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Ka Lā Ho'iho'i Ea

For Saturday, July 28, 2012

Na Kekeha Solis

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 28, 2012

Synopsis: Sovereignty Restoration Day will be celebrated this Sunday at Thomas Square Park, which brings to question what else needs to be restored.

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Aloha mai kākou e nā hoa puni 'oia'i'o a me nā hoa kū i ka pono. Eia ke hiki koke maila ka lā 31 o Iulai, a 'o ka Lā Ho'iho'i Ea nō ia. Pōmaika'i ko 'oukou mea kākau i ke kama'ilio 'ana aku iā 'Analū Perez ma ka Pō'alua nei. E 'ole 'o ia, ho'omaopopo 'ia ai ua lā nui nei e ko 'oukou mea kākau a me nā hana e mālama 'ia ana ma Kamaki Kuea i ka lā 'apōpō, ka Lāpule ho'i, ka lā 29 o nei mahina mai ke kū 'ana o ka lā i ka lolo (ka hola 12:00) a i ka hola 6:00 o ke ahiahi. I ka makahiki 1843 ia ho'iho'i 'ia 'ana mai o ke ea o ka 'āina. A mai ia manawa mai, ua lilo ia lā i lānui no ka lāhui Hawai'i. A piha hau'oli ka na'au o ko 'oukou mea kākau i ka mālama hou 'ia 'ana o ia lā i lānui no kākou mai ka makahiki 1985 a hiki i kēia lā.

'O ka mea 'āpiki, 'a'ole nō i maliu iki mai nā luna aupuni o 'Amelika. 'Ane'ane e piha nā makahiki he 30 a 'a'ole i ho'iho'i mai 'o 'Amelika i ke ea o ka 'āina. Kainō, e 'ike ana ko 'Amelika i ka hana pono a e hana like, eia kā, 'a'ohe luna aupuni pono o laila. Ma kēia hope aku paha.

E maika'i ana ka hana o ka Lā Ho'iho'i Ea ma Kamaki Kuea. He mau hana ho'olaule'a, a he mau hana a'o nō ho'i e pili ana i nā nīnau like 'ole i mua o kākou.

A 'oiai, ke kama'ilio 'ia nei ka ho'iho'i, eia mai kahi mea e no'ono'o ai. Pehea ka ho'iho'i 'ia 'ana o ka 'āina o nā kūpuna o kekahi o kākou i hana 'āpuka 'ia e kekahi o nā haole o ia au. E like ho'i me ka mo'olelo a Mary Kaleikoa i ha'i mai ai ma Ka Leo Hawai'i e pili ana i ia 'ano hana a Sam Damon. Penei ka mo'olelo:

Kēia George Houghtailing, 'o ia ka waha 'ōlelo o Sam Damon, hele i waena o nā po'e Hawai'i, 'ōlelo akula me kēia nei, “'auhea 'oe, inā 'oe makemake i kōkua, hiki nō iā Sam Damon ke kōkua iā 'oe.” A i kēia pule maybe hele ko'u kupunakāne kanawalu kālā paha a i kekahi pule aku kanahiku kālā, pēlā e pi'i li'ili'i ai a piha ka haneli, mau haneli kālā a hele maila 'o George Houghtailing, “'auhea 'oe, 'ai'ē 'oe iā Sam Damon, eia kou pila.” But, kēlā hua'ōlelo kōkua that means help, 'a'ole i 'ōlelo mai ē 'ai'ē...'o ia ka mea hewa...'ōlelo aku nei ko'u kupunakāne, “'A'ole au hele i ka hana, 'a'ohe a'u kālā e uku ai, but, he 'āina ko'u,” and ki'i 'o ia ma ka 'āina waiwai, loa'a ka wai, wai puna, lawe 'o ia i kēlā 'āina.

A 'o ia ihola ka mo'olelo mai ka waha mai o Mary Kaleikoa. A i ka makahiki 2004, ua 'ōlelo 'ia, e lilo ana he $500 miliona i nā ho'oilina o Damon. Eia ka nīnau, he hiki i nā ho'oilina o ke kanaka i hele a waiwai ma muli o ka hana 'āpuka ke pōmaika'i i ia waiwai? Inā pēlā, he hiki nō ho'i i nā ho'oilina ke uku no ia hana hewa a ke ho'iho'i i ia waiwai a pau. 'Eā, e 'ole ia hana 'āpuka a Damon, pōkeokeo ai ka waihona o ia 'ohana. Inā 'a'ole i hana 'āpuka 'o Damon, inā ua pala 'ole ka 'umeke.

A 'o kekahi mea minamina, ke kuhi nei ko 'oukou mea kākau, 'a'ole wale nō 'o ke kupunakāne o Mary Kaleikoa ka mea i hana 'āpuka 'ia e Damon, a e kekahi haole paha, akā, he nui nō paha nā mo'olelo like.

E ho'iho'i 'ia ke ea o ka 'āina.

