nature of the 1843 British/French nonaggression pact with each other touted as the holiday Nov. 28 "Ka La Ku'oko'a" [Independence Day]
Nov. 13: Leon Siu, Ke Aupuni Update: Says UN Human Rights Council adopted resolution urging all U.N. agencies to get serious about issues related to promoting self-determination and eradicating vestiges of colonialism; Siu says this will help get rid of 1959 removal of Hawaii from list of non-self-governing territories eligible for decolonization. Donate money & buy stuff!
Nov. 22: Leon Siu describes Ka La Ku'oko'a, -- Independence Day -- a holiday from the bygone Kingdom of Hawaii celebrating a non-aggression pact in which Britain and France pledged to each other that neither nation would try to take over Hawaii in view of the cfact that Hawaii had a government capable of handling its own international affairs. That holiday is being revived by today's Hawaiian secessionists.
Nov. 25: The "Hawaiian Caucus" of the Hawaii Legislature is planning zoom meetings for December 1 and 2 to discuss both the tribal and the independence concepts of Hawaiian sovereignty ahead of the annual legislative session beginning in mid-January. Independence leader Hayden Burgess, alias Poka Laenui, provides text of the invitation sent to him and text of his reply refusing the invitation.
Nov. 27: Leon Siu, Ke Aupuni update: Hau‘oli Lā Kū‘oko‘a iā kākou – Happy Independence Day to All. 178 Years of Independence
Nov. 28: KITV television News: La Ku'oko'a celebration brings hundreds to Oahu's Westside
December 13, 2021: Leon Siu, Ke Aupuni update: The catastrophic contamination from the leaking fuel tanks at Red Hill, is just a hint of the mass destruction we, the people and all life in our islands, are exposed to under this insane U.S. military occupation…
Dec 18: Report by study group organized by legislature calls for more Native Hawaiian involvement in Mauna Kea management, and recommends that University of Hawaii and astronomy community NOT be part of management.
Dec 22: Reader commentary in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, taking advantage of public outcry over water pollution caused by leaks from Red Hill Navy fuel storage tanks, repeats the usual secessionist assertions about U.S. military presence in Hawaii turning Native Hawaiians into victims of American imperialism.
Dec 23:
(a) Violent cccupation of OHA offices in 2019 by Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi finally leads to felony indictments;
(b) Issue relevant to persuade Hawaiian Homeland leaseholders to vote against possible federal recognition of Hawaiian tribe under 43CFR50: Disenrolled Nooksack citizens face eviction from homes on tribal reservation. More than 60 former tribal citizens are set to be kicked out of their homes in a years-long saga over disenrollment.
Dec 27: 20th anniversary of death of John "Butch" Kaapuiki-Kekahu-III, founder of Koani Foundation [which runs the Free Hawaii blog and produces numerous secessionist videos for TV and internet]
Dec 28: Two news reports about alleged "sacred places" on public lands of the State of Hawaii, being disrespected [illustrating the fact that there can never be a separation of the lands of Hawaii between ethnic Hawaiian tribe vs. State, because every place in Hawaii is subject to claims of being sacred].
(a) Lake Waiau [Near Mauna Kea summit] is home of 3 goddesses and was disrespected by visitor who threw rocks into it];
(b) Sandbar offshore Kane'ohe is sacred to Laka [hula goddess] and is in danger of being disrespected if local residents take used Christmas trees there annually to burn them.
Dec 28: Leon Siu, Ke Aupuni update: Christmas was an official holiday in the Hawaiian Kingdom. In the two generations of Kamehameha and his sons, Hawaiians transitioned from being fierce warriors living in isolation under a strict feudal system, into a highly enlightened, literate, progressive kingdom engaged in foreign trade and international affairs. Our kupuna codified in their laws and embodied in their society the concept of Peace and Aloha for all — Aloha ʻĀina, Kapu Aloha and Aloha i ke Kahi i ke Kahi.
