KE AUPUNI UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2021 

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.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 We Are a NATION! We Are Not a TRIBE!

Maka`ala! Watch out! Here it comes again! Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz is the new chair of the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Sources say there will soon be yet another attempt to corral “Native Hawaiians” into an American tribal nation. It’s like: “Trust us, we know whatʻs best for you.”

Yes, itʻs hana hou “Akaka Bill” and “Fed Rec” (“fed wreck”), only sneakier and more dangerous. Bundling Native Hawaiians into a bill with real American Indian tribes that want Federal Recognition, practically guarantees passage. That means, Hawaiians would get swept along in a fed Rec group plan.
 
Fed Rec gives American Indian tribes some degree of autonomy and access to U.S. government programs. But for Hawaiians it would mean further encroachment on our lands and other rights trampled under the heel of the US Government… On top of that, it would be administered by the infamously dysfunctional Bureau of Indian Affairs!
 
Everybody in Hawaii nei should oppose Fed Rec for the scam that it is. Even better, we should grab this opportunity to expose to Congress and the world that this is another example of international criminal acts by the United States in their ongoing unlawful occupation of our country. Not only are we not American Indians, we are not even Americans! This is an opportunity to tell them the Hawaiian Islands is a sovereign, independent country, not a fake state of the United States!
 
The only legitimate action that the U.S. can take is to Free Hawaii.
 
Please note we are neutral regarding Federal Recognition for actual Native American tribes. That is their business and their choice to make. Just leave Hawaiians out of it.

It’s time to hele mua...

This is the opportune time to move forward to initiate The Huli... to flip the tables and restore our Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands. If we can muster the political will, we can do this! International mechanisms (like de-occupation) are available to help us restore our nation to reflect values and priorities rooted in aloha ʻāina, mālama pono, kapu aloha...
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The more we stand as a nation and assert the Hawaiian Kingdom is alive and kicking, the more obvious the U.S. false claim becomes and 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

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2021 

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.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

DHHL Casino Appears Stalled

The Legislature of the fake State of Hawai`i is in full swing, ready to once again demonstrate its gross incompetence and malfeasance.
 
Fortunately, the Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands bill for building a casino in Kapolei appears to have stalled. But it does once again demonstrate the state’s habit of exploiting what little resources Hawaiians have (saying these money-making schemes are for the benefit of Hawaiians) … when the record clearly shows the state’s broken trust obligations to the Hawaiian people’s assets (OHA, DHHL, DLNR, etc.); the ongoing land grabs; continuing denial of Hawaiian nationality; continuing persecution of Hawaiian nationals, and so forth… continues unabated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beware of new Fed Rec threat…
Remember the Akaka Bill and Kanaʻiolowalu? Well, get ready… the Biden Administration and Congress are preparing a new bill for Federal Recognition of Native American Tribes. It’s like an Akaka Bill-Kanaʻiolowalu group plan. Their scheme is to sneak Native Hawaiians into a bill bundled with several Native American tribes that are actually seeking Federal Recognition. As a bundle, the prospects of passage by Congress are much stronger.
 
Thus, our job is to prevent from being bundled into being subjugated as a tribal nation. We need to refuse to be placed in that bundle before the bill is submitted, or extricate ourselves if we are already in that package.
 
We can do this. We fought the Akaka Bill for 12 years and won. After that, we fought off the Kanaʻiolowalu-DOI Fed Rec threat for 6 years. This time, we can use this opportunity to take the US national platform to draw attention to the United Statesʻ illegal occupation of the Hawaiian Islands, and hold them accountable to its legal and moral obligation to Free Hawaii…

 

It’s time to hele mua...

This is the opportune time to move forward to initiate The Huli... to flip the tables and restore our Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands. If we can muster the political will, we can do this! International mechanisms (like de-occupation) are available to help us restore our nation to reflect values and priorities rooted in aloha ʻāina, mālama pono, kapu aloha...
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The more we stand as a nation and assert the Hawaiian Kingdom is alive and kicking, the more obvious the U.S. false claim becomes and 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

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2019

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.

The Urgency of Presenting the Nation 

 Remember this old finger rhyme?

 







How about we change it to this?

 







Of course, we are not a church, we are a nation. But the same principle applies. The point is, whether it’s a church or a nation, without people it’s not going anywhere.

