Remembering the 4th of July in the Hawaiian Kingdom:
Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii
IN MEMORIAM OF QUEEN LILIUOKALANI
123 years ago, Wednesday, July 4th, 1894, the Provisional Government of Hawaii, with the assistance of U.S. armed forces and U.S. Representatives, adopted and proclaimed a new Constitution which established the Republic of Hawaii. Without the assistance of U.S. armed forces, the Provisional Government could not have successfully accomplished their coup detat to illegally and unlawfully, overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of the Hawaiian Islands. They charged her with misprision of treason, imprisoned her in her own palace, forced her to sign a letter of abdication, and basically stripped her of her rights as the Constitutional Sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands. While the newly adopted Constitution secured the rights of citizenship for 3000-4000 citizens of the Republic of Hawaii, it did not acquire, confer, extinguish, protect, or replace, the rights of roughly 110,000 Na Kanaka Lahui e, Na Kanaka Haole Hawaii, a e Na Kanaka Maoli., subjects of Ko Hawaii Pae Aina. E ola mau no Liliuokalani!!!
Why Governor Ige’s Administration Keeps Blowing It With The Native Hawaiian Community
Full disclosure before I get started. I am a native Hawaiian from the Big Island, I love my culture and take great pride in being Hawaiian.
I am not a Hawaiian practitioner, nor do I believe in all the ancient Hawaiian deities. I don’t even know if I believe in any kind of deity at all.
I enjoy all the ancient Hawaiian legends and the mo’olelo of the past. They are wonderful stories that allow us to use our imagination and creativity, especially small kid time. But many of those stories taught us valuable life lessons on how to live and how to be.
One of the biggest reasons why the Hawaiian people never had a written language is because there was never the need for it. There was never the need to have paperwork proving that anyone owned a piece of property (technically the land belonged to the Ali’i). We didn’t need it. We knew whose land was whose and we respected those unwritten rules.
Stories were passed on from generation to generation because keiki (children) were taught at a young age to respect their elders…they had the experience of life and therefore all the knowledge to live it well.
Having paperwork for everything was a very foreign concept.
It’s such a difficult concept to explain to people because it’s impossible for westerners to believe that this kind of trust and respect existed in the world…a world without ownership papers.
Was it perfect? Of course not. Did it work? Sure did….for many, many generations.
From the time of the illegal overthrow until around the 1950’s, the Hawaiian people stood at a crossroad.
Some of our kupuna held steadfast to the beliefs of our ancestors and continued to pass it down to the next generation. Some of our kupuna (like mine) made the change to a more American way of living.
My grandparents first language was Hawaiian, but they never taught it to my mom or her siblings because they believed the world was changing.
But even though many of our kupuna chose to move towards the American way of living, there were still many parts of their internal “Hawaiian-ness” that never left them and that naturally passed from generation to generation.
It’s difficult to put into words what this is, so I called a friend of mine who is well versed in Hawaiian culture and he explained it to me perfectly.
In the center of everything is our Aloha. It’s the way we treat everything around us. Not just how we treat other people but other living beings, our house, our wa’a (canoe) and everything else we touch. We treat it with Aloha.
It’s more than hello or goodbye or I love you. Aloha is a way of being.
He also shared that this passing down of Aloha from generation to generation is called ‘ike kupuna or knowledge of our ancestors. In other words, that Hawaiian-ness that was instilled in my grandparents, even though they went in a different direction, is also instilled in me. It’s like it’s part of my DNA.
I shared with him that while I’m not a Hawaiian practitioner in any way shape or form, deep down in my core, I still knew that the way they went in at 4 am to take down the Hale and the ‘aha was pilau (stink, rotten, foul). It wasn’t pono (to make right or the right way to do things).
He told me that it was ‘ike kupuna and he explained it like this.
Apple trees always produce apples. It doesn’t matter if you put a Hawaiian Flag on it or an American Flag on it. It doesn’t matter if you move the tree to another place. It will always produce apples.
For us who grew up as Kalo, even if we try to disguise ourselves as apples, we’re always gonna be kalo.
