Tag Archives: Hawaiian Independence
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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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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There’s nothing so powerful as a good speech. But where does the power come from? It isn’t only in the words that are spoken. A great speech gets the better half of its power from being heard. As I thought … Continue reading
The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington seems a good time to launch a blog about the Civil Rights of Native Hawaiians. Observing the celebrations today, and particularly the pivotal role role music played in that glorious movement, I … Continue reading
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