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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress’ apology for overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 bears no moral, political or legal weight in stopping the State of Hawaii from selling 1.2 million acres of land seized during the illegal regime change before resolving land claims by Native Hawaiians.
The ruling was issued March 31, six weeks after the high court heard arguments in State of Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
The state petitioned the case in the U.S. Supreme Court last year after the Hawaii Supreme Court issued an injunction prohibiting the state from selling or transferring “ceded lands” held in trust until Native Hawaiians’ claims to the land have been resolved.
The Hawaiian court based its decision on the Apology Resolution, passed by Congress in 1993 on the 100th anniversary of the destruction of the Hawaiian Nation. The apology acknowledged the illegality of the U.S. government’s actions in overthrowing Hawaii’s sovereign government, creating a “provisional government” and five years later passing the Newlands Resolution, which annexed Hawaii as a U.S. territory.The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress’ apology for overthrowing the... more
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The Supreme Court today restored Hawaii's authority to sell 1.2 million acres of state land without resolving prior claims by native Hawaiians.
"The state Supreme Court incorrectly held that Congress, by adopting the Apology Resolution, took away from the citizens of Hawaii the authority to resolve an issue that is of great importance to the people of the state," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court in a unanimous decision, which reversed and remanded the case.
In 1994, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and four native Hawaiians filed a lawsuit to prevent the state from selling public land to residential developers.
More Approved Destruction and Demeanor against an Illegally Occupied State of Hawai’i. Linda Lingle and Her Administration can burn in Hell, I hope you get assassinated one of these days. The Hawaiians are lost once again. America wins its’ illegal battle to develop and damage more to the future survival of the Hawaiians. When will education, a health care system and benefits promised by the State of Hawai’i begin?The Supreme Court today restored Hawaii's authority to sell 1.2 million acres of... more
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How in this day and age can the United Nations now help my people. America has acknowledge its' wrong doing and its' illegal takeover our Kingdom and forcing our Queen to give up the thrown to save what Native Hawaiians were left. America gave her no choice, they were only 25 Police Officers, and some Palace guards against the United States of America and its’ Armed Forces and Provisional Government. How can they side with an; entity, corporation, business, whatever you wanna call it. The UN does nothing to assist the movement nor the intervention of American Affairs in Hawai’i, our people are dying from poverty, lack of education, imprisonment, lack of housing, lack of health care, lack of land rights, lack rights to language and culture (The law cited as banning the Hawaiian language is identified as Act 57, sec. 30 of the 1896 Laws of the Republic of Hawaiʻi, and on in the past 25 years or so has the language been reintroduced to my generation through my grandparents generation. The land, what is left of it is all that we have it should be protected for and be used for the best interest of the Hawaiians. When will the UN see that this is an Illegal trade of Stolen Land from the Hawaiian People? When will the government stop the desecration and Illegal Justice against my people? When will we be educated by the Billions Of Revenue from Ceded Lands create? Where is Healthcare? Where is protection against cultural and sacred places? Injustices against my people. We demand rights for the future and survival of Hawaiians and the Aloha Spirit, No Hawaiians, No Aloha Spirit.How in this day and age can the United Nations now help my people. America has... more
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For those uneducated about the issues "Noho Hewa" addresses, Hawaiian activists can appear to be unduly angry, their causes ridiculously unrealistic. But in taking a stand on the side of the Hawaiian cause, the film does an excellent job of providing context to their perspectives. And it even goes one step further: It conveys knowledge that resonates in the heart as well as the mind.
"Honolulu Star-Bulletin"For those uneducated about the issues "Noho Hewa" addresses, Hawaiian... more
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More than a century ago, missionaries from the United Church of Christ aided American businessmen in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, but last month local UCC officials not only asked to be forgiven for their forebears' complicity but also gifted members of 'Ohana Ni'ihau o Waimea Ekalesia the deed to the land on which their church and a fellowship hall stand in Waimea town. Church members also received the deed for a nearby parcel off Kaumuali'i Highway on Kaua'i's west side.More than a century ago, missionaries from the United Church of Christ aided American... more
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On Sept. 25, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies sponsored a panel discussion on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP). The panel, moderated by professor Lilikalā Kame'eleihiwa, included Mililani Trask, who was instrumental in drafting the document, Julian Aguon, Kyle Kajihiro, Joshua Cooper and Keali'i Gora. It was structured to give a good context of the DRIP, some real-world problems that the document can be applied to, a brief explanation of structure and the political climate at the international level, and an example of the practical application of the rights specified in the document affecting changes in policy and direction in the UH systemOn Sept. 25, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Kamakakūokalani Center for... more
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One good deed President Bush and his Administration has done for the Polynesian Nations and the Hawaiian Islands. Thank You Mr. Bush, Please protect and save our precious Aina and Kai for if humans continue their course mankind will lose these precious areas.
