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History of efforts to create a Hawaiian tribe from September 1 through December 31, 2021; 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.

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."

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FULL TEXT OF ITEMS LISTED IN THE INDEX, FROM MAY 1 through August 31, 2021

http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2021/09/ke-aupuni-update-septembr-2021-keeping.html
Free Hawaii blog Saturday September 11, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2021
Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono.

Wake-up call from 9-11 and Afghanistan

Today, on the 20th Anniversary of the devastating attack on the World Trade Center in New York (and The Pentagon), we ask ourselves: “Has the world become safer from war and violence?” The answer is: No! Instead, the world has become far, far more dangerous! The 20 years of the U.S.-led shock-n-awe military actions in the Middle-East to end terrorism and the threat to freedom and democracy, has ended in the catastrophic debacle of the American abandonment of Afghanistan two weeks ago that will have far-reaching and long-lasting impact on those whom the wars were supposed to protect… This has grave implications for us in Hawaiʻi too.

One of the major lies the United States uses to justify its possession of Hawaiʻi, is they protect us from being invaded and taken-over by other less-honorable countries. They say, “Better US than them.” (pun intended)

That, of course, is specious. Other countries don’t want to conquer our white sandy beaches, great weather and wonderful people of aloha. It is the U.S. strategic command center and huge military installations on Oʻahu that makes Hawaiʻi the prime target of enemies of the U.S. Case in point: The Japanese attack on December 7, 1941 was not to capture the Hawaiian Islands, but to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

That attack was carried out by “conventional” weapons and targeted only at military bases and had limited civilian casualties. Today, it would not be dive-bombing planes, but hypersonic missiles carrying nuclear warheads a hundred times more powerful than Hiroshima. Just one could destroy not only the military installations but instantly obliterate everything and kill nearly every person on the whole island of O’ahu… followed by the deadly residual effects to the rest of our island chain.

The fall of Afghanistan is a loud wake-up call. It is urgently imperative that we extricate ourselves from the clutches of the United States. As a nation, we would fare much better with kapu aloha, than with guns and missiles.

The U.S. unlawful presence in the Hawaiian Islands is not only illegal, it places us in mortal danger. The more we stand as free people; the more we assert the Hawaiian Kingdom is alive and kicking; the quicker we can realize a Free Hawaii.

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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/09/23/editorial/island-voices/column-protecting-kanaka-maoli-interests-in-federal-recognition-bill/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Thursday September 23, 2021, Commentary

Protecting kanaka maoli interests in federal recognition bill

By Micah Young

Placing the interests of the kanaka maoli first, Hawaii’s U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, who chairs the U.S. Senate’s Indian Affairs Committee, recently called for a full and fair hearing of the Lumbee Recognition Act.

If passed, the act would grant federal recognition to a group that calls itself the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Currently, there are a lot of questions surrounding the ancestry of this group. More than 30 tribal leaders have opposed recognition of this group as a tribe and have stated that members of this group “abandon one claim for another when challenges to their identity are asserted” — so Congress should without question give this act a full and fair hearing before granting the Lumbees recognition.

Recognition will likely cost close to $1 billion at a time when federal funding for native groups is scarcer than ever. Hawaii’s kanaka maoli have faced many challenges in particular in accessing federal COVID-19 relief funds. It is the Hawaii congressional delegation’s duty to ensure that funds are not improperly diverted away from those truly deserving of them — especially now.

Data from the Hawaii Department of Health released in 2020 indicated that “Pacific Islanders still account for the majority of COVID-19 cases, with nearly 30% of the cases, even though they make up only 4% of the population. Native Hawaiians represent the third-highest pool of COVID-19 positive patients with 17% of the cases to date.”

With COVID-19 cases in Hawaii recently surging and hospitalization at the highest point of the pandemic, there is an urgent need for federal funds and assistance for these groups that have been heavily and disproportionately impacted.

If Congress fails to research the Lumbee’s ancestry details, it could be a costly mistake. Millions or more in federal funds could end up going to a group that does not have a legitimate claim, while those in need in Hawaii continue to go without assistance.

Government-to-government relations between the Hawaiian kingdom and the U.S. government was destroyed during the illegal annexation and coup in 1893. A 2016 rule finalized by the Department of Interior has created an opportunity for the U.S. to potentially reestablish a formal government-to-government relationship with the kanaka maoli community. Should kanaka maoli leadership determine that this is the best way forward for their community and follow through with this administrative process, they could soon qualify for the same federal funding that Native American tribes and nations receive. However, granting a group that doesn’t have genuine native ties federal recognition will unquestionably degrade the benefits of recognition, and worsen conditions for indigenous people around the U.S.

According to a report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights titled “Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans,” “federal funding for Native American programs across the government remains grossly inadequate to meet the most basic needs the federal government is obligated to provide.”

It went on to state that “since 2003, funding for Native American programs has mostly remained flat, and in the few cases where there have been increases, they have barely kept up with inflation or have actually resulted in decreased spending power.”

It’s incumbent on the executive and legislative branches to address these funding inadequacies. Until that time, though, Congress needs to remain extra vigilant with its constitutional authority to federally recognize natives groups, including the kanaka maoli, and ensure that these funds go into the right hands.

That means saying “no” to bills like the Lumbee Recognition Act before they receive full and fair hearings in Congress.

Micah Young, of Pearl City, is a political and marketing analyst in Honolulu.

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** Ken Conklin's online comment:

Micah Young points out that 43CFR50, proclaimed by Obama's Dept of Interior, provides a path to federal recognition of a phony Hawaiian tribe. That sleeper regulation can be awakened by ethnic Hawaiians acting on their own totally without approval by Congress and without approval by the legislature or people of Hawaii. Mr. Young also points out that Senator Schatz, as chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee, has the power to cripple or block federal recognition of any alleged tribe which might then compete against the Hawaiian tribe for government handouts from a pile of cash for "indigenous" groups that is shrinking because Democrats are ballooning the national debt by trillions of dollars to spend the money on huge welfare programs benefitting non-Indians.

Perhaps a few months from now the Census Bureau might finally tell us how many people nationwide checked the box in 2020 to call themselves "Native Hawaiian" and therefore eligible to join the Hawaiian tribe. 401,000 checked the box in Census 2000, and 527,000 checked the box in 2010; so a reasonable guess for 2020 is more than 650,000 or 700,000, making Hawaiians the largest tribe -- the gorilla in the room, easily able to grab most of the bananas from the real tribes, especially with Schatz as chair of the banana committee. So Micah Young need not worry. The Lumbees, as truly indigenous people, are far more legitimate as a tribe than the Hawaiians, who were members of an internationally recognized multiracial independent nation making it totally ridiculous for the Bureau of Indian Affairs or Department of Interior to govern them as though they were an "indigenous" group.

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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2021/09/ke-aupuni-update-september-2021-keeping.html
Free Hawaii blog Saturday September 25, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2021
Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono.

BANG! SCHOOL NAME CHANGED!
McKinley should be next!

Last Friday, September 17, the State Board of Education voted to change the name of Central Middle School to Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani Middle School. It went into effect immediately! When students and faculty returned to school on Monday, their school had a new name!

This decisive action by the BOE is very encouraging to those of us advocating for changing the name of President William McKinley High School, which shares the same historical origin with the former Central Middle School.

Both schools started as the Fort Street English Day School, which was founded in 1865 at a church on Fort Street in Honolulu. In 1869, Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani offered to house the school at her palace, Keoua Hale.

In 1895 the grades were separated with the upper grades becoming Kula Kiekie o Honolulu (Honolulu High School). In 1907 annexationists bent on using Hawaii’s schools to erase Hawaii’s history and purge Hawaiian identity, changed the name of Honolulu High School to President William McKinley High School and moved it to the corner of Beretania and Victoria Streets, facing Admiral Thomas Square.

Then, in 1923, McKinley High School was relocated a block away to its present location on King Street. The Beretania-Victoria site became Linekona (Lincoln) School... and today is the Honolulu Museum of Art School.

Meanwhile, the lower grades remained at Keoua Hale, Princess Ruthʻs Palace and became known as Central Grammar School then changed briefly to Keelikolani School. But in 1928, because “the name was hard to pronounce” (the excuse given by those using the school system to erase Hawaiiʻs history...), it was changed to Central Junior High School... which in 1932 morphed into Central Intermediate School, then Central Middle School in 1997.

Anyway, Central Middle School and McKinley High School have been inexorably joined from inception. For the sake of setting the historical record straight it is only fitting that both names undergo correction.

The Central Middle School community campaigned for their school’s name to be changed. But unfortunately McKinley High’s administration and alumnae are adamantly clinging to the McKinley name, even though he was a known racist, a white supremacist, the architect of the illegal annexation of Hawaii and America’s awful foreign policies of economic extortion, regime change, devastating shock-n-awe warfare, causing untold destruction, suffering and death… such as the awful debacle we are witnessing in Afghanistan today.

Hopefully, history and common decency will prevail... and the shameful name President William McKinley High School will soon be changed back to Honolulu High School or some other name more befitting of the outstanding reputation of the school. It is also hoped that the highly offensive statue of McKinley will be removed.

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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/09/30/editorial/island-voices/column-theres-nothing-difficult-about-changing-a-schools-name/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Thursday September 30, 2021, commentary

There’s nothing difficult about changing a school’s name

By Leon K. Siu

For those who think changing the name of a school in Hawaii is complicated and hard … it is not.

On Sept. 17, without fanfare, the Hawaii Board of Education (BOE) voted to change the name of Central Middle School. It went into effect immediately! When students and faculty returned to school on Monday, Sept. 20, their school had a new name — Princess Ruth Ke‘elikolani Middle School. The signage, stationery, etc., will take some time to catch up, but for all intents and purposes, the school has a new name.

This decisive action by the BOE is very encouraging to those who have been advocating for years to have the name of President William McKinley High School changed back to Honolulu High School.

Interestingly, the two schools share the same historical origin. They both started as the Fort Street English Day School, which was founded in 1865 at a church on Fort Street in Honolulu. In November 1869, Princess Ruth Ke‘elikolani offered to house the Fort Street English Day School at her palace, Keoua Hale, where the middle school is still located today.