For many years we have been diligently educating ourselves — and the world — that the Hawaiian Kingdom was never extinguished or relinquished… that ours is a lawful nation in continuity. We have talked about the ʻāina, the environment, the natural resources and the territorial boundaries.

We presented our history and the wrongs suffered from fake annexation, fake statehood, land rip-offs and other illegal acts... and how justice demands our nation be restored.

Mauna Kea has changed things. There has been a paradigm shift; an awakening to a new reality. We are no longer mired in the realm of concepts, intellectual discourse and legal gymnastics. With Kū Kiaʻi Mauna, the doors have been thrown wide open and we see ourselves — the people — standing as lāhui, keiki o ka ʻāina, aloha ʻāina and kapu aloha… the heart and naʻau of the nation…

The national consciousness of the people has been awakened... we know who we are and what our nation can be, and that it is up to us move forward together in kapu aloha to maka ala... envision and set the course to navigate the future!

Standing up the Nation
It is not only important that we rally and build our lāhui  here at home, it is crucial for us to gain visibility and credibility in the intenational community. For other countries to help us, they have to see physical (not just theoretical) evidence that there is a

real nation with real people passionately engaged in freeing ourselves and not sitting back, waiting for someone else to rescue us. They have to see that we are determined to go it alone if we have to.

The more we do to stand up our nation, the more likely it is for the world to “see” us... and stand alongside us.

Hawaiʻi loa kū like kākou! All Hawaiʻi stand together!

NOTE - The next few months is critical to triggering a breakthrough at the UN. Your kokua is needed to move us forward! Imua!

Kū`e! Kū Kia`i Mauna! Kapu Aloha!

Ua mau ke ea o ka `āina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. 
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The Campaign to Free Hawai`i is funded by people like YOU…

We cannot do this crucial work without your help… your kokua.

It takes funding to make these important accomplishments happen and we deeply appreciate all financial contributions, large or small.

Any amount you contribute will make a huge impact on our ability to continue this work (and can be tax-deductible if needed).

We have much to accomplish in 2019 and your contributions toward that are very important and needed.

Your KŌKUA is greatly appreciated!
To contribute, go to - GoFundMe.com/FreeHawaii

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Malama pono,
Leon Siu 
Hawaiian National

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - OCTOBER 2019

8y Leon Siu -  Hawaiian National

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.

The Nation Rising
Who are we? Many are kanaka maoli... many are not; many have declared themselves as Hawaiian nationals or Hawaiian Kingdom subjects... many have not yet done so. But one thing we do have in common is the underlying Aloha ʻĀina for Hawaiʻi nei. He Hawaiʻi au (I am Hawaiʻi). ʻO mākou ʻo Hawaiʻi (We are Hawaiʻi).

The Hawaiian Kingdom was a highly educated society, whose subjects were akamai and engaged in matters of public affairs; espesially when it came to matters of Aloha ʻĀina and governance. The Kuʻe actions we are seeing today spring from our legacy, indeed, our kuleana of Aloha ʻĀina... to mālama Hawaiʻi and to kūʻē against harmful acts that endanger our people and our lands.

Often called “resistance”, it is really the desire to defend and preserve the deep-seated cultural values and love of country, solidified into a national consciousness and identity of Aloha ʻĀina.

Todayʻs manifestations: Mauna Kea, Haleakalā, Nā Wai ʻEha, Waimanalo, Kahuku... are the echos of Kalama Valley, Kahoʻolawe, Waiahole-Waikāne, Hilo Airport...  back to the Kuʻe Petition, Aloha Aina rallies and other vigorous protests against annexation. This is not something new or frivolous, it is who we are.

The current resistance movement and the independence movement are not one and the same, but they are strongly related in Aloha ʻĀina... and fast approaching the point of merger...

We have clearly demonstrated that our love for our land compels us to oppose the continuation of unrestrained exploitation of our lands and resources... We have “put our foot down.” Now what are we going to do about it?

Next Ke Aupuni Update - The Urgency of Presenting a Nation
Remember that old finger rhyme?  Here is the church, here is the steeple...? How does that apply to us?  

NOTE - The next few months is critical to triggering a breakthrough at the UN. Your kokua is needed to move us forward! Imua!

Kū`e! Kū Kia`i Mauna! Kapu Aloha!

Ua mau ke ea o ka `āina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. 
———

The Campaign to Free Hawai`i is funded by people like YOU…

We cannot do this crucial work without your help… your kokua.