And this is why the Ige administration keeps screwing this up. Buggah no more ‘ike kupuna or aloha so that’s why he doesn’t understand what it means to be pono or to do things in a pono way.
Governor Ige, where are your advisors?
It’s really not hard. You sit down at the table and you have a discussion with the leaders. And I’m not talking about OHA or any State appointed group. I’m talking about the people that stay out in the cold day in and day out fighting for what they believe. You let them bring their own attorney and you guys talk story. Bring them to the table and have a real conversation.
And please no bogus open forums. Those are a waste of time. Have a real genuine discussion.
This kind where you do the shady deed and then have a press conference afterwards is a very cowardly way to act. Not pono at all. Excuse me if I offend anyone but it’s a very Haole way to act.
Look, I’m not saying that a discussion will come to a nice tidy agreement afterwards but at least have the discussion to see what kind of progress they can make. Do it right, Governor Ige.
If you don’t get anywhere with a discussion, then both sides are gonna do what’s gotta be done but at least you’ll have another perspective.
But unfortunately, until our governor grows a pair and has the guts to sit down with the people that he supposedly governs, we will never know what could have been.
Sorry, not sorry.
P.S. – This could have been much longer but I didn’t want to carry on.
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Amelia Gora
Alien Ige is Not the land owner, the entity State are Identity thieves documented -see 1912 HAWAIIAN REPORTS - Pa Pelekane case, Supreme Court/Archives/Main Library....am awaiting France's response because the U.S., France, and Great Britain have a Protectorate over the Hawaiian Islands since the time of Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli. The Royal Families are here which means that the Hawaiian Kingdom never went away. Also, Dr. DeZayas letters shows the criminal issues that Ige et. als. face...there is No Annexation, legal research by Professor Williamson Chang also shows that it is illegal.....planned/premeditation found shows that the U.S. looked to annex Hawaii since 1840 or the time of U.S. Presidents Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Johnson, Grant, and Harrison ---- the Protectorates are documented....can Alien Ige show jurisdiction over lands that our House of Nobles - Hawaiian Kingdom are assigned to take care of.....we found the Deeds for the Crown Lands and Government lands....and Alien Ige is Not on It! and can Alien Ige show his allegiance to the U.S. Constitution upon entering his job with the entity State .....and can Alien Ige refute the facts that the 1849/1850 Treaty of the Hawaiian Kingdom has a Supremacy Clause - Treaties are the Supreme Law of the land...... and as Mahealani Asing Kahau pointed out recently, can Alien Ige, et als. produce their FAR's - demand to see their
Foreign Agent Registration Statement
& Anti-Bribery Statement in accordance to the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938....did you know that the U.S. gave the protectorate to the Provisional government, a conspiracy set up by William O. Smith, Charles Reed Bishop, Lorrin Thurston, Sanford B. Dole, Curtis Iaukea, Celso Moreno, Boyd, Booth, Robert Wilcox, Mott-Smith, Akaka in Washington, D.C., et. als. also, the additional facts that our Queen Liliuokalani was under duress nulls and voids all claims, conspiracies also nulls and voids all claims......the court of original jurisdiction remains the Hawaiian Kingdom courts as found in research... all nations have to comply with the Cease and Desist order because U.S. President Trump is on record that he believes and applies 'Rule of Law' and the U.S. Constitution in the email that the Whitehouse sent to me. The issues of a permanent friendship treaty and the evidence of Protectorates, treaties with other nations cannot be negated by Alien Ige who can be charged with piracy, pillaging, racketeering in a peaceful neutral friendly nation with the intent to utilize warring activities on private properties of our Royal Families who are heirs and successors of Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli…….Is Alien Ige knowing that he is a documented squatter on our Royal Families lands and there are ramifications of his actions.....does Alien Ige know that he and others are Not part of the permanent treaty? We are Not the ones who have done wrong. Does Alien Ige know that he and others are blatantly in violation of the U.S. Constitution and can be arrested, etc. See Article XIV of the Treaty of 1850, and see Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution. Also, Alien Ige will have to show his claim to jurisdiction, and present his FAR Foreign Agent Registration Statement & Anti-Bribery Statement in accordance to the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938. Lastly, my filings of the Affidavit/Lien No. 96-177455 filed on 12/17/96 (281 pages) at the Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii has irrefutable evidence of genealogies, crown land owners, premeditation evidence, etc. and I was told that it was a Lien on all of the islands......in addition, we are the heirs of not only the lands but also the seas around the islands as documented by Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli as recently found in deeds......So Alien Ige has much to defend himself against the legal, honest claims of our Royal Families. This is posted as a Legal Notice on Facebook and posted to U.S. President Trump, et. als. as well. p.s. Alien Ige is now faced with the crimes against our innocent people including our Royal Families who descend from Kalaniopuu, Kamehameha, Kaumualii, John Young, and Isaac Davis et. als. descendants.....and Charles Reed Bishop had only a life interest which was lost upon his death, both he and Bernice Pauahi were conspirators/treasonous persons documented, which means that the Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estates / KSBE Trustees are Not the landowners and they too are subjects to crimes against our Royal Families. Wicked, truly wicked. - Legal Notice posted by Amelia Gora, a Royal person, Representative of the Royal Families, one of Kamehameha's descendants/heirs from four (4) of his children.........etc.
