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By Scott Crawford, Hana, Maui

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Ka La Ho’iho’i Ea today at Thomas Square

Today is “La Ho’iho’i Ea,” also known as Restoration Day, the day in 1843 when Admiral Thomas restored the Hawaiian Kingdom by symbolically lowering the British Union Jack and raising the Hawaiian flag thus restoring sovereignty to King Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha II) who stated the famous motto of “Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i […]

Wahine Noa: for the life of my country

KEEP HAWAIIAN LAND IN HAWAIIAN HANDS

COME Celebrate, Remember, Confront and Continue 20 years of advocacy With Keahi Felix July 15, 1991 – July 15, 2011

ANAHOLA documentary film and WAHINE NOA book signing: at Books, Nooks and Crannies – July 15 – 6:00 PM 14 Waianuenue Avenue, Hilo, Hawai‘i (mauka of Koehnen’s Interiors) 808. […]

Ke ea o ka ‘āina – Hawaiian view of independence

On this American Independence Day weekend, in a Star-Advertiser op-ed piece NHLC attorneys David Kauila Kopper and Camille Kalama take a look at the kingdom/state motto “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” and it’s origin and deeper meaning, and what that tells us about the Hawaiian perception of sovereignty and independence […]

Our country, not your state

Join Hanalaei Fergustrom and Hawaiian Nationals this weekend! Iolani Palace grounds at the ahu July 2, 2011 – Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm July 3, 2011 – sunday, 10 am – 4 pm

For a talk story on

Past/Present/Future Connecting points of resistance Honoring our ancestors Building on the truth of our history

Proposed […]

Ann Keala Kelly featured on Free Speech Radio News

Newscast for Monday, May 30, 2011

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This Memorial Day FSRN re-visits “In Memorium” a documentary on the history of Hawai’i that is little-known by most people in the United States.

Located 25-hundred miles west of the California […]

Update Federal Lawsuit: Sai v. Clinton, et al.

From Dr. Sai…

UPDATE: MAY 27, 2011 — On May 26, 2011, Plaintiff filed a Civil Notice of Appeal from the Opinion and Order Denying Plaintiff’s Motion to Reconsider Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Order Denying Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Complaint entered on April 6, 2011. Since United States […]

Members of Maui sovereignty group indicted

Item from KHON2 News

Five members of a native Hawaiian sovereignty group on Maui are being accused of luring unsuspecting clients with bold talk and official looking documents.

A twenty-five count indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court Thursday alleges the group committed various fraud and tax offenses through a debt assistance program that relied on […]

Reality Tours Hawaii

This article in today’s Travel section of the San Francisco Chronicle

If, like me, you believe no place is heaven on earth, you won’t be surprised to learn that San Francisco-based Global Exchange is promoting a new Reality Tour — a program usually associated with Third World destinations such as Afghanistan, Guatemala or Vietnam — […]

Obama not a natural-born citizen, because Hawaii is not a state?

HuffPo has an amusing piece on “Obama’s Birth Certificate Through The Eyes Of A Birther” and pointing to the “State of Hawaii” in the upper left corner, they have “Is it 100% verified that Hawaii was a state in 1961?” Well, as a matter of fact it wasn’t. And as Dr. Sai noted earlier:

As […]

Update Federal Lawsuit: Sai v. Clinton, et al.

From Dr. Sai…

UPDATE: APRIL 18, 2011 — On April 6, 2011, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issues Order denying Plaintiff’s Motion to Reconsider. In her Order, Judge Kollar-Kotelly, states, “Plaintiff argues that the Court misapplied the political question doctrine and erred in holding that it lacks jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s Complaint. In this regard, Plaintiff’s […]