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E ho'ouna 'ia mai na ā leka iā māua, 'o ia ho'i 'o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:

>> kwong@hawaii.edu
>> rsolis@hawaii.edu

a i ‘ole ia, ma ke kelepona:

>> 956-2627 (Laiana)
>> 956-2627 (Kekeha)

This column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

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Ken_Conklin wrote:

Today's independence activists say their movement is about a nation, not a race. They point out that the Kingdom of Hawaii was multiracial. But in celebrating this holiday, they systematically exclude the hero of the day, a medical missionary with no native blood who served as the King's closest advisor.

on July 28,2012 | 05:15AM

Ken_Conklin wrote:

Rev. Dr. Gerrit Judd almost single-handedly saved the Kingdom's sovereignty in the days following the British takeover, by writing the successful appeal to the British government. He did so in secret, at risk of his life, by candlelight at night in the Royal mausoleum, at a time when the King was suffering alcoholic depression. When Admiral Thomas sailed into Honolulu Harbor, Dr. Judd marched side by side with the King, leading a huge procession to Kawaiaha'o Church. There Dr. Judd stood beside the King on the church steps and read the English-language petition to the crowd in fluent Hawaiian. Only then did the King give his famous one-line reply: "Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono." See http://tinyurl.com/clw5kov

on July 28,2012 | 05:16AM

Ken_Conklin wrote:

But today's sovereignty activists are engaged in ethnic cleansing of Hawaii's history, by systematically removing the names of Caucasians like Rev. Dr. Gerrit Judd from the pantheon of heroes of the Hawaiian Kingdom. This is not the only holiday where the activists are doing ethnic cleansing of history. See http://tinyurl.com/3gqgm

on July 28,2012 | 05:16AM

Ken_Conklin wrote:

Thus today's sovereignty independence activists show their political movement is really about a race and not a nation. They seek independence for a nation of Hawaii in which all races would be included, but everyone lacking native blood would be second-class citizens with severely restricted voting rights and property rights. So anyone who attends this year's celebration at Thomas Square should ask the organizers "Why are you forgetting the hero of Ka La Ho'iho'i Ea, Rev. Dr. Gerrit Judd?"

on July 28,2012 | 05:17AM

DiverDave wrote:

All correct Ken, After the restoration Dr. Judd collapsed from the strain which the crisis caused him. But, in time he regained his strength. Dr. Judd through the whole affair had managed to keep Hawaii's internal affairs in order. Had Dr. Judd not been a skilled administrator it is possible that Hawaii would stil be under the British flag. Perhaps as important was his work on the Great Mahele, or land division. The securing to the common people thier kuleanas (properties) in fee simple; thus raising then at once from condition little better than that of serfs or mere tenants at will of the konohikis (landlords), to the position of absolute owners of the soil. See: "Dr. JUDD, Hawaii's Friend" Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1960.

on July 28,2012 | 09:34AM

holokanaka wrote:

Ken, thanks for the history lesson and yes Judd deserves a lot of kuddos. He seems to be an honorable person, in this particular incident, with love for his country. But I must assume your posts are not in any way a justification for the illegal overthrow. You Ken and I know that infact these islands is an occupied sovereign nation. Furthermore, I don't see Dr. Keanu Sai advocating "everyone lacking native blood would be second-class citizens",

on July 29,2012 | 02:30PM

haalilio wrote:

What's the difference. That's how the haoles treated the Hawaiians back then when they invaded our countr.

on July 31,2012 | 07:48AM

elijahhawaii3 wrote:

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on July 28,2012 | 07:50AM

Notawannabe wrote:

HA!

on July 28,2012 | 04:59PM

Notawannabe wrote:

Is not Thomas Square where the festivities are held named after someone who was not Hawaiian? Dr. Judd did not work alone. He had others (Hawaiians) who worked along with him. Why this constant blathering? The Kingdom had subjects of other races, but very few in contrast to Hawaiians. The people who overthrew the kingdom were not multicultural though, were they. It was a straight white ticket. BTW: We were not serfs then. The American capitalist system is making serfs of us all.

on July 28,2012 | 04:55PM

DiverDave wrote:

"The kingdom had other races, but few in contrast to Hawaiians" Wrong Notawannabe. The kingdom had citizens of many different races. You just don't want to call the people that were born here, and not Polynesian, Hawaiians. After the Kamehameha clan's, and later Kalakaua, bringing of people from outside of Hawaii to work (and hopefully stay here) in order to work the fields and fill his tax coffers, by the time of the internal revolution of 1893, of the 109,020 total population in the islands only 31, 019 were full Polynesian-Hawaiian. There were 19,382 Chinese, 22,329 Japanese, 8,232 Portugues, 2,741 Europeans , and only 2,266 originally from the U.S.A.. The rest were mixed. Over half of the non Polynesians were born here, and were full citizens, paid taxes, and participated in all facets of the Kingdom. The revolution was not an overthrow of the Polynesian people, as you would like it to be a racial thing. But rather, a revolution against a governmental system that was corrupt, unrepresentative of all it's Citizens, desired to be envolved with Opium trading and gambling,on the verge of bankruptcy, and an unrightous Queen that announced she going to throw out the existing Constitution she had sworn to uphold. As proof of this, over half of the 1000 workers in the Republic of Hawaii government after the revolution were Polynesian. See "DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS OF HAWAII: 1778-1965, author Robert C. Schmitt. Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1968. If you want to blame capitalism, blame Kamehameha III, "The Great Capitalist", for turning the island's economic system from a tributary and communal exchange system of production and distribution to wage labor, private ownership of land, and an exchange economy based on money- in short CAPITALISM!

