FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 30, 2008
NATIVE HAWAIIANS PROTEST “NATIVE SON” OBAMA’S SUPPORT OF AKAKA BILL
Hawaiian Independence, Not Federal Recognition Focus of Demonstration
Kailua, Hawaii – Native Hawaiians and their supporters will gather tomorrow morning (December 31st) at 10am outside Barack Obama’s vacation home to protest his endorsement of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, commonly known as the Akaka Bill.
The protest will occur on Kailuana Place, at the security checkpoint just before Obama’s house in Kailua.
Soon in control of both the Administration and Congress, Democrats are seeking to pass the Akaka bill, federal recognition for Native Hawaiians, which many Hawaiians and others oppose.
“We are not Native Americans and we will never give up our Nation or our rights,” proclaimed Lynette Cruz, event co-coordinator. “What part of stolen don’t they understand?”
The Akaka Bill would legally legitimize the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, complete the theft of the Hawaiian Nation, and wipe out Hawaii National sovereignty, which even the Akaka Bill itself admits has never been relinquished.
Moreover both the United States and the United Nations acknowledge the illegality of Hawaii’s incorporation into the US.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the Apology Resolution, US Public Law 103-150, in which the United States apologized and acknowledged their “active participation” in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
In 1988, the Justice Department issued a memo to the State Department admitting the annexation of Hawaii required a two-thirds vote, which never took place.
In 1998, United Nations Special Rapporteur Miguel Martinez recommended that Hawaii be placed back on the United Nations list of non-self-governing-territories.
For more information visit www.hawaiianindependence.org or call Lynette Cruz at (808) 284-3460 or Dean Saranillio at (808) 250-5016.