Showing posts with label Indian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian. Show all posts
Saturday, February 14, 2015
IS INDEPENDENCE REALLY AN OPTION THROUGH "NATION-BUILDING" - FEDERAL RECOGNITION ?
U.S. Code 25, Chapter 3, Section 71 -
"No Indian nation or tribe within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty."
U.S. Code 25, Chapter 3, Section 71 -
"No Indian nation or tribe within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty."
Thursday, December 04, 2014
THINK FED WRECK WILL BE GOOD FOR HAWAIIANS?
US Congress Raids Ancestral Native American Lands With Defense Bill
Huffington Post - December 4, 2014WASHINGTON -- When Terry Rambler, the chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, woke up Wednesday in Washington, D.C., it was to learn that Congress was deciding to give away a large part of his ancestral homeland to a foreign mining company.
Rambler came to the nation’s capital for the White House Tribal Nations Conference, an event described in a press announcement as an opportunity to engage the president, cabinet officials and the White House Council on Native American Affairs “on key issues facing tribes including respecting tribal sovereignty and upholding treaty and trust responsibilities,” among other things.
Rambler felt things got off to an unfortunate, if familiar, start when he learned that the House and Senate Armed Services Committee had decided to use the lame-duck session of Congress and the National Defense Authorization Act to give 2,400 acres of the Tonto National Forest in Arizona to a subsidiary of the Australian-English mining giant Rio Tinto.
“Of all people, Apaches and Indians should understand, because we’ve gone though this so many times in our history,” Rambler said....
...The news that Apache burial, medicinal and ceremonial grounds would be given to Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, was on page 1,105.
“The first thing I thought about was not really today, but 50 years from now, probably after my time, if this land exchange bill goes through, the effects that my children and children’s children will be dealing with,” Rambler said in an interview....
Thursday, November 13, 2014
THINK HAWAIIANS WILL BE BETTER OFF UNDER US FEDERAL RECOGNITION?
By R. Joseph Sexton
"To those who may not be familiar with federal policy over Indian lands, Tribal Governments and American Indian individuals can do very little with their lands without the approval of the BIA’s suffocating bureaucracy.
Ironically, these are the same lands that were often promised to Tribes and their people by the federal government for their “exclusive use and benefit” in perpetuity.
For anyone who has a basic knowledge of this area of law, the regulatory revisions may seem to be an effort to streamline the mind-numbing bureaucratic processes Tribes and individual Indians must navigate to make even the most basic decisions regarding their lands."
R. Joseph Sexton is Of Counsel at Galanda Broadman, PLLC. Practicing out of Yakima, Washington, he represents tribal governments and members in matters of cultural property and environmental resource protection.
By R. Joseph Sexton
"To those who may not be familiar with federal policy over Indian lands, Tribal Governments and American Indian individuals can do very little with their lands without the approval of the BIA’s suffocating bureaucracy.
Ironically, these are the same lands that were often promised to Tribes and their people by the federal government for their “exclusive use and benefit” in perpetuity.
For anyone who has a basic knowledge of this area of law, the regulatory revisions may seem to be an effort to streamline the mind-numbing bureaucratic processes Tribes and individual Indians must navigate to make even the most basic decisions regarding their lands."
R. Joseph Sexton is Of Counsel at Galanda Broadman, PLLC. Practicing out of Yakima, Washington, he represents tribal governments and members in matters of cultural property and environmental resource protection.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
ALERT! - SECRET HAWAIIAN US INDIAN TRIBAL PLAN DOCUMENTS DISCOVERED
Please forward this to every Hawaiian and our supporters.
We want to make you aware of two extremely important documents that have recently come to light.
Neither is new, in fact they are US federal government policies that already exist.
But what is new is that both of these documents will be used as the legal basis to federally recognize the first ever Hawaiian US indian tribe.
We are told this secret plan has already been agreed to by Esther Kia`aina of the US Dept. of Interior and the Native Hawaiian Roll Commissioners.
This was done behind closed doors without the free, prior and informed consent of Hawaiian constituents.
The first document is an executive order issued in 2000 by then US President Bill Clinton. It establishes a consultation process & also specifies that indian tribes can operate only as a domestic dependent nation.
You may view this document here - http://TinyURL.com/TheFirstDocument
The second document was issued by current US President Barack Obama in 2009. It is his administrationʻs memorandum on tribal consultation.
Hereʻs where you can read the second document - http://TinyURL.com/TheSecondDocument
Both of these documents are dense reading and filled with legal terms and definitions.