In 1895 the upper grades became Kula Kiekie o Honolulu, commonly called Honolulu High School. In 1907 Honolulu High School was renamed President William McKinley High School (by annexationists who hijacked the school system and used it to erase Hawaii’s history and purge Hawaiian national identity). That year, the school was moved to the corner of Beretania and Victoria streets, facing Admiral Thomas Square.

In 1923, McKinley High School was relocated a block away to its present location on King Street. The Beretania-Victoria site became Linekona (Lincoln) School — and today is the Honolulu Museum of Art School.

Meanwhile, the lower grades of the Fort Street English Day School that remained at Keoua Hale, Princess Ruth’s Palace, became known as Central Grammar School, then changed briefly to Ke‘elikolani School. But in 1928, because “the name was hard to pronounce” (the excuse given by those who hijacked the school system), it was changed to Central Junior High School, which morphed into Central Intermediate School in 1932, then Central Middle School in 1997.

Central Middle School and McKinley High School have been inexorably joined from inception. It is only appropriate that both names be changed for the sake of reflecting their heritage and correcting historical misrepresentations.

Ironically, the point where the situations of the two schools differ is their names. While the name Central Middle School is rather innocuous and harmless, the name President William McKinley High School is highly charged and an affront to history and many Hawaiians.

President William McKinley is to many Hawaiians what Confederate leaders such as Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis are to many Americans today. They were celebrated and honored for well over a century as great American heroes, until people came to realize what those men’s actions represented and the lasting damage they caused.

It’s a shame that even though President McKinley is now clearly seen as disgraceful, many McKinley alumni adamantly cling to the “McKinley” name — no matter how many innocent people were and continue to be injured and killed (like right now, in Afghanistan) by the foreign policies McKinley initiated with the unlawful annexation of Hawaii.

Hopefully, history and common decency will prevail — and the unfortunate name “President William McKinley High School” will soon be changed into something more befitting of the outstanding reputation of the school and accomplishments of its students and faculty. It is also hoped that the statue of McKinley holding a fake annexation document will be removed.

Leon K. Siu, of Aiea, is a Hawaiian national, musician, diplomat and advocate for the reinstatement of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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** Ken Conklin's online comment

There's an article in today's print edition describing Confederate General Robert E. Lee as a morally upstanding man of honorable character who sadly chose the wrong side in the Civil War, in service to what we now know as "The Lost Cause", seeking secession of the Southern states to create an independent nation. That pretty well sums up Leon Siu. I know him. I like him. But he's devoting his life to the wrong side of history, seeking a future that would be bad for all Hawaii's people regardless of race.

Like the states of the old South, an independent nation of Hawaii would be race-supremacist despite the activists' efforts to calm us down with their false claim that they favor full voting and property rights for all races. They do not. They maintain a creation legend that is dangerous race-supremacist religious fascism, asserting that anyone with a Hawaiian native ancestor is a child of the gods and a brother to the 'aina in a way nobody can ever be who lacks a drop of the magic blood. That legend is taught as fact at all levels of our government and private schools, brainwashing our kids to feel it is right to be subservient to ethnic Hawaiians just as Negroes were subservient to their White masters in the Confederacy and later the Jim Crow laws.

The Hawaiian revolution of 1893 got rid of a corrupt, ineffective monarch. The Wilcox attempted counter-revolution of 1895 was decisively defeated by the Republic, like the Confederate attempted secession. The Republic of Hawaii offered a Treaty of Annexation which U.S. President McKinley persuaded Congress to adopt. McKinley is a hero to the eventual incorporation of Hawaii as the 50th state of the USA. We are fortunate to be Americans, and will remain so. We reject efforts by the Hawaiian secessionists to reverse the course of history, and we show our respect to each other and to President McKinley by keeping his name on the school and proudly displaying his statue holding our Treaty of Annexation.

Leon Siu's secessionist buddies have been circulating nonsense that McKinley was a racist. The latest accusation came today on the "Free Hawaii" blog. That's what leftwing race-activists do -- accuse others of being racist. It's sickening. President McKinley was not a racist; he behaved honorably when he implemented U.S. national policy of expansionism and Manifest Destiny. A biography of McKinley by President George W. Bush's policy advisor Karl Rove was published in 2015. Rove's Wall Street Journal article in 2018 attacks Arcata CA leftwing removal of McKinley statue and specifically defends McKinley's reputation on racial issues including his work to defend Black voting rights in Ohio and his conservative-Republican policy of abolishing communal land tenure for Indian tribes in Oklahoma to promote individual land ownership as a way to help Indians build wealth. For details see my webpage about the McKinley controversy, New Item #432.

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** Another person's online comment:

león conflates the renaming of central school, a nothing notation, to the princess ruth ke‘elikolani middle school, which honors princess ruth, with attempting to strip the name of mckinley high school which honors a president who brought hawaii into the u.s. nation. leon would better serve hawaiians by advocating the kam schools to drop the name of the first serial murderer in hawaii.

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https://www.oha.org/news/statement-from-oha-board-chair-linsdey-on-indigenous-peoplesʻ-day/

OHA Press release October 11, 2021

Statement from OHA Board Chair Lindsey on Indigenous Peoplesʻ Day

On Oct. 8, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation which proclaims Oct.11, 2021, (today) as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/10/08/a-proclamation-indigenous-peoples-day-2021/
It is noteworthy and historical that this is the first ever proclamation and recognition of this day by a U.S. President. In response, OHA Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey shared the following statement.

“President Biden’s proclamation designating Oct. 11, 2021, as Indigenous Peoples’ Day is historic and we mahalo President Biden for his inclusion of Native Hawaiians in this proclamation. Native Hawaiians are owed the same trust responsibility as any other Native American group. While the federal trust responsibility has many facets, one of the most critical safeguards of effective self-determination is the ability to consult with the federal government. Under President Clinton’s Executive Order 13175, and subsequent memoranda from the Bush, Obama, and now Biden Administrations, the U.S. Government recognizes the right to sovereignty and self-determination of this nation’s Native people. While this is a step in the right direction, 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. Ensuring Native Hawaiians are informed of all proposed federal actions and allowed to voice their comments and perspectives on them will help to correct this country’s historic wrongs against Native Hawaiians. Federal consultation with entities that serve Native Hawaiians such as OHA, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Native Hawaiian Education Council, Papa Ola Lōkahi, and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems, among others, enables Native Hawaiians to access this basic tenet of self-determination and OHA is committed to continuing its advocacy for Native Hawaiian inclusion in this process.”

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** Note by Ken Conklin: The OHA statement is actually a strong rebuke to Biden for failing to include "Native Hawaiians" as having a "trust relationship" with the federal government alongside American Indians and Native Alaskans.

"Native Hawaiians" is mentioned only once in Biden's proclamation, in the opening sentence which says: "Since time immemorial, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians have built vibrant and diverse cultures — safeguarding land, language, spirit, knowledge, and tradition across the generations."

HOWEVER, "Native Hawaiians" is (apparently intentionally) NOT included in this very important part of the proclamation regarding a federal "trust relationship" with indigenous people:

"In the first week of my Administration, I issued a memorandum reaffirming our Nation’s solemn trust and treaty obligations to American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Nations and directed the heads of executive departments and agencies to engage in regular, meaningful, and robust consultation with Tribal officials. It is a priority of my Administration to make respect for Tribal sovereignty and self-governance the cornerstone of Federal Indian policy. History demonstrates that Native American people — and our Nation as a whole — are best served when Tribal governments are empowered to lead their communities and when Federal officials listen to and work together with Tribal leaders when formulating Federal policy that affects Tribal Nations."

The rebuke to Biden might not be noticed by casual readers who are not familiar with the strong and longstanding dispute between Democrats and Republicans regarding whether there exists a federal trust relationship with Native Hawaiians. This issue is central to OHA's defense of hundreds of racial entitlement programs and to the Akaka bill and to the DOI regulation providing a pathway to recognition of a Hawaiian tribe.

I did extensive research on the Republican vs. Democrat pingpong on the trust relationship. See pp. 15-20 of my testimony on June 20, 2014 in opposition to the proposed DOI regulation providing a pathway to tribal recognition for Native Hawaiians:
https://big09.angelfire.com/ConklinTestmnyDOI081514RulesChangeHawnTribe.pdf

Under President Clinton the Solicitor General of the Department of Interior explicitly asserted there is a trust relationship, in conjunction with Clinton's apology resolution of 1993. But during President Bush's first year in office his DOI Solicitor General wrote a 20-page memo entirely devoted to rescinding that assertion. Then under President Obama the assertion was once again affirmed. For details see pp. 15-20 of the testimony cited above.

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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2021/10/ke-aupuni-update-october-2021-keeping.html
Free Hawaii blog Saturday, October 16, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - OCTOBER 2021
Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono.

The Papal Bulls To McKinley

The "Papal Bulls” set in motion 600 years of colonialism, the forceful spread of western civilization, religion and culture, often resulting in atrocities against native peoples, the forcible taking of lands (including whole continents); the rampant plundering of resources and wanton destruction of the environment… 

Today, though not quite as obvious and masked by global pervasiveness, colonial attitudes and practices remain embedded in the culture, mindset and politics of modern society. Like it or not, colonial doctrines continue to drive society today. 

 Last month, the United Nations (a club consisting of colonial countries and their former colonies) issued a declaration of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of All Forms of Colonialism. Wow! Sounds great! The UN acknowledges it wants to eradicate all forms of colonialism! But wait! Fourth decade? What happened in the first three decades? Absolutely nothing! 

Like the infamous 1993 U.S. Apology for the taking of Hawaii, the UN declaration is just lip service. There is no honor in saying you are sorry and going to make it right, but never getting around to it. There is no justice in allowing wrongs to continue. 

At its root, much of today’s civil unrest is pushback against nearly 600 years of colonialism. People realize the system is not going to fix itself. The people of our nation — the lāhui — have taken the initiative by standing our ground and battling for our ʻāina from Kahoʻolawe, Kalama Valley, Waiahole-Waikāne... all the way to Āʻole Fed Wreck, Kū Kiaʻi Mauna, and most recently, Hūnānāniho. Our Kūʻē actions have caused the cessation of bombings and other destructive activity, the return of lands, the restoration of place-names, streets, sites, schools and buildings. We have seen the installations of numerous statues and memorials to the aliʻi and heroes of our lāhui. 

