HAWAIIAN NATIONALS STAND AGAINST FEDERAL RECOGNITION
Akaka Bill an exercise in smoke, mirrors and political clout
The Maui News - Thursday, April 28, 2005
There is much controversy about the Akaka Bill.
Kanaka Maoli [Native Hawaiians] need to make an educated, intelligent choice. So far we have been thrown to the wolves with the smoke and mirrors and political clout to dictate what is better for us.
I rebuke the seditious bill and hope Kanaka Maoli and other Hawai'i nationals will stand against it also. Why give the U.S. the whole pie so they can dish out the crumbs to us?
Under the international laws of occupation, the USA is obligated to ensure the welfare and rights of the Hawaiian subjects, no matter what ethnicity.
It is a nation that is being violated and not one ethnic group, albeit the Hawaiian Kingdom is of Kanaka Maoli origin, culture, heritage and society; those who were naturalized citizens of the kingdom embraced it and were loyal to it.
Common sense dictates this to be a national issue and not a predisposed archaic tribal formation. The choice is to remain Hawai'i nationals or to be American-Hawaiians.
It's time to step out of the delusional USA box and recognize who we really are.
The USA has already recognized us as a nation and needs us to recognize it as our lord and master. This I will not do, as my conscience mandates.
The words of U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton on Oct. 27, 1993, before the first session of the 103rd Congress: "The logical consequences of this resolution (Public Law 103-150) would be independence."
David M. K. Inciong II
Pearl City, O'ahu