We have been advised that under this plan, the Native Hawaiian Roll commissioners will act as the indigenous Hawaiian tribal representatives and they alone will authorize the Native Hawaiian roll to be the official sole representation of Hawaiians to the US federal government.
What this means is that Robin Danner and the other roll commissioners will be in the driverʻs seat and will have the power to dictate the future of every Hawaiian including who has the right to live on homestead land - and who does not.
We are told this plan will be announced either early next year by the US Dept. of Interior or at the Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement convention next summer.
We urge everyone to contact both Esther Kia`aina and the Obama administration today and demand they put an immediate stop to this outrageous power grab by so-called “Roll commissioners” who donʻt represent our best interests.
Contact the White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments
Or call the White House comment line (202) 456-1111. An operator will take down a brief comment.
Email DOI Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia`aina here - esther_kiaaina@ios.doi.gov
Tell them “NO!” to their secret scheme, “NO!” to a Hawaiian US indian tribe and “NO!” to any plan that does not insure the free, prior and informed consent of those in Hawai`i whose future is at stake.
Please forward this to every Hawaiian and our supporters.
We want to make you aware of two extremely important documents that have recently come to light.
Neither is new, in fact they are US federal government policies that already exist.
But what is new is that both of these documents will be used as the legal basis to federally recognize the first ever Hawaiian US indian tribe.
We are told this secret plan has already been agreed to by Esther Kia`aina of the US Dept. of Interior and the Native Hawaiian Roll Commissioners.
This was done behind closed doors without the free, prior and informed consent of Hawaiian constituents.
The first document is an executive order issued in 2000 by then US President Bill Clinton. It establishes a consultation process & also specifies that indian tribes can operate only as a domestic dependent nation.
You may view this document here - http://TinyURL.com/TheFirstDocument
The second document was issued by current US President Barack Obama in 2009. It is his administrationʻs memorandum on tribal consultation.
Hereʻs where you can read the second document - http://TinyURL.com/TheSecondDocument
Both of these documents are dense reading and filled with legal terms and definitions.
We have been advised that under this plan, the Native Hawaiian Roll commissioners will act as the indigenous Hawaiian tribal representatives and they alone will authorize the Native Hawaiian roll to be the official sole representation of Hawaiians to the US federal government.
What this means is that Robin Danner and the other roll commissioners will be in the driverʻs seat and will have the power to dictate the future of every Hawaiian including who has the right to live on homestead land - and who does not.
We are told this plan will be announced either early next year by the US Dept. of Interior or at the Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement convention next summer.
We urge everyone to contact both Esther Kia`aina and the Obama administration today and demand they put an immediate stop to this outrageous power grab by so-called “Roll commissioners” who donʻt represent our best interests.
Contact the White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments
Or call the White House comment line (202) 456-1111. An operator will take down a brief comment.
Email DOI Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Esther Kia`aina here - esther_kiaaina@ios.doi.gov
Tell them “NO!” to their secret scheme, “NO!” to a Hawaiian US indian tribe and “NO!” to any plan that does not insure the free, prior and informed consent of those in Hawai`i whose future is at stake.
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
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"RECOGNITION ? - BAD PROPOSITION"
Some Say Life Would Be Sweet, But Itʻs Simply So Much Deceit.
The Mismanagement Others Underwent Has Been Years Of Torment.
Itʻs No Wonder So Many Have Plenty Of Hesitation For This Kind of Reservation.
So Watch This & Youʻll See Why Recognition Would Be a Very Bad Proposition.
Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"RECOGNITION ? - BAD PROPOSITION"
Some Say Life Would Be Sweet, But Itʻs Simply So Much Deceit.
The Mismanagement Others Underwent Has Been Years Of Torment.
Itʻs No Wonder So Many Have Plenty Of Hesitation For This Kind of Reservation.
So Watch This & Youʻll See Why Recognition Would Be a Very Bad Proposition.
Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
NATIVE HAWAIIAN ROLL THREATS & SCARE TACTICS
MANA - September 4, 2014
Kana`iolowalu owes its existence to State legislation (Act 195) which limits the scope and extent of self-determination`Oiwi.
Of the 527,000 Native Hawaiians alive today, less than 30,000 actively signed up for Kana`iolowalu. The rest of the 125,000 that Kana`iolowalu claims to have signed up for the roll were hijacked from other Hawaiian registries without their “free, prior, and informed consent.”
Kana`iolowalu Roll Commissioners are active lobbyists for federal recognition.