One of the most obvious and offensive symbols of Manifest Destiny (the American brand of colonialism), is having the name, President William McKinley (and his statue) affixed to one of Hawaiʻi’s top schools. Changing its name back to Honolulu High School would have a huge impact in shifting the fake narrative to the truth of what really happened, and that our nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom, continues to exist and is on the rebound.

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Free Hawaii blog Saturday October 30, 2021
KE AUPUNI UPDATE - OCTOBER 2021

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE

Can Hawaii Function as a Free Country?

• Yes, it can!... The Hawaiian Kingdom can function very nicely as a free country just, as many small countries already do. As a pre-existing country, the Hawaiian Kingdom’s authority and system for governance still exist in its constitution, laws, civil codes, treaties and so forth. They just need to be reactivated and applied.

• Furthermore, most of the mechanisms, infrastructure and systems necessary for a fully functioning, modern country, are already operating in place, right now. Thus, transitioning from being U.S.-operated to being Hawaiian-operated is basically a change of management! It does not entail starting from scratch nor does it need to be drastically overhauled. Just HOW it's managed would change.

• Hawaiian-style management would mean weaving deep-seated Hawaiian values like Aloha ʻĀina, Mālama, Kapu Aloha, Kūleana, Lōkahi, Hoʻoponopono... into the social well-being of our society. That would include politics, economics, education, land use, food production, renewable energy, goods and services, security and other vital national functions.

The huli (flip) will come! Our job is to prepare our lāhui (our nation) now, for an orderly, peaceful transition.

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https://kawaiola.news/issue/ka-wai-ola-vol-38-no-11-november-2021/
Ka Wai Ola [OHA Monthly Newspaper], Vol. 38, No. 11, November 2021, p.14

Pursuing Recognition of Hawaiian Independence

By Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

The journey to have Western powers recognize our long-independent Hawaiian Nation began in the 1800s.

In 1824, King Kamehameha II went to London to secure recognition of the Hawaiian Kingdom but tragically passed away before any commitments were made. Two years later, Queen-Regent Kaʻahumanu successfully negotiated with U.S. envoy Captain Thomas ap Catesby Jones (the “ap” in his name is Welsh for “son of ”) to begin bilateral relations with the United States.

Jones was conferred ambassadorial powers by the U.S. State Department to settle debts owed by Hawaiian chiefs to American sea captains and to deal with American deserters of U.S.-flagged merchant ships.

Kaʻahumanu asserted that the only way the Hawaiian government could assist was if the U.S. recognized Ha- waiʻi as an independent nation. This led to the signing of the U.S.-Hawaiʻi Agreement of 1826, also known as the “Jones Treaty,” which recognized both the independent government of King Kamehameha III, and Native Hawaiians as its subjects.

This was an important point. In treaty negotiations, Kaʻahumanu emphasized that her government would never concede any Hawaiian land to the United States, nor would she tolerate Native Hawaiians being captured, enslaved, and/or trafficked.

While Ka’ahumanu remains a controversial figure because of her role in the abolishment of the kapu system, she negotiated the Kingdom’s first international agreement with a Western power - although the Jones Treaty was largely ignored by Americans living in Hawaiʻi because it was not ratified by the U.S. Senate.

In 1837, Rev. William Richards went to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. Attorney-General Benjamin Franklin Butler as an envoy of Kuhina Nui Princess Elizabeth Kīnaʻu Kaʻahumanu II in an effort to push the U.S. to enforce its treaty obligations.

Richards was a missionary in Hawaiʻi since his arrival in 1823 and was pastor to Queen Keōpūolani. Richards and Butler communicated at length about updating the Jones Treaty. Richards presented Butler with an amend- ed treaty signed by Kamehameha III and the Kuhina Nui for ratification in the U.S. Senate. Butler agreed that a more formal treaty would need to be ratified by the U.S. Senate, but Richards was unable to secure the necessary support. Upon his return to Hawaiʻi, he became an advi- sor to the King.

In 1842, Kamehameha III sought formal agreements with the U.S., France, and the United Kingdom to never seize the Hawaiian Kingdom, to step up diplomatic en- gagement, and to support Hawaiian independence.

He wanted a Native Hawaiian to lead a delegation and selected Timoteo Haʻalilio, appointing him his person- al ambassador. Haʻalilio already served as governor of Oʻahu, private secretary to the King, and treasurer for the Kingdom. He spoke English fluently, and was widely read, eloquent and pious. Since Richards had previous experience on treaty matters, he, too, was appointed to this delegation. A third delegate, Sir George Simpson, the colonial governor of the Hudson Bay Company in Canada, was also appointed to the delegation to leverage his connections with the royal courts of London and Paris. Simpson traveled separately from Haʻalilio and Richards, going directly to Europe. Haʻalilio had a premonition that he would not return to his native land and did not wish to go, but ultimately accepted the assignment out of a sense of duty. Throughout the 28-month-long journey, he wrote heartfelt letters to his mother thanking her for raising him and expressing his wish to pass away by her side.

The delegation departed Honolulu for Mexico. While there, Haʻalilio wrote about the hardships of their travel but also glowingly about Mexico. From Mexico, they proceeded to New Orleans and then to Washington, D.C.

Throughout Haʻalilio’s stay in the U.S., he experienced much racism. One incident occurred on the steamship Globe, when the captain refused to allow Haʻalilio to purchase a full breakfast dining ticket believing him to be Richard’s slave. U.S. newspapers, particularly in the North, celebrated Haʻalilio for being the most distinguished person of color to visit the U.S., and abolitionists touted Haʻalilio as an example of what Blacks were capable of if they were freed.

In Washington, D.C., Haʻalilio and Richards sent a diplomatic note to U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster on Dec. 14, 1842, asserting the treaty rights of the Hawaiian Kingdom stating in part: “In the year 1826 articles of agreement, in the form of a treaty, were entered into between His Majesty’s Government and Thomas ap Catesby Jones, commanding the United States sloop of war Peacock. His Majesty has never received any notice of that treaty’s being ratified, nor intimation that it was approved by the Government of the United States. His Majesty has, nevertheless, during the last sixteen years, governed himself by the regulations of that treaty in all his intercourse with citizens of the United States...”

Within two weeks, U.S. President John Tyler extended the Monroe Doctrine to the Hawaiian Kingdom - essentially guaranteeing American support for Hawaiian independence with a promise that a new treaty, ratified by the Senate, would be forthcoming. With that, the delegation left for Europe.

Three months later, on March 17, 1843, King Louis-Philippe of France formally recognized Hawaiian independence, followed by the United Kingdom on April 1.

An international agreement recognizing Hawaiian independence, the Anglo-French Proclamation, was signed on Nov. 28, 1843. In Hawaiʻi this was commemorated as Lā Kūʻokoʻa – Hawaiian Independence Day.

The agreement included upgrading diplomatic relations, and forming a non-aggression pact promising to never take possession of the Hawaiian Kingdom in any form – an agreement to which both European powers abided. This debunks arguments that, had the U.S. not taken Hawaiʻi, France or Britain would have.

To celebrate, Haʻalilio commissioned a royal coat of arms from the Royal College of Arms in London on be- half of Kamehameha III.

After securing European support, Haʻalilio returned to the U.S. to lobby for concrete action from the U.S. On July 6, 1844, the United States formally recognized Hawaiian independence - minus a non-aggression pact. An upgraded treaty with the U.S. followed in 1849.

In November 1844, while still in America, Haʻalilio contracted tuberculosis and passed away on December 3 aboard a ship departing New York for Hawaiʻi. Haʻalilio was just 36-years-old. He never saw his mother or his motherland again, but left all of us a profound legacy.

November 28, or Lā Kūʻokoʻa, not only marks the successful mission of Haʻalilio but the work of all Kānaka Maoli who fought, struggled, and sacrificed for the lāhui – and who continue to do so. From the beginning, our aliʻi took steps to safeguard the sovereignty of the Hawaiian Kingdom from foreign colonial powers and assert our right to self-determination. It is the kuleana of the present generations of Kānaka Maoli to continue that journey.

Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp grew up in Papakōlea and is a Hawaiian and Filipino writer, blogger and independent researcher.

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** Note by webpage editor Ken Conklin:

This article is a supposedly scholarly summary of how the Kingdom pursued international recognition of its independence. But interestingly, the author calls an 1826 agreement between Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III and U.S. envoy Captain Jones, regarding several commercial issues, "The Jones Treaty" despite the fact that it was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. When discussing events in 1837, the author again refers to diplomatic efforts to "update the Jones Treaty" -- which never existed!! Then "an upgraded treaty" was ratified in 1849! This is extremely hilarious in view of the repeated claims that there is no Treaty of Annexation (1898) because after being offered by Hawaii it was accepted by joint resolution of the U.S. which included not only 42-21 vote of approval by U.S. Senate but also approval by U.S. House by vote of 209-91 and signature by U.S. President McKinley.

On November 28, 1843 one diplomat from each of the British and French governments signed an agreement with each other to recognize Hawaii as an independent nation. Two identical copies of the agreement were written in side-by-side English and French; and each diplomat was given one of them. The agreement says, in its entirety: "Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, taking into consideration the existence in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) of a government capable of providing for the regularity of its relations with foreign nations, have thought it right to engage, reciprocally, to consider the Sandwich Islands as an Independent State, and never to take possession, neither directly or under the title of Protectorate, or under any other form, of any part of the territory of which they are composed."

