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Q: why do so many Kanaka oppose federal recognition?
Short A: US occupation of Hawaii is illegal and that is now being recognized internationally.
The US has a major problem: neither the Kingdom nor its people ever agreed to its rule. This is the core of what makes it illegitimate.
Federal recognition would be used by the US to claim that the matter is settled. It puts the Kanaka “nation” under the plenary power of Congress, and prohibits recognition as an independent nation-state.
The US has a major problem: neither the Kingdom nor its people ever agreed to its rule. This is the core of what makes it illegitimate.
Federal recognition would be used by the US to claim that the matter is settled. It puts the Kanaka “nation” under the plenary power of Congress, and prohibits recognition as an independent nation-state.
We want our neutral, independent country back in full. Period. Anything else is not peace.