Rolls are directly related to Indian law and tribal recognition. By using a roll, Kana`iolowalu is constraining us to a US tribal framework and Indian law without full disclosure.
The Kanaʻiolowalu Roll functions to ‘manufacture consent’ for federal or state recognition.
By agreeing to the process (the roll, the `aha, the creation of organic documents for a ‘governing entity), your participation will be used to assert agreement with the outcome.
Your name on the roll will be used to define the membership of the new Hawaiian governed entity. It will be used to legitimize the “governing entity” as having a constituency whether you agree with the outcome or not.
State recognition empowers those who wish to resolve the "Native Hawaiian problem" by way of a global settlement with the “Native Hawaiian governing entity” over our Hawaiian Kingdom crown and government lands, widely known as “ceded lands”. Your participation can and will be used as evidence of consent to such.
Kana`iolowalu, as established by Act 195 is set up for exclusion and points to the many ‘disenrollment’ battles that plague and divide Native American tribes across the US.
Criteria for the roll include, “Has maintained a significant cultural, social, or civic connection to the Native Hawaiian community”, providing a loophole for those with authority to exclude anyone (like those who make waves) from participation at any point by making a judgement against any particular Kanaka Maoli’s “significant cultural, social, or civic connection to the Native Hawaiian community”.
A native roll will give authority to the state to establish who is Native Hawaiian and limit it exclusively to those who signed up for the roll, as expressed explicitly in Kana`iolowalu’s public notice, printed in Ka Wai Ola stating “Native Hawaiians who choose not to be included on the official roll risk waiving their right and the rights of their children and descendants, to be legally and politically acknowledged as Native Hawaiians.
The threat of exclusion from the state responsibilities to Native Hawaiians is a coercive tactic to get Native Hawaiians to sign up with the roll.
Under international law, you have a right to self-determination. Do not feel as though you are waiving your rights as a Kanaka Maoli or Hawaiian national to self-determination if you do not sign up for this roll.
In fact, not signing up is a strong assertion of your right to self-determination, and your unwillingness to be corralled into a process that in fact has NOTHING to do with self-determination and everything to do with the financial interests of a few and the political interests of our transgressors; the State of Hawai`i and the United States of America.
MANA - September 4, 2014
Kana`iolowalu owes its existence to State legislation (Act 195) which limits the scope and extent of self-determination`Oiwi.
Of the 527,000 Native Hawaiians alive today, less than 30,000 actively signed up for Kana`iolowalu. The rest of the 125,000 that Kana`iolowalu claims to have signed up for the roll were hijacked from other Hawaiian registries without their “free, prior, and informed consent.”
Kana`iolowalu Roll Commissioners are active lobbyists for federal recognition.
Rolls are directly related to Indian law and tribal recognition. By using a roll, Kana`iolowalu is constraining us to a US tribal framework and Indian law without full disclosure.
The Kanaʻiolowalu Roll functions to ‘manufacture consent’ for federal or state recognition.
By agreeing to the process (the roll, the `aha, the creation of organic documents for a ‘governing entity), your participation will be used to assert agreement with the outcome.
Your name on the roll will be used to define the membership of the new Hawaiian governed entity. It will be used to legitimize the “governing entity” as having a constituency whether you agree with the outcome or not.
State recognition empowers those who wish to resolve the "Native Hawaiian problem" by way of a global settlement with the “Native Hawaiian governing entity” over our Hawaiian Kingdom crown and government lands, widely known as “ceded lands”. Your participation can and will be used as evidence of consent to such.
Kana`iolowalu, as established by Act 195 is set up for exclusion and points to the many ‘disenrollment’ battles that plague and divide Native American tribes across the US.
Criteria for the roll include, “Has maintained a significant cultural, social, or civic connection to the Native Hawaiian community”, providing a loophole for those with authority to exclude anyone (like those who make waves) from participation at any point by making a judgement against any particular Kanaka Maoli’s “significant cultural, social, or civic connection to the Native Hawaiian community”.
A native roll will give authority to the state to establish who is Native Hawaiian and limit it exclusively to those who signed up for the roll, as expressed explicitly in Kana`iolowalu’s public notice, printed in Ka Wai Ola stating “Native Hawaiians who choose not to be included on the official roll risk waiving their right and the rights of their children and descendants, to be legally and politically acknowledged as Native Hawaiians.
The threat of exclusion from the state responsibilities to Native Hawaiians is a coercive tactic to get Native Hawaiians to sign up with the roll.