What happened on November 28, 1843 was a mutual non-aggression agreement between Britain and France where they promised to each other that neither one of them would try to take over Hawaii. It was not a treaty with Hawaii, was not addressed to Hawaii, and was not signed by Hawaii; it was only Britain and France talking with each other ABOUT Hawaii, and was signed by one diplomat from France and one from Britain. By contrast, in 1894, after the monarchy had been overthrown and when the Republic of Hawaii had been created -- then letters in 11 languages were received in Honolulu, directly addressed to President Sanford Dole, personally signed by Emperors, Kings, Queens, and Presidents of at least 19 nations on 4 continents officially recognizing the Republic as the rightful successor government of the still-independent nation of Hawaii. Photos of those letters, and some accompanying English translations of them and accompanying diplomatic letters and envelopes, are at
https://historymystery.kenconklin.org/recognition-of-the-republic-of-hawaii/

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Free Hawaii blog Saturday November 13, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE
UN UPDATE

There was a major breakthrough at the recent session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva last month resulting from the issues we have been hammering at for years at the UN and other international venues. In early October, the council adopted HRC Resolution 48/7 titled: Negative impact of the legacies of colonialism on the enjoyment of human rights. It exhorts all the mechanisms of the UN to get serious about issues related to promoting self-determination and eradicating vestiges of colonialism, something the UN has been avoiding for years.

Even though Hawaii was never colonized this resolution will be extremely useful to our efforts to free Hawaii from the U.S., not only at the UN’s human rights bodies, but especially, at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) where we are focusing on triggering a procedural review of UNGA Resolution 1469 of December 12, 1959.

By that resolution, sixty-two years ago, the UN General Assembly decided that Hawaii’s political status was settled: that the Hawaiian Islands was, henceforth, an integrated part of the United States. The adoption of Resolution 1469 depended entirely on the United States’ report (A/4226) to the UNGA. It said that through the 1959 referendum (the “statehood plebiscite”), the Hawaiian people had freely consented to become a state within the United States. What the General Assembly did not know at the time was that the U.S. lied to them. There was no genuine consent of the people. Report A/4226 was false and caused the UNGA to make a critical error in its decision.

The erroneous UNGA Resolution 1469, confirming Hawaii as part of the United States, is what has been blocking all attempts to restore the Hawaiian Islands as an independent country. But it is also the achilles heel of the U.S. claim. A simple procedural review of the UNGA’s decision making process will reveal that the General Assembly’s critical error in adopting UNGA Resolution 1469. At that point, UN rules of procedure demand the error be corrected. That would entail rescinding or revoking Resolution 1469, thus proving political status of the Hawaiian Islands was, indeed, NOT settled!

That would make the United States’ claim to the Hawaiian Islands evaporate! And the Hawaiian Kingdom, the sovereign, independent nation-state in continuity, would step into its rightful place!

We are getting very close to triggering that procedural review of UNGA Resolution 1469.

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Free Hawaii blog Monday November 22, 2021

WILL YOU DO THIS AROUND YOUR DINNER TABLE THIS THURSDAY?

By Leon Siu - Hawaiian National

Celebrating La Ku'oko'a – Independence Day

On November 28, 1843 (178 years ago) France and Great Britain formally recognized the Sandwich Islands (the Hawaiian Kingdom) as a sovereign, independent nation-state. King Kamehameha III declared the date a national holiday and La Ku`oko`a became the most celebrated holiday in the Kingdom for over 50 years!

That is, until 1895 when the Republic of Hawai`i, the insurgency that displaced the Queen and the Hawaiian Kingdom, ordered the American Thanksgiving Day holiday to be celebrated instead of La Lu`oko`a. It so happened that year, the American Thanksgiving Day fell on November 28.

During the period of American domination, the Hawaiian Kingdom high holiday of La Ku`oko`a was overshadowed and lost to memory - until about 28 years ago when Kekuni Blaisdell and other patriots revived the observance of La Ku`oko`a and La Ho`iho`i Ea. Ever since, these holidays have been increasingly celebrated with events in several communities throughout our nation.

But let's see if we can turn this 178th anniversary into an opportunity to spread awareness of the significance of La Ku`oko`a where it really counts… our friends and families..

What if we each took a few minutes at our Thanksgiving dinners to share with our families and friends about the significance of Hawai`i's Independence Day and to say how thankful we are that our country was recognized as a sovereign nation; a nation that is reawakening! In one day we would effectively reach thousands more of our 'ohana in the intimacy of our homes with the story of Hawai`i's Independence Day…more than we would have at a big public rally. When we tell our country's story, we affirm the narrative; it becomes more personal; it becomes our story… and the awakening spreads.

Below is a flyer about La Ku`oko`a that you can print out and use to share with your`'ohana.
** Ken Conklin's note: Flyer was encoded in a manner that cannot be copy/pasted; but can be viewed at the URL for the posting.

** Ken Conklin's comment: See webpage created in response:
"(In)Significance of Hawaiian Kingdom Independence Day vs. Republic of Hawaii International Recognition"
https://www.angelfire.com/hi5/bigfiles/LaKuOKoaInsignif.html

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/moolelo/posts/4815642868503059/
Facebook page of Hayden Burgess, alias Poka Laenui, November 25, 2021

The Democratic Party of Hawaii, through its Hawaiian Caucus, is putting together two evening on the question of Hawaiian independence, nation hood, etc. At their invitation for my joining via Zoom, my response is the following:

Aloha Hawaii Democratic Committee. Mahalo a nui loa for your invitation to this discussion on the subject matter, "Hawaiians are the only indigenous group in the United States that does not have political sovereignty. Are Hawaiians capable of self-governance? And if so, what kind of Hawaiian Nation is feasible for Native Hawaiians?"

I will not be accepting your invitation around this question. It seems the Democrats have again misconstrued the place of the Hawaiian nation and of the Hawaiian people within that nation, redefining the Hawaiians as a political group within the United States of America thereby subjugating the nation and her people as under the United States of America. In doing so, it seems to have adopted the concept constructed by the United States that that government has the authority to define the Hawaiian nation and its people as an indigenous group and within the U.S. authority. All of this is built on a false premise of U.S. superiority which is a result of a false premise of the legality of the U.S. violation of international law as existed in 1893 between Hawaii, the U.S. and the International legal community. It was also a violation in 1959 by the failure in the U.S. meeting it's sacred trust obligation and the U.N. General Assembly's also meeting its sacred trust obligation to bring about decolonization, obligations accepted both by the U.S. and the U.N. General Assembly in the ratification of G.A. Resolution 66 and which was violated by a double fraud committed by the U.S. by the so-called Statehood Vote in which the U.N. General Assembly was tricked by the report of the U.S. representations resulting in U.N. G.A. Resolution 1469. (See
A-Call-for-Review-II.pdf (hawaiianperspectives.org)

Furthermore, the second part of the question, whether or not the Hawaiians are capable of self-governance is a non-starter, a call for a prediction of the future in which no people struggling for self-determination should be required to address. The right to self-determination is not a question of the capability of a people to accomplish self-governance, but the right of all peoples to self-determination as recognized by the many internationally accepted statements of international law.

The third part of the question, "what kind of Hawaiian Nation is feasible for Native Hawaiians?" is an unfair question, presuming that there is to be a division between the Native Hawaiian population from the General population of the Hawaiian nation. That question is not a settled question among the adherents for an independent Hawaiian nation, and to have two speakers to address that issue is unfair to the broad discussion in the Hawaiian community of sovereignty advocates.

While I admire the Hawaiian Affairs Caucus' work in bringing this matter before the general public, I believe that a general disservice is being done by the construction of this question and by the identification of the speakers on the side of a Federal Recognition and on the independent Hawaiian nation. I believe the committee needs to revamp its program for the evening of December 1 and 2.

Malama pono.
Poka Laenui

The event announcement is reprinted here put out by the party:

Prominent Hawaiians, expert in “Nationhoodʻ for Hawaiians will speak on this very important subject aﬀecting both Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians residents of Hawaiʻi and the U.S.

Federal Recognition/Nation Within A Nation
Speakers:
1. Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa, PhD: Professor Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies; Brandt Chair for Comparative Polynesian Studies, UH Manoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
2. Robin Danner: Chair of the Sovereignty Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations (SCHHA)— a coalition exercising sovereignty on trust lands set aside under the federal Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. The SCHHA, founded in 1987, unifies more than 40 individual self-governing homestead associations located on 6 islands where trust lands exist, as well as members awaiting a land award residing in 17 states on the continent.

REGISTER HERE in advance for DAY 2 (12/2):
Independent Hawaiian Nation
Speakers:
1. Keanu Sai: Ph.D. in Political Science in Hawaiian Constitutionalism and International Relations; Founding member of the Hawaiian Society of Law and Politics; Arbitrator, Lead Agent before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Netherlands; Filed Complaint with UN Security Council against U.S. for prolonged occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
2. Edmund Keli‘i Paki-Silva Jr. Law degree; Federal Judge for the Federation of Human Rights; International Human Rights Commission Global Peace Ambassador; Ph.D. for Higher Education Leadership from the Rockfield College of Sciences and Technology, Zurich-Switzerland (RCST); Current Chairman of RCST Institute for Indigenous Studies: RCST Distinguished Tenured Professor for Indigenous Studies and International Law.

Hawaiians have consistently experienced an erosion of their rights. Will their own Nation aﬀord them the benefits of free health care, create jobs, greater influence in Hawaii State Politics, provide them the ability to re-acquire their stolen lands, alleviate homelessness, drug abuse and incarceration?

The population of Native Hawaiians both in Hawaiʻi and nationally has increased steadily since 2000 according to the U.S. Census. In Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiians comprise a compelling segment of the 1.4 million people living in Hawaii as well as the continental United States. Can this significant group of indigenous people— Native Hawaiians—achieve political sovereignty? Who will recognize them? Who will be in the nation? How big will this nation be? How will this nation be sustained? Tune in.

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Free Hawaii blog Saturday November 27, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2021

Hau‘oli Lā Kū‘oko‘a iā kākou – Happy Independence Day to All
178 Years of Independence

In 1842, King Kamehameha III, the young ruler of the Hawaiian Islands, sent a delegation of three men to the other side of the world on a mission: to secure assurances from the three major world powers at the time — the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of France and the United States of America —that they would respect and protect the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands as an independent state.

The mission succeeded… On November 28, 1843, at the Court of London, representatives of the British and French Governments signed the Anglo-Franco Proclamation, that formally recognized the Sandwich Islands (the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands) as a sovereign, independent nation-state, making the Hawaiian Kingdom the first non-white country to be accepted as an equal into the euro-centric Family of Nations… It also kept the Hawaiian Islands from falling victim to colonialism which was running rampant in the Pacific at the time.

