Posted on December 5, 2016 12:05 am
Updated on December 4, 2016 at 11:20 pm
A campaign to bring about a ratification vote for the draft Native Hawaiian constitution has received a boost with a pledge of support from an association of more than 100 Native Hawaiian organizations.
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It’s about time! I wondered if/when you were going to vote to ratify the document you worked so hard on. Imua!
It is amazing that the distortions and biases that make up this story are included as if actual facts. One of the most powerful omitted set of facts is as follows, more or less: the government allegedly overthrown in 1893 was a colonial government. There is no federal policy for restoring a colonial government as such or as it might morph into a new government described as a tribal government. Were only homesteaders involved and not descendants, this might have some possibility of forward movement where it might converge with actual federal policy and law, already in existence. Rule 50 is countered by the Tribal Recognition Act of 2015. CNHA is an invention of the same Hawaiians found a racial group in Rice. As the ali’ trusts hold billions they earned from lands taken from the original owners, they could easily finance anything the Waihee crew comes up with. And on and on……
I produced a webpage on this topic a few days ago and, thanks to Tim Hurley’s news report, I have now made it visible on my website:
Three ways President Trump and Congressional Republicans can kill the Department of Interior Final Rule 43CFR50 (authorizing creation and federal recognition of a phony Hawaiian tribe) — Celebrating the long-term help of the Heritage Foundation and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in fighting creation of an apartheid regime in Hawaii.
Ultra mostly white Grassroot Institute conservatives have allied with independence activists to oppose establishment of a Native Hawaiian government, the conservatives (including the new OHA trustee Kelii Akina) against any Hawaiian preference programs and independents alleging this effort is a ploy by the state to control the 200,000 acres of land illegally confiscated by the U.S. during the illegal overthrow and annexation. But the state already controls and exercises “legal” jurisdiction over those lands, its mismanagement giving rise to hundreds of legal challenges on constitutional grounds. If created, the new Hawaiian government would seek to reclaim some of those lands for its citizens. Hawaiians are being overwhelmed and pushed out of their homelands, with more than half of the population forced to settle outside Hawaii. Neither the conservatives nor the independents offer any solution. This is one of the reasons I support establishment of a Native Hawaiian government.
IRT Hookupaa, when history of Hawaii through its Constitutions from October 8, 1840 to the present is a continuity of the Kingdom, the Republic, the Territory, and the State of Hawaii. We all know we are all visitors to this great State of Hawaii and it’s us, together, that made Hawaii the special place of Aloha. Now, please explain the reason for a new Hawaiian government that is outside the realm of the history beginning in 1840? The lands, I believe you are posting, is the ceded lands that has been recorded in the Book since 1846, from the Great Mahele, and managed by the State Department of Land and Natural Resources. Nothing was stolen.
With Republicans in total control of Congress, and Donald Trump leading a white nationalist administration, there is not much chance for Native Hawaiian sovereignty to move forward. Obama was the best chance, but that opportunity was squandered with constant infighting among Hawaiians.
Mr. Trump is erratic, no one knows what his position is on this issue. As for infighting, this is not unique to Hawaiians and understandable given the historical, legal, social, political, economic, cultural, etc. complexities confronting them.
“Infighting” didn’t impede Obama taking an action to help the state’s Hawaiians. There was no step to be taken. The whole Hawaiian cause is a charade and a farce when measured by a legal metric. So many lies have been told, it’s like wading through a swamp of chest high water, expecting to hit quicksand at any step along the way. The dry shore line behind is the 1920 federal statute, which left out Hawaiians. The same Hawaiians singled out in Rice in 1999. The only thing a single Hawaiian government will do is use its power to make sure no one frucks with the land of the ali’ trusts. Dr Conklin’s work, pro bono, is a public service. The Trump administration is not too fond of any lie, especially any lie told over and over and over in Hawaii.
“The whole Hawaiian cause is a charade and a farce when measured by a legal metric.”
Yes.
Does anyone believe that any Native Hawaiian suffers from a government deficiency? What will another layer of government do for people sleeping on the beach at Mokuleia?
NARF is an Inouye creation, using Ford Foundation. Moses runs both NARF and NHLC, with the NHLC being OHA’s law firm, exclusively. OHA over promises its 850,000 beneficiaries more than it can ever deliver. They need to revert to their proper position within the citizenry and end this crazed lust for more power than reality will ever permit. What’s that you say? It’s a way for the greedy filthy rich royal land trusts to distract Hawaiians from lusting after some of their billions and some of their land. The ceded lands “belong” to all “Hawaiians”. The hhca trust lands were set aside exclusively for native Hawaiians, only.
IRT BdPapa, agreed that with President Trump, there will never be a new Hawaiian government. His administration together with Congress will be operating with “Making America Safe and Great Again” and a new Hawaiian government fails to meet that objective.
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It’s about time! I wondered if/when you were going to vote to ratify the document you worked so hard on. Imua!
