Hawaiian Independence Blog

• 'Ike : Historical Transformations: Reading Hawai'i's Past to Probe its Future

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  'Ike : Historical Transformations: Reading Hawai'i's Past to Probe its Future Saturday, October 24th10am-5pm.Center for Hawaiian StudiesFEATURED PRESENTERS:Kamana BeamerLorenz GonschorKūhiō VogelerKekuni BlaisdellIkaika HusseyTerri KekoolaniJon OsorioJ. Kehaulani KauanuiMaivân Clech LâmKeanu Saimoderated by Lynette Cruzmoderated by Jon OsorioThe event is free and refreshments will be provided.Here is the online flyer for the [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
  

• Documentary Biography on Hawaiian Patriot Joseph Nawahi

  Documentary Biography on Hawaiian Patriot Joseph NawahiWednesday, Oct. 7, 6 pm at Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Manoa A film showing of the recently made documentary on Joseph Nawahi, followed by panel discussion w/ filmmaker Victoria Knuebuhl, Jon Osorio, Noenoe Silva. Joseph Nawahi was a true Hawaiian patriot and leader. [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:23pm EDT
  

• The Myth of Ceded Lands: A Legal Analysis with Dr. Keanu Sai

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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
  

• Maui Council approves ban on GMO taro

  Maui News reports:
  A bill prohibiting genetically modified taro in Maui County received final approval Friday by the Maui County Council.
  
  The taro bill prohibits anyone from testing, propagating, growing or introducing genetically engineered or modified taro, or kalo, within Maui County. Council members voted 9-0 to approve [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 3:14am EDT
  

• "Noho Hewa" showing Oct. 8 at Windward Community College

  From the Advertiser
  An award-winning documentary about the "occupation" of Hawai'i will be shown at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Paliku Theatre at Windward Community College.
  
  "Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i" is free and open to the public.
  
  Winner of the Hawaii [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 4:07am EDT
  

• SF Chron review: "Nation Within": Gripping tale of Hawaii's illegal overthrow

  San Francisco Chronicle review of Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai‘i [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 9:42am EDT
  

• OHA downsizing, changing strategy

  Advertiser reports:
  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will eliminate 28 of its 178 positions as part of a new strategic plan outlined yesterday.
  
  The layoffs are expected to save OHA from $500,000 to $750,000 and are part of a shift to a more "results-based" strategy.
  
  OHA plans [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 9:48am EDT
  

• Coffman reads "Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i"

  View the video at C-Span's video archive
  
  Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i
  Tom Coffman
  
  Tom Coffman talks about the U.S. annexation of Hawai'i and the resistance to annexation by the native population there. August 21, 2009 marked the 50th [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:30pm EDT
  

• "Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i" screening on Hawaii Island and O'ahu

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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 10:30am EDT
  

• Coffman reading "Nation Within" on C-Span BookTV

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  This reading was taped at Native Books Hawai'i on August 16, 2009. If you are watching outside Hawai'i: for California add 3 hours, for New York add 6 hours. For more information, visit the publisher Koa Books or C-Span Book TV [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 8:42am EDT
  

• Current status of Crown & Government Lands

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  Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Never concerned about Hawaiian Blood quantum? Perhaps you should be now… Come and learn about the current status of the Crown and Government lands case before the Hawaii Supreme Court and its implications for all of Hawaii’s community. Date: September 19, 2009 (Saturday)         Time:         6:00 pm to 8:00 pm [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 4:11pm EDT
  

• James Nakapa’ahu

  James Nakapa’ahu has passed away on September 9, 2009. He was husband and support to Lynette Cruz. He was a quiet but strong and positive presence at many sovereignty gatherings over the years, a Hawaiian patriot and warrior. Deepest condolences and thoughts of peace and conform to Lynette and the [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 4:51am EDT
  

• Truth vs Akaka Bill with Lynette Cruz

  September 3, 2009, Ka Huli Ao hosted a Maoli Thursday discussion "True Sovereignty? The Akaka bill and its Implications" re-visiting issues of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, also known as the Akaka Bill. Speakers: Lynette Cruz, Robin Danner, Ester Kia'aina. Here's excerpts of portions with Lynette.
  
