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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Theft of a Nation – July 4 Reenactment

From Press Release:

Beginning at 10:00 am July 4, 2017, on the front steps of ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu, La Hoʻihoʻi Ea will present a dramatic re-enactment of the events that led to proclaiming into existence of the Republic of Hawaii and the subsequent installation of Sanford B. Dole as President of the Territory of […]

Iolani Palace vandalism

Debby Fawcett has a column in Honolulu Civil Beat about the problems with vandalism at ‘Iolani Palace and homelessness on the Palace grounds.

Ongoing Unjust War: Hawaii & U.S. since 1893

Issues that Matter: Unjust War

Issues that Matter; Unjust War from Huana Productions on Vimeo.

 

Here’s a post on Hawaiian Kingdom Government Blog re Calculating Reparations for 124 years of an Unjust War between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States since 1893

 

The Missionaries of the Hawaiian Islands

From Lynette Cruz on Facebook

Come join Hui Aloha Aina o Honolulu members and guests on Friday, May 19, 6:30 pm, for a presentation by Prof. Niklaus Schweizer on your (and my) favorite (sometimes controversial!) topic of the missionaries and the Hawaiian islands. The event is at the Kanaina Bldg. on the grounds of Iolani […]

Nation of Hawaii at UN Permanent Forum

Nation of Hawaii representing International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) at the UN 16th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

 

Hawaii National Transitional Authority meeting

From Poka Laenui via Facebook:

The third general meeting of the Hawaii National Transitional Authority will be held tomorrow 85-888 Farrington Hwy., Wai`anae, HI at the S&L Building. Meeting starts at 6:00 P.M. and will run for 3 hours. The transitional authority meetings are meant to bridge Hawaii from its current state under U.S. […]

Leon Siu on HuffPo: Hawaii no sanctuary for Hawaiians

Leon Siu has a piece in the Huffington Post pointing out the hypocrisy of the state of Hawaii challenging Trump’s travel ban in court and intending to declare itself a sanctuary state, while it “has gone overboard in utilizing the cover of U.S. immigration policies to apply the status of ‘undocumented’ to Hawaiian nationals — […]

U.S. Attorney General doesn’t think Hawaii should be state?

From CNN

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said this week he was amazed that a judge in Hawaii could block President Donald Trump’s executive order halting immigration from several majority Muslim countries.

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“I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of […]