This blog is about Hawaii's status as an independent country under prolonged illegal occupation by the United States, and the history, culture, law & politics of the islands.

By Scott Crawford, Hana, Maui

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Proclamation of Hawaiian Neutrality – 160 years

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OHA Trustees violated sunshine law with rescind letter?

Larry Geller at Disappeared News blog notes that OHA trustees apparently violated the sunshine law, requiring proper filing of agendas and public notice of meetings, in their hastily signed letter rescinding CEO Crabbe’s letter to Secretary Kerry. Apparently someone has filed a complaint with the Office of Information Practices.

Update 5/15: Much more detailed information […]

OHA CEO Crabbe Press Statement

Yesterday’s press conference by OHA CEO Kamana‘opono Crabbe regarding his letter to U.S. Secretary of State Kerry.

And Chad Blair at Honolulu Civil Beat has a pretty extensive article covering the press conference and the larger issues of Crabbe’s letter.

OHA CEO questions U.S. State Dept on continuity of Hawaiian Kingdom

Wow. This is getting interesting.

Here’s a May 5, 2014 letter from Office of Hawaiian Affairs CEO Kamana‘opono Crabbe to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asking some very important questions about Hawaii’s continuity as an independent state under prolonged illegal occupation, and the legitimacy of the state government including OHA itself and the Roll […]

A Genealogy of Hawaiian Territoriality

A Genealogy of Hawaiian Territoriality The Interweaving between Contemporary Issues of Hawaiian Sovereignty and Real Property

Donovan C. Preza, PHD Student & Lecturer,

Geog 368: Geography of Hawaii

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Geography Department

Hawaii’s transition to private property in the mid-19th century (the Mahele) is often identified as the source of dispossession and […]

Canadian Television Series “Native Planet” on Hawai‘i’s Occupation

In the Fall 2014 APTN television in Canada will be airing six one-hour TV documentaries of the television series Native Planet. Episode 4 was shot in the Hawaiian Islands. In this episode, Host Simon Baker travels to Hawai‘i to examine the growing sovereignty movement and how it helped halt construction of the largest […]