  
  
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 2:20pm EDT
  

• Ka Lei Maile Ali`i "The Queen's Women" re-enactment today at Palace

  late notice but Ka Lei Maile Ali`i Hawaiian Civic Club is doing the re-enactment of The Queen's Women (of an 1897 anti-annexation petition meeting in Hilo that was recounted in the San Francisco Call), with Dr. Keanu Sai providing a talk to set the context, today at the [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 7:29am EDT
  

• "Hawaii: A Voice for Sovereignty" to be released in Hawaii

  Press Release
  PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 03, 2009 – Othila Media Productions has announced that the documentary film "Hawaii A Voice For Sovereignty" is beginning a theatrical tour starting with special screenings at the Palace Theater in Hilo, on the Big Island Sat. Sept. 5th and Sun. [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 4:54pm EDT
  

• Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i on DVD

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  I'd like to personally encourage everyone to buy a copy or several of this film, watch it and share it with friends, and support Keala who put a huge amount of energy and resources into bringing the film to fruition to get the truth out. www.nohohewa.com' [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2009, 7:46am EDT
  

• The Myth of Ceded Lands: A Legal Analysis by Keanu Sai, PhD

  The Myth of Ceded Lands:
  A Legal Analysis by Keanu Sai, PhD
  
  Sponsored by ASUH and Hawaiian Studies
  
  Based on the 1898 joint resolution of annexation, Governor Lingle claims that the State of Hawai‘i has good title to Ceded Lands and that Native Hawaiians have a moral but [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
  

• "Hawaii - A Voice for Sovereignty" showing in Hilo

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  HAWAII -- A VOICE FOR SOVEREIGNTYA Documentary film by photojournalist Catherine BauknightSat • Sept 5 at 7pm - Sun • Sept 6 at 2:30pmPalace Theater, HiloView the flywer: Voice for Sovereignty Poster.pdf [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 7:24pm EDT
  

• "The Statehood Project" play at Kumu Kahua theater

  Check out "The Statehood Project" play currently running at Kumu Kahua theater:
  In conjunction with Fat Ulu Productions, an organization dedicated to creating and strengthening communities through the literary arts (it recently produced a series of collaborative poetry performances), Kumu Kahua presents a collection of monologues, scenes and stories [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 6:21am EDT
  

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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 2:52am EDT
  

• Queen's birthday celebration

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  HonoringQUEEN LILI`UOKALANIon her 171st birthday9/2/1838 – 9/2/2009Sept. 2, 2009 • 4 – 7 pm`Iolani Palace Grounds @ the ahuFor more info:  kaluamoku@yahoo.com • 783-2313 Flyer: Queen-BDay-flyer-09.pdf [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 9:44am EDT
  

• Five Hawaiian Women Poets

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  Remembering Roots & Envisioning FutureFive Hawaiian Women PoetsTamara Wong-Morrison • Mahealani Perez-Wendt • Puanani Burgess 
Ho'oipo DeCambra • Jamaica Heolimeleikalani OsorioFriday, September 11, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
McCoy Studio Theater, Maui Arts & Cultural Center' [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 9:28am EDT
  

• Jamaica Osorio: Kumulipo poem at White House

  Another poetic treat by Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, from the White House poetry night in May.
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 11:04am EDT
  

• Sonny Kaniho Passing

  I'm late on posting this, but Sonny Kaniho passed away August 14. As Ian Lind writes
  Sonny Kaniho was one of the giants in the modern Hawaiian rights movement who gained fame by quietly, and then not-so-quietly, protesting the failures of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to make' [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 8:27am EDT
  

• HuffPost: Hawaiian Independence Movement Gains Momentum

  Published at Huffington Post by Tony Sachs
  Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of The Perfect Wave: The Hawaiian Independence Movement Gains Momentum
  
  To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hawaii's statehood, I went down to the beach at Waikiki and witnessed a lovely evening fireworks display. Only thing is, [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 8:10am EDT
  

• Radio New Zealand: Hawaii demonstrators call for independence

  Radio New Zealand aired this report today about Friday’s Fake State Protest
  Hawaii demonstrators call for independence
  
  Posted at 02:06 on 24 August, 2009 UTC
  
  About 500 demonstrators have called for Hawaiian independence on the 50th anniversary of the state.
  