It is amazing that the distortions and biases that make up this story are included as if actual facts. One of the most powerful omitted set of facts is as follows, more or less: the government allegedly overthrown in 1893 was a colonial government. There is no federal policy for restoring a colonial government as such or as it might morph into a new government described as a tribal government. Were only homesteaders involved and not descendants, this might have some possibility of forward movement where it might converge with actual federal policy and law, already in existence. Rule 50 is countered by the Tribal Recognition Act of 2015. CNHA is an invention of the same Hawaiians found a racial group in Rice. As the ali’ trusts hold billions they earned from lands taken from the original owners, they could easily finance anything the Waihee crew comes up with. And on and on……
“Our hope is to hold the ratification vote in 2017, but that, of course, is contingent on our raising sufficient funds,” Waihee said.
Good thing the Bishop Estate and OHA is sitting on BILLIONS then.
I produced a webpage on this topic a few days ago and, thanks to Tim Hurley’s news report, I have now made it visible on my website:
Three ways President Trump and Congressional Republicans can kill the Department of Interior Final Rule 43CFR50 (authorizing creation and federal recognition of a phony Hawaiian tribe) — Celebrating the long-term help of the Heritage Foundation and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in fighting creation of an apartheid regime in Hawaii.
http://www.angelfire.com/big11a/3WaysToKill43CFR50.html
Ultra mostly white Grassroot Institute conservatives have allied with independence activists to oppose establishment of a Native Hawaiian government, the conservatives (including the new OHA trustee Kelii Akina) against any Hawaiian preference programs and independents alleging this effort is a ploy by the state to control the 200,000 acres of land illegally confiscated by the U.S. during the illegal overthrow and annexation. But the state already controls and exercises “legal” jurisdiction over those lands, its mismanagement giving rise to hundreds of legal challenges on constitutional grounds. If created, the new Hawaiian government would seek to reclaim some of those lands for its citizens. Hawaiians are being overwhelmed and pushed out of their homelands, with more than half of the population forced to settle outside Hawaii. Neither the conservatives nor the independents offer any solution. This is one of the reasons I support establishment of a Native Hawaiian government.
IRT Hookupaa, when history of Hawaii through its Constitutions from October 8, 1840 to the present is a continuity of the Kingdom, the Republic, the Territory, and the State of Hawaii. We all know we are all visitors to this great State of Hawaii and it’s us, together, that made Hawaii the special place of Aloha. Now, please explain the reason for a new Hawaiian government that is outside the realm of the history beginning in 1840? The lands, I believe you are posting, is the ceded lands that has been recorded in the Book since 1846, from the Great Mahele, and managed by the State Department of Land and Natural Resources. Nothing was stolen.
With Republicans in total control of Congress, and Donald Trump leading a white nationalist administration, there is not much chance for Native Hawaiian sovereignty to move forward. Obama was the best chance, but that opportunity was squandered with constant infighting among Hawaiians.
Mr. Trump is erratic, no one knows what his position is on this issue. As for infighting, this is not unique to Hawaiians and understandable given the historical, legal, social, political, economic, cultural, etc. complexities confronting them.
“Infighting” didn’t impede Obama taking an action to help the state’s Hawaiians. There was no step to be taken. The whole Hawaiian cause is a charade and a farce when measured by a legal metric. So many lies have been told, it’s like wading through a swamp of chest high water, expecting to hit quicksand at any step along the way. The dry shore line behind is the 1920 federal statute, which left out Hawaiians. The same Hawaiians singled out in Rice in 1999. The only thing a single Hawaiian government will do is use its power to make sure no one frucks with the land of the ali’ trusts. Dr Conklin’s work, pro bono, is a public service. The Trump administration is not too fond of any lie, especially any lie told over and over and over in Hawaii.
“The whole Hawaiian cause is a charade and a farce when measured by a legal metric.”
Yes.
Does anyone believe that any Native Hawaiian suffers from a government deficiency? What will another layer of government do for people sleeping on the beach at Mokuleia?
Obama is against racism, which this Hawaiian movement is.
Bull, it’s entirely founded on ethnically biased conditions.
Documents Reveal Waihee Hustles Indians for $2M
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/18654/Documents-Reveal-Waihee-Hustles-Indians-for-2M.aspx
NARF is an Inouye creation, using Ford Foundation. Moses runs both NARF and NHLC, with the NHLC being OHA’s law firm, exclusively. OHA over promises its 850,000 beneficiaries more than it can ever deliver. They need to revert to their proper position within the citizenry and end this crazed lust for more power than reality will ever permit. What’s that you say? It’s a way for the greedy filthy rich royal land trusts to distract Hawaiians from lusting after some of their billions and some of their land. The ceded lands “belong” to all “Hawaiians”. The hhca trust lands were set aside exclusively for native Hawaiians, only.
I get the feeling with Trump, it stands a good chance.
IRT BdPapa, agreed that with President Trump, there will never be a new Hawaiian government. His administration together with Congress will be operating with “Making America Safe and Great Again” and a new Hawaiian government fails to meet that objective.