This just in from Kahumoku Flores re confiscated tents by DLNR law enforcement officers on Sovereign Sunday, Jan. 18, at Iolani Palace grounds: canopies have been recovered (mahalo to Kaanohi Kaleikini) as of today, Jan. 30, 2009.
January 30, 2009
January 23, 2009
January 18 at Iolani Palace grounds
Sovereign Sunday commemoration of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy
A small group of Hawaiian independence supporters gathered at Iolani Palace to honor Queen Liliuokalani and to commemorate the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy in 1893. The group engaged in several activities, including ceremony at the ahu (stone altar) and at Pohukaina (burial mound), and cleaning the interior of the burial mound. State law enforcement officers confiscated three canopies that had been erected to provide shade and cover for food that had been laid out on tables. However, the group remained for lunch, after the action took place, and proceeded with the day’s program.
Dean Saranillio, keynote speaker for the event, spoke on the history of statehood (Hawaii the 50th state) and the racism that colored the dialogue in Hawaii in the early 1950s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-O-ZZpuhIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixlrKbcnyRY
Jan. 17 march and rally in Waikiki
Red and black banners announced the Hawaiian Independence Alliance during the march in Waikiki. A number of photos can be seen by clicking the link below:
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January 14, 2009
OHA Press Conference on Moratorium 1.12.08
Hawaiian Independence Alliance press advisory
HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE ALLIANCE
45-659 Lohiehu St. Kaneohe HI 96744
Phone (808) 284-3460 Email: lcruz@hawaiianindependencealliance.org
PRESS ADVISORY RE MORATORIUM
The Hawaiian Independence Alliance is a consortium of ten different organizations who support Hawaiian independence and oppose federal recognition. The group coalesced around the issue of the Supreme Court’s hearing re the State’s ability to sell or transfer what are called “ceded lands”.
The Alliance supports the Office of Hawaiian Affairs calling for a moratorium on the sale and/or transfer of these lands.
January 5, 2009
video
Dean Saranillio speaks on behalf of the Hawaiian Independence Alliance and provides history of the US invasion of Hawaii and the events leading up to the Akaka Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBr9MM-mmZI
Eiko Kosasa provides an ally’s perspective on the Akaka Bill and de-occupation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7SVuRt-JY
Kekuni Blaisdell discusses the Akaka Bill and the hoped-for enlightenment of President-elect Obama, who presently supports federal recognition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwdlfqfhJAM
Pilipo Souza comments on President-elect Obama’s indoctrination to and support of an untruth (Akaka Bill)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytjn1VQyLns