OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS VIOLATES NATIVE HAWAIIAN RIGHTS
We are appalled by the continued rhetoric of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the phony paranoia that "the sky is falling."
In 1959, the United States created a policy of "wards of the State" that was imposed on "native Hawaiians" 50 percent blood or more, as amended in the Admissions Act.
Under this policy, a small portion of traditional archipelagic territories were identified for those who are 50 percent blood or more.
These lands were given to the State of Hawai`i in trust, but never inventoried or mapped to this very day.
Since statehood, the United States has maintained a policy of non-recognition of native Hawaiians and has consistently dealt with the State of Hawai`i, despite an extensive track record of violating and mismanagement of native trust....
For over 87 years the United States has failed to protect the civil rights of native Hawaiians, even though the United States accepted a sacred trust obligation and its role as a trustee of native Hawaiian trusts....
The federal government, in collusion with the state of Hawai`i and the phony State agency, OHA, has violated the human and civil rights of native Hawaiians and participated in denying them their collective rights to self-determination and self-governance for the past 87 years....
With the Akaka scam, they no longer feel it necessary to sneak through the back door.
Samuel L. Kealoha, Jr.
Kaunakakai, Molokai