Under international law, you have a right to self-determination. Do not feel as though you are waiving your rights as a Kanaka Maoli or Hawaiian national to self-determination if you do not sign up for this roll.
In fact, not signing up is a strong assertion of your right to self-determination, and your unwillingness to be corralled into a process that in fact has NOTHING to do with self-determination and everything to do with the financial interests of a few and the political interests of our transgressors; the State of Hawai`i and the United States of America.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
OUTRAGE GROWS AT AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE SELL-OUT LETTER
Karen Poepoe
Vice Chair,
Aha Moku Advisory Committee
Aloha Karen,
As the Vice Chair of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC), and on behalf of the WHOLE committee, as OHA board of Trustees did with the letter to U.S. Secretary John Kerry from OHA CEO, Dr. Kamana'opono Crabbe asking for a legal opinion if the Kingdom of Hawaii still existed under International law HAVE AMAC WRITE and SUBMIT to the Dept. of Interior a letter rescinding Leimana's letter. And demand her resignation. This mea culpa is a hollow one and quit frankly, with all due respect speaking for myself...DISINGENUOUS.
Leimana's Letter supporting this ANPRM proposal IF left standing without AMAC rescinding it is simply another ploy to hoodwink the thousands of people from the Moku and Ahupua'a in giving the U.S. Federal Government "manufactured consent" that misrepresents your and the committees constituents.
I ask you, the chair of AMAC and the whole AMAC Committee and DLNR/BLNR Chairperson, William Aila.... Who has the official "authority" to RESCIND Leimana DeMate's Letter to the DOI supporting the ANPRM.
Anything short of this will not remedy this current crisis. It will exacerbate the deceit and treachery brought upon us all by the secret, behind-the-back, manipulative dealings at/from Washington D.C. that brought the U.S. Dept. of Interior here in June and July of this year to aihue our resources and MAHA'OI our kuleana.
This is a chance for AMAC to salvage what little credibility it has left...or join Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Assembly, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii State Congressional Delegates, Governor, Abercrombie, (et al in case I forgot somebody) in being the ones that DESTROYED our heritage wale no.....
Foster Ampong
Maui
Karen Poepoe
Vice Chair,
Aha Moku Advisory Committee
Aloha Karen,
As the Vice Chair of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC), and on behalf of the WHOLE committee, as OHA board of Trustees did with the letter to U.S. Secretary John Kerry from OHA CEO, Dr. Kamana'opono Crabbe asking for a legal opinion if the Kingdom of Hawaii still existed under International law HAVE AMAC WRITE and SUBMIT to the Dept. of Interior a letter rescinding Leimana's letter. And demand her resignation. This mea culpa is a hollow one and quit frankly, with all due respect speaking for myself...DISINGENUOUS.
Leimana's Letter supporting this ANPRM proposal IF left standing without AMAC rescinding it is simply another ploy to hoodwink the thousands of people from the Moku and Ahupua'a in giving the U.S. Federal Government "manufactured consent" that misrepresents your and the committees constituents.
I ask you, the chair of AMAC and the whole AMAC Committee and DLNR/BLNR Chairperson, William Aila.... Who has the official "authority" to RESCIND Leimana DeMate's Letter to the DOI supporting the ANPRM.
Anything short of this will not remedy this current crisis. It will exacerbate the deceit and treachery brought upon us all by the secret, behind-the-back, manipulative dealings at/from Washington D.C. that brought the U.S. Dept. of Interior here in June and July of this year to aihue our resources and MAHA'OI our kuleana.
This is a chance for AMAC to salvage what little credibility it has left...or join Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Assembly, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii State Congressional Delegates, Governor, Abercrombie, (et al in case I forgot somebody) in being the ones that DESTROYED our heritage wale no.....
Foster Ampong
Maui
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
TOTAL SELLOUT!
AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE -
"WE WANT TO BE U.S. INDIANS"
The Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC) expresses its mahalo for this historic and long-overdue discussion about reestablishing a government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community.
The AMAC is an entity that has re-established the traditional cultural and natural resource management system, called the Aha Moku throughout the eight (8) islands of Hawai’i. In 2012, this system was formally accepted by the Hawaii State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Abercrombie as Act 288.
The Aha Moku has been restored from a traditional land/ocean system used throughout the islands in the 9th century – before the arrival of the Tahitian and the more commonly known alii system.
The Aha Moku is comprised of the forty-three traditional land areas of the eight main Hawaiian Islands and the 589 smaller land districts called ahupua’a.