The Anglo-Franco Proclamation was followed by treaties with 40 or so other countries (including several with the USA). These treaties fortified the Hawaiian Kingdom’s standing as a sovereign nation and Hawaii developed into a highly active, innovative, progressive country with over 130 diplomatic posts in cities around the world.

King Kamehameha III declared that henceforth in the Kingdom, November 28 would be a National Holiday to be celebrated as Lā Kūʻokoʻa, Independence Day.

This is the 178th anniversary of that historic event. Hulo! Hulo!

Lā Kūʻokoʻa, is this solid foundation upon which we are reactivating and building the Hawaiian Kingdom today.

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Malama Pono, Leon Siu, Hawaiian National

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https://www.kitv.com/news/local/la-kuokoa-celebration-brings-hundreds-to-oahus-westside/article_7f3c2e1c-50e3-11ec-95f1-2ff5ecb770bb.html
KITV News Late night Sunday 11/28/21

La Ku'oko'a celebration brings hundreds to Oahu's Westside

By Erin Coogan

NANAKULI, Hawaii (KITV4) -- From song and dance, to fun and games, celebration of La Ku'oko'a at Ka Wahaihona O ka Na'aua Public Charter School, attracted hundreds of Oahu residents from around the island.

"We're just here trying to plant seeds back into our community," explained Lena Suzuki, one of the event's organizers. "So we can remember where we came from and the importance of these days, our community, what aloha really is, and we are ohana."

Local vendors, food distributors, and educators came together to celebrate the culture which the state's famous aloha spirit was built around. Still, organizers say in embracing what makes Hawaii, Hawaii -- there is a responsibility to acknowledge the history of illegal occupation, as well as recognize the current issues that continue to impact the state. It's a lesson they hope to share not only on this Independence day, but every day.

"How do we get reconnected to our aina," questioned Sparky Rodrgiues of Malama Makua. "We've been denied that for so many generations." "To me, being Hawaiian means to do the right thing," added Suzuki. "Doing the right thing in whatever aina you're at, whatever people you're along... the aloha is real."

Those in attendance, echoed that message. And ensured it's one that they will pass down through the generations.

James Awana spoke to KITV4 with his son. "It's awesome to see a lot of Hawaiian families, and not just that, a lot of keiki. They're learning from their parents, and so on. It's a beautiful thing for parents to bring their keiki out here." Awana explained.

The event also raised funds for various community projects supporting everything from local food sustainability programs, to keiki education efforts.

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Free Hawaii blog Monday December 13, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - DECEMBER 2021

Poisoning Our Water Is Just A Hint

Ever since the U.S. military started using the Hawaiian Islands as its primary base to project its power into the Pacific, they have utterly disregarded the welfare of Hawaii and Hawaiiʻs people.

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.

A couple of months ago the U.S. Army announced a massive expansion of the weapons and explosives magazine (storage) at West Loch (Ewa side of Pearl Harbor). Should an explosion occur, homes, schools, shopping areas would be in the blast zone. Of course, the Army assures us the magazine will be safe… just like they said the aquifer below Red Hill was safe…

Last week the U.S. Congress announced a push to install a new missile tracking station, ostensibly to track China’s (and Russia’s) new hypersonic missiles (which the Pentagon admits they cannot shoot down). They are ramping up readiness, because they know Hawaii is an irresistible target to attack, like what happened with Pearl Harbor eighty years ago last Tuesday. What protections did civilians have in 1941? What protections are there now? Remember the helplessness of the “incoming missile panic” of January 13, 2018?

Today, the U.S. occupation has over 120 military installations in Hawaii. Honolulu is the headquarters of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the largest military command in the world, overseeing U.S. military operations in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Historically, from its base in Hawaii, the U.S. fought the Spanish American War, the Filipino American War, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War and other conflicts.

To America’s enemies, Hawaii is a far more crucial target today than it was during World War II, and any attack would be far more devastating, utilizing missiles carrying multiple nuclear warheads, each hundreds of times more powerful than the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island of Oahu would be obliterated, and its million people and all living things wiped out. The rest of the islands would be destroyed by the after-effects.

• To end this threat of annihilation, we must get the U.S. to leave the Hawaiian Islands and remove its military bases, weapons and operations from our islands.

• The way to accomplish this is to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign, independent, neutral nation and order the U.S. to leave our country… and to completely clean up all their opala on their way out.

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PLEASE KŌKUA
Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort. To contribute, go to:
• GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII
• PayPal – use account email: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
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All proceeds are used to help the cause. MAHALO!

Malama Pono, Leon Siu, Hawaiian National

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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/12/18/hawaii-news/mauna-kea-report-calls-for-more-native-hawaiian-involvement/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Saturday December 18, 2021
[No print edition on Saturdays; internet-only publication]

Mauna Kea report calls for more Native Hawaiian involvement

By Star-Advertiser Staff and news services

A new report says more Native Hawaiians should be included in the management of observatories on Mauna Kea.

A working group tasked by the state Legislature to come up with recommendations for a new management plan for Hawaii’s tallest peak and its affiliated telescopes released the first draft of its proposal Friday.

Mauna Kea is the proposed site for what would be the world’s largest optical telescope, the Thirty Meter Telescope. The giant telescope project has sparked a cultural movement among Native Hawaiians who believe the mountain is sacred. Construction of the massive instrument has been blocked by opponents.

The working group, which was asked in a House resolution earlier this year to develop the report, suggested a new governing entity for the mountain, which now hosts 13 of the world’s most advanced observatories. The university’s lease expires in 2033.

The group recommended that the university not have a seat on the board of the proposed new governing body.

“The University of Hawaii was represented at the table during the working group discussions,” said the group’s chairman, Rep. Mark Nakashima, a Democrat whose Hilo district includes Mauna Kea. “One of the premises of the resolution was that the university failed in some of its duties and responsibilities to the Native Hawaiian population, and so it was not included in the final management structure.”

The group could not come to a consensus on whether someone from the astronomy field should participate, as some members shared concerns about potential conflicts of interest. It recommended any such involvement be in an advisory capacity.

Greg Chun, executive director of the UH-Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship, told the Honolulu Star- Advertiser on Friday that if a conflict of interest is a concern, “I think there are other ways to address that. Every board of directors has to address conflicts of interest all the time. But to just say that that group shouldn’t have representation, I think it is troublesome.”

The report does not discuss or make any recommendations about the $2.65 billion TMT project. “The working group early on discussed the fact that … some of those decisions were not in our control,” Nakashima said. “Other entities have come down and decided that, not the least of which is the Hawaii Supreme Court. And so we did not touch upon that discussion.”

The management structure should include many Native Hawaiians, especially those from Hawaii island where Mauna Kea stands, the report said.

Pualani Kanahele, one of the group’s cultural advisers, said she is relieved to have Indigenous voices at the table. “I’m just happy at the fact that at this time we are allowed to have input into what goes on on the mountain,” she said. “We included a lot of cultural aspects in the report.”

Emphasizing the cultural and environmental restoration of Mauna Kea, the group recommended the eventual decommissioning of the telescopes that sit atop the mountain and the return of those sites to their natural state. The report also said the new management team should develop a framework that limits the development of new observatories on the summit.

Opponents of astronomy activities at the summit say Mauna Kea’s observatories desecrate the peak and harm the environment.

Scientists and other supporters of the telescopes say the summit offers some of the world’s best conditions for astronomical observations. Some of the research done at Mauna Kea has contributed to science’s understanding of black holes and gravity, among other major breakthroughs.

The draft report referred to a December 2020 independent evaluation prepared for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources that concluded that while UH’s Office of Maunakea Management made progress in implementing most of the management actions in its comprehensive management plan, three areas of the plan were not being effectively implemented: the timely adoption of administrative rules to ensure protection of the mauna and its resources; lack of consultation of key stakeholders on matters relating to cultural resource issues; and inadequate engagement with the community, particularly Native Hawaiians, on education and outreach.

Chun said that “there’s always more that can be done to improve engagement with the Native Hawaiian community as well as the broader community, and we have been actively working on that quite frankly for the last couple of years.” “A lot of these criticisms we have taken to heart, and we have been addressing them through the work that we’ve been doing with our advisory boards,” he said. Chun added that the DLNR evaluation also noted that much of the criticism is not necessarily tied to UH’s management of Mauna Kea, but to the larger issue of whether people want to see a future for astronomy on the mountain. “That is a not a management question. That is a policy question that the state of Hawaii has to decide on,” he said.

The legislative Mauna Kea working group’s report is open to public comment until early January. The group will conduct a final review and submit its recommendations to state lawmakers for consideration.

The report is available at
808ne.ws/maunakea draftreport.

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** Ken Conklin's online comment:

Article says "The group could not come to a consensus on whether someone from the astronomy field should participate, as some members shared concerns about potential conflicts of interest. It recommended any such involvement be in an advisory capacity."

So there's concern over potential conflicts of interest if astronomers participate.

Article says "The management structure should include many Native Hawaiians, especially those from Hawaii island where Mauna Kea stands, the report said."

But isn't that a conflict of interest?

Article says "Pualani Kanahele, one of the group’s cultural advisers, said she is relieved to have Indigenous voices at the table. “I’m just happy at the fact that at this time we are allowed to have input into what goes on on the mountain,” she said. “We included a lot of cultural aspects in the report.”"

HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST!

A small gang of race-supremacist religious zealots say TMT is against their religion, and nobody sees the conflict of interest?

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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/12/22/editorial/island-voices/column-hawaiians-pay-dearly-for-military-presence/
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Wednesday December 22, 2021, Reader Commentary

Hawaiians pay dearly for military presence

By Kealiimahiai Burgess

American warships first began visiting Hawaii in the 1820s and the U.S. Navy’s efforts to secure a naval base in the islands began shortly thereafter. Along with the warships came many foreign diseases. This resulted in a great loss of life, and Hawaii’s native population entered a steep decline shortly after the British, U.S. and other foreign ships entered our shores.

Agreements between the U.S. and the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1887 allowed the U.S. Navy the exclusive use of Pearl Harbor. Just five years later, armed U.S. naval forces invaded Honolulu and with guns aimed at Hawaiian government buildings, including Iolani Palace, a coup d’état ensued resulting in the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian government and the loss of our country.