Dec 29: "Free Hawaii" blog publishes 3-minute YouTube video saying U.S. President William McKinley is responsible for today's leaks of fuel from Navy fuel tanks under Red Hill that have poisoned local water; therefore his name and statue should be removed from the Honolulu high school. Video includes falsehood that "As U.S. President, William McKinley gave the green light to landing U.S. military troops in Hawaii to support the insurgents who illegally overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom government. Because he gave that approval, a straight line can be drawn from that act all the way to today and the Red Hill water contamination, because if McKinley had not given his approval it's likely there would be no U.S. military today in the Hawaiian islands."
FULL TEXT OF ITEMS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021 ARE AT
https://big11a.angelfire.com/AkakaHist117StartSept2021.html
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INDEX OF NEWS REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES FROM JANUARY 1,2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2022
January 1, 2022: OHA monthly newspaper includes article describing OHA's package of bills to be submitted to the state legislature [increase payments from ceded lands revenue; force every government agency to take account of impacts of projects and regulations on racial disparities]; also a pullout 20-page annual report for fiscal 2021 showing assets of $765 Million
Jan 13: Reader commentary in Honolulu newspaper urges support for astronomy on Mauna Kea and says "I was stunned that race and religion would be included in a state legislative working group’s recommendation that a proposed Governing Entity be comprised predominately of Native Hawaiians. ... Then what? Will only Native Hawaiians be allowed above certain elevations? Will other races be permitted on certain dates if they present SafeDNA QR codes?"
Jan 14: Russia Today [Russia propaganda newspaper]: "The Red Hill US naval base in Hawaii is facing the anger of its neighbors and many of the soldiers who live there, after a jet-fuel leak poisoned the water supply of O’ahu Island. ... the locals aren’t surprised, but they’re sick of their colonizer. Their campaign is demanding that the Navy leave the island."
Jan 15: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, writes a twice-monthly blog post entitled "Ke Aupuni Update." In this edition he says "This week we remember our Day of Infamy. On January 17, 1893 the United States, without provocation or warning, landed a company of fully armed marines to overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom. It was a blatant act of piracy that with each succeeding illegal act (“Annexation,” “Statehood”), grew into today’s U.S. military industrial criminal enterprise known as “The State of Hawaii”." Etc. etc.
Jan 20: Opening day at the 2022 legislature features speeches by Democrat and Republican leaders pushing a grant of $600 Million to Dept of Hawaiian Homelands to help reduce the backlog of 28,000 families waiting for decades to get houses and free leasehold government land in racially exclusionary ghettos.
Jan 20: Hawaiian Kingdom blog [Keanu Sai] reports that a federal judge has issued an order of default against the State of Hawaii in lawsuit Hawaiian Kingdom v. Biden. "Before the Hawaiian Kingdom can file a motion for default judgment, the Court needs to first transform itself into an Article II Occupation Court so that it has jurisdiction over the case."
Jan 21: UH regents voted 7-1 to approve Mauna Kea Master Plan; document limits the number of summit telescopes to nine by 2033, and calls for greatly increased race-based participation and control of access and cultural activity at the summit.
February 3, 2022: PBS-Hawaii television broadcasts a one-hour "Insights" panel discussion regarding whether the name and statue of President McKinley should be removed from McKinley High School because of his role in persuading Congress to approve the "illegal" 1898 Treaty of Annexation between the Republic of Hawaii and the USA. Link to the video is included, and also link to Conklin's major webpage on this controversy including all testimony from hearing in state legislature a year ago.
Feb 12: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, in his blog "Ke Aupuni Update says "With disasters like Red Hill; un-bridled tourism; relentlessly rising housing costs; increased homelessness; record numbers fleeing Hawaii as economic refugees; covid deaths and draconian lock-downs; and so forth … the notion of a Free Hawaii is becoming mainstream." Siu also describes his work at United Nations and international video panel discussions.
