Who Defines Self-Determination?
Hawaiian nationalists like Mililani Trask interpret Trumps’s election as having “trumped” the DOI rules, as she puts it. She said the DOI is “DOA” — dead on arrival.
Trask, who made her remarks along with others at a public forum last week on the future of a Hawaiian nation, said she doubted whether most Hawaiians had bothered to read the 172-page DOI ruling.
If they did they’d learn, Trask said, that the purpose of the federal rule is not to give Hawaiians self-determination but rather to facilitate the ability of some Hawaiians to gain control of congressional programs that benefit Hawaiians.
What federal recognition will not accomplish is a return to Hawaiians of land and resources, she said, with the exception of the uninhabitable island of Kahoolawe. Trask argues that the DOI process would result in Hawaiians relinquishing independence.
Mililani Trask is critical of the the U.S. Department of the Interior’s rule-making process regarding Hawaiian self-determination.
“This process does not give us the right of self-determination under international law,” said Trask, who formerly led an independence group called Ka Lahui. “Native Hawaiians should determine their own political status.”
News Feed
RECENT ACTIVITY
RECENT ACTIVITY
HOW TO TELL TRUMP TO DUMP FED WRECK -http://FreeHawaii.Info
Visit http://GreatAgain.gov
Click On "Share Your Ideas"
Say "I Oppose Federal Recognition For Hawai`i"
QUESTIONS IGNORED ARE TANTAMOUNT TO FREEDOMS DENIED
I was proposing these very questions two years ago:
I don’t really understand Hawaiian homelessness especially here in Hawaii.
How can the indigenous people of Hawaii be homeless when intruders are living and thriving in and on their land? At a very basic level, is it a matter of education? If it is, then why are so many Hawaiian homeless educated with a basic education taught by the State of Hawaii that operates its schools on trust money belonging to these very same people, the native Hawaiian? Or is it because of economic disparities where native Hawaiians are on the low rungs of Hawaii’s economic ladder? And if in fact, it is an economic issue, then why is it that local banks here who all are in receipt of native Hawaiian assets, not providing the same lending opportunities “the others” enjoy? Is it because we are not trained sufficiently in minority lending sleight of hand ? What’s the excuse?
�How is it that those NOT Hawaiian are in charge of our resources that would resolve or mitigate our homeless problem are gainfully employed by Hawaiian Trusts? How is that? Can anyone in the know please tell me?
jus say’n
Clifford Kapono
QUESTIONS IGNORED ARE TANTAMOUNT TO FREEDOMS DENIED
I was proposing these very questions two years ago:
I don’t really understand Hawaiian homelessness especially here in Hawaii.
How can the indigenous people of Hawaii be homeless when intruders are living and thriving in and on their land? At a very basic level, is it a matter of education? If it is, then why are so many Hawaiian homeless educated with a basic education taught by the State of Hawaii that operates its schools on trust money belonging to these very same people, the native Hawaiian? Or is it because of economic disparities where native Hawaiians are on the low rungs of Hawaii’s economic ladder? And if in fact, it is an economic issue, then why is it that local banks here who all are in receipt of native Hawaiian assets, not providing the same lending opportunities “the others” enjoy? Is it because we are not trained sufficiently in minority lending sleight of hand ? What’s the excuse?
�How is it that those NOT Hawaiian are in charge of our resources that would resolve or mitigate our homeless problem are gainfully employed by Hawaiian Trusts? How is that? Can anyone in the know please tell me?
jus say’n
No comments:
Post a Comment