Subsequently, in 1898 nearly 1.8 million acres of land that belonged to the Hawaiian government, the Hawaiian crown and its people, were seized by the United States government. Native Hawaiians who once had access to these national lands for farming, gathering, fishing and cultural practices experienced another great loss.

In the early 1900s, with the U.S. government’s takeover of the country and the military’s dominance in Hawaii, our culture significantly eroded. Some of our most significant institutions became instruments for the U.S. military. Kamehameha Schools became a military school instituting mandatory ROTC training for all boys starting in the 1920s and lasting until the 1990s.

The U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was the target of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, and Hawaii along with the rest of the United States was then pulled into World War II. Many Hawaiians and sons of Hawaii, including those who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Infantry Battalion, lost their lives defending the United States of America.

War training then led the U.S. military to train hundreds of thousands of soldiers using live ammunition across the mountains and valleys on every island, leaving hundreds and thousands of acres of our precious lands and oceans riddled with unexploded ordnance.

For decades, the entire island of Kahoolawe was bombed by the U.S. Navy and its allies. Even though the bombing was stopped, hundreds of millions were spent on restoration, and amazing efforts of natural and cultural revitalization have been accomplished, the island’s aquifer and only source of fresh water remains destroyed due to the bombing. Today most of the island remains unusable due to unexploded ordnance and is devoid of any vegetation or water.

Still, the U.S. military continues to control many of Hawaii’s most culturally significant lands including Pearl Harbor, Fort DeRussy Military Reservation in Waikiki, Bellows Air Force Station in Waimanalo, Kaneohe Marine Corps Base, Makua Military Reservation, Pohakuloa Training Area, and the list goes on.

These special places linked to our ancestors remain inaccessible for most of our people. Hawaii is now one of most militarized island chains on the planet. Now, after this 200-year history of loss of life, loss of country, loss of land and loss of culture, the U.S. Navy is threatening our very ability to live in our island home.

The U.S. Navy’s lack of regard for Hawaii and its people by its continued operation of an outdated bulk fuel storage facility at Red Hill — holding more than 100 million gallons of fuel in degraded fuel tanks with a long history of leakage just 100 feet above our island’s source of fresh water — is just another sad chapter in the long history of the U.S. military’s reign of destruction for us and our islands.

National defense is of major importance, but who is defending us?

Kealiimahiai Burgess is a Native Hawaiian and resident of Hoaeae, Oahu.

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** Ken's online comment, POSTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS BUT THEN REMOVED BY CENSOR, AND THEN POSTED AGAIN BY CONKLIN.

Once again this newspaper behaves as a propaganda megaphone for the same old hate-filled twisted history portraying ethnic Hawaiians as victims of American imperialism. The editors do not allow rebuttals at the same length or prominence. The Navy's mismanagement of leaks at Red Hill is merely another chance for race-supremacist ethnic Hawaiian secessionists to spew their usual garbage, and for the editors of this newspaper to act as their accomplices.

Hey folks. January is just around the corner, and the legislature will be back in session. OHA and DHHL will be sending lots of demands for bills to create gambling casinos on the homelands, to demand hundreds of millions in "back rent" and new revenue from the ceded lands, etc. It was around this time last year that this newspaper began publishing a series of articles by Rob Perez and his buddy at Pro Publica filled with the usual twisted history about stolen lands, illegal annexation, back rent, poor downtrodden Native Hawaiians, need for money to reduce the DHHL waiting list, etc.; & Vicki Viotti, author of most anonymous editorials, was pumping out more nonsense. We haven't heard from Rob Perez or Pro Publica for many months. I wonder what massive propaganda campaigns they are getting ready to launch. I'm guessing they have lots of stuff already waiting to fire up the printing presses. Let's start a game to guess what will be the date of the next big article by Perez/ProPublica.

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https://www.ilind.net/2021/12/23/occupation-of-oha-offices-in-2019-finally-leads-to-felony-indictments/
Ian Lind blog Thursday December 23, 2021

Occupation of OHA offices in 2019 finally leads to felony indictments

Hawaii News Now reported last week
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/12/18/6-men-accused-violent-takeover-oha-headquarters-indicted-multiple-felonies/
that a grand jury has returned felony indictments against six men associated with the self-proclaimed Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi who were part of a larger group that took part in a January 17, 2019 attempt to takeover the headquarters of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, reportedly detaining, threatening, and assaulting several OHA employees after announcing they were there to seize agency assets.

This Hawaii News Now story was surprisingly the only mention of the indictments in the mainstream media that I could find.

The Kauai-based Kingdom of Atooi is one of several competing groups advocating varied forms of Native Hawaiian sovereignty, with each claiming to represent the mythical Hawaiian Kingdom in one form or another.

During the OHA office takeover, the men from Atooi were dressed in red or black t-shirts identifying them as “federal marshals,” most also displaying badges . Police were called and a two-hour standoff ensued. Four men were arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment.

They were quickly released on $100 bail each, while others involved in the takeover were not detained. Prosecutors quickly withdrew the charges without prejudice, meaning that additional charges could be brought following a more thorough investigation.

The latest indictment alleges several felonies were committed during the incident, raising the stakes for all involved.

The six named in the indictment are:
Sadhu-Bhusana Bott
Jordan Faletogo
Ene Faletogo (aka Ene Faletoga)
Rheece Lopaka Richard Bulu Kahawai
Peter Laban (aka Peter Laman)
Remedio Dabaluz

Dabaluz was named in a single count of first degree terroristic threatening, a Class A felony, for threatening Zuri Aki.

The other five men each face two counts of kidnapping, also a Class A felony, for restraining OHA employees Davis Price and Kyle-Lee Ladao “with intent to terrorize…and/or interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function….”

The five are also charged with one count of second degree assault, a Class B felony, for attacking Price, who was admitted to Kaiser Hospital after the attack with two broken ribs and multiple contusions.

Conviction on Class A felonies is punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, while a Class B felony sentence is as much as 10 years.

According to the indictment, all except Dabaluz could face enhanced or extended sentences if convicted as repeat or persistent offenders.

Faletoga is the only one with a serious criminal record, having pleaded guilty in state court to three counts of promoting dangerous drugs in 2007, for which he was sentenced to a ten year term in prison.

Two weeks before the January 17 incident at OHA, a group of about eight men claiming to represent the Kingdom of Atooi first entered the OHA lobby on January 4, 2019.

A civil lawsuit filed on behalf of Davis Price later described what then took place.

“While inside the lobby area, Atooi began yelling and making aggressive gestures and loud statements that they were there to take over the building, to seize assets, and arrest OHA Trustees. Employees at OHA were able to clearly hear the threats made….,” the lawsuit alleged.

The men agreed to leave, but told OHA staff they would return. And they did.

A larger group 13 men returned late in the morning of January 17, 2019 and again immediately attempted “to take control of the OHA office area by the use of force and violence,” according to the civil lawsuit.

The men confronted Price, “demanding to be allowed into the back-office area adjacent to the lobby.” Davis was blocking the door to the area, and the men from Atooi then started “forcing their way through the door and…pulling Mr. Price away fron the door striking hinm in the face, head, neck and shoulder areas.”

He was then overpowered, and forced face down on the floor. While his his arms and legs held, another man put him in a “rear naked choke hold” which left him unable to breath. He was then carried to the front door by four of the men who then swung Price and threw him head first out the lobby door, the lawsuit alleged.

According to the Kingdom of Atooi, its government officials, ambassadors and assisting diplomats, as well as its “Federal Marshalls,” are subject to the Hawaiian Kingdom Constitution and not to Hawaii or US law.

When Ene Falatogo was arrested in November 2020 after an altercation at the Nomnom Convenience Store at King and Cooke Streets in Honolulu, a letter from the Office of the Royal Magistrate addressed to the City and County of Honolulu, the chief of police, and Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm advised these officials they had been “found liable for some or all of the following: defamation of character, discrimination, terroristic threatening, detainment of a diplomat, bail fraud, lack of jurisction, illegal confiscation of Government Property of the Sovereign Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi/Hawaiian Kingdom.”

The letter, which is included in the court record, said these offenses “require monetary remedies, fines, fees, and penalties, and may include imprisonment as determined by the Royal Magistrates of the Kingdom of Atooi/Hawaiian Kingdom….”

The folks associated with the Kingdom of Atooi have reportedly leveraged their sovereignty claims to solicit donations, as well as by selling “Kingdom” drivers licenses and passports to unwary buyers.

Here’s something I wrote back in early 2014, which is as true today as it was then.

Suddenly it seems we’ve got a bumper crop of Wannabe Royals staking their claims, however questionable, to wield power on behalf of what each says is a sovereign Hawaiian government

It seems like everywhere you turn, there’s another cult-like group formed around a charismatic central figure claiming sovereign rights and asserting that they and their followers are above the laws that apply to the rest of us. Pretenders, some might call them.

Their claims, of course, are conflicting and overlapping, leading to repeated attempts by certain sovereigns to undercut the claims of others, and vice versa.

Timid news coverage and a reluctance among many Hawaiians to publicly criticize these royal claimants for fear of hurting other more mainstream sovereignty initiatives that are also underway has resulted in the Wannabe Royals getting more respect and deference than they would otherwise merit.

Also see:

“The Polynesian Kingdom of Atooi,” Hawaiian Kingdom Blog, June 26, 2013.
https://hawaiiankingdom.org/blog/the-polynesian-kingdom-of-atooi/

“Hawaii Monitor: Some Laughable Royalty Claims,” Civil Beat, February 26, 2014.
https://ilind.net/misc%20/2014/hm-royals.pdf

Critical reporting needed on self-proclaimed sovereigns,” iLind.net, January 30, 2019. https://www.ilind.net/2021/12/22/selfie-with-ms-bessie/

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https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/disenrolled-nooksack-citizens-now-face-eviction
Indian Country December 23, 2021

Disenrolled Nooksack citizens face eviction More than 60 former tribal citizens are set to be kicked out of their homes in a years-long saga over disenrollment

CHRIS AADLAND

** Ken's note: There are obvious implications for DHHL if a Hawaiian tribe gets federal recognition. The Dept of Interior regulation 43CFR50 for creation of a Hawaiian tribe requires a certain number of 50%ers separately to approve of the tribal constitution as a condition to getting federal recognition; so this situation would be a good one to bring to their attention.

