Hawaiian Independance Declaration
Note: Global Hope does not take a position on this issue. This declaration is posted here solely as a public service to our friends in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. Received and posted July 7, 2005
DECLARATION REJECTING AND CONDEMNING THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT.
To His Excellency GEORGE W. BUSH, President, and the Congress of the United States of America.
Greetings:
WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Congress of the United States of America(n) a Bill S.147, further referred to as the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (NHGRA), also known as the Akaka Bill, for imminent consideration, therefore,
We, the undersigned, he po'e maka'ainana (native Hawaiian citizens) and po'e noho 'oiwi Hawai'i (residents) who are mamo (descendants) of the members of the Hawaiian Patriotic League of the Hawaiian Islands 1897, and others who are in sympathy with the said League members and their mamo (descendants), categorically and adamantly reject and condemn S.147, NHGRA, a.k.a. the Akaka Bill in any shape or form, as it purports to legislate the political status of a people who have never yielded their sovereignty to the United States.
Supporters of this declaration are:
Tom Anthony, Harvey Keliikoa, Soli Niheu, Keoni Choy, Palikapu Dedman, Moanikeala Akaka, Kelii Skippy Ioane & the kingslanding village (m.a.h.a.) Mililani Trask (former kia-aina of ka lahui of hawaii) Pu'uhonua Bumpy Kanahele, head of state of the independant & sovereign natioin state of hawaii, Henry Noa, prime minister of the reinstated hawaiian kingdom. Kekuni Blaisdell, Terri Kekoolani, Peggy Ha'o Ross, Jon Osorio, Leo Anderson Akana, Kaleikoa Kaeo.
HUI PU POSITION POINTS
1. The Native Hawaiian Reorganization Act (NHGRA), a.k.a. the Akaka bill debases our sovereign heritage and our right to self determination.
2. Hawaiian people have never acquiesced to the illegal, US backed overthrow of our queen and country in 1893.
3. Furthermore, 38,000 of our kupuna opposed and defeated US annexation in 1897. We must heed the legacy of our ancestors.
4. Passage of the bill would be a disaster. It would mark the first time in history that we acquiesced to the illegal US backed over throw in 1893.
5. If Hawaiians agree to federal recognition they are consenting to give all power over their rights, lands and self-determination to the US federal government and whomever the US President appoints as the Secretary of the Interior. Under the bill, the Secretary of the
Interior would become the sovereign of the Hawaiian people. Even more power and control over our lands and our rights would be exported from Hawaii to Washington, D.C.
6. Federal recognition puts money and instant gratification before what is pono for our people.
7. The Akaka bill sets up a negotiation process for what? Based on our past experiences - Kahoolawe, Makua, Waikane, etc. why should we trust and believe the US this time around?
8. The Akaka bill derails our path towards justice and healing as a people and as a Nation.
9. Versions of the Akaka bill contain a clause that says claims must be submitted within 20 years - after that point, all claims are silenced.
10. Federal recognition is already a risky proposition with attacks aimed on Native American Indian rights by the same people who are attacking Hawaiian rights.
11. The Akaka bill does not protect kanaka maoli from future attacks and lawsuits by groups like the Society for Colorblind America, Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences and the Center for Equal Opportunity.
12. US government officials cannot represent kanaka maoli because we are a separate and equal people.
13. The Akaka Bill is being rubber stamped and pushed by the very people we know have not been friends to us without hearings, without full public education and open workshops and without a consensus of the people.
14. The bill is nothing more than a US mechanism to create a puppet "Native Hawaiian" government under the US Department of Interior.
15. The bill deprives kanaka maoli of our inherent sovereignty and right to full self determination by establishing our kanaka maoli status as indigenous native peoples of the US which we are not.
16. This is a continuation of all that has happened in the past and it is our kuleana to stop it now and for the future.
17. The bill would attempt to label us with an identity as Native Americans that is not and will never be who we are as a people.
18. The bill puts a guise of legality over a history of illegality.
19. By accepting the Akaka bill, we are not only selling out ourselves, we are selling out our aina, our resources, our keiki and a multitude of generations to come, leaving them an empty, broken
legacy. We do not have the right to sell out our keiki.
20. The Akaka bill relies on Congress' identification of Native Hawaiians as "a distinct group of indigenous, native people of the United States within the scope of its authority under the Constitution."