  The protestors marched to the Hawaii [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
  

• WaPo op-ed on Hawaii statehood, Obama's citizenship

  Lois-Ann Yamanaka has an opinion piece in today's Washington Post on the "statehood" anniversary, tying it in to Obama's birth certificate craziness (see here for more of my perspective and legal analysis on that), here's an excerpt:
  So as our state celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend, the [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 2:17am EDT
  

• "Statehood" Protest in Waikiki 8/21 video

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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 2:03am EDT
  

• Brave New Voices: "1893" by Jamaica (on HBO)

  Jamaica performs one of her poems from HBO's new series " Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices"
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 5:49pm EDT
  

• Statehood protests for 50th anniversary

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  KHNL: Hawaiians protest statehood and push for freedom (includes video)Advertiser Protesting Hawaii's 50th Anniversary photo gallery Star-Bulletin Protesters decry overthrow of kingdom and Chanters at palace lament statehood Maui News Shouts, stamps mark statehood Some pictures of the protest. [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 7:11am EDT
  

• Iolani Palace to remain quiet as Hawaii observes 50th; few celebrate statehood

  Advertiser article
  Sandra Reyes strolled across the empty grounds of 'Iolani Palace this week and fully understood why state officials are not marking 50 years of Hawai'i statehood today with any kind of celebration.
  
  "I can see why they would be afraid," said Reyes, who lives in [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 4:59am EDT
  

• Events of 1893 come alive in this week's free living history walking tour

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  Advertiser story Annexation forces bent on overthrowing Queen Lili'uokalani were meeting behind closed doors in offices at the corner of Merchant and Queen, Hina Kneubuhl anxiously told a gathering of listeners. "They are accusing the queen of treason, and revolution!" she shouted. "And they are forming a committee for safety'" [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 2:36am EDT
  

• THE “EVERY PERSON'S” ROLE IN STATEHOOD RALLY TO SUPPORT HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE

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  THE “EVERY PERSON'S” ROLE IN STATEHOOD RALLY TO SUPPORT HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCEJoin in actions to bring forward U.S. international accountability and counter statehood.Please attend the August 21 Statehood Rally.U. S. imperialism and occupation in foreign countries has oppressive impacts on everyone as valuable global resources go to military enforcement and ordinary' [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 3:33pm EDT
  

• New book explores Liliuokalani’s legal challenge

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  Media release “The Rights of My People” examines the two battles for Hawaii’s sovereignty. Liliuokalani led them. Author Neil Thomas Proto revisits the first battle – the 1893 coup d’état and annexation in 1898 – through a new perspective: the harsh remnants of the Civil War, the missionaries’ disquieting view [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 10:40am EDT
  

• Hawaii plans quiet, sobering 50th anniversary

  AP has an article syndicated far and wide today on the "statehood" anniversary this week:
  Hawaii turns 50 years old as the 50th state Friday, but there will be no grand parades, no dazzling fireworks, no lavish displays of native culture.
  
  Organizers of the observation are not even [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 12:19pm EDT
  

• Google in Hawaiian

  This week Google launched www.google.com translated into Hawaiian.
  