The federal government is investigating the Nooksack Tribe of Washington for potential civil rights and other violations as the tribe proceeds with evicting more than 60 formerly enrolled citizens who had been among hundreds disenrolled.

The tribe is set to begin evictions on Dec. 28 of the 61 former tribal citizens and two of their children who are enrolled, who live in 21 federally funded homes on Nooksack tribal land. They are the last of a group of 306 who gained national attention when they were disenrolled from the tribe in 2018 and still lived on tribal lands.

The tribe says the former tribal citizens must vacate their homes because a tribal policy change in 2019 prohibited non-tribal citizens from living in tribal housing, and that the homes in question are needed for Nooksack citizens.

The group’s lawyer, Gabe Galanda, still contests the legitimacy of the disenrollments.

Gabe Galanda is the managing lawyer at Galanda Broadman, an Indigenous rights law firm in Seattle, Washington. Galanda, a citizen of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, descending from the Nomlaki and Concow Peoples, is representing dozens of former Nooksack tribal citizens who were disenrolled by the tribe. (Photo courtesy of Galanda Broadman)

“They're being faced with losing houses that have been in their family for generations without anywhere to go,” said Galanda, a citizen of Round Valley Indian Tribes. “It's not because they didn't pay their rent. It's not because they weren't keeping their premises in some tidy fashion. It’s not because they have cars in the front yard or anything like that. It’s because they were purportedly disenrolled.”

The evictions are fraudulent, Galanda said, because the residents have been denied due process, and in all but one case, have lease-to-own agreements with the tribe for the federal Housing and Urban Development-assisted homes.

Galanda said many have completed the required lease period, meaning they should own those homes outright, or at least have equity in them if they haven’t completed the 15-year lease agreement. The tribe has refused to provide documentation, he said.

Those concerns have prompted the federal government to seek a delay in the evictions until an investigation can be completed.

Indian Country Today reviewed letters, email and other correspondence from the last several months, provided by Galanda, that include him, HUD, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Department of the Interior and tribal Chairman Ross Cline.

The Interior Department, after hearing complaints and concerns about the process from HUD, has started an investigation to determine whether the evictions would violate any federal law or the Indian Civil Rights Act. HUD has also asked the tribe to delay any evictions related to the disenrolled members until the investigation is complete.

“HUD has expressed concern as to whether the outlined actions taken by the Tribe are resulting in the individuals being denied due process or their property being illegally taken,” Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland said in an Oct. 5 letter to the tribe announcing the investigation. “The Department takes HUD’s concern seriously and will review the situation to ensure that the Tribe is in compliance with the ICRA and Federal law.”

Still, the Nooksack Tribe has moved forward with the eviction process, claiming it hasn’t violated any laws and that those being evicted are allowed to participate in a hearing and appeal process like anyone else. Cline did not respond to an email requesting comment or an interview.

But in a Dec. 9 email to Newland, Cline said he was “concerned about potential BIA involvement in Nooksack governmental affairs,” adding that the legality of the evictions had already been cleared by various courts. “The Nooksack Tribal members are in need of housing,” Cline said in his email. “In closing, I must ask if BIA trust responsibility resides with the tribe or with non-Indian individuals?”

The BIA didn’t respond to an email seeking additional information. An Interior Department spokesman, when asked to confirm the investigation or provide additional details, said, “Nothing from us on this.”

A HUD spokesperson in an emailed response to questions likewise did not provide details beyond those already contained in letters and correspondence reviewed by Indian Country Today and Underscore News.

Disenrollment controversy

The evictions of the 63 is the most recent event in a years-long saga that began in 2013 after tribal leaders said an elder, Annie George, was not listed on a 1942 census, among other issues, making all 306 of her descendants enrolled in the tribe ineligible for citizenship.

The “Nooksack 306” were officially disenrolled in 2018, and the 63 people now facing eviction are the last of the group still to be living on tribal land, Galanda said.

Galanda said tribal leaders who supported the disenrollment have stacked the tribe’s court system with judges and lawyers favorable to their viewpoints, severely limited the number of attorneys admitted to practice law in the courts on behalf of tribal citizens, fired a judge who had previously ruled in favor of disenrolled citizens, and barred Galanda and other attorneys who have sought to represent the 63 people facing eviction.

Before the court was remade in 2016, Galanda said he previously had successes in tribal court in matters involving the disenrolled and eviction attempts.

The 306 former enrollees made up about 15 percent of the tribe’s population and had historically wielded a lot of political power within the tribe, Galanda said.

In 2016, tribal leaders cancelled an election, meaning the enrollees facing disenrollment were unable to vote before being booted from the tribe.The move prompted the federal government to withheld millions in funding for the tribe and declined to recognize any decisions tribal leaders made.

In a 2017 court filing defending its decision to withhold nearly $14 million in federal funding for the tribe, the federal government called the pro-disenrollment tribal leaders, who had held onto power by not holding an election, “abusive” and “illegitimate.”

The federal government went further, calling the disenrollment of the Nooksack 306 a “sham” and saying that tribal leaders had schemed to cancel the 2016 election to seize power and disenroll the more than 300 members.

The federal government restored its recognition of the tribe’s government in 2018 after it held a special election, despite concerns raised of fraud and irregularities. Earlier this year, a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the disenrollments because the tribe had sovereign immunity in the case, with the court affirming the tribe’s right to determine how it defines citizenship.

Ultimately, the evictions are the last step to cement the power of the current pro-disenrollment leaders and supporters in tribal affairs, Galanda alleged. “This entire thing has been a play for basically … sustained political power,” he said.

The tribal chairman said in an Oct. 13 letter to Newland that the complaints about the evictions come as the tribe has worked to repair its relationship with the federal government “following years of frivolous complaints by certain parties aimed to discredit the Tribe, its Council, and its staff.”

“After years of progress, the Tribe is again forced to respond to vague allegations funneled through (the) Department,” Cline said. “As a final note, the Tribe values its relationship with its federal partners, and takes the Department’s concerns seriously.”

Federal government concerns

HUD notified the tribe in a Sept. 1 letter that it had heard reports that the tribe had refused to provide documentation to some tenants of HUD-assisted, lease-purchase homes who had made all of the required monthly payments needed to take ownership.

The agency also told the tribe that it was obligated to provide annual statements to tenants of such HUD-funded housing programs that include purchase balances and equity information. In addition, HUD, according to that letter, requested that the tribe delay any evictions until the concerns could be addressed and litigation completed.

A HUD official then wrote Newland on Sept. 14 to request that the Interior Department look into the complaints. According to the letter, HUD had concerns that the disenrolled tenants threatened with eviction weren’t provided proper due process by the tribe, that the tribe wasn’t providing requested documentation to the tenants and that the tribe may be illegally taking homes from tenants who own them and have made all required payments under rent-to-buy agreements.

“This determination will assist HUD in its efforts to ensure that families assisted under HUD programs are not subject to unlawful evictions, and to ensure that the Tribe is carrying out its HUD grant programs in accordance with Federal law and program requirements,” Heidi Frechette, deputy assistant secretary for Native American programs, wrote.

The Interior informed the tribe of an investigation on Oct. 5.

In an Oct. 13 response letter to the complaints and concerns, Cline told the BIA that all tenants facing eviction have the right to a two-step appeal process before reaching an eviction determination hearing in court. Further, he said, the tribe had no records of any requests made for an “accounting” in 2021 – seemingly referring to claims that the tribe had not provided former enrollees facing eviction with records relating to their rent-to-own agreements and payment history – and had no recent records of any appeals being filed over eviction notices or other negative housing actions.

Even after a phone call from a BIA official to Cline and other Nooksack leaders last week to push the tribe to postpone its actions, Galanda said it appears the tribe is moving forward with the evictions. Later that night a Nooksack tribal police officer served one of the 63 former enrollees with an eviction notice, he said.

HUD also made another appeal, its third, to the tribe last week to delay its eviction processes, according to an email from a HUD official shared with Indian Country Today.

Galanda also last week sent an “urgent appeal” to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, seeking to have that organization intervene, review the situation and ask the Biden administration to immediately take steps to halt the evictions. Since he’s unable to practice in Nooksack courts, and because so few defense attorneys are licensed to practice in Nooksack courts, Galanda said he doesn’t expect to obtain injunctions delaying the evictions. While there are other courts where he could pursue action, those filings would have to come after evictions, he said.

What’s coming

In the meantime, any of the 63 who are kicked out of their homes will face a “dire situation,” he said. He said they will likely struggle to find an affordable place to live, especially given recent flooding in the area. The timing of the evictions – during the Christmas and New Year's holidays and amid a surging COVID-19 pandemic – make the situation harder, Galanda said.

The first set to be evicted on Dec. 28 is a 49-year-old man who lives with a spouse and three children in a home he has occupied for 11 years. Galanda said other clients have grievance hearings scheduled for the same day.

Many of those slated for eviction have lived in the same home for decades, some up to 35 years, Galanda said. Several are elders in their 70s and mid-80s, living with old age or disease that will make moving even more challenging, he said.

Generations of the same family have grown up in these homes, and generations of these families continue to share the same home, he said. “They desperately want and need to stay in their homes,” Galanda said. “This is beyond inhumane and grossly unjust.”

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http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2021/12/john-butch-kaapuiki-kekahu-iii-koani.html
Free Hawaii blog Monday December 27, 2021

JOHN “BUTCH” KA`APUIKI KEKAHU III
Koani Foundation Founder

Butch was a valiant warrior for his people. He was a hero to the many whose lives he touched.

Being Kanaka Maoli piha, full blooded native Hawaiian, he helped lead the struggle for a Free Hawai`i on Kaua`i as well as throughout the islands.

Butch responded to the call of Queen Lili`uokalani, Hawai`i’s last reigning monarch over a century ago, when she called for Hawai`i Nationals to continue the quest for the recovery of the Hawaiian Kingdom, illegally taken over by the US in 1898.

Born in Hanapepe, Kaua`i in 1944 and raised by his parents, Rebecca Mikala Koani Kekahu and John Kekahu II, he spent part of his life in the Los Angeles area working as a musician and entertainer.

