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THEYʻRE AT IT AGAIN - WHICH ONE ARE YOU ?

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NO TO FED WRECK - FREE HAWAI`I

Over the pat 20 years, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs squandered at least $30 million of beneficiaries' money trying to get "Federal Recognition" — to make Native Hawaiians into American Indian tribe. 

They failed miserably because we said NO! 

But a couple of days ago, Trustee Hulu Lindsey, chair of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, addressed the US Senate Indian Affairs Committee (chaired by Sen. Brian Schatz) indicating that OHA is again hoping to pursue Fed Rec. 

This is disappointing! 

You'd think that after 20 years, she'd realize Hawaiians don't want Fed Rec. 

For 12 years we fought (and beat) the Akaka Bill in Congress; then we battled Kanai'iolowalu, Na'i Aupuni and the Dept. of Interior schemes to a standstill. 

Let's send a message to OHA: A'ole Fed Rec... We don't want to be, an American Indian Tribe... We want our country back... 

FREE HAWAII !

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TRUTH

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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION REVIVES FEDERAL RECOGNITION FOR HAWAIIANS

Honolulu Civil Beat - January 26, 2021

Democratic control of the White House and Congress may breathe new life into efforts to establish a Native Hawaiian government that is recognized by the United States. 

Honolulu City Councilwoman Esther Kia’aina, who spent decades working in Washington, D.C., including at the Department of the Interior, describes President Joe Biden’s administration as empathetic and understanding regarding Indigenous self-determination. 

If Native Hawaiians want to pursue what’s commonly referred to as “federal recognition,” she said, now would be a good time. 

“I don’t know of a better opportunity where you have the right people in the right places,” she said Monday in a telephone interview. “There’s no guarantee that there will be a Democratic administration in four years....”

 ...Uahikea Maile, assistant professor of Indigenous studies at the University of Toronto, worries federal recognition would cede U.S. control over Hawaiian lands while providing only symbolic autonomy.Uahikea Maile, assistant professor of Indigenous studies at the University of Toronto, worries federal recognition would cede U.S. control over Hawaiian lands while providing only symbolic autonomy. 

Maile believes Hawaiians are already enacting an alternative to federal recognition by asserting sovereignty through actions such as opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, a mountain many Hawaiians consider sacred. 

To Maile, U.S. acknowledgment of a Hawaiian government within its borders would be analogous to a thief returning to the scene of the crime, asking for forgiveness but refusing to return what they stole. 

“This is the cover-up,” he said. 

“Federal recognition is the promise of symbolic self-governance as a way of covering up the original crime, which is the taking away of the government.” 

Jonathan Osorio, who leads the Hawaiian Studies department at the University of Hawaii, is worried that establishing a Hawaiian government through the federal process would stymie efforts to achieve actual political separation from America. 

The establishment of a nation-within-a-nation may protect current funding streams, Osorio says, but Hawaiians deserve more. Jonathan Osorio is a professor at the University of Hawaii. Jeff DePonte 

“I think the practical path forward is to continue nation-building work here that includes all of the residents of this place and to gradually convince them that we would be better off separated from the U.S. as our own country,” he said, citing climate change and American social divisions as key reasons to exit the union. 

Hawaiians have for years fought to overcome messages like “you’re too small, you’re too insignificant, the U.S. is too powerful, take what you can get, don’t be foolish,” Osorio said. He sees the sovereignty movement growing over time, and thinks secession could happen within the next century. 

“The actual sovereignty movement has been persistent and stubborn and has become more and more informed and productive over time and not less,” he said.

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WATCH YOUR BACK

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You Probably Saw The Rumors On Social Media. Or Maybe The Statement From The US Department Of Interior. So Is The US Federal Recognition Threat Back For Hawai`i? Watch This For The Real Answer About What Itʻs All About. Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.

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Federal Recognition Is Rearing Itʻs Ugly Head Again. Thatʻs Because Of One Specific Person. But Wait, Because Thereʻs An Unexpected Turn Of Events. Watch This To See What It Is & Why Thereʻs A Happy Ending. Then Share This Video Today With Your Family & Everyone You Know.