AS A HAWAIIAN NATIONAL - WITH DUAL AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP DUE TO MILITARY OCCUPATION OF OUR HOMELANDS - I REMAIN WITH OUR QUEEN - WHO HAD FAITH IN AMERICA - TO BRING JUSTICE, RESTITUTION, AND SETTLEMENT FOR THE BREACH OF OUR FORMER AGREEMENTS - AND MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW AGREEMENTS - AS FRIENDLY ALLIES - AS OUR KINGS AND QUEENS HAVE ALL BEEN - BEFORE US. AULD LANG SYNE - OLD ACQUAINTANCE NEVER BE FORGOT. WE CANNOT - GET HIGHER - THAN WE WERE - EQUAL SOVEREIGNS. ONE BIG - AND - ONE SMALL - IN THE BIG POND, AND THE BULLIES PRETEND - WE NEVER EXISTED. WHAT WE FORGOT - AND WERE PURPOSEFULLY MEANT TO FORGET WAS THAT - IT WAS KING KAMEHAMEHAS MEN - WHO ESTABLISHED THE NORTHWEST BORDER - BETWEEN AMERICA AND CANADA IN 1811; WHEN THE BRITS AND THE YANKS PREPARED FOR THE WAR OF 1812. WE HAVE EQUITY TO CLAIM AND RECONCILE BOTH HERE AND ABROAD. THIS MARRIAGE - IS NOT OVER. Although its events inspired one of the nation’s most famous patriotic songs, the War of 1812 is a relatively little-known war in American history. Despite its complicated causes and inconclusive outcome, the conflict helped establish the credibility of the young United States among other nations. amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/the-war-of-1812.aspx WHO KNEW? PRINCE LIHOLIHO KAMEHAMEHA II SAILED TO THE NORTH PACIFIC AT AGE 12 IN 1807 ON THE WAY TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, BUT GOT RE-ROUTED - BACK TO HAWAI`I. - PAGE 18 WHO KNEW? AMERICAN SHIPS RECRUITED HAWAIIANS AS HANA (WORKERS) FOR THE NASCENT NORTHWEST COAST FUR TRADE - IN 1811 - PAGE 15 NASCENT: adjective (esp. of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin nascent- ‘being born,’ from the verb nasci . https://books.google/books?id=Cf124YPvmG0C&lpg=PA17&ots=KZxkReaD9q&dq=NAUKANE&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q=NAUKANE&f=false
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