  Here's how to try it out:
  [www.google.com]
  - Or, select Hawaiian language in the Language Tools link or as an interface language in the Preferences link on google.com
  
  The translation was done by the same group [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 12:07pm EDT
  

• March and Rally for Hawaiian Independence

  March and Rally for Hawaiian Independence
  
  After 50 years of being misled, Hawaiians are challenging a long history of misinformation leading to the creation of the State of Hawaii and the commemoration of 50 years of its existence. Join us in challenging U.S. propaganda by calling attention to the [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 10:46pm EDT
  

• No jubilation felt in illegal statehood

  Letter in the Star-Bulletin last week:
  No jubilation felt in illegal statehood
  
  The "Jubilee of Statehood," was supposed to be a humdinger of an event. But the mood had changed considerably since 1959, so the state's celebration commission decided to downplay the jubilant part of jubilee.
  
  You [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 2:35am EDT
  

• Another side of statehood

  Joan Conrow has an article in the Honolulu Weekly, "Another side of statehood: A native son comes home to fill a void during statehood celebrations"
  Amid official preparations for a 50th anniversary of statehood celebration–including the lei-bedecked arrival of the USS Hawaii, a $2.5 billion nuclear submarine billed by [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 5:15pm EDT
  

• Maui Councilmember flies upside down Hawaiian flag

  In this viewpoint in the Maui News, Maui County Councilmember Wayne Nishiki explains why he flies an upside down Hawaiian flag on his desk in the council chambers. [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 5:11pm EDT
  

• 50 Years fake statehood

  
  
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 4:00pm EDT
  

• Tom Coffman reading from "Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i"

  Tom Coffman
  Reading from and Signing copies of the new edition of his classic book
  Nation Within: The History of the American Occupation of Hawai'i
  
  "The best single book on annexation." -- The Nation Magazine
  
  Sunday, August 16, 2:00 p.m., at Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i, Ward Warehouse, [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 2:12pm EDT
  

• I'm back!

  Kekula and I were traveling abroad and that's why no posts recently, sorry to not post something before I left letting folks know I would be taking a break. Anyway, posting will resume and as I have time I'll try to catch up with some of the stuff that happened' [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 2:07pm EDT
  

• La Ho'i Ho'i Ea photos

  Some photos from La Ho'i Ho'i Ea event Sunday.
  
  And here's some coverage from KGMB9 news. [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 5:08am EDT
  

• Hawaiian Sovereignty Restoration Day, Sunday 7/26 @ Thomas Sq.

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  Ka La Ho'i Ho'i EaHawaiian Sovereignty Restoration DayHawaiian National Holiday since 1843, remembering the end of a short British occupation of Hawaii. Kamehameha III proclaimed "Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka 'Aina I Ka Pono" - The SOVEREIGNTY of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness."Ea" doesn't just mean life, it [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 4:26am EDT
  

• Petition opposing Akaka Bill

  Online Petition to "Oppose the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009" (aka Akaka Bill). [...]
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  Posted: July 12, 2009, 6:58pm EDT
  

• Native Hawaiian Bar Association testimony on Akaka Bill

  FYI...
  
  Testimony Of The Native Hawaiian Bar Association Before The House Committee On Natural Resources On The Akaka Bill, HR 2314, The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act
  
  June 11, 2009
  
  Chairman Rahall, Ranking Member Hastings, and members of the committee:
  
  As members of the Native Hawaiian [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2009, 5:22am EDT
  

• Akaka Bill committee vote delayed

  Advertiser reports House Natural Resources Committee postpones vote on Akaka bill, to be rescheduled in a week or two. [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2009, 12:23am EDT
  

• History that should not—and will not—disappear: July 4, 1894

  Belated good July 4th reading relevant to Hawaii from Larry Geller at Disappeared News. [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 1:22pm EDT
  

• Independence Day events include talk of Hawaii's independence

  Advertiser reports:
  The mood was less festive but still heartfelt at 'Iolani Palace, where the Temple of Lono was hosting a gathering of Native Hawaiian leaders, cultural practitioners and others who find Independence Day a bittersweet occasion.
  
  "While everybody is celebrating the Fourth of July, we are still'" [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 2:49pm EDT