KAUA`I SAYS NO! TO US FEDERAL RECOGNITION - Details Here - FreeHawaii.Info Honolulu Star-Advertiser - July 1, 2014 WAIMEA, KAUA`I - Supporters of an independent Native Hawaiian nation were out in force Monday night to reject the possibility of federal recognition of a native government in the first of two meetings on the Garden Isle. Nearly 200 people filled the Waimea High School cafeteria after the meeting was relocated from the smaller Waimea Neighborhood Center to accommodate a larger crowd. The US Department of the Interior hearing featured deep emotions, anger, yelling, cheering and booing as speaker after speaker lashed out at the United States and reached into history to support the Native Hawaiian kingdom, which was overthrown in 1893. Kekani Pa blasted those who would propose such a concept, saying federal recognition is merely a deceptive way to deny Hawaiian rights and continue American lies, deceptions, death and fraud. I tell you, if you give them federal recognition, theyre going to take your land, Pa said angrily. Its about your land and your money. Kelanikumai Hanohano told the federal officials to take this message back to America: Our nationality is Hawaiian. Hawaiians are not a race. We are not a tribe. We are not indigenous Americans. We are Hawaiian. Gerald Markel of Kilauea said, We dont need the help of the secretary of the United States. He should be helping out Americans and dont worry about us. We can take care of ourselves. The federal government has not negotiated in good faith with the citizens of the Hawaiian kingdom, Randy Wichman said. Its not about being Native American. Its not about race. Its about the obliteration of (Native Hawaiian) citizenship, Wichman said. Rozlyn Reiner of Kekaha, a 36-year Hawaii resident who said she is not a Native Hawaiian, said she is nevertheless an ardent supporter of Hawaiian independence. She said the existence of the Hawaiian kingdom is undisputed. The attempt to establish a government-to-government relationship with the Native Hawaiian community is interfering with the internal and domestic affairs of the Hawaiian kingdom and violates international laws, the laws of occupation, US constitutional laws and the laws of the Hawaiian kingdom, she declared....
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:13:47 +0000
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