Category Archives: Civil Rights
Having Some “ʻAha Moments”
The tidal wave of news hitting our lahui in the last few days – about the ʻAha, the election, the candidates and the U.S. Department of Interior’s proposed rules – has raised some critically important questions. And while the powers … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Colonization, Constitutional Convention, Department of Interior, DOI, Federal Recognition, Hawaiian Independence, Hawaiian Sovereignty, Independence, Kamau a Ea, Kanaʻiolowalu, Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian ʻAha, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, Occupation, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Self-Determination, Sovereignty, Uncategorized
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Straight on for Hawaiian Independence
This week, Hawaiʻi Governor David Ige nixed the half-measure idea of importing liquified natural gas in preference for a straight-line trajectory toward energy independence and the state’s goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. “Any time and money spent on … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Colonization, Destiny, DOI, Hawaiian Independence, Hawaiian Sovereignty, Independence, Kanaʻiolowalu, Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Self-Governing Entity, Sovereignty, Uncategorized, US Military
Tagged Aloha 'Aina, Civil and political rights, Clean Energy, Constitutional Convention, Energy Independence, ʻAha, Fed Wreck, Federal Recognition, Governor Ige, Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Independence, Hawaiian Sovereignty, Lahui, LNG, Mālama ʻĀina, Naʻi Aupuni, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Self-determination
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Mauna Kea Calling
When I finally moved “home” to Hawaiʻi nei last September, it was in response to a calling I’d felt for many years – to take up my kuleana in the 122-year struggle for our rights as Kanaka Maoli in these … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, DOI, Independence, Kanaka Maoli, Mauna Kea, Mauna Kea 31, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Sovereignty, Thirty-Meter-Telescope, TMT
Tagged Hawaiian Independence, Hawaiian Sovereignty, Hulu Lindsey, Kamau a Ea, Mauna Kea, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Rowena Akana, Thirty-Meter-Telescope, TMT, Why The Mountain
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On Flags, Patriotism and History
The lowering of American flags at two Hawaiʻi Island college campuses this week sparked a firestorm of online fury from mostly non-kanaka Hawaiʻi residents who feel the act was unpatriotic and a grave dishonor to American veterans. The non-violent protest … Continue reading
To Be or Not To Be
The other night I did something I thought I never would. I’d planned to visit a friend, a local kumu hula who’s in hospice care after braving many battles in a decade of war with breast cancer. But when I … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Hawaiian Independence, Hawaiian Sovereignty, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Tagged Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell, Act 195, Bumpy Kanahele, Dallas Kealiihooneaina Mossman Vogeler, Emma ʻAima Nawahi, Emma Nawahi, ʻAima Nawahi, Federal Recognition, Hawaiian Independence, Hawaiian Sovereignty, Hui Aloha ʻAina o Nawahine, Kanaʻiolowalu, Kau Inoa, Kuaihelani Campbell, Mary Alice Kaʻiulani Milham, Nation-in-a-nation, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Tribe, Walter Ritte
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The Hawaiian Numbers Game
I’m no good at numbers. It’s a disability common to my profession. We writers have always detested them. Naturally, I was relieved to see the rest of the world catching up with us; upholding the theory that such things as … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Lili'uokalani, Uncategorized
Tagged Aloha, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Equal Rights, Hawaii, Hawaii Census Data, Hawaiian Civil Rights, Honolulu, Kanaka Maoli, Ke Aloha ʻAina, Native Hawaiian, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Office of Hawaiian Affaris, OHA Voting Rights, Pacific Islander, Queen Liliuokalani, Rice v. Cayetano, United States, University of Utah, US Census Bureau, Voting bloc, Voting Rights
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