Hawaiian Independence Action Alliance http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:31:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 The Annexation Debate: Feb. 23, 24, 25 & 26 http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/02/the-annexation-debate-feb-23-24-25-26/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/02/the-annexation-debate-feb-23-24-25-26/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:31:26 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2111

]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/02/the-annexation-debate-feb-23-24-25-26/feed/ 0 Meet Julia Flynn Siler, author of “Lost Kingdom… http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/02/meet-julia-flynn-siler-author-of-lost-kingdom/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/02/meet-julia-flynn-siler-author-of-lost-kingdom/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:28:11 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2107

]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/02/meet-julia-flynn-siler-author-of-lost-kingdom/feed/ 0 Low-tech video as front-line protest tool http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/low-tech-video-as-front-line-protest-tool/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/low-tech-video-as-front-line-protest-tool/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:37:04 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2085 SAT., FEB. 11 WORKSHOP for ACTIVISTS

 

]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/low-tech-video-as-front-line-protest-tool/feed/ 0 Julia Flynn Siler’s “Lost Kingdom” in The Washington Post http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/julia-flynn-silers-lost-kingdom-in-the-washington-post/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/julia-flynn-silers-lost-kingdom-in-the-washington-post/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:17:24 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2088 “…Lili’u wrote more than a hundred songs about her country in her native tongue, evidence of a heart that had much to say to her people…”

 

 

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]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/julia-flynn-silers-lost-kingdom-in-the-washington-post/feed/ 0 Ronald C. Williams, Jr. in “The Hawaiian Journal of History” http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/2093/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/2093/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:18:13 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2093 “Aole Hoohui ia Hawaii”: U.S. Collegiate Teams Debate Annexation of Hawai‘i and Independence Prevails, 1893 to 1897

 

“On the day of May 18, 1894, Kānaka Maoli 1 [Native Hawaiians] who opened their copy of the Hawaiian–language newspaper Nupepa Ka Oiaio were greeted with an article titled, “Aole Hoohui ia Hawaii” [Not to Annex Hawaii].2 They would continue on to read a story, printed in their native tongue, which concerned a recent event described in the U.S. newspaper The Washington Post. Barely a month prior, the front page of that periodical had described the following scene. On the evening of April 13, 1894, an excited and raucous crowd gathered mere blocks from the U.S. White House at Metzerott Hall to witness a relatively new but growing passion among many of the finest colleges in the country. A collegiate debate was in the works, and this contest was between two hometown rivals. The law department at Georgetown University was taking on its heated adversary from Columbian [later named George Washington University].

“The topic of the evening’s debate was an issue that was filling newspaper columns across the country: “Resolved. That the United States government should annex the Hawaiian Islands.” 4 Early on in the evening the hall had filled “beyond its capacity” and the police turned hundreds away. Inside, many stood throughout the entire three-hour program. The two teams of four specially chosen representatives had trained for months and would now present their best academic arguments for and against this extraordinary action that their country was considering.”

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]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2012/01/2093/feed/ 0 “…members of the U.S. House killed a provision in a bill that could have led to federal recognition of Native Hawaiians…” http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/2077/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/2077/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:53:36 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2077 “OHA spent 10 years pursuing the passage of the ‘Akaka bill’ and dealt with multiple obstacles along every step. We will not give up. We are committed to gaining federal protection of Kanaka Oiwi rights.”

—OHA Chair Colette Machado

 

 

 

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]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/2077/feed/ 0 “…(OHA) has been fighting for decades to get some $200 million in back-due revenues in return for the state’s use of so-called ‘ceded’ public lands… http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/2068/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/2068/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:24:36 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2068 “…here we go again…we have the state trying to justify a land exchange that they don’t have proper title to. They don’t even have the right to transfer the land.”

Henry Noa, prime minister , Reinstated Hawaiian Government

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]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/2068/feed/ 0 …the state-sponsored process set forth by Act 195 will usurp the longstanding efforts of various sovereignty groups… http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/the-state-sponsored-process-set-forth-by-act-195-will-usurp-the-longstanding-efforts-of-various-sovereignty-groups/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/the-state-sponsored-process-set-forth-by-act-195-will-usurp-the-longstanding-efforts-of-various-sovereignty-groups/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:20:25 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2064 “I oppose this measure because, like the Federal level Akaka bill, they would set up a Native Hawaiian governing mechanism that would further ensnare and entrench Hawaii into the US system by turning the Hawaiian people into an American Indian tribe, ‘indigenous’ to the US. This would further the US goal of extinguishing Hawaiian Nationals’ claims to our lands and our national identity.”

P. Kaanohi Kaleikini

 

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]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/12/the-state-sponsored-process-set-forth-by-act-195-will-usurp-the-longstanding-efforts-of-various-sovereignty-groups/feed/ 0 Lori Wallach speaking to Jon Osorio and Arnie Saiki about Free-Trade agreements, and Investment agreements and how they could potentially impact Hawaii and Pacific Islands. http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/11/lori-wallach-speaking-to-jon-osorio-and-arnie-saiki-about-free-trade-agreements-and-investment-agreements-and-how-they-could-potentially-impact-hawaii-and-pacific-islands/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/11/lori-wallach-speaking-to-jon-osorio-and-arnie-saiki-about-free-trade-agreements-and-investment-agreements-and-how-they-could-potentially-impact-hawaii-and-pacific-islands/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:35:34 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2061 APEC and it’s impact on Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.

 

]]> http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/11/lori-wallach-speaking-to-jon-osorio-and-arnie-saiki-about-free-trade-agreements-and-investment-agreements-and-how-they-could-potentially-impact-hawaii-and-pacific-islands/feed/ 0 An Oahu grand jury indicted Deedy Wednesday for second-degree murder and using a firearm to commit a crime. http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/11/an-oahu-grand-jury-indicted-deedy-wednesday-for-second-degree-murder-and-using-a-firearm-to-commit-a-crime/ http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/2011/11/an-oahu-grand-jury-indicted-deedy-wednesday-for-second-degree-murder-and-using-a-firearm-to-commit-a-crime/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:30:34 +0000 admin http://www.hawaiianindependencealliance.org/?p=2058

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