HAWAI`I NATIONAL SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE AKAKA BILL
Dear Congresspersons,
I entreat all Congresspeople to Oppose S.1011/H.R. 2314.
...There has not been any public hearings on all the islands except on O`ahu since the year 2000 and since then there have been many amendments to the bill.
A small elite group of Hawaiian-Americans have input while the rest of the Hawai`i nationals have been shut out of the process.
We rebuke the wording of the bill and contents which white-wash the facts.
One cannot cull a portion of the Hawai`i nationals and relegate them to a tribal indigenous group of the US while ignoring the rest of the Hawai`i nationals not of native Hawaiian blood. We want to review the final bill for approval before it goes up for a vote by U.S. Congress.
The US expressly recognizes Hawai`i's unique circumstances and is trying to fit it within their system. You must first prove that Hawai`i is legitimately part of the US.
Legally and lawfully, the US cannot produce the required treaty of annexation in which to make a claim of ownership nor can they show the consent of the people because of the memorial and Ku`e petitions of 1897 which demonstrates the Hawai`i nationals' disdain for the US dishonorable actions.
You are the thief fencing its stolen goods unto itself to make it look legitimate and the wishes of the Hawai`i nationals.
What is so difficult to comprehend? Free Hawai`i!
Tane Incong
Pearl City, O`ahu