Feb 16: Several programs benefitting all Indian tribes have had multi-year delays to be reauthorized because Democrats demand Native Hawaiians continue to be included while Republicans refuse to include them. [This could be seen as a proxy battle over the possibility of reviving direct legislation to give federal recognition to a Hawaiian tribe, similar to the Akaka bill 13 year battle from 2000 to 2012.]
Feb 26: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, in his blog "Ke Aupuni Update" says "Watching the insane invasion of Ukraine I cannot help but think about the United States’ unprovoked invasion of our country in 1893. Thanks to the wisdom and courage of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaiʻi did not turn into a bloody battleground, but the American pirate enterprise that resulted has inflicted untold pain, suffering and deep loss to the Hawaiian nation for the past 129 years."
March 12, 2022: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, in his blog "Ke Aupuni Update" discusses 3 items of "Good News": U.S. Navy forced to close Red Hill fuel storage tanks; Legislature poised to appropriate $600 Million for racially exclusionary Hawaiian Homelands; Resolution introduced in legislature (same reso that failed in 2021) to change the name of McKinley High School and remove McKinley's statue.
March 26: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, devotes his entire "Ke Aupuni Update" blog entry to bemoaning the DEFEAT of the resolution in the legislature that would tell the Department of Education to remove the name and statue of President McKinley from the school. Siu promises this is not the end of that effort.
April 9, 2022: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, devotes his entire "Ke Aupuni Update" blog entry to describing a film about a native Hawaiian with leprosy who defied the Provisional Government in 1893 by resisting capture and quarantine at the leprosy colony until he eventually died of the disease. Says ethnic Hawaiians are rediscovering and celebrating their heroes, and spreading their stories among indigenous people elsewhere.
April 11: A Democratic-led bill to strengthen the policy of tribal consultation has hit a snag in Congress, leaving some supporters wondering about its future. The delay is due to concern over whether Alaska native corporations and ethnic Hawaiians should be included along with the mainland tribes.
April 20: A confrontation early this year at Waianae Small Boat Harbor between state officers and the leader of a Hawaiian sovereignty group triggered a series of events leading to the arrest last week of a Windward Oahu man for allegedly threatening to behead three people, including the Waianae harbor master. ... and stating his intent to overthrow Hawaii’s government.
April 23, 2022: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be Foreign Minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, devotes his entire "Ke Aupuni Update" blog entry to reviewing the 50-year history of Hawaiian independence activists at the United Nations advocating for getting the U.N. to rescind its 1959 removal of Hawaii from the list of non-self-governing territories eligible for decolonization. Siu says other nations have evolved from saying "so sorry" to "is it possible" to "how can we help".
FULL TEXT OF ITEMS FROM JANUARY 1,2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2022 ARE AT
https://www.angelfire.com/big11a/AkakaHist117StartJan2022.html
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INDEX OF NEWS REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2022
May 3, 2022: University of Hawaii official news webpage reports that a professor and administrator from the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, together with 5 students, are attending a two week session of the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. “I bring NH (Native Hawaiian) KCHS students to the UNPFII because if we Hawaiians really want our country back, as do I, then we need to learn the international arena of governments,” Kameʻeleihiwa explained.
May 16: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update, notes numerous ethnic Hawaiian financial and policy victories in the legislature "has the Fake State of Hawaii ironically validating our national interests and adding to the momentum to Free Hawaii."
May 28: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update: "The time of thinking of ourselves as a nation in distress has passed. We are a nation on the rise! And the more we assert it, not in a prideful way, but rooted and confident in Aloha ʻĀina and Kapu Aloha, the sooner our nation will be restored. ... Recently the State of Hawaii has been making numerous concessions"
June 1, 2022: Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, holds committee hearings in Honolulu and Hilo to hear testimony from ethnic Hawaiian leaders regarding the alleged trust relationship between U.S. government and Native Hawaiians [this could be a first step toward restarting legislation to grant federal recognition to a Hawaiian tribe].
June 3: Native Hawaiians urge congressional committee [Senate Indian Affairs chaired by Hawaii Sen Brian Schatz] to meet its trust obligation by opening more access to funding.