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DECLARATION REJECTING AND CONDEMNING THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT.
To His Excellency GEORGE W. BUSH, President, and the Congress of the United States of America.
Greetings:
WHEREAS, there has been submitted to the Congress of the United States of America(n) a Bill S.147, further referred to as the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (NHGRA), also known as the Akaka Bill, for imminent consideration, therefore,
We, the undersigned, he po'e maka'ainana (native Hawaiian citizens) and po'e noho 'oiwi Hawai'i (residents) who are mamo (descendants) of the members of the Hawaiian Patriotic League of the Hawaiian Islands 1897, and others who are in sympathy with the said League members and their mamo (descendants), categorically and adamantly reject and condemn S.147, NHGRA, a.k.a. the Akaka Bill in any shape or form, as it purports to legislate the political status of a people who have never yielded their sovereignty to the United States.
Supporters of this declaration are:
Tom Anthony, Harvey Keliikoa, Soli Niheu, Keoni Choy, Palikapu Dedman, Moanikeala Akaka, Kelii Skippy Ioane & the kingslanding village (m.a.h.a.) Mililani Trask (former kia-aina of ka lahui of hawaii) Pu'uhonua Bumpy Kanahele, head of state of the independant & sovereign natioin state of hawaii, Henry Noa, prime minister of the reinstated hawaiian kingdom. Kekuni Blaisdell, Terri Kekoolani, Peggy Ha'o Ross, Jon Osorio, Leo Anderson Akana, Kaleikoa Kaeo.
HUI PU POSITION POINTS
1. The Native Hawaiian Reorganization Act (NHGRA), a.k.a. the Akaka bill debases our sovereign heritage and our right to self determination.
2. Hawaiian people have never acquiesced to the illegal, US backed overthrow of our queen and country in 1893.
3. Furthermore, 38,000 of our kupuna opposed and defeated US annexation in 1897. We must heed the legacy of our ancestors.
4. Passage of the bill would be a disaster. It would mark the first time in history that we acquiesced to the illegal US backed over throw in 1893.
5. If Hawaiians agree to federal recognition they are consenting to give all power over their rights, lands and self-determination to the US federal government and whomever the US President appoints as the Secretary of the Interior. Under the bill, the Secretary of the
Interior would become the sovereign of the Hawaiian people. Even more power and control over our lands and our rights would be exported from Hawaii to Washington, D.C.
6. Federal recognition puts money and instant gratification before what is pono for our people.
7. The Akaka bill sets up a negotiation process for what? Based on our past experiences - Kahoolawe, Makua, Waikane, etc. why should we trust and believe the US this time around?
8. The Akaka bill derails our path towards justice and healing as a people and as a Nation.
9. Versions of the Akaka bill contain a clause that says claims must be submitted within 20 years - after that point, all claims are silenced.
10. Federal recognition is already a risky proposition with attacks aimed on Native American Indian rights by the same people who are attacking Hawaiian rights.
11. The Akaka bill does not protect kanaka maoli from future attacks and lawsuits by groups like the Society for Colorblind America, Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences and the Center for Equal Opportunity.
12. US government officials cannot represent kanaka maoli because we are a separate and equal people.
13. The Akaka Bill is being rubber stamped and pushed by the very people we know have not been friends to us without hearings, without full public education and open workshops and without a consensus of the people.
14. The bill is nothing more than a US mechanism to create a puppet "Native Hawaiian" government under the US Department of Interior.
15. The bill deprives kanaka maoli of our inherent sovereignty and right to full self determination by establishing our kanaka maoli status as indigenous native peoples of the US which we are not.
16. This is a continuation of all that has happened in the past and it is our kuleana to stop it now and for the future.
17. The bill would attempt to label us with an identity as Native Americans that is not and will never be who we are as a people.
18. The bill puts a guise of legality over a history of illegality.
19. By accepting the Akaka bill, we are not only selling out ourselves, we are selling out our aina, our resources, our keiki and a multitude of generations to come, leaving them an empty, broken
legacy. We do not have the right to sell out our keiki.
20. The Akaka bill relies on Congress' identification of Native Hawaiians as "a distinct group of indigenous, native people of the United States within the scope of its authority under the Constitution."