I'm one of the lucky few to ever step foot on Nihoa – a remote, mysterious little island whose closest neighbor, Ni'ihau, lies beyond the horizon, about 120 miles southeast. The ancestors of my people, Native Hawaiians, somehow lived, farmed and worshipped on Nihoa – in the middle of nowhere – where their remnants still stand, frozen in time.
Accessing Nihoa – which lies within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument – is tricky. There's a tiny sandy beach in the south bay that may have once been used for access. But endangered Hawaiian monk seals currently haul out there, and federal laws protecting endangered species prevent people from using the beach. Inaccessibility combined with a stringent permitting process has prevented humans from visiting – and thereby impacting – the island. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, just 26 groups have been onto Nihoa in 28 years, and the vast majority of these visits were by U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff.One good deed President Bush and his Administration has done for the Polynesian... more
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In 1842, Kamehameha III had a “very strong desire that his Kingdom shall be formally acknowledged by the civilized nations of the world as a sovereign and independent State.” To accomplish this, he appointed Timoteo Ha'alilio, William Richards and Sir George Simpson, a British subject, as joint ministers plenipotentiary on April 8, 1842. Shortly thereafter, Simpson left for England, via Alaska and Siberia, while Ha'alilio and Richards departed for the United States, via Mexico, on July 8, 1842.
After Ha'alilio and Richards secured President John Tyler's assurance of recognizing Haw-
aiian independence on Dec. 19, 1842, the delegation proceeded to meet Simpson in Europe. On March 17, 1843, King Louis-Philippe assures them of France's recognition of Hawaiian independence, and on April 1, 1843, Lord Aberdeen, on behalf of Queen Victoria, assured the Hawaiian delegation that “Her Majesty's Government was willing and had determined to recognize the independence of the Sandwich Islands under their present sovereign.” Confirming these assurances, Great Britain and France formally recognized Hawaiian sovereignty on Nov. 28, 1843, by joint proclamation at the Court of London, and the United States followed on July 6, 1844, by letter of Secretary of State J.C. Calhoun. Nov. 28 was a national holiday celebrating Hawaiian Independence, Lā Kū'oko'a.In 1842, Kamehameha III had a “very strong desire that his Kingdom shall be... more
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You know that feeling that you get in your na'au when you drive past 'Iolani Palace or when you hear Kaulana Nā Pua? That chicken-skin feeling that comes over you and lets you know that your kūpuna have been disturbed? That intrinsic sense that wrong has been done?
Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i captures that feeling on film.
The film – the first feature-length project by filmmaker Anne Ke'ala Kelly – opens with a kanikau, or chant of mourning, after a fire sparked by Army munitions destroyed sacred sites and habitat for endangered species in Mākua Valley, O'ahu. The dirge sets the tone for the next 70 minutes, a stark reminder of the continual desecration of Hawaiian land and displacement of Native Hawaiians in the homeland. AuwēYou know that feeling that you get in your na'au when you drive past 'Iolani... more
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With oral arguments in a ceded lands case headed for the U.S. Supreme Court likely in January or February, Jonathan Osorio, one of four individual plaintiffs in the 1994 case along with OHA, reaffirmed his belief that the state should not sell ceded lands.
“If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear a case, they're going to hear a case, and what we need to do is prepare ourselves,” Osorio said, following the high court's Oct. 1 decision to hear a case regarding the state's ability to sell ceded lands before Native Hawaiians' claims to those lands are resolved. “I have a lot of faith in our attorney, (William) Meheula. And I have faith in the justice of our position. Those lands are ours. Ceded lands are stolen lands.”With oral arguments in a ceded lands case headed for the U.S. Supreme Court likely in... more
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