June 7: Ian Lind [who has Hawaiian native ancestry]: A small parcel of land in central Oahu is the site of another standoff between a group claiming ownership of the land based on Native Hawaiian ancestral rights, and a company holding the modern land title. ... The justifications put forward by the occupying group are a mishmash of unsupported beliefs about Hawaii land titles, lingering historical resentments of the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom, rejection of the existing government and its laws as “fake,” beliefs about “allodial” land rights adopted from so-called “sovereign citizen” groups on anti-government fringe, elements of the “straw man” conspiracy theory, and a healthy dose of plain old magical thinking.
June 8: Stephen Kinzer blog: Supreme Court might overturn the "insular cases" and rule that U.S. "territories" are not rightfully under U.S. jurisdiction, in a case now under consideration regarding whether the people of American Samoa are U.S. citizens to whom the Constitution applies.
June 11: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update: "In fact, today, June 11, marks the 150th Anniversary of the celebration of Kamehameha Day, an official holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom that continues to be earnestly celebrated by none other than the State of Hawaii. How cool is that? And how ironic!"
June 20: A group called Occupied Forces Hawaii Army remained encamped on private property above Hawaii Country Club in Kunia last week and it’s unclear when law enforcement will forcibly remove them [See June 7 above]
June 27: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update: Lamenting the fact that Hawaii is not included in international meetings with ["other"] Pacific island nations.
June 29: Ian Lind blog discusses mainland "sovereign citizens" claims as reflected in Hawaii assertions of $34 Billion in bonds.
July 1, 2022: Honolulu TV station reports on police arrests of Hawaiian sovereignty "army" squatters, and Star-Advertiser newspaper embarrasses itself by shoddy hearsay short report about it. [See June 7 & June 20, above]
July 16: Leon Siu, Aupuni update: "Youʻd be surprised to know how many countries at the United Nations empathize and agree with our quest to free Hawaiʻi from the United States. ... [Our] plan is to cause the UN General Assembly to discover that it made an error in accepting the U.S.’ report claiming the Hawaiian people had freely consented (through the Statehood Plebiscite) to become a “state” of the United States. And in discovering they made an error, the UN General Assembly would be required by its own rules, to rescind that 1959 resolution. Thus, the U.S. claim that Hawaiʻi is a state of the U.S. becomes null and void. And, by default, the Hawaiian Kingdom emerges as a sovereign, independent nation-state."
July 19: Honolulu Star-Advertiser touts the Hawaiian Kingdom holiday Ka La Ho'iho'i Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) which will be celebrated at Thomas Square on July 31 -- but the article is filled with historical inaccuracies, and poor timing and style, showing it to be a propaganda piece rather than a genuine news report.
July 22:
(a) Honolulu Civil Beat online newspaper publishes candidacy statement by Sam Kalanikupua King, running for OHA trustee. He states many positions affirming pride in America, the concept that all citizens are entitled to equality under the law (regardless of race) and opposition to the way many ethnic Hawaiians portray themselves as victims. As an attorney he specifically refutes the lie, frequently asserted by OHA, that there is a requirement in the state Constitution or the statehood admissions act that 20% of ceded land revenue must be given to OHA.
(b) Honolulu Civil Beat online newspaper publishes Ian Lind's followup to earlier reports about a Hawaiian sovereignty "army" of squatters who forcibly occupied private land and resisted eviction under a theory that their racial group has inherited allodial land title from the Mahele of 1848. See June 7 and June 20.
August 13, 2022: Leon Siu Ke Aupuni Update: Statehood Day holiday (Aug 19) is phony because the Statehood vote in 1959 was fraudulent, and United Nations will be rescinding its removal of Hawaii from list of non-self-governing colonial territories.
August 26, 2022: Leon Siu Ke Aupuni Update: Next Friday, September 2nd, we will celebrate the 184th birthday of our extraordinary Queen Liliʻuokalani: set the example for non-violent resistance; yielded authority temporarily not to revolutionaries but to USA; lawsuit over crown lands; McKinley signed annexation treaty; Lili'uokalani lobbied Congress against it; gave wealth for poor kids.
