Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono.
Do Hawaiian Lands Matter?
On Friday, May 7, 2021, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser published a front-page-headline story, a major exposé titled: Promised Land: The U.S. owes Hawaiians millions of dollars worth of land. Congress helped make sure the debt wasn’t paid. (Read story HERE) The story continued on the inside on two full pages. It is a serious indictment of the U.S. Federal and State of Hawaii agencies and officials who systematically and deliberately ripped-off Hawaiians’ lands over the past 100 years!
Besides the “Promised Land” article was another article, “The Private Deals” (read HERE) revealing some of the recent underhanded, back door deals made concerning prime lands the U.S. was supposed to return to Hawaiian land trusts, but were instead sold to private developers and non-profits in collusion with Hawaii’s U.S. senators and representatives.
At last, the evidence of the depth and scope of blatant 100-year-long rip-offs are finally being made public by the “mainstream” press.
Last year, on June 30, 2020 the State of Hawaii Supreme Court ruled in Kalima v. State of Hawaii that Hawaiians are entitled to compensation for being denied homestead lands due to the State’s Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ gross incompetence and negligence. Over 2,700 Hawaiians who had been injured by the State’s malfeasance were plaintiffs in the lawsuit. In the 21 years it took to get a ruling, over 400 of the plaintiffs died! The State is being ordered to pay many millions of dollars to the injured parties. But with the State’s appalling way of handling Hawaiian lands, Hawaiians will still have to fight to ever see that money.
You would think State leaders would be trying to reform their policies toward Hawaiians, but, despite these recent revelations, they’re doubling down. The recent legislative session indicates that State leaders have no intention of stopping the pillaging and plundering of Hawaiian lands and assets. The most egregious act before they adjourned, the Hawaii State Legislature, against strenuous objections of a broad spectrum of the community (not just Hawaiians), passed House Bill 499 to allow the State to lease Hawaiian lands to commercial developers and other outside interests for 99 years!
And these are just some of the most glaring violations! What we don’t see is the constant, every-day, grinding abuses that Hawaiians endure living under this foreign occupation which was set up from the start to perpetually defraud Hawaiians of our land, our lives and political power. Obviously, the State of Hawaii and the U.S. have no plans to make things right. That is why we need a Free Hawaii today.
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The U.S. presence in the Hawaiian Islands is neither legitimate or immutable.
The more we stand as a nation; the more we assert the Hawaiian Kingdom is alive and kicking; the more we expose U.S. claims as false; the sooner we will be a Free Hawaii.-
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Please join the ku’e action to rename McKinley High School and to remove the offensive statue by signing this online petition.
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Ua Ola ke Ea – Sovereignty Lives
A Year to Celebrate the Hawaiian Kingdom – Past, Present and Future
Still in the process of ramping up…
If you are (or if you know of someone who is) interested in helping facilitate any aspect of “Ua Ola ke Ea,” please contact: info@HawaiianKingdom.net
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The campaign to Free Hawaii continues to gain momentum ...
Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort...
To contribute, go to: https://GoFundMe.com/FreeHawaii
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To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, clerical help, etc...) email us at info@HawaiianKingdom.net
Also... Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase HERE
All proceeds go to help the cause. Mahalo Nui Loa!
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Malama Pono,
Leon Siu
Hawaiian National