Foreign Agent Registration Statement
& Anti-Bribery Statement in accordance to the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938....did you know that the U.S. gave the protectorate to the Provisional government, a conspiracy set up by William O. Smith, Charles Reed Bishop, Lorrin Thurston, Sanford B. Dole, Curtis Iaukea, Celso Moreno, Boyd, Booth, Robert Wilcox, Mott-Smith, Akaka in Washington, D.C., et. als. also, the additional facts that our Queen Liliuokalani was under duress nulls and voids all claims, conspiracies also nulls and voids all claims......the court of original jurisdiction remains the Hawaiian Kingdom courts as found in research... all nations have to comply with the Cease and Desist order because U.S. President Trump is on record that he believes and applies 'Rule of Law' and the U.S. Constitution in the email that the Whitehouse sent to me. The issues of a permanent friendship treaty and the evidence of Protectorates, treaties with other nations cannot be negated by Alien Ige who can be charged with piracy, pillaging, racketeering in a peaceful neutral friendly nation with the intent to utilize warring activities on private properties of our Royal Families who are heirs and successors of Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli…….Is Alien Ige knowing that he is a documented squatter on our Royal Families lands and there are ramifications of his actions.....does Alien Ige know that he and others are Not part of the permanent treaty? We are Not the ones who have done wrong. Does Alien Ige know that he and others are blatantly in violation of the U.S. Constitution and can be arrested, etc. See Article XIV of the Treaty of 1850, and see Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution. Also, Alien Ige will have to show his claim to jurisdiction, and present his FAR Foreign Agent Registration Statement & Anti-Bribery Statement in accordance to the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938. Lastly, my filings of the Affidavit/Lien No. 96-177455 filed on 12/17/96 (281 pages) at the Bureau of Conveyances, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii has irrefutable evidence of genealogies, crown land owners, premeditation evidence, etc. and I was told that it was a Lien on all of the islands......in addition, we are the heirs of not only the lands but also the seas around the islands as documented by Kamehameha III - Kauikeaouli as recently found in deeds......So Alien Ige has much to defend himself against the legal, honest claims of our Royal Families. This is posted as a Legal Notice on Facebook and posted to U.S. President Trump, et. als. as well. p.s. Alien Ige is now faced with the crimes against our innocent people including our Royal Families who descend from Kalaniopuu, Kamehameha, Kaumualii, John Young, and Isaac Davis et. als. descendants.....and Charles Reed Bishop had only a life interest which was lost upon his death, both he and Bernice Pauahi were conspirators/treasonous persons documented, which means that the Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estates / KSBE Trustees are Not the landowners and they too are subjects to crimes against our Royal Families. Wicked, truly wicked. - Legal Notice posted by Amelia Gora, a Royal person, Representative of the Royal Families, one of Kamehameha's descendants/heirs from four (4) of his children.........etc.
Pomai Wright
Apple's, Kalo's and (the Devine breath) Aloha.
You're Mo'olelo cracks me up.
If you know your pass then you would know your future.
Hawaii is under a strange form of military occupation and a fraudulent annexation.