FULL TEXT OF ITEMS FROM MAY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2022 ARE AT
https://www.angelfire.com/big11a/AkakaHist117StartMay2022.html
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INDEX OF NEWS REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022
September 4, 2022: Retired journalist Ian Lind reports that 2 men facing felony charges in the 2019 takeover of OHA offices are likely to raise a sovereignty defense. They claim to be federal marshals for the Sovereign Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi, who are beyond the jurisdiction of the state courts.
Sept 7: Ken Conklin submits 53-page testimony, regarding scoping for an environmental impact statement, to National Science Foundation and NASA concerning the proposed Thirty-Meter telescope project on Mauna Kea. Testimony is intended to debunk and discredit two racially divisive and politically diversionary claims asserted by TMT opponents. The false claims are: (1) Native Hawaiians, as a group, regard Mauna Kea as a sacred place which would be desecrated by TMT; (2) Native Hawaiians are an indigenous people whose genealogical relationship to Hawaii's 'aina (land, sea, air) gives them an inherent right to govern Hawaii and especially to have decision-making political power over land-use decisions. Testimony is available on a webpage "TMT Mauna Kea testimony September 2022" at
https://www.angelfire.com/big11a/TMTtstmnySept2022.html
Sept. 10: Leon Siu, who imagines himself to be foreign minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom, says "Yes, there are many benefits from the Western ways we can use, but to really free our nation, we have to free ourselves of the oppressor’s mindset, we have to think clearly for ourselves and apply our ways to how we want to live. We must be guided by the ways and core values of our kūpuna... aloha ke Akua, aloha ʻāina, mālama pono, kōkua, lōkahi, and so forth."
Sept. 24: Leon Siu notes what President Joe Biden said to the United Nations about Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and attempt to erase Ukraine nationhood, and recasts it sentence-by-sentence into what Joe Blow might say about U.S. 1893 invasion of Hawaii and attempt to erase Hawaii's sovereignty.
October 7, 2022: Leon Siu "Every year at this time, while the U.S. celebrates Columbus’/Discoverers’/Indigenous Peoples' Day, we ask people to hold a ceremony called, The Burning of the Papal Bulls, to reject colonialism. The "Papal Bulls” were edicts issued by several Roman Catholic popes, that set in motion 600 years of colonialism ... United Nations is working to end colonialism.
Oct 17: Defendant in 2019 invasion of OHA office claims state court has no jurisdiction because he is a citizen and official of the sovereign “Kingdom of Atooi.”
Oct 18: U.S. Dept of Interior proclaims it will now treat Native Hawaiians as a sovereign group like a federally recognized tribe (although they are not).
Oct 19: Honolulu Star-Advertiser news report describes new Department of Interior policy toward Native Hawaiians. Ken Conklin online comments focusing on alleged "trust relationship"
Oct 21: Honolulu newspaper editorial supports Dept of Interior unilaterally proclaimed new policy to "consult" with "Native Hawaiians" as though they are a federally recognized Indian tribe. Ken Conklin online comments
Oct 24: Hayden Burgess, alias Poka Laenui, describes his communication through OHA to the Dept of Interior bureaucracy regarding new DOI policy of consultation with Native Hawaiians -- he says the U.S. illegally ousted the Hawaiian monarchy and took over Hawaii; so U.S. first action should be to withdraw from Hawaii and restore Hawaii's status as an independent nation.
Oct 25: Federal government charges Hawaiian sovereignty group member Lindsey Kinney of the Occupied Forces Hawaii Army of threatening to behead Waianae boat harbor master. The "Army" website motto is “Don’t delay, Repatriate today, To the Country of Hawaii.” Kinney, through an attorney, tried to assert that he is not subject to U.S. laws due to the illegal occupation and overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom.
Oct 29: Leon Siu: Secretary of Interior new policy to consult with Native Hawaiians is the newest scam to put Hawaiians into the American Indian tribal-nation corral without actually saying so.