on July 28,2012 | 07:20PM

elijahhawaii3 wrote:

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on July 29,2012 | 11:13AM

DiverDave wrote:

As usual you bring nothing constructive to the conversation but personal attacks, in order to deflect from the topic at hand. I will be reporting you for calling me that last word. For you folks in Puna it means As_h _ _e.

on July 29,2012 | 12:22PM

holokanaka wrote:

Dave it seems you went of track in responce to Notawanabe. His post reads "The Kingdom had SUBJECTS of other races". Not "The kingdom had PEOPLE of other races". You did not accurately respond to Notawanabe. This may have been an honest oversight or maybe not. Was it an intentional oversight so you may make an argument totally unrelated responce to Notawanabe or was it an honest oversight?

on July 29,2012 | 02:43PM

DiverDave wrote:

You have cut the quote I made short. For your point. The rest of the quote read "but few in contrast to Hawiians". That is the point I rebuted quite well.

on July 29,2012 | 09:59PM

DiverDave wrote:

I also rebuted Notawanbe's capitalist assertion, with her dig at the great country we are blessed to be born into. Capitalism was not invented by the U.S.A.. Every country in the world pratices Capitalism that print and mint their own coins. If there is money there is Capitalism! And, there is without a doubt no one more responsible for bringing it to the islands more than "The Great Capitalist", Kamehameha III.

on July 29,2012 | 10:11PM

DiverDave wrote:

If there is something I said that was not factual, please try to correct my mistakes. I made a mistake once back in 1967. But, seldom make mistakes about facts. So, where was I wrong holokanaka?

on July 29,2012 | 10:21PM

Terii_Kelii wrote:

So North Korea is capitalist? Have you told the State Department that yet?

on December 27,2012 | 11:42AM

holokanaka wrote:

Dave, I am not questioning your facts but I am questioning you response to Notawanabe. The point was subjects(citizens) not the whole of the population. In my opinion that required a whole different response than what you gave. If a question inregards to the make-up of the citizenry of another sovereign nation you would not respond with the make-up of the whole population but only the "citizens".

on July 30,2012 | 08:54AM

DiverDave wrote:

In the total story of Hawaii, and the 1800's, the total makeup of all who were her, why they were here, and how they all interelated with the changing political and social landscape must be spoken of in total. One must look at the entire picture first. I did so, and then made it clear that "half of the non-Polynesians had been born here" making them citizens, which made her statement incorrect. Why not attack elijahhawaii3 for his foul language? What purpose does he have. What purpose do you have?

on July 30,2012 | 10:14AM

holokanaka wrote:

First, I am not attacking anyone I am questioning. Second, your response to Notawanabe again was off base. He clearly stated "subjects" not total population. Subjects included according the so called constitution of 1887 (bayonet constitution) clearly states the only people that had a right to vote, therefore "subjects", were Hawaiian, american, and european and their decendants of course with income and/or property requirements. Again you did not make a proper response to the post. And by the way that is the constitution that as, you put it, "an unrightness Queen announced she was going to throw out the existing constitution she had sworn to uphold".

on July 30,2012 | 02:30PM

DiverDave wrote:

Any revolution by its very nature is illegal, from the perspective of the loser. When the government become unrightous, and does not represent the part of the population that actually produces the tax revenue, the powers to be become illegitiment. I'm sure even today, over 200 years later, there are British who say the same thing. That is: The overthrow of the Monarchy was illegal". England is always welcome to try and take America back. But, here in Hawaii it was also an overthrow revolution from within. You always want to make it a racial thing. It was not! When people's livelyhoods, and fortunes, are in the balance, suddenly they want representaion. There is an invisible partner that walks hand in hand with Capitalism, that friend does not immediately show himself. But eventually will show his face. The face of DEMOCRACY!

on July 30,2012 | 11:03PM

DiverDave wrote:

THERE CAN BE NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION !!

on July 30,2012 | 11:15PM

DiverDave wrote:

Elijahhawaii3, We are talking about the "born here" folks that comprised half of the 2/3 of the populationin in 1893 that could trace their ancestry to another part of the planet. Being born here they were citizens with the same rights as Polynesians. Today, there are those that would seek to take those rights under a "Restored Kingdom", and make these folks second class citizens in the "Kingdom of the Dead Past, and Imagined Future".

on July 31,2012 | 10:10PM