126 years is kind of ridiculous don't you think.
That's probably why our tutus generation were bred to be apples. Well you know what they say about rotten apples. All you need is one.
Personally I think he's a lemon.
(the Divine breath) aloha
You're Mo'olelo cracks me up.
If you know your pass then you would know your future.
Hawaii is under a strange form of military occupation and a fraudulent annexation.
126 years is kind of ridiculous don't you think.
That's probably why our tutus generation were bred to be apples. Well you know what they say about rotten apples. All you need is one.
Personally I think he's a lemon.
(the Divine breath) aloha
Jo-Anne West Lewis
Instead of debating issues, government needs to learn how to come up with Win-Win solutions. There ARE "rules and protocol" to be able to do such!
Clifford Kapono
The most apparent rule is the US Constitution which is consistently maligned when applied to Na Kanaka Maoli who have been coined as Native Hawaiians. We are limited in our freedom of speech and are arrested for our expression by example of our choice of religious practice on Mauna Kea. etc…..
Jo-Anne West Lewis
Aloha, Clifford, Yes, thank you. My statement above is more of a suggestion to transform all governments' way-of-working to function at a higher level of consciousness. I am a student and teacher of non-violent communication, which I prefer to all Compassionate and Collaborative Communication, and I am susggesting that we learn to "talk story" to understand a larger paradigm, rather than debate or argue to be "right" :) (Obviously, I am a idealist and looking for world peace.)
I am aware, more than you can know, about the Kanaka Maoli situation. I was the wife of a fellow whose Hawaiian geneology goes back to Keakahulilani and Hulihonua...who put his okole on the line for "the movement". In the mid-90's he did extensive research in the archives and gave the first free, public talks in Honolulu on the "Hawaiian situation". He was arrested and had his business, which was to make-pono all the Hawaiian land titles, taken away from him by the state. This happened even after he had invited the attorney general to his office to view any and all documents, etc. My children carry on his knowledge and purpose....and though the US government refused by way of total disregard, and the threat to freeze any/all my financial accounts, I myself signed papers in 1997, that stated my choice to become an Hawaiian subject.
My grandest hope is that ALL operate with integrity for the benefit of all; to engage in open dialogue, acknowledging the Wisdom of all Indigenous Peoples, so that we can get-on-with the process of PEACE! Mahalo.
I am aware, more than you can know, about the Kanaka Maoli situation. I was the wife of a fellow whose Hawaiian geneology goes back to Keakahulilani and Hulihonua...who put his okole on the line for "the movement". In the mid-90's he did extensive research in the archives and gave the first free, public talks in Honolulu on the "Hawaiian situation". He was arrested and had his business, which was to make-pono all the Hawaiian land titles, taken away from him by the state. This happened even after he had invited the attorney general to his office to view any and all documents, etc. My children carry on his knowledge and purpose....and though the US government refused by way of total disregard, and the threat to freeze any/all my financial accounts, I myself signed papers in 1997, that stated my choice to become an Hawaiian subject.
My grandest hope is that ALL operate with integrity for the benefit of all; to engage in open dialogue, acknowledging the Wisdom of all Indigenous Peoples, so that we can get-on-with the process of PEACE! Mahalo.
Sharon Hayden
They hired Michael Chun / formerly of KSBE, but apparently never used him! Instead they deepened the divide drastically by this totally hewa action! Why didn’t they bring the people to the table first - they have once again proven how disingenuous and clueless they are!
Robert Souza
The reason the Hawaiian ppl, don’t have a written language, it was outlawed to speak the language, just like hula..many Hawaiians were arrested and put in jail for speaking Hawaiian..
Rocky Kalani
Yeah asked tutu to teach me olelo she painfully refused. Mentioning it was agains American law to speak our own language. Even thought the United States of America apologized for the illegal overthrow it still continues to rape Hawai’i while steal seeded lands money. Astronomers hate Hawaiians. Why else are they destroying our sacred mountain.
Robert Souza
Rocky Kalani my dad had photos of ppl who were arrested, and thrown in jail.. there was a judge, name Parks, who would put you in jail, and confiscated there lands..
Beth Leeds
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