KE AUPUNI UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2026
Hawaiian Nationals Living In Hawaii
Watching the U.S. battle over the questions of illegal immigrants and who gets to vote makes me think of the battle that’s been raging here for many years involving Hawaiian nationals, those who identify as Hawaiian Kingdom subjects and live under the laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Basically, those who take to heart, “We are not Americans…We are Hawaiians.”
The U.S. Federal Government and the State of Hawaiʻi policies deal harshly with Hawaiian nationals, arresting and forcibly dragging them into courts on false charges, convicting and ordering them to pay steep fines and/or serve inordinately severe jail sentences. Some Hawaiian nationals have been incarcerated for months and even years without formal charges or trials, essentially being held as political prisoners. The court systems of the occupying governments have inflicted financial ruin, vilification, abuse, psychological and even physical torture upon Hawaiian nationals.
State and federal judges ignore their own laws with impunity, dismissing legal motions, affidavits, interrogatories and even habeas corpus filings by Hawaiian nationals, thus specifically depriving Hawaiians of due process and basic constitutional protections that are otherwise afforded to even the worst criminal offenders, foreign or domestic.
To avoid persecution, Hawaiian nationals living in the Hawaiian Islands have had to exist furtively on the fringes of society, living covertly ‘below the radar’ of the hostile gaze of the occupier’s law enforcement and judicial systems.
The hostility of the U.S. and “State of Hawaiʻi” toward Hawaiians who are not Americans makes it difficult for nationals to conduct many everyday activities. Driving a vehicle, opening a bank account, purchasing or renting a home or car, etc. are very difficult for Hawaiian nationals. Common services available to foreign nationals like Japanese, Canadians, Brits, etc., are denied to Hawaiian nationals, living in their own country — unless they identify themselves as U.S. citizens.
Ironically, while Hawaiian nationals are denied equal treatment and forced to work around the barriers of the illegal occupier, the “State of Hawaiʻi” considers itself a “sanctuary state” for undocumented immigrants. Thus, in our homeland, Hawaiian nationals are treated worse than illegal aliens
That is why this month, a resolution is being introduced at the state legislature, Acknowledging Hawaiian nationals as a lawful people residing in the Hawaiian Islands. The purpose of the resolution is to inform state law enforcement, judges and other officials that according to their own laws, Hawaiian nationals have the same civil rights as others in Hawaii and that punitive actions against Hawaiian nationals constitute discrimination on the basis of national origin, which is prohibited by both State and Federal laws. Hopefully, this will stop the discriminatory persecution of Hawaiian nationals.
Living as a Hawaiian national in Hawaiʻi is not easy, yet those who assert their Hawaiian nationality continue to assert their rights with the expectation that eventually, justice will prevail and freedom for Hawaiian nationals will return to our island nation.
Aloha ʻĀina —
“Love of country is deep-seated in the breast of every Hawaiian, whatever his station.” — Queen Liliʻuokalani
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono.
The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.
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Leon Siu
Hawaiian National