It takes funding to make these important accomplishments happen and we deeply appreciate all financial contributions, large or small.

Any amount you contribute will make a huge impact on our ability to continue this work (and can be tax-deductible if needed).

We have much to accomplish in 2019 and your contributions toward that are very important and needed.

Your KŌKUA is greatly appreciated!
To contribute, go to - GoFundMe.com/FreeHawaii

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 Malama pono,
Leon Siu 
Hawaiian National

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - OCTOBER 2019

8y Leon Siu -  Hawaiian National

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.

Traveling…
I’ve been on a two-month working trip that took me to New York for a week, Geneva, Switzerland for two weeks and back again to New York for the past three weeks. I just arrived in Southern California for the final leg of my journey. It’s been a very intense and productive trip with numerous meetings and amazing progress in our efforts to Free Hawaii… we are getting close…

Kū Kiaʻi NYC
It has been a joy to join with the NYC ʻohana at the every-Friday-evening Kū Kiaʻi Mauna hui pono at Washington Square in Manhattan. Aunty Pua Case, her daughter/photographer Kapulei Flores and filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee were there this past Friday, fresh from Mauna Kea. Earlier that afternoon they had given a highly informative and inspiring presentation at New York University (NYU) attended by about 75 NYC ʻohana crammed into a conference room to hear Aunty Pua speak and enjoy a preview of the soon-to-be-released, Standing Above the Clouds, a film by Jalena.

A week prior, I had a talk-story session also at NYU with the New York ʻohana about what we’re pursuing at the international level and the opportunity for our New York ʻohana to become engaged in that work…

The UN and Decolonization
What are we doing at the UN regarding decolonization?

First of all, we are NOT seeking to use the UN’s decolonization process to “decolonize” Hawaii.

What we ARE doing is exposing the fact that in 1959 the United Nations’ decolonization system got scammed into accepting a report by the United States that the Hawaiian people had voted for Hawaii to become a state of the U.S. As a result, the UN deemed Hawaii “decolonized” into being an integral part of the United States.

Although we in Hawaii know the Hawaiian Kingdom is still a sovereign, independent country, and that the 1959 plebiscite was an utter fraud, the U.S. continues to maintain complete control of the Hawaiian Islands… confident that the UN and all its members officially regard Hawaii as part of the United States, not an independent country.

To correct that situation, we have been engaging various UN bodies and agencies, including the UN’s decolonization mechanisms: 1) to debunk the notion that the Hawaiian Islands are or had ever been a part of the United States; 2) to remove the UN’s support of the United States’ false claim to the Hawaiian Islands; and 3) to get the UN and the entire international community to acknowledge the Hawaiian Kingdom continues to exist as a sovereign, independent country.

The Decolonization Alliance
We are also actively engaged in decolonization to kokua the many non-self-governing nations who are still trapped in the grip of colonial rule (or occupation) and being denied their right of self-determination.

There are many such places… The most prominent ones in the news recently are: Hong Kong, Catalonia, Kashmir, West Papua, Okinawa, the Rohingya of Myanmar, the Uyghur of Xinjian (China), the Naga … We have been standing in solidarity with their efforts to gain independence through the UN decolonization process.

Six years ago in New York we formed an organization called The Decolonization Alliance, joining together the efforts of nations seeking independence with activist and advocacy groups to press the UN to step up its decolonization process. Through a series of Decolonization Dialogs and other special events (the most recent last Tuesday on French Polynesia) we have been able to cause significant forward movement for decolonization… Developing…
  
NOTE: The next few months is critical to triggering a breakthrough at the UN. Your kokua is needed to move us forward! Imua!

Kū`e! Kū Kia`i Mauna! Kapu Aloha!

Ua mau ke ea o ka `āina i ka pono. The sovereignty (life) of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. 
———

The Campaign to Free Hawai`i is funded by people like YOU…

We cannot do this crucial work without your help… your kokua.

It takes funding to make these important accomplishments happen and we deeply appreciate all financial contributions, large or small.

Any amount you contribute will make a huge impact on our ability to continue this work (and can be tax-deductible if needed).

We have much to accomplish in 2019 and your contributions toward that are very important and needed.

Your KŌKUA is greatly appreciated!
To contribute, go to - GoFundMe.com/FreeHawaii

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 Malama pono,
Leon Siu 
Hawaiian National