In 1971, after life-changing conversations with his uncles, Charles and Nathaniel Koani, Butch returned to Hawai`i.

From that point forward he became a native Hawaiian patriot, dedicated to fighting for native rights, homeland entitlements, equitable health care, and self-determination.

He was jailed in 1993 for his six-year occupation of Hawaiian Homelands in Anahola, Kaua`i.

Butch organized the 1998 and 2000 Aloha Marches in Washington, DC. On July 4, 2000, he also staged the Boston Ti Party, a modern day protest of taxation without representation. These events highlighted native Hawaiian issues through broad national and international media coverage.

Despite his lack of formal education, Butch lectured on a Free Hawai`i at the US Congress, governmental agencies and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Suffering the effects of advanced diabetes and heart disease, Butch’s determination carried him through numerous episodes of cardiac arrest. On numerous occasions he was rushed unconscious, by ambulance, to hospital emergency room resuscitation, only to return later to his home office to finish the days work.

He once survived cardiac death seven times in a single day, resuming Koani Foundation business in his hospital bed.

On December 27th, 2001 John “Butch” Kekahu III passed from this life.

Butch leaves a legacy as a strong leader for a Free Hawai`i as well as a beloved brother, friend and musician with a golden voice. His tireless and courageous work, selfless attitude and most of all his huge heart will long be remembered. For more information, visit KoaniFoundation.org
http://koanifoundation.org/

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https://bigislandnow.com/2021/12/28/dlnr-reminds-public-to-respect-lake-waiau/
Big Island Now [online newspaper] Tuesday December 28, 2021

DLNR Reminds Public to Respect Lake Waiau

State officials remind the public to respect the surroundings of Lake Waiau after photos surfaced on social media of a woman throwing large rocks into the body of water, located in the Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve.

It currently is surrounded by a mantle of snow. The rock-throwing photos were posted earlier this month. Located at the 13,000-foot-level of Mauna Kea, Lake Waiau is culturally significant and in Hawaiian mythology, three deities (goddesses) inhabited the area. The photos appear to have been removed.

“She came up here and decided it was a good idea to throw rocks into the lake,” said Jordan “Kama” Lee-Loy, a specialist with the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife Natural Area Reserve system. “There are several obvious reasons this is upsetting, both to the ecological community that lives here and to the Native Hawaiian community. It can be seen as pretty disrespectful tossing large rocks into a place that Hawaiian culture reveres and holds in such high regard.”

Lee-Loy said while the woman may not have meant to be disrespectful, he would like her to understand the level of obvious disrespect for the people who visit Lake Waiau culturally, ancestrally, and have ties to the place. “Though she may not have meant any ill will, whenever you visit anyplace and are unfamiliar with the cultural practices, the best idea is to understand the connection to the people and how you can respectfully visit a place without causing a disturbance or disrespectful action,” Lee-Loy added.

Signs near the trailhead to the lake clearly identify Waiau as a Hawaiian sacred site. Swimming, use of watercraft, and rock piling are prohibited. One sign explains, “the Natural Area Reserve System was established to protect representative examples of natural history, land, and water areas which support unique Hawaiian ecosystems.” It asks for all visitors to help maintain the reserves in their natural state. DLNR has attempted to contact the woman involved but hasn’t received a response.

Offerings left at the side of Lake Waiau also got Lee-Loy’s attention. “We don’t want to limit traditional and customary practices, but I’m pretty sure an orange left as an offering is not culturally significant,” Lee-Loy said. “We ask for everyone to be mindful not to inadvertently introduce invasive species like ants or non-native plants by leaving them as offerings.

Lake Waiau is one of the highest elevation lakes in the U.S. Its size fluctuates considerably as water levels change, largely dependent on precipitation amounts from snow and rain.

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Walla-Walla Washington, Union-Bulletin, December 28, 2021

Hawaii: Don’t burn Christmas trees at sacred Oahu sandbar

The Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's public lands agency is warning people that they face arrest if found burning Christmas trees at an oceanic sandbar.

The sandbar that rests between the open Pacific Ocean and Kaneohe Bay on Oahu's windward side is a popular gathering place for local boaters and tourists. A tradition of piling up Christmas trees for bonfires on the sandbar is harming the environment, Department of Land and Natural Resources officials said in a statement Tuesday. “People haul their trees to (the site) by boat, and burning them is detrimental to the sandbar and the surrounding marine ecosystem,” Hawaii’s environmental law enforcement chief, Jason Redulla, said in the statement. But it can be hard to track down those responsible, he said.

The state receives tips about tree burnings every year and dispatches crews to He‘eia Kea Small Boat Harbor, the point of departure for boats heading to the sandbar, Redulla said. "Unfortunately, we can’t always identify the individuals involved in these illegal and disrespectful activities,” he said.

The slim stretch of reef and sand near a military installation is entirely surrounded by deeper ocean water. It offers views of Oahu's small offshore islands and a mountain range that rises from the coastline.

Leialoha “Rocky” Kaluhiwa, president of the Ko`olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, said the site is sacred to many Native Hawaiians, who call the sandbar Ahu O Laka.

“The iwi (remains) of Chief Laka of Maui were brought by his sons and buried there centuries ago," Kaluhiwa said in the statement. “Once iwi is buried in an area, it is consecrated and considered ‘kapu,' or sacred to Native Hawaiians.”

Kaluhiwa said Chief Laka is an ancestor to some Native families who live near Kaneohe Bay.

Burning trash in public or in backyards is illegal in Hawaii.

"We strongly discourage anyone from taking their `opala (discarded items like Christmas trees) to light bonfires on Ahu o Laka,” Kaluhiwa said.

The state released video of people burning trees at the sandbar after last Christmas.

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Free Hawaii blog Tuesday December 28, 2021

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - DECEMBER 2021

Peace on Earth, Aloha ʻĀina…

Along with Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea and Lā Kūʻokoʻa, Lā Kalikimaka was an official holiday celebrated throughout the realm of the Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands. Unfortunately, like so much else, the pure message of the humble birth of the Prince of Peace and Savior of the World became corrupted over time... eventually losing all semblance of “Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward all mankind”.

In Hawaiʻi, we are facing monumental challenges and existential threats. Our very lives are at risk on many fronts, hidden behind the veil of a peaceful paradise and the façade of normalcy. The descendants of the haole messengers that bore the message of peace on earth, ended up being seduced by greed and power, robbing us of our inheritance, decimating our people, putting us in mortal danger living in a sugar-coated fortress of war. As we know, the fuel contamination of our aquifer is just a hint of the calamity that could be unleashed at any moment on our people. This is why it is urgent that we free Hawaii from the grip of the U.S.

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.

The kingdom outlawed warfare, class distinctions and racism and built a highly moral and inclusive society. They gained standing and respect in the world as a significant sovereign nation. This is the powerful legacy we have as we face the future.

By embracing and excercising the ways of our kūpuna — Aloha ʻĀina, Kapu Aloha, Aloha ke Akua... — we are on the path to not only free ourselves and our nation from captivity; but to heal our people and our lands and ultimately transform the world into a better and safer place to live.

We saw a preview with what happened with the kiaʻi on Mauna Kea as the hearts of our warriors merged with the wisdom of our kupuna and with the spirit of Aloha. It is a powerful combination for facing the future.

A he malu hoʻi ma ka Honua; he Aloha no ke Kanaka. Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward all mankind.

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Malama Pono, Leon Siu, Hawaiian National

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Free Hawaii blog WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2021 FREE HAWAI`I TV THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK

"WHY WILLIAM MCKINLEYʻS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RED HILL DISASTER"

Youʻre Not Going To Believe Whoʻs Responsible For The Red Hill Fuel Leak Fiasco.

But Wait You Say - Hasnʻt McKinley Been Dead For Over A Century?

So Why Would We Say Red Hill Poison Water Is His Fault?

Watch This To Find Out As We Connect All The Dots.

Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5mhQs3wVm4

** Ken Conklin's notes summarizing the video: The video is 3 minutes long. Here is a transcript of exactly what host 'Ehu Kekahu Cardwell says from 0:45 to 2:00, with many words shouted for emphasis: "How in the world, you ask, could William McKinley, who died in 1901, be responsible today for the U.S. Navy's jet fuel storage tanks leaking and contaminating one of the major clean water sources for O'ahu? 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. If there was no U.S. military in Hawaii there would be no Red Hill jet fuel storage tanks period. So it's William McKinley who you have to thank for the Red Hill leaking tanks. And that's why his name and statue should be removed immediately from the school." Then from 2:20 to the end of the video there is a rapid-fire slide show of a scowling McKinley, several Hawaiian kings, anti-annexation petition, Butch Kekahu secessionist March on Washington, Mauna Kea protesters, etc.; all accompanied by loud heart-thumping tension-evoking drum-beat music. The video makes clear that the primary motive for demanding the removal of McKinley's name and statue from McKinley High School is to demand the removal of the U.S. military from Hawaii and, indeed, to demand the removal of the U.S. itself.

** Ken Conklin's rebuttal: But of course Cardwell knows he is lying when he shouts "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." It is a typical technique of Hawaiian sovereignty activists to twist history while stirring up bitter hatred toward America as a colonial oppressor. Let's calmly remember the facts. The Hawaiian revolution of January 1893 happened when Benjamin Harrison was President. His successor, Grover Cleveland, was President from March 1893 to March 1897, during which time the revolutionary Provisional Government of Hawaii became the permanent Republic of Hawaii which was internationally recognized as the rightful successor government through letters of recognition personally signed by Emperors, Kings, Queens and Presidents on 4 continents. Cleveland's successor, William McKinley, was President from March 4, 1897, until his assassination on September 14, 1901. McKinley played no role in the landing of U.S. peacekeepers in January 1893. McKinley, as President in 1898, does get well-deserved credit for strongly and successfully lobbying Congress to agree to the Treaty of Annexation which the Republic of Hawaii had offered in 1897. McKinley did indeed send military forces through Pearl Harbor in 1898 -- not to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy [which was done by an armed militia of local residents of Hawaii in 1893], but to load up on coal on the way to the Philippines where they defeated the Spanish fleet as part of the Spanish-American War.

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