Those who practice Aha Moku are grassroots Hawaiian communities who are expert practitioners of different disciplines that are spiritually and physically connected to the land.
They are the foundation of the Hawaiian culture and are represented by the Po’o, or spokespersons of each of the main Hawaiian Islands which as a group are called the Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC).
As representatives of the Aha Moku, the AMAC has determined that the reestablishment of a government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community is the most viable action that could be taken to protect and expand existing trust assets, federal programmatic funding, federal consultation rights and other self-determination rights under federal law.
Moreover, as a matter of justice and equity, this opportunity should be available for the Native Hawaiian community to pursue. We should not be denied the basic self-governance rights afforded all other major indigenous groups in the nation. We have suffered through colonization and the dispossession of our lands, resources and culture, and the hearts of our people continue to be burdened by these historic injustices, as recent oral testimony made clear.
Our community cannot heal until the federal government shows meaningful respect for our dignity by engaging us as a sovereign Native nation under federal law.
Therefore, the grassroots people who live within the natural and cultural resources of all of Pae’Aina, or lands of Hawai’i STRONGLY SUPPORTS the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that has been offered by the federal government and the Department of the Interior that would reestablish a government-to-government relationship with the official Native Hawaiian government formed by the qualified Native Hawaiians on the certified base roll. In accordance with this position, Aha Moku respectfully offers the following specific comments:
RESPONSES TO GENERAL QUESTIONS
Question 1: Should the Secretary propose an administrative rule that would facilitate the Reestablishment of a government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian Community?
Answer to Question 1: YES
Question 2: Should the Secretary assist the Native Hawaiian community in reorganizing its government, with which the United States could reestablish a government-to government relationship?
Answer to Question 2: YES
Question 3: If so, what process should be established for drafting and ratifying a reorganized Native Hawaiian government's constitution or other governing document?
Answer to Question 3: The process for drafting and ratifying a reorganized Native Hawaiian government documents should be left to the Hawaiian people to decide.
Question 4: Should the Secretary instead rely on the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government through a process established by the Native Hawaiian community and facilitated by the State of Hawaii, to the extent such a process is consistent with Federal law?
Answer to Question 4: YES
Question 5: If so, what conditions should the Secretary establish as prerequisites to Federal acknowledgment of a government-to-government relationship with the reorganized Native Hawaiian government?
Answer to Question 5: A federal policy needs to be established regarding the formal relationship with the Native Hawaiian people.
In conclusion, the Aha Moku wishes to express our sincere Mahalo to all who have come forward to hear the mana’o of our people. We offer our assistance in any way you may need. Please call on us.
Mahalo nui loa!
Leimana DaMate, Executive Director Aha Moku Advisory Committee
Phone: 808-587-1498
Email: Leimana.K.DaMate@hawaii.gov
AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE -
"WE WANT TO BE U.S. INDIANS"
The Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC) expresses its mahalo for this historic and long-overdue discussion about reestablishing a government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community.
The AMAC is an entity that has re-established the traditional cultural and natural resource management system, called the Aha Moku throughout the eight (8) islands of Hawai’i. In 2012, this system was formally accepted by the Hawaii State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Abercrombie as Act 288.
The Aha Moku has been restored from a traditional land/ocean system used throughout the islands in the 9th century – before the arrival of the Tahitian and the more commonly known alii system.
The Aha Moku is comprised of the forty-three traditional land areas of the eight main Hawaiian Islands and the 589 smaller land districts called ahupua’a.
Those who practice Aha Moku are grassroots Hawaiian communities who are expert practitioners of different disciplines that are spiritually and physically connected to the land.
They are the foundation of the Hawaiian culture and are represented by the Po’o, or spokespersons of each of the main Hawaiian Islands which as a group are called the Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC).
As representatives of the Aha Moku, the AMAC has determined that the reestablishment of a government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian community is the most viable action that could be taken to protect and expand existing trust assets, federal programmatic funding, federal consultation rights and other self-determination rights under federal law.
Moreover, as a matter of justice and equity, this opportunity should be available for the Native Hawaiian community to pursue. We should not be denied the basic self-governance rights afforded all other major indigenous groups in the nation. We have suffered through colonization and the dispossession of our lands, resources and culture, and the hearts of our people continue to be burdened by these historic injustices, as recent oral testimony made clear.
Our community cannot heal until the federal government shows meaningful respect for our dignity by engaging us as a sovereign Native nation under federal law.