November 12, 2022: Leon Siu: The United States never lawfully acquired or extinguished the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Therefore, the US submission of Hawaii to the UN decolonization list was an act of fraud ... and against General Assembly Resolution 66, constitutes an international wrongful act by the United Nations.
Nov 16: U.S. House Rules Committee holds hearing on proposal to allow Cherokee tribe to send official Delegate to Congress on equal status with Delegates from Guam, American Samoa, and other Territories. 2 news reports, Speaker Pelosi official news release, links to detailed heavily footnoted legal analysis by committee attorney and to YouTube video of 2 hr 33 min hearing.
Nov. 18: University of Hawaii plan for the 10-campus University of Hawaii system prioritizes ‘kuleana to Hawaiians’
Nov 19: Leon Siu, Aupuni Update, describes the historic La Ku'oko'a Hawaiian Kingdom Independence Day holiday (November 28, 1843) being revived nowadays as a way of asserting that Hawaii remains an independent nation.
Nov 24: (Thanksgiving): New Iolani Palace Exhibit Will Describe The Hawaiian Kingdomʻs Overthrow
Expected to be completed in 2024, it will be the first major new exhibit the palace has undertaken in decades. [It will embellish the way the Palace is used as propaganda for Hawaiian sovereignty]
Nov 25-27: Hawaiian Independence Day events on O'ahu [Holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom being revived and celebrated for political purpose to assert continuing independence nowadays and/or to push for action to make Hawaii secede from USA or to make USA withdraw from Hawaii]
Nov 27: Blockbuster lengthy headline article in Sunday Honolulu newspaper, in cooperation with ProPublica, entitled "NATIVE HAWAIIANS are still waiting for the military to remove unexploded bombs" on land used for military training in World War 2. Portrays Native Hawaiians as the only victims; portrays U.S. military as their evil victimizer. Tear-jerker article timed to arouse public sympathy ahead of 2023 legislature, authored by same "reporter" who wrote the series one year ago about U.S. and State of Hawaii malfeasance regarding federally promised DHHL "Hawaiian Homelands."
December 10, 2022: Leon Siu, Free Hawaii blog Ke Aupuni Update reviews history of major U.S. military involvement in Hawaii following 12/07/41 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, decades-long use of Kaho'olawe island as target for training military personnel how to drop bombs, recent repeated poisoning of water at Red Hill, successful resistance to building 30-meter telescope atop Mauna Kea.
Dec 15 with Dec 14: The Holoi a nalo Wahine ‘Oiwi report — the first of its kind undertaken by the Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women and Girls Task Force — analyzes data from various social service agencies and other sources with the aim of better identifying causes behind issues like sex trafficking, sexual exploitation and domestic violence, which appear to affect disproportionate numbers of Native Hawaiian women and girls. ... report found that a majority of sex trafficking cases involved Native Hawaiian girls trafficked in Waikiki — and that 38% of arrests made for soliciting sex from 13-year-olds, through Operation Keiki Shield, have been active-duty military personnel.
Online comments and statistical analysis by Ken Conklin and Andrew Walden
Dec 20: Editorial calls for "A sharper focus on sex trafficking" and proclaims "Native Hawaiians are disproportionately represented among the girls in the islands who go missing and are the targets of sex trafficking."
Online statistical analysis by Ken Conklin
December 31, 2022: Hawaii Supreme Court forces Dexter Kaiama (Attorney General for Keanu Sai's Kingdom of Hawaii) to give up law license. Ian Lind's blog summarizes repeated failure of Kaiama's theory that federal and state courts have no jurisdiction in civil or criminal matters because Hawaii’s annexation to the U.S. in 1898 wasn’t legal, the Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist as a nation pursuant to international law and has been under a prolonged and illegal occupation, leaving Kingdom law still in effect.
FULL TEXT OF ITEMS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2022 ARE AT
https://www.angelfire.com/big11a/AkakaHist117StartSept2022.html
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