SAYING "NO!" TO SELLOUTS ON VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I'S FUTURE
A few days ago we announced on FreeHawaii.Info a brand new Stop Akaka Bill website.
Since then thousands of people the world over have visited the site and learned what this bill, federal recognition imposed on native Hawaiians, would actually do should it ever become law.
Of course, the outcome would not be good.
You’ll find short videos, a section explaining why Hawai`i is not part of the US, a true and false quiz and a section that answers what you can do to help prevent this bad idea from ever becoming law.
Whether you want to educate yourself and your `ohana (family) or learn how to explain in simple terms to others why this legislation would be so dangerous, visit StopAkakaBill.com
In short, StopAkakaBill.com is a quick and easy way to discover the truth about the plan to legitimize the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation, and exactly who would benefit from it and why.
This coming Saturday at noon “Why The OHA Settlement Is A Bad Deal,” will be presented at Kamakakuokalani, the Center for Hawaiian Studies at University of Hawai`i Manoa campus on O`ahu about the recently proposed ceded lands settlement crafted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Be sure and attend if you live on O`ahu to learn the facts about why this is pure sellout. If you live elsewhere, we’ll keep you up to date on Free Hawai`i TV.
If you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network, please email this to a friend and see below how you can help us continue our work.
Fact from fiction - that’s what we’re committed to bringing you each week on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.
MONDAY, February 18th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, February 22nd At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
TUESDAY, February 19th At 6:30 PM & WEDNESDAY, February 20th At 6:30 AM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
“Modern Konohiki – A Visit With Ke`eaumoku Kapu”
“What is the destiny in your life?
“What is the history of this place and is there a place suitable for me?”
These are questions that drive the spirit of Ke`eaumoku Kapu, modern day warrior and protector of the `aina.
A former construction worker building houses and highways, Ke`eaumoku’s first awakening came during the 1993 Onipa`a March in Honolulu.
The second occurred when he found himself actually making concrete parts for the H-3 freeway, which eventually caused the desecration of ancient sites in Halawa Valley on O`ahu.
Needing to earn money to feed his family, he kept asking himself, “Is what I’m doing pono, is it just? Is the knowledge I’m acquiring through the corporate system legitimate, based on my life as an island person and Kanaka Maoli?”
Soon thereafter he walked in, quit his job and dedicated the rest of his life to answering the question, “Is there a way to create just with the unjust?”
Today he and his wife run no less than five associations dedicated to serving those threatened with losing their family land to corporate development.
Don’t miss Ke`eaumoku as he leads us through his own awakening that took him from someone whose life was run by US corporations to the warrior he is today who sits on the County of Maui Cultural Resources Commission and the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council. See for yourself how he realized the “contemporary management system has nothing to do with our upbringing as Kanaka Maoli,” and the words he lives by – “we must do whatever we can because our land is at stake.”
THURSDAY, February 21st At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, February 22nd At 8:30 AM – Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
“Hidden In The Forest – A Visit With Dr. Baron Kaho`ola Ching”
Deep in a rain forest in Nu`uanu Valley sits one of the most remarkable sites in all Hawai`i.
Imagine a place lost in time and space to the modern world – Kaniakapupu.
A palatial summer residence for Kauikeaoli, Kamehameha III, Kaniakapupu was built over one hundred seventy years ago spanning twenty thousand acres.
Ka La Ho`i Ho`i Ea, Sovereignty Restoration Day, was celebrated on the site in 1843 with over ten thousand guests attending.
Several key documents in Hawaiian history were drafted there and many of Hawai`i’s future rulers visited the residence as children.
Then time swallowed up and forgot Kaniakapupu until one day a few years back Baron cut through thick bamboo forests to rediscover it for himself.
What he saw stopped him in his tracks.
Since then, Baron has overseen the caretaking of this astounding place that time forgot.
Whatever you do, don’t miss our visit with Baron to Kaniakapupu. One of the most unique places in all of Hawai`i, you’ll go with us hiking through dense rain forest as we come face to face ourselves with the ancient residence and artifacts left untouched for almost two centuries in this incredible voyage of rediscovery that is sure to take your breath away.
SATURDAY, February 23rd At 8:00 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
“Hale Halawai – Monument To Activists – A Visit With Soli Papakihei Niheu”
People were concerned about longtime Hawaiian political activist Soli Papakihei Niheu.
In poor health and living in an old one-room structure in Waimea, his friends knew he needed something better.
So they decided to act. They collected contributions, both money and materials, and soon had enough resources to build him a new house.
That’s when Soli stepped forward to let them know he didn’t want a house.
Instead he wanted the one thing missing in Hawai`i that’s common throughout most other islands in the Pacific - a hale halawai.
Similar to the Maori marae in Aotearoa, (New Zealand,) hale halawai is a formal meeting place to receive and host visitors from far and wide, through Hawaiian protocol and hospitality.
Soli saw his hale halawai as a place to host sovereignty movement activists from all over Te Moana Nui – The Polynesian Triangle.
Because Soli had dedicated his life to serving others, they knew they now had to do the same thing for him.
So they built it for him.
In our moving and highly inspirational visit with Soli, you’ll hear him tell his story and see the pictures for yourself of how his hale halawai became reality. Surviving two earthquakes and many other challenges, Soli persevered in his vision of having both a monument to his heroes, the early pioneers of the sovereignty movement, as well as a place for today to teach the young.
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