Therefore, the grassroots people who live within the natural and cultural resources of all of Pae’Aina, or lands of Hawai’i STRONGLY SUPPORTS the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that has been offered by the federal government and the Department of the Interior that would reestablish a government-to-government relationship with the official Native Hawaiian government formed by the qualified Native Hawaiians on the certified base roll. In accordance with this position, Aha Moku respectfully offers the following specific comments:
RESPONSES TO GENERAL QUESTIONS
Question 1: Should the Secretary propose an administrative rule that would facilitate the Reestablishment of a government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian Community?
Answer to Question 1: YES
Question 2: Should the Secretary assist the Native Hawaiian community in reorganizing its government, with which the United States could reestablish a government-to government relationship?
Answer to Question 2: YES
Question 3: If so, what process should be established for drafting and ratifying a reorganized Native Hawaiian government's constitution or other governing document?
Answer to Question 3: The process for drafting and ratifying a reorganized Native Hawaiian government documents should be left to the Hawaiian people to decide.
Question 4: Should the Secretary instead rely on the reorganization of a Native Hawaiian government through a process established by the Native Hawaiian community and facilitated by the State of Hawaii, to the extent such a process is consistent with Federal law?
Answer to Question 4: YES
Question 5: If so, what conditions should the Secretary establish as prerequisites to Federal acknowledgment of a government-to-government relationship with the reorganized Native Hawaiian government?
Answer to Question 5: A federal policy needs to be established regarding the formal relationship with the Native Hawaiian people.
In conclusion, the Aha Moku wishes to express our sincere Mahalo to all who have come forward to hear the mana’o of our people. We offer our assistance in any way you may need. Please call on us.
Mahalo nui loa!
Leimana DaMate, Executive Director Aha Moku Advisory Committee
Phone: 808-587-1498
Email: Leimana.K.DaMate@hawaii.gov
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
FREE HAWAI`I TV
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
SPECIAL REPORT - "WHAT HAPPENS NOW ?"
Now That The Period For Public Testimony Has Closed, Will The US Dept. Of Interior Heed The Overwhelming Opposition To Federal Recognition For Hawaiians?
How Soon Will They Make A Decision & What Happens Then?
Whatʻs At Stake For The Desperate Handful That Are Pushing So Hard To Make It A Reality?
Watch This For the Answers & How You Can Be A Part Of What Happens Next.
Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
SPECIAL REPORT - "WHAT HAPPENS NOW ?"
Now That The Period For Public Testimony Has Closed, Will The US Dept. Of Interior Heed The Overwhelming Opposition To Federal Recognition For Hawaiians?
How Soon Will They Make A Decision & What Happens Then?
Whatʻs At Stake For The Desperate Handful That Are Pushing So Hard To Make It A Reality?
Watch This For the Answers & How You Can Be A Part Of What Happens Next.
Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
LAST DAY TO TELL THE THE US DEPT. OF INTERIOR "NO!" TO FEDERAL RECOGNITION FOR HAWAIIANS
Anyone, Anywhere Can Submit Testimony.
You Donʻt Have To Be Hawaiian & You Donʻt Have To Live In Hawai`i.
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online
Anyone, Anywhere Can Submit Testimony.
You Donʻt Have To Be Hawaiian & You Donʻt Have To Live In Hawai`i.
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online
Saturday, August 16, 2014
ONLY THREE MORE DAYS TO TELL THE DOI "NO!" TO FEDERAL RECOGNITION FOR HAWAIIANS
Anyone, Anywhere Can Submit Testimony.
You Donʻt Have To Be Hawaiian & You Donʻt Have To Live In Hawai`i.
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online.
Anyone, Anywhere Can Submit Testimony.
You Donʻt Have To Be Hawaiian & You Donʻt Have To Live In Hawai`i.
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online.
Friday, August 15, 2014
ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS TO TELL THE DOI "NO!" TO FEDERAL RECOGNITION FOR HAWAIIANS
Anyone, Anywhere Can Submit Testimony.
You Donʻt Have To Be Hawaiian & You Donʻt Have To Live In Hawai`i.
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online.
Anyone, Anywhere Can Submit Testimony.
You Donʻt Have To Be Hawaiian & You Donʻt Have To Live In Hawai`i.
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
ONLY FIVE MORE DAYS TO TELL THE DOI "NO!" TO FEDERAL RECOGNITION FOR HAWAIIANS
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online.
Go Here - TinyURL.com/19Questions - Copy & Cut The Answers To All 19 US Dept. Of Interior Questions.
Then Go Here - TinyURL.com/SayNoOnline - Paste & Submit Them Online.
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